Author's Note: Sorry I haven't updated this story in so long. I have been busy with school. I am going to try to complete it over the holiday break. Merry Christmas to all my readers! And Happy Holidays as well. I wrote most of this chapter months ago when I was updating regularly, but I completed it over the past couple days. I hope you like it. The story left off with Tai and Matt going on a break after a huge fight. Gwen and Mimi went on a date but it didn't go so well, and Sora and Mimi got into a fight. Veronica has filed charges against Bryan, and Clare and Izzy are pretty much running smoothly. I think that's it. I hope you all enjoy. The next chapter will be the last.

CHAPTER 12 - Frayed Around the Edges

Dear Journal,

It has been about a week since Tai and I had our fight. It is now Friday afternoon and I have barely seen Tai since that night when we decided that we should take a break. We have each had our classes to attend and Tai, believe it or not, has been studying in the library constantly. He told Izzy it was because he wanted to improve his grades but I know that the real reason is to avoid me in the dorm room. We have separated our large bed back to the original set of twin beds. Tai doesn't get back into the dorm until he knows it is past my bedtime and that I am already in bed with the lights out. Then he comes back from the library and gets into his bed. We don't have any morning classes that start at the same time so one of us is always asleep when the other gets ready for class so we aren't communicating in the morning either. Tai also has been spending a lot of time over at Izzy and Clair's apartment. He sees the rest of our friends from time to time but he knows that I am closer to Sora and Gwen and he is never over in their dorm room in case he runs into me. I never imagined things would be this awkward and uncomfortable. The two of us have been best friends our entire lives and now we aren't even friends. I hope this is all temporary. We need to learn how to be around each other while we aren't dating. Now that it is the weekend, Tai has to be around here more often. If not, I will track him down and break the ice. I just hope our relationship isn't beyond repair. Sora and Gwen have been so helpful and kind to me though this all. I thought Mimi would be as well but I'm told that she and Sora aren't talking to each other so I have to see her separately. Mimi's relationship with Gwen also seems to be a bit strained although I don't know why. Mimi came to talk to me about her lack of communication with Sora and Gwen but wouldn't give me any details. Veronica is always over at Izzy and Clair's like Tai so I don't see much of her either. I did talk to her about her court battle and a date has been set that is quickly approaching. That's really all that has been going on with my fiends as far as I know. My main concern this week has been to get on friendly terms with Tai again. I hope I succeed at that.

Matt

"Okay, this weekend will be different from the rest of the week. I am going to raise the communication level between Tai and I."

Sora looked hopeful. "Do you have a plan?" She faked a smile to her friend who was sitting on her bed as she and Gwen sat on Gwen's bed.

"Um…no, I don't."

Sora's smiled faded. "Well, then how are you going to do it? You and Tai have barely spoken two words to each other since last weekend when he broke up with you."

"For the last time, we didn't break up! We are just on a break."

"So were Ross and Rachel and they didn't get back together for years."

"Who are Ross and Rachel?"

"Two characters from the sitcom 'Friends'. It's very funny. It stopped airing in 2004 but its been in syndication ever since and is played in almost every civilized country."

"Well, thank you Mrs. TV Guide for that piece of information."

Gwen laughed under her breath. "Really, Sora. Matt didn't ask for a television history lesson. He needs help getting his boyfriend back."

Matt smiled at Gwen. "Thank you." He looked back at Sora. "At least somebody is on my side."

Sora glared at Matt. "I'm on your side too. Gwen and I seem to be your only friends right now. Tai has taken over Izzy, Clair, and Veronica's attention since the four of them are always at Izzy and Clair's apartment."

"I know. It's like the 'break-up' has caused a split down the middle of our group of friends. Tai took Izzy, Clair, and Veronica and I took you two and Mimi." Matt noticed that both Sora and Gwen looked uneasy at the mention of Mimi's name. "Where is Mimi right now?"

Gwen tried to look as aloof as possible. "I guess she's in her dorm room."

"Oh…well, why don't we invite her to come join our conversation?"

Sora answered immediately. "I think she is busy right now."

Matt looked suspiciously at his two friends. "Okay…what's going on with you two and Mimi?" Both girls remained silent. "Well, I guess I will just have to get it out of you then. I'll start with Gwen since her issue is probably easier to guess." He looked over at Gwen. "You and Mimi went on a date last Sunday. How did it go?"

Gwen started twirling her hair and looked slightly nervous yet calm. "Well…it didn't go that great. We aren't a couple. We decided to stay friends instead."

"Then why are you avoiding her?"

"I'm not. Who said I was?"

"Mimi. I was acting as if I thought everything was fine earlier but Mimi came to talk to me yesterday and said she was lonely because neither of you are speaking to her although she didn't say why."

"Well…Mimi and I…things just didn't go as planned on our date. I thought we would be girlfriends by now but we just aren't. I was telling the truth when I said we chose to stay friends. Things are just a bit awkward between us right now but I'm sure it will pass. That's all that I am telling you so stop prying." Gwen glared at Matt.

"Okay, I'll stop prying although I'm sure that isn't the whole story." Matt turned his focus to Sora. "What about you? You're reason for avoiding Mimi can't have anything to do with her relationship with Gwen."

Sora looked down for awhile and then back at Matt. "No, it doesn't."

"Well….?"

"Mimi and I had a fight last weekend and I don't want to talk to her. That's it."

"A fight? About what?"

"About Joe and I's relationship. Mimi was just giving her opinion without it being asked for. It just pissed me off."

"I can tell getting information from the two of you is like pulling teeth so I'll just drop it. I think I'm going to go back to my dorm to strategize and see if Tai is there. I'll talk to you two later." Gwen and Sora said goodbye to Matt and watched him close the door behind him.

"Okay guys, It's the weekend now which means that it is going to be near impossible to avoid Matt. He knows I don't study on the weekends and I don't want him to know that I'm avoiding him."

Izzy, Clair, and Veronica all rolled their eyes. They were sitting on the couch in Izzy and Clair's apartment while Tai paced back and forth in the living room. Izzy cleared his throat and answered Tai's hysteria. "I think it is clear to Matt that you are avoiding him. He's a very intelligent boy."

"I know he's smart, Izzy. He is so many wonderful things. That just makes things more awkward because I can't pretend that our relationship didn't mean anything. He is my first love. I know we have been friends forever but it feels so weird to only be friends after almost an entire school year of dating."

Clair nodded. "I know it must be hard for you, Tai. However, if you ever want to reconcile with Matt, you have to at least maintain contact with him."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

Veronica decided to help convince Tai to repair his friendship with Matt. "Also, you need to remember that you don't just live with Matt here at college. You also live with him back home too. If you avoid him the rest of the school year, who knows if he will continue to hold up his offer to let you crash with him and his dad at their apartment."

Tai paused for awhile and nodded. "Yes, that's very true. Matt has been so kind to me and I shouldn't throw away our life-long friendship over this. I shouldn't avoid him anymore. It's going to be so awkward though to talk to him."

Gwen and Sora sat in their dorm room in the same position they were in when Matt was in there talking to them. Sora was flipping though television channels and Gwen was reading Japanese Vogue Magazine. Sora turned off the television. "There is nothing good on right now."

"Read a book."

"I hate reading."

"Well, I'm reading."

"What are you reading?"

"The Bible."

"What?" Sora looked over at Gwen. "You're reading a magazine." She bent down and turned her head so she could see the cover. "You're reading Vogue."

"Well, that's the bible to fashion majors. You should know since you are one." Gwen made a sarcastic smile.

Sora started laughing. "At least you cheer me up." Sora leaned back against the wall and sighed. "Do you think Matt is right about us shutting out Mimi?"

Gwen closed her magazine and sat it on the bed. "I don't know."

"We all shut out Veronica and look what happened to her. She went psycho and ended up getting raped, having an abortion, downing depression medication, and cutting her wrist. We can't let that happen again."

"She has Matt still and Veronica when she is actually in her dorm. She isn't completely alone here like Veronica was then."

"I just don't want history to repeat itself."

"It won't."

"I think I am going to try to patch things up between us today. Our fight was really stupid."

"You haven't given me that many details about it. All I know is that it had something to do with Joe."

"Mimi said the same thing that you did about how it is hard to make a long distance relationship work. She just said it in a more rude way. She said that Joe would be losing interest because he is a guy and I am denying him sexually."

"But you and Joe chose not to have sex."

"I know that but that concept is lost on Mimi. She doesn't get that Joe and I are abstinent."

"Mimi is just more in touch with sexuality, that's all. I'm sure she didn't mean any harm."

"I agree. I think I just overreacted a bit. I'll go over and apologize for blowing up at her later today."

"Good."

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Why are you dodging Mimi as well? Did you also have a fight with her or are things too awkward after the date?"

Gwen sighed. "Things are awkward…to say the least."

"It was just one date. Things just didn't work out. You shouldn't let your friendship with her suffer because of that."

"I'm not. We left the restaurant as friends and things were fine until…"

"Until what?"

"Well…promise you won't say anything to anyone?"

"Of course. I promise."

"Well, Mimi came up with the idea of us being friends with benefits."

"Did you say 'yes' to it?"

"No. I haven't made up my mind yet. It's just weird. I'm not the sort of person to do that type of thing but I am just so attracted to her. I don't want to date her though because we couldn't even get past one date. I don't want her to be my girlfriend, but I might want her to be my lover."

"That's still a big step to take."

"I know. I don't want to shut her out of my life though like I have done all week. I will talk to her tomorrow since you are going over later today. I don't think two confrontations in one day will go over well with her."

Sora laughed. "No, I don't think so either."

"Plus I have no idea what my answer is yet. I need to think some more."

"Well, you do that and I will get ready to head down the hall."

Matt sat alone in his dorm trying to figure out how he could raise the communication level between him and his former boyfriend. "There has to be something I can do to renew my friendship with Tai. Just because we aren't dating anymore doesn't mean we can throw away a lifetime of friendship. I just need talk to him as soon as possible."

Just then, Tai walked through the door to their dorm room. "Hey Matt." Tai shut the door and threw his backpack onto his bed.

Matt was talked off guard by Tai speaking to him in a genuinely friendly tone of voice. "Hey Tai, what's up? I feel like I haven't talked to you all week."

Tai sat down on his bed and looked at Matt. "Yeah…sorry about that. I guess I was kind of avoiding you after last weekend."

Matt sighed and turned around fully so he could look at Tai. "Yeah, that was kind of obvious."

"I don't want to cut you out of my life though despite our changed relationship status. You've been my best friend my entire life almost."

"I don't want that either."

"We should hang out together this weekend…as friends of course."

Matt tried to keep his face stoic as he wrestled with emotions of happiness and sadness. He was happy to have Tai back in his life but depressed that he didn't have his boyfriend back. "Yeah, we should."

"Let's have dinner later. Not like a date at a restaurant, but just casual eating at the dining hall on campus."

"Okay…sounds good."

"Great." Tai didn't know what to say next to continue the conversation. He could feel all the awkwardness between them filling up the small dorm room. He took out his iPod and put in his headphones. He pressed play on one of his favorite songs and laid on his bed with his eyes closed to try to break away from all the tension.

Matt looked at Tai and wondered if things would ever go back to the way they were.

Sora headed down the hall to Mimi's dorm room. She knocked on the door and to her surprise, Veronica answered. "Hey, Sora. What's up?"

"Hey Veronica. It seems like you haven't been here much lately. I wasn't even expecting you to answer the door."

Veronica laughed. "I just got back from Clair's about ten minutes ago. I had to change clothes for a meeting I have with my lawyer in an hour. I was just leaving so I hope you came to talk to Mimi and not me."

Sora smiled. "I did, actually."

"That's good." Veronica opened the door wider and walked out into the hallway. "I'll leave you two alone to talk then. Bye."

"Bye." Sora waved to Veronica as she headed down the hall to the elevator. She then turned around and headed into Mimi's dorm room. She saw Mimi looking up at her as if she were looking at a ghost.

"So…I hear you came to talk to me. I wasn't really expecting you to since you are so angry with me."

Sora sighed and sat down on the foot of Mimi's bed. "Yeah…listen Mimi, I'm sorry I blew up at you last week. I was just feeling a lot of pressure from you and Gwen to take my relationship with Joe to the next level and it was scaring me. I know you were only trying to help me though so I apologize for overreacting."

Mimi smiled and gave Sora a hug. "I'm sorry too. It wasn't my place to give advice on you and Joe's relationship." Mimi sat back down on her bed. "I'm sure you don't need to do anything different to keep Joe. He seems to be very smitten with you."

"Thanks Mimi."

"I have to say, I'm a little jealous. Joe used to be obsessed with me." Sora glared slightly at Mimi's remark but politely nodded. "He used to send me flowers all the time and call me every night. We were only kids but it was still cute. Well…I guess his crush on me has ended."

Sora tried to not scream at Mimi for pushing her buttons yet again. "I guess so."

"Does he ever talk about his stalker-esque crush on me?"

"He's mentioned it before."

"Out of curiosity, why did it stop?"

"I don't know Mimi."

"Really? He never said anything?"

Sora looked into Mimi's seemingly innocent eyes and saw the same girl who pretended to sleep with Bryan to hurt Veronica. She was constantly trying to convince her friends that Mimi wasn't that girl anymore but even she knew Mimi's cattiness would slip out every now and then. "Are you that starved for torture?"

"What are you talking about, Sora?"

"We both know the reason why Joe stopped liking you so much. You changed. You used to be a sweet girl wearing a pink cowboy hat and then, as you grew older, you became a controlling and bitchy girl. You pushed people away by acting better than them to hide your insecurity. Then you became a model and added narcissism and escapism into the mix." Mimi glared at Sora the same way she did to Veronica months ago. "Your target became Veronica when you first came back and you took her down. Then you swore you were nice again like you claimed in your email to me saying you were moving back to Japan. You were being nice for awhile until we fought last week and now I see that the bitch is back."

Mimi glared at Sora. "Fine. Maybe I am a bitch, but I have been like this for years and you have still been my friend. Why do you suddenly have a problem with it now?"

"Your target has never been me before! That's why!"

"Who says you are my next target? I haven't made a plan to take you down yet. You're one of my best friends."

"I don't think I was intentionally your target. This side of you has been on hiatus after Veronica became our friend again. You genuinely felt guilty for putting that girl through hell after her life was burning in flames already." Sora paused. "I thought you did anyway."

Mimi looked down. "I do feel bad for that. Veronica's life is harder than anyone's I know. She has been through so much this past year and I am genuinely her friend now."

"I can see in your eye that the part of you who took her down is coming for me next. I could hear it in your voice."

Mimi looked back up at Sora. "Fine. Maybe it is impossible for me to be sweet for long periods of time and maybe I enjoy being a mean girl. I can't help it. I wasn't planning on taking you down, but if you want to turn against me then that's what I'll do! What do I have to lose? I've spent the past week alone practically. Taking you down will at least give me a hobby."

Sora glared at Mimi. "I really thought you had changed, Mimi. I really thought you grew up. You haven't though. You're still a little insecure girl just like you've always been!" Sora got up and walked out of the dorm and slammed the door behind her.

Veronica sat in the waiting area of her attorney's office. She kept smoothing out a wrinkle in her skirt that wouldn't seem to go away and checking her hair and makeup in the mirror of her compact. She knew that her lawyer didn't normally represent people as young as eighteen so she always tried to look as professional as possible. The receptionist picked up her phone and then hung it back up. "Veronica Sasaki?"

Veronica stood up. "Yes?"

"Mr. Harada will see you now in his office."

"Thank you." Veronica walked to her lawyer's office and knocked on the door.

"Come on in."

Veronica walked inside the office and closed the door behind her. She held out her hand to shake Mr. Harada's. He politely shook it and told her to sit down. The two of them sat down and Mr. Harada jumped right into the point of the meeting. "As you know, your court date is rapidly approaching."

"Yes, I know and I am fully prepared for it."

"Well, that is what this meeting is for. It will be harder than you think it will be."

"I'm sure I can handle it. I'm a lot stronger person thanks to my ongoing therapy."

"I'm sure of that but it will be hard nonetheless. You will be in the same room with Bryan which will be hard in of that itself. You will also be asked to testify and you will have to speak about the dark details that occurred that night to a judge and jury. You will have to speak about the rape, the emotional control, the abortion, and how you got out of the cycle of control. It won't be pleasant to say the least."

Veronica looked solemn. She knew Bryan would be there but it hadn't really sunk in yet. It also didn't occur in her mind that she would have to tell all her secrets to a room of complete strangers who would be listening intently to every word. Her heart started to race but she tried to stay calm. "Yes…it will be hard…but I'm willing to go through with it."

Sora stormed back into her dorm room. Gwen was back to browsing Vogue. She looked up at her roommate who was clearly angry. "What happened with Mimi?"

Sora took a breath to calm herself down. "Things didn't go as planned."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No. I just…I don't think I want to be friends with Mimi anymore."

"You have been friends with Mimi since you were a child. I'm sure things will turn around."

"I don't know. I think this time might be different."

Later that day, Tai and Matt met up outside of the dining hall to have dinner together. Both boys were very nervous considering they haven't spent extended periods of time together since they decided to go on a break. After brief greetings, the boys went inside, got their food and drinks, and sat down together at a table. They could both feel the tension and awkwardness between them. Tai started eating in silence and Matt followed his lead. He knew he had to break the ice. "So…Tai…how have things been with you lately?" Matt realized how stupid that question was as soon as he said and was quickly embarrassed.

"Um…things have been okay I guess. I've been studying a lot and my grades have gone up some. I might actually get enough credits to be a sophomore next year. I was worried that I would end up a couple credits shy and remain a freshman."

"Yeah, I was concerned about you doing that. It wouldn't have been a big deal though. It takes people longer to graduate college these days."

"That's because more people go now and they still don't have an idea about what they want to do when they get there."

"Like you."

"Exactly."

Matt smiled. "You will have to declare a major eventually, you know."

"I know, but I am dreading it." Tai laughed a little and Matt joined him. That was the longest conversation they had had all week and it was refreshing to both of them. Tai realized that it was actually bearable to be around Matt despite him not being his boyfriend anymore. The two of them continued to talk about school while they finished their dinner. They exited the dining hall and started walking back to their residence hall. "So…It was nice to be on speaking terms again. I'm sorry I've been so absent from our dorm room this week."

Matt smiled. "It's okay. I'm glad that we are back in a good place again."

"Yeah, it's nice to have you as my friend."

Matt knew he should be happy at Tai saying that but he found Tai's positive sentence bittersweet. He wanted to be more than just Tai's friend. He wanted to be his boyfriend again as he had been for months. He didn't know if it would always hurt so much to be just Tai's friend but he didn't know if he could feel like this much longer.

The next day, the two boys awakened in their dorm rooms at the same time and decided to go have breakfast together. Matt noticed that Tai was visibly uncomfortable undressing in the dorm with Matt there. Matt had seen Tai naked tons of times, and vice versa, but he realized that things were still different between them. They had become friends again, but were not a couple. Matt turned away and the two boys dressed while facing different walls.

Sora showered in her floor's bathroom. There were eight individual showers in the bathroom, which made Sora happy since she was not comfortable with a group shower. There were two shower curtains per shower. One was to the actual shower and the other was to an area outside of the shower with a towel rack and a small bench for sitting your things. Sora hummed to herself while finishing up washing her hair. She turned off the shower and pulled back the first curtain to get her towel and dry off. She reached for her towel and gasped. Someone had not only taken her towel, but they had taken her clothes! All that was left was her shower caddy containing her soap, hairbrush, and shampoo bottle. Her eyes narrowed and she whispered a single word: "Mimi." She stuck her head out of the second curtain to realize that nobody was in the bathroom that could help her. Her dorm room was a couple doors down the hall, but she could not very well walk out of the bathroom completely nude. She waited for twenty minutes but nobody entered the bathroom. She realized that everyone on her floor was eating breakfast in the dining hall or at home visiting their families for the weekend. Sora sighed. She took her shower caddy and put it in front of her crotch and arranged her arms to cover her breasts as best she could. There was nothing she could do to cover her backside though. She opened the door the bathroom slowly and looked into the hallway. Nobody was there. Sora sighed again and quickly ran to her dorm. She threw the door open, jumped inside, and slammed the door shut behind her. She hit her forehead against the door hard. "Well, at least nobody saw me."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that."

Sora's screamed at the top of her lungs and turned around. Gwen was sitting at her desk looking at her. Sora ran to her closet and threw on a robe. "Gwen, I thought you were out eating breakfast."

"I decided I would wait for you to get out of the shower. Although, it took you forever. What were you doing in there? And, more importantly, why did you come in here naked? I thought you didn't want to entice me anymore this semester." Gwen let out a sarcastic laugh.

Sora glared. "It's not funny! Somebody stole my clothes and my towel!"

Gwen looked at her strangely. "This isn't junior high. Who would be immature enough to pull a prank like that?"

"Isn't it obvious? Mimi!"

"Oh please. I know Mimi can be cruel sometimes, but she would never do something so humiliating to you. Even if you two are fighting right now, you have been friends forever."

"I'm serious, Gwen! She did this! She declared war on me yesterday!"

"She declared war?" Gwen laughed again. "What does that mean?"

"That she is coming after me. She wants to take me down."

"Or maybe she is trying to get me horny by making me see my roommate naked." Gwen laughed a third time.

"Could you be anymore sarcastic? Mimi did this, Gwen. I may not have any evidence, but I will find some and prove it! That bitch doesn't know who she is messing with."

"Your right, that bitch is messing with a red-headed nudist. She better watch out." Gwen smirked.

"Ha. Ha. You're so hilarious." Sora went to dry off her hair and get dressed.

Tai and Matt sat together in the dining hall eating breakfast. Their conversation was over basic topics. Matt could feel an underlying awkwardness even though the two were friendly towards one another again. Matt decided that he couldn't pretend that it wasn't there any longer. "Um…Tai?"

"Yeah?"

"You know, we were best friends before we were boyfriends."

"I know that, Matt."

"It's just that…this morning…you seemed so uncomfortable to be undressing in the same room as me. I have seen you without clothes countless times, both before and while we dated. You don't have feel shy or awkward around me, you know. I wasn't going to watch you and lick my lips or something."

Tai blushed a little and looked down at his plate. "Oh…I…sorry. It was just weird. I am used to us being in a relationship. It was just awkward to undress with you there without wanting you to watch me."

"Tai, I'm not some creepy pervert. I'm not going to gawk at you naked body. I respect that you don't wish to be dating me right now. I may not be happy with that, but I respect it."

Tai looked back up at Matt. "Okay, sorry."

"It's fine." Matt noticed that they were both done with their breakfasts. "Come on, let's go get some coffee together…as friends of course." Matt smiled innocently.

That afternoon, Gwen walked down the hall to Mimi's dorm. Sora was avoiding Mimi by hanging out with Tai and Matt. She didn't go with Sora because she knew she needed to confront Mimi after the way their date ended. Gwen knocked on her door. Mimi opened the door quickly and invited Gwen inside. "Where's Veronica?"

"She is over at Izzy and Clare's. I swear that girl is never here."

"You two are still getting along though, right?"

Mimi smiled. "We are, actually. Veronica had a meeting with her lawyer yesterday and she has been a little stressed. Clare always makes her feel better so she spends the majority of her free time there. It doesn't bother me though. I get the dorm to myself."

"So, did you hear about Sora's morning?"

Mimi looked puzzled. "No, I haven't seen Sora all day."

Gwen chuckled some. "Well, somebody took all her clothes and her towel when she was in the shower, and she had to walk back to our dorm naked. Luckily, nobody was in the hallway. However, I was in the dorm room and certainly got a show." Gwen started laughing harder.

Mimi laughed with her. "Oh my God. That's so crazy! Does she know who took her things?"

"No. However, she has a guess."

"Who?"

"You."

Mimi's eyes got bigger. "What? Why would I do that to Sora?"

"She said you are trying to take her down."

Mimi rolled her eyes. "That girl is living in a teen drama. Sora is my friend. We might not exactly be getting along right now, but I would never try to humiliate her like that."

"That's exactly what I told her. Sora can be a bit hard-headed sometimes though."

Mimi sighed and looked down at the floor for a second. "Is there anything else you wanted to discuss?"

Gwen blushed some. "Oh…well…yes, actually. I thought we could discuss your proposition. You know…about us being friends with benefits."

Mimi smiled. "I know it is embarrassing to talk about, but I swear it isn't that outlandish of an idea. It's very common among the people I hang out with in New York. I don't think you and I would be good as girlfriends. We are almost identical and it would be like dating myself. We are better off as friends."

"I agree. We are better off that way. I learned that on our date."

"However, we can't deny that we are attracted to each other."

"Yes, I can't really deny that. I've put a lot of thought into my decision over the past week."

"And…"

"And, I think that…maybe we could try being friends with benefits."

Mimi smiled. "Great! I'm so excited you agreed. I haven't been with anyone in so long, especially not a girl."

Gwen smiled. "I haven't been with anyone since Rosemary."

"You know, Veronica said she was going to be at Clare's until late tonight."

Gwen's face turned red again. "Oh…" Before Gwen could say anything, Mimi had taken off her shirt. She was wearing a pink lacy bra underneath it. She leaned closer to Gwen, who was sitting at the foot of her bed, and kissed her on the cheek. Gwen smiled and turned her head to face Mimi. The two girls kissed each other on the lips lighting, and then with more passion. Gwen started to take off her shirt and Mimi helped her get it over her head. The two continued to make out as Mimi slid her mini-shirt off. Gwen looked down. "Uh…Mimi…you're not wearing any underwear."

Mimi laughed seductively. "I know I'm not." Gwen smiled and continued to kiss Mimi as she took off her own skirt.

Tai and Matt said goodbye to Sora, who was hanging out in their dorm room. Tai shut the door and the boys jumped onto their respective beds. Tai sighed. "Man that girl is paranoid."

"I know. I doubt Mimi is going after her."

"How hard did you want to laugh when she told the story about her using a shower caddy to cover up her vagina when she was walking down the hall?"

Matt laughed. "So hard! I couldn't though. Sora is one of my best friends. I just had to be comforting."

Tai laughed along with Matt. "That was one funny story though."

"Totally."

"It's fun to laugh at the misfortune at others."

"Tai, that's terrible."

Tai smirked. "Come on, you know it's true."

Matt smiled back at his best friend. "Okay, fine. You're right. I hope it will still be funny when we are in hell because we make fun of everyone behind their backs."

"Stop being such a goody-goody, Yama. You are supposed to be a badass rocker."

Matt froze. "What did you call me?"

"A badass rocker."

"No…you called me Yama. You haven't done that since we broke up."

Tai looked a little nervous. "Oh…sorry, Matt. Old habits die hard I guess."

Matt smiled. "Yeah, I guess they do." Matt was so happy over Tai's slip-up. It was the first time Tai acted as if his feelings for him were not a thing of the past. Hearing Tai say the nickname "Yama" made him joyful for the first time all week. He realized that Tai's feelings of love were still there and that he could get Tai back. His smiled got wider and wider.

"What's up with you, Matt? Your huge smile is freaking me the fuck out."

Matt laughed. "Sorry. I was off in my own little world, I guess."

Gwen and Mimi layed naked together under the covers of Mimi's bed. Gwen looked at the clock. "Okay, Veronica could be back soon. I should get dressed and go."

Mimi made a flirtatious pout. "Okay, but we will have to do this again some time."

Gwen smiled. "You bet we will." She leaned over and kissed Mimi on the mouth. She got up and put her clothes back on. She then went over to the mirror and fixed her hair. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"See ya." Mimi watched Gwen leave her dorm. She then got dressed and fixed her hair as well. She looked in the mirror and smiled. "Talk about a win-win situation. I get to have hot sex with Gwen, and piss off her best friend once she finds out. Between being fuck buddies with her bestie and humiliating her this morning, Sora is going to be furious." Mimi laughed to herself and walked over to her dresser. She reached towards the back of one of her drawers and pulled out Sora's clothes and towel. "That bitch really doesn't know who she is messing with. And this is only the beginning."

TO BE CONTINUED…