Hi you guys. Not many of you reviewed for the last chapter. I hope that it wasn't because of my late update. I'm really sorry about that. I hope that you guys enjoyed the last chapter though. As I said before, this will be the fourth last chapter. Almost done!
Sakura scanned the sight in front of her.
There were rows of empty brown pews around her, soon to be filled in a couple of hours. She was standing on a red carpet with a yellow trim that lead from the back if the building to the front of the bronze altar. Behind the altar was a large organ surrounded by various objects. Around her on the walls were beautiful stained glass windows that contained scenes from the bible.
A pair of arms came and hugged Sakura from behind and the person rested his chin on her shoulder.
"Do you like it?" he whispered.
"Mmhmm. . ." Sakura turned around and faced the person just as he leaned down and kissed her full on the mouth.
Sakura woke up from her slumber.
Sighing to herself, she looked at the clock.
It read 8:00am. Looking at the calendar, she noticed that it was only 2 days until school ended.
2 days until she graduated.
2 days until she could date Syaoran legally.
Sakura smiled as she thought about what had happened last week. Since then, she had been having those weird dreams. No, not weird. Wonderful. Wonderful dreams about her wedding.
Getting out of bed, Sakura decided to dress early for school.
'Maybe I'll even get to see Syaoran.' Sakura thought.
'In private.'
Sakura giggled like an innocent schoolgirl.
Quickly getting dressed and heading downstairs to eat her breakfast. After gulping it down, she raced to school, hoping to get some private time with her teacher.
'I wonder what he's doing.' She thought as she passed the school doors. Getting her books from her locker, she raced off to her homeroom, only to find a new teacher instead of her Syaoran.
As she entered the room Sakura asked, "Where's Li-sensei?"
The teacher looked up from her desk and peered at Sakura curiously.
"He got fired."
The news spread through the school like wild fire.
"Hey did you hear? Li-sensei got fired!"
"What?! Why?"
"Rumor has it that he had a relationship with a student."
Sigh "And he was so hot. . ."
Lunchtime found Tomoyo walking into the girl's bathroom to do her makeup when she heard a sniff from one of the stalls. Knocking on the door she said, "Hey, are you okay?"
Pushing the door open slowly, she saw Sakura sitting on the toilet seat silently crying her eyes out.
Walking up to Sakura, Tomoyo rubbed Sakura's back.
"Hey, Sakura, what's wrong?"
Sniff.
"Does it have to do with Li-sensei being fired?"
Nod.
"Are you crying tears of joy because he's gone and he won't bug you anymore?"
Shake.
"Did you like him?"
Nod.
"Aww . . . you'll get over him. I guarantee it. And then you'll find someone new and you'll get married and have babies and you'll be one big happy family."
Sakura shook her head.
"Aww . . . why not-"
Suddenly, it clicked. Tomoyo gasped. "Oh my god, were you the-?"
Sakura nodded.
"You're so lucky!" Tomoyo squealed. "Any girl would die to be in your place. Except for me, because I have Eriol. But he was so hot!"
Cue the excessive questions.
"Did you get to kiss him? Is he a good kisser? Have you been in his apartment? Is it clean? Is it dirty? Can he cook? Is he a good cook? Oh my god! I can't believe this, you-"
Tomoyo suddenly stopped as the situation came back to her. "Eep. I'm not making this any better am I?"
"No." Sakura's voice cracked.
"Well then, let's get you cleaned up shall we?" Helping Sakura up off the toilet seat, she covered Sakura's red-rimmed eyes and cherry nose with some make up and helped her out of the washroom.
"Sakura, are you going to be alright? Will you be able to make it through to the end of the day?"
"Yes, I think so." Sakura looked out one of the windows blankly.
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"Listen, Sakura, I have to go to Art. Are you sure you'll be all right? Won't do anything drastic?"
Sakura nodded.
"Okay then." Tomoyo sighed. "See ya later."
As Tomoyo walked away and the rush of students thinned, Sakura turned and walked out of the building and to the park. Sitting on one of the swings, she thought of how it could have happened.
'Maybe someone saw. Syaoran said that it was illegal but why would someone want to fire him? If they were jealous, then wouldn't they want to get rid of me? Maybe they wanted to get Syaoran fired because it would hurt me. And it did. There's no denying that.'
Swinging gently on the swing, memories of her times with Syaoran flew through her mind.
In detention writing verses . . .
Syaoran checking up on her in the hospital . . .
Syaoran making noodles for her . . .
The kiss . . .
The wonderful, long, extravagant, kiss . . .
Sakura had inadvertently started crying again. Getting up from the swings, she started to walk home.
The walk was much too long and happy to her liking. There were couples everywhere. Young and old. Holding hands, kissing, hugging. Thinking about it brought a fresh batch of tears to her eyes.
'Get a hold of yourself Sakura.' She thought determinedly. 'It was probably nothing but an innocent, naïve, schoolgirl crush. He's probably forgotten about you anyway.'
However, something inside her told her that it wasn't true.
Upon reaching her humble abode, Sakura went up to her room.
After putting her school bag on her desk, she caught sight of the shirt that she had worn to Syaoran's apartment.
Trying to crush the new wave of emotion that washed over her, Sakura clumsily threw the shirt into the closet, crawled under her blanket, and went to sleep.
The next day went by in a blur for Sakura. She had already finished all of her exams and her graduation was two weeks before. Nothing of importance had happened and before she knew it, it was already the end of the day, or more preferable, the end of the year.
Tomoyo and Eriol kept throwing concerned glances at Sakura, but she waved off their concern.
"So, Sakura, are you excited that you're going to the University of Hong Kong?" Eriol asked Sakura on their way home from school.
"Yup." Sakura answered. "I'm going to visit it in four days!"
"On Sunday?"
"Yup. I'm so excited! I'm glad I took Mandarin and Cantonese lessons when I was younger. It's a shame that I won't get to see you guys though."
"Don't worry," Tomoyo said, "We'll be right here anyway. We aren't going anywhere."
Three days later
Sakura was packing her bag in her room when she caught sight of the shirt that she wore to Syaoran's apartment. A little bit of it was hanging out of the closet.
Walking over to the shirt, she picked it up and held it to her nose. She took a deep breath, trying to see if she could get the slightest scent of Syaoran.
Dissapointed at its normal smell, Sakura folded the shirt and put it in her bag.
'Though he's gone, he shall always remain in my heart. And, I admit, I guess I'm not over him yet.'
Then, what Tomoyo said a few days earlier flitted through her mind. 'We'll be right here anyway. We aren't going anywhere.'
On the plane to Hong Kong, Sakura could barely conceal her excitement. She was finally home free. No more Touya to get on her nerves.
'I swear, the only reason he decided to stay at home was to bug me.'
Looking out the window, she started to see the buildings and houses of Hong Kong.
Leaning back in her chair, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had left her old life behind in Tomoeda and letting it start anew in Hong Kong.
Mwah hahahahahahhahahaha! I'm evil aren't I? Don't worry though, this isn't the end of the story. 3 more chapters to go. I already know how to end this. It's only a matter of time. Mwah hahahahahahahahahaha!
I would like to thank my new beta reader. You're doing a great job. Couldn't ask for a better one than you.
And thank you readers for being so patient. I know I've been a pain in the butt cause it's been a long time since I've posted a chapter up but bear with me cause this story's almost done!
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