UPDATE!!! I already had this written but I didn't have time to upload it until now. Sorry about that to anyone who really likes this. And for those who don't like it, well, I'm sorry that you didn't like it. I hope you give me lots of reviews!!! This chapter is way better then the first one. That was just setting everything up. Hope you enjoy!!!

Disclaimer time! I don't own Digimon. This is purely fan made.

Digimon: Almost

Chapter 2: Shaky Goodbyes

Mimi looked at her empty room and sighed. She was leaving for America in a few days but they needed to finish packing by tomorrow so the movers could get there before they did. She was planning on staying at Sora's her last night here. All the DigiDestined were getting together for one big going away party. She was a bit nervous. For one, she hadn't seen Izzy since they left the Digital World and she was afraid that Tai would want to be close to her now that they were dating.

They had gone out that first time four months ago. They had been out a few times since then but they hadn't kissed or anything. She didn't really think she could make that first move. She didn't really want to kiss anyone other than Izzy… She stopped that thought before it could get any further and shook her head. She hadn't talked to Izzy once since that night in the Digital World. He probably didn't want her anymore anyway. So she figured she'd wait for Tai to make a move and just go with it. The funny thing though, was that he wouldn't make a move either. He would just kinda stare off into space on their dates, the same way she would. If she was going to force herself to love Tai then he needed to do something. Or maybe she did…

Izzy sat at his computer staring at the screen. His computer used to be the one thing he understood and could always count on. Now he wasn't even sure if he could see the screen anymore. All he saw was Mimi and Tai. Together. Tai had told Izzy about it when they had first gone to the movies and Izzy had to swallow all his hurt and sadness to smile at Tai and pretend everything was alright. He hoped Tai wouldn't see through him.

He was also worried about tomorrow night. They were all going to have a goodbye party for Mimi. She was moving to America. He sighed. He'd kept his feelings for her a secret and now she was leaving and he felt like he shouldn't have. Maybe that was why she wanted Tai. He did have the crest of courage after all. He didn't know how he was going to see her and not look upset. Or how he was going to see her and Tai together without wanting to run out of the room. He hadn't talked to her once since that night. She hadn't talked to him. So he didn't really know if he should say anything. He sighed and just looked out the window. When was life going to get easier?

Tai was sitting outside on his balcony. It was raining but he really didn't care. It reflected his mood. He was dating Mimi now since they had been out on more than a few dates in the past four months. She was leaving soon but that wasn't why he was upset. He was upset because Mimi was going to be having a going away party at Sora's with all the DigiDestined. That meant Sora and Mattwould be there. Together. In the same room. That would really help the depression.

He had to make a choice. A choice that would be very hard and both choices were almost the same amount of pain. He could one, make the effort and try to make her jealous at the party tomorrow or he could say goodbye to Sora so that he wouldn't be hurt anymore and she could just be happy with Matt and left alone. The first choice seemed like a good one but he knew it wouldn't work. Plus he'd only be giving Mimi the wrong idea. He'd also be trying to hurt Sora which is something he'd never want or try to do. But the second choice seemed unbearable. Leaving Sora forever? How would he even go about doing that? It would be like cutting off his right hand and throwing it in the ocean. But Sora had more than his right hand. She had his heart. And how could rip that out? He sighed. He knew there was only one thing that would be right.

Sora looked at the time. Mimi would be here any minute. Then they had to get everything ready for the little party. Nothing fancy, just a few friends hanging out. A few friends in a giant love triangle. She sighed. She knew that Matt liked her, though she didn't know how much. He had kissed her on their first date, which made her think he liked her a lot and she felt bad that she liked him but was in love with another. She always kissed him back because kissing him was nice since she did like him. But it was nothing like Tai's kiss. Nothing at all like a kiss with someone you love.

But the love triangle didn't stop there. Matt liked her, she loved Tai, Tai liked Mimi and Mimi didn't really like anyone. But someone did like Mimi, a lot. Izzy. She could tell. Maybe it was a women's intuition but somehow she knew. Maybe it was the way he looked at her when he didn't think anyone was looking. Or the way he hung on everyone word Mimi said. Maybe it wasn't those things at all. Maybe it was that strange night in the Digital World when Mimi went to go get Izzy and they both came back dazed and they never spoke to each other again. Whatever the reason, she knew. But no one else did. No one else had ever guessed but she had. She didn't know how Mimi felt about Izzy but she knew she wasn't too into Tai by the way she talked about them being together.

Suddenly the doorbell rang and she got up to go answer it.

"Hi Mimi! I wasn't sure if you were going to be on time or not." She teased her and laughed.

"Oh Sora, you can't be fashionably late to your own party." She told her with a smile on her face.

Sora picked up one of Mimi's three bags. "Jeez Mimi. How much stuff did you bring for one night?"

Mimi scratched her head. "I thought I packed light…"

Sora laughed and brought her stuff upstairs anyway. "We have an hour before everyone's going to come. I have some chips in the kitchen and some soda in the fridge. I figured we can order a pizza. My mom said she was going to visit my dad in Kyoto since he's away researching there for a little while. That means we have the place to ourselves."

Mimi smiled. "Ok, that's good. But why are you worrying about the food!! We only have an hour! We need to get ourselves ready!" Mimi exclaimed.

"Mimi, this is only a little group of friends hanging out. Why would we need to get ready? I'm already ready." She said, looking down at her clothes. She was wearing a T-shirt and jeans with her all too familiar hat on.

"Sora, you really have no interest in fashion. I mean, you look fine and everything but it's just sad that you don't share the same love for fashion that I do." She shook her head but smiled. "But you're probably right. All the people coming have seen me at my worst so I guess it doesn't really matter." She had a cute top on with some tight fitting jeans. A more fashionable form of what Sora was wearing.

"Alright well, let's get this place ready." They set out all the food and drinks in the living room and called for the pizza so that it would be there by dinner time. They had everything ready just in time for the door bell to ring at exactly 5:00 pm on the dot. Sora opened the door and wasn't surprised to see Joe at the door. "Right on time as always Joe." She said with a laugh. Her reliable friend would never be late to anything if he could help it.

"Well I wouldn't want to be late. Is anyone else here?" he asked.

"Hi Joe!" Mimi called from inside. "I'm the only other one here! You're the first to get here."

"Oh, ok." Joe took of his shoes by the door and walked into the living room with Sora. Then a few minutes later the door bell rang again. This time when she opened the door her breath caught in her throat and she couldn't hold back a smile. "Hi Tai." She looked down. "And hi Kari."

Kari looked up and smiled at Sora. "Hello." She said before she took off her shoes and walked ahead of them.

Tai looked at Sora when she said hello and he almost ran out the door. He didn't want to do this. He didn't want to deal with what he knew would be his last time seeing Sora. The smile on her face when she saw him just made it that much harder. He didn't want this to be the last night he'd see her beautiful face. The last night he'd hear her amazing voice. The last time for everything it seemed. "Uh, hi Sora." He said quietly and smiled, not being able to hold one back when he saw her face.

He took off his shoes and followed Kari into the living room. Sora stood by the door just looking outside as he walked past her. He turned around and looked at her. She was probably wishing Matt was here or something because she had a sad almost wanting look in her eyes. A want he couldn't give her so he cleared his throat. "You coming, Sora?"

She looked back at him quickly. "Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. Just staring off into space again."

Tai walked into the living room with Sora behind him. He saw Mimi and Joe there too. "Hey Joe. Hi Mimi." He said and walked over to sit next to Mimi. He figured that was something a girl you were dating would want. She smiled at him and gave him a hug. "Hi!"

Tai looked up and caught Sora's face in his view. For a split second, her face was one of agony. Rippling pain on her face as she looked at Mimi and him. He wanted to jump up and run to her. Make everything better. Never make her sad again. But that wasn't what she wanted. She wanted Matt to be here. She wanted Matt to make her feel better. Not him. But in the split second it was there, that face was gone. Turned into a smile as she looked at everyone and pretended everything was ok.

After about 15 minutes, the doorbell rang again. This time Mimi got up to go get it and everyone waited, watching the door to see who it was. Mimi came back into the room pulling TK and Matt along. TK smiled and looked at everyone. "Hi guys! I missed all of you so much!" he exclaimed as he ran around giving out hugs. He ended with Kari and took a seat next to her. Tai was glad that TK and Kari had become such good friends. Both being the same age and the youngest of the DigiDestined, they had bonded quickly.

Then Matt looked at everyone and smiled. "Hey guys. Long time no see for some of you." Then he looked at Sora who was sitting on the couch with an empty spot next to her, smiling up at him. The smile made Tai both happy that she was happy and sick that it wasn't him making her happy. "And hi Sora." he said to her as he sat down next to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Sora blushed slightly and Tai vision went red. He wanted to run out of the room even faster now. But he just clenched his teeth and looked down to hide all emotions.

Mimi didn't have to remember that Izzy wasn't there. She had been waiting the whole time for him. The party had already started an hour ago and he wasn't the type to really be late. Once Matt and TK had gotten there, everyone wondered where Izzy was. Mimi didn't think he was going to come. It was now 6:00 pm and he still wasn't there. The door bell rang and she stood up slowly. "That's probably the pizza guy. You did tell them to come at 6." She reminded Sora and Sora nodded her head.

Mimi walked to the door slowly and a little sad. Although she had been regretting seeing Izzy again, she was now sad that he wasn't there. She must have depended on seeing his face more then she thought. She walked to the door to get the pizza, hoping the boxes wouldn't be too heavy.

She opened the door and her eyes opened wide when she saw a pair of dark brown, almost black eyes looking at her in shock. She saw a flash of dark red hair and a computer strapped to his back and she held in a gasp. It was Izzy. She was so happy that she wanted to jump into his arms and hug him. But she didn't. He looked at the ground once he saw who opened the door. He walked past her without a word or another look, into the living room. Mimi stood by the door just staring out into the rain. A few tears rolled down her cheeks and she wiped them away quickly before turning around and closing the door. He hadn't even said hello.

Izzy had seen the door open to an extremely beautiful and shocked face that he hadn't thought he'd see at the moment, for his face was just as shocked. He didn't know what to say or do so he just walked around her, leaving her in the doorway. He wasn't going to come. He had planned to stay at home and was thinking of things he could tell them. But then he thought about it and figured that if he didn't go tonight, he may never see Mimi again and he didn't want that so he came just to see her face one last time.

He walked into the living room and every greeted him excitedly. Then Tai frowned. "Too bad you weren't the pizza guy though. I'm starving!" he teased and Izzy laughed. "I'm sorry. Next time; I'll bring him with me."

Sora laughed. "Well, I don't think they'll be a next. I mean, how many times can Mimi move to America?" They all laughed at her joke but Izzy just faked a smile and sat down. He would miss her so much…

"Speaking of Mimi, where'd she go? Mimi?? Are you still by the door?" Sora called.

"Sorry! I'll be in, in a minute." She said her voice thick with tears. No one else looked phased by her tone but Sora and Izzy. Sora just looked worried for her friend and Izzy looked mortified. Had he made her cry from ignoring her? Like when they had been in the Digital World? No, that couldn't be. She was probably just sad that this was the last time she'd see her friends for awhile.

Izzy sat quietly throughout the party. He looked over at Mimi occasionally to see her sitting next to Tai. At one point Tai's arm was around her and Izzy wanted to throw up. His stomach kept flipping and turning with every look and he regretted coming here already. The pizza did get there at 6:30. And because it was late they got a discount. Not that that really mattered much to Izzy but he figured it was good for Sora, since she was paying for it.

Finally it was time for everyone to start leaving and Izzy sighed in relief. He was so glad that this silent pain was almost over. He was the first to get up. "Well, my mom told me to be home by 10:00 so I should probably head home." Everyone said their goodbyes to him but he didn't even turn to look at Mimi. He couldn't do it. Saying goodbye just made it all the more real. Made it hurt that much more. So he opened to door to Sora's apartment and stepped outside. He was now on a balcony by the door and he needed to go find the stairs. There was another balcony above this one that served as a roof and shelter from the rain. He stood next to the door and slid to the ground where he was sitting and just looking at the rain. It had been raining for two days now. It added nicely to the mood tonight.

Mimi was going to get up and hug everyone as they left since she was leaving tomorrow. It gave her an excuse to hug Izzy too. Plus she really would miss all of her friends a lot. But when Izzy said goodbye to everyone, he didn't even look at her! It was her goodbye party and he didn't even say goodbye! She looked at the ground, silently holding in her tears. This whole party had been the hardest thing ever. She kept looking at Izzy and saw that he looked miserable.

After he left she stood for a moment. She needed to go somewhere to let out the tears that were threatening to spill over. "I need some fresh air." She told them as she walked to the front door and stepped outside. She closed the door behind her and ran to the edge of the balcony and looked over. She looked out across the city and let the tears out. Before she knew it she was sobbing. She couldn't handle it. Why did the one she love hate her so much? It wasn't fair. Nothing was fair. Before her sobs got out of control she suddenly felt arms around her.

She turned around and found that it was Izzy who was holding her and shushing her with quiet and soothing shhhh's. Where had he come from? She looked at the door and saw that his bag with his computer in it was sitting next to the door. He had been sitting there? No wonder why she hadn't seen him. She looked at the boy in front of her. In a few months Izzy had grown. He used to be much shorter then Mimi. Now they were about the same height. He had cut his hair since then and he looked a lot older. He was holding her against his chest and resting his chin on her head. She was still crying slightly but she could stop thinking about how much she loved the feel of his arms around her.

She straightened out and looked at his face. He still had his arms around her and their faces were extremely close. "I'm sorry." She told him, not sure if he'd even answer her or not.

Izzy shook his head. "Don't be sorry. Whatever it is, it'd not your fault." He told her.

She smiled but tried not to get too excited. He was talking to her! He actually said something to her! She had wiped away the rest of her tears only to start crying even more.

"What's wrong now?" he asked, alarmed at how her crying had gotten worse when he said something to her.

"Nothing's wrong." She told him.

He tilted his head. "Then why are you crying even more?" he asked.

"Because you spoke to me!" she told him. Her tears were ones of joy.

Izzy put his hands on her shoulders, and pulled her away from him so he could her face. "I really need to go now." He told her. "Goodbye Mimi." He said before quickly letting her go and walking away. He went around the corner, giving her one last look before he was gone. She looked in the direction he had walked off and tears silently streamed down her face. At least he had talked to her. That made things better, right? But it also only gave her more of a reason to miss him, and with that thought, the tears started streaming even faster.

Sora had seen almost everything that night. She had been watching Izzy. He looked really upset. And he kept looking at Mimi. Sora had guessed right, that was for sure. She watched him leave without even looking at Mimi and then she started to worry. That was pretty harsh. She watched Mimi go outside and then she sighed. There wasn't anything she could do for them.

Mimi came back in the room, her eyes red and puffy. Sora could tell she had been crying. Everyone else looked up at her in question and Tai asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing." She told them. "I was just thinking about how I'm not going to see any of you for so long and I'm going to miss you all so much! Now that Izzy left, there's only 6 of you left and then you'll all be gone." She told them sadly. Sora raised an eyebrow at her but let it go. If Mimi didn't want to say anything, she didn't have to.

Tai watched as slowly everyone left. Izzy was first and then Joe, saying that he had a test tomorrow that was very important. He still didn't know who took tests on Saturdays but didn't ask. Matt and TK then left and Tai watched sadly as Matt kissed Sora goodbye. It made him cringe. Once they left he realized that it was time. Time for him to say goodbye to Sora, forever. The thought hurt him more than Matt's kisses did. But he knew it was best. For both of them. He stood up and looked at Kari who was falling asleep on the couch. It was only 10:00 but that was late for Kari so he pulled her into his arms and she was asleep in moments. "Well, I should head home now." He looked down at Kari and they understood.

Sora stood up. "I'll walk you out." She told him. He nodded and walked over to Mimi. "I'll talk to you on the phone tomorrow. Don't forget to call." He told her and she nodded. "I won't." She stood up and gave him a hug before he walked towards the door with Kari in his arms and Sora beside him. They got outside and Sora smiled. "It's nice and cool out here. It was getting stuffy in there." She told him and he nodded. He looked at Sora face and knew this was the moment. The moment he was ripping out his heart and placing it under her foot to stomp on.

"Sora, I don't think we should really talk anymore." He told her and her head suddenly snapped up and she was looking at him with horror in her eyes. "What? What are you trying to say?" she asked, her voice slightly panicked.

"I'm just saying it'd be best for both of us." He said, looking down as he prepared to say those last and final words that would seal the deal and his heart forever. "I hope you remain happy. Goodbye Sora." He said as he turned around and walked around the corner. He looked down at his chest. It looked the same on the outside. But it would never be the same on the inside…