Dirty Dancing

A/N Thanx to all those who reviewed! I almost have 100 reviews! And to Ice Queen 2, yes I know that it's different having Sakura from Cuba but hey it's good to have a change once in a while right? To cristal-shian, thanx so much for saying that the CCS version is better than the movie and they do use the same routine in the finals but its different because they are the only ones on stage and don't have like 10 other couples with them. To Chinita92 it's so cool to have an actual Cuban reading my story and that your from Havana where this is taking place! I've never been to Cuba and I'm not Cuban but I really want to go there my best friends mom went there but I've never been there I've hardly ever even left Ontario! I'm so glad you like my story! And to kaliflipskater, thanx so much for telling me I did a good job explaining the dance. I was afraid I didn't do a good job explaining it! You have no idea how long it took me to explain it, just to get it right I had to keep pausing and un-pausing my DVD to know the steps… it took forever! I kept thinking when's the dancing going to end already! And then it finally did and I was happy :D And to Wolf Jade, thanx again for telling me my mistakes and I'm happy you like this story! If there are any mistakes in this chapter I'm sorry. Well, enough of my babbling and on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, CLAMP does. I also don't own this plot it is based off the movie Dirty Dancing Havana Nights.

Last Time…

The host stepped forward, "We have the results to the Latin Ballroom Dancing Contest. The couples chosen will compete next week on New Years Eve to win the prizes. And now for the couples! Drum roll please! Couple number 5! Jose Velarde and Iris Mesa!" People clapped as the couple hugged in happiness. "Couple number 9! Tino and Lourdes Martel!" again people clapped and the couple hugged. Sakura was getting scared that they might not have made it because there was only one more couple to choose. She hoped so much that it was she and Syaoran. "And… couple number 3! Syaoran Li and Sakura Kinomoto!"

The whole room busted into applause. All the people that knew one of them busted out clapping. Syaoran and Sakura were so happy. Sakura jumped into his arms and laughed because she was so happy.

"Just one more week…" she thought to herself. "One more week."

Chapter 9

Syaoran was with his family now. They were now home after the Ballroom Contest. His mother was furious! His father wasn't as angry as her, but you could still see he was angry. Nalanie had gone to her room crying. She had been complaining the whole way there about how he was suppose to be dancing like that with her and that he completely embarrassed her by dancing with in her words "That Slut". But after she started talking he zoned out and ignored her.

They were now in their room. The entire family was in there now, his sisters were heading into their rooms and he was heading to his too when his mother turned around and glared at him and said in an icy voice, "What did we possibly do to make you hurt us?"

"I didn't do anything." Syaoran told her with an emotionless voice.

"Did you think that by doing that your father would get fired for having a member of his family interacting with a Cuban? You know the man who let us come here was in that room don't you!"

"You're going to loose your job daddy?" Feimei shrieked turning to look at her father. Now the entire family was looking at Ryuren.

"No one is loosing their job." He told them calmly in a reassuring voice.

"Yeah well Sakura did!" Syaoran told them, "I didn't mean to hurt you in anyway, but she lost her job and it was my fault so I wanted to help her! Is that so wrong mother? Wanting to help a friend? Because that's what she is, my friend."

"Friend? FRIEND? Syaoran you kissed that Cuban Pool Girl in front of every important person in all of Cuba and you call her a friend! What ever happened to Nalanie huh? I thought you liked her?" Yelan exploded at him.

"No, you liked her." He told her plain and simple making everyone in the room look at the bickering mother and son, "You liked her because she fits into your perfect country club world. You liked her because she comes from money, because she can afford expensive things. Sakura may be none of that, but that's why I like her! She's completely different from all of us!"

"There is nothing wrong with that country club world!" Yelan argued.

"Well maybe I don't want to be apart of it! I'm sorry but you won't be seeing Nalanie with me anymore!" he went go and walk away, but his mother grabbed his arm and turned him around and slapped him across his face.

He looked at her surprised. His mother had never hit him before and everyone knew that. The whole room was deathly silent. Yelan was looking at Syaoran with a don't talk to me like that look. Another few seconds went by when Syaoran finally looked away and walked out the door.

He was walking over to the stairs when his father came running over to him. "Syaoran!" he shouted.

"I'm over to Sakura's." he told him while he started to walk.

"No more lies." His father had told him while he started to walk away.

"No more lies." Syaoran called over his shoulder.

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Syaoran got to Sakura's house and Nadeshiko let him in. They sat down at the kitchen table and she started to pour tea.

"I had a feeling you'd be coming." She told him quietly.

"Really?" Syaoran asked raising an eyebrow.

"But Sakura's not here," she continued, "she's out celebrating, but you can wait for her if you like."

"I'd like that…" he trailed off.

"I want to ask you something," she said in a quiet and serious voice.

"What do you want to know?" he asked her suspiciously.

"Are you in love with my daughter?"

"What?" he asked surprised. Of all the questions she could have asked he didn't expect that.

"You heard me." Nadeshiko stated.

"What made you ask that?" Syaoran asked fighting down his blush.

"Not many people in that hotel would just decide to enter a dance contest with a Cuban just so that their partner could make some money." She told him in a matter of fact voice.

As soon as those words left her mouth it made Syaoran freeze. Why did he all of a sudden want to help her? That first day he met her when he made her drop those drinks made him want to know her more and more. Now that he thought about it, it was true. He was in love with Sakura Kinomoto.

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A few hours later Syaoran woke up on a bed. Nadeshiko told him he could wait in Sakura's room until she came back. He guessed he fell asleep on her bed waiting.

He looked over and saw Sakura in a chair reading a book. She looked so into it, like she didn't notice the world around her. He hated to do it, but he had to snap her out of it.

"What are you reading?" he asked making her snap her head up to look at him.

She smiled and him, put a bookmark in to mark her place, and put the book down on her lap. "José Marti. It was my fathers."

"I see…" Syaoran nodded his head.

"When he died, we tried to get rid of all his things so the memories would be less painful…" she explained with a saddened voice remembering her father. She then gave him a small smile, "but I made sure to keep this one thing. It was his favourite."

"He's lucky to have a daughter like you. You try so hard to keep your family happy."

"Tha-thank you." Sakura blushed at his compliment and looked down. She then started to finger the title on the book cover trying not to look at him.

"Sakura…" Syaoran started making her look up at him, "If we don't win this contest… I'm not going away to college in six months."

"But we will." Sakura told him reassuringly.

"And if we don't… I won't go away." He told her again.

Sakura got up from her chair, placed the book on the bedside table, and walked over to him and sat beside him on the bed, "I don't want you to give up your dreams for me." She told him quietly.

"You're not making me give up my dreams," he told her as he turned to look at her, "because I have new dreams now."

"Do you mean…" Sakura trailed off taking in what he just told her.

"I love you Sakura and I won't being giving up my dreams as long as I know your going to be with me."

"Syaoran…" Sakura was at a loss for words. She never thought he would love her. She had fallen in love with him as well. No one had ever tried to do so much for her, "I love you too." She told him with tears in her eyes.

"Syaoran smiled at her and kissed her passionately on the lips. Sakura started to kiss him back and wrapped her arms around his neck as he put his arms around her waist as they started to lye down on the bed with Sakura on the bottom. They ended up falling asleep in each others arms a few hours later.

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The next morning on Christmas Syaoran returned home. He walked into the living room where his family was. His sisters were all sitting around the tree, his father was filming them all on their first Christmas in a new country, and his mother was putting on last minute decorations. His father was the first to notice he was home.

"Hey Syaoran, come over here! I want to get you in the video."

"Okay…" he said quietly as he walked over to his sisters. His mother had stopped what she was doing and was looking over at him now.

Ryuren saw that his wife and son needed to talk about yesterday so he called his daughters over, "Fuutie, Fanran, Feimei, Xeifa, let's go out for a walk."

"Okay daddy!" the four all replied in unison. They knew what their father was up to but went along with it.

As they all started to head out the door they each gave one last glance at their mother and brother. They hoped they wouldn't have a repeat of last night.

When Syaoran heard the door close he turned to his mother who was still putting ornaments on the tree. He thought he should start off the conversation so he said the first thing that came to his mind, "The tree looks good this year."

Yelan noticed that he was trying to say he was sorry and realized she should make an effort too, "Your father and I were talking…" she was having trouble continuing.

"And…" Syaoran tried to urge her to continue.

"I realized I over reacted about last night," she continued again.

"So you don't mind me being with Sakura?" he asked.

"Syaoran, if you want me to approve of this girl…" she trailed off again but then continued, "I can't."

Syaoran looked at his mother with a little pain in his eyes. She wouldn't accept Sakura. He was about to respond to what she said when she spoke again.

"But I will come to watch you in the finals."

"You liked watching the dancing?" he asked her with a small smile. Maybe there was hope for his mother to approve of Sakura yet.

"Like I said Syaoran, I can't approve of that girl…" Yelan reminded him, "But I have to admit, her dancing was incredible… You two looked so amazing out there, you were perfect. I can't just not watch you in the finals when I know how much winning that contest means to you. I mean, means to you helping that girl…… Sakura…"

"I'm glad you're going to be there mom."

"And I have something to give Sakura as well," she continued after Syaoran thought she was done.

"What is it?" he asked with his eyes wide. He didn't think she would ever want to give something to Sakura.

"I want you to see if she could wear this to the contest," Yelan told him.

He saw his mother pull out a box. She took off the lid and there was a light pink ballroom dress in it. It was pretty old and a little out of fashion, but you could see that it had potential to be a beautiful dress with the right altering.

He picked the dress out of the box and looked at it. "I think she would look great in it mother." He told her quietly.

"She doesn't have to wear it if she doesn't want to. It's pretty old, but I thought Daidouji could up-it a bit. You know make it more up-to-date." Yelan told him with a smile.

"I'm sure Sakura would love to wear it and Tomoyo would love improve it." Syaoran reassured her. He knew Sakura would like to wear this, especially after Tomoyo was done with it. Tomoyo had already told Sakura she was making a new dress for next week's finals. So he knew Sakura would wear it if Tomoyo gave it to her.

"Well good," Yelan sighed, "I didn't mean to seem cruel… she seems like a very nice girl. Maybe I should meet her sometime."

"I'll introduce you at the finals next week, I promise." He told her; happy she may actually give Sakura a chance.

"You better," his mother glared at him playfully.

For the rest of the day he and his mother had gotten along and his father and sisters came back and they all enjoyed the rest of the day together. The argument the previous night pretty much forgotten.

TBC…

A/N Well here's the ninth chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it because I won't be updating for awhile. My brother is in this chess tournament for across Canada and we have to go to B.C for it. If he at least gets third we get to go to Paris! I'm probably going to be bored for a week because I hate chess… but at least I get to go shopping! Lol. It's weird, we're twins and completely different, the only thing we have in common is bad aim! Well read & review! Ciao!