He Said He Loved Me (Revised and Updated)
by Madam Flutterby
le 22 november 2003
a couple days ago, i was checking my e-mail during my lunch break at school when i got an e-mail that i hadn't expected to receive. the sender was someone i hadn't received an e-mail from for over two years. yet there it was. this e-mail, from the sender that i had long forgotten about.
if you've seen how old my other stories are, you've probably already guessed where the e-mails were from. it was from fanfiction.net informing me that someone had left a review on a story i had lost the will to continue.
people who started reading this story probably wondered why i had stopped writing. truth is, i had lost the passion for writing after reading other people's fanfictions. they were so good that i felt mine could never match up to theirs. (Geo and Chetteteng... now known as ChanChanandMosasi, in particular)
anyway, since i read the review, i suddenly didn't care that my stories weren't so good and now i'm set on picking up where i left off. the person that reviewed never left their e-mail. but if you're reading this, in which i hope you are, know that i am grateful to you. your review made me feel good knowing that even though my story was on the millionth page of ccs fanfiction, someone was still out there reading it. if weren't for you, no one would ever know of the plans i had in mind for sakura and most of all, her future with syaoran.
salamat salamat salamat! (in other words: thank you thank you thank you)
luv always })i({ madam flutterby
DISCLAIMER :: I do not, nor will I ever own Card Captor Sakura and its related characters, names, etc. because the wonderful fantabulous CLAMP owns it. Therefore, please don't sue me because I only have five cents. '--
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chapter one: setting the scene
"Sakura-chan, quick or we'll be late for the sale!!" Tomoyo was heading out the gate with Rika, Chiharu and Naoko while Sakura was still putting on her shoes.
"Hoeee!!" Sakura ran down the pathway of Tomoyo's house, her long hair flowing behind her in graceful braids. In a haste she had put the right shoe on her left foot and the left shoe on her right foot, causing her to trip halfway. The other girls couldn't help but laugh, but quickly rushed over to help Sakura up.
"Waah... Tomoyo-chan I'm so clumsy…" groaned Sakura, fixing her shoes.
"Don't worry, God's not done with you yet.¹" Rika flashed Sakura a maternal kind of smile and helped brush Sakura off.
Rika-chan's so kind, and she's so patient too. She'll make a great mother. Sakura smiled back at her and began talking about the beautiful summer wedding between Rika and Terada-sensei as they all got in the car.
"So, any word on a baby yet?" Chiharu nudged Rika in the rib.
"Nope, but we're gonna try soon." Rika replied shyly, "Naoko, why don't you put away your notebook? It's the last day before school starts and your deadline isn't for another two weeks. Today is a day to just have fun!"
Naoko sheepishly stuck her notebook into her bag, "I know, I know, but I was thinking about how this would make a great story. Under-aged student meets teacher, teacher gives student a promise ring, parents give in eventually, and then the beautiful wedding followed by-"
"Oh- turn here! Fei lives in the third house to the right." Sakura pointed out.
"How come she didn't sleep over?" Chiharu asked.
"Well… Fei-chan does own the le Chat Noir. With people there everyday it's only natural she would want to make sure no one is stealing from the cash register." Tomoyo answered.
"Ring her up," Chiharu said to Sakura. Sakura took out her celly (Sonomi's manufacturers must be real good because Sakura was still using the same phone she used in the fourth grade.)
"Moshi moshi. Guerrero Fei speaking."
"Fei-chan. It's Sakura, you're going to the mall with us right?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world. I'll be right down."
A few minutes later a short, raven-haired girl came out the front door.
"Sorry it took so long. I was finishing up a batch of cookies. Want some?" Fei passed around a tupperware of midget cookies². It was cookies like these that made the le Chat Noir so successful.
"My goodness, this is so illegal." Naoko looked around nervously, as if expecting a police officer to see through the tinted windows of Tomoyo's car and see that there were six people in a car built for five.
"Don't worry about it. Fei's kinda short, so maybe the cops will think her head is a balloon or something." Chiharu joked.
"Mou… that was mean." Fei frowned, being half Filipino, she took the short jokes a bit personally.
"Ano, ano… We're just kidding, Fei-chan… we still love you…!" Sakura looked at Fei through the rear-view mirror.
"Group hug!" Chiharu yelled.
"Oh dear." Rika sighed. There was an alternating flash of red and blue coming from behind as well as a siren that told them that they should pull over.
next chapter: setting the scene (part ii)
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¹ the series never really mentioned if they were Christians or not, but my pastor had a sermon a couple weeks ago and i've been itching to put the theme of the sermon somewhere (originally, the theme was PBPWMGINFWMY- please be patient with me, God is not finished with me yet)
² midget cookies are cookies i made by improvising with a shortbread cookie recipe. --' too bad i forgot the recipe and i didn't even write it down tear.
Anyway, yeah… next chapter will come up soon… very soon I PROMISE!!