Hey everyone, so sorry about the long wait, but I had A) lost my computer and B) lost the disk with the stories I had managed to save on them. But I recently recovered them (and just in time, because my family is once again moving) and I'm going to try and update the fic regularly. Sorry for the inconvenience and enjoy!

The Luckiest

Eriol stopped at Tomoyo and Sakura's apartment and waited patiently outside for them to come out. Since Syaoran had decided to walk to school every day, and Sakura hated Syaoran, Eriol brought the girls to class each day. The blue haired youth rested his head against the steering wheel, his head turned so he could see the apartment building. He sighed inwardly; the two of them were always late it seemed, between Tomoyo's endless ritual to get ready and Sakura's increasingly turbulent morning sickness. She was nine weeks pregnant now, and hadn't spoken more than three words to Eriol's cousin in weeks despite everyone's attempts to get her to hear him out.

'Am I going to have to go in there after them?! We're going to be late again!' Eriol thought as he checked his watch for the fourth time since he had parked his car along the sidewalk. Of course, being late for Eriol was being twenty minutes early to school. As if they knew what he was thinking, Sakura and Tomoyo walked out of the apartment dressed and ready. Tomoyo flashed a smile at her boyfriend when she got in, and Sakura managed a weak smile as well.

"Not feeling well again, Sakura?" Eriol asked, and Sakura nodded, pulling her light brown hair into a messy ponytail.

"I think I've thrown up more in the past few weeks than in my entire lifetime. I hate this so much." Sakura replied, her voice as weak as the rest of her. Eriol began to drive toward the school, and Tomoyo sighed.

"Well, I still think you should talk to Syaoran. He has told you he's willing to shoulder his responsibility." Tomoyo stated, and Sakura scowled.

"I don't want anything to do with him." Sakura snapped, crossing her arms. Tomoyo turned around in her seat and looked at her best friend with concern.

"You can't just exclude him from his baby's life. It's as much his as yours." Tomoyo pointed out, and Sakura watched Eriol nod his head in silent agreement. Her emerald eyes flashed with anger as she realized Tomoyo and Eriol were right.

"Whatever." Sakura muttered as the three of them parked and got out of the car, heading through the lot toward the school.

Inside his first period class, Syaoran sat and waited. He'd left the house early that morning to walk and clear his mind. For weeks his mind had been concerned with Japanese, Soccer, and Sakura. And obviously those three things didn't come to his mind in that order. He had tried his hardest to do as much as possible to keep his mind off Sakura, but every time he saw her, and watched her sprint toward a bathroom, he felt a pang in his heart and felt more responsible.

'I should just give up. . . so why haven't I?' he thought to himself, turning a page in his textbook and practicing his Japanese slowly in his head. Frustrated, he slammed the book closed.

"It's not that hard, you know." A female voice cut in, shaking him out of his thoughts. He looked up in shock, realizing who was speaking to him, and met her jade eyes with his surprised ocher eyes.

"I need to talk to you." Sakura said, starting for the hallway. Syaoran glanced at his watch and noticed he had fifteen minutes until class started, then rose to his feet and followed Sakura out of the classroom and toward the empty courtyard.

It was a chilly October morning, the sky clouded with dark shades of gray puffy clouds. A wind blew through the trees, scattering leaves all over the ground. Syaoran saw her standing beside a tall tree, her back to him. He approached, wondering what could make her want to talk to him all of a sudden like that. Could she have finally realized he was only wanting to help her? He stopped just behind her, and opened his mouth to speak, but she beat him to it.

"I want to get an abortion." Sakura whispered, and Syaoran felt his stomach tighten as a shock wave drove through him like a Mack truck.

"Y-you what?" Syaoran stammered, still in shock. Sakura turned around and stared into his eyes, seeing his obvious shock and letting him see the seriousness in her own eyes.

There they were, standing opposite each other, his hands in his pockets, hers crossing her chest like a shield. Pained amber eyes crashed against frightened green eyes, and Syaoran felt himself weaken. He didn't know what to do, what to say, how to act. Hell, nothing like this had ever happened to him. He was seventeen years old, for goodness sakes! How was he supposed to know what to do in this kind of situation?! He wasn't even old enough to be IN it!

"You heard me. I want to have a future. I want to go to college, get my family back. I want everything to go back to the way it was before I got pregnant. This happened at the wrong time in my life, and I don't want to go through it like this." Sakura explained. Syaoran shook his head, desperation replacing his shock.

"Sakura please. . . carry this child. If you don't want it, I'll take it and raise it myself. I'll forgo college and bring the baby up myself if it means you won't kill it." Syaoran spouted, shocked at his willingness to do anything. His head was screaming 'THIS IS YOUR BABY TOO! STAND UP FOR YOUR UNBORN CHILD!' while his heart ached over the decisions set before him.

"It's not that I don't want it. And it's not that I want to kill it. I just don't want my life to end at seventeen before I could live it." Sakura said quietly, losing her icy tone Syaoran had become so accustomed to. For a moment she was back, the girl Syaoran had met two months before had returned.

"If you let me take your burden, you can live your life the way you want to. Just think this over before you go and do something you might regret." Syaoran pleaded. Sakura saw the sincerity in those dark eyes of his, and knew she could trust him. He wasn't going to walk out on her, this seemed too important to him for him to do otherwise. She let her head fall slightly, the tears starting to well up.

"Please let me help you. I've wanted to since I found out about the baby." Syaoran added quietly. Sakura let a sob escape her lips, and he knew she had broken down. He hesitantly extended his arms, inviting her into his arms. Sakura looked up and stared into his eyes, and fell into his arms, finding solace within his warm embrace. They stood together for a few minutes, the wind blowing through their hair as it whipped around them. Finally Sakura broke away from Syaoran, her eyes clearer and holding less anger in them.

"Ok. I'll keep it." Sakura whispered, and Syaoran let out a sigh of relief and put his hands on Sakura's waist.

"And I'll be beside you for everything, I promise." Syaoran answered, making Sakura smile weakly. For the first time she felt like she had something to look forward to. She had something to hang on to during the harder times she knew would come. As long as Syaoran was there with her, she felt she would be able to survive her pregnancy.

"Let's get inside before you catch a cold." Syaoran coaxed, leading Sakura into the school and back into their class. Upon their entrance, Eriol and Tomoyo shot them a 'what-happened-where-the-hell-were-you?' stare. Taking their seats, Syaoran and Sakura just smiled at their friends, letting them know things were about to change.

At lunch, Eriol and Syaoran were sitting together when Sakura and Tomoyo approached their table and sat down across from them. Sakura shot Syaoran a glance, and he smiled softly at her. Eriol and Tomoyo rested their chins on their hands and watched the two of them with interest.

"Alright what's going on?" Eriol asked, and Tomoyo leaned closer to Sakura, who blushed slightly from the attention.

"Syaoran and I have agreed to be civil until the baby's born, and when it is he's taking it." Sakura announced, and Tomoyo's eyes bugged out.

"You're not keeping your own baby? Can't you two raise it together? I mean you wouldn't want your own child to live the way you-"Tomoyo started, but Sakura cut her off with a glare and a quick glance at Syaoran, who looked back with confusion written on his handsome face.

"That's the way it's going to be." Sakura said, the finality in her voice more than evident. Tomoyo nodded, dropping the subject.

"Well, if Syaoran's going to be helping you through this, don't you think you and he should live in the same place until the baby's born?" Eriol suggested. Syaoran nodded his head, and Sakura didn't say anything for a moment.

"Eriol can move in with me, and you can move in with Syaoran, Sakura." Tomoyo piped, preparing to shut up once again. Sakura nodded her head slowly, her eyes staring off into space as she thought about it.

"That would be ok I suppose. But once the baby's born I'm out of here." She said, and the other three nodded.

"We'll move you both tonight after Syaoran's practice then." Tomoyo announced, and it was done. Sakura and Syaoran were going to spend the next six months under the same roof. As Syaoran was walking to his next class, Eriol caught up to him and stopped him.

"Syaoran, I have a quick question for you." Eriol asked, his eyes worried as they looked at Syaoran. Syaoran ran a hand through his messy hair and sighed.

"Does your mother know anything about this?" Eriol asked, and Syaoran froze. He had been so caught up with all this stupid stuff at school he had completely forgotten about his mother. What if she came to visit and found Sakura pregnant in the living room or something?! How was he going to get himself out of it?!

"DAMMIT! Is nothing going to go my way?!" Syaoran cried in frustration, hitting a locker with his fist.

"Maybe we can cover it up for awhile. I mean, she wouldn't come to Japan without notifying you, right?" Eriol asked, and Syaoran shrugged.

"I didn't think she would send me to Japan, but she did. She's the most unpredictable woman in the world, I swear." Syaoran said, his voice reflecting his concern.

"We'll get it taken care of, alright?" Eriol said as the bell rang. Syaoran nodded and started for his next class, his mind juggling yet another problem on his hands. At least he had Sakura to the point where she would socialize with him. But what would living with her be like? And could he really take on a newborn when she gave birth? Had he gotten in deeper than he could handle?

'Never. . . ' Syaoran thought as he sat down in his desk behind Sakura and opened his notebook.

Alright that's it for now, keep an eye out for the update! And for those of you who read "The Benjamin Gate" I lost the file completely so I am having to start out from scratch and have writers block, so it might be awhile. Sorry!