It Was You
Little6wolf
5: Sickness
Well, it wasn't my fault I fainted and had to go to bed. It must have been that drug from Africa. I got addicted to it. It doesn't kill, no, but it does cause side-effects, drowsy-ness, stomach pain and other minor and few major body problems like bloating and constipation.
"Hey Tomoyo!" Sakura called at me from a distance. Suddenly I was outside in a baseball outfit and Sakura looking at me wearing the same uniform holding up her mitt and calling out, "Throw the ball! Hurry!"
I looked down at my hand; there was a glove and a baseball in it. So I threw the ball at Sakura and she caught it and tagged the other team's runner out, causing our team to win!
I heard Sakura yelling, "We won! We won!"
So I started saying, "We won! We won," and I started running around the field.
The crowd starting screaming, "Tomoyo! Tomoyo!"
I loved the voice of the people! They kept on screaming my name, and it then got softer, then softer, then softer until only one voice spoke my name!
"Tomoyo." said the voice.
"Yes! We won!" I said.
"Tomoyo?" said the voice again.
"We are the champions!" I called out.
"Tomoyo!" said the voice firmly.
I suddenly opened my eyes then, I saw that I was in my room. No baseball uniform, no mitt, no ball, no crowds screaming, "Tomoyo! Tomoyo," no nothing except, I turned my head sideways and saw Sakura sitting next to me.
"You're awake finally!" she said joyfully and relieved.
"What, weren't we just playing baseball?" I said looking at my hands.
"No? I don't think so."
"Oh…"
"Tomoyo, why were you screaming, "We won! We won!"
"I thought we were playing baseball and we-"
"Oh poor Tomoyo, this could be worse than we thought. That drug of yours almost killed you."
"You know about the drug?"
I saw my mother come in the room.
"I found this in your bag." She said seriously.
"Oh, mom, Sakura, I'm so sorry…"
"No Tomoyo," her mother said, "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault. As long as you don't go back to Africa, you'll be safe."
"But I have to go! I have a movie to shoot!" I shot up.
"But Tomoyo, you'll only end up getting more of this and in no time, you'll wound up being killed."
"Mom, I can't just leave them waiting for me! They will fire me!"
"Yes they can fire you, but you'll be safe, won't you, and you can finally become a fashion designer for me."
"But what if I don't want to be a fashion designer!" I expressed in anger.
"Tomoyo!" her mother said in a very deep tone.
"Mom! I don't want to be a fashion designer. I want to be a director! Do you have a problem with that?!?"
"Don't you use that kind of talk to me young lady!" her mother spoke again.
"I'm not a young lady. I am a lady! A woman! A woman mature enough to make her own decisions!" Tomoyo yelled.
"You know Tomoyo, I know you are mature enough to make your own decisions. But I don't want you to end up being killed by some drug you got from stupid Africa."
"Africa is not stupid. Maybe you are, but I'm not! I wanna do my own things now!" Tomoyo laid her head down back on the bed.
"I can't make you stay, no, but all I can do now is say that I love you, and I always will miss you."
"Yeah, yeah…" Tomoyo brushed her mom off.
"See you in Heaven Tomoyo." Her mom walked out the room.
"My mother is always picking on me." Tomoyo mumbled.
"She's just trying to say I love you." Sakura said. "And I will miss you too Tomoyo. Your mom already packed your bags, there on the couch."
"Already? But why?" Tomoyo sits herself up with a questioned look.
"The people in Africa called while you were sleep. They need you back tomorrow.."
"But I just got here." Tomoyo looked in the mirror and saw her eyes tearing. "I want to spend time with my mother and you."
"That's just life in the business world. No time for other things."
"I don't want to go back…" Tomoyo said to herself thinking Sakura couldn't hear.
"You have to though. Remember you don't want to keep them waiting." Sakura walked out into the living and sat down next to the clock and watched time goes by. Tomoyo just sat there, watered eyes looking at herself, sniffling. Tomoyo looks on her nightstand and found a picture of her mother, Sakura and herself at Sakura's home.
"I don't want to go back, my family is here, my mother, Sakura…and my real self, but I have to, it's my job."
Tomoyo got up and picked up a few of her books and drawing pads and placed them in her bag. She went into the closet and the first thing she saw was a collection of clothing made by herself. She picked up one, started crying and hugged it. It was the first ever costume Tomoyo has ever made for Sakura…she cried non-stop 'til she fell on the bed and cried away while her dreams took over and she fell asleep…
To Be Continued…