A/N: Here it is. my "thank you" list!
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 10
Change of Heart
Almost every senior at Northwest High was anxious for school to be over. Why? Because the second that bell rang for class to be dismissed, students would be driving to their hair and nail appointments or they had to pick up their dress and tuxedos at the cleaners. Then they'd pick up their dates and head towards their school gymnasium and take pictures. Then afterwards, they'd go to the beach or a fancy restaurant with a bunch of their friends or they'd go sneak off to a hotel room (and we all know the rest of the story).
In other words, this was the night.
Prom night.
But as I said in that opening statement, almost every senior at Northwest High was anxious for school to be over. The operative words being "almost every senior", Sakura Kinomoto was not thrilled, or maybe she was, but not as thrilled as she would have been if someone else had taken her to her senior prom.
Someone she'd wanted for four years.
But he was leaving today.
And she was going to prom with someone else.
'Syaoron,' She'd think to herself as she looked at that clock above the chalkboard. 2:36 PM. (A/N: Let's just say school ends at 2:45, okay?) Syaoron would also be driving to the airport by now if he wanted to make his flight. (A/N: Let's just say it takes a hour to get to Tokyo from Tomoeda, okay?) 'I really screwed up.'
(Sakura POV)
My thoughts of Syaoron were interrupted by the sound of a nasal woman over the intercom say, "Please excuse the following announcements. Tonight, the Senior Prom will not be held in the school's gymnasium, but in the school cafeteria. Secondly, the dance will begin at a later time. It will begin at 4:30 and end at 6:30."
'Great,' I thought to myself. 'By the end of the Prom, Syaoron will already be in China! He hasn't even left for the airport and I miss him already!'
"Thinking hard?"
I snapped out of my daze and looked at the person who made the remark. It was Eriol.
"No, I'm just tired." I replied with a smile.
Eriol smiled back and said slyly, "Well, if I'm correct, this is the second day Syaoron and Meilin have not shown up. Could you, I dunno, maybe be upset about that?"
"Well, I don't think they'll be back." I said, sighing, shaking my head. "And it's not a bad thing if Meilin doesn't come back!"
"Is Syaoron coming back?"
I looked down and sighed. "No."
The bell rang. In less than ten seconds, every student (except Eriol and I) ran out of the class.
"Eriol, are you taking anyone to prom?" I asked standing up from my seat.
Eriol blushed as he got up from his seat and shook his head vigorously. "Nope, no one! I'm flying solo tonight. Yea..." I knew he was lying. "Just me, myself, and I..." He continued. Oh yea. He's a liar.
I decided not to ask or else he would have continued to deny and stall. Besides, I'll see his date at the prom. The prom I was going to alone. Well, sure I had Yamazaki as a date, but it wouldn't make me feel any better... not when I knew Syaoron would be leaving in less than an hour to Hong Kong while I remained here!!
"Sakura?" Eriol broke my train of thought. I found Eriol and myself outside the classroom.
"Yea." I said. "Well, no use trying to make you tell me who you're going with, or, as you say, you're 'flying solo'. Well, have a great time tonight."
"You too." Eriol smiled and left. I went to put my things in my locker when suddenly, I heard...
"YAMAZAKI!!"
Ugh! Chiharu.
"Takashi Yamazaki!! You still haven't answered my question!!" She roared, tugging on his swollen ears. "Why aren't you picking me up this evening for the prom?? Are you planning on ditching me?? YOU PROMISED WE'D GO TOGETHER!!"
Yamazaki and Chiharu getting into another one of those fights again. Poor Yamazaki's ears! Wait a minute... Are they going to prom together?? (A/N: Uh oh!) I thought they weren't going! (A/N: Oh no!!) I'm going with Yamazaki!! (A/N: Holy mother...) I approached the feuding couple and pulled Yamazaki aside.
"Excuse me, but did I hear her right? Are you two going together after all?"
Yamazaki laughed nervously. I guess I was right. I pulled on his other ear on instinct and growled. "How could you?? Chiharu would've been soo pissed at me if she found out!!"
"That's just it..." Yamazaki said. "She was never gonna find... OW!!" At that moment, Chiharu grabbed his other ear.
"Sakura, you'll have your turn with him later!" Chiharu dragged Yamazaki down the hall. Just that moment, someone tapped on my shoulder. It was Tomoyo.
"Hey! Are you coming over to my house to get your hair done?"
I watched Yamazaki be dragged away by the evil troll and responded, "No, I'm not going."
Tomoyo tilted her head. "But I thought you were going with Yamazaki."
"I thought so, too." I said, still in shock that Yamazaki would lie to me about not going with Chiharu, but what I didn't understand was why he'd do that. I left Tomoyo standing by my locker as I walked away.
*Meilin's Apartment*
(Normal POV)
Syaoron put Meilin's bags in the trunk of his car. Meilin smiled. "Thanks so much for doing this, Syaoron."
"..."
"Syaoron?"
Syaoron shook his head and said, "huh?"
"Nothing," Meilin sighed. 'He's been like this since yesterday, too.' She thought. Meilin then thought about Eriol's voicemail on Syaoron's cell phone she had deleted. She followed Syaoron inside the apartment and closed the door behind her. "Syaoron, what's wrong?"
"Wrong? Nothing's wrong!" Syaoron insisted. Meilin put her hands on her hips, unconvinced. "Meilin, I don't care what you say, there's nothing wrong! I'm fine."
Meilin stormed off to her room. "You didn't have to say what's wrong. I already know!" And she slammed the door behind her. Syaoron sighed. "Women."
*Daidouji Mansion*
"C'mon, Sakura! You have to go to prom!!"
"Who would I go with??" Sakura asked.
"Well, I'm not going with anyone and I'm still going!!" Tomoyo lied once again.
BEEP
"Hey," Tomoyo continued. "Could you hold on a sec? Someone's on the other line." She pushed the button labeled "flash" and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey," Eriol said.
"ERIOL!!" Tomoyo cried. "Sakura and Yamazaki are not going to the prom!!"
"WHAT?!"
"Long story, I'll explain later. I've got Sakura on the other line."
"Should I call you back later?"
"No need. Just stay on the line. I'm almost finished with Sakura." Tomoyo hit the "Flash" button again. "Sakura are you still there?"
"Yea." She said.
"You are going to prom with or without a date, aren't you?"
Sakura sighed. "It's pointless!!"
"Sakura!" Tomoyo began. "I know how badly you wanted Syaoron to take you to the prom. Now I really have to go." Before Tomoyo left, she added, "You could have a really great time. Think about it." Tomoyo pushed flash and told Eriol what happened between Chiharu, Yamazaki, and Sakura.
"Shit! This is not good!" Eriol shook his head.
"No it's not." Tomoyo agreed. "What are we gonna do? This plan is falling apart!! Have you talked to Syaoron?"
"I left a message on his cell phone. Let's just hope he gets the message in time."
*Kinomoto Residence*
Sakura plopped on her bed. 'Great,' She thought to herself. 'Should I go?' She turned around and hanging on her bathroom door was the dress Tomoyo designed. She got up from her bed and grabbed the dress and put it up to her body.
*Meilin's Apartment*
Syaoron put the last of Meilin's things in his car. He went inside her apartment and grabbed a glass of water. Meilin suddenly came out of her room smiling.
"Are you okay?" Syaoron asked.
"Yea. Fine. Never better." Meilin said, continuing to smile.
"Okay." Syaoron gulped his water as he watched Meilin open the front door. "Where are you going?" He yelled. He put his glass down and ran outside after her. When he finally caught up to her, she was taking her things out of his car. "What?? What the hell are you doing??" He asked.
Meilin looked at her watch. 2:56 PM. She looked up at Syaoron and smiled. "I'll take a cab! That way, you can take Sakura to her prom!"
Syaoron shook his head. "Take a cab? I thought I was dropping you off at the airport so you could make the next flight to China?" (A/N: Aha! Surprise number one! Syaoron was never leaving! He was just gonna take Meilin to the airport so SHE could leave to China!)
Meilin's smile faded. "Syaoron, I have a confession to make. Eriol called your cell phone the other day and left a voicemail saying you should go to the prom with Sakura... and I deleted it." Syaoron's facial expression went from bad to worse. "And when I heard his message," Meilin continued. "I figured he shouldn't be telling you to go to the prom with Sakura; I should." (A/N: Surprise number two! Meilin has been healed from the evil spirit inside her!)
Syaoron stood before Meilin, shocked at her response (A/N: Heck, I think everyone was shocked at that response!), and had no idea what to say. Meilin smiled and took the rest of her bags out of his car. "I called the taxi service while I was in my room. They'll be here any minute now."
"Are you sure?" Asked Syaoron, still stunned by Meilin's behavior.
"I'm sure." Meilin nodded. Syaoron stood there, astonished, for about ten seconds when Meilin cried, "What are you waiting for?? GO, STUPID!!"
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A/N: These are such short chapters, I know, but the longest chapter will be next, I promise!! Now even if you have an idea what's gonna happen, PLEASE DO NOT MENTION IT IN THE REVIEW!! This was the shortest chapter and yet it took me forever to type. I'm leaving for San Marcos and then El Paso tomorrow and won't be back for a week, so I guess my prediction was wrong; I'm not gonna be finished by this week, but for sure next week. (Besides, it will give me more time to think about what should happen! (Didn't you know?? I'm making this up as I go!!)) Review!!
Kiki, Helen, SaFiRe Star, ChErRy BlOsSoM, Sugar88, EmeraldEyes, :P (LOL, I like that reviewer's name!!), SweetCherryBlossom, LiL DuDeTtE (you rock!! You sent me four reviews!!), Alexandra, Baby-Prue (You sent me four also!!), Joan-Chan, Forgotten Memory, Missy_T, Moondweller, TroubleMaker, Genevieve, not applicable, ChErRyBlOsSoM13! YAY!!
THAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOOOU!!! Luv ya much!
For anyone else I forgot, e-mail me!!
Hey ppls!! Join the club!! There's plenty room for all, so come on!! Review!!
Okay, well, I really suggest you read the author's note after this chapter. PLEASE!! It's very important!!
Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled story.
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 10
Change of Heart
Almost every senior at Northwest High was anxious for school to be over. Why? Because the second that bell rang for class to be dismissed, students would be driving to their hair and nail appointments or they had to pick up their dress and tuxedos at the cleaners. Then they'd pick up their dates and head towards their school gymnasium and take pictures. Then afterwards, they'd go to the beach or a fancy restaurant with a bunch of their friends or they'd go sneak off to a hotel room (and we all know the rest of the story).
In other words, this was the night.
Prom night.
But as I said in that opening statement, almost every senior at Northwest High was anxious for school to be over. The operative words being "almost every senior", Sakura Kinomoto was not thrilled, or maybe she was, but not as thrilled as she would have been if someone else had taken her to her senior prom.
Someone she'd wanted for four years.
But he was leaving today.
And she was going to prom with someone else.
'Syaoron,' She'd think to herself as she looked at that clock above the chalkboard. 2:36 PM. (A/N: Let's just say school ends at 2:45, okay?) Syaoron would also be driving to the airport by now if he wanted to make his flight. (A/N: Let's just say it takes a hour to get to Tokyo from Tomoeda, okay?) 'I really screwed up.'
(Sakura POV)
My thoughts of Syaoron were interrupted by the sound of a nasal woman over the intercom say, "Please excuse the following announcements. Tonight, the Senior Prom will not be held in the school's gymnasium, but in the school cafeteria. Secondly, the dance will begin at a later time. It will begin at 4:30 and end at 6:30."
'Great,' I thought to myself. 'By the end of the Prom, Syaoron will already be in China! He hasn't even left for the airport and I miss him already!'
"Thinking hard?"
I snapped out of my daze and looked at the person who made the remark. It was Eriol.
"No, I'm just tired." I replied with a smile.
Eriol smiled back and said slyly, "Well, if I'm correct, this is the second day Syaoron and Meilin have not shown up. Could you, I dunno, maybe be upset about that?"
"Well, I don't think they'll be back." I said, sighing, shaking my head. "And it's not a bad thing if Meilin doesn't come back!"
"Is Syaoron coming back?"
I looked down and sighed. "No."
The bell rang. In less than ten seconds, every student (except Eriol and I) ran out of the class.
"Eriol, are you taking anyone to prom?" I asked standing up from my seat.
Eriol blushed as he got up from his seat and shook his head vigorously. "Nope, no one! I'm flying solo tonight. Yea..." I knew he was lying. "Just me, myself, and I..." He continued. Oh yea. He's a liar.
I decided not to ask or else he would have continued to deny and stall. Besides, I'll see his date at the prom. The prom I was going to alone. Well, sure I had Yamazaki as a date, but it wouldn't make me feel any better... not when I knew Syaoron would be leaving in less than an hour to Hong Kong while I remained here!!
"Sakura?" Eriol broke my train of thought. I found Eriol and myself outside the classroom.
"Yea." I said. "Well, no use trying to make you tell me who you're going with, or, as you say, you're 'flying solo'. Well, have a great time tonight."
"You too." Eriol smiled and left. I went to put my things in my locker when suddenly, I heard...
"YAMAZAKI!!"
Ugh! Chiharu.
"Takashi Yamazaki!! You still haven't answered my question!!" She roared, tugging on his swollen ears. "Why aren't you picking me up this evening for the prom?? Are you planning on ditching me?? YOU PROMISED WE'D GO TOGETHER!!"
Yamazaki and Chiharu getting into another one of those fights again. Poor Yamazaki's ears! Wait a minute... Are they going to prom together?? (A/N: Uh oh!) I thought they weren't going! (A/N: Oh no!!) I'm going with Yamazaki!! (A/N: Holy mother...) I approached the feuding couple and pulled Yamazaki aside.
"Excuse me, but did I hear her right? Are you two going together after all?"
Yamazaki laughed nervously. I guess I was right. I pulled on his other ear on instinct and growled. "How could you?? Chiharu would've been soo pissed at me if she found out!!"
"That's just it..." Yamazaki said. "She was never gonna find... OW!!" At that moment, Chiharu grabbed his other ear.
"Sakura, you'll have your turn with him later!" Chiharu dragged Yamazaki down the hall. Just that moment, someone tapped on my shoulder. It was Tomoyo.
"Hey! Are you coming over to my house to get your hair done?"
I watched Yamazaki be dragged away by the evil troll and responded, "No, I'm not going."
Tomoyo tilted her head. "But I thought you were going with Yamazaki."
"I thought so, too." I said, still in shock that Yamazaki would lie to me about not going with Chiharu, but what I didn't understand was why he'd do that. I left Tomoyo standing by my locker as I walked away.
*Meilin's Apartment*
(Normal POV)
Syaoron put Meilin's bags in the trunk of his car. Meilin smiled. "Thanks so much for doing this, Syaoron."
"..."
"Syaoron?"
Syaoron shook his head and said, "huh?"
"Nothing," Meilin sighed. 'He's been like this since yesterday, too.' She thought. Meilin then thought about Eriol's voicemail on Syaoron's cell phone she had deleted. She followed Syaoron inside the apartment and closed the door behind her. "Syaoron, what's wrong?"
"Wrong? Nothing's wrong!" Syaoron insisted. Meilin put her hands on her hips, unconvinced. "Meilin, I don't care what you say, there's nothing wrong! I'm fine."
Meilin stormed off to her room. "You didn't have to say what's wrong. I already know!" And she slammed the door behind her. Syaoron sighed. "Women."
*Daidouji Mansion*
"C'mon, Sakura! You have to go to prom!!"
"Who would I go with??" Sakura asked.
"Well, I'm not going with anyone and I'm still going!!" Tomoyo lied once again.
BEEP
"Hey," Tomoyo continued. "Could you hold on a sec? Someone's on the other line." She pushed the button labeled "flash" and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey," Eriol said.
"ERIOL!!" Tomoyo cried. "Sakura and Yamazaki are not going to the prom!!"
"WHAT?!"
"Long story, I'll explain later. I've got Sakura on the other line."
"Should I call you back later?"
"No need. Just stay on the line. I'm almost finished with Sakura." Tomoyo hit the "Flash" button again. "Sakura are you still there?"
"Yea." She said.
"You are going to prom with or without a date, aren't you?"
Sakura sighed. "It's pointless!!"
"Sakura!" Tomoyo began. "I know how badly you wanted Syaoron to take you to the prom. Now I really have to go." Before Tomoyo left, she added, "You could have a really great time. Think about it." Tomoyo pushed flash and told Eriol what happened between Chiharu, Yamazaki, and Sakura.
"Shit! This is not good!" Eriol shook his head.
"No it's not." Tomoyo agreed. "What are we gonna do? This plan is falling apart!! Have you talked to Syaoron?"
"I left a message on his cell phone. Let's just hope he gets the message in time."
*Kinomoto Residence*
Sakura plopped on her bed. 'Great,' She thought to herself. 'Should I go?' She turned around and hanging on her bathroom door was the dress Tomoyo designed. She got up from her bed and grabbed the dress and put it up to her body.
*Meilin's Apartment*
Syaoron put the last of Meilin's things in his car. He went inside her apartment and grabbed a glass of water. Meilin suddenly came out of her room smiling.
"Are you okay?" Syaoron asked.
"Yea. Fine. Never better." Meilin said, continuing to smile.
"Okay." Syaoron gulped his water as he watched Meilin open the front door. "Where are you going?" He yelled. He put his glass down and ran outside after her. When he finally caught up to her, she was taking her things out of his car. "What?? What the hell are you doing??" He asked.
Meilin looked at her watch. 2:56 PM. She looked up at Syaoron and smiled. "I'll take a cab! That way, you can take Sakura to her prom!"
Syaoron shook his head. "Take a cab? I thought I was dropping you off at the airport so you could make the next flight to China?" (A/N: Aha! Surprise number one! Syaoron was never leaving! He was just gonna take Meilin to the airport so SHE could leave to China!)
Meilin's smile faded. "Syaoron, I have a confession to make. Eriol called your cell phone the other day and left a voicemail saying you should go to the prom with Sakura... and I deleted it." Syaoron's facial expression went from bad to worse. "And when I heard his message," Meilin continued. "I figured he shouldn't be telling you to go to the prom with Sakura; I should." (A/N: Surprise number two! Meilin has been healed from the evil spirit inside her!)
Syaoron stood before Meilin, shocked at her response (A/N: Heck, I think everyone was shocked at that response!), and had no idea what to say. Meilin smiled and took the rest of her bags out of his car. "I called the taxi service while I was in my room. They'll be here any minute now."
"Are you sure?" Asked Syaoron, still stunned by Meilin's behavior.
"I'm sure." Meilin nodded. Syaoron stood there, astonished, for about ten seconds when Meilin cried, "What are you waiting for?? GO, STUPID!!"
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A/N: These are such short chapters, I know, but the longest chapter will be next, I promise!! Now even if you have an idea what's gonna happen, PLEASE DO NOT MENTION IT IN THE REVIEW!! This was the shortest chapter and yet it took me forever to type. I'm leaving for San Marcos and then El Paso tomorrow and won't be back for a week, so I guess my prediction was wrong; I'm not gonna be finished by this week, but for sure next week. (Besides, it will give me more time to think about what should happen! (Didn't you know?? I'm making this up as I go!!)) Review!!