AN: Bless all of the people who are still reading & reviewing. I'm glad I could keep your interests for this long. Thank you to all of you who reviewed. At the request of most , if not all, of you, I will keep writing this story. A special thank you to Chette Frizon Teng and Twisted Rose. I'm glad to be getting to know both of you and thanks for believing in me. Of course, FascinatingSpecimen (formerly known as AnimeWarrior) a BIG thanks to you without your support, inspiration, and friendship I probably wouldn't be typing this thing out at this very second. Sorry for all the conspirators and conspiracy talk in the last chapter, I'm reading Julius Caesar in English. Now the moment you've all been waiting for...
The Disclaimer!: Just joking! I'm sure you weren't waiting for this, but I have to type so you have to read it! No Fair, you can't just scroll past it! Fine be that way! I don't own CCS or CC or else I wouldn't be sitting here typing out these words on my computer at 11:30 at night. So there! Now what you've really been waiting for...
Getting Back to the Basics...or Not!
Chapter 4: Part 1: The Compromise
By: AnimePrincess
*** Change in setting
~~~ Flashback
*~* Change in P.O.V.
( ) ME!
'thinking'
*~* Author
"Sakura! I've got news!" Madison yelled at the top of her lungs as she ran to catch up with Sakura, who was in the park. Sakura usually spent all of her free-time wandering the park, like a half-person looking for her other half. In a way she was, but she knew that she would not find her other half in the park. Her other half was thousands of miles away, in Hong Kong, China.
"Good or bad?" Sakura asked with no enthusiasm what so ever. Sakura rarely ever showed real enthusiasm anymore. It hurt Madison to see Sakura so stoic all the time. Madison could clearly remember a bright emerald eyed girl who never wore anything, but a smile. (Hey you people, get your mind out of the gutter!) Now that same girl wore nothing but an indifferent face and maybe a slight smile once in a while. (And again out of the gutter!)
"Now don't get mad at me. I sort of volunteered you to be one of the entertainers at the ball tomorrow." Madison closed her eyes and waited for Sakura to blow-up and start screaming. When Sakura did none of this, Madison opened her eyes and watched Sakura's reaction carefully.
"You shouldn't have done that without asking me first, but I guess I don't mind singing for everyone."
"That's the spirit! What are you going to sing?" Madison asked jumping up and down. 'I'm definitely bringing my camera for this.' Sakura thought for a moment. 'I wonder if I should sing the song I wrote.' As if reading her thoughts, Madison suggested, "How about the song you have been writing about Li?"
Sakura gave Madison another of her expressionless looks and replied, "I don't know if I could..." She trailed off.
"Come on Sakura. Nobody besides you and me and maybe a couple others will know who it's about." Madison quickly, and incoherently I might add, mumbled "and maybe a couple of others," so Sakura didn't quite catch it.
"Fine, but you have to do the accompaniment and the back-up." Sakura said and started to walk again. Madison jogged a little to catch up with her friend again.
"But Sakura, there's going to be a professional accompanist there." Madison whined. She hated playing the piano. She only took lessons so she could write her own music easier.
"If you write out the music for the accompanist to follow, then you could just do back-up." Sakura and Madison agreed on that compromise and went their separate ways.
*** Day of ball, Sakura's house
"Sakura, if you don't hurry up we're going to be late!" an extremely annoyed Madison yelled for the fifth time in thirty minutes.
"Madison we have a hour left before they even open the doors." Sakura said through the bathroom doors. Madison ignored the comment and contined to wait impatiently. Kero was floating in the hall behind Madison, laughing at how quickly her usually calm exterior can change into an extremely irritable one so quickly.
After a few seconds of silence, the bathroom doors swung open and revealed Sakura standing there in her evening gown, courtesy of Madison. Madison smiled that evil smile of hers and Kero's mouth was hanging wide open.
AN: I know this was extremely short, but I'm going to make the next part about the ball, so I'm sure you'll want to stay tuned. E-mail me at princessmeatballhead2003@yahoo.com
The Disclaimer!: Just joking! I'm sure you weren't waiting for this, but I have to type so you have to read it! No Fair, you can't just scroll past it! Fine be that way! I don't own CCS or CC or else I wouldn't be sitting here typing out these words on my computer at 11:30 at night. So there! Now what you've really been waiting for...
Getting Back to the Basics...or Not!
Chapter 4: Part 1: The Compromise
By: AnimePrincess
*** Change in setting
~~~ Flashback
*~* Change in P.O.V.
( ) ME!
'thinking'
*~* Author
"Sakura! I've got news!" Madison yelled at the top of her lungs as she ran to catch up with Sakura, who was in the park. Sakura usually spent all of her free-time wandering the park, like a half-person looking for her other half. In a way she was, but she knew that she would not find her other half in the park. Her other half was thousands of miles away, in Hong Kong, China.
"Good or bad?" Sakura asked with no enthusiasm what so ever. Sakura rarely ever showed real enthusiasm anymore. It hurt Madison to see Sakura so stoic all the time. Madison could clearly remember a bright emerald eyed girl who never wore anything, but a smile. (Hey you people, get your mind out of the gutter!) Now that same girl wore nothing but an indifferent face and maybe a slight smile once in a while. (And again out of the gutter!)
"Now don't get mad at me. I sort of volunteered you to be one of the entertainers at the ball tomorrow." Madison closed her eyes and waited for Sakura to blow-up and start screaming. When Sakura did none of this, Madison opened her eyes and watched Sakura's reaction carefully.
"You shouldn't have done that without asking me first, but I guess I don't mind singing for everyone."
"That's the spirit! What are you going to sing?" Madison asked jumping up and down. 'I'm definitely bringing my camera for this.' Sakura thought for a moment. 'I wonder if I should sing the song I wrote.' As if reading her thoughts, Madison suggested, "How about the song you have been writing about Li?"
Sakura gave Madison another of her expressionless looks and replied, "I don't know if I could..." She trailed off.
"Come on Sakura. Nobody besides you and me and maybe a couple others will know who it's about." Madison quickly, and incoherently I might add, mumbled "and maybe a couple of others," so Sakura didn't quite catch it.
"Fine, but you have to do the accompaniment and the back-up." Sakura said and started to walk again. Madison jogged a little to catch up with her friend again.
"But Sakura, there's going to be a professional accompanist there." Madison whined. She hated playing the piano. She only took lessons so she could write her own music easier.
"If you write out the music for the accompanist to follow, then you could just do back-up." Sakura and Madison agreed on that compromise and went their separate ways.
*** Day of ball, Sakura's house
"Sakura, if you don't hurry up we're going to be late!" an extremely annoyed Madison yelled for the fifth time in thirty minutes.
"Madison we have a hour left before they even open the doors." Sakura said through the bathroom doors. Madison ignored the comment and contined to wait impatiently. Kero was floating in the hall behind Madison, laughing at how quickly her usually calm exterior can change into an extremely irritable one so quickly.
After a few seconds of silence, the bathroom doors swung open and revealed Sakura standing there in her evening gown, courtesy of Madison. Madison smiled that evil smile of hers and Kero's mouth was hanging wide open.
AN: I know this was extremely short, but I'm going to make the next part about the ball, so I'm sure you'll want to stay tuned. E-mail me at princessmeatballhead2003@yahoo.com