"Are you sure she doesn't know that we are following her?" Saria asked nervously as she watched the vehicle in front of them Davis was keeping a bout a 30 feet away from her. "She doesn't seem like she knows we are following her." He answered Saria bit her lip gingerly watching as her signal lights went on. "She's turning right!" Saria cried.

"That's funny it's on a deserted road I'd thought she'd turn into the subdivision." He says as he finally reaches they turn but the vehicle is gone. "DAMN IT!" he snaps he looked to Saria. "I didn't see if she turned again or not." She said in disappointment. "But I did memorize her plate number." She took a piece of paper from her purse and wrote it down. "Maybe Koushiro can help." Davis pulled into a driveway and turned the vehicle around toward the hall again.

Once the car had left, a car started then came out from a driveway. "Who the hell were they." She commented.

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11:00 pm…

Everyone was dancing away now they were having a good time. Li, Michael were playing hide and seek with the twins and Lillie. The adults danced. Yamato and Mimi swayed to the music she rested her head on his shoulder it was a slow song that playing. Yamato on the other hand was having visions from that dream of his while dancing with her he shook those thoughts from his mind but they kept coming back.

Taichi watched his friend from the table Sora was off and about talking with some friends he was confused. "What's up with him…" he trailed he sighed then looked around for Sora but he couldn't see her. Taichi looked at the bottle of wine in front of him. "What else am I going to do?" he said to himself then took the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine.

Takeru and Hikari were dancing on the dance floor. "So this proved to be an uplifting event especially on the Christmas Eve right?" Takeru as his wife she nodded "It was a well thought up plan…expect when Taichi fell down the stairs and broke his ankle." She said to him, Takeru nodded. "So true." They continue to dance and smile at each other.

"Kevin…I'm worried about Taichi." Anna said to him. As the two danced on t he danced floor, Anna watched her son from the table he was drinking the wine a little too fast for her liking. "Anna don't worry about him…he's a grown man I think he can take care of himself." He told her. "Besides you shouldn't worry you have other things to worry about and that's your health." He told her she nodded then looked over at her son who was pouring another glass.

Dean watching Taichi as he danced as well. "He better not make my little girl upset in any other ways or I'll make sure he gets it if he dose." He whispered as he danced with his wife.

"Must you always torment the guy; he's done a great job. And by the way he looks at your daughter I can tell that he really loves her." Amiee told him.

Upstairs of the Saria and Davis came threw the front door. "She was up to trouble and if she was talking about my father then I have to make sure that nothing interferes with they're friendship." Davis watched her then looked over at the table and spotted a present, he walked over to it as Saria was about to say something to him. "Davis?" she walked up behind him he turned "Look."

"Come on." She grabbed him by the hand the two ran into the one toilet bathroom and locked the door.

As that happened Sora and her mother walked up into the lobby of the hall. "Mom thanks for this." Sora hugged her. "Oh honey I'm not the one to thank, Hikari and Takeru are." She commented Sora nodded "No not for that. But for helping dad see that Taichi is a wonderful person." Karen smiled at her daughter she cupped her hand over her cheek. "Honey, I did my best as I could to help him understand. After all I went threw the same thing. Besides Taichi is a great man. I knew it from the being when I first meet him when he was three." She answered. Sora gave her mom another hug. "Thanks mom."

"Hey, Taichi." Yamato came up to him and put his hand on his shoulder. "You want to tell me what's going on with you?" he asked Taichi put his drink down and turned to his friend. "Going on? There isn't anything going so shove it." He replied rudely. "Look Taichi me and Mimi have been watching you for the half hour and you've been drinking steadily… there must be something wrong." He told him.

"I TOLD YOU I'm FINE!" he shouted lucky the music was playing loudly and that no one's attention got caught by him shouting like that. "Taichi don't yell I wanted to help you." He replied calmly. "Well I don't need it." Taichi took his glass and began to drink the rest of the wine that was left in his glass.

"Taichi…" Yamato began. "I said to leave me alone." He told him he was quite furious. "I don't need your help or Mimi's for that matter." Yamato simply gave up and went to join his wife at the table where his brother's lovely family also sat at.

"No something is up with him he just started drinking suddenly." Mimi whispered to Yamato. "I know your concern but what ever the problem is he won't tell me about it." He explained. Hikari and Takeru shook there heads after they watching him drink. "Maybe there is something that we are all being left out of. Sora and Taichi keep the truth from us some times." Hikari explained.

"You know what I agree with that….Once they got married they slowly started to change." Mimi replied. "In a bad way." Yamato put in.

"SARIA!" Davis cried he looked around the bathroom nervously it was a girl's bathroom and he was feeling uncomfortable. "It's just a small bathroom." She whispered she looked at the gift in her hand and took the card from the top, she handed Davis the package. "It's address to my parents." She replied as she read the name off the card she opened it up. "Holy….." she whispered "What is it?" he asked her.

"It's normal…I thought I would be expecting it to be something more." She replied she look at the back of the card it was perfectly normal. "Davis, open it." she watched as he began to open up the present it was a white box he opened the box then looked in. "Well it doesn't look that much dangerous." Davis said he pulled out a necklace. Saria looked at it confused "What? I thought maybe…" She began she took it from his hand and read the inscription that was on the bottom of the pedant.

"To Tiffany all my love Taichi Yamagi?" Saria whispered. "That's bull shit." She cries out. "Okay, okay let's find out maybe your father loved someone else before he meet your mother…" Davis suggested. "NO, they knew each other since they were little kids like us….this doesn't make any sense."

"Then let's try to makes sense of it…lets ask your dad if he ever loved some one other then your mother." Davis suggested Saria nodded and put the necklace in her purse.

The two teens exited the washroom.

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"Taichi…." Sora came up to him and took the glass as he was about to drink some more. "Hey! Sor I was going to finish the rest." He complains Sora put the glass down away from him and sat next to him in her seat. "Taichi remember what we talked out." She questioned he look at her and shook his head. "I don't know can I please have that wine." he tells her as he tries to reach it.

Sora grabs his arm. "Taichi, you do remember think….what happened with you and my father remember?" she asks.

Taichi growled "OKAY I DO BUT I DON'T CARE SORA!" he shouts at her, she only frowns at him. Sora noticed that some of their guest where watching. "Come on Taichi we have to talk." Sora stood and handed him his crutches.

"DAD!" Saria and Davis both came running up to Taichi who looked at the confused as did Sora. "What's wrong?" Sora asked her. "We want to ask dad something mom." Saria motioned meaning that she wanted only dad there. Sora sighed and walked out of hearing distanced but she watched them.

"What's wrong?" Taichi asked worried as he watched the expressions on they're faces. "Oh um nothing…we just wanted to ask you a question." Saria said to him. He looked to his daughter to Davis. "You better not…" Davis stopped him before he could say what he thought they were going to say "Did you love some one before Mrs. Yagami?" he questioned

"Uh…where is this coming from?" he asked confused. "Daddy can you just answer the question please." Saria begged "Okay, okay." Taichi stood for a second and tried to think. 'Did I love some one other then Sora before I met Sora or before I realized that I loved Sora…' he thought he shook his head "You know what I don't; I didn't even like girls when I turned 14 and around that time I was thinking about your mother more and more. So there is absolutely no way I could have thought of another woman then or now as I see it." He told them.

Saria sighed with relieve and Davis knowingly looked over at her. "Thanks Mr. Yagami." Davis told him "Thanks Dad you can go where ever you were going with mom." She and Davis left Taichi looked after them confused. "Taichi?" Sora questioned noticing his confused face as she walked up to him.

"Um they're acting weird." He told her. "Oh?" Sora just saw as they ran up the stairs into the main lobby.

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Yamato, Mimi, Takeru and Hikari were sitting at there table. "So Yamato how are you." Takeru questioned "Good why wouldn't I be?" he asked quickly. "I was just asking." Takeru picked up his wine glass and took a sip of his wine.

"Really Yamato." Mimi whispered to him. "I was being polite enough." He answered her. Hikari got up from the table suddenly and walked quickly to the bathroom. "Hikari!" Takeru called she didn't hear him and kept going Takeru went to get up but Mimi stopped him. "I'll go." She got up and went after her.

"Taichi how many times have we gone over this?" Sora asked she was stressed that he just continued to drink so much. "Sora I can't help it okay….it was like what person would go through trying to quit smoking. You see a package of cigarettes laying out in the open what smoker who is trying to quit not get the urge to take that package and get a smoke out?" he questioned.

Sora frowned "Not the same Taichi!" she cried "Don't you realize that you stopped for how many years and all of the sudden you start up again. It isn't good!" she exclaimed.

"Don't you think I know that!?" he shouted, they became quite again. "Taichi I want to help, remember we can overcome this ourselves…" She whispered.

"Sora I got to tell you the truth…it isn't working….I don't think I can do it or we can by ourselves any ways." Taichi he kind of leaned against the wall "We should tell them they are our family. I think I need to go to AA."

"Hikari?" Mimi questions as she came into the public washroom. "Mimi….something's happening…" she answered from the stall. "What do you mean?" Mimi walked up to the stall and stood there. "What's wrong girl?" she asked. "I'm spotting…it's not good." She replied. "Well Hikari spotting is normal…"

"No, today it's been on going. I didn't want to worry Takeru but I think we should be worrying." She replied she opened the stall came out and washed her hands. Mimi watched her concerned "Did you spot when you were pregnant with Hope?" she wondered.

"A little bit but not as much as this." She said to her friend with worry. "Hikari?" Takeru's voice came from outside the women's washroom. Hikari sighed she looked at Mimi for a moment. "I'm going to tell him, because I'm just too worried." She replied Mimi nodded "Yes better safe then sorry." Mimi answered. The two women exited the washrooms. Takeru was standing out side the bathroom he went to his wife. "What's wrong?" he asked her.

"Takeru I want to go to the hospital." She replied he looked at her frightened "Why? Hikari what's wrong is it the baby?" he asked worried. "kind of I've been have spotting that seems a little un normal of late…I didn't want to worry you but now I think that I want to go and be checked out and make sure that nothing is wrong." She answered him in her best worried free voice she could muster.

"Okay come on honey, Mimi watch Hope for us." He begged she nodded "Now go." She urged them and the two took off.

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Upstairs in a separate room Davis and Saria were discussing the lady they saw. "Then if she isn't dad's old girlfriend where did this come from?" Saria wondered the two teens shrugged they were lost and had no idea of what to do next. "Maybe she is a stalker…like what happened with the only lady and your uncle Yamato?" Davis suggested Saria sighed "I only hope that's not the case." She replied worried.

As the two teens talked that room, Takeru and Hikari came up from the hall they exited and went straight for their car.

Sora thought long and hard she didn't want to admit to herself that he had a problem like that she didn't at all want to admit. All this hoping had gotten to her emotionally her bottom lip began to quiver she bit her lip gently feel tears coming.

Taichi watched her "Sora are you okay?" he asked. "No….I hoped it would go away, I hoped so much that you didn't have a problem." She paused for a moment and wiped the tears that had rolled down her cheeks and sniffed.

"Sora I'm sorry." He whispered "It's not your fault that this happened it's my fault my own and my solely." He told her it didn't make matters better because Sora just started to cry in front of him, he reached out and pulled his wife into a hug. "None of it is your fault." He whispered to her.

With a big sigh Sora pulled away from their hug and looked him in the eyes. "Taichi after our second honeymoon please." She whispered to him he nodded and the two kissed.

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"Well Mrs. Takashi, I think it's nothing to serious." The doctor told them he took off his rubber gloves and threw them into the trash bin. "Are you absolutely sure?" Takeru question him. He nodded.

"There was nothing serious I could detect." He began. "But to makes sure we'll get u an ultrasound. I'll be right back while I'll get the machine." The doctor left the room. Hikari sighed Takeru did as well. "I'm just glad that things look okay." He said to her. Hikari nodded and then looked to the ground of the bed she was sitting on.

"What is it?" he asked noticing her sudden quietness. "I was experiencing some spotting a few times this week but I didn't think any thing off it till tonight. I didn't want to scare you." She cried feeling bad for not confiding in him.

Takeru didn't say anything he was quite. Then he opened his mouth to speak. "Hikari you know I love you, you didn't have to worry about making me worried. Every time I go off on a business trip I worry about you and Hope."

Hikari looked up at him all teary eyed "I know." She whispered she wiped her tears. "Hikari don't cry, please don't cry." He rubbed her shoulders.

The doctor then came back into the room with an ultrasound machine. "Okay let's get this set up and we will see if there is anything is happening inside the uterus."

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Yamato twirled his wife then he dipped her after the song ended the two laughed "that was unexpected Yama!" she cried after he pulled her back up. "Sorry." He replied the two walked off the dance floor and went over to visit Taichi and Sora who were sitting down at there table.

"How are things coming along?" Yamato questioned them. "Good, in fact once Taichi's ankle heals fully then we are going on our second long awaited full honeymoon." Sora said with a smile. "That's good." Mimi replied, she stumbled a bit Sora stood up and held her up. "Mimi are you okay?" she question her as she made her sit down.

"Yeah, I am….I just suddenly felt a bit dizzy." She whispered. "It's my fault I should have spun u around like that on the dance floor; it probably upset your stomach." Yamato apologized to her. "You don't have to apologize." Mimi said to him.

Michael then came up to them. "Dad, Lillie fell asleep in the couch room." He told him. "And so did Reena and Mikao."

"Well, Guys I think that's our queue to head home." Yamato said to Sora and Taichi. "Yeah tomorrow is another day. I hope you liked your surprise." Mimi told them Sora and Taichi nodded "we do thanks." Sora told her they hugged and Mimi hugged Taichi. Yamato shook hands with Taichi and hugged Sora.

"Okay say bye to your aunt and Uncle Michael." Yamato told him. "Bye." He gave them each a hug. "Thanks for this surprise again." Taichi told them.

"Um Sora, watch Hope because Hikari and Takeru both went to the hospital. Hikari was spotting a lot she got scared." She whispered Sora looked to Taichi and sighed "Okay, I will don't worry." She patted Mimi on the back.

"Okay we are going to be heading out." Mimi got up and she and Yamato walked away.

"What where you two girls talking about?" Taichi wondered Sora smiled at him weakly. "She didn't want to tell you but I will. Takeru took Hikari to the hospital because she was spotting irregularly. And she wanted us to watch after Hope."

"What? Why didn't they say something to me?" he asked a little angry. "Taichi…Takeru is looking out for her." He calmed down "Okay….but still they should tell me stuff like this…she's my sister and the baby she is carrying is going to be my little niece or nephew." He said

"Taichi honesty I thought you grew out of the protectiveness part. It's Takeru's job now remember what you told him at there wedding reception?" she asked, Taichi frowned "Yeah but was that after you and Yamato nearly trying to kill each other?" he asked. Sora hit him in the shoulder. "That's not what we are talking about." She told him.

"Okay I remember, I remember." He said with a sigh. As he did that Takeru and Hikari had came back. "Hikari!" Sora shouted over to her. Slowly the two went up to the front.

"Mimi told us what happened." Sora began "Was everything okay?" she questioned quickly. Hikari nodded "Yeah the doctor said that everything looked fine." She told him. "We came here to pick up Hope." Takeru told him "They're in the couch room just over there." Sora pointed to the far left of them. "Okay we will see you tomorrow."

"And you two thanks for this surprise." Taichi told them. They smiled and gave each other hugs. "You deserved it after everything that has happened to you guys." Hikari said.

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"I got an idea." Davis said suddenly Saria raised an eyebrow at him. "You do about what?" she asked "We will play detective if you father is sure that he didn't love anyone else before your mother then we might have a possible stalker on his tail." Saria sighed with a big frown.

"And if that is true how are we going to stop her?" she questioned "We will phone the police." He suggested.

"Okay, right and this is just between you and me okay Davis?" she stuck her pinkie out "pinkie swear." She said he linked his pinkie finger with hers and they shook on it. "I promise you that I won't breathe a word to your parents about it." He said.

"Good I owe them to get rid of this stalker for after what I accused them of." Saria whispered to him shamefully. Davis pulled her close to him and gave her a hug. "I know, I know." He told her softly.

To Be Continued…….