Skating Figure

Chapter: 26

Tuesday ,September, 3

Sakura was ready for school, but she also didn't feel like it. Sakura was on her way to the school gate when spotted Syaoran sitting on the bench waiting for her. Sakura walked over and gulped. 'Just stay calm.' She thought. Syaoran turned his head and smiled at Sakura. "Morning." He said. Sakura smiled back. "Good Morning." She said with a small bow. "Sakura, I wanted to invite you a little party I'm having tomorrow before you had yourself booked for the week, you wanna come? I just invited Garry and the others over." Syaoran said.

Sakura was thrilled, a party at Syaoran's place. "Um . . . sure." Sakura said with a smile. Syaoran nodded. "Cool, then I'll see you later, I have to get going, the academy is holding a meeting for some reason." He said. "Okay." Sakura said as Syaoran walked off to his school and Sakura to her's.

Throughout the day Sakura was excited about going to the party and she saw Kiwi and Macy early that day, Macy was looking much better, when Venice and his new girlfriend had black eyes slightly fatten lips and scars. Sakura felt bad for them a tiny bit but Syaoran did warn him.

Lunch came around pretty fast so Sakura decided to sit with Kiwi and Macy outside. "Hey guys." Sakura smiled setting her lunch box down. "Hey." Macy smiled and gave a little cough. "Still kinda sick?" Sakura asked. Macy smiled a little and nodded. "She's been eating though, she'll be a good as new." Kiwi said brightly.

Macy just nodded. "Well, that's good to hear." Sakura said. "I'm looking forward to that soccer match that's coming up, I think Syaoran is going against us with his team." Kiwi whispered. "Yeah I heard that too, it's only a one match thing since is getting cold." Macy whispered. Sakura suddenly felt lost. Syaoran was going to play against the school, who was she going to cheer for, well of course her team but would Syaoran think she was a jerk for doing that.

"Sakura?" Macy said seeing Sakura just suddenly space out. Sakura blinked a few times and began opening her lunch box. "Yeah." She said trying her best to sound cheerful. "Oh, your still skating with us right?" Kiwi asked before eating some of her fried rice. Sakura nodded. "Yeah, I'm looking forward to it." She said with a real smile this time. She wanted to have some fun with Syaoran anyway and just the thought gave her chills.

As lunch went on Sakura had her ice skates sharpened and polished for this afternoon, she was excited, seriously.

Syaoran and John on the other hand were painting, art class, that had to paint a picture that most inspired them. John sighed and looked to Syaoran who was painting a ocean. "A beach?" John whispered. Syaoran looked to John's picture which was a mermaid. "You such a pervert." Syaoran said. John smiled. "What they did inspire me once for this song I wrote." John said. "Yeah right." Syaoran said and both Syaoran and John sat up and was quiet as the teacher walked passed them looking at there canvas.

John turned his head and looked back to Syaoran. "You still going to the rink?" John whispered. "Yeah, it's not like I'm hogging your girlfriend, you need a break, do some homework." Syaoran whispered back. John laughed softly and went back to painting. The bell rang and Syaoran and John stood up. "Remember that paint will dry so if you have a free period finish it." The teacher shouted over the bell. Syaoran and John walked down the hall and to there lockers.

"I thought we'd never get out of there." John sighed putting his books in his locker taking out his lunch box and his song book. "You have music next?" Syaoran asked. "Yeah, my teacher is up my as about my high C, I keep chocking, it was easy to me before the lesson which makes things more difficult." John explained.

"Good luck with that." Syaoran said slamming his locker door. John rolled his eyes and sighed. "Right now I just wanna eat." He said. Syaoran and John went outside in the garden eating and talking about everything. "I hope Garry hooks up with Macy, his really into her, I never thought about it." John said. Syaoran laughed. "What's so funny?" John asked. "He turns to puddy at the mention of her name, you have to see it, it's like . . . oh, man." Syaoran laughed with John joining in.

"Hey!"

Syaoran turned his head looking to Mei who was running out with her lunch box smiling. "Hey Mei." Syaoran said back. John's expression disappeared seeing Mei sitting down and she leaned in and kissed Syaoran. And in that moment Syaoran's mind wandered to the first time he kissed Sakura. Syaoran snapped open his eyes and broke the kiss quickly turning away. John frowned seeing the expression on Syaoran's face.

"Well, I must say, my singing lessons are going well, I'll be in a contest tomorrow, it's nothing big, I know you have something to do, I'll just tell you about it later." Mei said. "Good Luck." Syaoran said looking down at his food. "Something wrong?" Mei asked noticing Syaoran's confused expression. Syaoran looked up to Mei and sightly smiled, "it's nothing, I just have lots of work to do."

School let out and Kiwi and Sakura were at the indoor rink putting on there skates. Sakura opened her bag and began to unlace her skates Syaoran gave to her. "Aw, isn't Syaoran so thoughtful, I remember one time I got the flu and he said to cure he had to get sick so the germ would pass to him so he stayed in my room a week and didn't even get sick and I got better anyway, he's really silly." Kiwi laughed.

Sakura smiled. "Kiwi, do you like Mei?" Sakura asked. "That bitch!" Kiwi said in a sudden burst of anger. "Oh, um sorry, I don't like her, to answer your question, she's sneaky to me." Kiwi said. Syaoran came running toward Kiwi and Sakura. "Sorry, I'm late." Syaoran panted sitting down between them. "Whoa, you should take a breath." Sakura smiled. "Okay." Syaoran said and sat catching his breath.

"You know what, I'll get us some water." Sakura said standing up. "The vending machine for water is right there." Syaoran pointed. "It's broke, I'll use the one down the street, I'll be quick." Sakura said standing up and walking out the rink. Sakura walked down the street and crossed. The vending machine was at the beginning of the park. Sakura stopped in front of the machine and put the money in.

Sakura waited for the money to go in. "Oh, I didn't know." Sakura heard a voice in the distant as the water bottle was sit out in the slot. Sakura leaned to the left seeing a couple sitting on a bench. But it was something a familiar about the girl.

"So Mei, what are you doing tomorrow night? I'll be free." The guy asked. Sakura stood in front of the vending machine hiding herself. "Oh nothing, boring ol' Syaoran is too busy for me now, but he took some time off for that bitch Sakura and the dummy Kiwi. I can't believe him." Mei said coldly.

"Well, that's why you have me."

"Nick, your such a little toy, you really think I'm leaving Syaoran for you?" Mei asked in a teasing tone. "I bet if I do this, you'll leave him." Nick from Syaoran's school said. Sakura didn't dare to find out what happens next so she just ran away feeling her heartbreaking from Syaoran.

He didn't even know. "That scum." Sakura whispered to herself walking into the rink seeing Syaoran tying his laces along with Kiwi. Sakura looked sadly as Syaoran and put the three water bottles to the side. "Who died?" Kiwi asked. Sakura blinked and tried to act like nothing happened. "Oh, sorry, I was just thinking what I'd look like if I fell on my head, I'm getting second thoughts" Sakura lied. "Oh don't worry, I'll catch you but I'm not breaking your fall." Syaoran winked at Sakura making her smile.

But all Sakura was really thinking was poor Syaoran. Syaoran looked to Sakura seeing the sad look on her face as she tied her skates. Syaoran didn't want to ask so he just stay normal as they finished with there laces and went on the ice.

A few blocks away Garry was sitting on the bench outside the school waiting for Macy. Garry went to a different school so he had to take the bus to get there and the bus back. It wasn't his favorite thing to do, he begged countless times to his parents to let him go to a closer school, but that wasn't happening.

Macy walked out of the school holding her favorite red tote bag that held all of her fashion design's and notes for each of them. Macy would sometimes stay after school and use the home etc. sewing machine with the teachers consent, but that was only because her sewing machine busted and was getting fixed at the moment. Garry saw Macy walk out the gate heading home.

"Okay, okay, okay, Garry you can do this." He told himself standing up and taking a few deep breaths. "Remember say something about her shoes, small talk, and then ask her." Garry said and nodded and ran after Macy. "Hey! Macy!" Garry called. Macy stopped and turned around seeing Garry smiling running over to her. "Hey Garry, I didn't know you were here." Macy smiled back as Garry caught up with her and they began walking.

"Oh yeah." Garry blushed rubbing the back of his neck. Garry looked down at Macy's boot that had turquoise beaded on the calf part of the boot. Garry actually liked it. "New boots?" He asked. Macy looked down and smiled and nodded. "I ordered them from France, so on one has them, you like it?" Macy asked looking to Garry.

"Yeah, there cool." Garry said truthfully. "So how's things at your school?" Macy asked. Garry rolled his eyes. "Boring, but I did enter a poem contest, you enter your best poem and my favorite author Miyatsu Cogawa, will put it in his new book and you'll hang out with him for a whole day and all that stuff, I'm having problems with it though." Garry explained. Macy looked to Garry confused. "Why?" Macy asked. Garry chuckled. "I don't know which poem is my favorite." He laughed.

Macy laughed along with him for a moment. "I guess that would pose a problem." She said as Garry stopped laughing. "Maybe you should read the ones you like and thought were your best work and just narrow it down from there." Macy suggested. "I'll do that, that's great advice." Garry thought which was true.

"So how are you with your designs?" Garry asked trying to get to the point in the conversation where he ask her out. "Well, I've been actually making patterns and sewing out my design, I haven't really come up with new ones when . . .it happened." Macy said slowly. "Oh, it's okay, you'll think of something." Garry said. Garry and Macy were silent from a moment and Garry knew this was the time to ask her. Macy stopped at the gate of her house.

"Um . . . Macy?" Garry asked as Macy opened the small gate. "Yeah?" Macy said looking to Garry who seemed to be deep in thought. "I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me on Saturday for some fun, you know, to make ya feel a little better?" Garry said finally. Or course Macy would never think that Garry was hoping it was a date-date but she only thought it was a friend-date. "I can't make it Saturday, I'm doing some with my mom." Macy said. Garry wasn't going to take no from an answer. "Sunday?" He said. Macy looked down for a moment and then smiled. "Sunday, I'll be free the whole day so pick me up at ten." Macy smiled. "Okay." Garry smiled. "I'll see you later." Macy said walking to the door. Garry waved to Macy as she walked in.

Every part of Garry want to shout "YES!" A million times but he stayed calm and walked down the street to the bus stop and sat down waiting from the bus. Garry took out his cell and test massaged John, Kiwi, and Syaoran. He got instant reply giving him Congrats and advise to say something about her shoes once more, and it actually worked, maybe he would take her shoe shopping, he thought. "I did it." Garry told himself and smiled feeling suddenly inspired to write a poem on his experience.

But in the darkness of the trees behind Garry the same figure that had followed him in Hong Kong during the summer watched him.

Well Garry asked Macy out but she thinks it's only a friend date, ooh FRIEND-ZONE lol, but anyway I want to clear up something, Sakura's isn't going to be Syaoran's new skating partner, pair skating takes a lot of time and practice in which they don't have, but I'm sorry anyway. All the events coming up is leading to the final chapter, since the story is half way though, remember to review and thank you to all who reviewed making this story a success.

Peace.

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