With Me In This Beautiful World Chapter 7, a digimon fanfic

Chapter 7

Time had passed and we all headed towards our seats. Once we arrived we waited and waited, but Rita and Mimi hadn't returned. Just then Matt and his band came out. The crowd was cheering really loudly as the band started to play. He had finished two songs at this point but all I could think about was where Mimi and Rita had gone. "Sorry about that," I looked over to see Mimi take the seat next to me. "Where's Rita and where were you?" I asked. "Oh you'll see." Mimi replied giving us a smile. "Huh?" Everyone spoke, but then Mimi pointed to the stage. "Hey everyone thanks for coming out tonight." Matt spoke to the audience. "I have a special guest here tonight, a very good friend of mine, as well as a new member of my band, please welcome, RITA!" Matt yelled out. Our mouths dropped in shock. We all looked at each other, Mimi just smiled. But then, I looked at the stage; it got dark, then light again. I froze as I saw Rita standing on the stage wearing a beautiful white dress. She blushed as she walked up to the microphone. She said nothing but she smiled. The band started to play; she closed her eyes as she began to sing.

Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you've always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can't touch

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
when you need to find the strength
It's the faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time

One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

The audience went wild, they were cheering so loud, and so were the rest of the group. I was so shocked. She had such a beautiful voice, so pure. I couldn't believe it, I mean I remember that Mimi said she had a good voice but it's different when you actually hear it. "Okay everyone thanks for listening, we have a few more songs to play so lets go, three, two, ONE," Matt yelled out before starting the next song. For me though, through the whole thing I couldn't help but stare at her. I mean, yeah I know I'm in love with her. It has now come to the point where I can't deal with this anymore, I think I have to take Tai and Matt's advice and tell her.

… Today… I'll tell her that I'm in love with her.

The concert had ended and everyone had left except for us. Just them Matt and Rita came running over to us. "Rita that was amazing," Tai spoke. "Yeah we had no idea that you would be in the concert," Sora added. "That and you're a new member of the band, congratulations," Joe also added. "Thanks guys," Rita replied with a smile. "Well it's getting late, maybe we should head home." Matt commented. "Yeah you're right, let's get going." Sora replied. "Rita," Mimi spoke. "I'm going to be coming home a bit late tonight, so…." Mimi smirked turning to me. "Izzy here will walk you home, right Izzy?" Mimi replied giving me a grin. I blushed as I nodded. "Really Izzy you don't have to." Rita replied. "No… its okay, I can't just let you walk home alone this late." I replied as I turned away blushing. "Thanks Izzy," Rita said as she gave me her usual smile, making me blush more.

Everyone had left, so had Rita and myself, we started walking towards her house. It was getting colder as snow then started to fall. Rita was running around in it. "Pretty…" She spoke as her eyes lightened. She turned around and smiled. "Isn't the snow pretty?" She asked me. "Yeah…" I replied. She was running around, just dancing in the snow. I tried to catch up to her when I tripped and fell. I landed on top of her, and that's when it happened. I looked down at her, she looked up at me, her face was red, and she looked startled. "…Rita… I uh" I mumbled out. "Izzy?" Rita asked. I felt myself lean closer to her, I couldn't stop myself, I just kept bringing my face closer to hers when a sudden rush of snow came down, like a blizzard. It was cold and painful, we both sat up and I grabbed her wrist. "Where are we going?" Rita asked. "To find shelter, we passed a cabin a few seconds ago. Once we arrived. The storm just kept getting worse; the door was open so we just went in. Although there was nothing inside, but at least it was shelter.