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Thought: '...'
Dream: //...//
Speech: "..."
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1 hr later
"Hey Madison." Sakura said breathlessly.
"Woke up late again, huh Sakura?" Madison said with a smile.
Sakura shook her head. "No. Just a late start this morning."
"Well come on, before we're late for class." Madison started to pull on her arm.
Sakura laughed. "Let me get my bag first Madison."
A few minutes later they walked into class to see Chelsea and Nikki waiting for them.
"Hey Chelsea and Nikki," Sakura said when they got over to them. Seeing the worried look on their faces she knew something must be wrong. "What's wrong?"
"You were left a present Sakura." Nikki turned around and picked up a bunch of roses.
"Red roses?" Sakura thought out loud, "I wonder who sent them." Taking the Roses from Nikki she smelled them before looking for a card.
"Is there anything with it?" Madison asked taking the roses from Sakura.
"Not a thing." Sakura said sadly.
"Maybe they're from Li?" Rita broke in.
"You mean, Sakura hopes they're from Li." Chelsea joked.
Sakura blushed a bright shade of red. "Not funny Chelsea, since we know you wish they were from Zachary and that they were for you."
Chelsea blushed a bright shade of pink, everyone else laughed. "Not funny you guys. Not funny at all."
Rita stopped laughing and tapped Sakura on the shoulder. "There's Li, why don't you ask him about them."
"I will not." Sakura said loudly. Then blushed lightly when she saw that everyone was looking at them.
"If you don't you'll never know who sent it." Madison whispered into her ear while Li was walking by.
Sakura shook her head. "No. There has to be some reason I was sent these anonymously." Sakura ponder quietly.
"Well you still might want to tell Li." Madison whispered once again in her ear.
"I will Madison." Sakura whispered back. "Later today."
"Everyone please take your seats." Mr.Torate said while walking into the room.
With a quick good-bye from Chelsea, Nikki, and Rita, Madison and Sakura took their seats.
Taking her seat, Sakura turned around to Li with a smile on her face. "Hi Li."
Li looked up at her, but did not returning the smile. " 'Lo."
"What's wrong Li?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing." Li said lamely, and then buried his head into his arm.
Sakura watched him for a few seconds before she caught sight of Eli. "Hey Eli."
"Hey Sakura." Eli said taking his seat. "Hi Madison."
"Hi Eli." Madison said.
"Who gave you the flowers Sakura?" Eli asked pointing at the roses on her desk.
"We have no idea since there was no card with it." Madison answered before Sakura could.
"Do you have an idea who might have sent it?" Eli asked sounding concerned.
"Not really." Sakura said quickly.
"Did you ask Li if he could trace it?"
"No." Sakura said with a surprised look on her face. "He can trace it?"
Eli, ignoring Sakura's question, turned to look at Li. "Hey Li?"
Li mumbled something under his breath before picking his head up and looking at Eli. "What?"
"Did you see the roses?" Eli asked pointing toward Sakura's desk.
Li looked over at where he was pointing. "Yeah, what about them?"
"Haven't you been listening to our conversation at all?"
"No." Li responded quietly.
"Are you sure you're feeling all right Li?" Sakura asked watching him carefully.
"I'm fine." Li said before burying his head into his arm again.
Sakura looked at Eli who just shrugged his shoulders. Sighing deeply Sakura put the flowers down next to her desk and took out her notebook.
"Everyone please quiet down." Mr. Tarate's voice carried over the class. Everyone quieted down quickly and watched Mr. Tarate. "Thank you. Now as everyone knows we will be starting our next project today (everyone groaned quietly). And I know how excited you all are about it." Mr. Tarate paused a moment looking around the classroom. "We will be working in boy, girl pairs (some of the girls in the classroom giggled) that I have chosen (a few 'No's were heard from the guys in the classroom). I will pass out papers which will have your partner on it to save you from embarrassment." Mr. Tarate began handing out papers. "Ladies, please no screaming or yelling when you see who your partnered with, this is still a classroom." After a few more minutes Mr. Tarate was finished handing out all the papers and was standing up front, watching the class allowing them to calm themselves down.
"Who are you working with Madison?" Sakura asked her after looking over her paper.
Madison blushed slightly and handed Sakura the paper. Sakura gave her a weird look before taking the paper and reading over it, then a big smile broke over her face. 'Madison was working with Eli. Of all the luck.' Handing the paper back she gave her a wink. Madison gave her a slight smile.
"So who are you working with, Sakura?" Eli asked after a minute.
"I'm working with Li." Sakura responded with a smile.
"That's great, isn't it?"
"I think so," Sakura said and turned around to look at Li. "I don't know what Li thinks." Li had his head laying on his arm looking out the window.
"Well this project will be easy for you two," Madison said, her blush now gone.
"Why do you say that?" Eli asked, turning to look at her.
"Well, Li and Sakura have know each other for a while. And it's easier to do a project with someone you've known for awhile and they will be able to communicate better," Madison explained.
"That makes sense," Eli turned to Sakura. "Right Sakura?" But Sakura wasn't paying attention to them. She was deep in thought trying to figure out what might be wrong with Li.
"Sakura," Madison said. "Earth to Sakura."
"Huh?" Sakura turned to Madison. "I'm sorry. What did you say?"
"Nothing." Madison shook her head.
"What?" Sakura asked wondering why Madison was shaking her head.
"Sakura--" Eli started but was interrupted by Mr. Tarate.
"Settle down please. We have things we need to do this morning." After a few minutes the class was quiet. "Now on to homework..."
A few hours later Sakura was sitting out side under a tree with Madison, Chelsea, and Nikki eating lunch.
"Hey Sakura what's been bugging you?" Chelsea asked bring her out of her thoughts.
"Nothing." Sakura lied taking a bite out of her sandwich.
"Nothing, huh?" Chelsea said. "I don't believe that at all."
"I agree with Chelsea." Nikki said after a moment of silence." You've been really quiet today. Even when we told you that Chelsea was working with Zack on the project."
"Yeah, you've been like this since you found out you were working with Li," Madison joined in.
"You're working with Li?" Chelsea and Nikki asked in disbelief.
"Yep." Sakura took another bite out of her sandwich. "What's the bid deal?"
"Are you mental!?!" Chelsea said loudly.
Sakura looked at Chelsea with a confused look. "No. Why are you asking me that?"
"You get to work with the smartest, 2nd cutest boy in our class, and your not jumping for joy?" Chelsea asked in amusement. Sakura started to laugh. "It's not funny Sakura. I'd be screaming at the top of my lungs from... from the roof of the school, or... or something!" This only made Sakura laugh harder.
At that same moment Eli was walking by. "Who's the first cutest?"
"Eli is." Chelsea said before she could stop herself. Covering her mouth with her hands she muttered a quiet curse before turning beet red. Sakura, who was already laughing, was laughing ever hard and tears began to run out of her eyes. Madison and Nikki just looked away restraining their laughter to mere giggles. Eli stood blushing slightly and looking at his feet.
"Shut up Sakura!" Chelsea yelled at Sakura, but she was laughing to hard to say anything.
Eli cleared his throat loudly before asking, "Have any of you seen Li around?"
Madison, the only one calm enough to answered, responded, " I saw him walking over to the tree over there," she pointed toward a tree a few yards away. "I don't know if he's still there or not."
"Thanks." Eli said before quickly walking away.
"Sakura! It wasn't that funny!" Chelsea said loudly.
Sakura chuckled a little, and wiped the mirth from her eyes. "It was funny Chelsea. You just don't think so because it happened to you."
Chelsea glared at her. "I'm going to go find Zack," she muttered quietly before quickly getting up and walking away.
Sakura waved goodbye with a big smile on her face.
"That was mean, Sakura." Madison said quietly.
Sakura sighed deeply. "I wasn't the one who said it."
"Yeah. But still..." Madison said sadly.
"Just drop it Madison. I'll apologize to her later, all right?" Sakura snapped at her, then got up and walked away.
Madison watched her go with a shocked look on her face.
"What's wrong with Sakura?" Nikki asked watching her walk away.
Madison shook her head. "I don't know."
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