A fanfic by Kawaii Sakura-Chan
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Chapter Three
It was about a week later and Sakura and Michael were at a complete loss. They had no idea who it could possibly be. Both had made good friends and they were soon finding it hard to keep their 4-year-old "little secret". Their friends started to nag them to see if they could come over. But the answer was always the same.
"I'm sorry," they'd say, "but mom doesn't want anyone in the house while she's at work and she doesn't come home till 11."
But still they nagged.
"So what? We'll have fun and we'll be gone before she's home. We'll have loads of fun," their friends would say.
But they were persistent and Sakura and Michael were on a mission so they kept making more and more excuses.
"Who do you think it could be?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know. But luckily we've kept Toshio a secret," said Michael.
"Yes for that I am grateful. But for how long can we keep him a secret," said Sakura.
"I do not know," said Michael.
"The weekend is coming up and we only have one day off and that is Saturday. Today is Thursday so we can go out today when school is over," said Sakura.
"What's your last block?" asked Michael.
"Gym," said Sakura, "wait, after school I have cheerleading practice."
"Right," said Michael, "How about after cheerleading practice you meet me at the Java Café. I have a new friend that you'll absolutely love. He's really nice."
"I can't wait to meet him," said Sakura.
"Anyways, lunch ends soon so I'll see you later," said Michael.
"Bye," said Sakura walking to her locker.
"So you and your bro are really close?" said her friend Ashley walking beside her.
"Yeah we are," said Sakura smiling.
"Think you get me a date with him?" asked Ashley.
"Hoe?" said Sakura.
"Huh?" said Ashley.
"Oh right," said Sakura, "I can try."
"Thanks, you're real pal," said Ashley, "Anyways see you later in gym class. Bye!"
"Bye," said Sakura opening her locker. She grabbed her Math Applications textbook and her binder and quickly hurried off to her class.
=How boring is this?= thought Sakura 10 minutes before class ended.
The teachers had just talked their ear off about some subject or another and Sakura had been so deep in her own thoughts that she hadn't paid attention to a word of it. Not that she would have had to anyways seeing as she had already completed this grade.
Sakura yawned and looked across the room. She caught the eye of a certain guy with chestnut brown hair and fiery amber eyes. She quickly turned away and started to do her math homework.
However she could hardly stay awake. Toshio the night before had woken up crying with a high fever. Sakura had spent most of the night nursing him back to health and in turn got very little sleep herself.
She held her head with her hand and at the time wanted to fall asleep. Her brain couldn't function and all she saw in front of her was a jumble of numbers. She knew the answer and she wanted to write it down, but she was too tired.
=Hoe…= thought Sakura, =so tired.=
"Do you need some help?" Sakura heard a voice say.
She looked up and her emerald eyes locked with amber ones.
"Uh, sure," said Sakura, "I don't understand question number 11"
"Oh, that's simple, if you just flip those numbers then the rest will make sense," Syaoran said.
"Oh," said Sakura, "I understand it now. Thanks."
"Your welcome. Anything else I can help with?" asked Syaoran.
"Nope, I get it now! Thank you!" said Sakura cheerfully smiling.
"Alright then," he said smiling back.
*RING*
=What a nice guy= thought Sakura packing up her books.
Sakura walked down the hall once again deep in thought.
=Any of these people could be the enemy. Anyone of them could betray me in an instant and I haven't a clue which one it could be= thought Sakura opening her locker.
She placed her books in neatly and grabbed her gym bag and walked down the hall still in thought till a friend of hers brought her back to reality.
"ERICA!" yelled one of her friend, Sammy.
"Hey Sammy!" said Sakura.
"What are we doing in gym this week?" asked Sammy.
"I think the teachers said we're doing a softball unit," said Sakura.
"Oh fun!" said Sammy, "I love softball!"
"I've never played it before," said Sakura.
"Never?!" said Sammy.
"Nope," said Sakura.
"Wow," said Sammy.
"Is that strange?" asked Sakura.
"Well, I suppose it's not," said Sammy.
"We better get changed quickly," said Sakura.
"Right Erica! See you in class," said Sammy.
"See ya Sam!" said Sakura.
Sakura went into a stall and quickly changed into her P.E strip and met her friends out on the baseball field.
"Today," said Mrs. Tower, "We're starting softball. Can anyone tell me it is you grip the softball?"
"Along the seams!" someone called out.
"That's is correct," said Mrs. Tower, "We use the term "grip" to describe it. Now the next term that we'll go over is…"
Mrs. Tower went on for another 20 minutes describing the terms and then got them to throw the ball back and forth. Then they practiced batting for the rest of the period.
*RING*
Sakura stayed in her gym strip and went to wait patiently in the gym for Cheerleading practice to start.
"ERICA!" yelled her friend Allie, head of the cheerleading squad.
"Hey Allie!" Sakura yelled back.
"Have you got all the cheers down?"
"Yup, I do," said Sakura.
"That's good. So today's practice will be half an hour today," said Allie, "it'll start when most of the people are here."
"Alright!" said Sakura.
The practice went by quickly and they practiced their cheers and their sequence for the next game.
"So are you gonna come with us to see a movie?" asked Sammy who was changing in the stall next to her.
"What day is it?" asked Sakura wearily.
"Uh…" said Sammy, "Its Thursday I believe."
"Hmm…" said Sakura, "I can't."
"Why not?" asked Sammy.
"I'm supposed to meet my brother at the Java Café," said Sakura.
"Why do you always spend so much time with your brother?" asked Sammy.
"Because, we're very close. Our mom works a lot so we see rarely see her and we only see each other," said Sakura, "It's like we're all each other has."
"I see," said Sammy, "that's too bad."
"Yes, it is," said Sakura sighing.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow then," said Sammy coming out of her stall.
"See you!" said Sakura tying up her shoe.
She put her gym clothes back in her bag and walked down the now silent halls of Seagrove High.
She opened her locker and quickly put her books in her bag and then walked out of the doors and down the street. She looked around her. Everything was so different here. Where Sakura had lived before, there weren't very many trees and the ground was made of dirt not pavement. It was like living in a whole new world.
She walked down about a block and turned left. As she turned she could see he brother sitting outside at the Café just a few stores down.
"ERICA!" he called out.
"Hey Aaron!" she called back.
Sakura continued to walk at the same pace and came up to the table.
"How was cheerleading practice?" asked Michael.
"It was good. So where is this new friend of yours that I'll absolutely love?" asked Sakura.
"Behind you," said Michael.
Sakura turned around quickly.
"You!" said Sakura.
"Well, Hello again," said Syaoran.
"You're the guy who helped me in math today," said Sakura.
"That I am," said Syaoran.
"You've already met?" said Michael.
"He's in my math class," said Sakura.
"So you already know his name, right?" said Michael.
"Uh…" said Sakura blushing slightly, "I never bothered to ask."
Michael hung his head.
=Such a cutie, but so clueless= he thought.
"Erica, this is my friend Christopher, but call him Chris," said Michael.
"Pleasure to meet you Chris," said Sakura holding her hand.
"The pleasure is mine," said Syaoran kissing her hand.
Sakura giggled.
"How about we go to your house?" said Syaoran.
"Uh, my mom's not home right now and we don't have to be home till 10:30pm," said Michael.
"I see," said Syaoran, "why don't we go there in like a hour and have dinner and then go out."
"We're not allowed anyone in," said Sakura.
"Fine, then," said Syaoran.
=What have theses two to hide? Maybe they're the ones I'm looking for= thought Syaoran.
"Good," said Sakura.
"It's just a bit suspicious that all," said Syaoran.
"Suspicious?" said Sakura swallowing hard.
"Yes, it's like your trying to hide something," said Syaoran.
"Why would we do that?" said Michael, "what have we got to hide?"
"I don't know, but it just sounds like you're hiding something," said Syaoran.
"Nothing to hide," said Sakura, "Anyways, what are we going to do now?"
"I don't know," said Michael.
"I have homework to do," said Sakura.
"Me too, but we can do it later," said Michael.
"You guys should have a pool party at your house," said Syaoran.
=This could be my chance to get to know some of the people one on one=he thought.
"I told you, our mom's not home," said Michael.
"And she won't be home till like 10:30," said Sakura.
"What better time then to have a party," said Syaoran.
=He's getting suspicious, like our other friends= thought Sakura.
"Maybe we should," said Sakura.
"What?" said Michael.
"Well, he's right. Mom won't be home till 10:30 and as long as we have them out by then, we'll be alright," said Sakura.
"Then it's settled?" said Syaoran.
"Yes! Tell everyone to come over tonight. Tell anyone from out school in our grade that you know, Tell them to be there at 7:00pm" said Sakura.
"Alright then," said Syaoran, "this'll be great!"
=Maybe they're not so suspicious after all= said Syaoran walking away.
"What do you think your doing?!" asked Michael frantically.
"They're getting suspicious," said Sakura, "this way we'll have a party, show them we have nothing to hide and divert suspicion."
"Good idea," said Michael.
"We better go to the store and get stuff," said Sakura.
Hours later the two were back frantically getting everything ready. They had bought tons of stuff. Cd's, food, the works.
"This is a bad idea," said Michael.
"Just act normal," said Sakura, "don't worry, don't panic and just keep your head."
"You know he wouldn't like this," said Michael.
"Do you see Sergeant Roshner here?" said Sakura, "No, he gave us a lot of responsibility and he trusts us to do this assignment. There fore we will do it our way."
"That didn't sound like you at all," said Michael.
"I'm sorry," said Sakura, "this is all so stressful. I want to go home."
"I do too, but unless we find who we're looking for, then we have no choice but to stay," said Michael.
Sakura sighed, "I know."
Soon it was 7:00pm and everyone was there. Everyone was having loads of fun and they were happy. Finally they were able to see the Collin's resistance. They couldn't figure out why they wouldn't let them over.
"This is a great party," said Allie.
"You guys have a great place," said some dude they didn't know.
"It's so cool you have your own pool," said some cheerleader Sakura didn't know very well.
"I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves," said Sakura smiling.
"I have to admit," said Michael, "this wasn't such a bad idea."
"See," said Sakura, "No problems, no worries and everything is going well."
Suddenly the music stopped and everyone was looking towards the door.
=Uh oh= thought Sakura.
"Who's that?" said someone.
Sakura and Michael pushed politely through the crowd to see what everyone was looking at.
"Uh oh," said Sakura.
There standing was Kaho and Toshio.
"The party is over," said Kaho.
"Who's the kid?" asked someone.
"He looks kinda like Erica," said someone else.
"I wanna know who he is! He's so adorable," said someone.
"So Erica," said Allie, "who is he? Is that your little brother? You never mentioned that you had one."
"It's umm…you see," said Sakura stuttering.
"You had better tell them Erica," said Kaho sternly, "you tell them right now."
"It's my…son," said Sakura staring at the ground.
"WHAT?!" said almost everyone in the room.
"He's three years old," said Sakura continuing to stare at the ground, "and his name is Josh."
"Now everyone it's time you left," said Kaho sternly.
Everyone quickly started to file out of there. Some looked concerned, some looked disgusted and some couldn't even look her in the eye. Sakura's eyes welled with tears.
"Mommy," said Toshio, "Don't cry."
Sakura tried to wipe the tears, but they kept coming.
"I'm sorry honey," said Sakura, "but I can't."
Soon everyone had left and the house was a mess.
"Both of you had better clean this up and then we are going to have a long talk," said Kaho.
Sakura and Michael nodded and looked down at the ground.
"We're sorry," said Sakura.
"We'll talk later," said Kaho.
Sakura and Michael quickly got to work on cleaning up the house. The spent the rest of the night and part of the early morning cleaning the whole house from top to bottom.
"We're finished," said Sakura and Michael looking exhausted.
"I hope you've learned your lesson," said Kaho.
"We have," said Sakura.
"Can we go to bed now?" asked Michael.
"No," said Kaho, "we need to have a talk now."
Sakura and Michael sat down on the couch.
"As both of you know now. Everyone is going to know that Toshio, who's name is Josh now, is your son Sakura," said Kaho, "what are we to do about that?"
"I don't know," said Sakura.
"You had better figure out something though," said Kaho, "because it's going to be around the whole school in no time and it's going to effect your life."
"By how much?" asked Sakura
"By a lot," said Kaho, "Anyways you two go to bed now and think this over and in the morning we'll see what happens."
Sakura and Michael went to bed quietly.
Sakura lay awake for many hours thinking
=It can't be that different can it? I mean, my friends are my friends' right? Surely, they'll stick by me= thought Sakura.
These thoughts swarmed in Sakura's head as she finally fell asleep.
Author's Note: Sorry for such a long wait. It's the summer now! So I'll have lots of time to write and everything! Yay! I'll try to have updates more often. Which will mean shorter chapters cause I'm still busy and I'm looking @ summer school maybe. Anyways please review!!!!
Kawaii Sakura-Chan