the.tragedy - Well here we have it, finally, an updated chapter. I told you it would come around sometime soon xD anyway, reviews are always one hundred percent apprectiated, and we should be getting into the groove of things. Then again, we're scrambling for credits at the end of the year, since summer is coming up. Well, not scrambling, but you get it. On a lighter note, my "Hit." teaser is still in need of review loving. Please and thanks.
His And Her Circumstances
Chapter Nine. One Plus One Equals Three
I gritted my teeth trying not to scream as Syaoran pulled into Eriol's driveway.
"Why me..." I murmured slamming my forehead into the steering wheel.
"Are you kidding me?" Jake growled, "that asshole is going to be here too?"
"Looks like it..." I mumbled sighing, "this is going to be one crazy new year..." I killed the engine and hopped out of my car.
Syaoran was just getting out of his car when he spotted me and almost slipped on the still icy ground.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He asked, with a gaping mouth.
"I guess we didn't think that our best friends would invite us back for the new year, and that they happen to live with each other," I stated matter-o-factly, causing Syaoran to glare at me. "This should be fun."
I nodded at Kelsea, although im sure my face showed no sign of kindness, and started grabbing my bags, as Jake bounded ahead of me, straight into the condo without bothering to help.
"Sakura! " A loud chiming voice ripped me out of my bad mood as Tomoyo and I ran to each other like kids at Christmas, squealing, and jumping up and down.
She was looking better, she had more color in her cheeks, and she seemed happier...her face wasn't as thin as it was when I had left either...and her stomach...
"Tomoyo..." I started but she interrupted me by grabbing a bag from my hands and smiling at me brightly.
"We should probably get you all settled in," She said turning around, "Eriol is waiting inside, he's making dinner tonight "
"Awesome," Syaoran showed up next to me, grinning at her. As she walked away, Syaoran leaned down close to my ear and whispered, "is it just me or do you see that too?"
"Oh yeah," I said, nodding my head, "Think she knows?"
"She has got to know." He stated, and I couldn't argue with that. I sighed and picked up the rest of my bags, heading into the house behind Kelsea, who was throwing her head around as she listened to her ipod.
"FUCK I LOVE THIS SONG " She yelled, doing something between the robot and a mosh pit dance. Tomoyo's eyes widened and she bit her lip, she was not used to people like kelsea.
I took a look around the house. I had never been here before, although Tomoyo told me stories. Eriol had bought his own two bedroom condo a few streets down from Tomoyo's house after they started getting serious. All the furniture was made of cherry oak and the color scheme appeared to be blues.
The urn holding Tomoyo's mother's ashes sat above the fireplace. For a moment I was a little creeped out--I hate urns. They're pretty weird, I mean it's a burnt dead person...
Eriol came into the room from the kitchen bringing the smell of roasted chicken with him. He gave me a huge bear hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"We're having a pretty big dinner tonight," He said, winking at me, "we've got news."
"I can see that," I said, nodding towards Tomoyo.
"What?" He asked, looking genuinely bewildered.
"Uh..." I wondered if Eriol was just joking, "Tomoyo's gained a few pounds."
Wow that was stupid.
"Sakura, that isn't very nice..." Eriol said turning red, "she looks fine..."
"Well I didn't mean it like that..." I said blushing, "oh never mind, I'm going to get settled in."
I walked away, quickly grabbing my bag and darted down the hall. Tomoyo was standing at the end in the second bedroom doorway talking to Syaoran, Kelsea, and Jake. She also looked upset so I hurried over to do some damage control.
"What's going on?" I asked, dropping my duffle bag on the floor, purposely hitting Kelsea's foot.
"We only have one extra bedroom..." Tomoyo said, sighing. "I don't know who I should give it to."
"Me and Jake of course, " I said angrily, that she'd even consider letting Syaoran stay in there with that whore."I'm your best friend Tomo"
"Well Syaoran is Eriol's best friend and..." Tomoyo took another deep breath and sighed, "I just don't know "
"Hey! We should get the bedroom," Syaoran pipped in, glaring at me. I returned it with a nasty one of my own. "I cant sleep on the floor, I have a sensitive back."
"Oh bull shit," I growled, balling my hand into a fist. "You are such a baby."
"No I am not," He barked, stepping closer, I could feel his breath on my face and he was so close I could have leaned up and...
"Stop, stop " Tomoyo pushed between us, "This is stupid..."
I stepped back, realizing I had been leaning in the entire time. Tomoyo gave me a warning look and then took a step back and folded her arms over her chest.
"The girls are going to sleep in the bedroom and the boys will sleep on the two couches in the living room." She stated sternly.
I stared at her with a gaping mouth trying to imagine myself civilly sharing a room with Kelsea...ugh, not happening. Syaoran grumbled something under his breath and stalked out of the room before I could protest. Tomoyo's face was set sternly, and I didn't want to ruin the rest of the week, so I tossed my duffle bag on the bed and went to wash up for dinner.
"So Eriol how is the writing gig coming along?" Syaoran asked, shoving a fork full of mashed potatoes in his mouth. Eriol had gone all out and cooked a huge roast with carrots, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and he even cooked a strawberry cake with vanilla frosting. Something was definitely up.
"It's going all right, I've made a few changes to my newest novel that I'm writing and I hope my editor can appreciate my spontaneousness." He said, proudly grinning.
"Dude, you should write soft porn, you'd make so much money doing that shit," Jake said, grabbing yet another slice of roast. I rolled my eyes and tried not to correct his horrid behavior, I'm not his mother.
Kelsea started cracking up and I swore I saw a piece of food fly from her mouth, I couldn't be sure–nasty shit usually likes to come out of her mouth.
"I'm not into pornography..." Eriol mumbled, turning red. Tomoyo glared at Jake and pulled the plate of roast to the other side of the table so he couldn't reach it. She then slid her hand over his, and smiled at him, he cleared his throat. "We actually have some great news."
"You're going to start writing hard porn?" Jake asked, laughing. He thought he was halarious but he was the only person laughing, well besides Kelsea.
"Jake, I'd appreciate it if you stopped talking for the remainder of the night or you'll be sleeping on the roof." Eriol said through clamped teeth. I was surprised that he sounded so stern. Eriol usually wasn't the type for conflicts. I raised my napkin to my mouth so no one would see my smirk.
"Whatever." Jake mumbled, slumping back into his seat.
"Go ahead, tell them," Tomoyo urged her boyfriend and he grinned from ear to ear.
"We're getting married," Eriol said proudly as Tomoyo's hand shot up and a giant glistening diamond almost blinded me.
"I KNEW IT " I cheered, "wait...what ?"
"Woah, congrats guys " Syaoran punched Eriol in the shoulder, "I knew you'd crack eventually, buddy."
"Yeah yeah," Eriol's face had turned the color of a tomato, but he looked extremely happy. Tomoyo was practically glowing.
I stared at her, wondering if I was wrong about what I was seeing. Right as I thought of this, as if she was reading my mind, she stood and took Eriol's hand.
"I actually have one more surprise," She squeezed his hand, "for everyone."
"Tomoyo?" Eriol looked up at her as confused as ever. Oh boy, wasn't he in for a treat.
"We're going to have a baby." She said hesitantly smiling at him.
Eriol was motionless for a moment, his face in utter shock. Then out of no where, as if an explosion went off, he jumped up, hugged her, and started freaking.
And I mean freaking.
"OH WOW--OH MY GOSH " He yelled, laughing nervously. "I'm going to be a dad?"
I smiled happily, for my best friend as she returned his hug.
"Wow it's a good thing you're getting married or you'd be a knocked up little slut." Kelsea pipped in causing me to give her the iciest glare I could muster.
"What the fuck, " I yelled jumping up. "You stupid bitch how dare you "
I lunged for her, but Syaoran caught me before I could get to her.
"Sakura," He mumbled in my ear, "Let's not ruin this night for our friends okay?"
I looked over at Tomoyo and Eriol who stood motionless with shock written all across their face and I was instantly flooded with guilt.
"I'm going on a walk..."
I came back to the house in enough time to see Jake passed out on the couch with a bottle of wine in his hand. Kelsea sat next to him, holding a glass of brandy, looking a little sick.
"Where are the others?" I asked her, hoping she wasn't too drunk to notice the house was empty.
"Four eyes and Preggers went to bed and Syaoran is in our room putting my shit away." She said, taking a big gulp of brandy. "Hey, I might sleep on the bathroom floor tonight, I don't feel so good."
She got up and stumbled past me as I stuck my foot out, tripping her. She glared at me, and then giggled, giving me a very unwanted hug.
"Get off me..." I growled.
"Oh come on, we should be friends..." She stared down the hall, dazed, and then stumbled into the bathroom.
"Ugh, freak..."
I grabbed the empty bottle of wine from Jake's hand and managed to tuck him in, somewhat. I then went into the kitchen and made two drinks, walking into my room.
Syaoran was sitting on the bed, putting some clothes into a bag, and looked up when I came inside.
"I thought you'd like a drink, after tonight I mean." I said handing it to him. "Careful, it's strong."
He took a sip and started coughing a bit. What a baby. I took a big gulp of mine and sat on the bed next to him.
"So..."
"What do you want Sakura?" He asked casually, although I heard a hint of irritation in his voice.
"Hey. I brought you a drink," I muttered, running my fingers through my hair nervously, "why are you so pissed at me?"
"I'm not mad at all, a little confused, but I'm not mad." He said taking another sip, this time he didn't flinch and the sip was more of a gulp.
"Well, I am both," I said, "you walk out on me in the middle of...well you know, and then you have the balls to tell me YOU'RE confused?"
"Well, I have this problem hurting people," he started, but I interupted him with a snort.
"Are you kidding me?" I asked, pausing to chug half my drink down, "you mean to tell me you have a problem hurting people, but you walked out on me in the middle of the deed?"
"Well, I didn't want to hurt Kelsea," He was obviously annoyed now, "I dated her for a while."
"Yeah, and then you show up at my door with her and a few bags and announce she's staying with us." I pointed out, rolling my eyes.
"You said Jake could stay."
"Only because I was pissed you said Kelsea could stay."
I glared at him and he glared back as I felt the alcohol hit me a little bit. I felt all warm and fuzzy inside. His eyes were glazed over so he must have started feeling the buzz. I was so mad and confused and frustrated I wanted to punch his lights out, or screw him, or something. Instead I threw what was left of my drink into his face.
He spluttered for a moment, blinking rapidly and then he gave me a sharp look, throwing his drink in my face. It soaked up my shirt and my hair, as I sat there motionless and pissed off.
The next thing I knew I was thrown back into the comforter and his lips were on mine. I grabbed his hair, kissing back as hard as I could. He crawled on top of me, and I wrapped my legs around his waist, moaning into his mouth.
He started grabbing at my shirt, and all I could taste was the sweetness of the vodka and vanilla. I was in complete bliss.
Until I heard Kelsea start cracking up in the doorway.
"What?" I asked, tossing Syaoran off me who grunted in protest.
"She's drunk, she won't even notice," he pleaded.
Someone was thinking with the wrong head here.
"No no, keep going, I'm just gonna-" Her words were cut short by a waterfall of vomit coming from her mouth. I squeezed my eyes shut.
"UGH THAT IS SO GROSS," I yelled, getting up. Syaoran sighed and ran over to the cabinet to get towels, as I pushed Kelsea out of the way to go grab the carpet cleaner and take a shower.
After delivering the carpet cleaner, I heard Kelsea mumbling something about him being a jerk and what not. I ignored this and headed straight for the bathroom, taking a nice hot relaxing shower.
By the time I got back into the bedroom, Kelsea was snoring on the bed. I sighed and grabbed some pajamas, then crawled into bed making sure to put a large pillow between us. I'll be damned if she kicks me in the middle of the night. In fact, I'll punch her in the face if she does.
I sighed and laid my head on the pillow, it suddenly felt twenty pounds heavier.
As I dozed off I thought of one thing and one thing only,
When the hell am I going to get into Syaoran's pants?
