Disclaimer: I...DON'T OWN CCS OR CC! IF I DID, SAKURA AND LI WOULD NEVER STOP GRACING OUR SCREENS, AND MADISON AND ELI WOULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER!

Sorry! To all those people who know the Japanese names better, but I don't wanna spoil the story by typing the wrong names.

Chapter 7:

Car troubles

Sakura walked in the darkened kitchen with a throbbing headache. And it was nothing to do with the flu that had been going round. The more she thought about Li and Madison, and the fact that they might be a couple, the more it hurt, and the more it hurt, the more Sakura needed to numb it. She took a swig from the bottle of vodka on the kitchen table and sighed.


MEILIN'S POV

I walked in to the apartment, knowing Sakura was home, but wondering where the hell she was. I hadn't seen her since this morning, when I had asked if she wanted to come shopping with me and Rita, and she'd said no, she had a headache. Then I noticed the bottle of WKD by her bed, and I didn't even need to ask.

I flicked on the light in the kitchen, just in time to hear Sakura scream that the light was giving her a headache.

"Well stop drinking then!" I shouted at her, not meaning to yell, but I was so concerned about her. I mean, yeah, I was all for her changing, she needed to show Li who was boss, and that he hadn't gotten the better of her, but when she started to change, when she said she wanted to change, I thought she meant on the inside too. But it seemed to me that she was still the old, sensitive, caring Sakura. The one who got her heart shattered into a thousand pieces. I was going to make Li pay for this, and his little slut, Madison, too.


LI'S POV

I sat down on the terrace. The one where Sakura and I had our last kiss…I hated myself for doing this to her. I hated Madison even more, and I didn't know why. We had both been there, but to me, it all seemed like it was her fault.

Hey, wait a minute…where the HELL is my car! Sakura's had it since Thursday, and it's Saturday now, and she's STILL got it!

I picked up the phone, mad that she hadn't given me my car back, without really registering what I was doing. I searched for my old apartment number on my phone, confident Meilin wouldn't have unplugged it : she was probably waiting for an excuse to yell at me again, anyway.

"Hello?" Meilin's voice sounded fairly distant on the other end of the line, but I decided not to pay that any attention.

"Hey, Meilin, I don't wanna try and talk to Sakura or anything, I just want my damn car back. I don't think that's much to ask since she's had it for three days, and yet she's still not willing to talk to me or hear me out!" I shouted rather quickly, to prevent her putting the phone down on me. I heard a brief whisper in the background.

"You can come and collect you're car tonight, and Sakura will hear you out." Meilin said, rather abruptly and begrudginly, like she didn't want it to happen, at all.

"But before you go, I just wanted to know, how you felt about Sakura's new look!" Meilin said, with a triumphant tone in her voice. She knew I hated the fact that my Sakura dressed like that, and she wanted me to say it. But I wouldn't give her that benefit.

"I can't say I felt any particular way about her look, I couldn't care less if you want to dress my...my ex up like a slut." I said, feeling rather victorious. It was just then that I noticed the phone was echoing. It was on loudspeaker.


RITA'S POV

I walked into the apartment to be welcomed by the sound of sobbing. I didn't even need to ask who it was. I was practically living here now, not wanting to leave Meilin dealing with Sakura's little 'outbursts' all alone. I saw Sakura, sitting on the floor of the living room, with Meilin's arms draped around her like a heavy blanket.

"What's wrong?" I asked, knowing who it was, just not what they'd done.

"Li called her a SLUT!" Meilin said, sounding outraged. I myself was quite shocked, and sat down on the sofa. Looked like it would be Li who got the full effect of our anger first. Madison at least knew she had no right to say anything. Li was actinglike he was th victim! Calling her a slut!


NORMAL POV

Rita looked at Meilin, and Meilin looked up at Rita. Sakura raised her head, and stopped sobbing.

"What!" Sakura seemed concerned, but evil grins had been plastered all over both Rita's and Meilin's faces. They had something up their sleeves, and as their smiles spread, Sakura became more and more concerned for Li and Madison.

Why are you worrying about them? They weren't worried when they were off sleeping together, they probably didn't think of how you'd react once. They just carried on, and look at them now. They DEFINETLY don't care about you anymore, so why should you care about them?

"I mean...what are we gonna do!" Sakura plastered a fake grin on her face and joined her friends in planning Li's little taste of revenge.


MADISON'S POV

I was sitting on my bed, trying to get my head around this algebra that Miss McKenzie had given us, when I heard a brief knock on my door. I didn't need to ask who it was. But why would he want to talk to me?

"Come in..." I tried to not look at the door as he walked through and stood at the edge of my room, uncomfortablly. I had the sudden urge to laugh. Now he was shy. Bit too late for that.

"Um...I have to go to Sakura's to get my car, and I was wondering if maybe you would...um...come with me? I mean, I know it's alot to ask, but I...I could just use the company, I guess..." Li suddenly seemed very interested in his shoes, and once again, I wanted to laugh.

"Yeah...I guess I've got nothing better to do..." I muttered, pushing the algebra book under my bed with my foot. I didn't want him to think he'd won, or anything. That I'd forgiven him...


LI'S CAR, OUTSIDE MEILIN AND SAKURA'SAPARTMENT

"Meilin, are you sure about this? This is pretty dangerous, and he could get really hurt..." Sakura shivered at the thought of something happening to Li. He had hurt her, but he'd never meant for her to come to any physical harm...

"Of course I am, Sakura! He's got excellent coordination, he'll see the ditch coming, and he'll just roll right out of the car! He won't even get a scratch, but he'll watch his back from now on!" When Meilin said it like that, it seemed alright. But Sakura knew it wasn't. But she knew there was no point arguing with Meilin and Rita when they had a plan. No point at all. They both gazed at her, as though daring her to put them off. Daring her to say no. But that was never, really, an option.

"Fine, just make sure no one sees you."

And with that, Meilin cut the breaks to Li's car.