Too Late

By ms. evil

*Last Day*

"Don't leave us!" Chiharu whined as we drove to the airport.

"Who knows when you'll come back next!" Naoko added.

"It could be years," Rika said.

"Tomoyo, are you really going to leave us?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know you guys. I just don't know," I whispered. Things were getting confusing. Here I was sitting in my car with all my friends and my manager, or in other words I've reached a fork in the road and I don't have a map.

The driver stopped at the front gate and we all stepped out, Kyomi carrying my bags. We walked farther into the airport until we got to the gate of the flight.

"Come on you guys cheer up," I said as we walked in.

"So I'm guessing you really are leaving us," Li said, I'm guessing he's mad again.

"There's still a half hour until the flight leaves, so we still have plenty of time," I said trying to lighten up their moods. It had no effect.

"A half hour is nothing compared to a few years!" Sakura countered.

"Stop making this so hard!" I shouted at them. I looked at Eriol, "So what do you think?" I asked.

He just stared at me, "Well, what should I do?" I asked again.

"Tomoyo please stay," was his answer.

"Tomoyo, lets go," Erika, said.

"No we still have fifteen minutes!" I shouted at her.

I looked at my friends, most of them were crying. Syaoran stood there with his usual icy glare. Eriol looked at me with such pain. And Sakura, I can't begin to describe how Sakura looked.

She looked so broken down. As if I leave her whole world would fall apart and there would be nothing else to live for. But that is about the best I can do.

I stood between my friends and Erika; I was still at the fork, still lost. What should I do? I slumped into on of the airport chairs and held my head in between my fingers tears rolled down my cheeks. I was being torn apart by this decision things just got even more confusing then before.

"Really Tomoyo, are you going to quit being a star for a life that might break you down again?" Erika asked tapping her foot.

"Tomoyo, you can't leave us, it was so lonely without you!" Sakura said. I cried even more.

"What will we do without you?" Naoko asked.

"Are you going to abandon us again?" Syaoran said.

"Please I love you, we love you," I heard Eriol say.

"Stop it!" Erika shouted.

"Why should we," Chiharu fired back.

"You guys broke her heart and you might as well do it again," Erika said.

"That was two years ago! We've changed! And Tomoyo knows that!" Rika said.

"Do you really want to break her heart again? If it wasn't for the life I gave her she would've probably committed suicide," shouted Erika.

"You shouldn't judge her like that!" Sakura said, "What would you know?"

"Because I gave her a good life, one that she was happy in!"

Their arguments faded away as my mind thought harder. Erika was right; they had been cruel until I came back. But then again it was only harsh in those few years, and now they've changed, or have they?

How do I know that they are loyal? I am a star after all, what if they're trying to take advantage of me after I had become loyal. I would just be a pathetic old fool, just like I always was.

But then again my life had been so complicated those two years that I hardly had any time for friends, and it was lonely. My only comfort was the letters and calls my friends had given me. Until I got so busy there was no time left for contact, and that's when we grew apart.

There were good arguments for both sides, what could I do. What was the right thing? Who would be the most loyal? I cried even more as the arguments were once again heard.

"You are the one that took her away from us!" Rika shouted.

"And you are the ones that caused her to leave in the first place!"

"Flight 20486 is now boarding," the loudspeakers said.

"This is it Tomoyo, you decide now," Syaoran said.

I stood up tears still flowing, I gazed into the eyes of all my friends then I looked at Erika. Things were still unclear. Who should I trust?

"Choose now," Syaoran repeated.

What would fate have in store for me?

"Please Tomoyo, please stay with us," Chiharu pleaded.

Which life was more important?

"Lets go," Erika ordered.

Oh my god! What did I do to deserve this!

"Last call for flight 20486," the loudspeaker said.

"CHOOSE NOW!" Syaoran yelled.

"I looked at them all, confidence in my eyes.

"I have decided, even if things are still unclear," I said.

"Well say it already," Naoko said.

I took a few more glances at my friends pleading me to stay with them. Then I looked at Erika and I knew that I would be even richer and more popular if I went with her.

"I have decided," I started.

Everyone looked at me.

"I have decided to stay with. . ."

A/N: Okay I am still pretty unsure about what should happen next, so I'm stopping it here! That and because I 'm sick and twisted. Just kidding, happy reviewing!