Finding a Mother; Being a Mother
CHAPTER 11
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: Wow, we're on chapter 11. This is coming along pretty well!! Umm.I finished a new one-shot called Hot Chocolate, so read and review it. I'm not going to start on any new fanfics until I finish this, so this is probably going to come along even better!! Also, I'm going to try to lengthen my chapters. Read! And review!! I need motivation, pplz!! (
Finally, they were in LA.well, Beverly Hills.
It was 6 pm, and they were standing in front of Nadeshiko's house.
Syaoran was in the limo that Tomoyo had let them use, drinking wine, since he felt Sakura should do this alone.
Sakura raised and firmly knocked on the door three times.
"Coming!!" was a muffled voice from the other side of the door.
'Oh. My. God.' Sakura thought.
The door opened, and Sakura's mother stood at the door.
"Hi.how may I help."
Sakura embraced her mother in a hug.
"Umm.who are you?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Can I come in?" Sakura asked weakly.
"Sure," Nadeshiko gracefully led Sakura into the spacious living room.
"I'm Sakura, your daughter," Sakura said, and closed her eyes, waiting for a response.
She got a hug, and they both started crying.
"Mom." Sakura sobbed.
"Sakura.my baby," Nadeshiko cried.
"I came here to talk to you, okay? I came here to find you cuz Daddy.you know Fujitaka, told me on my birthday that you weren't dead," Sakura said.
"What do you mean, that I was dead?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Daddy told me that you died when I was two.because he didn't think I could handle the fact that my very own mother left me."
"Honey, I'm so sorry. I was so young.I had dreams.and you know that I loved you. But I was full of selfish pride, so I had to escape and live wild.I'm sorry," Nadeshiko said sincerely.
"I know. I forgive you. I just don't know if Touya will," Sakura said.
"Your brother! How is he?"
"Well, he hates you. That's what I think. You can't even mention the word 'mom' without him leaving the room by slamming the door in silence," Sakura said.
"I know.I scarred him for life. It's too late to fix the damage, but I'm going to try as best as I can. Now that you've found me.I can't really hide anymore. So tell me more news," Nadeshiko said.
There was a cough from the doorway, and it was Syaoran.
"Sorry, but it was really uncomfortable in the car," Syaoran apologized.
"Who is this young man?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Umm.well, mom, he's kinda my husband," Sakura said shyly.
Nadeshiko raised her eyebrows.
"You're only 18!! Next you're going to tell me that your pregnant," she said.
Sakura looked at Syaoran and said, "Well, you got married when you were 17. And actually, I am pregnant. Say hi to your grandchild," Sakura said and patted her tummy.
"Oh dear," Nadeshiko said, "When did this happen?"
"On my 18th birthday. Uh.Daddy took it pretty well, Touya still wants to murder Syaoran, but other than that, it's okay. Um.I'm going to be a senior next year, but I'm going to skip the last three or four months of school, prom and my first year of college. I'm still going to get my high school diploma, though, since Syaoran's mom is going to pay for a tutor for the last few months before our baby's born."
Nadeshiko nodded, taking everything in.
"Um, I have something to say," Nadeshiko said.
"Do you think it'll be all right if I.moved in? I'm out of work for now, but I can find a job in Japan. I just want to be there for you during your pregnancy.I know I can't make up for the years I've not been there for you, but I'm going to try as hard as I can," Nadeshiko said.
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other.
"Well, you're going to have to ask Dad. I mean, there's no room at our house, but you could probably take my room in Dad's house since I'm not going to live there anymore," Sakura offered.
"I'll call him," Nadeshiko got the phone and started dialing.
As soon as she heard the ring tone, she handed to phone over to Sakura.
"Here," she said, and Sakura nervously took the phone.
"Daddy? Yeah, it's me. Uh huh, I'm fine. And the baby is too, you don't have to worry. Mmm.yeah, we've been relaxing and stuff. Don't worry, I won't stress my self out too much. Okay. Wait, before you go, uh.I have someone you might want to talk to-" Sakura gave to phone to Nadeshiko who had been fidgeting.
"Hi, Fujitaka. It's me, Nadeshiko."
Sakura tried to read the expression on her mother's face, but it was blank of any emotions.
"I can't believe we've came so far," Sakura said, and pulled Syaoran into a hug.
Syaoran put his hands around her waist and she put her arms around his neck and they pulled closer and closer.and closer.and started kiss-
"Ah hem," Nadeshiko cleared her throat.
The two pulled away and coughed guiltily.
"I've spoken to your father about it, and he's fine with it. But from the shouting in the background, your brother apparently isn't. Your father also wanted to tell me that he wants you guys back ASAP and that he miss you."
"Okay. Well, we better go before all the hotel rooms are gone," Sakura said.
"Oh you guys, you should know better than. My house has more than enough rooms to accommodate the two of you. Send your chauffer home and you can spend the night. Besides, I've been lonely," Nadeshiko said and smiled at Sakura.
Syaoran went outside to tell the chauffer, and Nadeshiko said to Sakura, "You really love him, don't you?"
Sakura smiled and replied, "Of course. He's great. I wouldn't dream of anyone else fathering my kids and being my husband. Plus, he's extra rich and powerful, which is a big bonus."
Nadeshiko laughed, and tousled Sakura's long hair.
"I'll show you to your rooms. You wanna share a bed?" Nadeshiko asked suspiciously.
"Yeah. Oh don't worry, we're not going to DO anything.well, at least not yet. He just keeps me warm at night," Sakura said evilly.
"Ahh.you remind me so much of when I was your age. And Syaoran reminds me so much of your father.but in a tougher version," Nadeshiko said.
When Syaoran came back, Nadeshiko took them to the guest bedroom where they put their stuff down next to the king-sized bed.
They followed Nadeshiko in a tour of her house. There were five other bedrooms in the house besides the guest bedroom. There was Nadeshiko's LARGE master bedroom with the basics, there was her small clothes room, shoes room and accessory room, and the last room was dedicated to herself: posters of her, magazine cutouts, etc. The basement was just a huge gym, made out with a LOCKER room, all of the equipment, big screen tv and complete sound system.
"So.being a model must pay a lot," Sakura said, awed.
"Yeah. It pays pretty well, plus I get to keep all of the clothes that I model for, and I get a lot of shopping sprees and bonuses at stores," Nadeshiko.
Sakura nodded, and suddenly yawned.
"Ooh, I'm kinda sleepy. I guess--*yawn*--having a kid makes me tired," Sakura said, and was surprised as Syaoran's strong arms picked her up.
"I'll take her to bed, now," Syaoran said, and said good night to Nadeshiko.
Nadeshiko waved at Syaoran and sighed.
She was so happy that Sakura could come back into her life, but she felt so guilty. And especially about Touya.
*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*
"Hi, Touya, It's your mother," Nadeshiko said.
"Yeah, my mother? What kind of f***ing mother are you, huh, b****?!?!"
"Touya, listen to me, I'm SORRY," Nadeshiko said, frustrated.
"Yeah, SORRY. That's what they all say. Bye, 'mom'" Touya swore and slammed the phone down.
*~*~End flashback*~*~*
Nadeshiko sighed again and went to bed.
Next morning.
"Well, mom, Syaoran's going to call the airlines to book us a flight for tonight. Is that enough time for you?" Sakura asked during breakfast, eating her blueberries and whipped cream.
"Oh, no, don't do that. I can get a private jet from the studio, and we can leave as soon as I make some phone calls and pack, okay, honey?"
"Okay, then. Umm.well, Syaoran and I have already packed, so we can just hang out until you're ready," Sakura said.
"Well.have you two ever had your picture taken? Professionally?" Nadeshiko asked.
An hour later.
"Hehehe," Sakura giggled as the makeup artist put some blush on her nose.
"How did your mother convince me into this?" Syaoran said unhappily.
He was wearing an Armani suit with his hair slicked back, and Sakura was wearing a white minidress that was from Armani exchange.
Apparently, Nadeshiko was modeling for the famous Giorgio Armani.
Sakura's hair was done up in curls just like her mother, and they looked like twins.
Nadeshiko was still at home packing and finishing up some business, talking to some hotshot agent about a job in Japan that had been open.
Sakura and Syaoran walked into the studio, where a friend of Nadeshiko had agreed to take some portraits for some moola. It was Nadeshiko's late wedding gift for the couple to hang in their living room with an expensive frame.
"Smile," the photographer said, and Syaoran did his best to try to smile, but it came out as a grimace.
"No, smile, don't look like you're in PAIN," the photographer said, and Sakura tickled Syaoran, and just as they both smiled, the photographer caught a moment in time.
"Perfect!" the photographer said, and told them the picture would be sent to their house in Japan.
Sakura and Syaoran thanked the man and went back to the dressing room to change, but they were told that they could keep the clothes, compliments from the company.
Sakura and Syaoran took the limo, which was WAY better, if possible, than Tomoyo's limo. It was equipped with the basic TV, DVD, bar and luxurious seats, but it was more high tech and comfortable.
"Wow," Sakura said, smiling as she looked around.
"Pretty good. So.do you know what time we're leaving?" Syaoran asked.
"I dunno. Could you pass me some of that juice? I'm kinda thirsty," Sakura said, and Syaoran passed a champagne glass with strawberry juice and floating leaves to Sakura.
He watched as Sakura slowly drank the juice and seductively licked her lips.
He was starting to get hot when he burst out, "God, do you do that on purpose?"
Sakura looked at him with innocent eyes, surprised, "What?"
"Look so sexy. I'm gonna die before the nine months are over and I can finally-"
"Don't say that!!" Sakura looked around as if someone was listening, "Innocent ears may be listening," Sakura said and sweetly patted her stomach.
Syaoran helplessly laughed, and the car slowed down to the front of the house.
Nadeshiko was outside with all the luggage, and a butler came out and loaded everything into a different limo that followed the other limo. Nadeshiko waited until the cheaffeur opened the door for her and stepped into the limo. She was looking very pretty in a loose peach skirt and tank top, with a white scarf over her hair and around her neck, and she wore dark sunglasses.
"Wow, mom, you look just like a spy!" Sakura said, giggling.
"Thanks," Nadeshiko replied sarcastically, then laughingly said, "I didn't know what to wear to meet your father. So I figured, hey, I'm still single, I'm a model, got to look natural!"
Sakura laughed, and Syaoran didn't have any clue what the girls were talking about.
"Anyways, we're here," Nadeshiko said.
Sakura looked outside the dark, tinted windows and spotted a jet waiting for them to board. The other limousine had came before them and so their luggage was already on board.
The chauffer opened the door for the three of them and so Nadeshiko, Sakura and Syaoran stepped out of the limo, all three looking quite fashionable.
The flight was pretty boring, except for the fact that the jet was really cool. So, in only 7 hours, they arrived at the Tokyo Airport, and they got their luggage out and rode on a golf cart to the front of the airport, where a limo was waiting for them.
"Wow.how'd you get all the connections?" Sakura asked, awed. She had never rode in a three times all in the same day.
"Ah, you know, I just have a lot of influential friends that have spare limos and chauffeurs, you know," Nadeshiko replied.
Sakura smiled and said, "It's SO nice to be with you.I can't believe that I missed out on you for 18 years of my life."
Nadeshiko sighed and said, "Yeah, I made mistakes. Big mistakes. But come on, let's have fun, okay?"
Syaoran cleared his throat, and Sakura looked at him and giggled, "You too, Syaoran!" and she leaned over and gave him a big kiss.
"You guys are too much," Nadeshiko said, shaking her head.
They felt the car slow down and come to stop, and Sakura exclaimed, "We're here!"
Nadeshiko suddenly looked very nervous, and Sakura tried to reassure her, "Touya's the only person you should be afraid of, but he's not going to hurt you or anything. Dad already said you could come, which is pretty weird.considering everything, everything is weird."
"Yeah. Thank you, hon," Nadeshiko said, and stepped out of the car.
Sakura and Syaoran followed her to the door and Sakura knocked on the door.
They could hear thuds of someone running down the stairs and Fujitaka opened the door.
"DADDY!!" Sakura squealed, and her father picked her up in a hug.
"Whoa, be careful," Syaoran said, narrowly missing being hit by Sakura's shoe.
"Nice to see you, son. Have a nice time in America?" Fujitaka said, finally letting go of Sakura,
"Yes, thanks to you guys. We brought you some gifts, but I guess we'll have to do that later," Syaoran said sincerely.
"Okay. It's nice to see you, Nadeshiko. I trust you had a nice flight?" Fujitaka said calmly.
"Yes. It's good to see you again, too. You haven't changed a bit," Nadeshiko replied nervously.
"Tea?"
"Coffee, thanks," Nadeshiko said, and followed Fujitaka into the kitchen.
"Well.I guess we're alone for now," Syaoran said huskily and picked Sakura up.
"Stop it!" Sakura squealed as Syaoran tickled her, and a low voice said, "Yeah. Stop it, you're making me sick."
Syaoran and Sakura looked up guiltily and sat down.
Touya was standing up, arms crossed with Yukito behind him.
"Yukito!! It's SUCH a long time!!" Sakura exclaimed and gave him a hug.
"Yeah. So did you have a nice time?" he asked.
"The best. Sit down. Mom and Dad will be joining us soon," Sakura said.
Touya scowled at the mention of the word, "mom".
"How can you call her your mom? She ditched us for 18 years, and now she's coming into our house like nothing happened," Touya said resentfully.
"Something did happen. Mom and Dad aren't married anymore," Sakura said.
"So? I'm never going to forgive her for what she did," Touya said, and glared at the kitchen.
"You have to accept her sooner or later. She's come into our lives, and nothing can change that," Sakura said, and glared at Touya, "No matter what, I know she loves me and I still love her."
Touya rolled his eyes as Fujitaka and Nadeshiko came in with tea, cookies and coffee.
"So, I hear you have gifts for us?" Fujitaka hinted.
"Oh yeah! Here," Sakura said, and passed out gifts to Touya, Yukito and her dad.
They eagerly opened their presents, and Touya actually cracked a laugh at a t-shirt that said, "My sister went to LA, California, and all she got me was this stupid shirt." Yukito smiled as he got a five-pound box of chocolates from the Godiva Chocolate shop, filled with different assortments of chocolate. Fujitaka got a book on American archaeology, his favorite topic.
"Thank you," they all said to Sakura and Syaoran, and they said, "Well, we better get going to our house. We haven't even been there."
"Okay. Well, I guess I'll settle in Sakura's room," Nadeshiko said.
Touya gave a scowl in Nadeshiko's direction, and said, "Yukito and I will go with you guys. We wanted to see the house, anyways."
Yukito looked surprised and said, "We do? I mean, yeah, we do."
Nadeshiko and Fujitaka waved goodbye to their kids, son-in-law and son's friend as Sakura and Syaoran got back into the limo and the two older guys got into their own cars.
"So, you want to talk?" Nadeshiko suggested.
"About what? I'm guessing everything is cleared up. Were you surprised about the news of Sakura's child?" Fujitaka said.
"Very. But I guess I'm not one to chide, since I was younger than that when we got married," Nadeshiko said softly.
"So why'd you leave me? And Sakura and Touya?" Fujitaka asked.
"I was young and foolish. I truly did love you.but I was so blinded by stardom and show biz that I couldn't sort out my priorities.so I ran away from everything. And.I guess I still hadn't come to my senses after the divorce and being discovered.by the time I was a hot shot model, I had a new life. I slowly forgot about everything.I'm so sorry," Nadeshiko said, with tears in her eyes.
"It was very sudden.one day you just packed your bags. I still loved you after you left; I was so hurt. That's why I told the kids you had died.I didn't want them to be hurt the same way," Fujitaka said.
"Do you still love me?" Nadeshiko asked seriously.
Fujitaka cleared his throat and said, "I guess I better do the dishes. You can go upstairs and unpack; you can't miss Sakura's room."
Nadeshiko sighed and dragged her bags to her room.
Fujitaka stared at her for a moment and went to the kitchen to do the dishes and clean up after the mess.
At Sakura and Syaoran's house.
"So, this is our new house. Four bedrooms, one for Syaoran and me, a guest bedroom, Syaoran's study room, and the future baby's room. There's a dining room, living room, family room, kitchen, three and a half bathrooms, an attic and porch. Now you can leaaaaaaaave!!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Why do you want us to leave so quickly?" Touya asked suspiciously, a little too suspiciously.
"Well, let's see, this is the first time we're in our home so we kinda want to get settled in?" Syaoran broke in.
Touya glared at him and said, "Fine. Whatever.I'll come visit-SOON."
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and shrugged.
They waved goodbye at Yukito and Touya, who were going to the ice cream store (Yukito's idea).
"Let's look around!" Sakura said, and they first went into the study, which was right next to the main entrance.
"Wow," Sakura said, looking at the artfully decorated room, filled to the ceiling with wall to wall bookcases with tons of books on every subject.
"Hey, look, there's a section on motherhood," Syaoran said, and pointed to an entire shelf filled with books on birthing, caring for babies, pregnancy, and being a mother.
"Wow.your mother, Tomoyo and my dad must've had a field day," Sakura said, giggling.
"I like the house. But.it just misses a homey touch. Since we didn't get to decorate anything, it just doesn't feel like our house," Syaoran said.
"Yeah," Sakura admitted, "But I wouldn't be able to decorate, anyways.
"Okay," Syaoran said, "Now, let's go to the master bedroom. Screw the other rooms.I wanna know what the bed looks like."
*SMACK*
"OUCH!!!!!"
Back at Sakura's old house.
Nadeshiko was slowly walking upstairs, pausing every moment to see photos hung up on the wall with pictures of Touya and Sakura, from ages 2 to present.
Then, she got to the last picture-a family picture of Touya, Sakura and Fujitaka.
Nadeshiko took her eyes of the picture long enough to go into Sakura's room.
She closed the door, and was in the middle of unpacking, when she started sobbing.
She couldn't help it, the pain was unbearable; she felt so guilty and sad and so remorseful that she wasn't in this family.
It was all her fault.but she still couldn't help crying.
Fujitaka was passing by Sakura's old, now his ex-wife's room when he thought he heard some crying.
He pressed his ear gently against the door and he was right, he heard crying.
Fujitaka went to his room and got out a piece of paper and started writing something.
Nadeshiko stopped crying and gently wiped her tears.
She spotted a piece of paper lying next to the door that wasn't there a couple of minutes ago; apparently it had been slid under the door.
It was in Fujitaka's handwriting.
"Yes. I still love you."
A/N: Yay! End of chapter.11! Wow, pretty fast, eh? Well, if you couldn't tell, love is going to re-blossom between the mom and dad of the story. Hehe. This is my longest chapter of FaM BaM yet-11 pages from my normal 5 to 7!! Anyways.I guess I should change the title to Becoming a Mother since she already found the mom.but anyways.R-E-V-I-E-W!!!!!!
CHAPTER 11
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: Wow, we're on chapter 11. This is coming along pretty well!! Umm.I finished a new one-shot called Hot Chocolate, so read and review it. I'm not going to start on any new fanfics until I finish this, so this is probably going to come along even better!! Also, I'm going to try to lengthen my chapters. Read! And review!! I need motivation, pplz!! (
Finally, they were in LA.well, Beverly Hills.
It was 6 pm, and they were standing in front of Nadeshiko's house.
Syaoran was in the limo that Tomoyo had let them use, drinking wine, since he felt Sakura should do this alone.
Sakura raised and firmly knocked on the door three times.
"Coming!!" was a muffled voice from the other side of the door.
'Oh. My. God.' Sakura thought.
The door opened, and Sakura's mother stood at the door.
"Hi.how may I help."
Sakura embraced her mother in a hug.
"Umm.who are you?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Can I come in?" Sakura asked weakly.
"Sure," Nadeshiko gracefully led Sakura into the spacious living room.
"I'm Sakura, your daughter," Sakura said, and closed her eyes, waiting for a response.
She got a hug, and they both started crying.
"Mom." Sakura sobbed.
"Sakura.my baby," Nadeshiko cried.
"I came here to talk to you, okay? I came here to find you cuz Daddy.you know Fujitaka, told me on my birthday that you weren't dead," Sakura said.
"What do you mean, that I was dead?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Daddy told me that you died when I was two.because he didn't think I could handle the fact that my very own mother left me."
"Honey, I'm so sorry. I was so young.I had dreams.and you know that I loved you. But I was full of selfish pride, so I had to escape and live wild.I'm sorry," Nadeshiko said sincerely.
"I know. I forgive you. I just don't know if Touya will," Sakura said.
"Your brother! How is he?"
"Well, he hates you. That's what I think. You can't even mention the word 'mom' without him leaving the room by slamming the door in silence," Sakura said.
"I know.I scarred him for life. It's too late to fix the damage, but I'm going to try as best as I can. Now that you've found me.I can't really hide anymore. So tell me more news," Nadeshiko said.
There was a cough from the doorway, and it was Syaoran.
"Sorry, but it was really uncomfortable in the car," Syaoran apologized.
"Who is this young man?" Nadeshiko asked.
"Umm.well, mom, he's kinda my husband," Sakura said shyly.
Nadeshiko raised her eyebrows.
"You're only 18!! Next you're going to tell me that your pregnant," she said.
Sakura looked at Syaoran and said, "Well, you got married when you were 17. And actually, I am pregnant. Say hi to your grandchild," Sakura said and patted her tummy.
"Oh dear," Nadeshiko said, "When did this happen?"
"On my 18th birthday. Uh.Daddy took it pretty well, Touya still wants to murder Syaoran, but other than that, it's okay. Um.I'm going to be a senior next year, but I'm going to skip the last three or four months of school, prom and my first year of college. I'm still going to get my high school diploma, though, since Syaoran's mom is going to pay for a tutor for the last few months before our baby's born."
Nadeshiko nodded, taking everything in.
"Um, I have something to say," Nadeshiko said.
"Do you think it'll be all right if I.moved in? I'm out of work for now, but I can find a job in Japan. I just want to be there for you during your pregnancy.I know I can't make up for the years I've not been there for you, but I'm going to try as hard as I can," Nadeshiko said.
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other.
"Well, you're going to have to ask Dad. I mean, there's no room at our house, but you could probably take my room in Dad's house since I'm not going to live there anymore," Sakura offered.
"I'll call him," Nadeshiko got the phone and started dialing.
As soon as she heard the ring tone, she handed to phone over to Sakura.
"Here," she said, and Sakura nervously took the phone.
"Daddy? Yeah, it's me. Uh huh, I'm fine. And the baby is too, you don't have to worry. Mmm.yeah, we've been relaxing and stuff. Don't worry, I won't stress my self out too much. Okay. Wait, before you go, uh.I have someone you might want to talk to-" Sakura gave to phone to Nadeshiko who had been fidgeting.
"Hi, Fujitaka. It's me, Nadeshiko."
Sakura tried to read the expression on her mother's face, but it was blank of any emotions.
"I can't believe we've came so far," Sakura said, and pulled Syaoran into a hug.
Syaoran put his hands around her waist and she put her arms around his neck and they pulled closer and closer.and closer.and started kiss-
"Ah hem," Nadeshiko cleared her throat.
The two pulled away and coughed guiltily.
"I've spoken to your father about it, and he's fine with it. But from the shouting in the background, your brother apparently isn't. Your father also wanted to tell me that he wants you guys back ASAP and that he miss you."
"Okay. Well, we better go before all the hotel rooms are gone," Sakura said.
"Oh you guys, you should know better than. My house has more than enough rooms to accommodate the two of you. Send your chauffer home and you can spend the night. Besides, I've been lonely," Nadeshiko said and smiled at Sakura.
Syaoran went outside to tell the chauffer, and Nadeshiko said to Sakura, "You really love him, don't you?"
Sakura smiled and replied, "Of course. He's great. I wouldn't dream of anyone else fathering my kids and being my husband. Plus, he's extra rich and powerful, which is a big bonus."
Nadeshiko laughed, and tousled Sakura's long hair.
"I'll show you to your rooms. You wanna share a bed?" Nadeshiko asked suspiciously.
"Yeah. Oh don't worry, we're not going to DO anything.well, at least not yet. He just keeps me warm at night," Sakura said evilly.
"Ahh.you remind me so much of when I was your age. And Syaoran reminds me so much of your father.but in a tougher version," Nadeshiko said.
When Syaoran came back, Nadeshiko took them to the guest bedroom where they put their stuff down next to the king-sized bed.
They followed Nadeshiko in a tour of her house. There were five other bedrooms in the house besides the guest bedroom. There was Nadeshiko's LARGE master bedroom with the basics, there was her small clothes room, shoes room and accessory room, and the last room was dedicated to herself: posters of her, magazine cutouts, etc. The basement was just a huge gym, made out with a LOCKER room, all of the equipment, big screen tv and complete sound system.
"So.being a model must pay a lot," Sakura said, awed.
"Yeah. It pays pretty well, plus I get to keep all of the clothes that I model for, and I get a lot of shopping sprees and bonuses at stores," Nadeshiko.
Sakura nodded, and suddenly yawned.
"Ooh, I'm kinda sleepy. I guess--*yawn*--having a kid makes me tired," Sakura said, and was surprised as Syaoran's strong arms picked her up.
"I'll take her to bed, now," Syaoran said, and said good night to Nadeshiko.
Nadeshiko waved at Syaoran and sighed.
She was so happy that Sakura could come back into her life, but she felt so guilty. And especially about Touya.
*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*
"Hi, Touya, It's your mother," Nadeshiko said.
"Yeah, my mother? What kind of f***ing mother are you, huh, b****?!?!"
"Touya, listen to me, I'm SORRY," Nadeshiko said, frustrated.
"Yeah, SORRY. That's what they all say. Bye, 'mom'" Touya swore and slammed the phone down.
*~*~End flashback*~*~*
Nadeshiko sighed again and went to bed.
Next morning.
"Well, mom, Syaoran's going to call the airlines to book us a flight for tonight. Is that enough time for you?" Sakura asked during breakfast, eating her blueberries and whipped cream.
"Oh, no, don't do that. I can get a private jet from the studio, and we can leave as soon as I make some phone calls and pack, okay, honey?"
"Okay, then. Umm.well, Syaoran and I have already packed, so we can just hang out until you're ready," Sakura said.
"Well.have you two ever had your picture taken? Professionally?" Nadeshiko asked.
An hour later.
"Hehehe," Sakura giggled as the makeup artist put some blush on her nose.
"How did your mother convince me into this?" Syaoran said unhappily.
He was wearing an Armani suit with his hair slicked back, and Sakura was wearing a white minidress that was from Armani exchange.
Apparently, Nadeshiko was modeling for the famous Giorgio Armani.
Sakura's hair was done up in curls just like her mother, and they looked like twins.
Nadeshiko was still at home packing and finishing up some business, talking to some hotshot agent about a job in Japan that had been open.
Sakura and Syaoran walked into the studio, where a friend of Nadeshiko had agreed to take some portraits for some moola. It was Nadeshiko's late wedding gift for the couple to hang in their living room with an expensive frame.
"Smile," the photographer said, and Syaoran did his best to try to smile, but it came out as a grimace.
"No, smile, don't look like you're in PAIN," the photographer said, and Sakura tickled Syaoran, and just as they both smiled, the photographer caught a moment in time.
"Perfect!" the photographer said, and told them the picture would be sent to their house in Japan.
Sakura and Syaoran thanked the man and went back to the dressing room to change, but they were told that they could keep the clothes, compliments from the company.
Sakura and Syaoran took the limo, which was WAY better, if possible, than Tomoyo's limo. It was equipped with the basic TV, DVD, bar and luxurious seats, but it was more high tech and comfortable.
"Wow," Sakura said, smiling as she looked around.
"Pretty good. So.do you know what time we're leaving?" Syaoran asked.
"I dunno. Could you pass me some of that juice? I'm kinda thirsty," Sakura said, and Syaoran passed a champagne glass with strawberry juice and floating leaves to Sakura.
He watched as Sakura slowly drank the juice and seductively licked her lips.
He was starting to get hot when he burst out, "God, do you do that on purpose?"
Sakura looked at him with innocent eyes, surprised, "What?"
"Look so sexy. I'm gonna die before the nine months are over and I can finally-"
"Don't say that!!" Sakura looked around as if someone was listening, "Innocent ears may be listening," Sakura said and sweetly patted her stomach.
Syaoran helplessly laughed, and the car slowed down to the front of the house.
Nadeshiko was outside with all the luggage, and a butler came out and loaded everything into a different limo that followed the other limo. Nadeshiko waited until the cheaffeur opened the door for her and stepped into the limo. She was looking very pretty in a loose peach skirt and tank top, with a white scarf over her hair and around her neck, and she wore dark sunglasses.
"Wow, mom, you look just like a spy!" Sakura said, giggling.
"Thanks," Nadeshiko replied sarcastically, then laughingly said, "I didn't know what to wear to meet your father. So I figured, hey, I'm still single, I'm a model, got to look natural!"
Sakura laughed, and Syaoran didn't have any clue what the girls were talking about.
"Anyways, we're here," Nadeshiko said.
Sakura looked outside the dark, tinted windows and spotted a jet waiting for them to board. The other limousine had came before them and so their luggage was already on board.
The chauffer opened the door for the three of them and so Nadeshiko, Sakura and Syaoran stepped out of the limo, all three looking quite fashionable.
The flight was pretty boring, except for the fact that the jet was really cool. So, in only 7 hours, they arrived at the Tokyo Airport, and they got their luggage out and rode on a golf cart to the front of the airport, where a limo was waiting for them.
"Wow.how'd you get all the connections?" Sakura asked, awed. She had never rode in a three times all in the same day.
"Ah, you know, I just have a lot of influential friends that have spare limos and chauffeurs, you know," Nadeshiko replied.
Sakura smiled and said, "It's SO nice to be with you.I can't believe that I missed out on you for 18 years of my life."
Nadeshiko sighed and said, "Yeah, I made mistakes. Big mistakes. But come on, let's have fun, okay?"
Syaoran cleared his throat, and Sakura looked at him and giggled, "You too, Syaoran!" and she leaned over and gave him a big kiss.
"You guys are too much," Nadeshiko said, shaking her head.
They felt the car slow down and come to stop, and Sakura exclaimed, "We're here!"
Nadeshiko suddenly looked very nervous, and Sakura tried to reassure her, "Touya's the only person you should be afraid of, but he's not going to hurt you or anything. Dad already said you could come, which is pretty weird.considering everything, everything is weird."
"Yeah. Thank you, hon," Nadeshiko said, and stepped out of the car.
Sakura and Syaoran followed her to the door and Sakura knocked on the door.
They could hear thuds of someone running down the stairs and Fujitaka opened the door.
"DADDY!!" Sakura squealed, and her father picked her up in a hug.
"Whoa, be careful," Syaoran said, narrowly missing being hit by Sakura's shoe.
"Nice to see you, son. Have a nice time in America?" Fujitaka said, finally letting go of Sakura,
"Yes, thanks to you guys. We brought you some gifts, but I guess we'll have to do that later," Syaoran said sincerely.
"Okay. It's nice to see you, Nadeshiko. I trust you had a nice flight?" Fujitaka said calmly.
"Yes. It's good to see you again, too. You haven't changed a bit," Nadeshiko replied nervously.
"Tea?"
"Coffee, thanks," Nadeshiko said, and followed Fujitaka into the kitchen.
"Well.I guess we're alone for now," Syaoran said huskily and picked Sakura up.
"Stop it!" Sakura squealed as Syaoran tickled her, and a low voice said, "Yeah. Stop it, you're making me sick."
Syaoran and Sakura looked up guiltily and sat down.
Touya was standing up, arms crossed with Yukito behind him.
"Yukito!! It's SUCH a long time!!" Sakura exclaimed and gave him a hug.
"Yeah. So did you have a nice time?" he asked.
"The best. Sit down. Mom and Dad will be joining us soon," Sakura said.
Touya scowled at the mention of the word, "mom".
"How can you call her your mom? She ditched us for 18 years, and now she's coming into our house like nothing happened," Touya said resentfully.
"Something did happen. Mom and Dad aren't married anymore," Sakura said.
"So? I'm never going to forgive her for what she did," Touya said, and glared at the kitchen.
"You have to accept her sooner or later. She's come into our lives, and nothing can change that," Sakura said, and glared at Touya, "No matter what, I know she loves me and I still love her."
Touya rolled his eyes as Fujitaka and Nadeshiko came in with tea, cookies and coffee.
"So, I hear you have gifts for us?" Fujitaka hinted.
"Oh yeah! Here," Sakura said, and passed out gifts to Touya, Yukito and her dad.
They eagerly opened their presents, and Touya actually cracked a laugh at a t-shirt that said, "My sister went to LA, California, and all she got me was this stupid shirt." Yukito smiled as he got a five-pound box of chocolates from the Godiva Chocolate shop, filled with different assortments of chocolate. Fujitaka got a book on American archaeology, his favorite topic.
"Thank you," they all said to Sakura and Syaoran, and they said, "Well, we better get going to our house. We haven't even been there."
"Okay. Well, I guess I'll settle in Sakura's room," Nadeshiko said.
Touya gave a scowl in Nadeshiko's direction, and said, "Yukito and I will go with you guys. We wanted to see the house, anyways."
Yukito looked surprised and said, "We do? I mean, yeah, we do."
Nadeshiko and Fujitaka waved goodbye to their kids, son-in-law and son's friend as Sakura and Syaoran got back into the limo and the two older guys got into their own cars.
"So, you want to talk?" Nadeshiko suggested.
"About what? I'm guessing everything is cleared up. Were you surprised about the news of Sakura's child?" Fujitaka said.
"Very. But I guess I'm not one to chide, since I was younger than that when we got married," Nadeshiko said softly.
"So why'd you leave me? And Sakura and Touya?" Fujitaka asked.
"I was young and foolish. I truly did love you.but I was so blinded by stardom and show biz that I couldn't sort out my priorities.so I ran away from everything. And.I guess I still hadn't come to my senses after the divorce and being discovered.by the time I was a hot shot model, I had a new life. I slowly forgot about everything.I'm so sorry," Nadeshiko said, with tears in her eyes.
"It was very sudden.one day you just packed your bags. I still loved you after you left; I was so hurt. That's why I told the kids you had died.I didn't want them to be hurt the same way," Fujitaka said.
"Do you still love me?" Nadeshiko asked seriously.
Fujitaka cleared his throat and said, "I guess I better do the dishes. You can go upstairs and unpack; you can't miss Sakura's room."
Nadeshiko sighed and dragged her bags to her room.
Fujitaka stared at her for a moment and went to the kitchen to do the dishes and clean up after the mess.
At Sakura and Syaoran's house.
"So, this is our new house. Four bedrooms, one for Syaoran and me, a guest bedroom, Syaoran's study room, and the future baby's room. There's a dining room, living room, family room, kitchen, three and a half bathrooms, an attic and porch. Now you can leaaaaaaaave!!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Why do you want us to leave so quickly?" Touya asked suspiciously, a little too suspiciously.
"Well, let's see, this is the first time we're in our home so we kinda want to get settled in?" Syaoran broke in.
Touya glared at him and said, "Fine. Whatever.I'll come visit-SOON."
Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and shrugged.
They waved goodbye at Yukito and Touya, who were going to the ice cream store (Yukito's idea).
"Let's look around!" Sakura said, and they first went into the study, which was right next to the main entrance.
"Wow," Sakura said, looking at the artfully decorated room, filled to the ceiling with wall to wall bookcases with tons of books on every subject.
"Hey, look, there's a section on motherhood," Syaoran said, and pointed to an entire shelf filled with books on birthing, caring for babies, pregnancy, and being a mother.
"Wow.your mother, Tomoyo and my dad must've had a field day," Sakura said, giggling.
"I like the house. But.it just misses a homey touch. Since we didn't get to decorate anything, it just doesn't feel like our house," Syaoran said.
"Yeah," Sakura admitted, "But I wouldn't be able to decorate, anyways.
"Okay," Syaoran said, "Now, let's go to the master bedroom. Screw the other rooms.I wanna know what the bed looks like."
*SMACK*
"OUCH!!!!!"
Back at Sakura's old house.
Nadeshiko was slowly walking upstairs, pausing every moment to see photos hung up on the wall with pictures of Touya and Sakura, from ages 2 to present.
Then, she got to the last picture-a family picture of Touya, Sakura and Fujitaka.
Nadeshiko took her eyes of the picture long enough to go into Sakura's room.
She closed the door, and was in the middle of unpacking, when she started sobbing.
She couldn't help it, the pain was unbearable; she felt so guilty and sad and so remorseful that she wasn't in this family.
It was all her fault.but she still couldn't help crying.
Fujitaka was passing by Sakura's old, now his ex-wife's room when he thought he heard some crying.
He pressed his ear gently against the door and he was right, he heard crying.
Fujitaka went to his room and got out a piece of paper and started writing something.
Nadeshiko stopped crying and gently wiped her tears.
She spotted a piece of paper lying next to the door that wasn't there a couple of minutes ago; apparently it had been slid under the door.
It was in Fujitaka's handwriting.
"Yes. I still love you."
A/N: Yay! End of chapter.11! Wow, pretty fast, eh? Well, if you couldn't tell, love is going to re-blossom between the mom and dad of the story. Hehe. This is my longest chapter of FaM BaM yet-11 pages from my normal 5 to 7!! Anyways.I guess I should change the title to Becoming a Mother since she already found the mom.but anyways.R-E-V-I-E-W!!!!!!