Disclaimer: I don't own digimon

This is the sequel to "One Month" so you might want to read that one first if you haven't already. It isn't exactly a necessity, since the two stories are going to be very different.

Chapter One: The Last Day
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"Finally," I said to nobody in particular, as I collapsed onto my bed. My classes had just ended for the day, and I was lying down in my dorm room. I had just successfully finished my first year of university. Mimi wasn't back yet; her last class was still finishing up.

Our entire dorm was cleaned out, since it was the end of the year. We all had to pack our stuff up and send it home, so we would have it for the summer. Just a few things (toothbrush, hairbrush, pajamas, a change of clothes, and other necessities) remained. Every time I thought about it, I got really excited. Summer was finally here! I was looking forward to a fun, carefree summer with all of my friends.

Unfortunately, I wasn't totally home free yet. I had taken most of my final examinations throughout the week, but tomorrow I had to go take my last final exam of the year. It was to be held at Odaiba High. I didn't really understand why, but a lot of students were scheduled to take their exams there. I didn't mind though, for a few reasons. I would get to see T.K. and Kari, and I thought it would be nice to visit my old high school and the teachers. Plus, everyone in our group had an exam around the same time as me, so we'd all be together.

Tai and Kari's family had moved back to Odaiba, because their dad got a job offer there. Because of that, Kari transferred to Odaiba High, where T.K went. They were now in grade 11, and had only a week left of school before they went on summer vacation. I couldn't wait to see the two of them together. They were so cute.

I lay on my bed, thinking about how things had changed, and how they were still the same through it all. Of course there had been some changed in our lives, but they were still relatively similar to what they had been. The differences were mostly the change from high school to university, making new friends and the fact that we had more life experience than before.

Another one, however, had to do with Izzy and Yolei. They had broken up shortly after Izzy started University. He had become way too immersed in his studies, and didn't really have time for her anymore. I felt bad for both of them: They had made such a cute couple while it lasted. Unfortunately, Yolei wasn't really part of the gang anymore. Living in a different city, especially after a breakup, made it hard to stay close with everyone. We still made attempts to talk to her, but it had been mostly her doing, anyway.

However, there were many similarities in our lives. The rest of our group was still close and spent time together on Friday nights and weekends. We didn't really have the same schedules since some of us were in high school and some were in university.

Besides Izzy and Yolei, the rest of the couples were still together. Matt and Mimi were still dating, and I thought they were very happy. T.K. and Kari were totally head over heels for each other. Tai and I were still together and going strong, coming up on two years. Joe had been seeing a girl at the university who was also studying to be a doctor. Everyone agreed they were perfect for each other, but they sadly broke up about two months ago. Joe seemed fine and didn't really dwell on it, but I knew him too well and knew that he was still hurting.

"Hey," Mimi chirped happily as she bounced into our dorm, interrupting my thoughts.

"Hey, how was class?" I asked, sitting up.

"Great...amazing...wonderful."

"Uh…I'm confused. You were in class, weren't you?" I asked, bewildered. I couldn't understand how the words Mimi just said had anything to do with school.

"Of course it was good; it's the last day, Sora! Don't tell me you forgot…I thought you were a redhead, not a blonde," Mimi said, playfully tossing a pillow at me.

I grinned evilly…I couldn't resist. "You shouldn't insult blondes, Mimi. You may have been a brunette before you went pink, but I know those weren't your real roots," I joked. Mimi opened her mouth wide in pretend shock, and lunged at me.

"Oh, that's it!" she exclaimed, hitting me with the pillow.

"Wow, real mature, Meems," I laughed. "I refuse to have a pillow fight with you…we're nineteen!" Mimi nodded as if she agreed, but continued hitting me with the pillow.

"Sounds like you're afraid," Mimi teased as she hit me across my backside.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!" We screamed at each other, arguing like children.

"Prove it," Mimi challenged, her eyes flickering. I looked Mimi in the eye, glanced quickly at a pillow on my bed, and then back at Mimi. I lunged for the pillow, and smacked Mimi over the head with it.

"It's on now," I squeaked as I got a pillow in the face. I countered the attack by hitting any part of Mimi's body I could reach.

"This means war," Mimi screeched as she jumped off my bed, swinging full force. Five minutes later we finally stopped to catch our breath. We heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" Mimi yelled as she flopped back onto her own bed.

The door opened, and Tai walked in. He took one look at us and laughed. We were both lying on our beds, panting and fanning ourselves.

"Do I even want to know?" asked Tai. I smiled, and sat up.

"Probably, but I don't know if you deserve to," I teased.

"Yeah," Mimi agreed.

"Well…I have a surprise, but it really should wait until later," Tai hinted. Mimi and I exchanged curious glances.

"What is it?" We asked in unison.

"No, I really should save it until we're all together. But just so you know...it's pretty great." We exchanged yet another curious glance, and shot Tai eager and pleading looks. "So, how was class today?" Tai asked, sitting on my bed.

"Boring, long, exhausting…but it's over now," I said grinning widely.

"Really? I didn't mind my classes that much," Mimi said thoughtfully.

"You're kidding me! The only thing that got me through today was knowing it would be over soon!" I explained. I had always done relatively well in school, but that didn't mean I liked it. I thought it was a waste of time, but don't we all feel like that near the end?

"No, I didn't mind them. What about you, Tai?"

"I could go either way, I guess. I'm just glad it's over," Tai said.

"Me too," I agreed. "I say we have a get-together tonight to celebrate. The year is over...we made it!"

"But we have to study for our final exams tomorrow," Mimi objected.

"So?" Tai asked.

"So, Matt might not care about the exams but there's no way Izzy and Joe will come. They've practically been locked in their room all week!" Mimi reminded us. Tai thought for a second, and then got an idea.

"I've got it: We'll call it a 'study party' and trick them into it. Plus, we can make it short. I think we all deserved a little time to unwind," he said. Mimi and I nodded, and called the rest of our group.

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"Tai, stop, we have to study" I whispered.

"Fine, but how about we have a little 'study party' of our own when everyone leaves?" Tai asked, grinning. I bit my lip, smiling evilly. "I bet we could get Meems to switch dorms with me…" he hinted, kissing me again.

It was now late in the evening. The whole gang, including Joe and Izzy, were at our dorm room for a 'study party'. Although we hadn't originally planned on studying, we found ourselves hitting the books pretty hard. Not that we hadn't tried to start an actual party with real conversation, it was just that Izzy or Joe put a stop to it rather quickly.

Every time one of us would start talking, we would get shushed and receive annoyed stares from the two. We didn't mind too much, because we knew that we probably should have been studying anyway. As hard as we tried to focus, however, Tai and I found ourselves getting…distracted.

"Do you two need to do that? I'm trying to study over here!" Joe complained.

"Dude, you seriously need a girlfriend," Tai groaned as he went back to his book. I winced, realized what Tai had said. I knew it struck a cord with Joe, even though he didn't show it. I shot Tai a look telling him to back off, but he didn't seem to get it.

"Well, if I did have a girlfriend, I wouldn't go around kissing her in front of everyone and making everyone else uncomfortable," he said defensively, rolling his eyes.

"What's your problem? Last time I checked it was her dorm room and we're adults we can do what we want. If you are so serious about this studying thing, maybe you should just do it in your own room," Tai said angrily. I knew he didn't want to fight with Joe, especially over something as stupid as that, but they were both getting kind of angry.

"Fine! Maybe I will." Joe picked up his books, and stormed out of the dorm. Everyone just exchanged looks of shock and awkwardness.

"Sorry about that," Tai apologized, slightly embarrassed by the fight that just occurred.

"I think I should go, too," Izzy said, gathering his books.

"Yeah, me too," Matt agreed. He kissed Mimi goodbye, and followed Izzy out the door. Tai stood up, sighing, and got his books and papers.

"Sorry ladies," Tai said as he ran a hand through his hair. Mimi and I looked into his sad puppy dog eyes and melted.

"No problem," I smiled.

"Yeah, this was hardly a party anyway," Mimi laughed.

"Okay. Well, I'm going to take off. Goodnight you two," he said as he kissed me quickly.

"Goodnight," we said in unison.

"Love you," he called as he walked through the door.

"Love you, too," I yelled as the door shut.

"Ugh, could you two be any cuter?" Mimi gushed when he left. She flopped on her bed, laying on her stomach, and faced me.

"Oh, please," I said as I rolled my eyes.

"No, seriously. You two are totally right there, you know? I wish Matt and I were like that," Mimi sighed.

"What? Are you and Matt having trouble, Meems?"

"No…not exactly. It's just that, you and Tai know where you are and you're totally happy with it. I don't really know what I want to happen between Matt and me. Sometimes, it all just gets kind of overwhelming."

"Are you saying you want to break up with him?" I asked, alarmed. They were such a great couple and I thought they were so happy together. I had no idea Mimi was insecure about their relationship.

"Well…I just think that it might be better if we took a break, to find out what we really want. I really, really like him…but I think I'm too young to be this serious about a guy. Plus, I've been with him since I was seventeen! I mean, I've only ever had two other boyfriends besides him…I want to experience more things before I get really serious with someone," Mimi explained. I nodded, understanding.

"So…is that a yes?"

"…I think so. I'm just scared to say anything. I don't want to hurt his feelings. Plus, what if we go on a break, and I realize I want to be with him, but he's found someone else?" Mimi asked nervously.

"Well, that's a risk that you have to take. Although I really doubt that'll happen. He's totally head over heals for you, Meems. You just have to make sure that's what you want to do before you tell him," I advised.

"Yeah, you're right. Thanks for the advice Sor, but I'm beat. I think I'm going to bed now. Besides, I'm going to need all my energy for tomorrow if Davis is going to be there," Mimi said, making a face, as she put her books away and changed into her pajamas.

"Oh God, I completely forgot about that kid!" I exclaimed, laughing. Davis was a kid that attended Odaiba High with us. He was a year younger, which meant he was still there and we would most likely see him tomorrow. He was head over heels in love with Mimi all through our final year, and he would never let up on asking her out. Word has it, and by that I meant I heard it from T.K., that Davis had moved onto Kari now.

"I only wish I could say the same," Mimi moaned, rolling her eyes. "Maybe he'll be too involved with Kari now to notice," she said hopefully.

"I don't think so…true love never dies," I joked. Mimi threw her pillow at me, and I chucked it back.

"Goodnight, Sora."

"Yeah, yeah. Goodnight, Meems."

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I lay in bed that night, unable to sleep. I kept thinking about a ton of different things, mainly relationships. I was really bothered by my talk with Mimi. I had always thought that she and Matt were the perfect couple. They seemed so happy and in love…was it all an act? Or was Mimi just a little confused right now?

And what would happen if Matt and Mimi broke up? I highly doubted that our group of friends would be the same if they split. Mimi and Matt would say that they'd stay friends, but everyone knows that never happens…only on TV shows and movies. We learned that from the Izzy/Yolei incident. Our group, despite our occasional problems, got along really great and was really close-knit.

Sure, Mimi was right about not having experienced anything life-wise, but did it really matter when you were that happy? Unless Matt and Mimi weren't as happy as everyone thought they were. No, that wasn't true…they were that happy.

My thoughts changed from Matt and Mimi to Tai. What was the 'big surprise' he mentioned earlier, and why did everyone have to be together before it was announced? Tonight, everyone had been there, except for T.K. and Kari. What was so important that Tai couldn't tell us now and the younger ones tomorrow at Odaiba High? I thought of the numerous different possibilities until I eventually succumbed to fatigue, and fell into a deep sleep.

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I know that Davis is in love with Kari in the show, not Mimi, but it fit into my story a lot better so it stays. Plus, I'm going to try to incorporate all the 02 characters, so I have to have a small storyline for them all.

This was just an opening chapter…kind of like a prologue in a way, I guess. Next chapter the plot will start!

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