Once Upon A December By:Silent_Shadow

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Sorry about the mix of names in the first chappie,from now on I'll use their japanese names(except for Li's,on the count of I can't spell it).Also,I'm going to try to add some humor in this chappie,too.Oh,and to make up for taking so long,I made this chappie extra long!Hope you like! But,still,sorry that it's taken me so long to update.To quote the honorable house-elf,Dobby, I think I'll go iron my hands. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Chapter 2

With a smile on her face,Sakura rounded the corner to the mall,to see Tomoyo,Eriol,and Li waiting for her.

"Hey guys!" Sakura called happily.

"Sakura!You look so nice!"

Tomoyo was still as friendly as ever,especially since her and Eriol hooked up last month.

"Hi,Sakura!"Eriol seemed also in a considerably happy mood.Li just grunted a 'Hi',blushed,and said he had some bussiness to attend to.

"What 'bussiness'?"Sakura asked,a bit of dissappointment in her voice.She was looking forward to her and Li spending some time together,hoping to get closer.He did'nt know this,but Sakura had had feelings for him for quite some time now.

"You'll see." Li said,mysteriously,tugging on the hem of his forest green sweater."I'll meet you in an hour!" he called,and blushing,he walked off,leaving the rest of them looking confused.All except Eriol.He wore a knowing smirk,but decided to play along.

"That was weird." Eriol looked confused,which made him seem strangely out of character.

"Wow,are'nt you observant." Tomoyo said playfully,tugging on his arm."C'mon,me and Sakura have some shopping to do."

Sakura,gaining her ability to speak again, gave a quick "Yeah!" and off they went into the haven of stores.

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Li aimlessly walked around the noisy mall,not having a clue of where to go.

'They should have a store specializing in stuff for guys to get girls for every holiday...especially for Christmas..'Li thought to himself.

'If I'm gonna tell her I like her when I give her my gift,then it has to be a good gift,dammit!"

Li was getting frustrated.

'Like I'm gonna walk up to her,give her a 5 dollar gift certificate for McDonalds,and say,'I love you,Sakura!'No way!'

'Where's Eriol when you need him......."Eriol was the only other person who knew of his feelings for Sakura....

But Li's thoughts were interupted as he caught sight of a jewelry store.

'Perfect!"he exclaimed as he walked into the store of sparkly accesories.

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"Tomoyo...." Sakura asked,a bit of worry in her voice.

"Yeah,Sakura?" Tomoyo answered,as she picked up an expensive looking red sweater off of a rack in Dillard's.Since they had already finished most of their Christmas shopping,they decided to shop for themselves now.

"What do you think Eriol would think of this?"He insisted on waiting outside of the store("But,it's a store full of....clothes!).If her memory served her,he had put up quite a fuss...

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"But,I don't wanna go!"came the babyish whine of a boy named Eriol...

"We went to that new video game store with you!" Tomoyo was'nt giving up that easily.

"But you guys take forever to pick out stuff!Remember a couple of months ago?You and Sakura took more than an hour in here...."

Eriol stopped dead when he saw the scowl on Tomoyo's face.

"I'll make you a deal!If you don't make me go in,then it'll be my treat for lunch!" Eriol sputtered,hopefully.

Tomoyo finally gave in.

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"Do you think Li will like my present?" Sakura asked worriedly.

"But of course!I helped you pick it out.Speaking of Li,there he is!"Tomoyo gestured towards the spot outside of the store where Eriol was formerly sitting and reading his magazine,but was now talking to Li,who looked as if he had found a hundred dollar bill stuck in his underwear.

"Why do you think he looks so happy?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know,but I'm hungry!Let's go get some lunch,Eriol's treat!" Tomoyo said enthusiasticlly,grabbing Sakura's arm,and heading off toward the boys.

When they reached them,they suddenly got very quiet,as if they were talking about something very private.

Sakura and Tomoyo just shrugged it off.

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During lunch,Li and Sakura were very quiet,that is until Li happened to look out of the window.

"Sakura!Look!"

Sakura looked to the window only to see snow falling heavily upon the already snow-covered ground.

"Must be atleast 2 inches out there!" Eriol said,discontinueing his conversation with Tomoyo...well,more like a third degree of what she got him for Christmas.But that Tomoyo was hard as rock:she just would'nt crack.

"On no!How am I gonna get home?I can't skate home in that!" Sakura asked worriedly.Li coughed.

"Well,uh,I could give you a ride,if you'd like.."Li asked shyly,and quietly.Eriol and Tomoyo just wore knowing smirks,as Sakura and Li both blushed.

"Ok..sounds good.."Sakura replied,almost just as quietly as Li,if possible.A silence followed...which Tomoyo decided to break.

"Well,what are we waiting for?Let's get out of here before we're snowed in at the mall!"

Everyone just nodded as they got up,threw their trash away,and headed towards the exit as Sakura's cell phone rang.She quickly ended the mysterious conversation.

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Sakura and Li waved off Eriol and Tomoyo(and Kero,he was asleep in Sakura's backpack the whole time,and Tomoyo made him come with her,for obvious reasons..she did'nt want him to interrupt any of Li and Sakura's 'moments') as they got in one of Tomoyo's limos.Tomoyo was gonna ask Sakura to stay at her house,but she dismissed the idea,wanting Sakura and Li to get snowed in together.

She would call later,and if Li did'nt stay,she'd go and pick up Sakura,and bring her over.It seems Eriol was staying over at Tomoyo's,and neither of them had any idea how they had pulled that off with their

parents.But they just shrugged it off,and headed towards Li's black Camry(AN:Sorry,I know absolutely nothing about cars.When I say Camry,I mean one of those regular-sized cars you see in the commercials and stuff.Is it called a Lexus?I don't know..)

He had recently gotten his permit,so he was happy to drive just about anybody anywhere,but he was especially happy about this particular trip,well,more like he was happy about the passenger.

"Thanks."muttered Sakura as Li held the passenger door open for her.And off they drove toward Sakura's house,both of them trying to think of conversation starters.(AN:I was gonna stop the chapter here,but I decided to go on)

"I hope there's a lot of sweets at Tomoyo's house,'cause since Kero somehow slept through everything,he is gonna be one hungry stuffed animal."Li chuckled lightly.

"Yeah."Sakura giggled a bit.Niether thought anything was all that funny,but they did'nt want to go back to the defeaning silence,so they chuckled,giggled,and laughed their little cardcaptoring booties off for about 2 and a half minutes.But after the laughter died,another moment of silence descnded upon them.

"Good thing Touya and your dad are home,I would'nt want you staying there alone.." Li stated simply,with caring in his voice.

"I wish.Touya and dad are snowed in at Yukito's house."Sakura stated,just as simple.

"Well,do you want me to drop you off over there?"Li asked,as he almost skidded across the street,which was growing more icey by the minute.The storm was getting really bad.

"Well,I was hoping you would stay with me......" Sakura said quietly and quickly,growing very shy at the moment.

Li was shocked,but that did'nt stop him from answering just as quickly.

"Sounds great to me.But can we make hot chocolate,'cause it's really cold." Li said with a smile,as they pulled into Sakura's empty driveway.

"Sure,but I'll need your help finding some blankets and stuff,and starting a fire,because I have a feeling that the heat might not be working."Sakura and Li smiled at each other,but after about two minutes of smiling,it started to get cold,so,blushing,they decided to go in.

And as soon as they walked in,Sakura's suspicions were proved true,so off they went to find blankets,blushing all the way about the smiling incident.

'This is gonna be a long night.' they both thought in unison,worried about how they were gonna try resist each other.Or maybe they would'nt try at all.

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AN:Two people snowed in...A classic!Apologies for taking so long to update.I had to finish the 2nd chapter,and it kinda took me a while,'cause I made it up as I went(plus,my butt started to hurt from sitting in

a chair too long,so I decided to hurry up and finish).Sorry about the absence of Kero,I just kept forgetting to add him in.Bad me.Thanks for all the reviews!I'm very flattered!Also,I'm gonna update as soon as I finish

the 3rd chapter,which,again,I have'nt started yet.Sorry again for taking so long.You guys have no idea how hard this was for me to do!I'm a bit of a procastinator,so I wanted to get up and finish it later.BUT NO!I refused to put it off any longer.I think I'm starting to shed my stalling ways(to a certain extent,anyway).This

is a personal victory!!!^_^I can't even believe that I wrote this long of a chapter!And yes,to me this is a long chapter.This chapter is way longer than the first.I'm on a roll!Don't stop me now!This took me about two hours.I am so happy with myself!

To vanilla-chk:I have'nt heard back from you about the website.Write back,will ya? I wonder if anybody is even reading this part......if not,I'll feel like a fool.....a fool of a took...........