A/N: Sorry that it’s taken me awhile to update, as I was having a minor case of something I love to call writer’s block. I seriously rewrote this chapter like, ten times. :)

Hearts On Fire

Chapter Nine:

Joe woke up the next morning in a great mood. He had just had the best dream of his entire life. Last night he told he kissed Mimi and she told him that she was in love with him. He revealed his true feelings to her; this led to more kissing and him having the best night of his life. But it was a dream of course.

Joe slowly opened his eyes, he didn’t want to snap out of this dream, and he wasn’t ready yet. This wasn’t his room. His room didn’t have this much color in it, or have a desk with a pink laptop on it, a cluttered bookshelf, or all these framed pictures all over the place.

He then looked down to see Mimi, whose head was resting on his chest. So it wasn’t a dream. Joe looked over at the flower-shaped alarm clock on the nightstand. 10:00 AM, good thing he didn’t have any classes on Fridays. Nor did anyone in their group of friends for that matter. But that was off the subject.

Mimi’s eyes fluttered open and she saw Joe staring at her clock. “Good morning,” she said, reaching up to kiss his cheek.

“Good morning to you too,” Joe said, kissing her in return. There was something about his kissed with Mimi. During their first one, he could swear that he thought his head was going to explode. In a good way, of course. There really no way to describe how kissing Mimi was, each one was different. “I thought last night was just a dream,” he said, running his fingers through her brown hair.

Mimi laughed, “I thought the same thing,” she said.

“At least we both had good dreams then.” This led to more kissing. Joe felt that he could used to this, the kissing, the holding hands when they were out, going out on dates. His tone got serious, “That was first time doing that last night. I was amazed that I had the energy in me to do it twice,” he said, amused with himself.

Mimi let out a giggle, it wasn’t her first time having sex, thanks to a certain drunken incident, but it had the romance and mystery that a first time was supposed to have. “Ill be honest with you,” she said, leaning into him more, “That wasn’t my first time. But I’m going to say that it was, because it was just a stupid drunken fling I’d rather forget.”

He kissed the top of her head, “It’s okay, I’m just glad that I could say my first was with someone I loved. With you.”

Mimi heard the knob on the door twist and her face turned red. Sora didn’t know that Joe slept over!

Joe felt his face flush. He wasn’t quite ready for Sora to see him like this…

“Mimi,” Sora said opening the door, “I have great-AAH!” Her face turned red, “Sorry Joe…I didn’t know you, um, spent the night.” Sora wasn’t exactly decent at the moment, wearing nothing but a towel, as she had just gotten out of the shower, waiting until Mimi was conscious to tell her news.

Joe wanted to sink down under the covers, “It’s okay Sora, sorry if I scared you.”

Sora gathered herself together, “It’s okay, I didn’t know that you guys were...together now.”

Mimi who wasn’t really embarrassed, as she had a similar incident in reverse with Matt and Sora, “Did you want to tell me something?”

“Yeah, I did, hold on one second…” her face was still a lovely shade of red. Couldn’t have Mimi have called and warned her? She walked out the room and came in a few minutes later in faded blue jeans and a black t-shirt. She was relieved that Mimi and Joe had gotten dressed to. “Like I was going to say,” Sora said, holding up her hand. “I’m engaged.” She flashed off the beautiful diamond that Matt had given her last night.

“Sora!” Mimi gushed, running over to grab her friend in a bear hug. “I’m so happy for you!” She let go and took hold of the other girl’s hand, “It’s so beautiful, did you set a date yet, did you cry, and did you talk about where you’re going to on your honeymoon…”

Sora and Joe burst into laughter, “Mimi!” Sora exclaimed, her head spinning at all of the questions being thrown at her. “Slow down!”

Joe shook his head and put a hand on Mimi’s shoulder. “That’s really great Sora,” he said, “I’m going to go back to the apartment…I’m sure the guys are wondering where I am.” His face turned crimson, Tai was going to be horrendous. He gave Mimi a quick peck on the lips; “I’ll call you later.”

Mimi found herself swooning, yet again. She swooned the first time he kissed her, and every other time after that. “Okay,” she said faintly, “Bye.”

“Bye,” Joe said, giving her one last kiss, “See you Sora, congratulations!”

Sora waited until she heard Joe grab Gomamon and the door shut tight before riding Mimi for every detail. “So,” she said, grinning mischievously, “You must have had a good evening.”

Mimi blushed and giggled like a sixth grader telling all of her friends that she’d just kissed the cutest boy in their grade. “I know…it seems a little hurried that I slept with him but it was one of those in the moment things, you know?”

Sora nodded, “I do. Besides, you’ve guys had a lot of emotions holding back. It was going to explode at one point. Besides, Joe’s a good guy too, not some sleazy jerk.”

Mimi plopped on her bed and gestured for Sora to join her. “Anyway,” she said, “Enough about me, what about you?”

Sora flopped next Mimi, “I’m excited that Matt and I are going to get married. But I’m a little nervous about we’re going to afford it all.” She gave Mimi a playful swat on the arm, “But then again, I’m going to have the best maid of honor there is.”

Mimi’s eyes grew the size of baseballs. “You mean it?” she let out a joyful sequel, “You won’t be let down, we’re going to throw you the best wedding with a budget ever!”

Sora laughed as the two best friends collapsed into a hug. She was sure that everything would be perfect, although she was still very concerned about the money issue…

A/N: Okay, next installment I’m going to bring up the guys. Poor Joe. He’s in for hell. Oh, and I’m sorry I haven’t really given the Digimon much of a role. They’re there don’t worry!