Disclaimer: The Digimon characters aren't mine…why do we even have to write these?

A/N: Remember how all of the kids went to the Digi-World and made friends with each other and all got along? Yeah…forget all of that. This is my first AU story, so review and tell me what you think!

Chapter One: Partying With The New Girls

Lunch was the only time of the day I actually enjoyed and could get by. I always sat with my grade eleven boys and loved it, since we never really talked about serious stuff or did anything. We just hung out and went on about random shit.

Same table, same friends, same food…you know. The normal. On the second floor of the school there were seats where you could look down into the first floor cafeteria. Six tables from the pita line. The one with only two chairs. Everyday. Boy, did I love it.

My guys were simple: Daisuke, the only grade ten guy who was kind of like the joker in our group. The good thing about it was that he always made me laugh, but he couldn't really take many things seriously, which could get annoying at times. Yuki was kind of crazy, with all of his partying and drinking. Nori was the serious one, on my opinion. He helps me with my homework a lot. We called him Noah. Those were my basic guys, but they weren't my only friends. Just my best buddies.

There were some girls. Sora was pretty cool, but sometimes she makes me wonder a lot. And Mai, who was pretty laid back most of the time and never really worried about anything.

It was Monday. Somehow I managed to get through with my morning and buy a pizza downstairs. Pepperoni and cheese was always a favourite for me.

"Yamato Ishida!" someone called to me. I looked forward and saw Noah, immediately growing a smile.

I sat at the chair I always do, across from no one. Normally Daisuke would be there, but he appeared missing.

I bit into my pizza, keeping up with the small talk everyone was doing. I took another bite as I heard, "Wanna leave?"

Yuki was waiting for me to answer when I swallowed my food. "Okay. After lunch."

"Nah. Right now!"

"Where's Dai?" I asked him and Noah, referring to Daisuke. They both shrugged.

"Not here," Mai replied. "Sick with the flu or something."

"Faking it?" Sora laughed.

I rolled my eyes. "Probably."

"C'mon, let's leave this joint." Yuki pressured, sitting down. "We could just go to my house or something. What are you really gonna miss anyway?"

Yuki's mom didn't care what he did. If he jigged the afternoon, she wouldn't care. But if she caught him doing drugs, that would be a different story. She does buy him drinks, which was kind of cool.

"I'm in," Noah added, an even more temptation to go.

"Fine," I gave in, following them. Mai and Sora took over the seats as we exited the school. "What are we gonna do?"

Yuki shrugged. "Chill? Dunno, man."

I smiled, preparing myself for an easy afternoon.

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Clearly, the next day was Tuesday. I've always hated that day: just like Monday, expect you're less tired.

This Tuesday, however, was different. I went to sit in my normal seat, six tables away from the pita line, chair closest to the left. I sat down across from Dai, who glared. Uh oh, I thought, shifting my eyes. "What did I do?" I asked him.

"You left yesterday."

"You were sick anyway!" I protested.

"I came back after lunch for gym class, and you weren't even here after school!"

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever!"

Then, someone I didn't know came to our table. She was young, roughly a year or two younger than us. She had a friend with her. I gave her a dirty look, seeming as no one is suppose to join our table without permission.

"Mind if we sit with you?" she asked us, wearing a sheepish smile.

Dai moved over, letting her sit with him on his seat. Her friend faked-coughed to me, noting me to move over. I rolled my eyes and did so, wondering who the hell these girls were. I wasn't too pissed off, just because it seemed like they knew Dai already. I still didn't know why they thought they could sit with us.

I kept my mouth shut, anyway.

"Girls, this is Yamato. Yamato -" he pointed at the girl beside him, "this is Mimi. And that's Kari."

Both of them were cute in a way. Kari had the "girl next door" look. She was totally innocent or something. Mimi was completely different with her blonde hair and pink streaks throughout it. It was clear she was a party girl, and might I add, she was stunning. Either way, both were cuties. I found myself smiling.

"How old are you guys?" I questioned.

"Grade ten," Kari replied. "My brother is in your grade."

"Who's your brother?"

"Taichi Yagami."

I froze. I knew Taichi all too well. We were the best of friends in middle school, and even played soccer together a few times. Then I gave up sports, and he became too much of an airhead to keep up with me. It just got too annoying. Overtime in high school, we began to die apart slowly. In grade ten we talked slightly, but now it wasn't the same. We couldn't go back to the way we were.

I had…awkward feelings for Taichi. I had the feelings that we were best friends and close and all, just different ones. Like we could have been somewhat more, but didn't dare tell anyone. The last thing I needed was to be stereotyped as "gay", so I kept my mouth shut. Sometimes I wondered what would happen if I did tell him, but after grade ten, I decided it was just a phase. Couldn't have worked anyway - I had a reputation to maintain, after all.

I knew Taichi had a sister. I guess I never really went to his house all that often. Just enough to not remember what his sister looked like. I blinked, realizing I was actually sitting beside her right now.

"Yeah," I muttered. "I know him."

"I played soccer with him," Dai nodded his head slowly. "Good guy."

"He's a soccer champion," I added, taking a sip of my chocolate milk.

"Tell me about it!" he agreed, stealing a bite of my pizza. "There was ten seconds left in the game, he was rushing down the grass with the ball on his feet. While I tried to slash him down, he still managed to get the ball in the net. I mean, what are the chances of still winning that shot? What are the chances?!"

"Now that you've enlightened us with your soccer lesson of the day," Noah dryly interrupted, "I think it's time I have a seat."

He grumbled and stood up, allowing Noah to make his move on Mimi. "Hey, I'm Noah. Mimi, right?"

She nodded.

"I like your hair," he smiled. "It's pretty uncommon. I don't think anyone else has it."

"Thanks," she returned his smile, which made me sigh. Noah was such a ladies' man. He went out with a total of ten girls so far this year, and it was only March. I have gone out with none. I guess you could say I'm totally not into the dating idea. But flirting could never hurt anyone…

"You're such a cutie," I complimented, fluffing her hair.

She blushed and laughed.

"Oh my God, you have the best fashion ever," I added in a gay voice for the laughs. I got some from Kari as well.

I didn't find it too weird, since it was just one day. I mean, these girls wouldn't come back tomorrow, would they?

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Yes, yes they did.

I innocently got my slice of pizza and walked over to the sixth table away from the pita line, when all of the sudden I saw Dai sitting with Mimi, and Kari sitting alone. What the fuck? I thought, wondering why these girls came back.

I'm not mean. I just don't understand why grade ten girls would want to sit with a bunch of guys who are older than them.

I sat down beside Kari and gave a half-smile, then began eating my pizza.

"I had sex," Yuki started saying, which made me turn to face him. "with this one chick after fifteen minutes of knowing her. It was so weird, I think she's older than us, but I didn't even know her last name."

"You what?!" Mimi shrieked.

"I was drinking at this party, and we were laying on a bed. And it just kinda…happened."

"You slut," Noah shoved him playfully.

Kari was pretty quiet. I guess the subject just made her feel awkward. I didn't say much either, only because I thought the idea of having Taichi's younger sister sit beside me was really, really weird.

I thought maybe that Thursday they would be gone. Of course, they were still there.

I slowly walked to the table, just to think things through. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to have them around. Maybe they could tell me how to deal with girls I like, or how to become a ladies' man like Noah, since none of the guys nor Sora and Mai would tell me anything.

"Yamato," someone muttered. I turned to face Lily, as she stopped me beside the pita line. "I'm having a party tomorrow night. My parents are out until Sunday night, so bring some drinks. And your friends."

She smiled and walked away, and I felt myself lighten up. It seemed like my day got better by just running into Lily.

I sat beside Kari once again. "Dai, are you going to -"

"Lily's party? Yeah, wouldn't miss out on something like that!" he bit off of my pizza. "Sora, Mai, Yuki, Noah, Mimi and Kari are going, too."

I turned to them. "Aren't you a little young for parties?"

Mimi punched me softly. "We're the same age as Dai, you know!"

"Oh Mimi," Kari interrupted, looking at her watch. "We have to go to that meeting. Catch you guys tomorrow, okay?"

As they left, everyone started to look at me. I ignored it for a few minutes, but the table was so silent I knew I had to speak up sooner or later. I pretended to look down at my food, then shook my head. "What?"

"You're totally into her," Dai commented.

"Who? Kari?"

"No, Mimi!" Yuki laughed.

"I don't get it," I shrugged. "What makes you think I like her? I mean, she's hot and all, just -"

"Oh please," Noah rolled his eyes. "The way you look at her and tease her."

"I barely even talk to her!"

"I think it's great," Dai clapped his hands together. "You haven't liked a girl in a long time."

"But -"

"Ask her out!" Yuki suggested, becoming very interested in the conversation.

"Take her on a date to the movies or something." Noah added, pushing Dai out of the chair and sitting himself down.

I thought about it for a moment. She was good-looking, and maybe they were stating she liked me or something. What the hell, I thought, giving in. What did I have to lose, anyway?

"Well, there's that party tomorrow night. I might just dance with her and see what happens."

"Hey!" Noah, Dai, and Yuki cheered, patting me on the shoulder.

"Want some tips?" Noah asked me, not waiting for an answer. "Don't kiss her unless she wants to. Don't dirty dance unless she starts. Don't make out with her unless she opens her mouth first. Don't fuck her period."

"And don't make her do drugs," Yuki claimed, shaking his head sadly. "Then they become fucked up skanks and claim it's all your fault. Then she gets 'her boys' after you. Then everyone starts to hate you and wants to beat you up. So, you know…don't give her any drugs other than dope."

I laughed. "I'll keep those in mind."

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The next day went by smoothly. I went to Yuki's house for the afternoon to get ready for the party, only to find out it was another "Let's Talk About Mimi" thing.

"She's perfect for you, man." he claimed, taking a drink from an R and R bottle. "I mean, she's hot, she has a nice personality, she's probably easy, and -"

He was right. I sighed. She was a perfect girl. A lot of guys probably liked her, and yet, I didn't find myself all that attracted to her. I just thought I'd pretend to like her so that the guys would shut up and leave me alone.

"I don't know," I replied, stealing the drink from him.

An hour later we were at the party, which was as crazy as hell. Everyone was there. Even people you don't even know at the school, who are loners or something, were living it up by drinking and dancing.

I lost Yuki immediately after I walked in the front door. It was a huge house with a lot of people, so I didn't care much. I was most likely to run into someone I know.

"Hey, Yamato!"

Mimi was calling my name. I smiled and approached her, wondering if she really did like me or something. She started dancing once she came to me, so I danced back.

"How are you?" she yelled, turning around so her back was facing me.

She was a damn good dancer.

"Good, buzzed," I shouted back, realizing she was dirty dancing with me. Without hesitation I returned her dance moves.

"Me too."

She definitely likes me, I thought, dancing more extreme. She ran her body against mine in fast movement. I smiled and put my hands on her hips. Her placed her hands on mine, as if showing me how to move her hips. Before I knew what I was doing, I was kissing her neck.

She faced me and kissed me, making me open my eyes wide. What am I doing? I barely even know this girl. Yet she's all over me.

Or maybe she's just drunk.

As soon as I thought that, she turned away and muttered, "Sorry…I…I don't know what came over me."

"It's okay." I whispered back, watching her walk away in confusion. What the hell just happened?

I made my way around the house and the loud music, running into another little girl.

"Oh, hey Kari."

"Hey," she smiled shyly.

I decided to start dancing playfully with her, making her feel less uncomfortable. "You don't seem like the party type," I told her, making the worst dance moves I could come up with.

She laughed. "I'm not really. I lost Mimi as soon as I came in here."

"I was just with her. She kissed me and ran away."

Kari frowned, which made me feel weird. "Uh…" I muttered.

"We just started hanging out. I don't know, she kinda backstabbed me a few times already." she explained, making me even more confused. Why was Kari telling me this? "She told me she was sorry, then just did it again."

"Everyone thinks I should hook up with her."

She faced me one-on-one. "Do you like her?"

I shrugged. "A bit,"

Suddenly, her eyes were filled with hurt. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know if she liked me, or if she was just jealous everyone is crushing on Mimi.

"Anyway, I'm gonna go find Noah." I pointed out, dashing away from the awkward conversation.

I didn't find Noah, but I did find Takeru, my younger brother.

"Hey!" I cried, hugging him.

Takeru is my brother that I never really get to see. My parents were divorced when I was really young, and my mother took Takeru away from me, leaving me with my dad. I never understood why, and ever since I've hated my dear mother. I didn't even know her, but what she did to me was enough to explain a lot to me.

"Hey, Yamato. What are you doing?"

"Getting drunk. You?"

"Same."

I laughed. "You see anyone else here we know?"

"Just Taichi and some others you probably already saw. Anyway, I'm gonna go find some people. Take it easy."

I put my hand on his shoulder as he walked away, then banged into Kari again.

"Yamato?"

"Yeah?"

Without another word, she kissed me. It wasn't serious, just a long peck. I stood there in total confusion, wondering what the hell was going on. She pulled away from me and smiled innocently, the same innocent smile I've been seeing all week.

"I guess that's how drunk I am."

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When I was about to leave the party at two in the morning, I was stopped by a heavy hand on my shoulder. Thinking it was Noah or Yuki, I turned around and received a smack in the nose. I immediately fell onto the ground, holding my nose in pain. It was bleeding.

Taichi pulled me up and punched me again, but missed.

I straightened up my shirt, brushing the grass off. "What's your problem, Yagami?"

"Don't you ever fucking touch my sister again," he hissed, grabbing my shirt collar. "If I ever see you kiss her one more time, I swear to fucking God it'll be the last thing you do. You don't touch her, you hear me? You don't fucking touch her."

"Relax!" I demanded, pulling his collar. "Tai, you haven't even talked to me in a goddamn year. What's it to you if I kiss your sister? She kissed me, you know. What was I suppose to do?"

"Shut the fuck up and listen to me," he pointed a finger at my face. "Don't…touch her."

"Get your dirty finger out of my face," I snapped, smacking it away from me. I glared at him while walking away, realizing the crowd of people around me. I rolled my eyes. "Back off, nothing to see," I told them, calling for a taxi.

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That night, when I was slowly becoming sober, I started thinking. I was becoming attracted to Mimi, ever since she showed me those dance moves, but something told me to stay away from her. And Kari kissing me was completely random, and was the most awkward experience ever. But Tai picking a fight with me was crossing the line. I mean, she came onto me. What was I suppose to do? Push her away from me?

I remembered that Tai was always really protective of Kari. He always disapproved when she went on dates.

I started thinking about my past feelings for Tai. The ones when I couldn't stop thinking about him, or the ones when I thought about what would happen if I kissed him. How would he have reacted?

I shook my head. I wasn't allowed to think those thoughts. This guy tried to beat me up, and all I can think of was how I used to think of him as more than a friend.

Maybe I'll call him tomorrow, I thought. I should explain to him what happened, and that it was all an accident. Yeah, that's what I'll do. As for Kari, I'll just tell her I was too drunk to remember, no matter how much of an asshole I would sound.

I rolled over to my side, closing my eyes. What a wild night…