Hello all! Thank you soooo much for reviewing!! Reading them makes me extremely happy. So, without further ado- chapter 4!!!!
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The next morning, Sakura and Syaoran were immensely pleased to see that Tomoyo and Meilin had circles under their eyes.
"I slept soo well last night," Syaoran said, stretching luxuriantly. Sakura kept up.
"How'd you sleep, Tomoyo-chan?" she asked innocently. Tomoyo rubbed her eyes and yawned.
"Pretty bad," she said. "There were a lot of winds that kept me awake, and there were these creepy lights…" she shuddered.
"What winds?" asked Yelan, buttering a roll. Syaoran almost laughed out loud. Tomoyo and Meilin exchanged glances wide-eyed. Sakura decided that she had scared them enough, and quickly changed the subject.
"So…um, when's the ball?" she asked.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you- the invitations went out yesterday- the ball is in two days," Yelan said. Sakura's eyes widened.
"How many people are coming?" Meiling asked, with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Oh, about 200 or so," Yelan said.
"HOEEEEE???" Sakura was the only one surprised. Meilin and Syaoran were used to balls, and Tomoyo had practice from her mother's company dinners.
"What's wrong? Should I have asked more? I'm sorry, it's quite small- I made it rather quickly," Yelan said apologetically.
Sakura had somewhat recovered. "Uh..no, that's okay," she stammered.
"Oh, Sakura! We have to fit you for dresses!! I've got about 10 that we need to see on you!" Tomoyo said excitedly. Sakura shot Syaoran a panicked look.
"Yeah, it'll probably take about two hours," said Meilin. This time, Sakura shot Syaoran a pleading look.
Syaoran could never resist those.
"Uh..sorry, Meilin and Tomoyo, but uh…Sakura and I agreed to go see the city today," Syaoran said, making it up on the moment. The effect was dramatic. Tomoyo widened her eyes, and Meilin almost fell off her chair.
"REALLY? I mean, oh, really?" Meilin said, trying to hide her surprise- and glee.
"Of course," Sakura stepped in. "I haven't really seen the sights, and I've been here for two weeks."
Tomoyo dug her elbow into Meilin's side.
"Okay, have fun!" she said.
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In the city, Syaoran and Sakura decided to make their calls to Eriol and Touya. Syaoran went first.
"Eriol? It's me, Syaoran Li," he said. "Uh, yeah…I called for a reason. There's a, uh….party in two days at out house, and I was wondering if you want to be there."
From Syaoran's look, it was evident Eriol was not convinced. "Tell him about cute girls," Sakura whispered, grinning.
"Okay, okay, it's a ball- but there's a real knockout coming that has your name on her," Syaoran said awkwardly, not used to this sort of thing.
"Yeah, how about you come tomorrow, and stay the night? Yeah, okay." Syaoran chit-chatted some more then hung up.
"One down," he said.
"One to go," Sakura said. "Should I tell him that I'm at your place? That might get him to rush over here."
"Uh…sure," Syaoran said, relishing the prospect of meeting Touya again.
Sakura dialed Touya's number. "Touya? Yeah, it's me." She listened. "Um…I'm with Tomoyo, at Syaoran's place." The effect was instantaneous.
"Uh….don't worry, there's a ball in two days? Wanna come? Okay, you can come tomorrow. There'll be a car waiting for you at the airport. Calm down. NO, HE"S NOT A GAKI!!!" yelled Sakura. "Oh, be quiet. See you!" She slammed the phone down, then grinned.
"He's coming- really soon. Meilin will have a great time with him!"
After the phone calls were done, Syaoran and Sakura wandered around aimlessly. Syaoran's little voice in the head had come back, much to Syaoran's displeasure.
Why are you back here?
You're not saying anything the girl!! Tell her you love her!!
Are you crazy??
You are! Why haven't you told her????
None of your business.
Yes it is!! You're just a chicken!!!!!
The little voice fled. It had done it's job again- Syaoran could not stand being called a chicked.
"Uh, Sakura?" he said.
"Yeah?"
"Um…I've been wanting to tell you this- uh…well, the truth is, ever since fourth grade…"
"Yes???" Sakura was looking at him now. He swallowed. Now or never.
"I love you."
Of course, I have to end there. I've decided I'm not really into the fluff and mush stuff- I just like the revenge part- hehehe!!! Anyway, there will be some romance, just not a lot- a whole lot more revenge, though!! Next chapter: Touya and Eriol come!! And of course, we see the next installment(which I have no clue what will happen between Syaoran and Sakura- I'm making it up as I go along.) REVIEW PLEASE!!!!
