-Almost There-

Sakura walked back to her office peacefully. The other employees decided to have a break and made their way to the back office for a snack. Sakura on the other hand wanted to leave and get the streamers for tonight. When she walked into her office, Tomoyo was sitting on her desk talking to Eriol, who was standing right infront of her.

"Please tell me you haven't done anything." Sakura asked. Eriol laughed.

"No, not yet." Eriol joked. Sakura's eyes went wide.

"Not yet? What, you think i'm just going to sit by and watch?" Sakura shouted. Eriol moved back at the sound of her voice. Even Tomoyo was surprised.

"Calm down Sakura, I was only kidding." Eriol replied and watched her as she calmed down. Sakura took a deep breath and began to pack up her things.

"Well, i'm leaving early. So i'll go get the streamers and what is there going to be to drink there?" Sakura asked. Eriol thought for a moment.

"Beer mostly. If you want, you can bring cider or what ever you drink." Eriol told her. Sakura nodded.

"Okay, well i'm off. No mess you guys!" Sakura joked as she left her office and walked down to the front entrance. She made her way onto the street and into her car. She soon pulled up in a dollar store parking lot and got out. She looked at the run down place and decided not to argue. She had no idea where else you could go to get streamers. Once she was inside, she looked around on shelves til she finally found some. She had no idea what color to get, so she got blue and red. Seemed like good colors.

"Here you are." Sakura said, paying the short man behind the til. Once her stuff was placed in a bag, Sakura walked out of the store and got back into her car. She then drove a few more blocks to the nearest Liquor store. She walked up and down the rows and rows of beer and all kinds of liquor. She ended up getting some cider and a few other drinks that she had never had before.

"Here you are miss." The man said from behind the counter. Sakura had just paid and the man had kindly enough put her drinks in a brown paper bag. She walked back out to her car and headed to her apartment.

She had made it home, up the elevator and to the front door. She unlocked it and walked inside. Placing her bags on the small wooden kitchen table, she walked into her bedroom and began looking in her walk in closet for some clothes to wear that night. She wasn't sure if it was formal or not. She decided to call Eriol and ask.

"Hey Eriol." Sakura said into the phone. She could hear Tomoyo laughing in the back.

"Hey Sakura. What do you need?" He asked. Sakura was taken aback by how his voice sounded. But then again, he was in the same office as Tomoyo right now, which means that she just might have interupted something.

"Is tonight formal or not?" She asked, making it quick. Sakura heard him sigh.

"No, you can pretty much wear anything you want. Is that all?" He questioned her. He seemed to be in a rush.

"Yeah, i'll see you tonight! Bye!" Sakura replied and hung up the phone before she had to get involved with anything else they had going on over there. Sakura then headed back into her bedroom and pulled out what clothes she liked the most. After about 20 minutes of constant changing, she had finally pick out an adorable outfit that Tomoyo had made for her a few weeks ago. It consisted of tight black pants with little shimmering jewels outlining the sides and her hips, along with a light pink tank top and a silver necklace she had gotten from her grandmother a few days earlier for no reason what so ever!

Sakura took a look in the mirror and turned. She loved how she looked in the pants and the top and wished she could wear that to work more often. Of course, then Mr. Hattlin might end up firing that slut-of-a-worker, Miss Takisha, even though she doesn't deserve a job in the office. More on the street.

Sakura laughed at her last comment that came into her head. She shook her head and walked into the bathroom to do her hair. Right now it was in a messy bun. She thought for a few minutes how she wanted and ended up leaving it down, it was still wavy from the bun. Her hair was the auburn color it had always been, but it was now just a little bit longer than her shoulders. It brought out her eyes incredibly.

Her stomach growled, telling her it was now dinner time. She looked at the clock, which read 5:47. Sakura had spent almost 3 hours getting ready, which was a surprise for her. She decided that soup sounded delicious and placed a pot on the stove and filled it with chicken noddle soup. Wasn't her favorite, but it would do for now.

Once she finally finished, Sakura left the house and headed towards Eriol's mansion. Yeah, his mansion. Sakura parked her car and walked up a few steps to the front door where she rang the door bell twice. Eriol opened up the door, saying hello, and led her inside. The walls were pearl white as they made their way down the hall, down into a basement and into a large room filled with people.

"Sakura! Hey, you look great!" Tomoyo greeted her, eyeing the clothing Sakura happened to be wearing.

"Tomoyo, you should know what this is! You made it last year!" Sakura joked with her as Tomoyo handed her a drink. Sakura took a sip of the drink to realize it was raspberry cooler, one of Tomoyo's favorite. Sakura began to look around at the huge crowd of people in Eriol's basement. She had finally spotted her boss in the corner with a couple of Foreign women who looked like they were in their 30's. She then spotted Eriol talking with a young woman with black hair and a man with chest nut hair.

"Sakura, I'd like you to meet my cousin Meilin!" Eriol said, pulling Sakura over to meet the girl with perfect long black hair. Meilin smiled and shook hands with Sakura. Sakura introduced herself and the two began to talk. They talked about business, family and other sort of interesting facts. Sakura hadn't realised how long they had been talking until she looked at the clock on the wall which read 11:30. Sakura gasped and apoligized for talking so long. Meilin apoligized as well and walked off, leaving Sakura to find someone else to talk to.

"Excuse me, have you seen Eriol around?" Sakura asked a few people around her. Where there was Eriol there was Tomoyo. All she needed now was to find one of them and figure out a way she was getting home. Or atleast when this party was ending.

"They're outside if your looking for them." A man answered her question. She quickly turned around to come face to face with the most gorgeoous amber eyes ever. He stared back. It seemed as if time had almost stopped for a second. She wasnt fully aware that he had moved a little bit closer and now had his arms wrapped around her waist. His face movd forward until she could feel his breath on her face. She looked up at his eyes and then back down at his lips, tempting her with each breath. They were in their own little world until...