Hello, minna-san! Another new fic! The plot is kindda based on this book I read a long time ago, Seventh-Grade Tango. If anyone has read it, you'll kindda know what happens. I'm not gonna follow it exactly though, just take the basic part of it.

Summary: Tomoyo is infamous for breaking Eriol's toe while dancing with him once. Now, the two end up in the same dance class and are…partners! What will come from this?

Disclaimer: I don't, and will never, own the CCS characters. I also cannot take complete credit for the whole plot, because some events are taken directly from the book.

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Chapter One: 'Good' Luck Shoes

It was the evening of the Tomoeda Elementary School's eighth grade Graduation Dance. Tomoyo, Eriol, Sakura, Syaoran, and the rest of the gang were hanging out at a ballroom. An hour had elapsed since the dance commenced, so all the students were done having a few snacks and were flocking to the dance floor.

"Come on, Tomoyo-chan! Dance!" a jubilant Sakura grinned as she led the gang to the floor.

Tomoyo was a little reluctant. It wasn't that she couldn't dance, there was nothing really to it. It was what she was wearing. Everyone was dressed formal for the occasion. Tomoyo had selected one of her best midnight blue semi-formal dresses and Sonomi had insisted that her daughter wear Sonomi's old 'good luck' high heeled shoes to go with. They weren't exactly old because Sonomi always kept all her possessions in good condition, but they were extremely high. It didn't sound that bad to Tomoyo until her mother actually drew out the shoes for her daughter to see. They were at least 4, if not 5, inches high with the thinnest heels. Tomoyo had tried to protest but Sonomi was most determined. In the end, a defeated Tomoyo just figured she would sit all the fast dancing out, and maybe participate in the slow dancing.

But Sakura was also intent on Tomoyo having the time of her life on that dance floor. She wouldn't take 'no' for an answer as she dragged Tomoyo even closer and closer to the fast blaring music. "You're a killer dancer, Tomoyo-chan, you won't let some tall shoes stop you, will you?" she had reasoned. Tomoyo once again had to consent.

As graceful as ever, Tomoyo managed to dance without tripping or falling over her own heels, but that was until Sakura decided to push Tomoyo over so that she could dance individually with Eriol. In her haste, Tomoyo accidentally tripped and would have landed flat on her face if Eriol had not been quick enough to catch her.

After regaining her balance, Tomoyo found out that she and Eriol were pretty compatible when it came to dancing; they could pick up each others' slightest cues and rhythms and follow each other's steps. But Tomoyo was wired up with so much of the wrong energy that she was gradually turned into a nervous wreck.

Her 'good' luck just seemed to become more and more effective. First, she ran into the fruit punch table, but luckily not hard enough for the punch to spill. Then, while still dancing with Eriol, Tomoyo took a spin too fast, and as she turned around to face him again, stepped(or stomped) on Eriol's toe. Hard.

Gentlemanly and with all the self-control he had over himself, Eriol managed not to scream out loud, which was lucky because the whole school would have seen if he had. Facing burning with mortification, Tomoyo helped him over to a chair. His second toe was already turning purple by the time he got his shoes and socks off.

The rest of the gang noticed the couple leaving the floor and by that time were surrounding Eriol and gaping at his toe. Through the commotion, Eriol looked up and flashing her one of his charming smiles, said grandly, "Miss Tomoyo, you really ARE a killer dancer."

That was a summer ago. Now, the very same Tomoyo Daidouji moved briskly down the hall in Tomoeda High School. It was the first day of ninth grade, but that wasn't the source of her nervousness. She had been through the corridors before and the teachers seemed nice to her. The Daidouji heir's uneasiness radiated from the thought of seeing Eriol Hiiragizawa again.

A few months have passed since the incident involving Tomoyo's 'good' luck shoes and Eriol's toe, but the events were still swimming fresh in her head as if they had just transpired yesterday. The embarrassment was still raw and mocking to her conscience. Sure, Eriol could heal his toe with a snap of his fingers, but that didn't expunge Tomoyo's humiliation. She wondered how her mother could dub the shoes 'good luck' after all the damage they did to her.

Either way, Tomoyo really wanted to avoid speaking with Eriol alone if she could avoid it. Her fretfulness was conspicuous in her step, and her pale face still lit up on fire every time she thought of the dance.

Eriol had gone to visit England over the summer and Tomoyo hadn't been in correspondence with him since their graduation, which they didn't really have time to talk at anyway.

I hope he's not mad at me…he didn't seem like it, in fact, he seemed amused…I hope he doesn't end up sitting behind me again, that would be awfully awkward… Tomoyo mused as she speculated what would happen when she got to her new classroom. With some luck, Tomoyo could avoid Eriol until she was in the safe company of Sakura and Li.

"Why if it isn't Miss Tomoyo-san, the best singer and killer dancer in all of Tomoeda!" a voice smoothly cut into her thoughts and popped the retrospective bubble over Tomoyo's head.

It was a voice she could recognize anywhere. A mocking voice with a slight accent that always compelled her, and somehow seemed to have grown deeper over the summer. It was very talented at blending its emotions into its vocal cords, and Tomoyo could almost hear the smirk woven into the speaker's words.

"Hiiragizawa-kun!" Tomoyo squeaked.

Some much for her good luck.

~TBC~

A/N: So how's that for a start? Think the story will actually work out? Drop a review plz. And it's kindda weird for me to talk about toes. ^^'''