A/N: Hi there! I'm updating as fast as I can. School is starting soon and this was supposed to be a summer project!! Argh! So let's not waste any time and continue. (PS, I'm extremely sorry about chapter six!! I don't understand why it's got weirdo symbols!! If someone knows why, please help!!)

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If You're Not The One

Chapter 7

Surprise, Surprise

"Sakura!" Said a boy trying to catch up to her. "I heard what you did to Tomoyo."

"Everyone's heard what I did to Tomoyo." Sakura said irritably, continuing to walk to school without looking back at the guy.

"Yea, anyway," The boy continued. "I was thinking maybe we could go out sometime."

"No." Sakura kept walking, paying the boy no attention.

"But I thought you were different!" The boy explained.

"Let me guess," Sakura said, walking a little more quicker. "You thought I was a goody-goody, pom-pom throwing, "A plus" student, good-girl-gone-bad- overnight, right?"

The boy tilted his head. "Um... sure! So is that a yes?"

"NO!"

*At School*

"So, Sakura. Wanna "beat me up" sometime?" Said a built guy as she walked down the hallways.

"Go take your steroids," Sakura hissed as she walked by.

"Hey Sakura," said a girl putting on lipstick. "Heard you got kicked out of the cheerleading squad."

Sakura stopped, looked at her, put her hands to her face and gasped. "Oh my GOSH! Is that a zit on your forehead??!!"

"OH MY GOSH!" The girl took out her compact and checked her face. Sakura smiled to herself as she walked past her, and finally made it to her homeroom. She sat down at her desk and sighed. 'I hate this!!' She screamed inside. 'I hate having to be tough. I hate having to fight like this, but that's the only way I can get people to leave me alone.'

Meilin appeared in front of her and grinned evilly and said excitedly, "I'm so sorry you got kicked out of the cheerleading squad."

"Wow Meilin," Sakura said monotonously and sarcastically. "You say it like you mean it."

"And I do!" Meilin smiled. "If it wasn't for your sacrifice, I wouldn't have made it on the squad."

Sakura fumed. "I'm guessing you convinced Chiharu to vote me out of the cheerleading squad."

"Of course not!" Meilin looked at her nails. "I convinced Chiharu you were a psychopath, but that's all."

"Oh, big difference." Sakura muttered.

Meilin sat in her seat. Chiharu and Yamazaki opened the door to the classroom. Of course, they were at it again. "Come on, Chiharu!!" Yamazaki whined. "You can't still be mad at me."

"How can you say that??!! Of course I am!! You're defending that psycho-" Chiharu stopped, looked at Sakura, and rolled her eyes. "Speak of the devil."

"All I was saying," Yamazaki continued. "Is what did Sakura ever do to you?"

"Sakura," Chiharu snapped. "Is a threat to my cheerleading squad!!"

"Sakura," Sakura said. "Is sitting right here!!"

"Sakura," Meilin began. "Is referring to herself in third person, why?"

"Sakura will tell Meilin to shut up now." Sakura glared.

"Sakura!" Eriol interrupted. "We need to talk."

*Outside the Classroom*

"What's this all about?" Sakura asked.

"The bell is gonna ring in a minute." Eriol said looking at his watch.

"Thanks for the update." Sakura said, a little confused.

"Look, what I have to say will take more than just a minute. Meet me in the Chem. Lab during lunch, okay?"

"Why?"

"Just do it." Eriol ordered as he walked inside the classroom. Sakura rolled her eyes, sighed, and went back inside the classroom.

*In Between Classes*

Sakura was walking to her next period class when someone called her name. Sakura turned around and sighed. 'Great,' She thought. 'Someone else wants to make a comment.' Her eyes went wide when she saw Yamazaki come her way.

"Hey, Sakura." Yamazaki smiled.

"Whatever you have to say about me, make it quick, okay? I don't wanna be late."

"Huh? Oh no! I wasn't gonna say anything." Yamazaki laughed nervously. "I wanted to apologize for Chiharu."

"So you don't think I'm crazy for beating up on Tomoyo?" Sakura asked uncertainly.

"Of course not." Yamazaki replied. "But you must have been really pissed off!" Sakura smiled. "And I don't care what people say about you." Yamazaki continued. "I've known you since pre-school, and yes, I was a little shocked when I heard you beat up someone, but at the same time, I knew you must've had a good reason. I'll stick up for you, Kinomoto."

Sakura smiled. "You know what, Yamazaki? That just made my day."

*During Lunch*

Eriol waited in the Chem. Lab for Sakura's arrival. Five minutes passed and Sakura hadn't shown up. Eriol opened the closet door, where Tomoyo was hiding.

"She hasn't shown up yet." Eriol whispered.

"Give her time. She's late for everything." Tomoyo replied. "You know what to say, right?"

"I know exactly what to do." Eriol winked. He closed the closet door and waited. Seconds later, Sakura slid open the Lab door. Eriol sighed. "Good. You came."

"So what are we doing here?"

Eriol paced the floor. "I have a confession to make." From inside the closet, Tomoyo looked slightly confused. 'What?' She thought to herself. 'What's he doing?'

"Okay," Sakura said. "I'm listening."

"I knew when the time I was dating you that you didn't love me. You never did." Eriol began. Tomoyo's eyes went wide. 'WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOING??' She thought. 'He'll ruin everything!!'

"You're right," Sakura said. "I thought I was, but I guess I confused our friendship as love."

"And that's exactly what I had done." Eriol began. "I thought I was in love with you. When you broke up with me, I wanted to make you feel guilty. But now I realize I'm in love with someone else and my antics were foolish." Tomoyo heard this and blushed. "Anyway, I wanted to make you love me instead of Syaoron. Here's where it gets a little confusing. Syaoron told me two or three years ago that he was in love with you."

Sakura was surprised. "That's funny. He barely started talking to me this year."

"Syaoron's a little shy when making first moves." Eriol laughed. "It was love at first sight, he said. He also thought that you would never be interested in someone like him. So with that said, I decided to make my move. I dated you knowing Syaoron was in love with you."

Sakura sighed. "So what's the point?"

"The point is," Eriol said, leaning against the teacher's desk. "Syaoron doesn't hate you! He doesn't have a reason to hate you, and he'll never hate you!! I don't see why you continue to push him away!"

Sakura bit her lip and said nothing. She paced the floor for a moment, trying to find the right words. "Eriol, it's complicated."

"No, Sakura. It's not."

"Yes it is! How am I ever going to redeem myself from the horrible rumor Meilin started about me being a slut?"

"But that's just it! You don't have to redeem yourself! Not to Syaoron!" Eriol began, but Sakura was walking out of the classroom. "Syaoron doesn't believe all that crap. He's still in love with you, and I know you're in love with him."

Sakura turned around. "If Syaoron put you up to this, I swear I'll-"

"No, he didn't. Let's just say I'm doing this to redeem myself." Eriol replied. Sakura smiled, turned back around, opened the classroom door, and walked away. Tomoyo got out of the closet and put her hands on her hips. "Eriol, that was not part of the plan!!"

"But it worked, didn't it?"

She sighed. "It did have a pretty good affect on her." Tomoyo hit Eriol on the arm. "But what if it hadn't worked?? Do you know what would have happened if it hadn't worked??"

Eriol laughed. "But it did work!! There's nothing to worry about!!"

Tomoyo raised an eyebrow. "So, I just so happened to overhear you're in love with another girl."

Eriol blushed, but remained calm. "Maybe."

"You mind telling me who the lucky girl is?"

"Yea, I mind!" He laughed. "That's private info!" He paused. "'Lucky girl'?"

Tomoyo slightly blushed. "Well, yea. I figure any girl that ends up with you is pretty darn lucky." Eriol smiled and stared into her eyes. She looked into his and blushed even harder. Eriol slowly leaned his head towards hers and Tomoyo followed his lead. Suddenly, the bell rang, and lunch was over. Both flinched and took a step back from each other. The laughed nervously and exited the classroom.

(A/N: Dammit.)

*After School*

"Hey Syaoron!"

"Meilin."

She put her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth with her feet as she spoke to Syaoron. "I was thinking maybe you could drop me off at home today."

"Why don't you have one of your drivers take you home?" Syaoron sighed.

"I may be rich, but I don't have drivers. Besides, I gotta show you something at home!!" Meilin squealed. Syaoron rolled his eyes. "Fine," he said. "Where do you live?"

*Meilin's Apartment*

Meilin unlocked the door to her apartment and let Syaoron in. "Meilin, I didn't know you lived in an apartment."

"Yea well," Meilin said casually. "Mom wanted me to experience life without her."

"Oh, so where do you work?"

"'Work'?" Meilin laughed. "I don't work."

Syaoron was a bit taken back. "Then how do you pay rent every month?"

"Duh! Mom pays for it!"

Syaoron crossed his arms. "But I thought you said your mom wanted you to experience life without her."

Meilin grinned. "But mom didn't say anything about experiencing life without her money!!"

"Big difference," Syaoron mumbled to himself.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?"

"So what did you want to show me?" Syaoron asked, changing the subject.

Meilin's eyes brightened. "Oh! Sit right there!" She directed Syaoron to the couch. "I'll be right back!" She dashed inside a room and grabbed a tiny wooden box with Jade stones all over it. She brought it to Syaoron and sat beside him on the couch. "Do you remember this?" She asked him and she handed the box to him.

"No."

"Oh c'mon, Syaoron!" Meilin pleaded. "You have to remember! Think really long and hard. It'll all come back to you, I'm sure."

Syaoron held the box up to his ear, shook it, then frowned. "Can't say I remember."

Meilin snatched the box from his hands and smiled. "Would you remember if you saw THIS?" She opened the box and inside was a beautiful diamond ring with ruby stones surrounding it. "Remember now?" Syaoron's eyes went wide. Meiling continued, "I knew you would. Eighteen karat gold and all!" She giggled as he remained in astonishment. "Say something, silly!"

Syaoron gulped. "Wh-where did you get this?"

"I kept it ever since you gave it to me! You really think I'd give it away or something?"

"Yea."

"Then obviously you don't know me very well, Li Syaoron. This is our promise ring!"

"It was our promise ring." Syaoron corrected.

"You know what I mean. Anyway, you promised me someday you'd marry me, and you gave me that ring!! I'll never forget that day..." Meilin's eyes went dreamy. Syaoron snatched the ring from Meilin. "I was thirteen. I had bad taste in women then. Believe me."

Meilin smirked. "You thought I was a woman!"

Syaoron sweatdropped. "Um, Meilin, I think you missed the point. And besides, that chapter of our lives is over."

Meilin nodded and sighed. "Yea, the past is the past." She took the ring from Syaoron and put it on her finger. "And it would have looked so good on me, too." She stood up from the couch, as did Syaoron, and she opened the door to her apartment and suddenly jumped on Syaoron. He was trying not to lose his balance. "I'm soo happy!!" Meilin yelled. Syaoron looked at her as if she were mental, then put her down. Finally she let him leave.

(A/N: Okay... what was that all about, I wonder...)

*The Following Day At School*

It was the last period of the day. Sakura looked outside the classroom window for a moment. It was dark and clouds were forming in the sky. 'I wonder,' She thought. 'I wonder if what Eriol said yesterday was true.'

"Kinomoto!" The teacher snapped.

"Hai, Sensei?" She asked. (A/N: Look mommy!! Japanese!!)

"It's your turn."

"Oh!" Sakura got up from her seat and stood in front of the class. The teacher put the metronome on (tick, tick, tick, tick, tick) and Sakura played a song on her recorder. (A/N: It's music class!!).

The bell rang, and school was out.

Sakura put her things in her locker when she heard Chiharu on the intercom. "All cheerleaders please report to the gymnasium in cheerleading attire. All cheerleaders, report to the gymnasium wearing their cheerleading attire. Thank you." Sakura threw her stuff in and grabbed her rollerblades and book bag. A roll of thunder was heard. 'I'd better hurry or it'll pour!' She ran down the halls and saw Meilin walking towards the gymnasium in her cheerleading outfit, smiling sweetly at Sakura. Sakura just ignored her. Once she was outside, she put on her rollerblades and sped down the sidewalks.

"UGH!! She does it just to spite me!" She said aloud. Suddenly it began raining. Sakura stopped and sighed. "Yea, this is my punishment!" A car honked at her. It was a green Jetta. (A/N: Who do we all know has a green Jetta??)

"Need a ride?"

Syaoron.

Sakura could only stare for a moment. She looked at his unruly chestnut hair, draping over his powerful amber eyes. His eyes and hers locked. Everything around them vanished. All that had been troubling Sakura just disappeared. Nothing mattered. Except for Syaoron...

"Sakura?? Are you there??" Syaoron asked, snapping Sakura out of her daze. Sakura slowly got in the Jetta, not taking her eyes off of Syaoron's. Once Sakura was inside, Syaoron sped away. As Syaoron was driving, Sakura could help but glance at him from time to time. When Syaoron caught her looking at him, he looked at her and smiled. "What is it?"

Sakura blushed and realized she was staring. "Oh! Nothing..."

Syaoron chuckled. When he got there, Syaoron parked in front of Sakura's house. "I'll make sure you get in. Then I'll leave." Sakura nodded. She got out of the car and ran to her front doorstep. She looked through her book bag and purse, but she couldn't find her keys. She ran back inside his car.

"What happened?" He asked.

Sakura put her wet hair behind her ears. "I lost my keys, and dad's not home!!"

"Come over to my place. It's right down the road."

*Syaoron's Apartment*

Sakura sat nervously on the couch, waiting for Syaoron to return with a towel. 'Maybe Eriol's right,' Sakura thought to herself. 'Maybe he still cares.' Syaoron came back and wrapped the towel around Sakura's wet body. "Thank you," she said softly.

"Would you like some tea?"

"Oh! Um, no thanks-"

"Are you sure? If you don't want tea, there's hot cocoa!"

"I'm fine-"

"And if you don't like cocoa, there's always coffee..."

"Syaoron!" Sakura began. She looked into his auburn eyes. 'He's trying so hard,' she thought to herself. "Hot cocoa would be nice." Moments later Syaoron came out with her hot chocolate and put it on the coffee table in front of her. "Syaoron, you didn't have to do all this."

"But I wanted to," said Syaoron, coming back in with coffee in his hands. He sat down on the other couch. "And besides, you could have caught a cold out in this weather."

"It's a good thing you live down the road." Sakura sighed in relief.

"Why? So you can sneak out the moment I go into another room?" Syaoron asked playfully.

Sakura laughed. "No."

There was an awkward silence. Sakura shifted, Syaoron cleared his throat. He sipped his coffee and looked at her. Sakura had all these questions for Syaoron. She wanted to know if what Eriol said was true. She wanted to know what she was doing at his house. She wanted to know why, or if, he was still in love with her. All the things that once made sense to her didn't.

"I need to ask you..." Sakura began.

"I think you should know..." Syaoron interrupted.

Both of them laughed nervously. "Go ahead." Syaoron nodded. Sakura took a deep breath and sighed. "Syaoron, why aren't you mad at me?" Syaoron looked down at the coffee cup in his hands and murmured.

"I could never be mad at you."

Sakura blushed and continued. "Syaoron, I've loved you for four years. It seems like you're just returning those feelings just now. Why the sudden interest in me?" Syaoron looked up from his coffee cup and smiled a true genuine smile that made Sakura's heart flutter.

"Sakura." He began. "I've been in love with you for three years." He laughed and scratched his head. "And it was just this year I had the nerve to talk to you. It wasn't a 'sudden interest'. It was a long wait."

Sakura looked down at her hands. "Was it worth it? Was I worth it?"

Syaoron got up from his seat and sat beside Sakura. He brushed an auburn strand of hair from Sakura's face and gently planted a kiss on her forehead. "What do you think?" He asked. Sakura couldn't help but laugh, as did Syaoron. She kissed his cheek and made her way to his lips. Syaoron responded, pulling her body over his. Sakura broke into laughter.

"What?" Syaoron asked.

"You grabbed my ass!!" She said, her eyes wide, covering her mouth.

"I did not!!" Syaoron said, getting red with embarrassment.

"Yea you did!!" Sakura laughed at his reaction.

Syaoron raised his eyebrow. "Want me to do it again?" They both began laughing. "Um, no! I don't think so!" Sakura pecked him on the lips. She kissed him again, only this time making the kiss linger. Syaoron suddenly broke from the kiss. "You taste like chocolate." He declared.

"You taste like coffee." Sakura stated. "Hazelnut?"

"Irish Crème!" Syaoron replied. "You weren't even close!"

"Shut up!" Sakura hit him playfully on the shoulder. "I don't drink coffee."

"Do I taste good?" Syaoron asked in a deep voice.

"What do you think?" Sakura asked in a sexy voice. Both of them slowly leaned in and touched each other's lips. For the rest of the afternoon, both of them kept themselves company, and they hadn't even noticed the rain stopped outside.

*Daidouji Mansion*

"So how'd you get them to spend a rainy afternoon together in Syaoron's apartment?" Eriol asked as Tomoyo poured him a cup of tea.

"Well," She got out her purse and pulled out a set of house keys. "I got Sakura's locker number and took them from her book bag."

Eriol shook his head and smiled. "Tomoyo Daidouji. I've completely underestimated you. A job well done."

Tomoyo raised her teacup and Eriol raised his. "To us," she said, "oh great partner-in-crime!"

They brought their teacups together, made a small clinking noise, and sipped their tea.

(A/N: THE END!! No, I'm just kidding!! What will happen next, I wonder...?)

*At School Days Later*

Sakura walked down the hallways happily for the second day in a row, and everyone noticed it. Sakura walked past Syaoron, whom was putting things inside his locker. He caught her glance and he smiled coolly. Sakura flipped her hair back and walked to her classroom, where about ten girls were surrounding another girl. Sakura walked towards them and could see the girl in the center.

"Meilin?"

"SAKURA!!" Meilin jumped out of her seat and hugged her tightly.

Sakura's face contorted. "Um, what's this all about?"

Meilin's eyes went starry and her face beamed. "I want you to be my Maid of Honor!"

"You're getting married??" Sakura asked skeptically.

Meilin showed her engagement ring. "It's real rubies, a real diamond, and eighteen karat gold!" She said happily.

"And why would you want me to be you're Maid of Honor??" Sakura asked cynically.

"Because you're closest to the bride and groom!"

Sakura crossed her arms. "And who is the groom??"

"Honey, who else would it be? It's Syaoron!"

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A/N: UH OH!! What's Meilin trying to pull?? You'll find out next chapter!! (Is this considered a cliffhanger? I guess... oh well!) And is there a romance between Tomoyo and Eriol? Tune in next time! I'll try an update faster!! It is I! The fast updater!! Hah, okay, please review!! I need to know how I'm doing with each chapter, so whoever reads this chappie, please review. I need all the help I can get (in more ways than one!).

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