**note: if ya didn't see the note in tha last chap... go back and see for yarself. itz wut i did bout the subtitle and othrr stuff.
I'M LIKE SOOO SORRY FOR TAKING SOOO LONG TA UPDATE... SCHOOL ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT... I HOPE I DIDN'T LOSE ANY OF MA PRECIOUS REVIEWERZ!!!
this chap is kinda nice.. read it then tell me wut you think, k? first of all, THANKS to EVERYONE who gave reviewz. i'm really workin hard to make thic fic work out. so, enjoy!
Disclaimer: do we really havta have THIS pathetic ridiculous thing?!
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Irresistible
Sakura got out of the car and let Touya aid her on her feet. She could walk but being in the hospital for quite some time made her legs unaccustomed to walking. But this wasn't much of a problem. Sakura was informed that in a few days of practice, she'd be able to walk on her own once again. Sakura had a sling on her arm and she was very uncomfortable with it. She once attempted to remove it but unfortunately, she was told not to do that again. With this, Sakura was still incapable of doing the things she normally did but she was very anxious to do those things once again.
Touya helped his sister walk being extra careful with her. He didn't want to do something wrong and end up getting Sakura hurt. He didn't want to get himself killed after that. He put Sakura's free hand over his other shoulder to support her weight and slowly, he walked her to the front door.
The place looked rather quiet to Sakura. As if no one cared that she was back home. Little did she know that waiting inside their house was something so unexpected. Sakura and Touya got inside and found the house was not lit at all. Sakura looked around and tried to see where everyone was. Suddenly, the lights turned on and...
"Surprise!!!" people said in chorus. Tomoyo was there. Eriol too. But one person was missing. Sakura smiled but deep inside, she felt really frustrated. Syaoran wasn't there.
"Welcome home, miss," the maids told Sakura. "We're all glad that you're okay."
"So am I," Sakura replied, showing a smile that stood as a mere disguise. "Why isn't he here?" she asked herself. Sakura took a seat by the table as everyone gathered around to greet her. Sakura still kept a lookout for Syaoran, hoping that he would come.
Eriol noticed this and couldn't help but feel sorry for Sakura. He approached Tomoyo and asked, "Where the hell is Syaoran? I thought I told him to show up today."
Tomoyo looked at him and felt a bit disappointed by how Eriol was acting. She just answered, "I don't know. Have you tried calling him? Maybe he forgot."
"Maybe. I am SO gonna kill Syaoran when I see him," Eriol said before going away.
Tomoyo sighed and watched as Eriol left her. "I can't believe it. You still love her..."
The party went on for two hours but still, Syaoran didn't show up. Sakura managed to slip away from the crowd a short while to give Syaoran a call but he simply wouldn't pick it up. It was like all her anticipation was in vain.
Later on, she was accompanied to her room where she was asked to get some rest. Eriol and Tomoyo went to her room to see how Sakura was doing. Apparently, not so well. Their guess was a good one. It's all because of Syaoran. Eriol thought it was better if Tomoyo talked to Sakura alone since having him around might make Sakura uneasy.
"Sakura, anything wrong?" Tomoyo asked. "Didn't you like our surprise for you?"
Sakura got up and shook her head. With a smile, she replied, "I loved your surprise for me. I had a lot of fun. It's just that..." Sakura ceased to finish her sentence. "Nevermind. I guess I've been a bit paranoid about something." She didn't feel like it would be good to tell anyone what was on her mind. She didn't have the right to feel bad about Syaoran's absence. Perhaps he didn't come because he had a sudden appointment of some sort. Or perhaps he didn't feel like it. So many reasons and things just get even more confusing.
"Are you sure there's nothing you want to speak to me about? I mean, you can tell me anything," Tomoyo uttered. "We're friends after all," she added sincerely.
Sakura still couldn't find the will in her to tell Tomoyo. "It's really nothing. You don't have to worry."
"If you say so," Tomoyo retorted. "You just get some rest and give me a call if you need anything. I'll be a phonecall away."
These words echoed in Sakura's ears. 'I'll be a phone call away,' Syaoran once told her. "Okay, I'll remember that," Sakura uttered before Tomoyo exited from Sakura's room. Sakura looked at the cellphone sitting on top of her bedside table. She decided to give Syaoran a call one last time. If he wouldn't answer it, she would stop trying. Sakura took the cellphone in her hands and scanned the phonebook for his number. Soon enough, there it was. His name was in all caps, right under her nose. Sakura selected it at once.
It took only a few rings before the person on the other line answered the call.
Sakura swallowed hard and spoke up, "Syaoran? It's me, Sakura."
"Sakura? Why did you call?" Syaoran asked her. "About the party... I... um..." he started to stammer.
"Where were you a while ago?" Sakura forced it in.
"Uhh... well... I had to deal with a bunch of school junk and some other stuff," Syaoran's voice sounded uncertain and doubtful. And since when does Syaoran Li worry about school?
"Were you so busy to not even notice your phone was ringing? I kept calling you but you just kept ignoring me," Sakura told him.
"I just had so much to do," Syaoran retorted.
"I'd understand if you were so packed with school work that you couldn't come to the party but..." Sakura found it hard to continue. "You should've at least called to say you weren't coming. That way, I wouldn't have... I wouldn't have waited so eagerly for nothing."
"I don't know what I should say right now."
"So much for 'I'll be a phonecall away', huh?" Sakura uttered.
"What do you want me to do then?" Syaoran asked.
"Stop making promises if you're not even gonna do them!" Sakura snapped, not realizing what she just said. "I don't ever want to see you again, Syaoran Li." With that, Sakura closed the line to her phone. Teardrops started falling to her cheeks but she wiped them off in an effort not to cry. Instead, she tucked herself in bed and decided to take a nap.
In the middle of her slumber, yet another dream came... the dreadful memory of the day of the accident.
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I remember it. As if it happened just yesterday... I don't understand why things are suddenly coming back to me.
I knew I was driving at a safe speed limit. Something was really bothering me at that time but I can't really recall what it was. It just started to rain and suddenly, the road became slippery and it became difficult for me to keep the steering wheel steady. Then this crazy truck driver comes behind me and hits the back of the Porsche. The impact really got to me and I lost complete control of my car. It starts spinning, faster and faster until... the car slips off the road and turns over, crashing against a pole and finally comes to a stop. The car was totally smashed, but I was more worried if I was even going to live. I somehow managed to get out of the car. I knew I was bleeding like hell. The pain I experienced seared through me like a thousand needles. I couldn't bear it any longer and the last thing I heard was the sound of an ambulance, coming to take me to a hospital. I lay there and start praying for my life. I started to think that if I did die, I would be leaving so many people behind me; the people I loved and I cared for. "Am I gonna die today?" I ask myself but heard nothing and saw nothing in return. Finally, my body gave in to the pain and I lost consciousness.
Subsequent to that, things started to get to a twist.
The paramedics brought me to the hospital. I was lifted on the stretcher and brought to the emergency room in a flash. The doctors started to pick up their tools and started to get me to live. They put an oxygen mask on my face and quickly went to work. After hours of operation, I saw the looks on everyone's faces. They looked disappointed and guilty as I heard a long beep. It didn't stop. My life support systems were down. A nurse took the oxygen mask off my face. 'What's happening?! What are they doing?!' I tried to say. Slowly, the doctor took one last glance at my face as he slipped the blanket up and over me... I arose and saw my body lying on the operating table... motionless. I backed away from the corpse in front of me in disbelief. I... was dead...
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Sakura awoke as she quickly sat up and started gasping for air. Abruptly, she felt someone's hands on her shoulders. "Sakura?" was the first thing she heard.
She turned to see who it was and saw a pair of worried amber eyes staring into her own emerald ones. She started to calm down then in relief, she uttered, "It was just a nightmare." She looked at the person beside her as he put his hands back to himself. "What are you doing here?" she asked him rather coldly.
"I... I thought I'd come by to visit," Syaoran answered, having a difficult time to explain. With that, a moment of silence ensued between the two. "About what you said a while ago... did you mean it?" he broke the silence. Sakura didn't want to look at him straight in the eye. "I just want to know if you really hate me now," Syaoran told her, seeming a bit depressed to some extent.
"I don't know," came Sakura's answer and then paused for a short while. "I thought I did." A faint smile crept up to her lips soon enough. Those words lit up Syaoran's face. He gazed at Sakura and put his arms around her in a gentle embrace. At that very moment, Sakura knew she was already blushing. "I'm sorry about what I said. I was just kind of upset that you couldn't come and--" she started to apologize when Syaoran cut her off.
"No, I'm the one who should be sorry. I didn't even consider what you would think if I didn't come," Syaoran uttered as he let go of her. "I have something I'd like to ask of you and I would really prefer to cut to the chase..."
"What is it?"
"Go out with me next Saturday," was Syaoran's response.
"Huh? Next Saturday?" Sakura uttered in surprise.
"Yeah, maybe that way, I can make it up to you for not coming today," Syaoran said. "Would you be all right with that?"
Sakura smiled and for a moment there, Syaoran thought she was about to turn him down until she answered, "I think that would be really sweet of you. Sure, I'll go."
"So, I'll be seeing you until then, right?"
"You can bet your life on it," Sakura replied.
Syaoran smirked and stood up. "Sorry again about not being able to come earlier today. I'll be going now and like I said before, I'll be just a phone call away. This time, I mean it," he told her as he went out the door. Sakura could almost feel herself melt right then and there.
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