Thank you to the people who reviewed it! Um, I changed my mind. This is a fairly short chapter compared to the others. This isn't the ending! I'm sorry, but I decided to put the ending in Part 4, because of the length. This is just about 2000 words or something. Sorry Mini Sweety, that's it a little short from before, but bear with it, k? The last one is coming soon! I promise!! ^-^
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Summary: Two best friends, Syaoran and Sakura, are in college, and they're faced with a lot of problems throughout their time there. This story focuses mostly on their 3rd college year and on. They're already in love with each other, but haven't really reached that point of falling in love where you're ready to love one another the rest of your life. Here's the 3rd part.
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"_____" : Basic talking
'_____' : Basic thoughts
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Last scene:
I was having a really great dream, but I felt someone watching me. I got kind of self-conscious unconsciously, which was pretty ironic, and I woke myself up. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Syaoran leaning on the inside of the door.
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PART 3 – FRIENDS FOR ETERNITY
I gave a little smile. "I'm not mad anymore."
"Good." He grinned. "I was just…uh, waiting…for you to wake up."
"Oh really?" Now I sat down on the bed, looking back at him.
"Yeah, really." He said, giving that innocent look of his. It could fool anybody, but me.
"Yeah, sure." I answered back, standing up and heading to the bathroom.
I washed my face, peed, and then came out. He was waiting. "I'm really sorry." He apologized.
"It's ok. I'm over it." I smiled. "That dream just changed everything!"
"What was the dream?"
"Um, it included you…" I blushed slightly.
"Yeah, and?"
"I think…I'll keep it to myself, if that's all right."
"Come on Sakura, tell me!" He said, walking over to me.
"I don't want to." I whined.
He laughed. "Just say it, Avalon."
"We went to a dance together!" I blurted, looking at him. "Ok?? It was a good dream!"
"Dance?" He asked huskily, that flirty way of his.
"Don't be getting all flirty with me! It was a dream, get over it." I told him.
"You get over it. You're the one changing your mind about not getting mad at me cause in your dream I asked you out!"
I stared at him, a little surprised, but I blushed too. "Ah…good point! But just don't flirt with me! I'm your best friend! You ought to know I know you better than anyone here!"
"I know, sorry best." He hugged me tightly. "Won't happen again, I just got a little overboard. Nothing serious."
"It was a dream…" I sighed wistfully. "That doesn't mean I want it to happen! I just meant it was a dream, ok??" I had to make sure he understood.
"I understand, Sakura, geez…" He replied. "It's getting dark, but you just got your sleep, so hang out with me. Let's go walk around the dorm."
"Why?" I whined again. "I'm still tired. I need to get my sleep."
"No, come on. We can talk the whole time." He persuaded.
He knew I liked talking to him about personal stuff whenever possible. "Ok!!" I grinned. "Let's go!"
"All right." He took my hand and held it as he led me down the stairs to the lobby of the university.
When we got to the lobby, we saw a few people just reading and chatting quietly. "Gosh, what are we going to do?" I asked, tugging at Syaoran's hand. He caught my hand and held it in his. I was a little surprised, but happy nonetheless.
"Let's just walk around the rooms and then we'll go to the elevator. Sound good to you?"
"Sure." I nodded.
We continued to walk around. "So tell me about your dream." He glanced at me and grinned.
"I don't want to!" I replied.
"Come on. Just go ahead and say it. I know you want to." He tried to get it out of me.
Well, I did want to say it all. It was super good…"Ok fine!" I smiled a little.
"It was during high school I guess…I don't understand why though." I started. "Anyway, it was dark that night and the sky was so beautiful with lots and lots of stars. I was getting dressed up and I wore this black dress with small green and blue shimmering stars. I was all ready and waited in the living room for…well…you." He grinned. "A few minutes later, the doorbell rang, so I went over and opened it. You were there wearing a tuxedo with a cut rose on your breast pocket. You looked so handsome and so relaxed. You gave me a white and red rose and I smelled it. You gave me a small kiss on the cheek, cos you knew my dad was watching from the kitchen. You waved and we left to the black sports car."
"Nice." He commented.
"Let me finish." I laughed quietly. "As I was saying, we left and you drove to the school. When we got there, the gym was so beautiful. The place was all blue and black with a great DJ and lots and lots of tables everywhere. We talked to a bunch of our friends and hung out for the first few minutes. When the slow song came on, you brought me to the centre of the floor and held me tightly. After that, it was a very upbeat song, so you held my hands and started dancing around with me. It was a lot of fun, I could just feel it."
"That's some dream."
Sigh. "I know." I glanced at him. "It would have been so cool if I actually went to a dance like that in high school…I mean the guy didn't have to be you or anything, it's just you know, a really fun dance with a really great guy."
"You didn't go to a dance in your old school?" He asked surprised.
"Um, no…just my prom and that pretty much sucked." I explained. "God, the guys in my school were such freaks it was horrible. There was only one guy I really had a huge crush on in high school. He was this American guy, and he was really good-looking. He liked me a lot too, but we never really said anything to each other till Grade 12. He asked me out to Prom night and we went together. We had a couple dances, but we found out in between that time that we really didn't know much about each other as much as we thought, and we ended up not liking each other at all. He brought me home when the prom ended, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and just apologized for the whole evening. I guess I always thought that I wanted to be his girlfriend so badly and when I did become his girlfriend, I didn't like it. He wasn't the one for me. I wasn't the one for him." Syaoran was really quiet. "Say something, Syaoran." I tugged at his shirt.
"Wow, Sakura, I had no idea." He said silently.
I gave a small smile. "It's not your fault. I never told you." I said, tightly holding at his arm. "So what now?"
"You have this really great dream that sounds like reality, but I find out that that never happened to you when you were a teenager." He said, looking at my eyes.
"Well, yeah…you thought I was having a dream about the past, but I switched the guy?" I asked.
"Yeah…"
"Syaoran! How could you not believe me?"
"Because your dream sounded so real, Sakura, like you were having a flashback or something."
"Oh…" I whispered. "Can I hear about your prom night?"
"Uh, no thanks." He gave a small laugh. "You'll feel bad."
"No I won't! It's the past remember? Come on, tell me Syaoran." I pleaded.
"Fine, fine." He said.
We were just slowly walking around the rooms. "A few days before prom night, I asked this girl to the dance and she said yes. So she told me her phone number and address and all that stuff, so on prom night I got dressed up and put on this black tuxedo. I wasn't really excited with the dance, but honestly I couldn't wait to see all the girls."
"Typically." I commented.
"Hey!" He protested, but continued. "Anyway, so I picked her up and looked her over. She wore a red dress up to her knees and she had a thin jacket on. You'd think she knew to at least bring a jacket, 'cause it was pretty cold out, right? I found out she wanted me to give up my jacket and put it around her when she got cold. Man, she was a bi—"
"Uh-uh Syaoran!" I said before he could go on saying it.
"Oh yeah, sorry." He apologized. "Yeah, ok, so when we got to the dance, the gym was all decorated and people were dancing. I saw my friends and started walking to them but she pulled me and I had to dance with her. It was fun I guess. When we finally sat down, my buddies and I walked around the gym looking at all the girls and stuff. We went out of the gym and just walked around the campus. We didn't like dances much, but we had fun. We took off our bowties and laughed and joked around. When we got back, the 'Couple's dance' was on and she pulled me to the floor. I pulled her close to me and we danced together. I didn't feel that kind of feeling you get when you're holding someone you really love and so I pulled away and apologized to her. I told her I didn't feel good and I wanted to leave. I don't know what got over me, but I just wanted to leave the dance."
I was quiet the whole time, but I got jealous when he mentioned holding her. I shook my head and just listened to him go on. "So my prom was pretty fun compared to yours, sorry about that."
"No big deal." I said.
"If you were in my school, I bet you'd be the most beautiful girl there." He commented.
"Aw, you're going to flirting mode." I blushed.
"No I'm not. I know when I go there. Whenever I'm with you, Sakura, I tell the truth. I'm not flirting." He said to me.
"I don't know…" I teased. "Well, if I was in your school, would you have asked me to the dance?" I wanted to know.
"Oh yeah definitely. I think if you were in my school, we'd have been best friends since Grade 8."
"Oh wow…" I giggled. "I wish I met you sooner." I replied. "Then maybe I could have helped with your dating many girls. Maybe if I was there, you would only have dated 5 or 10 of them."
"If you were there, I don't think I'd have dated anybody…"
"Why?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know…" He mumbled and looked at me. "It's weird."
"I know."
We got to the elevator. He pressed the button. The elevator was probably at the top of the building, so we waited a little while. "What'd you wear to your prom?" He asked after a few seconds.
"Does it even matter?" I asked wearily.
"Yeah." He smiled.
"Mm, I think…I wore an emerald green dress up to my ankles and black high-heel sandals. My dress had sparkles around it, and my hair was down with half a ponytail. I don't wear any make up, but I put on a bit of lip-gloss. I was already pink anyway, so I didn't need any blush." I giggled.
He was looking at me the whole time, focussing on my face. I smiled at him. "Yes, Syaoran?"
"I'm just imagining you with it." He mentioned. I had nothing to say.
We decided to just go back to our dorms. I kept yawning that he couldn't take seeing my watery eyes anymore. He also mentioned that I looked like I was crying the whole time. We stopped in front of my room. He held onto my hands. "Goodnight, Sakura."
"Goodnight, Syaoran." I smiled. "Sleep tight!"
"Hey, since you dreamed about me before, I'm gonna dream about you tonight." He commented.
"Syaoran, don't. Dream something or someone else! I'm not worth it!" I told him and leaped to him and kissed his cheek. "Night Li." I murmured and turned the knob when he moved closer to me and turned me around to face him.
"Why do you keep putting yourself down and never listen to me?" He asked me. "When I tell you you're special, you don't believe it. When I tell you that you have great eyes, you don't believe me."
"Because it's not true! It really isn't!" I told him. "I'm nothing special and I'm not worth a dream."
"That's not for you to judge Sakura. I bet Julian's dreaming of you right now and it's not your right to say you shouldn't be in a dream. You can't control others' dreams."
"I know I can't judge that…but it's just that, I don't believe I'm worth it. If I don't believe it, then if someone else says it, I can't believe it."
"Then you have to believe you're worth it. To me you're worth it all…"
"I'll believe you then." I murmured. He leaned down and kissed me slowly and softly. We parted and he smiled.
"Night babe."
"Goodnight."
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Yay! I'm done Part 3! I hope you liked it! Now I promise that the Part 4 is the ending…but just to give you a hint, Part 4 starts 2 months later from what's happening now. All right, please review! Bye!