The Bottom Of A Crystal Heart

Chapter 2

When Sakura reached her apartment she raced to her room, threw her bag down onto her desk and collapsed on the bed in tears. How could Tomoyo think something like that? She wasn't jealous of her friend; she just wanted Tomoyo to be happy with a faithful person that was all. It was true that Sakura had stopped dating for a while, but Tomoyo didn't have to joke about it. Sakura sighed and thought about the last date she had been on.

**** SAKURA'S FLASHBACK OF HER LAST DATE****

It was at a party with a group of friends and her date was a guy called Pete. They had been going out for a year and she really, really liked him. She thought she was in love. They were standing together at the drinks table when he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the door.

"Come on, I know somewhere we can go that you'll love," he told her as he made sure that she had everything.

"Alright, I suppose I'll come then," Sakura answered, grinning at what she thought would be the romantic side of her boyfriend. They left the party and walked to the beach.

"I've seen the beach before Pete, why are we here?" Sakura asked as they strolled along.

"You'll see," was all he would answer. Sakura was intrigued by what he was going to show her. They came to the pier and they sat down underneath, with Sakura still wondering what was going on.

"We've been here before Pete, what's so special this time?" she asked him. (she is so naïve!)

"Well, we've been going out for a year now and I was wondering if you wanted to go to the next level," Pete said, looking at the ground. Sakura suddenly realized what he meant.

"No way, nope, not happening. I'm fine with the way things are, I'm not ready for that yet," Sakura answered getting up, "well, I'm really tired and so I'll be going home now."

"You know, now I know why other people never went out with you. It's because you are a selfish, stuck up little princess who pretends to be so good and nice, and all you want to do is be seen as a perfect little girl. You're too stupid to see how people see you because you're just an airhead. I'm sorry I ever thought that I loved you," Pete yelled at her before stalking off. She had just stood there in shock before she ran home, ran to her room and burst into tears. That was when she decided to attack anyone who pestered her for a date because she felt that they were mocking her. She had turned to her studies after that because she was too afraid of being hurt again.

**** END OF FLASHBACK****

Sakura still remembered that night as if it had just been days ago, even though it had been 4 months. At least her grades had improved a lot as she had a lot more time to study. Unfortunately though, her brother had become even more over protective of her, which was scary. If she didn't beat up the guy who was pestering her for a date, he did. He knew that his sister wanted to be left alone when it came to guys. So Sakura lay on her bed and cried as she thought about the terrible things that her best friend had said to her.

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After Sakura had left, Tomoyo felt awful. How could she have done that to her best friend? What was wrong with her? She decided that she would watch Ken and see if he really was flirting with the girl and to her disappointment, she found that he was. That just made her feel even guiltier. Why hadn't she seen what Sakura and all her other friends had seen in Ken? She could have hit herself over the head for being so cruel and dense. Much to her surprise though, she hardly felt sad at all to find that Ken was a slime ball. And she wasn't that surprised either. It was like she already knew and she didn't care. Well, she decided to make the most of not caring by finding a new guy to date, but she'd do that later. Now she just needed to find her best friend and apologize.

"I'm sorry you guys, but I just yelled as Sakura and I need to go talk to her. Thank you for inviting me to this party and I'm really sorry that I have to leave, but please forgive me and I'll see you later," she apologized to Chiharu and Tak as they entered the dining room. She rushed off before they could reply, not noticing anybody in her rush to go. But someone noticed her.

"Eriol? Eriol? Are you there?" Syaoran asked him. He was staring after Tomoyo and didn't notice anything until Syaoran had called his name.

"What?" Eriol replied irritably.

"Why do we always have to be interested in the girls who are racing from the party when we arrive," Syaoran said, his voice filled with amusement, "Oh well! We'll just have to look for her too."

"Whatever," Eriol replied, thinking that when he had seen that dark haired beauty go, something had moved inside him and now all he could think of was her, "Come on or we'll never sit down." They entered the dining hall, both wondering where the girls were and what they were doing.

End Of Chapter 2

Sorry it's so short but it's 10:47pm and I have to go to bed. Even though it's school holidays and Christmas, my bedtime is 11:00, so yeah. I hope you like this chapter and please, please, please review!!! I was surprised last night with 5 reviews spread out over my stories, so please review again if you read this!!!!! Thanks!!!!!