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Sakura sat there. Listening to every single word. She heard the joke her brother made and had the urge to punch him, but withdrew from the thought. Pretty soon they were at the door joking around having their last laughs.

"Sakura what are you doing?" Madison asked as she sat next to her. Sakura had noticed Li leaving before Madison had scared her. She screamed and stood quickly. Both Li and Tori turned in alarm.

"Don't sneak up on me like that, Madison! I'm trying to listen to Li and Tori's conversation!" she shouted.

"Sorry," Madison said gently. "But you just blew your cover, Sakura," Madison added with a laugh. Sakura opened her mouth and turned to Tori and Li. Li looked totally embarrassed and Tori looked pissed.

"Sakura!" Tori warned.

"Uh, Madison and I came down stairs to, uh, get some drinks. We were thirsty!" Sakura said quickly. She didn't look at her brother in the eye. Tori turned to Li.

"I'm sorry, Li. You're coming back next time, right?" Tori asked a little worried. Li was already out the door.

"Uh, yeah, sure. I gotta go. I'll, uh, see you later." And then Li was off. Tori closed the door and looked over at Sakura. He narrowed his eyes.

"Sakura, that was so disrespectful! Just because something interests you, doesn't mean you can stay to listen to another person's conversation! I'll be surprised if Li decides to come here to talk again!" Tori shouted.

"I'm sorry. I ju-."

"Don't apologize to me, Sakura. I'm not the one with the choice of forgiving you," Tori said and then walked upstairs.

Sakura turned to Madison. Her friend nodded. Kero, who was sitting on Madison's shoulder nodded in agreement. Sakura sighed and walked out the door.

"Li!" she called as she ran to catch up.

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Li quickly walked away. The door closed behind him and he continued to walk. He heard Tori yelling at Sakura. How could she do something so...so...

"....disrespectful!" Li heard Tori shout.

Yeah! Li finished his thought.

"Now she'll probably make fun of me when she sees me again. Or if she sees me again."

Suddenly, he made a fist. He became angry. He just couldn't believe her. She was so nosey! Why did she have to listen to the damn conversation? That had been a personal thing. Something no one else was suppose to know about. He stomped off toward his home. He then heard Sakura.

"Li!"

"Oh, no! I'm not talking to you!" Li shouted as he continued to walk without even turning around, but he could hear Sakura's footfall behind him, getting closer. Soon she was walking beside him, gasping for air.

"Li, listen. I'm here to apologize. I feel really bad for doing what I did and I just wanted to say that I'm sor-."

"No, you listen, Sakura!" he demanded." He stopped walking and turned to face her. Sakura stopped suddenly. "I don't want to talk to you or see you so just leave me alone!" He then continued to walk. Sakura didn't follow. How dare she! he thought to himself.

"Li, you know, I'm not gonna make fun of you," she said gently.

Li turned around. "You're not?"

Sakura shook her head and Li sighed. He was relieved.

"I could help you find a girl," Sakura announced. Li just stared at her. "Hmm, well, Rita's pretty. And she's a good person to talk to. Oh, what about Madison? Or Chelsea? Oh, Nikki is cute. Or Maybe-."

"No! I don't want a girlfriend. And anyway, I'm more interested in finding more Clow Cards."

"Li, get off it!" Sakura yelled. "There are no more Clow Cards!"

Li then became frustrated. "How do you know?"

"I don't."

"Then?"

"But," Sakura continued, "I believe that last summer's card, The Love Card was the last one."

"That's what we both thought about The Earth Card until The Love Card came along! There's more! I know it!" Li argued. Sakura shook her head, making a tisk, tisk sound. Her hands were on her hips. He wanted to make her believe him. He wanted to make her understand that there were! He knew it! He just had a strong feeling. It was almost as if one was around, but he knew there wasn't a card any where at the moment. He didn't feel it's presence just one that seemed like it, but it wasn't it. Anyway, Sakura would've sensed something by now. He knew there was at least one more.

Suddenly, Sakura smiled. "Or Maybe you don't want a girlfriend because you're gay," she suggested with a sly smile on her face. She pronounced "gay" very clearly.

Li was stunned. What had made her think that? "Sakura," he began, "I'm happy, but not that happy."

"Sure thing," she said. "I won't tell anyone."

"Sakura, I'm not gay!" He was becoming annoyed with her. How dare she make such an accusation! He liked girls. Hell, he loved girls! "Listen, I think I know what this is about," he continued. "Your brother made me feel better that's it."

Sakura nodded and smiled. He then realized what he had said.

"No! Not like that! I was down and I needed to talk!"

Sakura nodded. "Mmm-hm," she said.

"Seriously!" Li shouted. "I love girls!" How could she just say that? She's gonna get it! he thought.

"Prove it then," she said simply.

"How-," he began. "I'll prove it," he said firmly with determination in his voice. He walked toward her. He smiled devilishly as he saw the look of confusion on Sakura's face. Then he made his move.

"She's gonna get it," he whispered.

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Sakura was enjoying this. Messing with Li's head. Of course she was only teasing him. She wasn't expecting him to actually do something.

"Seriously!" Li shouted. She smiled. Ha! This is what she was waiting for. She wanted to see if he'd actually do something and if he was, she wondered what he'd do, but she wasn't expecting anything.

"Prove it then," she said simply. She looked at him and smiled lightly. His face expression told her he was confused. It was that, Huh-what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about face.

"How-," he began and continued as he straightened his neck, "I'll prove it," he said and walked toward her. Now Sakura was the confused one. She heard him whispering something which confused her even more. Why was he looking at her like that? And what was he going to do?

Pretty soon he was close and his hands were on her hips. He then pulled her to him and Sakura's heart beat quickened. Her heart skipped a beat and she thought she was dreaming. Any minute now I'll wake up and laugh for having such a dumb dream, she thought. Yup, any minute now. But it wasn't a dream.

"I'll prove it," He whispered and placed a hand on her cheek and leaned in. His lips touched her's forcefully. Then he kissed her.

At first his kiss was forceful, but then slowly he had made the kiss soft, gentle, and sweet. She had lost herself in his affectionate kiss and warm embrace. She moved her arms around his neck and he allowed her. She could feel his hands crawling up her back and she had anticipated it. She allowed him. She then moaned without being aware of it. It sounded as though she had just tasted a delicious piece of cake. Then Li slowly pulled away.

"Is that proof enough for you?" Li asked still holding her. Her eyes were stilled closed and her head was slightly tilted. She nodded her head very slowly. "Good," he whispered in her ear and let her go gently.

When Sakura finally opened her eyes. Li was no longer there. He had turned the corner.

"Wow," she whispered. She turned around and walked back to her house. She opened the door, stepped inside and closed the door. Madison stood up and looked at her friend.

"What happened?" Madison asked.

"He kissed me."

"Li?!" Madison's eyes opened wide as Sakura nodded to assure her friend. "Wow!"

"Yeah, now I don't understand why all those girls broke up with him if he's such a great kisser!"

"I guess you'd know. If he was a great kisser or not," Madison said, giving Sakura a smile. "I told you he liked you."

"I don't think so. After what happened I'd say that he hates me more. I was the one who made him kiss me," Sakura answered. She walked over to the couch and sat down. Madison followed and sat beside her.

"How did you manage that?"

"I made him believe that I thought he was gay. So he was trying to prove me wrong. But I knew he wasn't I was just messing with him." Sakura paused and then she spoke again. "Oh, his kiss though. It was so nice! It was forceful at first, but then it became gentle and sweet," Sakura said dreamily. Madison smiled knowingly. "Don't think I like him 'cause I don't," Sakura said. Madison only continued to smiled.



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The next day, both Madison and Sakura had gone out for a walk. They were on their way to the fair. They had heard about it from Tori who had passed by it. They finally arrived. Madison looked around and so did Sakura in an effort to try to find someone, anyone they knew to hang with.

"Oh, hey look, Sakura!" exclaimed Madison. She pointed toward a group of kids their age. "It's Rita. And Nikki. And Zachary. And Chelsea. And Meilin. And...Li," she said, turning to Sakura with a huge smile on her face. Sakura blushed furiously.

"What?!" she asked. Madison laughed.

"Oh, nothing, Sakura. It's nothing at all." Madison looked around again. "Hey, look, it's Tori!" Madison shouted. "And...Julian Star!"

"What?!" Sakura shouted.

"I haven't seen him in a long time," Madison asked. "Hey, didn't you like him before?" she asked.

"Yes," Sakura blushed. "That was ages ago," she added.

"Actually, it was only a couple of years ago," Madison corrected. "Tori! Hey, Tori!" she called. "Over here!"

Tori turned around. And then Julian. They both smiled and Tori waved. He walked over to his sister and her friend. "Hey, Sakura. Madison," he greeted. "You two remember Julian, right? He came to visit from America too," Tori explained.

"Hey, Sakura. Hello, Madison," Julian said as he waved.

"Hey, Julian," Madison said.

"Uh, hi, Julian," Sakura greeted.

"How have things been?" Madison asked.

"Great actually. Thank you for asking," he responded.

"So did you two go to the same college or what?" Madison asked.

"Nope, but we did still hang out a lot," Julian answered. "The college I had gone to was only a few miles away from where Tori was going," he added sweetly. He was still nice as can be. He really hadn't changed that much.

"So, did you two just get here?" Tori asked.

"Actually, uh, um, yeah, we did," Sakura answered. She was feeling a bit nervous now that Julian Star was around. She thought she didn't like him anymore, but now she wasn't so sure. He hadn't really changed, but she knew he had done some changing. Something about him was different, but she didn't know what exactly. Those old feelings just seemed to come rushing back to her. Julian smiled at her as she stared at him. Oh! She hadn't even noticed that she had been staring! She blushed and then looked away.

Tori noticed this and was stunned for a couple of seconds, but the feeling passed. Then he got a devilish smile on his face. "Say do you girls wanna go on a ride or something? My treat. I'll buy tickets for us all," Tori offered.

"Oh, thank you," Madison said. She looked at Sakura. "I'm sure Sakura would love that."

"So do I. So do I," Tori whispered.

"Um, sure, uh, why not," Sakura said and they were off. I could kill Tori right now, Sakura concluded.

After buying tickets, Tori looked around. "Do you guys wanna go on that one?" he asked as he turned to them, pointing to a ride called the Kamikaze. There were two parts of the ride which sat next to each other, at first they moved back and forth slowly. One side went back while the other side went in the opposite direction and it stayed that way throughout the whole ride. Of course the speed increased and soon both sides would circle around at high speed. Sakura looked a bit startled by the ride, but before she could say something Madison dragged her along.

"Yeah! This'll be fun!" Madison shouted. She ran ahead with Sakura.

I'm not gonna die. I'm not gonna die. I'm dreaming and when I wake up I'll laugh. Please, let me wake up! Sakura pleaded.

"Maybe you'll get to ride with Julian, Sakura," Madison said. "Hurry up you two!" Madison shouted over her shoulder. Sakura turned her head, she noticed Tori's huge devilish smile. She narrowed her eyes at him. He's really gonna get it!

Sakura and Madison both stopped at the end of the line. They didn't have to wait very long and as soon as they were up front, Tori and Julian had already caught up. Tori handed the man at the ride 16 tickets. Four for each person. The ride had only fit two to a seat. Madison got in one seat and before Sakura could get into the seat next to her, Tori sat in it. He then turned to Sakura.

"Looks like you two have to go together," he said. Madison giggled knowingly, but Julian looked confused.

"Come on, Sakura. We'll sit behind them," Julian said and moved toward the next pair of seats. "Ladies first," he said gently. Sakura smiled lightly and sat in the seat. Then Julian sat beside her.

Soon the ride began and Sakura began feeling a little sick to her stomach. Screams could be heard from seats in the back. Girls screamed louder than Sakura believed. Tori howled and Madison laughed. Julian stayed clam and looked just a little shook up. Sakura kept her eyes closed and whimpered every now-and-then.

When the ride was over Madison and Tori both laughed at the look on Sakura's face. She was a little overwhelmed by the whole experience. Tori then handed the girls the rest of the tickets and told them to go have fun and to look for him when they ran out so he could get more for them. Aw, how sweet!

"Thanks for the ride, Sakura," Julian said.

"I, uh. You, uh, should, um, really thank, uh Tori," she said.

"Thanks and bye. See you later," Madison said and dragged Sakura away. "Wow! That was fun!"

The ride could've been better, Sakura thought. Then Sakura heard someone calling her and Madison. She turned to look. It had been Rita. She was still hanging around with Li, Zachary, Chelsea and Nikki. And Meilin of course. Madison waved and dragged Sakura along toward the group. Sakura blushed as soon as she noticed Li. What would he say? Was he thinking about the kiss as she was thinking about him? She couldn't tell, but he wasn't looking at her in any special way.

"Rita!" Madison yelled as she dragged Sakura along.

"Oh, this'll be a long day," Sakura sighed.