Part 2
Tai and the others were lounging around his living room; all were there, Tai, Sora, Mimi, Joe and Izzy, all except for Matt. They munched on chips and dip and drank soda chatting among themselves about what they wanted to do for that night. It was now 7:30 and the kids had decided that Matt wouldn't be coming after all, when the doorbell rang. All of the kids looked at each other surprised and hopeful as Tai quickly jumped to the door. When he opened it he saw Matt standing there dressed in black jeans and a black tee shirt.
"Hey Matt!" Tai exclaimed, "Come on in!"
Matt smiled slightly and walked in the door where the others quickly greeted him with smiles and friendly hugs.
"Hey guys." Matt said smiling.
"Matt we are all so glad you're here," Tai said patting Matt firmly on the back, "sit down and relax, we have tons of food so help yourself."
"Thanks." Matt said as he took a seat in an armchair next to Izzy.
"So Matt what made you come?" Izzy asked quietly knowing how Matt had been avoiding everyone for the last six months.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told ya Izzy." Matt said the smile now gone from his face.
Izzy looked at Matt seriously and knew he couldn't resist finding out and decided to press the issue. "Come on Matt you know me. You can tell me."
Matt frowned, he wasn't sure if he should say anything or not, but then decided what the hell. "It was Maki." He said.
The others stopped their chatting and looked at Matt who realized that he had said it a bit too loud and now everyone was focused on him.
"What about Maki?" Sora asked
"I just asked why Matt finally decided to join us." Izzy said still looking at Matt with a look of worry and confusion on his face.
Matt blushed and looked down to the floor not looking back up when he spoke, "I... I knew I shouldn't have said anything... Why did I even bother to come over here?" He said as he stood from the chair.
Tai quickly jumped up not wanting his friend to go, "Come on Matt, don't be like this. We don't think that you're crazy, we're just curious, that's all."
Matt looked at Tai, pain filled him again as he heard Maki's voice, "For me, try..." she said softly. Matt reluctantly sat back down in his seat and stared at the ground.
"So what happened Matt," Tai finally said breaking the silence that had filled the room like fog that comes after a hot summer rain.
"It was a dream," Matt said softly
"Well? What happened in this dream?" Izzy inquired.
"It was nothing." Matt said shaking his head his eyes still focused on the floor as if he were counting the strands of fiber that made up the carpet.
"Come on Matt, you can tell us." Sora said softly
Matt looked up to Sora for a moment and then back down to the floor running his fingers through his hair. "Maki came to me in my dream." He said finally
"Dreams can be very powerful, Matt. What did she say to you?" Izzy asked as the others looked on in disbelief and concern for Matt's stability.
Matt looked over to Izzy and smiled warmly as he remembered his dream, "She didn't say a ton, just that she missed me and still loves me... But she also said she was worried about me."
"Huh? Why we she be worried about you?" Mimi asked
Everyone just gave a quick glare towards Mimi and then motioned for Matt to continue.
"She just said she was worried because I have been so depressed since we came back to the real world and that I have shut out my friends. She asked me to try for her." Matt said
"Try what?" Joe this time asked
"Try to get out and be with my friends, to let you guys back into my life and for me to go one with my own life." Matt said
Everyone was speechless when Izzy finally decided to speak up, "well?" he began trying to find the right words, " I think Maki is right."
"Huh?" everyone said except Matt who smiled.
"Well, if Matt's dream was just part of his subconscious to get him to get out and go on with life then that is good, right?" Izzy said.
Everyone nodded.
"But if his dream was something more like maybe Maki actually coming into his dream to tell him to get out and be with his friends and to go on then that is good too, right?" Izzy stated.
This time everyone looked at each other and nodded hesitantly.
Tai looked around uncomfortably and knew almost everyone was feeling the same, he decided that it was time to change the topic.
"Hey guys! What do ya want to do next? Games or movies?" He said trying his best to sound like his happy bubbly self.
"Well what do you have for games?" Mimi asked
"Hmmm..." Tai giggled nervously looking around the room, "umm well I don't exactly have any games I guess. Hey what about spin the bottle or truth or dare?"
Everyone groaned at this.
"Those two games have been done to death." Sora stated
"Yeah." Mimi chipped in
"Ok? Well what about movies? I have some great Disney movies!" Tai said
Everyone sweat dropped.
"You've gotta be kidding me, right?" Matt asked
"Hey I like Disney" Tai said blushing
"Yeah me too." Izzy said
"Well you two would!" Matt said smiling slightly
"OK I guess going to the video store is in order then. Who wants to come with me?" Tai said looking directly at Sora.
Sora smiled and stood up. "I will." She said as walking over to where Tai was now standing.
"We'll be back in a bit." Tai said grinning at Sora
Tai and Sora took off to go to the video store, when they came back they had a copy of Mystery Men and a copy of 8mm. The gang watched the movies making comments on how much Mystery Men sucked and how cool 8mm was. (A/N sorry had to put that in there)
It was getting late and the kids were getting tired when Matt finally said that he was going to head home. The other kids followed suit, except for Sora who said that she was going to hang out for a while longer.
"Hey Matt?" Mimi said
"Yeah?"
"Umm...would you mind taking me home?" Mimi asked
"No problem Mimi, come on." Matt said leading Mimi out of Tai's apartment.
They walked part of the way in silence when Mimi finally decided to break the ice.
"So it was great that you finally decided to come and hang out with us tonight Matt. I was starting to get really worried." Mimi said
"No need to worry, I'm fine." Matt said coolly
"Well we all missed you. I missed you." Mimi said looking down to the ground Matt slowed down his pace and glanced over to Mimi wondering if there had been some hidden meaning behind what she had just said.
"Well I missed all of you guys too."
Mimi stopped walking and looked at Matt. He stopped when he noticed that she had stopped and looked at her confused. She smiled at him for a second.
"This is my stop." She said pointing at her apartment building
"Oh yeah." Matt said smiling scratching the back of his head.
"Well thanks." She said walking over to him kissing him gently on the cheek.
Before she could step away Matt grabbed her arm, looking into her wide eyes. Mimi wasn't sure what Matt was doing but she wasn't scared, she smiled at him softly as he leaned in and kissed her. She was a little startled by this but went along with it.
Matt moved back from the kiss and looked into Mimi's eyes again. Once he was sure that she wasn't going to slap him he went back in this time kissing her harder slipping his tongue into her mouth. He was surprised when she returned his kiss. They stood like that for a while.
Matt broke off the kiss and looked at Mimi and smiled. "Umm. I'll see you later OK?"
"Uh yeah." Mimi said still a bit weak in the knees from Matt's kiss.
"Call me?" Matt asked
Mimi smiled ear to ear on this and nodded her head. She backed up slowly away from Matt still smiling at him.
"Bye" she said
"Bye" Matt said as he turned around and headed back to his own apartment.
What the hell was I thinking? What came over me? He thought to himself. Matt walked into his apartment. He went straight to his room stripping off his clothes and hopping into bed. Well it was nice... He smiled to himself and turned off the light by his bed.
Matt slept that night with no dreams, just peaceful darkness...
The End...For now...:)
