This is officially, as of this second, dedicated to Kaitlyn and her group… (Teenager Rika). Particularly her and "Henry", for giving me (by their actions, or things I said concerning their situations) half the ideas for the series. Thank you, you two! And, I guess the other five (seeing as you just *now* got a Ryo) deserve some credit too. ^.^ and keep up the good work, all of you!

Some things in life are never to be explained. For instance, the fact that there are three words that cause most any given group of human females to scurry around like ants caught in an earthquake. "Sale" is actually not on this list, as it only does so to 75% of us, the author of this not being one of them. The first of these is, obviously, "Chocolate". The second, as will be demonstrated here, is wedding.

And it was that one of these words that was causing the group of Tamer girls to rush around a room preparing for an event that was still a week off. They'd finally decided on a flower girl -- Ai, age 11, and one of Impmon's two twin Tamers, had volunteered. Her brother Makato, had, of course, immediately un-invited himself. Thus she'd joined the chaotic little group of teenagers (as most were 19) in their preperations.

So as this group of now 4 other girls (and one Digimon) scurried around the bride-to-be, it was shocking that she was sitting in the middle of it all… Calm, and expressionless. A little *too* calm for anyone's tastes.

"Rika?" Suzy asked shyly, pausing as she dashed across the room to get Kim to re-tie her obi. Rika didn't respond, didn't even blink her half-open eyes. "Are you ok?" the older girl nodded slowly, her mouth hanging partially open and a look of illness on her face. "What's wrong? What are you doing?" The other girls, finally noticing the rather pale complexion of Rika, stopped to wait for her answer.

"Trying not to throw up…" she said weakly, grimacing and looking around slowly. "And I don't think it's working too well…" With that, she cast the invitation list to the floor and raced from the room, returning moments later even more pale. She wandered back in and collapsed on the sofa.

"Rika?"

She moaned quietly in response, laying her arm over her eyes and slumping one leg over the edge of the couch. The other girls glanced at each other quickly then rushed to their friend's side. "I'm fine, really…" she groaned as someone put her hand against her forehead.

"It is flue season!" Kim countered.

"I really think I should call 1-1-9," Jeri said softly, reaching for the phone. [a/n 119 really IS the Japanese 911. Found that out in class last week]

"I've been like this all week…"

"What IS wrong with you then?" Ai demanded, being the least sentimental of the 5.

"You might not understand," Rika replied, motioning towards Ai lightly. "But the rest of you… what time is it?"

"about… 9:00… we all just woke up within the last hour."

"And me in the last 20 min. but what time of day is it?"

"Morning…"

"And I just got sick, right?" Rika uncovered one of her eyes, glanced at the other girls, re-covered it, and braced herself for the coming response.

"MORNING SICKNESS?!" Jeri was the first to demand. The other girls first let their jaws drop halfway to the floor, then started fussing over Rika the next instant.

*****

This brings us to the third of those words that make girls go hyper. Not pooky, as my blonde friends would argue (sorry to stereotype but that’s how every one of my blonde friends are.) Not caffeine as I would believe. Nope. "Baby".

*****

"Lemme get this straight…" Suzy shook her head gently then looked up at the girl. "You still aren't married, but your pregnant already? And you're the one preaching morals to ME?!"

"This is different. I'm a month from being married," Rika grinned. She was now sitting up and fine once more, having been given a good half hour to recover.

"Does Henry know?" Kim grinned.

"He should suspect it after I demanded we get some KFC mashed potatoes at 2 am night before last." [hey, for me, pickles and ice cream are a normal diet so I consider things like this strange food.] She sighed and bit her lip.

"He doesn't know yet at all, does he?"

"Doubtful. But it's almost Valentine's… I'll tell him then."

"DELAY!!! PROCRASTINATION!!"

Rika simply smiled and nodded. "Now, that over with, let's get back to work."

Sorry about how short the last two chapters were. They were supposed to be one, but my compu crashed right before I posted it and I didn't realize that I didn't have the whole thing on it. Next chapter will be longer, like… 3000 words. Promise! Review, Please! Ja ne to heiwa, ai Lyra-chan!