Davis fell into a chair next to the computer lab, gently placing his backpack on the floor so as not to disturb Deviveemon from his slumber inside. Where were they? This was supposed to be the day that Yolei, T.K., and Kari had promised to go to the digi-world with him. Was he the only one who was excited to go? Yeah, maybe there were no digital disasters to avert anymore, but was it not enough just to be somewhere without rules? Ever since they had gotten to high school, the others had slowly started drifting away from not only the digital world, but from him. Sure, they would hang out every now then, but it seemed like they never had time for him any more, a fact he deeply resented. They all had other friends, but they were the only ones he had that he cared about spending time with. It was hard not to feel unimportantant when the only one who stuck with him constantly was Veemon. He didn't even get to see their digimon partners much anymore because of the distance between him and his human friends, and he knew Veemon missed seeing them. Especially Gatomon. Funny how his and his digimon partner's problems mirrored each other.

Cody and Ken always had studying to do, and both had gotten jobs at a computer workshop that Ken and Izzy co-owned. He saw Ken at soccer practice, but he rarely saw Cody unless they met in the Digi-world. Yolei was class president and was always working on something for the school, and T.K. and Kari both had clubs and other friends of thier own, so about all he ever saw of them anymore was at lunch and at social school sponsored events.

Like the upcoming dance they had talked him into attending. Davis dreaded it. Hated the thought of it. It had taken over two weeks for his friends to badger him into it. Two weeks of them constantly asking, texts, notes in his locker. He was able to avoid saying yes, for a while. But in the end, he had said yes for the same reason he had said no. Kari.

She had cornered him one day after soccer practice. He had started walking home, not even noticing her till she called his name. She had joked about how he must be blind and had laughed for a good minute when he had mimicked being blind, only to trip over his own feet, completely embarrassing himself. She gave him a hand up, and despite the blood that had suffused his face, he couldn't help but feel pleased that he had made her laugh. When she finally asked him about coming, it took less than a minute to convince him. Her arguement was that they'd all get to hang out like he always wanted. He had agreed, but it was her smile that finally made his will give, not her words. He just couldn't say no to her.

The problem was that he was in love with Kari. He wouldn't have gone to the dance any other way than her asking. The thought of seeing Kari, looking more beautiful and gorgeous than ever, that made his knees weak. He knew she would never feel the way he did. She hadn't said anything about her having a date, but he didn't know if he could bear to watch her dance with someone else if she did. David wouldn't have doubted it if T.K. had asked her. They had always been close due to their history together. It wouldn't take much to make them a couple. Davis was jealous of his friend, but he would much rather see them together than her with someone else. At least T.K. would treat her right.

Davis sighed. When had life gotten so complicated? He hadn't always felt so strongly for Kari, but in the last year or two, his feelings for her had grown. He hadn't ever had a real girlfriend, despite the fact that almost every girl at the school would be more than happy to date him. The most notable exception being Kari. He just never felt a spark with any girl except her. It had been a shock to Davis when he had realized he loved her, but also a relief. At least he knew nothing was wrong with him since he wasn't attracted to any of the girls that threw themselves at him.

Suddenly his phone rang out in the complete silence, startling him so bad he fell out of the chair he had propped himself on, and he knocked his head against the wall. "Mother-" he started to swear, but caught himself. He gingerly touched the lump on his head as he looked at the screen of his cell phone to find a text from Yolei. Dissappointment and anger filled his chest. He didn't even have to read the message to know that they had bailed. They almost always did, and since this damn dance was being hosted by one of the clubs Kari and T.K. were in and Yolei's job as student president obligated her to help with preparations, all of their energies would be concentrated on their tasks at hand. Whatever. It's not like I expected anything different anyways. He thought morbidly as he pulled himself up. He put his phone in his pocket, completely ignoring the text. He couldn't bring himself to say anything to his friends, but maybe his uncharacteric silence would tell them how he felt.

He heard a muffled exclimation from his backpack and a small blue head poked out sleepily. One look at Davis, and Deviveemon's face fell. "They're not coming, are they, Davis." It was more of a statement than a question.

Davis smiled sadly at his best friend, but the dissapointment on his partners face nearly broke his heart. "No, I'm afraid not little guy. I'm sorry. I miss them too" He patted Demiveemon's head for a second before he stood completely up. "Well, I guess there's no point in sticking around here anymore. Lets head home. Mom's probably getting dinner started anyways."

"M'kay, Davis. I hope she makes pizza tonight," the little blue digimon mumbled as hid back inside the pack. "Wake me when the foods ready..." he trailed off and his mumblings turned into snores. Davis smiled fondly down at his bag before hefting it onto his shoulder and starting down the hall.

The school was completely empty except for the occaisonal stray student or teacher, doing after school studying and volunteer work. None gave him a second glance. Most saw him here on a regular basis, so they didn't find it odd to see him wandering the halls, although he doubted whether any of them had any plausible reason why he would be here. After a while, I suppose you just learn to go with it. Maybe me and Veemon will eventually learn to go with our situation. Surely this'll all work out someway. Summer is just in two months. Maybe they'll have more time for us then again, I'm starting to learn that maybe its not so wise to hope. Not anymore, he thought darkly. The thought surprised him; he had always been more optimistic than not. It was all possibly tied to his dark mood, but this dark mood was becoming more and more normal. He almost didn't recognize himself from the immature kid he had been when he first entered the digi-world. There was a darkness inside now, something that he had never sensed inside himself before. Not that it was a very big force, espeacially compared to the mountian of hope that kept him so optomistic. It was just unconcerting to know that he was changing this way.

Davis was so engrossed in his thoughts that it didn't even occur to him that footsteps were approaching from around the corner, so he was taken completely off gaurd when he rounded the corner only to be plowed into by a pale skinned, brown haired girl with an arm load of text books.