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Sorry! To all those who know the Japanese names better, I don't really know them, but here's a name guide:

Sakura Avalon: Sakura Kinomoto Li Showron: Syaoran Li Madison Taylor: Tomoyo Daidouji Meilin Rae: Meiling Li Tori Avalon: Touya Kinomoto Julian Star: Yukito Tsukishiro Chelsea: Chiharu Mihara Nikki: Naoko Yanagisawa Rita: Rika Sasaki Zachary/ Zach: Takashi Yamazaki

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Chapter 7:
Realising is the hardest part

Meilin rocked back and fourth against her bedroom wall. She'd rushed home from school as soon as she could, and hadn't even bothered in telling Li. He'd never even notice, let alone care.
He was probably off in Sakura land...
He'd be telling her soon...and they'd be engaged and married.
Their kids would call her aunt Meilin.

And she'd die an old lady with a shrine to her cousin under her stairs.

The front door to the apartment slamming awoke her from her rather depressing fantasies.
Li was home.
Joy.

"Meilin?" He knocked once, not even bothering to wait for her reply as he barged into her room.

"What?" She said, looking up at him as though scared he would kill her.

"Don't go home. Please." He stood in front of where she was crouched on the floor.

"Why?"

"Coz you're my rock, and I need a friend like you around."
But she wouldn't be swayed.

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IN SAKURA'S BEDROOM

Madison and Sakura sat next to eachother on her bed, Kero floating around by her side.

"So, the kid's girlfriend's going home, huh? Good riddance!" Kero was soon silenced by an evil look from Sakura.

"Something's not right though; she was acting really weird today..." Sakura sighed, leaning on her pillow.

"Maybe they're not engaged any more? Maybe...Li called it off?" Madison turned to a now riveted Sakura.

"Why would he do that?" She wondered aloud for a moment.

"Maybe he met someone else?" And as soon as Madison said it, Sakura felt the strangest feeling rise inside her.
One she'd never felt before.
Was she jealous?

"Maybe we should ask her?" Madison got a certain evil glint in her eye, and Sakura snapped out of her jealous fit long enough to shoot her best friend an anxious glance.

"When's she going home, anyways?" Kero was losing interest rapidly.

"I dunno..." Sakura frowned for a moment, trying to get a grasp on her feelings.
What was happening to her?
Suddenly all she could think of was who Li fancied and whether or not he'd dumped Meilin.

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THE SWINGSETS, TOMODEA PARK

"Meilin, I don't get it! Why are you still going home?" Meilin kicked off on her swing, hoping it'd be easier to tell him the truth if she didn't have to look at him.

"I...I can't be your friend like that...Li...I know that's what you need...but I can't do that. I can't...It's not what I wanted for us, and I'm really sorry, Li. I just can't do that. Not even for you." Even though she was still swinging, she could tell he was eyeing her up rather doubtfully.
He wasn't buying it, and she didn't blame him.
She was hardly telling him the full story.

She just couldn't bring herself to say it.
She felt like such a wuss.

Who'd be scared of Sakura Avalon?

"Y-you...you just can't be around her, can you?" He grabbed the chain to her swing, forcing her to stop and look into his eyes.

"Or you..." She looked up at him, smiling weakly.

"I'm sorry, Li...I can't watch you two...I can't watch you fall in love with someone that isn't me...It's not who I am...I don't...I'm sorry..." She kicked off again.

"Meilin, don't go. Please. I'm not even gonna tell her..." Meilin stopped herself, a familiar anger bubbling up inside her.

"Wait a minute...so you're dumping me; you're wrecking my whole future...and it's for no reason?" She tried to calm her own voice, but she couldn't remove the sharp edge from it. She stood up.

"You'd rather I lied to you? You'd rather I broke my promise and pretended I loved you for the rest of our lives?" He frowned, and she exploded.

"Why not? You've done it up till now!" She screamed, and at that exact moment, Sakura and Madison entered the playground, and Li blushed.
But Meilin just got angrier.

"Meilin...I didn't lie...I didn't know!" He muttered, and Madison and Sakura stood, frozen to the spot, as though, if they moved, they'd become her next victims.

"Well then, you're stupid! And you really are! Even I saw it coming before you! I knew it! But I decided to trust you!" She kicked the dirt on the playground floor for a moment, and appeared to be thinking.

"Sakura...would you stop?" Madison shot her best friend a glance, and she jumped guiltily.

"You...I..." Sakura realised Meilin's gaze was now focused on her, and she froze once more.

"And you!" Meilin said angrily, and Sakura jumped once more.

"M-me?" She shot a scared look towards Madison, who recipricated with a rather anxious one.

"Yes you!" She could feel Li's nervousness beside her, but she couldn't control herself.

"What did I do?" Sakura frowned, and Meilin rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"How unbelievebly stupid are you? Are you blind? And deaf? I mean, talk about obvious!"

"Nani?" Sakura was truely confused.

"Cau Tau..." Meilin muttered under her breath.

"Meilin, if you're gonna insult someone, at least do it in a language they understand." Li muttered in return, and she completely lost it.

"You idiot!" She screamed at Sakura, who jumped.

"How can you not see it? How are you so stupid?" Li was trying to calm her down now, but it was too late.

"Meilin, what are you talking about?" Sakura looked rather hurt now.

"Li, you idiot! Li's in love with you!" And she stormed off, Li in hot pursuit and blushing like crazy, leaving only Madison to catch her when Sakura fainted.