Okie dokie. I'm back. To torture you again. But a lot of things will be cleared up in this chapter and you will maybe hate me more or love me because of it. It's up to you.
I suggest you read chapter 3 again, at least the part where Sakura says goodbye to Syaoran. And I won't put a thank you list this time, it will be in the next which is the LAST CHAPTER.
Yes, sad to say, this story ends with the next chapter, and I already have the ending in my mind, I just have to get to it. After what I'm writing in this chapter, I have no idea how I will get to that.
This is enough, and I'll leave you with chapter 9.
Waiting for an angel (chapter 9)
The house was totally alive inside, the girls were ready to go and have a good time, feeling a bit guilty, but still ready for what the night was bringing, specially Meilin, since she was single. She sadly remembered what Sakura had told her when they had said goodbye at Tokyo airport. Meilin was leaving to Hong Kong to attend to college there while Sakura was going to the States. She had promised that she would have to visit them and she would go with her so Meilin could meet someone interesting. Her thoughts were interrupted when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in" she said, pinning her hair up.
"Are you ready?" asked Tomoyo, going in. She was wearing a blue tank top with white cherry blossoms on the border and a purple knee lenght skirt.
"Yeah, are the boys ready?" asked Meilin. She was on a red strappless top and jeans.
"They'll be in awhile" said Tomoyo sitting on the bed. Meilin sat next to her and they sighed at the same time, making them laugh.
"It's just the two of us now" said the black haired girl, making the other nod.
"Who would have thought?" said Tomoyo. They heard the bell and got up, meeting with Eriol on their way down. Tomoyo opened the door and met Michelle who was on her jeep still. "Hey, come in. Syaoran's not ready yet" yelled Tomoyo, and Michelle turned off her car and went inside the house.
"Thanks. That's weird, not even girls take that longer" she said, walking in. "Hi, Meilin, Eriol. I can call you that, right?" she added.
"No prob" said Eriol smiling, and Meilin nodded.
"Hey, is everyone ready?" asked Syaoran walking down the stairs.
"Yep, we are all set" said Michelle, and Syaoran almost fell on his butt.
"I thought you weren't here yet" he said, when he recovered from his shock, he wasn't really expecting she would pick him up.
"What can I say?, I'm very punctual" she answered, smirking. "Ok, we can go now" said Michelle, making everyone end what they were doing; that is Meilin get up and Eriol and Tomoyo end up their making out session.
"Save it for the party" joked Meilin, walking out the door.
"Oh, shut up" said Tomoyo, making Meilin and Michelle laugh.
"Oh, alright. Syaoran, I'll take your killer car, ok?" said Meilin, and Syaoran nodded. "I'm going on a guy hunt today so I'll need a hot car, right?" she added.
"Of course" answered Michelle. "Ok, I'll give you a gift: you can drive my car today" she said, surprising Syaoran.
"How did you know I liked your car?" he said, taking the keys and getting on the driver's seat.
"Well, it's obvious you like green and the way you looked at it was enough for me to think that" she said, sitting next to him.
"I owe you big time" he said. "By the way, you never told me how I was going to pay you back for... you know" he said, not wanting everyone to hear.
"Just have a good time today" said Michelle. 'It may be the last time I'm with you' she thought when he took off.
The drive towards the building that held Law School was normal. When they got there, they saw that the announces that had been given in the different buildings had worked, because almost all the students were there with their friends.
Eriol held Tomoyo protectively when they entered the party, so Meilin and Michelle got almost all the attention. Michelle had a short jeans skirt and a pink tank top with cherry blossoms all over it, it stopped under her breasts and from that part to all the way down it was transparent. Syaoran's brows furrowed when he saw the way all the guys were looking at his cousin, and specially how they were looking at her. He got confused, he wasn't that jealous over a girl, except for Sakura. He knew that Meilin would be fine, but why was he feeling that way towards Michelle?
"Syaoran?" said Michelle, making him turn his attention towards her. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" he answered, and she smiled in relief.
"Wanna go to dance?" she asked, and he nodded, smiling.
"Eriol?"
"Yes, honey?" (how cheesy does that sound?) he answered.
"Do you think that Syaoran is ok?" asked Tomoyo again.
"Yeah" said Eriol, smiling and hugging her. "It's hard for me to accept that he may be getting over Sakura, but we all have to move on".
"It's hard for me to see him like this again" she said looking down, making Eriol lift her chin with his finger to make her look at him.
"I was the first one to see when he was falling over Sakura" she said. "That was the only time I ever saw him like that... until now".
The night passed, they were having a great time. They had met Madison, Fran and Danielle who were with their boyfriends, Meilin had met Ed's cousin Dylan, and she was having a blast.
Suddenly Michelle felt something. It was them. 'Oh, no. No no no, not now, not today. They are here. I have to go' she thought desperately, and got up.
"Where are you going?" asked Syaoran.
"I'm going to get some fresh air. I'll be right back" she said, before leaving. Syaoran got worried, but decided to wait a few minutes before going to talk to her.
Michelle walked through the crowd, and went outside. She walked and got to the nearbies of a small forest that was there. When she got to a cherry blossom tree, she saw them.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"We said we will give you some more time. That time is over".
"No, not today!" begged Michelle. "Please, what do I have to do to stay here?"
"There's nothing you can do. This is the way things are, and you know, we told you the rules and you accepted".
"But that was only until I found out what I really had to do, and it took a bit longer than I thought" she said. "You knew I couldn't do it and you send me in anyway. I don't want to hurt him again".
"There's no other choice. Tell him it was just a game, and leave. We have to take you now".
"No!" she yelled. "I'm not leaving, I won't hurt his feelings because you want to. I quit to your stupid little games..."
"What games?" said a manly voice, and Michelle turned around to meet his hurted amber eyes.
(If you have the song I suggest you hear it)
I wanted to be like you
I wanted everything
So I tried to be like you
And I got swept away
"What are you doing here?" asked Michelle, trying to hide her surprise.
"It was just a game, huh?" he said, coldly and Michelle got surprised, it had been so long since she had heard him talk to her like that.
"Li, wait..." she said, but he wouldn't let her finish.
I didn't know that it was so cold
And you needed someone
To show you the way
So I took your hand and we figured out
That when the tide comes
I'd take you away
"How could you play like that with my feelings?" he continued. "You knew I was hurting, so you just came around and took your chance... look what you did, can't you see it, Michelle?" he said, but this time his voice didn't sound cold... it sounded like someone who was hurting.
"Will you let me talk?, you don't know the truth..." she tried to explain, but Syaoran was still convinced that he was right.
"I felt something for you, you know?" said Syaoran, and her eyes opened up wide. 'Oh no, please not this'. "But now I see that you are just like Natalie, and all those girls. Stay away from me, ok?" he said, and started to walk away.
On the party.
"Eriol, do you feel it?" said Tomoyo, and Eriol and Meilin got up.
"Do you think it's her?" asked Meilin.
"There's no other alternative, I'm sure it's her. Come on!" he said, and started to run following the faint pink aura that had put them on alert.
"It's with Syaoran, I know it is" said Tomoyo, trying not to fall in the dark.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted was somebody who cares
"Syaoran, wait, please!" yelled Michelle, making him turn around.
"Don't call me by my name. I don't want to hear from you, understand?" he yelled. Tears started to run down her face hearing him, she couldn't take it. "You know what?, maybe you should have left me throw myself off, it would have been better than taking your lies". Syaoran started to walk , trying to fight the tears that were coming, He felt so bad, so betrayed, but the worst is that not even what he had heard could make him love this girl any less. But he promised he wouldn't fall for her lies again. Until he heard what she said.
I'm sinking slowly
So hurry, hold me
Your hand is all I have to keep me
Hanging on.
Please can you tell me
So I can finally see
Where you go when you are gone
"You know? I don't regret anything. I'm glad I met you, and don't say you regret what you said to me when we met, because that's all a part of who you are, and I love you just like that". Syaoran stopped dead in his tracks and turned around, to see Michelle's face stained with tears. "Remember that?" she said.
"Who are you?" he said, but she couldn't answer, because Eriol, Tomoyo and Meilin appeared, with a totally shocked look on their faces.
"Syaoran, we need to tell you something" said Eriol, but stopped when he saw who were the only two people there. There was a big silence until someone deared to speak again.
"It's you, isn't it?" whispered Tomoyo, a few tears scaped her eyes.
"I missed you so much, Tomoyo" said Michelle, and Tomoyo started to walk towards her. "I even missed your costumes and always have to stop you from taping me" she barely ended, because she was crying so loud. Tomoyo hugged her and started to cry too.
"Oh my God" she whispered, not believing it. Eriol passed his hand through his face, he recognized those words, and also the ones he heard later in his mind, because that's what Sakura had told him in secret before they left.
"Take care of her, please. You know she'll need you". For the first time in his life Eriol broke up and ran to hug that girl, so strange but so familiar.
Meilin felt lost, she knew something was going on, and she had a feeling but couldn't make it out.
"What... what is this?" she whispered, but Michelle heard her.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted was somebody who cares
"You'll have to visit us very often, Meilin" she said, wiping the tears off her face, making Meilin start to cry now. "I'm planning to go with you on a special tour".
"And what would that be?" got out Meilin, following the game.
"I want you to meet someone interesting, I'll go with you and help you, alright?" she ended. The two girls hugged tightly.
"I missed you so much, you have no idea" said Meilin, making Michelle broke the hug and look at her.
"I never got a chance to say goodbye" she said, and they hugged again.
All you wanted was somebody who cares
If you need me you know I'll be there
Oh, yeah
No one realized that Syaoran wasn't there anymore. He had ran away, it was too much. How come he never noticed? It was a lie, it had to be a lie. It had cost him a lot to bear her lost, and having now to face the fact that she was there... he denied it.
"No, she's not alive" he said to himself. He was going to believe that to the end. In that moment he made a decission.
He was going back to Hong Kong. And never go back.
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Done! In record time! Usually I take more time in writing a chapter, but this is shorter than the others, I have to save something for the next chapter, of course. I don't know why I have a feeling that you'll hate me more for this.
What I mean by saying that he's not going back is that he's going to be the leader of the Li clan, that he had refused to be just to go with Sakura to college. That's the basic. Any question, just e-mail me or ask in your review, and I will gladly answer you back.
I guess that's it. It was so hard to upload this chapter, I had tons of work, so I think that the next chapter will be up on the weekend or in Friday, all depends on reviews! Well, not that much, but still. So, this is it, remember to review and I'll see ya later, people!
