First of all, I'll start with the basics. My name is Sakura Ikumi, and, yes, I am part Japanese, yet I look like I'm from England - That's my mom's side of the family. I am 13 years old, and I enjoy singing and playing the piano. My best friend is Molly Piper, and she's also 13. We both have been told that we can sing well by our family members, so we decided to do a cover of a song and post it to YouTube. We didn't know that it would launch a career for us.

So... Story... START!

Chapter 1:
Sakura's Point of View
I was lying on my bed writing a story when my best friend Molly called me.

"What's up?" I asked into the phone.

"OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD OH MY GAWD I SAW... I NEED... DUDE... COME... HERE!"

"Molly, calm down and use your big girl words," I said calmly. "What is it?"

"GREYSON CHANCE IS AT MY HOUSE!" Molly screamed into the phone, and I had to hold it away from my ear to understand what she had said. My heart pounded in my chest when I heard those words from the phone, and I felt that my soul left me. "YOU SAID YOU WERE COMING OVER TODAY, AND I GUESS YOU SAID THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE COMING ON THE RIGHT DAY!"

"I don't believe you," I said, clutching the phone to my ear.

"Oh, really?" Molly said, and I could just imagine her smirking. I could hear her in the background saying "Hey, will you do me a favor?" And then after a pause and then someone started to talk, I was almost sure my soul left me.

"Hey, Sakura, it's Greyson Chance, I am at Molly's house right now, and I'll be here for a couple of days because my tour bus broke down and there's not anywhere near that can fix it. I hear you're coming over today, right?" I didn't answer because I was too speechless to say anything. "Hello?"

"I'm sorry," I said, snapping back into reality. "My soul just came back to me." I heard some laughing, and then Greyson started to talk again.

"It's fine," Greyson said, and I could imagine a grin on his perfect face. My breath was taken away whenever he talked, and his laugh almost made me faint(Okay, I know, it sounds kind of corny, but for all of the people that have been in love before or are in love now, youshould know what I'm talking about).

"But, yeah, I'm coming over to Molly's today," I replied. After my mother telling me that I had to do some chores, I regretfully said I had to go and that I would see them later.

Later came, and my heart pounded as Molly's mother came to pick me up at my house. We were going to be going to Molly's younger brothers' football practice, but we weren't actually gonna watch it. We were just gonna be roaming around the old town and the schools near the football practice areas, maybe even take a trip up to the Meijer that was less than a mile up the road, if Molly's mom would let us.

The first person I saw in the car was Greyson, who was sitting in the very back with Molly. I could tell that Molly's brothers were in the back, and Molly's mother was in the driver's seat, but my eyes only rested on Greyson's smiling face as I got into the car and sat next to him.

Greyson's Point of View
As Sakura got into the car, one of my thoughts were, "Yes! I get to be with two pretty girls for a while!" While another thought was, "Why was it two crazy fangirls?" Well, they didn't seem to be too much crazy, for none of them had even tried to hug me yet, so I was half wondering about them.

Things that I noticed between these two on the ride to the football practice: Molly was more of a chatterbox and would keep talking whenever a good topic came up, or if she had to say something, which was like me, while Sakura didn't even talk the whole time. Another thing I noticed was that Sakura seemed more tomboyish than Molly was - well, she was wearing a white T-Shirt and khaki capris, while Molly was wearing a sky blue T-Shirt and short-shorts.

Once we got there, Mrs. Piper decided that she was going to check it out around the town, while Molly, Sakura, and I were given permission to walk down the main road and go to Meijer.

"You can talk, right?" I said to Sakura jokingly. "I believe you did talk earlier today."

Sakura nodded. "I just don't have a reason to talk, that's all," she replied.

"Quiet, huh?" I asked, then turned to Molly. "And is she always like this?"

Molly nodded. ""She hasn't always been like that, though. There was a time when she always used to talk, before the incident."

Before I could say anything, Sakura said loudly, "So, the weather's been nice lately." She folded her arms behind her back. "Yep, very nice. The sun was shining, and it hasn't been too hot or too cold. Just perfect."

"Sakura, it's been raining all week," Molly pointed out. Sakura looked like she had just realized this herself, and I wondered about what the incident was about.

"Hey, Molly, can I talk to you for a moment?" Sakura asked, and she told me to just wait right there and they would be right back. They walked a little behind me and I wondered what they were talking about. Could it be about the incident that Molly was talking about?

Molly's Point of View
Sakura had dragged me back out of earshot from Greyson. "Can you please not mention the incident around Greyson?" she pleaded. "It was supposed to be a secret. I don't want him to know that I am suffering inside. I want it to be kept a secret from him. I'm afraid he might take pity on me if he knew. Pretty please?"

I understood how she felt. She had been suffering ever since the incident, and even though she had masked it on the outside that she was feeling better, I was the only one who knew that she was still being pained. Something that she could not recover from the incident was the voice that she used to have and the heart that never healed. I nodded. "Don't worry, I'll try not to mention it. I won't tell him either, cuz if he wants to know then you're gonna have to be the one telling him, not me."

"Thanks," Sakura smiled sadly. I don't remember her having a happy smile anymore. We walked back to Greyson and continued on our trip to Meijer... wow, what a small trip.

We eventually made it there, and by that time we were hot and sweating from the heat and humidity from the thunderstorm that would be going on tonight at around 10. So, luckily, there was a little ice cream shop in there in the bakery section, and we all got a cone of ice cream; Greyson and I got chocolate flavored, and Sakura got cherry cordial. "Way to pick such original flavors, guys," Sakura joked.

"Not our fault you wanted the weird flavor," I replied, smiling. Sakura pushed me jokingly, and then we all sat down in the cafeteria ata table and ate our ice creams. Sakura finished first and got a brainfreeze, while Greyson and I ate slowly and finished at the same time.

"It's like you two have a mind of one..." Sakura said as we were walking towards the electronics.

"What do youmean?" Greyson asked.

"You two both finished your ice creams at the same time, you two keep agreeing on everything, and, even right now, you two are walking in sync," Sakura pointed out, and Greyson and I looked down at our feet, then blushed in embarassment. "You two would be perfect together 3" Greyson and I blushed even redder, and then soon we passed by some brooms and I grabbed one and started to chase Sakura through the store with it. Greyson laughed and smiled the whole time.

"Hey, Moll, we should get going," Sakura said, out of breath. "It's about 7:30. But first, let's get something to drink. I'm thirsty!"

So, we all got a bottle of water from the vending machine just outside Meijer and then started to walk back. The three of us started walking back to the football practice fields, and just as we were passing the creek, Sakura disappeared. "Sakura?"I asked. "Where'd you go?" I looked back at Greyson, who was staring down the slope that led to the creek, horror in his eyes.

"Molly, look," he said, pointing down there. I couldn't see it at first, but after looking I saw a light shape down there. In horror, I saw that it was the drenched shape of Sakura. The worse part was that something thick was welling up around her. In horror, I gasped as I noticed what it was.

Blood.