Mwhahaahahaha! What's up? ME AGAIN! I know, I know. You're getting sick of my rambling already, only after one chapter. But hey, you get to read, I get to ramble, right?

Did I mention I have arachnophobia? I was walking around last night around three o-clock in the morning and found out that a jumping spider is running amok in my hallway. It jumped on my foot! EEP!

My thank you's:

White Eternity: Here it is! Thanks mucha! Ecua Girl: I still don't have diamonds! ( Dacia: LOL! Man, I can totally relate, too. Have you ever emptied your litter box? ( Sofia/3sh: Thanks for the recommendation! Here's chapter one! Fallen Angel: For all you know, it could get interesting! Mwhahahahahaha! Waterwing_13: You're psycho, but that's cool! Mwhahahahaa!

Here! Mwhahahaha! *clears throat* That hurts now! Oh, weeeel! Whahaahahahha!

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The Girl Next Door - Chapter One: The Invitation - By: Moon Sunflower 89

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Sakura sat down exhaustedly, wiping her forehead with the back of her hand. "Whoever knew unpacking is such hard work?" She complained to Kero, who was still struggling to find Sakura's leftover cookie under all the junk in her new room.

She had to admit, their new house wasn't bad. As a plus, her room had a huge bay window overlooking Naokoti Lake. A large chandelier with dripping diamonds hung from her ceiling.

Sakura now know why the house had cost so much. Old antique furniture stayed behind in the house, leaving Sakura with an awed feeling. Her bed was much better than her old one. At the edge of it, a lion was carved into the footboard. Scarlet hangings hung from the four poster bed, and the floor was a thick, shiny redwood.

The dresser in the far corner of the room had cherry blossom trees for handles. Sakura had squealed in excitement as she noticed a tightly wrapped mirror in the closet that matched the dresser. She had hung it up instantly and put her picture of Tomoyo Daidouji, her friend, in the corner.

Kero and Sakura created a system of clothing folding when Sakura heard her father yell, "Sakura, I need your help!"

Sakura left Kero in her room and ran down the stairs, making sure not to slip on the rich fabric. "What, Outa-san?"

"Take this out to the garage. Make sure Touya doesn't see you." Sakura looked inside and saw a wrapped present for his birthday.

"Okay." She tiptoed into the garage and looked around for any sign of Touya, then placed it between the concrete wall and the antique freezer, that, miraculously, still worked. She heard the doorbell ring and her father yelled, "Sakura, can you get that?"

"Sure!" She opened the side door to the garage and asked, "Can I help you?"

Her eyes widened as a boy with chestnut hair and brown eyes turned around in surprise.

Whoa . . .

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Whoa . . .

Syaoran's head spun as he gazed at a girl with miraculous green eyes and stringy, yet beautiful auburn hair.

So . . . this was Sakura, eh?

"Um, yes? I mean, y-yes. I-is your father home?" Syaoran kicked himself mentally. Why was he all of a sudden acting like a stuttering fourth-grade geek? He steeled himself. He was the descendant of Clow Reed. "I mean, I need to speak with your father. Go fetch him."

Sakura's eyes narrowed. Who did this boy think he was? Acting like he was her superior. "Listen, what ever you can say to my father, you can say to me."

Syaoran sighed and rolled his eyes. He droned on unenthusiastically, "Yelan and Syaoran Li would like to invite the Kinomoto family, Fujitaka, Touya, and Sakura, to a dinner party tomorrow night at 7:00. We would like it if your family could come."

"I don't think so."

"What?!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and started to close the door. "I said no."

Syaoran stuck his foot in the door and said, "You have to come."

"Of course we'll come," Sakura's father said from the doorway of the garage, wiping his hands on a kitchen towel.

Sakura's jaw dropped open. What was her father thinking?

Then, a strange buzzing at the back of her head broke her out of her thoughts. She recognized that buzzing. It was a premonition that . . .

A card was wreaking havoc . . .

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Mwhahahahahaha! I'm finished, but yet, another cliffy! I'm mean! Mwhahahahaha! Anyway, what will happen in the next chapter? Will Syaoran feel the card, too? And how will the dinner party go? Find out!

Ja ne!