A/N: Characters' thoughts in italics.

Chapter 6

"Look, I'm sorry about what I said before," Davis said, breaking the silence. "I really didn't mean – "

"Shut it," Mimi snapped. "If it weren't for your stupidity, we wouldn't be locked in a fucking bathroom."

"What do you mean?" he retorted. "You were the one who was in here for no good reason."

"I don't even want to talk about it," she replied, turning away.

"Fine."

The two sat in silence for awhile.

"Why did you stop speaking to me?" Mimi asked suddenly.

"What?"

"When we got to high school. Why didn't you want to hang out anymore?"

Davis shrugged. "I was going places, hanging out with cooler kids. Didn't have any time for girls who dated bulked-up steroid users."

"Hmph," she scoffed. "So you're saying it's all my fault we stopped being friends?"

"Pretty much. I mean, why the fuck would you want to go out with him? That asshole didn't deserve a girl half as good. And now look. I knew this would happen from the start."

"Then why didn't you tell me?" she asked. "That day I mentioned I was going out with Tai, you just got mad and blew me off."

Davis looked away.

"Then whenever I called you up, your mom just said you didn't want to talk to me or something, and you would always avoid my eye when we passed by each other in school."

"Well … maybe I was jealous."

"Jealous?" Mimi asked incredulously. "Of Tai?"

He shrugged.

"So are you saying that jealousy is what made you change from a normal kid to some gangster wannabe hanging out with drug dealers and always talking like you're black?"

"Look," he said, "just let that shit go. As far as I'm concerned, that's like … vodka under the table, or something."

"Don't you mean 'water under the bridge?'"

Davis rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

"You should have said something," she continued. "I always did like you, you know? As more than just friends."

He turned quickly. "You did?"

She blushed. "Yeah."

"Then why did you go out with that asshole if you liked ME?"

"Well, what the hell was I supposed to do, wait around forever? I got tired of waiting for you, Davis!"

"Alright, alright. Let's just drop it."

Again, there was silence for a few minutes. It seemed like hours.

Davis cleared his throat. "Do you wanna go out with me?" he muttered, still staring at the wall.

More silence.

"Ok."

He turned to her. She was smiling. He smiled back.

TK stumbled into the living room and found Tai sitting alone in a corner.

"Hey Tai, it's me, TK. You have gotta come with me right now, ok? See, there's these girls out back, and I think they like … wanna get naked with you or something – "

"Oh man! Why?!" Tai wailed, looking up. He was crying.

"Yo Tai man, what's wrong?"

"Everything! I just dumped the hottest girl in the whole school! I – I'm a total fucking loser!" Tai got up, grabbed TK, and started crying on his shoulder.

TK was taken aback. "Uh, it's ok." Tai cried harder.

TK patted his back awkwardly. "There, there. There, there."

Shit.

Matt was seething.

I must have checked every goddamn room in this mansion, yet no sign of her whatsoever. This is just great. What a waste of a night.

He walked down the stairs and towards the front door, about to leave. Then, he bumped into Sora.

"Matt! Did you find Mimi?"

"No," he muttered. "I have a feeling she left or something. Either way, it's hopeless, so I'm going home."

"Aw c'mon, don't be like that. Let's go to the kitchen for some drinks or something."

"No, I just – "

"Please," Sora begged, "or I'll have nothing to do for the rest of the night. Stay for just a while."

Matt had to smile at the look on her face. "Ok," he relented. "But only because you look as miserable as I do."

She grinned and slapped him lightly on the arm. "Yeah, right."

A few minutes later …

They sat down on a living room couch to drink their beer.

Matt wasn't really talking, so Sora tried to reassure him. "Maybe she's still here, like in a bathroom or something, just wanting to be alone for awhile. You shouldn't give up yet."

"I don't know," he replied. "It's not even that. Chasing after her through these hallways and walking though our whole graduating class … just seemed quite appropriate, considering how I've been pining for her for years at school. And, well, it just doesn't seem worth it anymore. I'm sure there are other girls out there just as good as her. Girls that I could actually get to know and like. As it is, we've barely even talked." He paused and looked up at her. "All this just occurred to me. That's what you've been trying to say for awhile, though. Right?"

Sora shrugged. "Things could have worked out between you two, but it just wasn't in the cards. That's the way life is sometimes. Real shitty."

"You can say that again," he said, gulping down the rest of his beer. "It's times like these I just wanna fucking throw things and start screaming. But whenever my mind goes in that direction, I just think of the things I should be thankful for. Like the fact that you're always there for me." He smiled at her, and she blushed and looked down. "So thanks."

"You're welcome," she whispered.

They sat there awhile in silence, just watching the party going on in front of them. Matt was content. Maybe he couldn't get everything he wanted, but at that moment, he was just glad to be with his best friend.

However, Sora's mind was spinning. She desperately needed to tell him something, and this seemed like perfect time …

"Matt?"

"Yeah?" He turned his head towards her.

She quickly leaned forward, closed her eyes, and brushed her lips against his.

Matt stared in shock. What just happened?

Sora looked back at him nervously, her heart pounding in anticipation. She had no idea what he was thinking until a few seconds later – when he grasped the sides of her head and roughly crushed their lips together. After a moment of surprise, she responded to the kiss and opened her mouth to let his tongue in. Matt pushed her back onto the couch and laid on top of her while they kept kissing.

Breathless, he finally ended it. They just stared into each other's eyes for awhile.

"Let's get out of here," Sora said.

"Your car or mine?"

"I came here with Yolei, and she'll get home by herself. So yours."

He took her hand, and they quickly walked outside and to his car. Sora climbed into the back seat. She pulled Matt on top of her, and they started kissing frantically, trying to take each other's pants off along the way.

"Matt," Sora choked out, "do you have a condom?"

"No." He moved down and started assaulting her neck with his mouth. "Does it matter?"

She gasped as his tongue found her pulse point. "Of course not!"

"Good. By the way, have you ever done this before?"

She shook her head.

"Alright. I'll go slow."

A few minutes later …

Matt collapsed on top of Sora, both of them breathing heavily.

She put her arms around him. "Wow."

"Yeah, I know," he replied, burying his face in her hair.

"Where did you learn to do that?"

"Well, I've had practice, you know."

"Oh," she said, slightly disappointed. "With who?"

"My right hand."

Sora laughed. "You mean you were a virgin, too?"

"Yeah." He paused and straightened up to look at her. "So was it ok? Did you come?"

She bit her lower lip apologetically. "Well, not quite. Almost."

"Dammit." Matt sighed. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. It was perfect." She kissed him reassuringly. "And it'll get even better."

He grinned down at her. "You think so?"

"I know so."

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