Falling

Sparking Thoughts- Happy New Year everyone!...sorry couldn't update sooner… -o-;; Thank you so much for such a great response for Falling…its highly gratifying…^o^::….Here's chappie 3…Enjoy the read!

Disclaimer- I wish*sigh*…but nope not yet…

Chapter 3-

Graduation was just three days away-and she was going to be attending the farewell prom all alone- Err… not exactly alone-for one, Chiharu, Naoko, Rika and Yamazaki would be there. They had been friends since-God knows how many ages…. "Right so I'm not going to be alone" –Technically.

But her two most important friends could not have found a more appropriate time to vanish. Sakura sat contemplating ways to not attend the prom, ("Impossible, I was waiting for this all my life"), or get at least one of them to stay.

"Darn!" she suddenly banged the table with utmost frustration. Touya looked at her with one eyebrow arched upward-his expression clearly said "CONTROL YOUR MOODSWINGS PLEASE!" Sakura sweat dropped and sat down meekly.

"You can talk about it, little kaijou" Touya said playing aimlessly with his fork. Sakura looked at her brother and considered his 'not-so-usual' offer. She asked hesitating, "Have you been ever betrayed?"

"It depends in what context exactly you are referring to" he said quietly. Sakura took a deep breath and blurted out, "You see Oni-Chan, even since Eriol's gone Tomoyo's been all 'staring-out-into-distance', but that was still fine, all of a sudden she decides to go as an assistant with Aunt Sonomi. I highly respect her decision to help her mother out, but really three days before graduation, IT'S COMPLETELY…." "Ridiculous?" Touya cut in. Sakura nodded "and insensitive!" she added.

"I think Tomoyo has made a wise decision, after all she's planning on following her mother's footsteps. This would definitely give her an insight into her career. Is she going in apprenticeship?" Sakura let her head bob, but with some reluctance. "Great, she will be earning some money too, helps her college fund" Touya said matter-of-factly.

"Infact, you should think of starting your own college fund, you are so not touching any of my savings… missing a prom won't cost you your life you know" Touya said with mock seriousness. "I'm sure you would have loved to miss your prom!" Sakura said gritting her teeth. "Tomoyo and I always dreamt of this day, the best and the saddest day of our school life, we would get through it together and now suddenly she completely…uh! Maybe you are right! Get me a job-I will work in the pizza parlour you worked six months ago…"

"What about the other?" Touya asked ignoring her mad ranting. "Oh! Chiharu and the others will be there" Sakura replied quietly. "I meant the other one" Touya insisted.

Sakura stared at him blankly, "Did you forget, Eriol's been gone for a month…" "Are you so impossible kaijou? I mean the jerk, he will be there right?" Touya was exasperated. He barely noticed how Sakura's body stiffened. She really wished she hadn't eaten so much- did Tomoyo feel exactly like this when Eriol had announced his departure?

A lump was caught in her throat, she could barely speak. "You mean Li-kun…Sya-err-Li is going home, tomorrow. He isn't coming either.

Sakura slid of her chair, put her bowl in the sink and vanished silently from the dining room. Touya stared after her. He ran his fingers through his dark hair, he knew she felt something more than just betrayal; it went much deeper than that…way deeper….

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Syaoran zipped his second sky bag and pushed it away from his sight. This was probably the last thing he had thought of. Did he have to be a Li?-when he would be attending the night of his life… His phone vibrated beside him-it was Sakura.

"Hey! Wassup!" Syaoran asked cheerfully. "Done with all your packing?" Sakura asked quietly. "Yeah! I'm done more or less….you seem upset- what's wrong?"

Sakura meant to have brushed the matter away by saying "Upset? Who me? You must be imagining things" and would have laughed it away.

Her voice cracked at the very first word, "C-Can't you stay a bit longer?" she managed anyway. Syaoran felt a chill passing through his heart, "I wish I could, but…" the phone went dead and so did his heart for a moment. Why was she being so difficult? It was just a prom (well the once-in-a-lifetime prom), but she was being selfish. Just because she was not a 'Li' and did not have to go in for apprenticeship (not that Tomoyo had been forced to do it, hers was a totally different case…), did not mean Sakura could look past their problems.

Here she had a chance to enjoy herself; the least she could do was help them through their decisions as well.

"And I thought, I was falling for her…" Syaoran blinked hard. Falling? For whom? "The sooner I get outta here, the better, and then I'll give my family a piece of my mind."

Syaoran's cell vibrated for the second time in the evening. It was Sakura again. He tossed the gadget into his bed and went about sorting his wardrobe. The cell stopped shaking for a moment, only to jump back to life in the very next second. Syaoran grabbed the phone savagely and pressed the answer key and growled into the phone, "You seriously have the nerves damn it! First you cut off…"

"Did I get you at a bad time?"

Syaoran blinked hard "ERIOL?"

"Wow! You sound really doubtful about that. I thought we talked just a week ago."

"I know…" Syaoran sighed. What is wrong with me?

Sparkling Thoughts- So we are getting into the plot….had to do a bit of SxS (they are my fav too...:) ) …. Anyway you know what to do...Read n Review!