1 Finding a Mother; Being a Mother
CHAPTER 4
Summary: Sakura finds out that her mom is not dead, but actually alive and living somewhere in the world. She goes on a quest to find her mother and find the truth- but meanwhile, she's pregnant with Syaoran's baby. In the end, she finds her mother. But who is she? And why did she leave?
A/N: Yay!! We're already on chapter four!!! Hm….yeah, this is a week late. Sorry! Oh yeah, I changed my pen name from SwEeT AnGeL to SwEeT AnGeL 1004, okay?
Deciding to go blunt, Sakura blurted out, "Tomoyo, I'm pregnant with Syaoran's baby."
Tomoyo raised her eyebrows so high they nearly disappeared into her bangs.
"And when did this…incident…happen??"
Sakura smiled sweetly, "On my birthday…."
"Right…wow…I'm going to become an aunt…well, a god aunt, right…wow…I can't believe this…how far along are you?" she asked.
"7 weeks? 6 weeks? I dunno…but we also came here to tell you something else."
"What is it? Should I sit down for this one, too?"
"No…that's fine. Syaoran and I are going to America for the summer….to look for my mother."
"Your mother?" Tomoyo gasped.
"Yes…my mother."
"Well, that's perfect. I need to go to Hollywood to see a fashion show! You guys can come along…"
"We're stopping by D.C. and try too look for my mom there…"
Tomoyo's eyes nearly popped out.
"Well, that's perfect because I am looking for… I have my own business there, too." Tomoyo pursed her lips.
Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other and simply shrugged.
After saying their byes, Syaoran walked Sakura home.
"So…what are we going to do when the baby comes?"
"Well…we'll be in college…and we'll have 2 more months of school left…and I know I can't take them off. And how am I going to care for her? We should've thought this before…."
"Hey, we didn't know this was going to happen," Syaoran comforted her.
They held hands and strolled home.
"Wanna watch a movie?" Syaoran suggested.
"No…that's okay." Sakura was silent and she looked down as she walked.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing much….I mean, it's all just so sudden, you know?"
"Yes…I know…"
"Anyways…I love you…" Sakura said as they reached her house.
Syaoran leaned in to kiss her, and she caught his lips and tilted her head.
Closing his eyes, Syaoran wrapped Sakura in his arms and his tongue started exploring her mouth when…
"Ah hem."
Sakura and Syaoran jumped and embarrassedly looked at Touya, who was tapping his foot and had his hands on his hips.
"Bye," Syaoran whispered and ran off.
Sakura laughed and went inside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran was walking home.
He was thinking about what Sakura said…."We should've thought about this before…"
Syaoran u-turned and walked downtown.
He briskly paced down the street but slowed down as he reached his destination.
Slowly opening the door, he walked into the jewelry store and asked one of the workers, "Hi. I'd like to buy an engagement ring for my girlfriend?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura was at home, sitting on the couch next to her brother.
He glared at her for a second but she gave him a sweet, innocent smile.
Touya relaxed and reluctantly grinned.
Fujitaka came and sat down on the other couch and spoke, "So what is it you want to talk to me about?"
"Daddy, you know I'm on a mission-" Touya snorted "-to find Mom."
Touya got up and left.
Sakura gave a quizzical look to Fujitaka but her father simply shrugged.
"I'm going to America for the rest of summer vacation with Tomoyo and Syaoran. Is that okay with you?"
Fujitaka sighed softly.
"Yes…," he stood up and thought to himself, 'She's growing up…I need to let her go…"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the jewelry store, the clerk was showing Syaoran several gold rings.
"I don't want gold…do you have any…white gold?"
The woman replied, "Sure! What size?"
"Umm…24k white gold with a 16k diamond? Size 5??" Syaoran guessed.
The woman took out a ring.
Syaoran looked at it, satisfied.
"How much?"
"Twenty-eight hundred dollars."
Syaoran gasped.
He blushed, realizing how…"unprofessional" he sounded.
"Do you have anything cheaper? But the same style…"
"What about a 18k band and a 12k diamond ring is about 12 hundred dollars."
"I'll buy that one…" Syaoran got out his credit card and painfully gave up the money he had painstakingly earned for four years.
But he knew it'd be worth that smile…
Syaoran walked out the door after paying for the ring and was trying to decide how to propose to her.
He fingered his cell phone and simply pressed the quick-dial for Tomoyo's phone number.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo squealed as she heard Syaoran telling her he was proposing.
Syaoran winced.
"So, how are you going to do it?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't know. That's why I called you. How should I?"
"Well….you want romantic, sweet or classical?"
"All of them."
"Hmmm…tough one…here it is—take her to a restaurant that has a karaoke bar. Sing a song for her (that's romantic), and then have some flowers delivered to her for each course. First, start off casual with some daisies, and then move on to roses and etc. That's the sweet part. Finally, before the dessert comes, have a single rose delivered to her that is fake, with the ring inside and just propose!! That's the classical part…"
Syaoran was listening intently and nodded.
"Okay…thanks."
"No problem!! Bye~"
Syaoran hung up with her.
He got back onto the phone and dialed a couple of numbers.
Writing down onto a pad, he wrote down, "Olive Garden…Conroy's…"
Finally, he finished up and stretched.
Syaoran picked up the phone for one last call to Sakura.
"Sakura? Yeah…are you free tonight? Okay…I'll pick you up at 6:30!!" said Syaoran.
Sakura, on the other side of the phone, smiled and said okay.
Syaoran nervously got ready for the date….
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura was in her room, singing on the top of her lungs an oldies love song.
She giggled and picked out her clothes.
She chose a black, backless dress that fit her body, accenting places and hiding other spots.
Sakura added a silvery shawl to keep her warm, wore her silver high heels and tied up her hair with a (silver) clip.
Sakura happily sighed and grabbed her black bag and ran out the door.
Promptly at 6:30, Syaoran arrived in his car and she tentatively got in.
He was wearing black suit (A/N: ooooh…: ) hehe).
They quietly drove to the Olive Garden, an American-Italian restaurant.
Sakura could tell tonight was going to be different…but how?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tomoyo and Kero was quietly following Syaoran's car onto the highway….
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran took Sakura's hand and they went into the restaurant, and they were escorted to their seats.
"Look there's a karaoke machine!!" Syaoran said.
He stood up, and before Sakura knew it, he was up onto the stage singing, "My Love for You."
It was hilarious (if it wasn't so serious), but Sakura couldn't help but giggle.
Afterwards, Syaoran sat down, blushing as red as a tomato as he received the applause and kiss from Sakura.
The waiter came and took their orders.
Sakura noticed Syaoran looking around.
"What are you looking for, honey?"
"Um…nothing…"
After about ten minutes, a man came out from the side and presented Sakura with a bouquet of yellow daisies.
Sakura received them with a gracious smile and inhaled them deeply.
She put them next to her bag and they got their appetizer.
After eating that, they made small chit-chat while another man came out and gave Sakura some pink pansies.
"Wow…this is the most flowers I've ever gotten!" Sakura giggled and put the pansies next to the daisies.
They ate their first course, some salad…got some lilies…
Second course, some soup, got a bouquet of tulips…
Pretty soon, the chair next to Sakura was filled with large bouquets of flowers.
"Madam, your fettucini alfredo. Sir, your double-stuffed meat ravioli."
The waiter presented them with their main courses.
Sakura smiled and they ate, and soon a guy came out and presented Sakura with red roses.
"From me," Syaoran said, smiling lightly as Sakura gave him a kiss.
Thirty minutes later, they ordered their desserts.
By that time, Syaoran was sweating from nervousness.
Their four-layer chocolate lasagna cake and tiramisu came out.
Finally, the single rose came out.
Syaoran took it from the man and got out of his chair and kneeled before Sakura.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tomoyo was hiding in the decorative plants next to Sakura's table, filming everything.
"Ooh, here it comes!!!!" Tomoyo whispered to Kero, who was pigging out on all of the desserts Tomoyo had ordered for him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The lights romantically dimmed and some soft music from the live orchestra.
"Sakura, I love you with all my heart. Will you marry me?" Syaoran asked.
A/N: Hahaha!!!!! Cliffhanger!!!!! Of course, duh, she'll say yes. Oops, gave the next chapter away. But anyways, sorry for this being so late—but in exchange, it's a page longer than any other chapter. Again, review if you want me to e-mail you when I post, and just review so I can get some feedback. Thanks!!!
CHAPTER 4
Summary: Sakura finds out that her mom is not dead, but actually alive and living somewhere in the world. She goes on a quest to find her mother and find the truth- but meanwhile, she's pregnant with Syaoran's baby. In the end, she finds her mother. But who is she? And why did she leave?
A/N: Yay!! We're already on chapter four!!! Hm….yeah, this is a week late. Sorry! Oh yeah, I changed my pen name from SwEeT AnGeL to SwEeT AnGeL 1004, okay?
Deciding to go blunt, Sakura blurted out, "Tomoyo, I'm pregnant with Syaoran's baby."
Tomoyo raised her eyebrows so high they nearly disappeared into her bangs.
"And when did this…incident…happen??"
Sakura smiled sweetly, "On my birthday…."
"Right…wow…I'm going to become an aunt…well, a god aunt, right…wow…I can't believe this…how far along are you?" she asked.
"7 weeks? 6 weeks? I dunno…but we also came here to tell you something else."
"What is it? Should I sit down for this one, too?"
"No…that's fine. Syaoran and I are going to America for the summer….to look for my mother."
"Your mother?" Tomoyo gasped.
"Yes…my mother."
"Well, that's perfect. I need to go to Hollywood to see a fashion show! You guys can come along…"
"We're stopping by D.C. and try too look for my mom there…"
Tomoyo's eyes nearly popped out.
"Well, that's perfect because I am looking for… I have my own business there, too." Tomoyo pursed her lips.
Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other and simply shrugged.
After saying their byes, Syaoran walked Sakura home.
"So…what are we going to do when the baby comes?"
"Well…we'll be in college…and we'll have 2 more months of school left…and I know I can't take them off. And how am I going to care for her? We should've thought this before…."
"Hey, we didn't know this was going to happen," Syaoran comforted her.
They held hands and strolled home.
"Wanna watch a movie?" Syaoran suggested.
"No…that's okay." Sakura was silent and she looked down as she walked.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing much….I mean, it's all just so sudden, you know?"
"Yes…I know…"
"Anyways…I love you…" Sakura said as they reached her house.
Syaoran leaned in to kiss her, and she caught his lips and tilted her head.
Closing his eyes, Syaoran wrapped Sakura in his arms and his tongue started exploring her mouth when…
"Ah hem."
Sakura and Syaoran jumped and embarrassedly looked at Touya, who was tapping his foot and had his hands on his hips.
"Bye," Syaoran whispered and ran off.
Sakura laughed and went inside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran was walking home.
He was thinking about what Sakura said…."We should've thought about this before…"
Syaoran u-turned and walked downtown.
He briskly paced down the street but slowed down as he reached his destination.
Slowly opening the door, he walked into the jewelry store and asked one of the workers, "Hi. I'd like to buy an engagement ring for my girlfriend?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura was at home, sitting on the couch next to her brother.
He glared at her for a second but she gave him a sweet, innocent smile.
Touya relaxed and reluctantly grinned.
Fujitaka came and sat down on the other couch and spoke, "So what is it you want to talk to me about?"
"Daddy, you know I'm on a mission-" Touya snorted "-to find Mom."
Touya got up and left.
Sakura gave a quizzical look to Fujitaka but her father simply shrugged.
"I'm going to America for the rest of summer vacation with Tomoyo and Syaoran. Is that okay with you?"
Fujitaka sighed softly.
"Yes…," he stood up and thought to himself, 'She's growing up…I need to let her go…"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the jewelry store, the clerk was showing Syaoran several gold rings.
"I don't want gold…do you have any…white gold?"
The woman replied, "Sure! What size?"
"Umm…24k white gold with a 16k diamond? Size 5??" Syaoran guessed.
The woman took out a ring.
Syaoran looked at it, satisfied.
"How much?"
"Twenty-eight hundred dollars."
Syaoran gasped.
He blushed, realizing how…"unprofessional" he sounded.
"Do you have anything cheaper? But the same style…"
"What about a 18k band and a 12k diamond ring is about 12 hundred dollars."
"I'll buy that one…" Syaoran got out his credit card and painfully gave up the money he had painstakingly earned for four years.
But he knew it'd be worth that smile…
Syaoran walked out the door after paying for the ring and was trying to decide how to propose to her.
He fingered his cell phone and simply pressed the quick-dial for Tomoyo's phone number.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!" Tomoyo squealed as she heard Syaoran telling her he was proposing.
Syaoran winced.
"So, how are you going to do it?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't know. That's why I called you. How should I?"
"Well….you want romantic, sweet or classical?"
"All of them."
"Hmmm…tough one…here it is—take her to a restaurant that has a karaoke bar. Sing a song for her (that's romantic), and then have some flowers delivered to her for each course. First, start off casual with some daisies, and then move on to roses and etc. That's the sweet part. Finally, before the dessert comes, have a single rose delivered to her that is fake, with the ring inside and just propose!! That's the classical part…"
Syaoran was listening intently and nodded.
"Okay…thanks."
"No problem!! Bye~"
Syaoran hung up with her.
He got back onto the phone and dialed a couple of numbers.
Writing down onto a pad, he wrote down, "Olive Garden…Conroy's…"
Finally, he finished up and stretched.
Syaoran picked up the phone for one last call to Sakura.
"Sakura? Yeah…are you free tonight? Okay…I'll pick you up at 6:30!!" said Syaoran.
Sakura, on the other side of the phone, smiled and said okay.
Syaoran nervously got ready for the date….
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura was in her room, singing on the top of her lungs an oldies love song.
She giggled and picked out her clothes.
She chose a black, backless dress that fit her body, accenting places and hiding other spots.
Sakura added a silvery shawl to keep her warm, wore her silver high heels and tied up her hair with a (silver) clip.
Sakura happily sighed and grabbed her black bag and ran out the door.
Promptly at 6:30, Syaoran arrived in his car and she tentatively got in.
He was wearing black suit (A/N: ooooh…: ) hehe).
They quietly drove to the Olive Garden, an American-Italian restaurant.
Sakura could tell tonight was going to be different…but how?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tomoyo and Kero was quietly following Syaoran's car onto the highway….
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran took Sakura's hand and they went into the restaurant, and they were escorted to their seats.
"Look there's a karaoke machine!!" Syaoran said.
He stood up, and before Sakura knew it, he was up onto the stage singing, "My Love for You."
It was hilarious (if it wasn't so serious), but Sakura couldn't help but giggle.
Afterwards, Syaoran sat down, blushing as red as a tomato as he received the applause and kiss from Sakura.
The waiter came and took their orders.
Sakura noticed Syaoran looking around.
"What are you looking for, honey?"
"Um…nothing…"
After about ten minutes, a man came out from the side and presented Sakura with a bouquet of yellow daisies.
Sakura received them with a gracious smile and inhaled them deeply.
She put them next to her bag and they got their appetizer.
After eating that, they made small chit-chat while another man came out and gave Sakura some pink pansies.
"Wow…this is the most flowers I've ever gotten!" Sakura giggled and put the pansies next to the daisies.
They ate their first course, some salad…got some lilies…
Second course, some soup, got a bouquet of tulips…
Pretty soon, the chair next to Sakura was filled with large bouquets of flowers.
"Madam, your fettucini alfredo. Sir, your double-stuffed meat ravioli."
The waiter presented them with their main courses.
Sakura smiled and they ate, and soon a guy came out and presented Sakura with red roses.
"From me," Syaoran said, smiling lightly as Sakura gave him a kiss.
Thirty minutes later, they ordered their desserts.
By that time, Syaoran was sweating from nervousness.
Their four-layer chocolate lasagna cake and tiramisu came out.
Finally, the single rose came out.
Syaoran took it from the man and got out of his chair and kneeled before Sakura.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tomoyo was hiding in the decorative plants next to Sakura's table, filming everything.
"Ooh, here it comes!!!!" Tomoyo whispered to Kero, who was pigging out on all of the desserts Tomoyo had ordered for him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The lights romantically dimmed and some soft music from the live orchestra.
"Sakura, I love you with all my heart. Will you marry me?" Syaoran asked.
A/N: Hahaha!!!!! Cliffhanger!!!!! Of course, duh, she'll say yes. Oops, gave the next chapter away. But anyways, sorry for this being so late—but in exchange, it's a page longer than any other chapter. Again, review if you want me to e-mail you when I post, and just review so I can get some feedback. Thanks!!!