The next day you woke up feeling great. You stretched and yawed. You looked at the alarm clock. It read 7:21am. You sat up in bed and remembered the night before.

After you and Tai had kissed, you took your bike back to your apartment, then you and him went to the beach and you both sat in the sand and talked while looking at the stars. You remembered almost every conversation.

**back at the beach last night**

You and Tai walked onto the beach and you both lied in the sand, staring at the stars.

"The stars are so pretty..." you mumbled. Tai opened his mouth to say something.

"Don't even say it." you cut him off laughing. He closed his mouth and smiled slightly.

"I have a question." Tai said.

"Alright. Shoot." you said.

"Do you want kids when you get older?" he asked. You looked at him weird. This seemed like something you would talk to your girlfriends about. But then you shrugged it off.

"I don't know. Sometimes I want kids, sometimes I don't. It's too early to for me to decide." you said.

"Oh." he said.

"Alright, so what about you?" you asked smiling as you sat up and looked at him.

"I don't know either. I wonder if I'll be a good parent or not." he said.

"What are you talking about, Tai!? You'd be a great father! Think of how many times you had to take care of Kari." you said.

"I almost killed her once though, remember?" he said looking into his lap and closing his eyes.

"Yeah, but you helped save her too. Had you not called an ambulance, she prolly would be dead." you said taking his hands into your own. He sighed.

"Still though. Had I not taken her outside with me to play soccer, she wouldn't have gotten sicker." he said.

"Stop blaming this on yourself! It's not your fault." you said.

"That's not what my mom said." he muttered.

"Your mom blamed it on you!?" you asked.

"Yeah. She said that it was all my fault. And it was." he whispered. You looked away from him in disgust.

"How could someone blame their child on something like that!? It's disgusting!" you said.

"Just forget about it, Tailer." he said.

"I don't think I can, Tai. You're mom seems like a nice person, but she really made a mistake with blaming that on you. You were what? Seven?" you asked.

"Yeah, but it doesn't matter. What's done is done..." he said. It was silent a while.

"Alright. My turn to ask a question." you said smirking.

"Uh-oh... Alright." he said. You mock-glared at him.

"Are you a virgin?" you asked smiling.

"Yeah." he said.

"Really? Well I would have thought that someone would try to shag you." you said.

"I'm savin it for you, baby." he said winking. You blushed. But he couldn't see it.

"We'll wait and see if we get married first." you said. He nodded.

"What about you?" he asked.

"I'm not." you said looking into your lap.

"W-Who was it?" he asked quietly.

"I don't know. I was raped during a school dance in middle school. Brock saved me from him. Neither of us found out who it was..." you said.

"Oh my..." he whispered. You eyes started to fill with tears. Tai wrapped his arms around you, and held you close to him. You inhaled his scent deeply and you blinked the tears from your eyes. You sat in his arms like that in silence for about a minute.

"I love you, Tailer." he whispered in your ear. You sniffed.

"Ditto." you said.

"You love yourself?" he asked grinning.

"Yup. I love myself, and not you." you said looking into his eyes smiling. (Me: Well, the mood certainly lightened quickly. lol)

"Oh thanks. I don't love you anymore." he said looking away from you, and dropping his arms from around you. You shrugged.

"Okay. I'm gonna go see Kyler. Later." you said as you got up from the sand and started walking away. Tai's hand gripped yours in a heartbeat, and he pulled you towards him. (You were standing, and he was on both his knees holding your hand.)

"I didn't mean it." he said. You smiled.

"I know." you said.

You pressed your lips to his, closing your eyes in the process. You pushed Tai back into the sand, so he was laying on his back in the sand, and you were on top of him. As you fell, your lips never parted from his. You moved a bit, so now you were basically laying on his side, your right hand on his chest.

He kissed you slowly, but passionately for like five minutes. You couldn't think of anything but Tai, and how happy you felt with him at the moment. Tai's arms wrapped themselves around your waist, pulling you closer to him. He held you tightly as if he never wanted to let you go. Then you slowly pulled away from Tai, and you opened your eyes, to find his brown eyes staring at you. You stared deeply into his eyes.

"I love your eyes..." you whispered. He smirked all cocky-like.

"Please don't ruin the moment." you whispered in an almost begging tone. He laughed quietly.

"You know me too well." he whispered.

"Of course. I've known you forever." you said.

"Yet, I still don't know you as well as I thought I did." he said.

"Yeah... I guess so..." you said yawning. You closed your eyes and rested your head on Tai's chest, listening to his heartbeat.

**Tai's POV**

"Okay. I'm gonna go see Kyler. Later." she said as she got up from the sand and started walking away. His eyes widened as his hand gripped hers in a heartbeat, and he pulled her towards him.

"I didn't mean it." he said. She smiled.

"I know." she said.

She pressed her lips to his, closing her eyes in the process. Tailer pushed him into the sand, so he was laying on his back, and she was on top of him. Tailer moved a bit, so she was laying on his side, and she placed her right hand on his chest.

He kissed her slowly.

'I love this girl... I'd die for her anyday...' he thought as he opened his eyes and examined her relaxed face.

His arms wrapped themselves around her small waist, pulling her closer to him. Tailer pulled away from him, and opened her eyes. She looked so happy, and comfortable where she was. He stared deeply into her eyes.

"I love your eyes..." she whispered. He smirked knowing what to say.

"Please don't ruin the moment." she whispered in an almost begging tone. He laughed quietly.

"You know me too well." he whispered.

"Of course. I've known you forever." she said.

'It does seem like forever since that day in the Digital World.' he thought.

"Yet, I still don't know you as well as I thought I did." he said.

"Yeah... I guess so..." she said yawning. She closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest.

Tai looked at the starry sky above him as his girlfriend fell asleep in his arms.

'I could see myself with her in twenty years.' he thought.

~But does she have that same vision? Remember she has dreams that she wants to fulfill.~ said a voice in his head.

'What if she doesn't want to be together forever?' he asked himself as he looked at Tailer's sleeping face.

He sighed loudly and looked at the stars in the sky. It was a perfect night. There were no clouds in the sky, perfect view of the stars, the only sound was of the waves splashing on the beach. All the lights on the pier were off, the only light was the one in the parking lot that was shining on his car. He watch beeping disturbed the silence. He looked at the digital watch that was on his wrist. It read 1:00am.

'Holy shit! It's way too late!'

He looked at Tailer, not wanting to wake her. He gently picked her up bridal style, and he walked to his car.

He set Tailer in the passenger's seat of his car after making the seat lay down. After he put the seat belt over her, he walked around the car, and he got in the driver's seat. He started the car and he started back for town.

He saw Tailer's cell phone sitting on the dash board, and he grabbed it, and found Brenna's phone number. He pressed send and it started ringing.

"Hello?" Brenna whispered, clearly awake.

"Brenna, it's Tai." he said.

"Where the hell is Tailer!?" she asked, still whispering.

"In my car with me. We were at the beach talking and we lost track of time. She fell asleep. I'm heading into town now." he said.

"Alright." she said.

"Does her mom know that she's gone?" Tai asked.

"No. Shari and I saved her ass. But her mom's a light sleeper. That's why I'm whispering." she said.

"Does her mom and step-dad have work in the morning?" he asked.

"Yeah, and they wake up before all of us. Why?" she asked.

"Can you keep her cover until then?" he asked.

"Yeah." she said.

"Okay. I'm going to..." he said.

**Tailer's/your POV the next morning**

You looked around the room and noticed that it wasn't yours. You felt something wrap around your waist from the back. You looked over your shoulder and you saw Tai's sleeping face.

'Why the hell am I at Tai's house!?' you thought.

You looked around and you noticed that you were in Tai's bedroom, on the bottom bunk of his bunk bed. Kari was on the top.

'Tai prolly made her move.'

You couldn't help but snort at the fact that a high schooler had to sleep in a bunk bed every night. Let alone have to share a room with his middle school sister.

You crawled out of Tai's arms carefully, noticing that you still had your clothes on from yesterday, minus your shoes.

'He could have changed me, but he didn't... How sweet.' you thought smiling. You walked over to their computer desk, and found a pen and paper. You wrote:

Tai: Thanks for everything that happened last night. Sorry I'm leaving before you wake up, but I should get back home and make sure that everything's cool there. I have to go to the track today for racing practice. So, I'll try and meet you sometime later.

Love, Tailer.

You put the pen back on the desk and you layed the note on the pillow that you were sleeping on. Then you noticed that you stole Tai's only pillow, and he was laying on his arm. You gave him a greatful look and you walked out onto his balcony, and jumped over to yours. You tried opening it, but it was locked. You tapped on the door loudly so that one of the girls would answer it. You heard one of them run to the door, and pull open the shades. Shari saw that it was you and she unlocked the door quickly and pulled you inside, then closed the door.

"Do you know how worried we were!?" she asked.

"No. Sorry. Did my mom find out?" you asked.

"No. Brenna and I kept you covered." she said. You hugged her lightly.

"I love you, Shari!" she said. Then you let go of her.

"Yeah, well you should really thank Tai. He called me at like one in the morning and told me that he was taking you to his place for the night so your mom wouldn't wake up." Brenna said sleepily from your bed.

"He remembered to tell you? That's amazing. I honestly didn't think that there was a guy on this planet that was responsible." you said.

"Yeah well you took him." Shari said crossing her arms across her chest.

"Yeah, but Dray likes you, you know. He's cool." Brenna said. Shari blushed.

"Speaking of Dray, I have racing today. Did either of you hear from him?" you asked.

"No. He might've called your cell phone." Brenna said.

"I don't know where it is... I left it in Tai's car last night when we went to the beach." you said.

"You went to the beach with him!? What did you do?" Shari asked raising an eyebrow.

"We...talked." you said.

"Talked or made-out?" she asked smiling.

"Both." you said blushing. "And, he was the one that started the talking actually."

"You're kidding!? He certainly is a man of many talents that one." Shari said.

"I wouldn't call him a man exactly!" Brenna said laughing. You laughed.

"I'm with Brenna!" you said.

"But seriously. What kind of guy would actually start a conversation? Most guys start the make-out sessions!" Shari said laughing. You blushed slighly and raised your hand.

"Actually, that was me." you said.

"Tailer! I didn't think you had it in you!" said a different voice. You looked around the room, trying to find the other voice. It sounded familier to you.

"The computer, TaiTai!" the person said laughing. You looked at the computer, and you saw all your girls. Shari had your camera set up, so all your girls back in America were watching everything that happened since you got home. You ran over to your computer.

"Guys!? Bee, you finally got a camera!" you said sitting in the chair.

"I know! It's awesome! But, let's stay focused here! You made out with Tai!?" she said. You blushed.

"OMG! She's blushing! What happened to you Tailer!? You never even thought about blushing here!" Taylor said.

"Well you guys are embarassing me!" you said.

"You never got embarassed by us here!" Jolene said.

"I want to talk to Tai!" Ashleigh said. The others followed with a "Yeah, me too."

"Sorry, girls. But he's sleeping." you said.

"So? Go and wake him up! We all want to talk to him!" Bee said.

"But without you!" Taylor said looking at you.

"Well, I'm not going to wake him up! We were out past midnight last night, and he had to drive like half an hour back from the beach!" you said.

"I don't care if he needs sleep! We need to talk to him! He can sleep later!" Jolene said.

"Don't you have to get your cell phone back from him anyways, Tailer?" Brenna asked. You looked at her.

"You're on their side!?" you asked pointing at the computer screen.

"I just want to know what they're going to say to him. Do you know how embarassing it'll be!? It'll be so funny!" she said smiling. You glared at them, and stood up from the chair.

"Fine. I'll be right back." you growled as you walked onto your balcony.

You jumped over to Tai's balcony, and you opened the door. Kari was walking out of the room when she heard the slider open. She looked back at you.

"Tailer. Have a nice time last night?" she asked smiling.

"I did actually. Oh, and thanks for giving Tai and me your bed." you said.

"Anytime. But, you don't know how funny it was seeing Tai walk into the house with you in his arms." she said laughing.

"I'm sure it was funny." you said chuckling. She smiled at you and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

You walked over to the bottom bunk, and you grabbed the note you left him, and you shoved it in your pocket. Then you sat on the edge of the bed, and you looked at Tai's sleeping face.

'He looks so peaceful...' you thought.

Then you noticed that Tai was still fully-clothed. He was too tired to change out of his clothes that he fell right into bed and went to sleep. He still had his sneakers on too.

You shook his shoulder to try and wake him up. He didn't budge. You poked his face. He didn't budge.

"Tai? Are you even alive?" you asked. He still didn't move. You glared at him. Then you grabbed the pillow, and smacked it against his face. He just rolled on his side and faced the wall. You moved him so he was on his back. You sat on his stomach, and stared at him.

"Oi! Kamiya, wake up!" you yelled in his ear. You moved your face away from his head as he started to move. You sat on his stomach staring at him, as you saw his eyes slowly open.

"Well look who decided to wake up." you said smiling.

"Oh ha ha. Why are you sitting on me?" he asked.

"Because it's comfortable." you said.

"Well this isn't exactly how I'd like to wake up." he said. Then he pulled you towards him and put his lips to yours.

"Now it's better." he said smiling.

"Ra Tai, you need to brush your teeth." you said.

"Well so do you. I'm not the only one with morning breath here, you know." he said.

"Oh ha ha. Hey, get up, get dressed, and brush your teeth." you said.

"Why? It's like eight in the morning." he said.

"Because my girls back in America are bitches. They want to talk to you, alone." you said.

"I don't want to get The Talk from your friends, Tailer! Please no!" he begged.

"Sorry. But my girls come with the package. Sorry." you said as you got off his stomach, and the bed. Tai sat up yawned.

"This isn't fair..." he mumbled.

"Life isn't fair, baby. Hey, where's my cell phone?" you asked.

"It's on the computer desk." he said as he got out of bed and walked over to the closet to find clean clothes.

"Thanks." you said as you walked over to the computer desk and picked up your cell phone. You had a new voicemail. It said:

"Tailer, it's Dray. Sorry, but we had to cancel practice today. It poured down rain last night out here, and the track's too wet. I'll call you later and tell you the plan. See ya."

You erased the message and you turned around to see Tai pulling a pair of blue jean shorts over boxers that had the Crest of Courage all over them. Then he pulled a red shirt over his head, and he turned to face you. You had a smile on your face.

"Nice boxers, Tai." you said.

"Aren't they? I had them made just for me." he said. You laughed.

"You're such a freak!" you said laughing.

"So? You still love me for it." he said as he walked to you and wrapped his arms around your waist.

"Damn right I do. But, no more kissing until we both brush our teeth. Got it?" you said as Tai started to lean down and kiss you.

"Damnit. Okay. I want a shower, so can I just come over in about half an hour?." he asked.

"Sure. I'm gonna shower too then." you said, then you walked out onto the balcony after Tai started for his bathroom.

You went back into your room, and you sat at your computer.

"He's up." you said.

"Took you long enough!" Ashleigh said.

"It turns out that he's a heavy sleeper. He barely moved when I smacked him with a pillow. I had to yell in his ear to get him up!" you said.

"And you're dating him." Taylor said shaking her head.

"You know, twenty years from now I can see you yelling at Tai to get his ass out of bed before he's late for work." Bee said laughing.

"That's a long time from now... I don't know if that'll happen. I mean, y'all know that I have future plans and junk." you said.

"Oh yeah..." Taylor said. You got up from the desk.

"Tai's not going to be over for a half an hour cause he wants to shower. I'm going to do the same. " you said as you started walking out of the room.

You walked into the bathroom, and you stripped and got in the shower. You washed your hair and body, and you stepped out of the shower, the scent of vanilla flowing through the bathroom. You wrung your hair out with a towel, then you wrapped up in the towel, and you walked out of the bathroom. You started for your room, but the doorbell rang. You walked to the door and opened it to reviel Tai, fully clothed and washed.

"Damn you're slow." he said chuckling as he walked into your apartment.

"Oh ha ha. Very funny, Tai." you said closing the door. You started walking towards your room.

"I'll be done in a minute. Just stay out here, while I change and let the girls know that you're here." you said.

"Alright. But, hurry up." he said. You rolled your eyes and walked into your room. Brenna was sitting on your bed, and Shari was at the computer talking to your girls.

"Tai's here." you said.

"Alright! Send him in!" Ashleigh said.

"Not yet! I'm going to change first! Brenna, Shari, go and entertain Tai, will ya? And I'm going to cover you guys." you said as you picked up a shirt and put it over the camera. Shari and Brenna nodded as they walked out of your room, closing the door behind them. You walked over to your dresser, and you picked out your clothes.

"Hey guys. Go easy on Tai, will ya? Don't scare him away." you said.

"We're just going to talk to him. You know, ask him questions, embarass him a bit. That whole thing." Jolene said.

"Just don't scare him so much that he won't want to date me in fear of my friends." you said as you pulled on your jeans.

"We won't. We know how much you like him. It's been what? Four years?" Bee said laughing.

"Very funny. I'm going to go get him." you said as you took the shirt off the camera and finished brushing your hair.

"Alright. We'll be waiting! Oh, and tell Brenna and Shari that we want them here too." Ashleigh said. You nodded.

"Oh, and have Tai wait out there so we can talk about things with Brenna and Shari. We'll have them call for him when we're ready." Taylor said. You nodded again and you walked into the living room. Brenna and Shari were sitting on one couch talking in hushed voices, and Tai was sitting on another couch staring out the window, thinking.

"Brenna, Shari, the girls want to talk to you." you said. They nodded and got up and walked it your room, closing the door behind them. You walked over to Tai, and you sat down next to him. He still didn't notice that you were there, he was in deep thought.

You took hold of his right hand, and laced it with your left hand.

"Hey." you said. He looked at you, and smiled.

"Don't be worried about the girls. They're protective of me and they like to talk to my boyfriends to make sure that they aren't bastards." you said.

"Do you think I'll pass their little test?" he asked looking into your eyes.

"I hope so. They've never done this to and of my other boyfriends. But, if they don't approve of you, that doesn't mean that I'll dump you." you said. He kissed the side of your head. He rested his head on your shoulder.

"I love you, Tailer. You know that right?" he said.

"Of course. And I love you too." you said. He took his head off your shoulder, and you looked at him. He smiled at you, and he brought his lips to yours. You and Tai closed your eyes, and enjoyed your time together.

"O-M-G I did not want to see that!" you heard Brenna scream. You opened your eyes and pulled away from Tai.

"Like seeing you and Matt in the hallway isn't bad!" you said. She looked away.

"That's what I thought." you said.

"Come on, Tai. They're ready for you know." Shari said.

"It sounds like you're calling him in to see the doctor." you said.

"Whatever. Come on." Shari said. Tai stood up from the couch and dropped your hand. You smiled at him. He smiled weakly at you before he walked into your room; Shari and Brenna following.

"Oi! Brenna, how long is this going to be?" you asked. Brenna looked back at you.

"About five, ten minutes." she said.

"Alright. Thanks." you said. she nodded and walked into the room, closing the door behind her.

You sighed and sat on the couch, turning on the TV in the process. You flipped through the channels and put it on some random channel cause you couldn't find anything to watch. You watched commercials for about seven minutes, then you heard your bedroom door open. You looked at the hallway, and you saw Tai walking out of your room, his head bowed and his face beet red.