Chloe Began to wake up. Her arm felt sore and it hurt went she tried to move it. There was a bright light in the room and for once she was actually warm when she woke up. She could hear a clinking and clanging sound in the background and a voice quite far off, but her head was too foggy to tell.

"What happened?" She asked herself turning over slightly to face into the room. It was bright. Someone must have replaced the old bulb in the room. She opened her eyes a touch more to get used to the light.

As she got used to the light she noticed someone had cleaned the room. Nothing was on the floor. There was a thick blanket over her to keep her warm. It was then that a smell hit her senses.

"Eggs?" She muttered.

She vaguely saw a plate of scrambled eggs on toast appear on the table beside her bed and they were still warm. She crossed her eyebrows almost in confusion. Who did this? She thought through the headache that stung her senses.

She looked around the room once more and made her way over to the kitchen surface which, by the look of it, had been cleaned. She picked up the note that was lying there, but all it said was;

Hope you're feeling better.

* * * * *

Running as fast as she could across town trying desperately to put the finishing touches to her outfit and brush her hair at the same time she mad her way to the club. When she got there fifteen minutes and one breathless run later she entered the club.

A girl was on the stage sing her song. She was dressed very tartish. Other girls dressed the same sort of way were being shown how to make cocktails. A tall man looked at her and then came walking over.

"Yu lost?" he said with a strong accent

"No I came to apply for the job that was advertised in the newspaper yesterday" she told him looking very nervous.

"ey Amber. Com' 'ere" he shouted at the girl who was showing a girl to the door a little rougher than what would be expected.

"Yeah what?" she asked him with an attitude that said she was actually the boss.

"nuver one for yu" he told her and walked away.

"What's your name?" Amber asked her.

Chloes mouth moved for a few seconds before she actually replied.

"Chloe" she said

"Not bad could use some help." Amber said more to herself than Chloe. But Chloe on the other hand had heard and looked in a little offend "Can you make drinks?"

"Not yet but I'm a quick learner"

Amber circled Chloe for a second like a vulture. Looking her up and down as if checking her out as competition.

"Do you know what kind of men come in here Chloe?" she asked her voice dangerously low. Most of the people in the bar were now looking over at them. "you come in here looking all innocent and they'd just tear you to shreds"

"I can take care of myself" Chloe replied her voice just as dangerous.

Amber suddenly threw a punch at Chloe but she just grabbed Ambers' arm and pinned her against a wall.

"I didn't come here to fight." Chloe told her "So don't start with me or you will regret it I can promise you" She let go of Ambers arm and took a step back.

"Well missy you're the first who has been able to stop me in a long time. Come back to night at nine and well see what they think of you."

* * * * *

Chloe appeared that night a minute early. She wore her favourite pair of jeans, and a short sleeved black top and her favourite necklace, which of course Syaoran had given her. She looked around the bar and the local men were already drunk and there was obviously a lot of sexual vibes in the room. And the girl singing on the stage didn't help resolve that.

"I don't have to wear THAT do I?" Chloe asked as she sensed Amber walk up behind her.

"No. That's another girl for the job. You wear what you come in. now get behind the bar one of the regulars wants a drink."

Talk about dropping you in at the deep end, Chloe thought as she stepped behind the bar.

"Err.What can I get you?" she asked the man who clearly hadn't had his first drink yet.

"You new?" he asked

"Is it that obvious" she replied with a nervous smile "I want that job that's going here"

"Never mixed a drink?"

"Never. Except water and cordials."

"Let's start with something hard then. I'll have a 'winter sunset'"

"Okay" Chloe looked at a small board of instructions behind her then looked at Amber mixing a drink. Amber was throwing the cocktail mixer into the air and catching it again almost without looking. "Here goes"

Chloe poured the liquids into the tumbler and then sealed it. Then picked it up and threw it into the air it twisted a few times and then she caught it again. Then she started to the things that Amber was doing without any trouble and while doing this whipped out a glass and then poured the liquid into it. She vaguely heard Amber mutter "Show off"

"There you are how's that?" she asked him.

He took a swig while she looked apprehensively at him. "You know." He began" I think that's the best drink I've had in a while. You sure you ain't mixed a drink before?"

"Positive"

The girl on the stage finished her song and Amber motioned to Chloe that that was the next part of the job application.

"Oh boy" Chloe said. Looking at the men going a little crazy because there was no music. And they wouldn't want her on the stage because she was wearing too many clothes. "but I don't sing those kinds of songs" she told Amber.

"Just get up there" Amber told her "it's up to them if they listen"

"But where's my music?"

"Didn't I tell you to bring some with you?"

"No"

"Never mind get up there kid"

Great! No music and sex driven drunk males this wasn't exactly what she had hoped for when she applied for this. She looked around the room looking for some form of help. Singings what I do best but I still need music, Chloe thought and then saw the perfect aid.

* * * * *

Japan. Syaoran looked at the picture of Chloe in his left hand and the picture of Sakura in his right hand. They looked so alike. At least they did from when these pictures had been taken. Sakura had cut her hair short when he had left after their argument. At least I managed to say sorry, he thought. Chloes soft golden brown hair rivalled the beauty of Sakuras. They looked as if they could have passed themselves off as twins.

It was nine in the morning here but in Britain it would be night. He wondered what Chloe was doing now. Was she well? He had considered writing to her but how could he tell her everything that had happened? Would it upset her to see him like this? All he knew was he had to tell her she was right. And he needed her here. he wanted his best friend back, by his side.

He missed her smile, and the way she would never let on to anyone he really was "soft". When he scowled, she just smiles and laugh at him with that beautiful laugh that was like a birds' song floating though the air.

"I Miss You" He whispered to the picture of Chloe in front of him placing the once of Sakura beside him. He clutched two playing cards in his hand. It was time for a decision.

* * * * *

Chloe slowly walked up to the microphone. Nerves filling her soul. The men in the front row looked disappointed that she was wearing so much clothing even though to her its was only jeans and a top. She clutched the instrument in her arms, feeling as though, if she let it go she would be all alone once again.

"Ah. Hi" She said into the microphone" Sure she was good at singing but had never done so in front of an audience before. And to make matters worse she didn't know what to sing "I Forgot to bring music so." Some of the men were shouting for her to get off the stage, others were doing the same only in a more crude fashion.

She lowered her eyes. She had only just stepped onto the stage and they already wanted rid of her. She felt as if she had lost all hope and was about to leave the stage when her eyes met with a stunning pair of eyes that seamed sincere and calming. His face was long and the most outstanding part of it were those beautiful Amber coloured eyes. They reminded her of Syaoran which struck a pain in her heart.

Suddenly words seamed to flow so she strummed the guitar a few times, slowly it wasn't music the local punters would be used to it just wanted to flow from her like getting her emotions out all at once, feelings she had bottled up for so long. But all the while Chloe herself could seam to tear her eyes away from those eyes.

"I'm Standing on a Bridge, I'm Waiting' in the dark, I thought that you'd be here by now. There's nothing but the rain, no footsteps on the ground, I'm listening but there's no sound.

Isn't anyone trying' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home?

It's a damn old night, trying to figure out this life, won't you take me by the hand take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are but I. I'm with you."

Chloe found her eyes following the youths as he sat down in a spare seat at the back. He'd obviously just entered because he was rain sodden, but he didn't look the sort of boy that would come in a place like this, then again she wasn't the sort of person who looked like she'd want to work in a place like this.

"I'm looking for a place, searching for a face, is anybody here I know? 'Cause nothings going right, and everything's a mess, and no one likes to be alone.

Isn't anyone trying' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home?"

"It's a damn old night, trying to figure out this life, won't you take me by the hand take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are but I. I'm with you."

Her own words hammered subconscious messages to her, Why haven't you found me yet Syaoran? She raised the beat a little, just looking into those eyes made her feel safe and more confident. Her voice raised and became powerful,

"Why is everything so confusing? Maybe I'm just out of my mind. Yeah! Oh."

And just as it had become powerful became soft until the end of the line when she seamed to burst like her words suddenly went from greys to more vibrant colours.

!It's a damn old night, trying to figure out this life, won't you take me by the hand take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are but I. I'm with you. I'm with you!

Take me by the hand take me somewhere new. I don't know who you are but I. I'm with you. I'm with you!

Take me by the hand take me somewhere new. "

And then the climax of the song had ended and she became peaceful again.

"I don't know who you are but I. I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm with you."

She smiled in self-satisfaction and then realised she had stunned the whole bar into silence. She looked around her looking for a sign that they had liked it but the faces she met were just stunned.

She lowered her head felling she had failed until she hear the faintest of clapping from the back. Her head snapped up and the boy whos' eyes she hadn't been able to tear her own away from met once more. He was now standing clapping, and as if following his lead the rest of the bar began to clap too. Small smile broke out on her face and she felt a hand clap her on the shoulder. She spun to see Amber.

"You're a Hit Cherry" she said

"My names not-"

"It is now" Amber told her" Congratulations and Welcome aboard" Amber smiled. Suddenly things were looking up for Chloe.

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I Hold no Copy rights to the song Chloe sings (I'm not talented enough to write any for my fics but if you want to have a go you are welcome to send me some and I'll see if they will fit into the plot line, and if I like them a lot I'll MAKE them fit into the plot line).

The song is actually sung by Avril Lavigne and is called "I'm with you".

Thanks for reading more to come!





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