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Summary- Sakura is mourning her mother's death. She is very fragile now, and she wants to be alone. She moves to a new school, meets Syaoran. He is being very nice to her, but how will Sakura take it?
Ch. 8
Sakura fluttered her eyes open as the bright sunshine hit her face. She awoke in her large room, hidden under the sheer garments hanging off the poles of her canopy. She sat up and stretched her arms wide. Today was the big day, the prom. She walked up to the mirror of her vanity. She smiled and she felt warm inside, in that instant her life felt perfect. In her thoughts she was in Syaoran's arms, but to her disappointment, she only stood alone in her cold room. She sighed and entered the bathroom for a shower.
Sakura slowly walked out of the bathroom, towel wrapped around her petite figure, her hair flowing wet behind her. She decided that no one would ruin this day, and it would be absolutely perfect. She walked inside her walk-in closet and closed the door behind her. She began to sing the song "Going crazy" by Natalie. She stepped outside and looked at herself in the mirror. She wore tight-fitted faded jeans that clung on her hips, with a Turquoise belt. She wore a sleeveless shirt with an image of an island on it with turquoise waters that said "Paradise" on it. She wore white flip flops, and took her white purse. She couldn't wait to get herself done for the prom.
After she went to pick up Tomoyo and Meiling, she drove to the salon. Then they went up to a pedicurist and told her they all wanted pedicures. After they got their toenails to match their nails, they got facials and stepped into the spa, and when done all the girls were ready to get their hair done.
Sakura waited a while until a hairdresser was not occupied.
"So watcha want sweetie?" said the hazel-eyed hairdresser who was looking at Sakura.
"Well…" she said as her voice drifted off.
…Syaoran and Eriol…
"So what exactly are you looking for?" said the store employee.
"Well something for a prom…" Syaoran said.
"I have the perfect thing. Hold on one second." Said the man as he walked to the back of the store.
"So Eriol what are you getting?"
"I don't know. I'll ask him when he comes back."
"I brought 2 options. Option 1." He said holding out one dark blue-black suit.
"And Option 2." He said holding out the other suit which was dark brown.
Both young men outstretched their hand and took their favorite suit. Eriol took the dark blue, and Syaoran took the dark brown. After they tried on their suits they paid and walked back to the car.
"I hate shopping, it's so frustrating." Said Eriol as he got in the passenger seat.
"Me too." He said his head turning back, putting his hand on Eriol's headrest, checking so he wouldn't crash into anything.
Once he started driving he began to say, "I wonder what Sakura is doing now."
"The same with Tomoyo." Eriol said sighing.
…At the Salon…
"May I help you?" said a hairdresser, who was talking to Meiling.
"Oh, yes." Meiling said walking to the chair.
"You have very beautiful black hair, I wish mines was like that." Said the young blonde hairdresser.
"Thank You, but your hair is beautiful as well."
"Thanks, so what will I be doing on you today?"
"Well, I would like my hair to go like this…" Meiling said, motioning her hands to demonstrate how she wanted her hair.
After they finished Sakura's hair, Tomoyo went up to do her hair.
"Hi, um, I want that." Tomoyo said pointing to a picture on the wall.
"Coming right up." Said the lady, who appeared to be in her 40's.
Sakura looked at her hair in the mirror. Her hair was stretched tightly back with the hair hanging behind her ponytail in long thick curls. (A/N: they're not like small curls, but like big smooth curls.) The hairdresser put in little cherry blossoms over the ponytail to cover it. Also, she had a large curl coming out of the front of her head and small curls in the back. Meiling came behind her and smiled. Her hair was parted to the side, and it went not too loosely, but not too tight to a bun that was made of braids wrapped in a circle. Above her left ear she had a red flower, with a yellow center.
"Your hair looks beautiful…" Sakura said.
"Yours does too."
"What about mines?" Tomoyo said twirling in a circle, as she showed her upswept hair that had one long twist that reached her mid-back. She had a light purple flower over her ponytail.
"All of your hairs look gorgeous" said one of the hairdressers as all of them admired their work.
"Thank You." the girls said together.
They paid and they all walked slowly into the car, making sure they didn't mess up their hair. They had an hour to get dressed for the prom so they headed home quickly. Sakura passed by all of their houses, getting their things so they could get ready at her house.
Once inside, they all rushed to Sakura's room, and put on their dresses. Sakura and Tomoyo finally saw Meiling's dress. It was a silk halter dress that had two strips of cloth that went down until it stopped under the bust where it went tightly and soon went loosely to the bottom of the dress, which dragged behind her. It had gold flowers that started from under her left arm until the bottom of the dress in an unnoticeable spiral.
"Wow you're making me look bad." Sakura said.
"You want to add a sexy touch?" Tomoyo said suspiciously.
"Depends…" Sakura said as Tomoyo closed in on her with scissors.
When Tomoyo was done she looked at her work. She had added a long slit that began above the knee. It made it right for Sakura to wear since she wasn't a little girl.
"I like it!" Sakura said as she opened her closet, taking out her shoes. They all put on their shoes and accessories, and then they were ready to put make-up on. Sakura put on light pink eye shadow with black eyeliner inside her bottom eyelid. Also, she wore some light pink lip gloss with some light blush. Tomoyo and Meiling did the same but in red and purple. They grabbed their purses which had extra make-up to touch themselves up, and their cell phones. All they had to do was wait for their dates to arrive.
After 3 minutes or so, Syaoran, Eriol and Shishiza arrived in a limo to pick up their dates. Syaoran was waiting downstairs facing the door as he heard someone walking down the stairs. Suddenly he turned and saw Sakura dressed in a white silk gown with a bouquet of red roses.(A/N: Sakura in a wedding dress, ha!) He shook his head and saw Sakura's real dress and smiled with great pleasure. He had the most beautiful date in the school, and to him, the world.
"How do I look?" Sakura said, outstretching her leg a little, showing her shoes and leg through the slit. She had her hand o her hips with her purse on her wrist.
"You look beautiful." He said as he walked up to Sakura and took her hands. "This is for you." he said taking out a clear box with a corsage that had cherry blossom flowers on it and a pink ribbon.
Sakura smiled greatly and let Syaoran put the corsage on. She kissed him softly on the lips and hugged him. "Thank You." she whispered to him. They walked out of the house hand in hand, everyone following behind.
As they entered the Limo, Syaoran motioned Wei to start driving. Sakura sat on Syaoran's right, hugging his arm, as her head lay on his shoulders.
"So are you guys ready to have fun?" Tomoyo said as she smiled at Eriol.
"I am!" Meiling raised her hand, everyone doing the same.
Soon they arrived at the country club and walked inside, hearing the music play loudly.
"You want a drink!" Syaoran yelled over the music.
"Sure!" Sakura yelled back.
He came back with 2 cups of punch and some garlic bread.
"Thanks." Sakura said as she drank her punch slowly.
After a while Syaoran stood up and stretched his hand. "Wanna dance?"
"I would love to."
Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing em upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me.
So kiss me.
So kiss me.
So
kiss me.
The song finished and Syaoran leaned in and kissed Sakura deeply wrapping his arms around her waist, as she wrapped hers around his neck. They separated looking into each other's eyes intently, not caring that everyone was staring at them. They walked slowly hand in hand to their table and sat down.
"I'll be right back; I need to touch up my make-up." Sakura said.
"I'll go with you." Tomoyo said standing up.
"No it's okay, I'll go by myself." She said as she reached for her purse and walked to the bathroom. She entered and faced the mirror, seeing her lip gloss had worn off and her eyeliner had rubbed off. She took out her lip gloss and eyeliner. After, she reapplied her make up, and then reached for her mascara. When she lifted her face, she saw that there was something in the shadows behind her. She turned around and in the blink of and eye she was face to face than none other than Minoko. Before she could scream or say anything he covered her mouth with his hand and pulled her against him. "You can't say I didn't warn you, blossom."
She muffled something and kicked but couldn't get out of his grip. "You're coming with me…" Minoko said as he dragged her onto the other exit leading outside. She struggled and fidgeted, trying to escape. Minoko walked down the hill on the right of the club and shoved Sakura against a tree. He pushed himself against Sakura and kissed her viciously and sloppily. Once Sakura got a chance she took her hand and pressed her fingernails into Minoko's chin, leaving red marks. She took the opportunity when he touched his chin to try to run back to the club. He catched up to her and grabbed her hair. "What's the rush, sweetie?" he said as he threw her on the ground.
…In the club…
"Sakura is awfully taking long." Syaoran said worriedly.
"I'll go check in the bathroom." Tomoyo said.
Tomoyo walked in the bathroom and saw Sakura's purse, and make up. 'Oh no.'
"She's not there, but she left this." She said holding up her things.
Syaoran jaw tightened, as he suddenly remembered the letter. How could he have been so stupid? He stood up abruptly and walked out the exit of the club. Once outside, he looked in every direction and walked to the left. He searched in the park and the alley, but found nothing. He walked to the other direction and heard some one talking.
"Your little boyfriend won't be here to save you this time!"
"Yes he will! You watch and see!" she said tears rolling on the side of her cheeks. She was tied against a tree and had several marks on her face.
Syaoran walked slowly behind Minoko and put him in a head lock. "Don't you EVER touch her again!" he said as he shoved him against the club's wall, punching him in his face, making his lips bleed. Once he was too weak to move, he pulled Sakura in his arms and walked her inside the club. She was silent of the shock and was soon crying in his shirt. "What happened? What's wrong, Who was it?" Everyone had asked. "I'll tell you later; all that matters now is to get Sakura out of here." He said as everyone stood up and walked quickly into the limo.
After Sakura had calmed down and had arrived to her house, She asked Syaoran if she could talk to him.
"Sure."
She motioned him to follow her to the back of the house, where she had her old swing, and the big cherry blossom tree, sheltering them.
Sakura put her hands to her heart and closed her eyes shut and then opened them. "Everything would've been perfect if he wouldn't have come. You know? It's a shame…"
"Let's not talk about him, but us."
"Okay…"
"Sakura, I'm willing to wait as long as you need for you to love me back, I know I might not be the greatest thing in the world, but I'm not complete without you, and maybe you'll feel the same way too. I'm happy enough with just being with you, and being your boyfriend, but maybe in the future there can be more. I feel like I can spend the rest of my life with you. And I promise, I will never, never let you down, and I'll always be there for you like I've tried to be. And I would understand if you say no…"
"Syaoran."
"…but all I'm asking is for you to think about…"
"Syaoran!"
"What?"
"You don't need to wait any longer…"
"What do you mean?"
"Today I realized that I don't think I can survive without you, and I've grown to see more than a friend, or a crush, but I feel that the day I get married, I want that person to be you. Syaoran… I love you… too." Sakura said as she swinged back and forth, leaning her head against the rope.
"So does this mean that you would be my girlfriend?"
"Absolutely." Syaoran smiled and kissed his girlfriend, once again. They both stood up, and walked, arms linked together. He walked Sakura to her door, and hugged her tightly, and she kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you later Syaoran."
"Bye." He said as he watched Sakura open the door and saw Touya in the background saying something to his sister. She hugged him and smiled. Then, the door closed. He sat in the limo, and saw everyone was caught up with their own conversation. He just sat there, realizing what just happened. He was in love, and he was loved back.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, this isn't the last chapter, next chapter is the last. I think… Well tell me if you liked it or not. I accept CONSTRUCTIVE critism.
