Disclaimer: nope!
PS. (I know this isn't a letter.) Incase you guys have forgotten . . . SNMC stands for School News and Magazine Committee.
Pretense
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'A true friend unbosoms freely,
Advises justly,
Assists readily,
Adventures boldly,
Takes all patiently,
Defends courageously
And continues a friend unchangeably.' (William Penn)
Library"Tomoyo, hi. We're sorry for being late. We got held up and - " [AN: YIPEE! Tomoyo is finally HERE!!! YES! did u even guess it was gonna be Tomoyo?]
"Not a problem, Sakura. I just got here myself." Tomoyo interrupted with a cheerful smile. "Now, what can I do for my top writer? Just say the word and - "
"NO. Umm . . . I mean, I don't exactly want you to promise me anything before you know what it is. Well . . . it's about Meilin here. I was wondering . . . is there any chance that she would be able to take my place in the SNMC?"
"Tomoyo shot a glance at Meilin – who looked confused at what was going on - with a raised brow. Her eyes seem to be emanating skepticism. Sakura saw Tomoyo's look and rushed on with panic creeping in her voice. "I'll still write for you – just . . . put them under Meilin's name."
"No way Sakura," Meilin, who had been standing quietly throughout the entire exchange started. "Uh-uh. That would be wrong. I could never - "
"Excuse me, Tomoyo." With that, Sakura pulled Meilin away from Tomoyo, into a quiet corner of the library. "Meilin, I did the same thing when I wrote to Syaoran like you said. How is this any different?"
Meilin opened her mouth then closed it again.
"Listen, Meilin, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. I wasn't thinking and - "
"I'm really sorry for doing this to you Sakura. I never should have persuaded you to write to Syaoran like that. It was wrong and - "
"I had a choice. I didn't want his feeling to be hurt but if he finds out the truth, that's exactly what's going to happen. What are we going to do?" Sakura asked with her eyes downcast. "He'll be really mad at us, if we tell him."
Meilin's eyes lit up as an idea came to her. "I know! I'll just tell him that I quit SNMC." Then a dubious look flitted across her eyes. " – I can do that, right?"
"Umm, yeah. I mentioned it only once, I think. I told him so much about myself thinking, I'd probably never see him. I'm such a fool." She finished with a sigh.
"That's kinda hard to believe, Sakura." A new voice interrupted.
The girl's heads snapped up and turned. Their eyes widened in horror to find . . .
AN: GASP! Who do you think it is? Who should it be? What should happen?
AN: hee hee hee. Grins mischievously. Fooled you. But then you should haf known cos my AN was pretty simple and didn't contain pleas for reviews. I just love MAJOR spacing. Have you noticed? ^_^ Thought you ppls could use a break from a serious conversation. Actually I was gonna stop it there but then I thought . . . nah. Can't leave you in suspense like that . . . as much as I was tempted to. Newayz . . . on with the story!
"Sya – Syaoran!" Sakura stuttered with a gasp [AN: can you do that? 'stuttered with a gasp that is . . .' ?] as she took in his tall form leaning against the bookshelves with his arms folded across his chest. How much has he heard?
"So – what have you done that makes you think you're a fool, Sakura?"
"What are you doing here?"
Syaoran's eyebrow shot up and with eyes dancing with silent laughter he asked, "Did you know that it's rude to answer a question with a question?"
"Huh?" Sakura blinked dumbly. (0.0) what exactly were they going on about?
Meanwhile, Syaoran's attention shifted to the terra cotta eyed beauty beside Sakura.
"Hey, Meilin. Wanna let me in on the secret? Your friend here seems to be quite uncooperative." Syaoran asked with an expectant look on his face. He had really wanted to know what had happened in the cafeteria, but instead of following Jet, he followed the girls, keeping well back. He wanted to talk to Meilin, but it can wait.
Meilin on the other hand shook her head playfully. "Well Syaoran, that's for us to know and for you to – well – not find out."
"Aww, c'mon Meilin!"
"No can do, my friend."
Syaoran sighed and changed the subject. "Meilin, I was wondering – I mean, you left so suddenly before that - "
"Hey Syaoran!" a voice called out and the girls sighed with relief as they watched Jet approach them.
Syaoran however felt frustration bubbling up inside him as he watched the girls duck past him. The moment was gone. He had to let it go.
"I was wondering where you went, mate." [mate is 'friend' in Austn. So don't get the wrong idea!!]
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"Tomoyo. Sorry for keeping you waiting, but you don't have to worry about what I said before, ok?"
"Sure, Sakura. I have to admit that I would have probably been in a lot of trouble had I decided to do that favor for you."
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AN: SEE! NO CLIFFY 4 YOU GUYS. AREN'T I NICE? COS I ABSOLUTELY LOVE! LEAVING CLIFF HANGERS. SO I'M MAKING SACRIFICES HERE (again) ^_^ and no major spacing ahead in this chapter so breath.
BUT! I still expect lots! of reviews. Ideas, suggestions, advise – anything to make my story better.
ANSWER TIME!!!
Ok ok . . . this is gonna be an S+S fic since every single person who actually answered my question wanted it to be S+S. are you all MAJORLY happy or what?
Azi: I agree wif you . . .M+S does seem wrong
Jared: Jet is a good guy. He's Syaoran's best friend. Okies?
Martel: you said 'thicken the plot a little or maybe a few odd twists would be nice' got any ideas? I would gladly welcome them. = ]
SKC: well . . . yeah . . . you do get a strawberry since that was what I offered if you reviewed, right?
SKC'S FRIEND: I hope the above answered your question and . . . try to keep the red cordial away from SKC . . . that might help . . . or is it just my story that made her go on a high? Hehe j/k
And as for what Jet knows – I can't really tell you right now but you'll find out later . . .
And I don't think I mentioned the age of Touya and Yue . . . they're both 20 yrs old.
Now my turn to ask questions.
Question 1: do you guys want it to be Yue or Yukito? (This is concerning the last chapter btw.) Cos I don't really care and one of my friends were giving me a hard time at skool saying that it's s'posed to b Yukito not Yue and how you ppl might get confused and – man I 4get the conversation but yeah . . . I can make it Yukito from now on if you don't like it as Yue . . . if I get around to mentioning him all that much that is.
Question 2: do you guys want this story to be short or long? I'd prefer long cos I can do that but if you guys like short and sweet then I can do that . . . I think. (= s
So the basic underlying theme running throughout my ANs: is REVIEW! OK? PLZ? I absolutely Love it when you ppl review. Did I mentioned that I love it when you guys review? Oh yeah I did . . . well triple it and some!
WHEW! What a looong AN!
NiteAngel
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