AUTHOR'S NOTE: My greatest apologies to all of you. I'm so sorry this is so late. It's just that I've been caught up with a lot of important things so it's been hard to go on the computer.
Well, I just want to thank everyone who reviewed my first chapter. Each review meant a lot to me. Quite frankly, I didn't think I'd get that many reviews. haha. Well, this chapter's to all those who took time to review. Enjoy!
Summary..Kinomoto Sakura is your average high school senior. She studies, has a job, friends and is a part of a few clubs. Li Syaoran is your typical high school jock. He works out, talks big, and has girls on his mind all the time. They've known each other for as long as they can remember but have never bothered to speak a word to each other. But then...what? Read on, dear reader.
Chapter 2
The sunlight fell in patches on the ground in the shade of the cherry blossom tree just outside the schoolbuilding. Sakura sat with her back against the sturdy trunk of the beautiful tree. As she ate her lunch, a cool autumn breeze caressed her lightly tanned cheek. She turned to face the breeze, allowing it to flow through her auburn locks.
Soon, she'd have to leave her somewhat peaceful surroundings and walk into her sixth period home economics class. Really, she didn't understand the point of going to home ec. when she could just learn everything she needed from her parents, but she couldn't very well skip class, so when the bell rang for lunch to end, she packed up her lunch box and headed through the double doors to class.
Five hallways and three 'Pardon me's later, she made it to home economics. Once in the strange smelling and almost empty room, she took her seat in the second two-person desk in the middle row. Slowly, the students started to wander in. The last person through the door was their very young and lively sensei, Sachiko-sensei.
Sachiko-sensei was the teacher every male student loved to love. At twenty-six years old, Sachiko was fairly new in the teaching industry, but all the students loved the blue-eyed brunette.
For the last few weeks, she'd been going on (very vaguely) about some huge project that would top all home ec projects and everyone thought that today was going to be the same. But, unfortunately for them, they were wrong.
" All righty, class, today we will stop talking about the project that's coming up."
An audible sigh escaped the lips of almost every student in the room and a few 'yes!' and 'woohoo's came out, too.
" Today, we will begin the project!" Sachiko-sensei gave her students a big, genuine grin.
" But you said we weren't talking about it anymore. If we start it then we'll have to talk about it!" one student blurted.
The grin remained on her face. " True..But, I said we're not talking about the project that's coming up. If we start it today, then it's not coming up anymore. It's all ready here!"
" Aw man!"
She walked over to the front of her desk and leaned against it, looking over her students.
" Okay! So here's the 411 on this project. This will count for half your grade. The object of this project is to give you a sense of what family life is like, with you all being the parents. You will be paired off --boy and girl-- and will take care of a real kid. You will be assigned babies and for half the day, you will watch over the child.
" When you are in this class, you will stay in your pairs and will have a 'home', meaning a desk. And while in here, you will be feeding it, changing it and everything else parents do. You guys will take care of them for the second half of the day. The principal has agreed to this project and will allow you to have the babies in class. The baby must spend time with both parents each day, so that is something you will have to figure out. Your grade will be determined by how the baby reacts to you by the end of the project.
" Now, for the information you don't have to know but I'm going to tell you anyway. The babies are courtesy of real parents who need to have their kid taken care of while they work or just take a break. At the end of the day, the parents will come to pick them up so don't take the baby home...That bit of information sounds necessary...Hmm..Well, let's pair you guys up, shall we?"
Sachiko-sensei began calling out the couples.
" When I call your names, find a desk and sit together, please.
Mihara Chiharu and Yamazaki Takashi. Sasaki Rika and Matsushita Hiroki. Nakada Kazumi and Furugawa Tadashi."
So far, everyone was getting a pretty good partner..So far.
" Yanagisawa Naoko and Yamamoto Yoshi."
Slowly, the students got up as their names were called and others got up so the students called could sit together.
" Li Mei Lin and Hashigawa Shigeru."
A relunctant raven-haired, crimson-eyed beauty stood up and trudged up over to an empty desk with Hashigawa Shigeru. Normally, she would've argued the teacher down until she was paired up with her beloved Syaoran, but she knew arguing with Sachiko-sensei was pointless. She wasn't some old teacher who gave up very easily, unluckily for her. So with a sigh, she plopped down next to her new 'husband'.
" Hiirigizawa Eriol and Daidouji Tomoyo..Hmm..I was hoping Tomoyo would be back by now..Well, sorry Eriol, but you'll have to take care of the kid by yourself until your wife comes back."
Snickers could be heard throughout the classroom while a distressed Eriol moaned, dropping his head onto the desk.
" Come on, guys. Quiet down. Now, let's see...ah. Kinomoto Sakura and Li Syaoran."
Sakura had the urge to scream ' Are you KIDDING me?' but, unfortunately, had lost her voice the moment her name was called with his. In her mind, the world was now in total chaos. She was brought back to the real world by a deep voice.
" I don't wanna be paired with you anymore than you wanna be paired with me so just deal with it."
" Whatever," came her muffled reply as she buried her head in her arms.
After calling out the rest of the couples, Sachiko-sensei announced excitedly, " Now that that's over and done with, let's bring in the babies!"
" Already?" the students asked in disbelief.
" Yep!" she happily replied, sliding open the door as little one-year-olds crawled through. When the last one came through, the students all bent forward to see the babies all in a line, sitting on the floor.
A series of 'aww' and 'they're so cute' and 'how adorable' escaped the lips of everyone, even Sakura and Mei Lin, who were, currently, in the worst moods possible.
Sachiko-sensei then called the pairs up one by one to get 'their' baby and 'marriage certificate'. When it came Sakura and Syaoran's turn, Sakura went with her head held high (or rather at normal level) and decided to just deal with it, as Syaoran so nicely put it.
Just deal with it, Sakura. Just deal...
I should hope that all of you enjoyed it. Please tell me ifthere areany grammer mistakes that I didn't catch. Other than that, please review and tell me what you all thought about it. Criticism is accepted with open arms.
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