--8 Months Later--

Sakura and Syaoran had been going out for the past eight months and now, with winter fast approaching, they couldnt wait for Christmas Vacation. As for Eriol and Tomoyo, Eriol asked her out a few days later than the dance. Of course, he wanted to ask her out sooner, but he wanted to know for sure if she liked him.

"Syaoran, i cant believe you have to leave again for work." Sakura pleaded. Syaoran shrugged.

"Dont worry, maybe you and Tomoyo can come and stay with us for a while since we will be up there for about 2 weeks." Syaoran told her, kissing her lightly on the cheek.

"Yeah, otherwise you would miss our 8 month anniversary!" Sakura said happily. Yes, they had been going out for almost 8 months.

"Dont worry, i wouldnt miss that for anything!" He said giving her a caring look. That was the look that made Sakuras heart tremble.

"Well, im off. I have to go get Eriol and then were heading out." Syaoran told her. With that he gave her one last kiss and drove to Eriols house.

"Come on Eriol, we better get going!" Syaoran shouted to Eriol from the drive way. Eriol waved good bye to his parents and got into Syaorans car.

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A Few Days Later

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"Hey girls, hows it going?" Syaoran asked Sakura as he was talking to her over the phone. Sakura was glad to hear from him.

"Hey hun!" Sakura chirped over the phone. Syaoran laughed at his little nickname.

"Do you think you and Tomoyo would be able to come and stay the next few days with us?" Syaoran asked. He knew that his 8 month anniversary with Sakura was in about 3 days, and he told her that he wasnt going to miss it, and what a better way to see her is on a vacation. Even though for him it was a work vacation.

"Yeah! We'd love to! When should we come?" Sakura asked happily. She couldnt wait to see them.

"How about tomorrow?" Syaoran questioned. Tomoyo and Sakura were jumping with joy back at Sakuras house.

"We cant wait! We'll see you later then. Love you, Bye!" Sakura shouted over the phone and waited for Syaoran to say goodbye.

"Ok, love you too. Bye." Syaoran said and hung up.

"Tomoyo! Were leaving tomorrow!" Sakura shouted happily once more. They were jumping up and down around Sakuras bedroom.

"Yay!" Tomoyo shouted back. They looked at each other in awe. They had to get packing. Luckily they had enough time tomorrow to stop by Tomoyos house to pick up some of her clothes.

"Well, were going to have to get to bed early then." Tomoyo told her, and Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Okay, good night!" Sakura said to Tomoyo as they both got into their sleeping bags. Tomoyo was sleeping over at Sakuras house for the night and they were sleeping in the Main room with sleeping bags.

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The Next Morning

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"Come on Sakura, get up!" Tomoyo shouted, trying to pull Sakura out of her sleeping bag to get ready.

"No, sleep!" Sakura mumbled and tryed to go back to sleep.

"Were going to go see Syaoran!" Tomoyo said slyly. At this, Sakura jumped out of her sleeping bag and ran upstairs to have a shower. Tomoyo just sat there and laughed. Once Sakura was out, they had breakfast and headed to Tomoyos house so she could also get ready.

"Well, im ready." Tomoyo said, putting her wet hair up into a messy bun. Sakura picked up Tomoyos bags and put them into the trunk of her car. They were driving down the street for a few hours until they finally reached the hotel that the boys were staying at. Luckily for them, they had made it there in only about 4 hours, which was long, but short especially for such a long distance.

"Here we are." Sakura told her, stretching her arms out. They picked up their bags and walked up to the front desk.

"Would you be able to contasct Syaoran Li for me please." Sakura asked the guy behind the desk, who nodded in agreement.

"He says he'll be right down miss." He replied.

"Thank You." Sakura smiled back to him and moved towards the seating area.

"Sakura!" Syaoran called out as he ran down the main stair case towards her and Tomoyo, Eriol was right behind him

"Hey girls." Eriol said happily. He walked over to Tomoyo and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"Hey babe!" Syaoran said playfully as he wrapped his arms around Sakuras thin waist. She giggled when he did this, but played along.

"Hey bunny-bear!" Sakura said and raised her arms around his neck, playing softly with his hair.

"Get a room you two!" Eriol spat kiddingy at them and picked up Tomoyos suitcases. Syaoran took Sakuras bags and they all headed to the Elevator. The elevator door opened to let the 4 teens in. They waited til they got to teh 3rd floor. Once there,

they made their way to the middle of the hall, and infront of two doors. Syaoran was in room 312 and Eriol was in room 313.

"Come on, lets get your stuff unpacked." Syaoran told Sakura and they walked into their room, leaving Tomoyo to head into Eriols room. As Sakura walked into the room, there was a small kitchen just around the corner with a table in the middle, a couch on the side of the wall, and a huge tv right across from it. Then there was another door, leading to a bedroom. The bedroom had a queen size bed which was against the far wall when you walked in and a bathroom which was placed in near the corner, but was very big when you walked inside it.

"Wow, this place is big!" Sakura told Syaoran who just smiled. Sakura threw her bags on top of the bed and laid down right beside it.

"I cant wait!" Sakura shouted happily.

"For what?" Syaoran asked her curiously.

"Well, now im on a vacation too, arent i?" Sakura winked at her boyfriend and he just laughed.

"Well, one rule to follow. You cant leave this room." Syaoran said strickly. Sakuras smiled tuned into a frown.

"Why cant i leave this room?" Sakura asked Syaoran as he walked into he other room and sat down the couch.

"Just listen. If my boss see's you, hes going to have a flip out attack!" Syaoran told her sternly.

"Why would your boss care if im here or not?" Sakura asked him as she took a seat right beside him, placing her handonto his right leg.

"This is a very important job, and if he knew i was getting distracted, well, lets just say my job could be on the line." Syaoran said and looked right into her Emerald eyes. She smiled in agreement. Then a knock at the door interupted their thoughts.

"Hey you guys!" Eriol said as he and Tomoyo walked into the room, holding hands.

"Hey!" Syaoran said happily. They were all waiting around, just enjoying each others company, when Syaorans phone rang.

"Mmhmm. Okay... Okay..... Well, alright. Okay, bye." Syaoran kept his vioce fairly monetone and finally hung up the phone.

"Well, Eriol. Boss needs us right away." Syaoran spoke in an upset tone. He finally got to see Sakura, but now he had to go to work.

"Aww man." Eriol whinned. Tomoyo gave him a reassuring look. Syaoran and Eriol grabbed their black jackets from their room and gave them a kiss good bye.

"Well, Tomoyo. I guess its just you and me again." Sakura told Tomoyo and they both shrugged.

"How about we check out the pool?" Tomoyo smirked. Sakura agreed. They both went seperate ways and changed into their bathing suits. Sakura was wearing a deep red bikini and black flip flops. Tomoyo was wearing a light blue tankini with the same colour bikini shorts. They both grabbed a white towel from their bathrooms and walked down to the hall way to the pool.

"Well, here we are!" Tomoyo said happily. Sakura grabbed the door knob and turned it, puching it forward to reveal a huge pool. They walked to the other side and placed their towels on the beach chairs there. The walls were huge windows that looked out into the parking lot and over the ocean, even though it was very far away.

"This pool is so nice!" Tomoyo said as she was walking down the steps, lowering into the pool. The pool was about 15 feet long and about 7 feet wide.

"O, and deep too!" Tomoyo laughed as she tried to walk farther into the middle of the pool. It must have been 7 feet deep.

"Awesome!" Sakura shouted and did a canon ball into the deepest end of the pool. Both girls just stayed their laughing.

The girls spent a few hours in the pool, splashing, racing and relaxing. They were having a great time. They talked about all different times that had gone by, and even a few secrets that they hadnt shared with each other yet. But one secret still lingered with one of them. You'll find out later.... ;)

"Wow! Look a Sauna!" Tomoyo shouted and rushed out of the pool to check out the sauna. Sakura jumped out of the pool too, and joined her inside.

"Oh! Its so warm!" Sakura smiled. Both Tomoyo and Sakura were relaxing when they heard some people enter the pool area.

"Tomoyo? Sakura?" They heard some boys shout. The girls looked at each other in confusion and quickly made their way out through the door.

"Yeah?" Sakura answered to the boys who were calling her name.

"OMG! Where were you! We looked all over for you!" Syaoran shouted angrily. A scared look came over Sakuras face as Syaoran grabbed her arm and pulled her down the hall.

"Let go of me!" Sakura said, struggling to get out of Syaorans tight grip. But Syaoran didnt loosen til they got to the room, where he pushed her inside and onto the couch.

"I told you earlier not to leave the room!" Syaoran said through his gritted teeth. Sakura gulped and backed into the chair.

"Im.. Im sorry!" Sakura squeeked. She hadnt seen Syaoran this mad since another guy had forced her into the boys bathroom, and the guy had told Syaoran that that was what she had wanted. Long story...

"I dont think you understand how severe this could do to my job!" Syaoran shouted again. A tear ran down Sakuras cheek. She couldnt hear any shouting or crying from Eriol and Tomoyos room, so she guessed that thingsmust not have been so bad over there.

Sakura looked into Syaorans eyes. She could see his face red with anger and all his muscles tensing. She shivered with fear. Syaoran didnt seem like the type to get all angry over something so stupid, but i guess his job was more important. Sakura sighed and tryed to stand up. But Syaoran was more furious. He lost control, raising his hand behind him and slapping Sakura across the left cheek, leaving a faint red mark. Sakura stumbled back with surprise. Even Syaoran looked astonished at what he had just done. He had never hit anyone, but to hit a girl! His girlfriend. He felt lower than low. Syaoran realized that he was in the wrong and tryed to walk over to Sakura, who raised her left hand, motioning him to stay away. Syaoran understood, but was heartbroken.

"Can you please call Tomoyo over." Sakura whispered in a scared vioce. Syaoran nodded in agreement and left the room for a second, coming back with Tomoyo, and her camera. Tomoyo made sure that Syaoran left the room, until she finally took a seat with Sakura on the couch and turned on her camera.

"So?" Tomoyo said. She had no idea what happened, but her camera was going to catch the confession. Sakura looked shyly at the camera.

"He hit me." She said in a very shallow vioce. Tomoyo could feel her pain, and shifted in her seat.

"Why? What? When?" Tomoyo was full of questions. Sakura kept her right hand against her sore red cheek.

"I guess he got mad since i left the room. He still didnt tell me why though. Im still just shocked that he actually hit me." Sakura said, and then she began to cry. Tomoyo placed the camera on the side table, still in view of both girls. Tomoyo wrapped her arms around Sakura, trying to comfort her. Sakuras eyes were red, but not as red as the hand print on her left cheek. There was a knock at the door. Sakura looked up and realized that it was Eriol and Syaoran who were outside the door, so Sakura made her way into the bedroom, closing the door that blocked them off.

"Wheres Sakura?" Syaoran asked, his vioce sounded shaky. Tomoyo stood up, and gave him a death glare.

"I cant believe you hit my best friend! Are you crazy! You have no right to do that to her, she just wanted to have fun!" Tomoyo fumed as she kept her face close enough to Syaoran to see his eyes fill up a little with tears.

"Listen. I have to explain something to you both." Syaoran, making sure that the 'both' came out strong, so Tomoyo knew that he also needed to talk to Sakura.

"Ill see if she wants to talk." Tomoyo said, still watching the guys as they stood their. Tomoyo opend the door carefully to see if Sakura was ok. Sakura was sitting on the end of the bed, whipping away her tears.

"Syaoran and Eriol need to talk to us." Tomoyo said quietly as not to scare Sakura so badly. Sakura just looked up, and nodded. Then she carefully made her way through the door. Sakura stopped and sat on the arm of the couch, farthest away from Syaoran. Tomoyo took a seat on the couch, and was paying attention to both of them.

"Well, first, what would you guys like to know?" Syaoran asked. He was willing to tell them anything they needed to know.

"Why cant we leave the room?" Sakura said in a low vioce. Syaoran looked up at her and answered.

"Because, my boss is also staying in this hotel and if he catches me with you guys, or anyone else for that matter, he will be very mad because he doesnt want us being distracted from our job."

"Whats your job?" Sakura asked again, still in the same low vioce. Syaoran sighed. He knew she was going to ask that sooner or later.

"Eriol and I work as body guards. We're here to keep people away from the mayor. We have been instructed to be ready for any case at any time." Syaoran told them. Sakura looked out the window and focused her eyes on the ocean, which was passed all the trees and buildings. Tomoyo smiled. She was glad to know the truth, but she still felt bad for Sakura and what he had done to her.

"What made you hit Sakura?" Tomoyo asked Syaoran, looking him straight in the eye. Sakura slowly turned around, waiting for an answer. Syaoran still shook at the thought of hurting her in anyway. A tear fell down his cheek and he placed his face in his hands.

"I dont know. I was really angry when she left the room, but i couldnt control myself!" Syaoran shouted through his fingers. They all could hear him sobbing. Sakura stood up and carefully made her way beside him. She placed her hand on his back and tried to comfort him without saying anything.

"Can i talk to him alone for a bit you guys?" Sakura asked as she looked at Tomoyo. Tomoyo smiled, knowing things would be better soon and both Eriol and Tomoyo left the room, closing the door behind them.

"Im sorry." Sakura whispered to Syaoran. He looked up at her, his eyes were red and his face was wet with tears. Sakura hated to see him so sad that she began to cry too.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. Its all my fault!" Syaoran said and even more tears began to flow from his eyes.

"I still left the room. If i hadnt, you wouldnt be mad!" Sakura said, trying to blame it on herself. In a way, she knew it as her fault, but she wasnt going to spend the rest of the days here in this room.

"Im so sorry Sakura." Syaoran said and through his arms around her, pulling her into a tight hug. A smile came across her face. She was glad that he didnt mean to hit her, and she was also glad that they were going to get through it together. Syaoran looked up at her and whipped his eyes.

"Are you alright?" Syaoran tried to say in his normal vioce. She laughed. His normal vioce sounds funny when you compare it to the way his eyes and cheeks are all red. Syaoran tilted his head to the side with confusion.

"You just look so cute." She said, blushing a little and pulled him into a hug. Syaoran gave her a tight hug back and kissed her right under her right ear. They both stayed in each others arms for a few minutes before making their way over to Eriols room.

"How about dinner?" Syaoran asked both Eriol and Tomoyo, who nodded in agreement. Syaoran finished before they left.

"Okay, i get to choose!"

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hurray! another one finished! geez.. can u believe schools started already! i want my summer vacation back! lol

well R&R please and ill update as soon as possible!