"You'll ruin your shoes if you're going to walk all the way home" Cori said, following Anica in her car.

"Cori, what do you want?" Anica said, tears still falling down from her eyes.

"Anica, get in the car, please"

"Why?"

"I want to talk to you about something"

"After what you did to me, you expect me to follow you?"

"Anica, please!"

"Okay!"

"What do you want?" Anica asked when she stepped in the car.

"I want to ask for an apology"

"About what? For leaving me?"

"What else!?"

"Forgiven!"

"But I want to tell you that the reason why I left you is not because you're sick but because you talked to Rukawa all by yourself, you didn't keep your promise!"

"That's all?" Anica asked, laughing.

"Yeah! I'm sorry about Sendoh"

"How'd you know?"

"I was eavesdropping, Sorry"

"Well, it's also obvious, I'm walking away, crying"

"Sendoh's not going to leave you, I promise!"

"How can you be so sure?"

"He's not the type of guy to leave the girl of his dreams"

"Am I the girl of his dreams?"

"Obviously!"

"Cori, you always make me smile!"

"Hey, what are best friends for?"

[laughs] "So, can you drop me home?"

"Sure thing! But before I do, how many days do you have left?"

"I talked to the doctor yesterday" Anica said. "He told me, one of these days"

@--,--___--,--@

How can she have Leukemia?, Sendoh asked himself, as he sat on their table. Why of all people, her? This is so unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Sendoh?" Miyagi asked, looking at Sendoh. "Your face looks so.. I don't know.. Shocked?"

"Miyagi, let's go outside for awhile" Sendoh said.

"Okay.." Miyagi said, looking confused.

"Miyagi, what if I tell you that Ayako has Leukemia and she's dying, of course, what will you do?" Sendoh asked Miyagi, as they got out.

"What are you saying? Is that true?" Miyagi asked, shocked.

"No!! This is just a question!" Sendoh said.

"Oh, well, I don't know, that's hard" Miyagi answered. "Why are you asking that?"

"Can you keep a secret?" Sendoh asked.

"Yeah!"

"Anica has Leukemia, I don't think she'll live long enough anymore" Sendoh said, on the verge of tears.

After saying the shocking news to Miyagi, Sendoh ran home.

Anica's right, Sendoh thought. This will really be the night I won't forget.

@--,--___--,--@

"So, how's the ball?" Mrs. Kurama asked Anica, as she entered the house.

"I told Sendoh the truth" Anica said, in a sad tone.

"What did he do?" Her mom asked, worried.

"I ran after telling him, I didn't see him anymore. I didn't see his expression."

"But did he run after you?"

"No"

"How'd you get home?"

"Cori got me home"

"Cori? Cori the traitor?"

"Yeah! but she changed already"

They were silent for awhile then Anica spoke up: "I'll sleep now, Good Night Ma!"

"Good Night Anica!"

@--,--___--,--@

"Anica told Sendoh" Mrs. Kurama told her husband, when she got to bed.

"What happened?" Mr. Kurama asked.

"I don't know!"

"I told you this will be a sad ending, but somehow, I think this *Sendoh* guy is for real!"

"I don't know.. Does he look devoted?"

"I think" he said, turning off the lights.

@--,--___--,--@

Why of all people, her? Sendoh asked himself as he was running home. Why do these kind of things happen to me? Only me? She's the only girl that I've loved!!!!!!!! Except for my mom. [laughs]

"Hey, how was the ball?" his mom asked when he got home.

Sendoh didn't answer, he only ran to his room.

"What the hell happened to him?" his dad asked.

"Maybe being dumped"

@--,--___--,--@

The following day, Sendoh woke up at 7 and went to the Basketball court.

She's not here, Sendoh said to himself when he got to the court and saw that Anica wasn't there.

Sendoh started practicing and after a few seconds, he heard footsteps behind him.

"Can I join you?"

Sendoh turned around to see Cori, standing there, with a ball.

"What are you doing here?" Sendoh asked.

"Everytime I try to talk to you, it's as if you don't want to talk to me" Cori said. "Why are you doing this to me?"

"It's not *as if*, it's true!"

"And why?"

"Because of what you did to Anica"

[laughs] "Look who's talking"

"What do you mean by that?"

"What happened to your love for Anica, yesterday at the ball?"

"How'd you know about that?"

"I drove her home yesterday"

"You?"

"Hey, what are best friends for?"

"So, you're friends again?"

"We always were!" Cori said, starting to dribble the ball with difficulty. "She thought I left her because she's sick, but no, because she became the traitor first"

"Yah, I know that story!"

"So, I came here to tell you that, if you really love Anica, make the last of her days, the greatest"

"Will she really die, already?"

"Her doctor said, *one of these days*"

"Sh*t!!! Do you have an idea what to do?"

"Well, last 2 years, she told me the sweetest thing a guy can do, is to give him a CD with all her favorite songs and sacrifice his most valuable possession for her"

"Do you know her favorite songs?"

"Yeah, I memorized them, I'll just email it to you"

"Okay, thanks!"

"Not a problem, it's for my best friend"

"Cori, I'm sorry for all the bad things I've done to you"

"Don't be, it's alright, I know I'm a bitch"

"Hey, don't say that!"

"So, you think I'm not?"

"Hey, bitchy attitude is right for you! So keep it up!!" Sendoh said, walking away.

"So, you're saying that I am a bitch!!"

"But that's okay with you, right?"

"Perfect!"

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`~* A lame chappy again? .. I'm not in the mood to make fics nowadays.. but I'll finish this and make another one.. =).. Does anyone know what's a xientian.. Or the meaning of it??.. Thanks!!!.. Please review!!*~'