Breathless
By: Starlight Sora
Disclaimer~ See chapter 1
A/N~ Well I got 10 reveiws!! YEAH!!! So here is the next chapter! Expect the third to be out shortly! Please R/R… feedback people FEEDBACK!!
P.S~ This is a S+S ficcy not S+T… sorry peepz but I'm crazy bout S+S!!!
Key~ 'thought'
***change in setting***
"speaking"
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There sitting in the middle of the floor was Kero stuffing his face with cookies. "All right Kero, spill it! Who were you just talking to?" Sakura prodded.
"What are you talking about?" Kero choked out between bites. Sakura scurried around the room looking under furniture and looking in closets.
"Kero, I'm not stupid I know you were talking to someone I heard you with my own two ears." Sakura looked suspiciously at Kero.
"Who? Me?" Kero gulped.
"Yea you, how many Kero's do you know?"
"Well, my brother Kero in Maui, cousin Kero in Istanbul, third aunt Kero in Canada…"
"KERO! Don't try to change to subject." She glared. "Either you tell me who you were just talking too or I'll… I'll…"
"Or you'll what?" Kero retorted. Sakura's lips curved into an evil smile.
"Or I'll take away your sweets for a WHOLE month." Sakura nodded in satisfaction.
Kero's mouth formed into a big "O".
"So what do you say?!?" Sakura laughed.
"B-b-but Sakura!" Kero complained sticking out his lower lip into a baby pout. But Sakura didn't back down. 'What should I do. I can't tell her who I was talking to because than she would know that I was lying and she would take away my sweets anyway, but if I don't tell her she will take away my sweets also. This is so confusing!' Kero thought torn between his decision. "Sakura I was NOT talking to anyone!" Kero hated lying to Sakura but it was the only way.
"Well I guess you aren't lying if you risked losing sweets for a whole month." Sakura sighed. "Oh but guess what Kero!" She went on not pausing for an answer. "Nikki is having a huge sleepover for all the girls in our class!" She plopped down on her bed. "It's going to be SO fun!"
"That's nice Sakura…" Kero replied as he tried to maneuver his samurai around the rest of the fighters with only his two small pad like hands on the controller. Sakura looked over at him and seeing that he was playing his new video game made her realize she would never get a decent conversation with him.
'Maybe I'll call Madison.' The young cardcaptor thought as she reached for the phone. She dialed the number almost subconsciously.
Ring Ring
The phone rang 2 times. 'That's weird she usually always pounces on the phone the minute it rings…' Sakura thought. It rang a third, than a fourth, a sixth time! 'Where are you Madison?' Sakura thought starting to get worried. 'Maybe I dialed the wrong number.' Sakura reasoned with herself as she hung the phone up and quickly picked it up again. She dialed very carefully this time, but the same thing happened again. This time Sakura slammed the phone down. "Where is she?" She thought aloud frightened for her friend's safety. She mercilessly racked her memory for anything Madison said to indicate that she wouldn't be home. But she found nothing. 'Sakura, what is your problem? You are such a worrywart. Maybe she had to run to the store or something. You can try back later.' Sakura reassured herself as she went downstairs to make herself a snack.
She did try back later and Madison was finally home. "Where were you earlier I tried calling you but no one picked up." Sakura said.
"I, uh, well, that is…" Madison said hopelessly searching for an excuse or hoping Sakura would change the subject. Unfortunately, though, neither one came. "Yea well… I went to the library to pick up some books for our science project. Yea, that's it. For our science project." Madison breathed in relief.
"Riiiggghhtt… Madison is something bothering you?" Sakura asked. "You haven't seemed all there lately." She elaborated.
"Sakura, I'm sorry I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow in school."
"All right Madison, see you."
Click
***Madison's House***
Madison stood there for a few moments, her hand still on the receiver, which was now in its cradle. She knew she was worrying her friend but when her plan was through she knew any somber feelings would be diminished immediately. Her frown quickly disappeared as she thought more and more about her plan. She wished she could tell someone else, but she knew this would have to be kept a secret until the night it went into action.
***Wednesday and Thursday came and went and soon it was Friday***
"OK class time for roll call!" Ms. Mackenzie said as everyone settled down.
"Wait Ms. Mackenzie! I'm here!" Nikki said as she rushed into the classroom.
"Nikki, if you don't mind me asking where were you. You're never late." Ms. Mackenzie asked concerned.
"I'm having a big sleepover today and I won't have enough time to get ready today so I had to do it yesterday, so I was up late and I slept in today…" Nikki explained looking to be reprimanded.
"Well, I'll let it go this once but don't let it happen again!" Ms. Mackenzie smiled.
"Thank you Ms. Mackenzie!" Nikki said overjoyed. She didn't like getting in trouble, much less in front of the whole class.
"So on with roll call…" She took roll call and soon started on with math.
'Why do they make math so hard!' Sakura thought desperately as she stared hard at the problem on the page hoping that if she stared long enough the answer might just pop onto the page. 'And why do they call them integers? Why don't they just call them numbers! It's so confusing. Sometimes I think they do it on purpose just to confuse people like me!' Sakura sighed.
Li heard the forlorn sigh in front of him. 'I wished I could help her, but I can't. It's so frustrating. It's just like I want to tell her how I feel, but I can't.' Now it was his turn to sigh forlornly.
'I wonder why Li is upset. He never has a hard time with math.' Sakura thought. Leaving it at that she returned to her math paper.
***School Yard 3:00***
"See you all at 6:00!" Nikki said beaming.
"Can't wait Nikki!" Sakura giggled as she held her books in her arms. Nikki ran off, wait, no, she skipped off. That's how excited she was. Sakura laughed happily at her friend. Just than Rita and Chelsea came out of the school. "Rita, Chelsea!" Sakura flagged them over.
"Hi Sakura!" Rita greeted.
"What's up?" Chelsea added.
"Do you guys know what's up with Madison? She just flew out the door today. She barely said good bye…" Sakura said.
"Now that you mention it. She has been flying out of school for the past few days." Chelsea thought out loud.
"Yea, I believe you're right." Rita nodded. "But I don't know anything about it." Rita shook her head.
"Ditto!" Chelsea said. "I'm sorry you guys my mom wants me home, I have to finish my chores before the sleep over. Sorry I couldn't help Sakura." Chelsea apologized.
"That's OK Chelsea. Thanks anyway! You too Rita." She said plastering a fake smile on her face.
"No problem, see you tonight Sakura." Rita said as she turned to walk home.
'Somehow I can't help feeling as though Madison is keeping something from me…" Sakura thought as she rollerbladed home slowly.
***Sakura's House***
"I'm home!" Sakura announced as she walked into her house.
"O hey squirt, don't forget it's your turn to make dinner tonight." Tori greeted as he heard his little sister come in.
"Tori! I can't, I have my sleepover tonight remember!" Sakura said entering the kitchen where her brother was.
"So… it doesn't mean the me and Dad are just going to stop eating because you're gone." Tori argued.
"TORI!!" Sakura whined, "Dad said I didn't have too, so there!" She said nodding for emphasis.
"We'll see squirt," Tori grinned an I-am-bigger-and-know-more-than-you grin (anyone with an older brother or sister should know that grin by heart, I sure do ^_^), and Sakura glared back.
She sighed and walked up to her room to start getting packed.
***Sakura's Room***
"Do you really need ALL those clothes?" Kero sweatdropped as Sakura literally emptied her drawers out.
"You don't think I'll need them all?" Sakura asked looking at Kero.
"Uhhh… NO!" He sighed.
"Maybe your right…" Sakura said, "I just get this weird feeling something's up."
Kero snapped to attention when he heard Sakura's last statement. "S-s-something's up?" He asked.
"Yea, something's up…" Sakura said again as she saw how the little creatures actions changed when she mentioned it. "And I think you know what's up too Kero!"
"Me? No I don't know anything!" He denied.
Sakura gave him a look of disbelief.
"WHAT?!?" Kero said innocently.
"Whatever!" Sakura said as she threw three more tops and a pair of shorts in her bag.
"I thought you weren't going to pack anymore stuff?" Kero eyed the bursting duffel bag.
"AUGH!" She moaned as she flopped on the bed lazily, "I hate packing! I always pack too much or too little!"
"I see." Kero nodded. "Here let me help you." Kero offered sorting through the disarray of clothes thrown in the pack.
"Thanks Kero" Sakura's eyes softened, but she still had the weird feeling something was going to happen.
***Later that afternoon***
Ring Ring… Sakura excitedly skipped over to the phone. "Hello, Avalon residence." Sakura said sweetly.
"Hey Sakura. Are you ready to go?" Madison voice came from the other side of the phone line.
"Sure, come on over." Sakura said excitedly.
"Okay, I'll be right over. See you." Madison replied.
"Bye Madison." Sakura said as she heard a click come from the other end of the phone connection.
***Madison's house***
Madison quickly grabbed her bags and shoved a flier into her pocket. 'Definitely gonna need this tonight!' Madison chuckled as she picked up her camcorder and ran out the door.
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What's up with Madison? Is Sakura's instincts right? And why did Kero get all tense when Sakura mentioned her feelings? Keep a watch out for the next chap!
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Starlight Sora
P.S I know this is kinda slow but the next chap is BIG so watch for it!
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