Disclaimer: You know the routine: I don't own CardCaptors, or Card Captor Sakura. Al the characters except Harrison are not mine.
A.N Thanks Oodles to those of you who gave me GOOD review. Please, if you have to write a bad review, Instead of writing just "Your story sucks" give me reasons why it sucks. Bad grammar? Misspellings? Unrealistic? Sappy? Corny? Too Cliché? "Your Story sucks" doesn't help me become a better writer. Thanks.
No Longer a Child
Confused Again
by BlahBlahBlah136
Harrison waited patiently down stairs for Sakura. Touya was glaring at him as if he was silently trying to get him to break down and confess he was a horrible person and say he would never show his face around Sakura again. This made Harrison's self-confidence evaporate like a drop of water in Death Valley, California. Harrison squirmed under Touya's heavy glare. Suddenly Mr.Kinomoto came in the room. "Oh Touya, stop harassing Sakura's date. You'll have her back by 11:00, right?" He turned and said to Harrison. "Y..." Harrison was cut off by Touya,"11:00!" Mr.Kinomoto glared at his son.
Just then Sakura came down. She was wearing a light yellow skirt that came down to her knees and a matching yellow, sleeveless shirt. 'Why am I doing this?' she asked herself, 'Because Harrison is a great guy,' her brain told her 'and he's cute.' it added. 'Syoaran's cuter... Oh, great, I'm arguing with myself. Psycho' she mentally kicked herself.
"You ready to go?" Harrison asked. Sakura nodded. "I hope you don't mind walking. I couldn't get any of my sisters to drive us and I don't get my license till next year."
"I don't mind."
"Great!"
They walked to a nearby pizzeria (Do they have Pizza in Japan? Probably, pizza is everywhere, almost) and got a booth. Sakura barely spoke. Her thoughts kept wandering toward Syoaran. She remembered the feeling of being in his arms after she had fallen out of the tree. She wished that moment would have lasted forever. She looked out the window at the park across the street. "Sakura?" Harrison's voice broke her thoughts. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Oh, um...yeah. What were you saying. I'm so sorry, I wasn't listening," she apologized. "Oh, it wasn't important. So, I here there is a dance coming up at school. Do you want to go with me?" he asked with a content smile on his face. She could find no reason to say no, but there was an unsure feeling she had. She hesitated, then asked, "Can I get back to you on that?" Harrison was genuinely surprised by her answer. " Uh, sure."
Their date continued like any other; talking about school events, likes and dislikes, movies, books, and sports. Sakura purposely omitted the subject of the dance. They finished their dinner around 8:30 and then went out for ice cream. Finally Harrison walked Sakura home. Sakura stopped walking about a block from her house. "I can walk the rest of the way. Thank you for dinner. I had a good time,' she said politely. Harrison I'll see you at school Monday.' he leaned over to give Sakura a kiss. He was about to kiss Sakura on the lips when she turned her head so that he only kissed her on the cheek. He gave a weak apologetic smile. "See ya." "See ya." They both turned and walked the opposite direction.
(Next Morning, Sakura's room)
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Kero woke up to Sakura's alarm clock. "Sakura, even though it's Sunday, you have to wake..." Kero stopped, seeing Sakura wasn't there. "Of course, the one day there is no penalty for over-sleeping, she wakes up early." Kero mumbled to himself. Sakura came into the room, towel drying her hair. She picked up her cell phone that Tomoyo had given her. She dialed Tomoyo's number. "Moshi Moshi, Tomoyo speaking," Tomoyo's cheerful voice came through the phone. "Hi, it's Sakura. Do you want to go shopping with me today? I need to buy some new jeans; mine are all too small," Sakura explained. "Sure Sakura. When?"
"Does 10:30 this morning sound good?"
"Sounds great!"
"OK, I'll meet you at the mall around the jewelry store. Bye."
Sakura hung up the phone. "I'm coming with you today to make sure you bring me pudding." Kero floated Indian-style in the air. Sakura let out an anime sigh. She opened her small backpack/purse. "Hop in. It's almost nine and I'm going to the dry cleaners for dad first." "WhaaaaaHooooo" Kero cannonballed in.
(downstairs, Sakura just came down.)
"Dad, I need the dry cleaning paper. They won't give me your suits if I don't have it! Oh, and I'm having lunch with Tomoyo at the mall today, so I won't be home for lunch," Sakura said. When she saw the look on her father's face, she added," I'll be home for dinner. Don't worry." He smiled at this. "Good, and here is the dry cleaning paper. Oh, by the way. You had a call while you were in the shower", he said, taking out a piece of crumpled paper. "A Li Syoaran called. He didn't give me any message for you or anything. I guess it wasn't too urgent. I just figured I'd tell you he called." "Thanks, dad. See ya later."
(Outside the mall, 10:43)
"Oh I'm late!" yelled Sakura, running up the steps toward the mall. (Am I using too many prepositions?) She ran past the camping store, the sports were store, and finally the jewelry store. "Late as usual, I see," Tomoyo said in her naturally cheerful voice. "I got up early, but I had to go to the dry cleaners and I sort of let my mind wander," Sakura explained. "We best get going! I still have to find out what my size is!"
Sakura got two pairs of Hang Ten jeans and Tomoyo got a purple sweater. They were walking buy a dress clothes store when Tomoyo stopped. "Let's go in here Sakura!" she suggested. "You know we will never be able to buy anything in this store, Tomoyo! Why go in at all?" Sakura reasoned. "Oh Sakura. You defeat the purpose of window shopping." Tomoyo pulled Sakura into the store. Before Sakura could say another word she was shoved with a dress into a fitting room. Sakura gave a sigh of defeat and proceeded to try on the dress.
The dress was a light sakura pink. (What other colour would I use?) It was made of a light-weight fabric. She couldn't distinguish weather it was more cotton or silk. It thin spaghetti straps and a darker pink ribbon in the back. It was slightly tight fitting and had tiny sakura blossoms at the hem. It fit Sakura just right. "Come on out, Sakura!" Tomoyo coaxed, "How does it fit?" Sakura shyly came out. "How do I look?" she asked. "You look so kawaii, Sakura! I'm so sure Harrison would love it...or maybe Li would like it more." "Tomoyo!" Sakura shouted. "What? You're so transparent, Sakura. I can see right though you. Oooo, bad Sakura. Loving one guy, but going out with another. Ooo." "Tomoyo! I do not like Syoaran. I'm going to go to the dance with Harrison. But first I'm going to change out of this dress." Sakura said angrily. She changed out of t he dress and stomped out of the store.
Tomoyo pondered about what to do about Sakura and Li over a rocky road ice cream. Suddenly Rika came up, "Hi Tomoyo. You look deep in thought. Feel like telling me what's on your mind?" "Well, don't tell anyone, but I'm most sure Sakura likes Li, but she keeps saying she likes Harrison. And the more I try to push Sakura toward Li, the more she goes toward Harrison," Tomoyo explained. "Have you ever heard the phrase 'Don't pick at it; you'll only make it worse'? Well, I think it is the same with relationships. They have to take time to grow. You can't push two people together and expect them to become lovers right away. You have to let things, especially relationships and scabs, take their course. They'll most likely turn out all right in the end. Have I helped?" Rika finally asked. "Yeah, you have," Tomoyo smiled at Rika, "Thanks."
(Sakura's room, 2:00 PM)
"You know this is two days without pudding. You owe me!" Kero complained. Sakura wasn't listening, so we went over to play his new game of Zylon Warriors. Sakura picked up her cordless phone and started to punch in Harrison's number. She got to the last number and hesitated. Her hand shook and she started at the phone. Her breath came in short gasps. Still staring at the phone, she slowly stood up. Her stomach turned almost as fast as her head. She was terrified and confused. She felt so many things at once. For some reason she felt angry. She threw the phone out the window. She felt angry she couldn't be with the person she wanted to be with, that she felt she had to got out with someone she had no feelings for, that she couldn't understand her own self.
"Ouch!" she heard someone yell from outside. "Sakura! Isn't this your phone? It came flying out the window!" She stuck her head out the window to see Li Syoaran looking back up at her. "Sorry, Syoaran. I didn't for it to hit you." she said through the tears that had threatened to come on the way home. "Sakura are you OK? What's wrong?" He jumped up to her window. He came in the window and embraced Sakura in a comforting hug. "Oh S-Syoaran, I-I'm s-so con-fused," she said the best she could from her tears. "Shhhhhh, It's OK. You're going to be all right. Stop crying," he comforted, lovingly stroking her auburn hair. "Don't leave," Sakura's voice was small and feeble, "Please."
"Of course, Sakura."
He stayed with her, comforting her until she feel asleep around 5:40. He tucked her under the covers. She was a sleeping angel. 'Oh Ying Fa. You don't deserve to go through this confusion.' He kissed her on the forehead and exited the way he came. 'Syoaran' Sakura mumbled blissfully in her sleep.
A.N Thanks Oodles to those of you who gave me GOOD review. Please, if you have to write a bad review, Instead of writing just "Your story sucks" give me reasons why it sucks. Bad grammar? Misspellings? Unrealistic? Sappy? Corny? Too Cliché? "Your Story sucks" doesn't help me become a better writer. Thanks.
No Longer a Child
Confused Again
by BlahBlahBlah136
Harrison waited patiently down stairs for Sakura. Touya was glaring at him as if he was silently trying to get him to break down and confess he was a horrible person and say he would never show his face around Sakura again. This made Harrison's self-confidence evaporate like a drop of water in Death Valley, California. Harrison squirmed under Touya's heavy glare. Suddenly Mr.Kinomoto came in the room. "Oh Touya, stop harassing Sakura's date. You'll have her back by 11:00, right?" He turned and said to Harrison. "Y..." Harrison was cut off by Touya,"11:00!" Mr.Kinomoto glared at his son.
Just then Sakura came down. She was wearing a light yellow skirt that came down to her knees and a matching yellow, sleeveless shirt. 'Why am I doing this?' she asked herself, 'Because Harrison is a great guy,' her brain told her 'and he's cute.' it added. 'Syoaran's cuter... Oh, great, I'm arguing with myself. Psycho' she mentally kicked herself.
"You ready to go?" Harrison asked. Sakura nodded. "I hope you don't mind walking. I couldn't get any of my sisters to drive us and I don't get my license till next year."
"I don't mind."
"Great!"
They walked to a nearby pizzeria (Do they have Pizza in Japan? Probably, pizza is everywhere, almost) and got a booth. Sakura barely spoke. Her thoughts kept wandering toward Syoaran. She remembered the feeling of being in his arms after she had fallen out of the tree. She wished that moment would have lasted forever. She looked out the window at the park across the street. "Sakura?" Harrison's voice broke her thoughts. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Oh, um...yeah. What were you saying. I'm so sorry, I wasn't listening," she apologized. "Oh, it wasn't important. So, I here there is a dance coming up at school. Do you want to go with me?" he asked with a content smile on his face. She could find no reason to say no, but there was an unsure feeling she had. She hesitated, then asked, "Can I get back to you on that?" Harrison was genuinely surprised by her answer. " Uh, sure."
Their date continued like any other; talking about school events, likes and dislikes, movies, books, and sports. Sakura purposely omitted the subject of the dance. They finished their dinner around 8:30 and then went out for ice cream. Finally Harrison walked Sakura home. Sakura stopped walking about a block from her house. "I can walk the rest of the way. Thank you for dinner. I had a good time,' she said politely. Harrison I'll see you at school Monday.' he leaned over to give Sakura a kiss. He was about to kiss Sakura on the lips when she turned her head so that he only kissed her on the cheek. He gave a weak apologetic smile. "See ya." "See ya." They both turned and walked the opposite direction.
(Next Morning, Sakura's room)
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Kero woke up to Sakura's alarm clock. "Sakura, even though it's Sunday, you have to wake..." Kero stopped, seeing Sakura wasn't there. "Of course, the one day there is no penalty for over-sleeping, she wakes up early." Kero mumbled to himself. Sakura came into the room, towel drying her hair. She picked up her cell phone that Tomoyo had given her. She dialed Tomoyo's number. "Moshi Moshi, Tomoyo speaking," Tomoyo's cheerful voice came through the phone. "Hi, it's Sakura. Do you want to go shopping with me today? I need to buy some new jeans; mine are all too small," Sakura explained. "Sure Sakura. When?"
"Does 10:30 this morning sound good?"
"Sounds great!"
"OK, I'll meet you at the mall around the jewelry store. Bye."
Sakura hung up the phone. "I'm coming with you today to make sure you bring me pudding." Kero floated Indian-style in the air. Sakura let out an anime sigh. She opened her small backpack/purse. "Hop in. It's almost nine and I'm going to the dry cleaners for dad first." "WhaaaaaHooooo" Kero cannonballed in.
(downstairs, Sakura just came down.)
"Dad, I need the dry cleaning paper. They won't give me your suits if I don't have it! Oh, and I'm having lunch with Tomoyo at the mall today, so I won't be home for lunch," Sakura said. When she saw the look on her father's face, she added," I'll be home for dinner. Don't worry." He smiled at this. "Good, and here is the dry cleaning paper. Oh, by the way. You had a call while you were in the shower", he said, taking out a piece of crumpled paper. "A Li Syoaran called. He didn't give me any message for you or anything. I guess it wasn't too urgent. I just figured I'd tell you he called." "Thanks, dad. See ya later."
(Outside the mall, 10:43)
"Oh I'm late!" yelled Sakura, running up the steps toward the mall. (Am I using too many prepositions?) She ran past the camping store, the sports were store, and finally the jewelry store. "Late as usual, I see," Tomoyo said in her naturally cheerful voice. "I got up early, but I had to go to the dry cleaners and I sort of let my mind wander," Sakura explained. "We best get going! I still have to find out what my size is!"
Sakura got two pairs of Hang Ten jeans and Tomoyo got a purple sweater. They were walking buy a dress clothes store when Tomoyo stopped. "Let's go in here Sakura!" she suggested. "You know we will never be able to buy anything in this store, Tomoyo! Why go in at all?" Sakura reasoned. "Oh Sakura. You defeat the purpose of window shopping." Tomoyo pulled Sakura into the store. Before Sakura could say another word she was shoved with a dress into a fitting room. Sakura gave a sigh of defeat and proceeded to try on the dress.
The dress was a light sakura pink. (What other colour would I use?) It was made of a light-weight fabric. She couldn't distinguish weather it was more cotton or silk. It thin spaghetti straps and a darker pink ribbon in the back. It was slightly tight fitting and had tiny sakura blossoms at the hem. It fit Sakura just right. "Come on out, Sakura!" Tomoyo coaxed, "How does it fit?" Sakura shyly came out. "How do I look?" she asked. "You look so kawaii, Sakura! I'm so sure Harrison would love it...or maybe Li would like it more." "Tomoyo!" Sakura shouted. "What? You're so transparent, Sakura. I can see right though you. Oooo, bad Sakura. Loving one guy, but going out with another. Ooo." "Tomoyo! I do not like Syoaran. I'm going to go to the dance with Harrison. But first I'm going to change out of this dress." Sakura said angrily. She changed out of t he dress and stomped out of the store.
Tomoyo pondered about what to do about Sakura and Li over a rocky road ice cream. Suddenly Rika came up, "Hi Tomoyo. You look deep in thought. Feel like telling me what's on your mind?" "Well, don't tell anyone, but I'm most sure Sakura likes Li, but she keeps saying she likes Harrison. And the more I try to push Sakura toward Li, the more she goes toward Harrison," Tomoyo explained. "Have you ever heard the phrase 'Don't pick at it; you'll only make it worse'? Well, I think it is the same with relationships. They have to take time to grow. You can't push two people together and expect them to become lovers right away. You have to let things, especially relationships and scabs, take their course. They'll most likely turn out all right in the end. Have I helped?" Rika finally asked. "Yeah, you have," Tomoyo smiled at Rika, "Thanks."
(Sakura's room, 2:00 PM)
"You know this is two days without pudding. You owe me!" Kero complained. Sakura wasn't listening, so we went over to play his new game of Zylon Warriors. Sakura picked up her cordless phone and started to punch in Harrison's number. She got to the last number and hesitated. Her hand shook and she started at the phone. Her breath came in short gasps. Still staring at the phone, she slowly stood up. Her stomach turned almost as fast as her head. She was terrified and confused. She felt so many things at once. For some reason she felt angry. She threw the phone out the window. She felt angry she couldn't be with the person she wanted to be with, that she felt she had to got out with someone she had no feelings for, that she couldn't understand her own self.
"Ouch!" she heard someone yell from outside. "Sakura! Isn't this your phone? It came flying out the window!" She stuck her head out the window to see Li Syoaran looking back up at her. "Sorry, Syoaran. I didn't for it to hit you." she said through the tears that had threatened to come on the way home. "Sakura are you OK? What's wrong?" He jumped up to her window. He came in the window and embraced Sakura in a comforting hug. "Oh S-Syoaran, I-I'm s-so con-fused," she said the best she could from her tears. "Shhhhhh, It's OK. You're going to be all right. Stop crying," he comforted, lovingly stroking her auburn hair. "Don't leave," Sakura's voice was small and feeble, "Please."
"Of course, Sakura."
He stayed with her, comforting her until she feel asleep around 5:40. He tucked her under the covers. She was a sleeping angel. 'Oh Ying Fa. You don't deserve to go through this confusion.' He kissed her on the forehead and exited the way he came. 'Syoaran' Sakura mumbled blissfully in her sleep.