Author's Note: Here's chap. 3. Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, just the characters Amy and Conner who I made up.
Change of Hearts
Chapter 3: We need to talk
Syaoran pushed the door open and slammed it shut, rushing out. He waved to Amy and she put down her book and waved back.
"Hey," Syaoran greeted her when he caught up to her.
"Hey, what's up?" Amy replied walking over to a bench.
Syaoran walked beside her and leaned against a wall, "Nothin' much, but I thought talking to you might be nice for a while," he told her.
"Oh, thanks," Amy said putting her book in her bag and zipping it up.
"So, what do you think about Sakura so far?" Syaoran decided to ask her.
Amy grinned and tucked her straight hair behind her ear, "She's great. I think she's a really nice person. We already found some things about each other that we have in common," Amy said.
Syaoran grinned back, "That's good. Sakura's always been a great friend and girlfriend to me," he added staring at his keys.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomoyo's House ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Ding Dong* The door bell rang throughout the mansion.
Tomoyo put down the remote control and turned around. Must be Sakura, she thought and looked out the window. She pushed away the lavender windows and looked toward the gates.
Sakura looked up at the tall steel gates in front of her.
"Who is speaking?" a voice asked from the intercom next to the doorbell on the gate.
Sakura pressed the intercom button and responded, "This is Sakura, I'm here to see Tomoyo,"
"Oh, come in," the voice told Sakura.
The gates opened automatically, and Sakura stepped inside. She walked on the stone pathway and past the garden with trees plants flowers and fountains. She was greeted by the door by a woman with her hair tied back in a tight bun, and was wearing a black ruffled dress with a frilly white apron.
"Right this way," the maid told Sakura and lead her up to the second floor and stopped in front of a doorway at the end of the hall. "Here," she said to her and turned the door knob.
Sakura nodded a thank you and walked inside.
"Hi Sakura, you're finally here," Tomoyo greeted her best friend.
Sakura nodded, "Sorry, I was thinking about some stuff and I forgot to come earlier," she explained.
Tomoyo nodded and went over to her desk and picked up an outfit, "Here, I know you are probably going to go on another date with Syaoran soon, and I have to get back into the habit of making outfits for you so." she trailed off.
"Yeah, I get the point, should I try it on?" Sakura asked, not surprised at her best friend's actions.
Tomoyo nodded and pointed to the bathroom.
Sakura picked up the outfit and went to go change. When she came back Tomoyo had her camcorder out.
"Yay! You look SO kawaii!" Tomoyo gushed and turned on her camera. "This is Tomoyo, and after three long years I am back into the hobby of designing Sakura's clothing. Here is the latest outfit and Sakura will be wearing this next time she goes out with Syaoran,"
Sakura sweatdroppped and scratched her head, "You don't have to get so excited you know?" she told her.
Tomoyo placed her camcorder back on a shelf and picked up a comb, "Yeah, I know, but this is to good to miss! You're my best friend, I've got to make sure you always look great! Hohoho, this looks great on you," she told Sakura and examined her.
Sakura went over to the long full length mirror to see if Tomoyo was right. Her reflection wore a pink no-sleeved shirt with a light over sweater that was see through, and a dark green shade. The sleeves on the sweater were ruffled. She wore a denim skirt that reached her ankles, and had stitched openings tied in a bow at the bottom. Sakura grinned.
"Thanks Tomoyo!" she told her twirling around.
Tomoyo picked up the remote control again and flipped on the TV. "This is the tape from when you came back and we had that surprise party," she explained.
A date and time was shown at the bottom of the screen, and the door to Sakura's house was opening.
Sakura sat down on the rug in front of the screen to watch it, "Yay!"
As the two friends watched the tape, Tomoyo thought a lot about that day, gee, is is just me, or did Sakura seem kind of strange? A little to excited and hyper.nah, it's probably just because she just came back, she shook it off and continued to watch the TV that was currently showing Sakura opening a present from Yamazaki: a pop-up jack in the box.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Park ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two figures sat on a bench by the outside of the playground.
Syaoran looked at his watch: 4:03. "Thanks, for talking with me Amy. I guess I just needed someone to talk to for a while," he told Amy.
Amy grinned and stood up, "That's okay. You're probably still kind of excited since Sakura just came back two days ago," she told Syaoran.
Syaoran nodded and got up too. The two walked across the street and waved good bye when they reached Syaoran's house.
As he shrugged his jacket off Syaoran thought about his talk with Amy. She's a pretty good friend. After Sakura left she became a friend to our group, and talking to her really did make me feel better. Actually, she reminds me a lot like Sakura, he realized. Then he went to the kitchen to start making the rice for dinner.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next day after School ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Is this where the cheerleading squad meets?" Sakura tapped the shoulder of a girl who was lined up with a bunch of other girls.
The girl turned around to respond, "Yup, we're starting soon," the girl told Sakura. She had straight black hair that went up to her shoulders.
Sakura beamed, "Hey, I didn't know you were a cheerleader Amy," she said recognizing who the girl was.
Amy grinned, "Oh, hi Sakura. You're talking cheerleading this year too? This is going to be fun," she said.
Sakura grinned, "Yup,"
A woman with long brown hair tied up in a tight pony-tail turned towards the group of girls and blew her whistle slightly, "Okay girls, this is the cheerleading club, and today we are going to do try outs for the team, so please make a line in front of me," the coach told everyone and pointed to the ground in front of her.
All the girls looked up and started to make a line.
"Okay, lets see. first up is." the coach said, and looked over her clipboard to the girl in front to her.
"Regina," the girl told the coach and stepped up to the matt.
The coach had the girl do a couple of back and front flips in a row, and do a split, then a cartwheel, and then make up a cheer for the school. After that the next person went, then the next, and finally there was only Amy and Sakura left.
"Okay, Amy, you're up," the coach said and got ready to take notes.
Amy walked up to the matt and did the same routine as everyone else. She seemed to glide through the air, and the coach looked impressed.
After that Sakura went. She did just as well, if not better. The coach once again looked impressed.
After that the coach looked over her notes for a few minutes, and then decided on who was in. "Okay, the team leader will be Sakura Kinomoto, and the assistant leader will be Amy. The following students made the team," she read off, and said a long list of names.
Sakura grinned, "Congratulations," she told Amy and held out her hand.
"Yep, same to you," she agreed and held her hand out also. They shook hands.
The rest of the class everyone twirled their batons, and got their pom poms. As they finished up and went to the water fountain to get a drink Sakura looked through the metal fence, "Hey look, it's the soccer team. Go Syaoran!" she cheered and waved her pom pom in one hand and waved with the other.
Amy whipped her mouth with the back of her hand and stood next to Sakura, "Okay, your turn," she told Sakura and gestured to the fountain.
Sakura nodded and took her drink.
After she finished drinking her water Amy headed back to the locker room to change. Sakura waved and headed towards the soccer field to meet up with Syaoran. She sat down on the edge of the field and plucked grass out as she waited for him to finish up.
After a minute Syaoran left the group of team members and joined her, "So, how was cheerleading?" he asked whipping a bead of sweat off of his forehead.
"Great! I'm the captain of the team," she told him. She crossed her legs and faced him, "So, we're going to the seafood restaurant tonight?"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah, so what time should I pick you up?"
"How about 6:45?" Sakura suggested.
"Sure," Syaoran agreed and stood up. "Hey, I'll meet you later. I got to go back to the locker room," he explained and left.
Sakura got up and also headed to her locker room. Inside she found her locker in the back row, and was greeted by Amy.
"Oh, you're still here," Sakura stated surprised that she was still next to her closed lock.
"Yup, I can't get my locker open," Amy explained gesturing to the closed lock.
Sakura looked closer at it, "Hey, can I give it a shot?"
Amy nodded, "Sure, but I'm gonna go call Conner and tell him that I'll be a little late when we meet at the park,"
Sakura nodded and waited for Amy to leave the row. Quickly Sakura pulled a pink and golden card out of her pocket (I dunno where she has a pocket in her cheerleading outfit though) and whispered to it, "Lock card, bust this lock open,"
The card shined and suddenly the lock fell open. The locker creaked open and Sakura couldn't help look over the contents. A pink sweater, an A- teens CD, a fictional book and some other stuff, she's got good taste. I'm glad Syaoran met her. She's a great friend, Sakura thought to herself. She waited for Amy to come back. While she waited she changed and when she was done Amy came back.
"Oh, you got my lock open. Thanks a lot," Amy told Sakura grinning.
Sakura slung her backpack over her shoulder, "No problem," she said and waved good bye as she left the room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6:45 at Sakura's House ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Ding Dong*
Sakura looked out of her bedroom window to see who it was, "Hey Toya, could you get that for me," she shouted down to her brother in the living room.
Toya grumbled, "Fine,"
Sakura looked in her mirror and finished combing her auburn hair. She grabbed two hair scrunchies and tied part of her hair up. Finally she opened her draw and selected a hair clip with a design of a cherry blossom on it. Around it was green leafs, and ribbons leading out of it. On the ends of the ribbons were sparkly beads. She clipped it into her hair and rushed downstairs.
Syaoran waited patiently outside the doorstep to Sakura's house. Suddenly the door opened, revealing the mean face of Sakura's brother Toya.
Toya smirked, "Oh look, it's the gaki,"
Syaoran scowled and crossed his arms, "Is Sakura coming?"
"Yeah, she'll be down soon," Toya answered plainly.
The two glared at each other in silence for a few minutes. Then Sakura came downstairs wearing the outfit that Tomoyo made. Syaoran grinned noticing how pretty she looked.
"Toya, you didn't even invite Syaoran inside!" Sakura said to Toya and grabbed her jacket. "Sorry 'bout that Syaoran. So we should get going," Sakura closed the door with Toya still inside and hooked arms with Syaoran as they headed to his car.
Syaoran pulled out a flower and presented it to Sakura, "For you,"
Sakura squealed and jumped on Syaoran to hug him, "Aww, you're such a cutie!" she told him trying to be perky.
Syaoran opened the door for Sakura and as he walked to his side of the car he shrugged. She's acting strange. That's for sure, he muttered under his breath and got into the car.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Restaurant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they arrived at the restaurant most of the tables were taken already. Luckily Syaoran had made reservations earlier, and a waiter escorted them to their seats. They sat down and started to look over the menu. After they made up their mind and ordered the food they talked more about what had happened over the last three years.
"You know, I think that pink is kinda boring," Sakura faked dully trying to start a conversation.
Syaoran raised his eyebrow, huh? Sakura always loved pink. And why is she talking about such boring things? He thought, "Err.oh. Well, I also forgot to tell you that they're going to plant a garden for the school. Amy put it together," Syaoran added, changing the subject.
Sakura gasped, "She did? That's sooo nice of her. Well, she is a great friend," Sakura said digging into her purse.
Syaoran nodded. After a while the food came and they made room for it.
Sakura rubbed her hands together and wondered where to start. She chose the pork shoulder. As she scooped some into her plate suddenly she gasped, "Oh my gosh!"
Syaoran dropped his fork and leaned forward, "Huh? What?"
Sakura held up her index finger, "I broke my nail! So much for being perfect," Sakura sighed.
Syaoran sighed in relief that it wasn't something bad, but then wondered, since when does she want to be so perfect. She used to care more about important things like what's inside her head, not what her body looks like,
They continued eating and talking about random topics. About ten minutes into their dinner they spotted some friends of theirs. Amy and Conner were coming in.
Sakura waved to them and gestured to them, "Hey, you want to share a booth?" she offered.
Amy looked at Conner, "Think that's okay?"
Conner nodded, "That would be okay, if it's okay with you. We don't want to interrupt you guys," he added.
Syaoran shook his head, "Nah, it's fine with us," he told them and moved over to make room for the two friends to sit down with them in the booth.
From left to right it was Syaoran, Sakura, Amy, and then Conner. As Amy and Conner looked at the menu Sakura whispered to Amy, "Hey, I didn't know you guys were going out,"
Amy looked at Sakura trying to hide the light shade of red that was now in her cheeks, "No, we've just been friends since kindergarten. We always go to dinner as friends," she whispered back to Sakura. "But.I do kinda like him," she added grinning.
Sakura smirked, satisfied with her work.
"Hmm, I think I'm gonna try this lobster," Conner decided and pointed something on the menu out to Amy, "think it's okay?"
Amy read the description, "Yup, looks good,"
Then a waiter came by to take more orders.
I kinda wish Sakura didn't invite Amy and Conner to sit with us. I need to talk with Sakura about how she's been acting, Syaoran thought quietly, But then again, it was helpful now that we have more people here so that it's easy to start a conversation.
The rest of the dinner everyone had a good time. Sakura didn't have trouble acting really perky, and Syaoran put his thoughts to the side and joined into the talking.
After dinner Sakura and Syaoran headed back to the car.
"Oh, wait, do you guys need a ride home?" Sakura asked them before they split up.
Conner looked At Amy, "Umm.well.if it's okay with you guys that would be okay,"
Sakura looked over to see what Syaoran decided, "Sure," Syaoran told them. Damn, guess I won't get to talk to her today then, he thought once again.
"Oh goodie!" Sakura cheered and clapped her hands together.
The two girls sat in the back seats and the guys in the front.
"See, now you don't have to be alone with Conner yet, " Sakura whispered Amy nodded, "Yeah, thanks," "Hey, actually, I'm going to the mountains next weekend to go skiing. Did you guys want to come? I already asked everyone else," Amy asked everyone all of a sudden.
Sakura beamed, "Oh, you are? That would be awesome! I think I can come,"
Conner looked over the seat to face them, "Yeah, I can come,"
Amy leaned forward, "How 'bout you Syaoran,"
"Yeah, I think so," he told her looking in the rear view mirror.
"Oh, this is my stop," Sakura looked out the window to her house. She jumped out, thanked everyone for the great evening then left.
"I can't wait till next weekend!" Sakura chirped as she made her way to her room.
Author's Note.So what'd you think of it? Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, just the characters Amy and Conner who I made up.
Change of Hearts
Chapter 3: We need to talk
Syaoran pushed the door open and slammed it shut, rushing out. He waved to Amy and she put down her book and waved back.
"Hey," Syaoran greeted her when he caught up to her.
"Hey, what's up?" Amy replied walking over to a bench.
Syaoran walked beside her and leaned against a wall, "Nothin' much, but I thought talking to you might be nice for a while," he told her.
"Oh, thanks," Amy said putting her book in her bag and zipping it up.
"So, what do you think about Sakura so far?" Syaoran decided to ask her.
Amy grinned and tucked her straight hair behind her ear, "She's great. I think she's a really nice person. We already found some things about each other that we have in common," Amy said.
Syaoran grinned back, "That's good. Sakura's always been a great friend and girlfriend to me," he added staring at his keys.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomoyo's House ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Ding Dong* The door bell rang throughout the mansion.
Tomoyo put down the remote control and turned around. Must be Sakura, she thought and looked out the window. She pushed away the lavender windows and looked toward the gates.
Sakura looked up at the tall steel gates in front of her.
"Who is speaking?" a voice asked from the intercom next to the doorbell on the gate.
Sakura pressed the intercom button and responded, "This is Sakura, I'm here to see Tomoyo,"
"Oh, come in," the voice told Sakura.
The gates opened automatically, and Sakura stepped inside. She walked on the stone pathway and past the garden with trees plants flowers and fountains. She was greeted by the door by a woman with her hair tied back in a tight bun, and was wearing a black ruffled dress with a frilly white apron.
"Right this way," the maid told Sakura and lead her up to the second floor and stopped in front of a doorway at the end of the hall. "Here," she said to her and turned the door knob.
Sakura nodded a thank you and walked inside.
"Hi Sakura, you're finally here," Tomoyo greeted her best friend.
Sakura nodded, "Sorry, I was thinking about some stuff and I forgot to come earlier," she explained.
Tomoyo nodded and went over to her desk and picked up an outfit, "Here, I know you are probably going to go on another date with Syaoran soon, and I have to get back into the habit of making outfits for you so." she trailed off.
"Yeah, I get the point, should I try it on?" Sakura asked, not surprised at her best friend's actions.
Tomoyo nodded and pointed to the bathroom.
Sakura picked up the outfit and went to go change. When she came back Tomoyo had her camcorder out.
"Yay! You look SO kawaii!" Tomoyo gushed and turned on her camera. "This is Tomoyo, and after three long years I am back into the hobby of designing Sakura's clothing. Here is the latest outfit and Sakura will be wearing this next time she goes out with Syaoran,"
Sakura sweatdroppped and scratched her head, "You don't have to get so excited you know?" she told her.
Tomoyo placed her camcorder back on a shelf and picked up a comb, "Yeah, I know, but this is to good to miss! You're my best friend, I've got to make sure you always look great! Hohoho, this looks great on you," she told Sakura and examined her.
Sakura went over to the long full length mirror to see if Tomoyo was right. Her reflection wore a pink no-sleeved shirt with a light over sweater that was see through, and a dark green shade. The sleeves on the sweater were ruffled. She wore a denim skirt that reached her ankles, and had stitched openings tied in a bow at the bottom. Sakura grinned.
"Thanks Tomoyo!" she told her twirling around.
Tomoyo picked up the remote control again and flipped on the TV. "This is the tape from when you came back and we had that surprise party," she explained.
A date and time was shown at the bottom of the screen, and the door to Sakura's house was opening.
Sakura sat down on the rug in front of the screen to watch it, "Yay!"
As the two friends watched the tape, Tomoyo thought a lot about that day, gee, is is just me, or did Sakura seem kind of strange? A little to excited and hyper.nah, it's probably just because she just came back, she shook it off and continued to watch the TV that was currently showing Sakura opening a present from Yamazaki: a pop-up jack in the box.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Park ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two figures sat on a bench by the outside of the playground.
Syaoran looked at his watch: 4:03. "Thanks, for talking with me Amy. I guess I just needed someone to talk to for a while," he told Amy.
Amy grinned and stood up, "That's okay. You're probably still kind of excited since Sakura just came back two days ago," she told Syaoran.
Syaoran nodded and got up too. The two walked across the street and waved good bye when they reached Syaoran's house.
As he shrugged his jacket off Syaoran thought about his talk with Amy. She's a pretty good friend. After Sakura left she became a friend to our group, and talking to her really did make me feel better. Actually, she reminds me a lot like Sakura, he realized. Then he went to the kitchen to start making the rice for dinner.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next day after School ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Is this where the cheerleading squad meets?" Sakura tapped the shoulder of a girl who was lined up with a bunch of other girls.
The girl turned around to respond, "Yup, we're starting soon," the girl told Sakura. She had straight black hair that went up to her shoulders.
Sakura beamed, "Hey, I didn't know you were a cheerleader Amy," she said recognizing who the girl was.
Amy grinned, "Oh, hi Sakura. You're talking cheerleading this year too? This is going to be fun," she said.
Sakura grinned, "Yup,"
A woman with long brown hair tied up in a tight pony-tail turned towards the group of girls and blew her whistle slightly, "Okay girls, this is the cheerleading club, and today we are going to do try outs for the team, so please make a line in front of me," the coach told everyone and pointed to the ground in front of her.
All the girls looked up and started to make a line.
"Okay, lets see. first up is." the coach said, and looked over her clipboard to the girl in front to her.
"Regina," the girl told the coach and stepped up to the matt.
The coach had the girl do a couple of back and front flips in a row, and do a split, then a cartwheel, and then make up a cheer for the school. After that the next person went, then the next, and finally there was only Amy and Sakura left.
"Okay, Amy, you're up," the coach said and got ready to take notes.
Amy walked up to the matt and did the same routine as everyone else. She seemed to glide through the air, and the coach looked impressed.
After that Sakura went. She did just as well, if not better. The coach once again looked impressed.
After that the coach looked over her notes for a few minutes, and then decided on who was in. "Okay, the team leader will be Sakura Kinomoto, and the assistant leader will be Amy. The following students made the team," she read off, and said a long list of names.
Sakura grinned, "Congratulations," she told Amy and held out her hand.
"Yep, same to you," she agreed and held her hand out also. They shook hands.
The rest of the class everyone twirled their batons, and got their pom poms. As they finished up and went to the water fountain to get a drink Sakura looked through the metal fence, "Hey look, it's the soccer team. Go Syaoran!" she cheered and waved her pom pom in one hand and waved with the other.
Amy whipped her mouth with the back of her hand and stood next to Sakura, "Okay, your turn," she told Sakura and gestured to the fountain.
Sakura nodded and took her drink.
After she finished drinking her water Amy headed back to the locker room to change. Sakura waved and headed towards the soccer field to meet up with Syaoran. She sat down on the edge of the field and plucked grass out as she waited for him to finish up.
After a minute Syaoran left the group of team members and joined her, "So, how was cheerleading?" he asked whipping a bead of sweat off of his forehead.
"Great! I'm the captain of the team," she told him. She crossed her legs and faced him, "So, we're going to the seafood restaurant tonight?"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah, so what time should I pick you up?"
"How about 6:45?" Sakura suggested.
"Sure," Syaoran agreed and stood up. "Hey, I'll meet you later. I got to go back to the locker room," he explained and left.
Sakura got up and also headed to her locker room. Inside she found her locker in the back row, and was greeted by Amy.
"Oh, you're still here," Sakura stated surprised that she was still next to her closed lock.
"Yup, I can't get my locker open," Amy explained gesturing to the closed lock.
Sakura looked closer at it, "Hey, can I give it a shot?"
Amy nodded, "Sure, but I'm gonna go call Conner and tell him that I'll be a little late when we meet at the park,"
Sakura nodded and waited for Amy to leave the row. Quickly Sakura pulled a pink and golden card out of her pocket (I dunno where she has a pocket in her cheerleading outfit though) and whispered to it, "Lock card, bust this lock open,"
The card shined and suddenly the lock fell open. The locker creaked open and Sakura couldn't help look over the contents. A pink sweater, an A- teens CD, a fictional book and some other stuff, she's got good taste. I'm glad Syaoran met her. She's a great friend, Sakura thought to herself. She waited for Amy to come back. While she waited she changed and when she was done Amy came back.
"Oh, you got my lock open. Thanks a lot," Amy told Sakura grinning.
Sakura slung her backpack over her shoulder, "No problem," she said and waved good bye as she left the room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6:45 at Sakura's House ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Ding Dong*
Sakura looked out of her bedroom window to see who it was, "Hey Toya, could you get that for me," she shouted down to her brother in the living room.
Toya grumbled, "Fine,"
Sakura looked in her mirror and finished combing her auburn hair. She grabbed two hair scrunchies and tied part of her hair up. Finally she opened her draw and selected a hair clip with a design of a cherry blossom on it. Around it was green leafs, and ribbons leading out of it. On the ends of the ribbons were sparkly beads. She clipped it into her hair and rushed downstairs.
Syaoran waited patiently outside the doorstep to Sakura's house. Suddenly the door opened, revealing the mean face of Sakura's brother Toya.
Toya smirked, "Oh look, it's the gaki,"
Syaoran scowled and crossed his arms, "Is Sakura coming?"
"Yeah, she'll be down soon," Toya answered plainly.
The two glared at each other in silence for a few minutes. Then Sakura came downstairs wearing the outfit that Tomoyo made. Syaoran grinned noticing how pretty she looked.
"Toya, you didn't even invite Syaoran inside!" Sakura said to Toya and grabbed her jacket. "Sorry 'bout that Syaoran. So we should get going," Sakura closed the door with Toya still inside and hooked arms with Syaoran as they headed to his car.
Syaoran pulled out a flower and presented it to Sakura, "For you,"
Sakura squealed and jumped on Syaoran to hug him, "Aww, you're such a cutie!" she told him trying to be perky.
Syaoran opened the door for Sakura and as he walked to his side of the car he shrugged. She's acting strange. That's for sure, he muttered under his breath and got into the car.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Restaurant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they arrived at the restaurant most of the tables were taken already. Luckily Syaoran had made reservations earlier, and a waiter escorted them to their seats. They sat down and started to look over the menu. After they made up their mind and ordered the food they talked more about what had happened over the last three years.
"You know, I think that pink is kinda boring," Sakura faked dully trying to start a conversation.
Syaoran raised his eyebrow, huh? Sakura always loved pink. And why is she talking about such boring things? He thought, "Err.oh. Well, I also forgot to tell you that they're going to plant a garden for the school. Amy put it together," Syaoran added, changing the subject.
Sakura gasped, "She did? That's sooo nice of her. Well, she is a great friend," Sakura said digging into her purse.
Syaoran nodded. After a while the food came and they made room for it.
Sakura rubbed her hands together and wondered where to start. She chose the pork shoulder. As she scooped some into her plate suddenly she gasped, "Oh my gosh!"
Syaoran dropped his fork and leaned forward, "Huh? What?"
Sakura held up her index finger, "I broke my nail! So much for being perfect," Sakura sighed.
Syaoran sighed in relief that it wasn't something bad, but then wondered, since when does she want to be so perfect. She used to care more about important things like what's inside her head, not what her body looks like,
They continued eating and talking about random topics. About ten minutes into their dinner they spotted some friends of theirs. Amy and Conner were coming in.
Sakura waved to them and gestured to them, "Hey, you want to share a booth?" she offered.
Amy looked at Conner, "Think that's okay?"
Conner nodded, "That would be okay, if it's okay with you. We don't want to interrupt you guys," he added.
Syaoran shook his head, "Nah, it's fine with us," he told them and moved over to make room for the two friends to sit down with them in the booth.
From left to right it was Syaoran, Sakura, Amy, and then Conner. As Amy and Conner looked at the menu Sakura whispered to Amy, "Hey, I didn't know you guys were going out,"
Amy looked at Sakura trying to hide the light shade of red that was now in her cheeks, "No, we've just been friends since kindergarten. We always go to dinner as friends," she whispered back to Sakura. "But.I do kinda like him," she added grinning.
Sakura smirked, satisfied with her work.
"Hmm, I think I'm gonna try this lobster," Conner decided and pointed something on the menu out to Amy, "think it's okay?"
Amy read the description, "Yup, looks good,"
Then a waiter came by to take more orders.
I kinda wish Sakura didn't invite Amy and Conner to sit with us. I need to talk with Sakura about how she's been acting, Syaoran thought quietly, But then again, it was helpful now that we have more people here so that it's easy to start a conversation.
The rest of the dinner everyone had a good time. Sakura didn't have trouble acting really perky, and Syaoran put his thoughts to the side and joined into the talking.
After dinner Sakura and Syaoran headed back to the car.
"Oh, wait, do you guys need a ride home?" Sakura asked them before they split up.
Conner looked At Amy, "Umm.well.if it's okay with you guys that would be okay,"
Sakura looked over to see what Syaoran decided, "Sure," Syaoran told them. Damn, guess I won't get to talk to her today then, he thought once again.
"Oh goodie!" Sakura cheered and clapped her hands together.
The two girls sat in the back seats and the guys in the front.
"See, now you don't have to be alone with Conner yet, " Sakura whispered Amy nodded, "Yeah, thanks," "Hey, actually, I'm going to the mountains next weekend to go skiing. Did you guys want to come? I already asked everyone else," Amy asked everyone all of a sudden.
Sakura beamed, "Oh, you are? That would be awesome! I think I can come,"
Conner looked over the seat to face them, "Yeah, I can come,"
Amy leaned forward, "How 'bout you Syaoran,"
"Yeah, I think so," he told her looking in the rear view mirror.
"Oh, this is my stop," Sakura looked out the window to her house. She jumped out, thanked everyone for the great evening then left.
"I can't wait till next weekend!" Sakura chirped as she made her way to her room.
Author's Note.So what'd you think of it? Please review!
