Transformations
Chapter 3: The Greetings and Meeting
Author's Note: Okay! I'm in a good mood today, so here's chapter 3! Happy Reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS and the characters, CLAMP does. Wah! Too bad for me, I'll shut up, but after I remind you that I DO own Jenny, Jean, Brendan, and Fred. But that's all, and I only own those four, 'cause I made em up.
Sakura looked at her clock. It was five minutes to 5:00pm. It was Syaoran's turn to tutor her.
*Ding dong*
"I'll get it," Sakura called down to Toya and ran down the stairs to see that Toya had already gotten the door.
"Who are you?" Toya asked as if Syaoran were some bug.
Syaoran frowned and glared at Toya, who was staring down at him. He could already tell that this person didn't like him, and he didn't either. "Li Syaoran," he growled.
"Why are you here?" Toya asked and glared right back at Syaoran with dislike.
"To tutor Sakura. It this the right house?" Syaoran replied calmly.
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Toya pestered and squinted at Syaoran in disgust.
Sakura sighed and walked up to them to try to divert their attention, "Err.well, this is my older brother Toya, and Toya, like he said, this is Syaoran,"
Toya stopped staring at Syaoran and turned to Sakura, "It he really tutoring you?"
"Yeah," Sakura admitted. "Umm, Syaoran, do you want to come in?"
"Duh," Syaoran dryly responded and stepped inside.
"Err.I have my textbook upstairs, so you want to study there?" Sakura asked and gestured to her room.
Syaoran shrugged, "I don't care,"
"Uh, okay, lets go," Sakura said and led Syaoran to her room. She closed the door behind her and pulled a few math books from her shelf.
"So, do you think we can work on converting fractions to decimals first?" Sakura asked and sat down on the floor.
Syaoran sat down next to her, "Sure. So, lets see.we had that study sheet that our teacher handed out last week, right."
Toya made his way up the stairs quietly. He hissed when he found that the door to Sakura's room was closed, but decided to wait before he broke down the door to keep an eye on them. Toya pressed his ear against the door.
"Here, I made some math equations, try it out, and I'll make a simpler study sheet," Syaoran said.
Toya couldn't really hear through the door, and strained to hear better. Ugh.they really are talking about math, Toya thought. Might as well get comfortable, Toya thought and went back to the kitchen to get some popcorn and a soda.
Sakura sighed, "I think I'm starting to get better at this,"
Syaoran straightened out a few pieces loose-leaf paper and nodded, "Yeah, I think you've improved,"
Sakura looked at her clock, "Wow, it's already 7:30. Uh, do you want to stay for dinner?"
Syaoran looked around, "Err.well I guess so, but I dunno if your brother would like that,"
Outside in the hallway Toya nodded, Well, at least he's smart enough to figure that out,
Sakura smirked evily, "That's part of why I want you to stay," she joked. "Besides, I'll kick him if he protests. And, my dad will let you stay,"
Syaoran leaned back against a wall and rubbed the back of his head, "Err.I guess so,"
"Yay! Okay, I'm gonna help make dinner now. Wanna come downstairs? I'll tell Dad that your staying," Sakura said and opened the door.
Syaoran nodded and joined Sakura.
Toya scrambled for his life and grabbed his soda and popcorn, and sprinted for his room. Unfortunately he left a trail of popcorn behind him.
Sakura stepped into the hallway and walked to the stairs, without noticing the popcorn. Syaoran followed her, but stepped on a popcorn, "Umm, why is there all this popcorn everywhere?
Sakura looked in back of her and her smile faded to a glare, "Toya." she muttered and stopped into Toya's room where she kicked him in the knee. After that she calmly went back to Syaoran and led him to the kitchen. "Toya has to clean it up," she told Syaoran.
By the table Fujitaka was reading the newspaper. "Hello Sakura, hello Syaoran, "(when he got home he met him)
"Oh, you already made dinner?" Sakura asked as she looked at the stove which had a pot filled with noodles and a pan with some chicken in it.
"Yeah, it should be ready now," Fujitaka said and went over to check the food.
Sakura started to set the table, "Can you call Toya down here," she asked Syaoran who was helping her get plates, "oh, and Syaoran you don't have to help us,"
Syaoran shook his head, "Nah, it's okay,"
In a few minutes dinner was set and everyone was at the table. On one side Syaoran sat next to Fujitaka, and on the other side Sakura sat next to Toya. As they started to eat Toya whispered to Sakura, "So, that's who your boyfriend is? The one you went to the beach with? Gee, you have really bad taste,"
Sakura shook her head, "No, he's just a friend. My boyfriend is Brendan," she told him matter-of-factly.
The rest of dinner went fine, and Syaoran answered questions when asked, and everyone acted normally. Before Syaoran left, Sakura followed him outside, "So, I guess next time I'll go to your place to continue our lessons,"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah,"
"Oh, and so, did you ask Jenny out?" Sakura added remembering earlier in the day.
Syaoran looked down, "Uh, I was supposed to?"
Sakura sweatdropped, "Err, yeah. Oh well, ask her out tomorrow,"
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, "Ehh? I guess I'll try,"
Sakura grinned at his innocently, "Good. I'll see you tomorrow," she said and went back inside.
~~~~~ School the next day ~~~~~
Sakura pushed Syaoran towards Jenny. Syaoran sighed and bit his lip and walked up to Jenny.
"Hey Jenny," he said calmly.
"Oh, hey Syaoran," Jenny said and walked back to her desk with him. "What's up?"
"Umm, I was wondering, are you doing anything tomorrow night? Maybe we could go somewhere,"
Jenny smiled sweetly, "Really, that sounds good. Okay,"
Syaoran smiled, "Uh, okay then. I'll pick you up at 6:30," he said and walked back to his desk and started talking with a group of people.
~~~~~ The next day, 6:00 pm. ~~~~~
"You look great," Sakura assured Syaoran. She stood back to look at her work.
Syaoran was wearing a dark green faded shirt with a dragon on it in faded black color, and baggy blue jeans with lots of zippers and pockets.
Sakura ran to his room to get a jacket and handed it to him, "So where are you guys going?"
Syaoran took the jacket, "Well I was going to go to the boardwalk with her and we could go on a few rides, and eat somewhere casual around there,"
Sakura smiled, "Sounds good. I'm so proud of you!" she joked and gave Syaoran a friendly hug. "I know Jenny will have a great time with you, so be brave, and take chances!" Sakura coached. I really believe that Syaoran will make it to prom. Besides, he really is a nice guy, he just needs to stand out more, Sakura thought.
Syaoran blushed by her actions and looked at the clock, "I should go soon. Well, thanks for coming over here again, Sakura," he said and grabbed his keys.
"Yeah, I can leave with you," Sakura said and skipped into the hallway with Syaoran. They walked to the elevator and rode in silence.
"Good luck Syaoran," Sakura told Syaoran when they had walked outside into the sidewalk.
"Thanks," Syaoran said and went to his car. He drove to Jenny's house and got out. Right on time: 6:30.
*Ding dong*
"I'll get it," a voice said from inside. A younger girl, about eight opened the door. "Uh, are you Syaoran?"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah, is Jenny there?"
The little girl nodded, "Yup, she'll be right down. JENNY, SYAORAN's here!" she shouted up the stairs.
Jenny came down the stairs wearing a pair of tight jeans and a no-sleeved orange top with a leaf printed on it. Her black hair was pulled into a tight bun, except for two long strands of hair that were left down. She grinned when she saw Syaoran standing by the door, "Hi Syaoran," She stepped out next to him, "See ya later Jean," she waved to the little girl and closed the door. "That's my sis," she explained.
"Cool. I don't have any siblings, "Syaoran said and opened the car door for Jenny.
Jenny giggled and sat down. "So, where're we going?"
Syaoran turned the key, and the car started up, "Well, how about we go to the boardwalk. We can check out the rides, and find a place to eat,"
Jenny nodded, "Sounds good,"
The whole ride to the boardwalk the two talked about things like school, interests, and.what ride they should go on! When they go there they had decided to go on the roller coaster first. They waited in line, and soon enough, they were in the front row, and they were climbing the first drop. (It was a wooden rollercoaster) "
Jenny looked down and pointed to the ferris wheel, "Oh, wanna go on that later? We can get dinner, and eat it when we go on it," she suggested.
Syaoran leaned over and nodded, "Okay," He looked over the side. They were pretty high up. I bet Sakura would like this view.but she might get freaked out that it's so high up, Syaoran thought, but was brought back to reality when he saw the long steep drop ahead of them, "Oh, shi-" he started to mutter when the car lurched over the tip and zoomed down and then went back up and turned a big turn.
~~~~~ After the ride ~~~~~
"Wow, that was fun, right?" Jenny asked and looked at Syaoran with a big smile.
"Yeah, it was really loud too," Syaoran joked. Gee, better make sure Brendan doesn't take Sakura on a date here, he thought silently. "Let's go get some food now," he suggested.
"Sure. How 'bout over there?" Jenny asked and pointed to a Nathan's hot dog place.
~~~~~ The ferris wheel ~~~~~
Syaoran opened the door of the booth for Jenny. She stepped inside, and Syaoran followed.
The ferris wheel jerked and started to move. Syaoran took a bite out of his hot dog and looked across from him at Jenny. She looked so pretty when she was looking out of the wide window into the dark sky, lighted up with all of the lights from rides and restaurants.
They both ate their food and enjoyed the view inside the booth and suddenly Syaoran noticed something: All the other couples in the booths were.kissing, hugging, or some kind of thing. He gulped, but remembered that Sakura would have told him to be brave. Syaoran got up and sat down next to Jenny. "You cold?"
Jenny turned away from the window and nodded, "Kinda," she said and grinned.
Syaoran gave Jenny his jacket and wrapped his arm around Jenny. The two continued talking.
~~~~~ End of the date, at Jenny's house again ~~~~~
"Well, I'll see you at school tomorrow," Jenny said. She turned to Syaoran and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
Syaoran blushed and nodded, "Yeah, see you tomorrow,"
"I had a good time. Maybe we should do this again sometime," Jenny said and grinned.
"Yeah, we should. I look forward to it," Syaoran told her and watched as Jenny went back inside. He walked back to his car and drove back home. All the way back he considered sticking his head out the window and yelling "I'm the luckiest guy on earth!"
~~~~~ Sakura's house (this is another day, lets make it Friday) ~~~~~
"Oh damn, I gotta get ready for my date! Brendan's coming in like half an hour!" Sakura squealed and got up from where she was sitting next to Syaoran working on a math sheet.
"Uh, so I guess I'll go now," Syaoran said and got up also.
Sakura opened her closet and took out two dresses, "Nah, you don't need to. Actually, can you write down some tips that we were using?" she asked and looked at herself in the mirror. "Which one?" she asked Syaoran and turned around. In her left hand she held a light pink dress with no straps. In her right hand she held a dark blue dress with white waves stitched in on the bottom.
Syaoran gathered some of his books and stuffed them in his bag, "Uhh.how should I know?"
Sakura glared at him playfully. "Fine, go downstairs while I dress,"
Syaoran nodded and left her room.
Sakura grinned and decided which dress to wear, and started putting on makeup. She combed her auburn hair and the pulled a small section from each side back and pinned it together, so that not so much hair fell to the front, and then clipped a small butterfly clip on one side.
~~~~~ twenty minutes later ~~~~~
Sakura stepped off the last step of the stairs and entered the living room, where Syaoran was scribbling some notes for Sakura.
Syaoran looked up at Sakura when he heard her footsteps, and tried not to leave his mouth hanging in surprise at how.different she looked. Sakura had decided on wearing the blue, and had a light sweater on, that was obviously just for style, because it was see throughish. She was also wearing black high heeled sandals.
"How'd I look?" Sakura asked nervously.
"What'd you think?" Syaoran joked with a smirk.
"So I look good?" Sakura asked sitting next to him on the couch.
"Yeah," Syaoran responded and handed Sakura the papers that he was writing on.
"Thank you for that compliment," Sakura said and walked him to the door. "I must have taught you well, because you seem to have a good idea of when a girl looks good," she joked.
Syaoran rolled his eyes playfully and waved as he left and started the walk home.
Sakura watched as he turned the corner, out of sight, and closed the door. Two minutes later the door bell rang, and Sakura who had just taken a sip of water from a water bottle twisted the cap back on and rushed to the door. "Hey Brendan," she said.
Brendan stood at the door in a dark blue buttoned shirt with black pants on (kinda dressy casual) "Hey Sakura. Ready to go?"
Sakura nodded and slung her arm around Brendan's. "Yup,"
Brendan led her to his car and they drove away. "We're going to this really good sea food restaurant by the seashore," he told Sakura and grinned, "it's famous for their crab. Guess what it's called?"
Sakura turned away from looking out the window, "Err.umm.that isn't descriptive enough! I give up," she teased.
"Okay, it's 'Shore food sea house'" Brendan told Sakura and exited the expressway, now close to the sea.
Sakura gasped, "Oh, that place? I know there, that place is supposed to be really good! Cool!"
Brendan grinned, "Yeah, I got my aunt to reserve a table, since she works there," he explained.
The two nodded and soon they were at the restaurant. Brendan helped Sakura out and they walked into the big place and were seated by a waiter.
Sakura looked around excitedly, Wow, I'm actually sitting here, with Brendan, on a date! This seems so perfect! She thought and ordered her food.
The rest of the dinner went great. They talked about normal things like before they started going out, and .I dunno, things.
Gee, I actually didn't know that much about Brendan. All I knew was that he's popular, has a girlfriend most of the time, and blah, blah, blah, but he's really a nice person. Well, I found that out when we started to be friends, but he sounds really cool, Sakura thought. "Actually, how long have we known each other?" Sakura asked and folded her napkin into a fan.
"Gee, I'm not sure, well, we probably started to be friends about a month ago," Brendan guessed and watched Sakura finish folding her napkin into a perfect fan (from the teaching of Syaoran of course!) "Wow, you've improved at folding napkins, Sakura. I remember you said that you weren't good at it a few days ago,"
Sakura looked up and smiled sweetly, "Heh, I was. But, Syaoran's my home economics partner, and he's really good at it, so he helped me out," she added and laughed.
~~~~~ Sakura's house at the end of the date ~~~~~
Sakura stepped up to the front door and turned to face Brendan, "Thanks for a really great night,"
Brendan grinned, "Your welcome Sakura,"
They stood in silence for a second, before they both leaned forward a little and their lips met for a spit second and they broke away..
Toya stuck his head out of the window and glared, "Hey, the show's over!" he shouted down to them.
Sakura blushed and looked up at Toya's window, "Toya! Go away!"
Toya shook his head, "Fine, but I'm only giving you a minute," he warned and stuck his head back inside.
"Err.that's my overprotective brother," Sakura explained and laughed nervously.
Brendan raised his eyebrow, "Yeah so I saw. Aheh. Um, well, you know that the prom's coming up next Wednwsday, so do you want to go with me?"
Sakura looked at him, "It is? Oh, yeah. I'm losing track of time. Agh, I didn't even answer your question, sure, I'll go with you," she said and smiled. Oh yeah, Tomoyo, Meilin, and Chiharu already have dates. I can't believe I forgot when they had just reminded me! Sakura thought.
"So, I'll see you in school on Monday," Brendan said and waved. He haded back to his car and drove away.
Sakura went back inside and sighed, "I've got a date for prom!" she squealed.
"Hey, Tomoyo called and said that they're going to this festival on Sunday with everyone else, and she invited you and your boyfriend Brendan," Toya told Sakura and closed the refrigerator with an ice cream cone in his hand.
"Really, okay then, I'll go call her back to tell her I'm coming!" Sakura said and grabbed the ice cream out if Toya's hands before darting back to her room. She called Brendan on his cell phone, and he agreed to go, and after that she called Syaoran.
"Hey Syaoran," she said into the phone.
"Huh? Oh, hey Sakura. What's up?"
"Wanna came with everyone to this festival on Sunday? You can bring Jenny too. And ask if she wants to go to prom with you," Sakura said.
"Err. Okay. And I guess I'll ask Jenny when I call her,"
"Okay. See you Sunday!" Sakura said and hung up.
Syaoran held the phone listening to Sakura, and heard her hang up, "Egh? That was weird," he mumbled and hung up the phone and called Jenny, who accepted both the invitation to the festival, and to the prom.
Sakura called Tomoyo next. "Hey Tomoyo,"
"Hey Sakura," Tomoyo responded.
"I'm gonna come with you too the festival. And Brendan is too.and Syaoran, and maybe Jenny," Sakura said in one breath.
"Oh, okay, the more the merrier!" Tomoyo said happily.
"Oh, and I've got this great news to tell you, but I'm going to be evil and tell you later," Sakura informed Tomoyo.
"Awww.fine. Well, see you later," Tomoyo said and hung up.
"See ya later," Sakura also said and hung up to get ready for bed.
Author's Note: Aww.Syaoran's a happy, and kawaii guy now! So is Sakura! Next chapter: prom preparation. And Sakura's gonna meet Jenny! Oh.and now Syaoran's on Toya's bad side.I know, it's gonna end up being S&S, don't worry. So.review, and check out my other stories!
Chapter 3: The Greetings and Meeting
Author's Note: Okay! I'm in a good mood today, so here's chapter 3! Happy Reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS and the characters, CLAMP does. Wah! Too bad for me, I'll shut up, but after I remind you that I DO own Jenny, Jean, Brendan, and Fred. But that's all, and I only own those four, 'cause I made em up.
Sakura looked at her clock. It was five minutes to 5:00pm. It was Syaoran's turn to tutor her.
*Ding dong*
"I'll get it," Sakura called down to Toya and ran down the stairs to see that Toya had already gotten the door.
"Who are you?" Toya asked as if Syaoran were some bug.
Syaoran frowned and glared at Toya, who was staring down at him. He could already tell that this person didn't like him, and he didn't either. "Li Syaoran," he growled.
"Why are you here?" Toya asked and glared right back at Syaoran with dislike.
"To tutor Sakura. It this the right house?" Syaoran replied calmly.
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Toya pestered and squinted at Syaoran in disgust.
Sakura sighed and walked up to them to try to divert their attention, "Err.well, this is my older brother Toya, and Toya, like he said, this is Syaoran,"
Toya stopped staring at Syaoran and turned to Sakura, "It he really tutoring you?"
"Yeah," Sakura admitted. "Umm, Syaoran, do you want to come in?"
"Duh," Syaoran dryly responded and stepped inside.
"Err.I have my textbook upstairs, so you want to study there?" Sakura asked and gestured to her room.
Syaoran shrugged, "I don't care,"
"Uh, okay, lets go," Sakura said and led Syaoran to her room. She closed the door behind her and pulled a few math books from her shelf.
"So, do you think we can work on converting fractions to decimals first?" Sakura asked and sat down on the floor.
Syaoran sat down next to her, "Sure. So, lets see.we had that study sheet that our teacher handed out last week, right."
Toya made his way up the stairs quietly. He hissed when he found that the door to Sakura's room was closed, but decided to wait before he broke down the door to keep an eye on them. Toya pressed his ear against the door.
"Here, I made some math equations, try it out, and I'll make a simpler study sheet," Syaoran said.
Toya couldn't really hear through the door, and strained to hear better. Ugh.they really are talking about math, Toya thought. Might as well get comfortable, Toya thought and went back to the kitchen to get some popcorn and a soda.
Sakura sighed, "I think I'm starting to get better at this,"
Syaoran straightened out a few pieces loose-leaf paper and nodded, "Yeah, I think you've improved,"
Sakura looked at her clock, "Wow, it's already 7:30. Uh, do you want to stay for dinner?"
Syaoran looked around, "Err.well I guess so, but I dunno if your brother would like that,"
Outside in the hallway Toya nodded, Well, at least he's smart enough to figure that out,
Sakura smirked evily, "That's part of why I want you to stay," she joked. "Besides, I'll kick him if he protests. And, my dad will let you stay,"
Syaoran leaned back against a wall and rubbed the back of his head, "Err.I guess so,"
"Yay! Okay, I'm gonna help make dinner now. Wanna come downstairs? I'll tell Dad that your staying," Sakura said and opened the door.
Syaoran nodded and joined Sakura.
Toya scrambled for his life and grabbed his soda and popcorn, and sprinted for his room. Unfortunately he left a trail of popcorn behind him.
Sakura stepped into the hallway and walked to the stairs, without noticing the popcorn. Syaoran followed her, but stepped on a popcorn, "Umm, why is there all this popcorn everywhere?
Sakura looked in back of her and her smile faded to a glare, "Toya." she muttered and stopped into Toya's room where she kicked him in the knee. After that she calmly went back to Syaoran and led him to the kitchen. "Toya has to clean it up," she told Syaoran.
By the table Fujitaka was reading the newspaper. "Hello Sakura, hello Syaoran, "(when he got home he met him)
"Oh, you already made dinner?" Sakura asked as she looked at the stove which had a pot filled with noodles and a pan with some chicken in it.
"Yeah, it should be ready now," Fujitaka said and went over to check the food.
Sakura started to set the table, "Can you call Toya down here," she asked Syaoran who was helping her get plates, "oh, and Syaoran you don't have to help us,"
Syaoran shook his head, "Nah, it's okay,"
In a few minutes dinner was set and everyone was at the table. On one side Syaoran sat next to Fujitaka, and on the other side Sakura sat next to Toya. As they started to eat Toya whispered to Sakura, "So, that's who your boyfriend is? The one you went to the beach with? Gee, you have really bad taste,"
Sakura shook her head, "No, he's just a friend. My boyfriend is Brendan," she told him matter-of-factly.
The rest of dinner went fine, and Syaoran answered questions when asked, and everyone acted normally. Before Syaoran left, Sakura followed him outside, "So, I guess next time I'll go to your place to continue our lessons,"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah,"
"Oh, and so, did you ask Jenny out?" Sakura added remembering earlier in the day.
Syaoran looked down, "Uh, I was supposed to?"
Sakura sweatdropped, "Err, yeah. Oh well, ask her out tomorrow,"
Syaoran raised an eyebrow, "Ehh? I guess I'll try,"
Sakura grinned at his innocently, "Good. I'll see you tomorrow," she said and went back inside.
~~~~~ School the next day ~~~~~
Sakura pushed Syaoran towards Jenny. Syaoran sighed and bit his lip and walked up to Jenny.
"Hey Jenny," he said calmly.
"Oh, hey Syaoran," Jenny said and walked back to her desk with him. "What's up?"
"Umm, I was wondering, are you doing anything tomorrow night? Maybe we could go somewhere,"
Jenny smiled sweetly, "Really, that sounds good. Okay,"
Syaoran smiled, "Uh, okay then. I'll pick you up at 6:30," he said and walked back to his desk and started talking with a group of people.
~~~~~ The next day, 6:00 pm. ~~~~~
"You look great," Sakura assured Syaoran. She stood back to look at her work.
Syaoran was wearing a dark green faded shirt with a dragon on it in faded black color, and baggy blue jeans with lots of zippers and pockets.
Sakura ran to his room to get a jacket and handed it to him, "So where are you guys going?"
Syaoran took the jacket, "Well I was going to go to the boardwalk with her and we could go on a few rides, and eat somewhere casual around there,"
Sakura smiled, "Sounds good. I'm so proud of you!" she joked and gave Syaoran a friendly hug. "I know Jenny will have a great time with you, so be brave, and take chances!" Sakura coached. I really believe that Syaoran will make it to prom. Besides, he really is a nice guy, he just needs to stand out more, Sakura thought.
Syaoran blushed by her actions and looked at the clock, "I should go soon. Well, thanks for coming over here again, Sakura," he said and grabbed his keys.
"Yeah, I can leave with you," Sakura said and skipped into the hallway with Syaoran. They walked to the elevator and rode in silence.
"Good luck Syaoran," Sakura told Syaoran when they had walked outside into the sidewalk.
"Thanks," Syaoran said and went to his car. He drove to Jenny's house and got out. Right on time: 6:30.
*Ding dong*
"I'll get it," a voice said from inside. A younger girl, about eight opened the door. "Uh, are you Syaoran?"
Syaoran nodded, "Yeah, is Jenny there?"
The little girl nodded, "Yup, she'll be right down. JENNY, SYAORAN's here!" she shouted up the stairs.
Jenny came down the stairs wearing a pair of tight jeans and a no-sleeved orange top with a leaf printed on it. Her black hair was pulled into a tight bun, except for two long strands of hair that were left down. She grinned when she saw Syaoran standing by the door, "Hi Syaoran," She stepped out next to him, "See ya later Jean," she waved to the little girl and closed the door. "That's my sis," she explained.
"Cool. I don't have any siblings, "Syaoran said and opened the car door for Jenny.
Jenny giggled and sat down. "So, where're we going?"
Syaoran turned the key, and the car started up, "Well, how about we go to the boardwalk. We can check out the rides, and find a place to eat,"
Jenny nodded, "Sounds good,"
The whole ride to the boardwalk the two talked about things like school, interests, and.what ride they should go on! When they go there they had decided to go on the roller coaster first. They waited in line, and soon enough, they were in the front row, and they were climbing the first drop. (It was a wooden rollercoaster) "
Jenny looked down and pointed to the ferris wheel, "Oh, wanna go on that later? We can get dinner, and eat it when we go on it," she suggested.
Syaoran leaned over and nodded, "Okay," He looked over the side. They were pretty high up. I bet Sakura would like this view.but she might get freaked out that it's so high up, Syaoran thought, but was brought back to reality when he saw the long steep drop ahead of them, "Oh, shi-" he started to mutter when the car lurched over the tip and zoomed down and then went back up and turned a big turn.
~~~~~ After the ride ~~~~~
"Wow, that was fun, right?" Jenny asked and looked at Syaoran with a big smile.
"Yeah, it was really loud too," Syaoran joked. Gee, better make sure Brendan doesn't take Sakura on a date here, he thought silently. "Let's go get some food now," he suggested.
"Sure. How 'bout over there?" Jenny asked and pointed to a Nathan's hot dog place.
~~~~~ The ferris wheel ~~~~~
Syaoran opened the door of the booth for Jenny. She stepped inside, and Syaoran followed.
The ferris wheel jerked and started to move. Syaoran took a bite out of his hot dog and looked across from him at Jenny. She looked so pretty when she was looking out of the wide window into the dark sky, lighted up with all of the lights from rides and restaurants.
They both ate their food and enjoyed the view inside the booth and suddenly Syaoran noticed something: All the other couples in the booths were.kissing, hugging, or some kind of thing. He gulped, but remembered that Sakura would have told him to be brave. Syaoran got up and sat down next to Jenny. "You cold?"
Jenny turned away from the window and nodded, "Kinda," she said and grinned.
Syaoran gave Jenny his jacket and wrapped his arm around Jenny. The two continued talking.
~~~~~ End of the date, at Jenny's house again ~~~~~
"Well, I'll see you at school tomorrow," Jenny said. She turned to Syaoran and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
Syaoran blushed and nodded, "Yeah, see you tomorrow,"
"I had a good time. Maybe we should do this again sometime," Jenny said and grinned.
"Yeah, we should. I look forward to it," Syaoran told her and watched as Jenny went back inside. He walked back to his car and drove back home. All the way back he considered sticking his head out the window and yelling "I'm the luckiest guy on earth!"
~~~~~ Sakura's house (this is another day, lets make it Friday) ~~~~~
"Oh damn, I gotta get ready for my date! Brendan's coming in like half an hour!" Sakura squealed and got up from where she was sitting next to Syaoran working on a math sheet.
"Uh, so I guess I'll go now," Syaoran said and got up also.
Sakura opened her closet and took out two dresses, "Nah, you don't need to. Actually, can you write down some tips that we were using?" she asked and looked at herself in the mirror. "Which one?" she asked Syaoran and turned around. In her left hand she held a light pink dress with no straps. In her right hand she held a dark blue dress with white waves stitched in on the bottom.
Syaoran gathered some of his books and stuffed them in his bag, "Uhh.how should I know?"
Sakura glared at him playfully. "Fine, go downstairs while I dress,"
Syaoran nodded and left her room.
Sakura grinned and decided which dress to wear, and started putting on makeup. She combed her auburn hair and the pulled a small section from each side back and pinned it together, so that not so much hair fell to the front, and then clipped a small butterfly clip on one side.
~~~~~ twenty minutes later ~~~~~
Sakura stepped off the last step of the stairs and entered the living room, where Syaoran was scribbling some notes for Sakura.
Syaoran looked up at Sakura when he heard her footsteps, and tried not to leave his mouth hanging in surprise at how.different she looked. Sakura had decided on wearing the blue, and had a light sweater on, that was obviously just for style, because it was see throughish. She was also wearing black high heeled sandals.
"How'd I look?" Sakura asked nervously.
"What'd you think?" Syaoran joked with a smirk.
"So I look good?" Sakura asked sitting next to him on the couch.
"Yeah," Syaoran responded and handed Sakura the papers that he was writing on.
"Thank you for that compliment," Sakura said and walked him to the door. "I must have taught you well, because you seem to have a good idea of when a girl looks good," she joked.
Syaoran rolled his eyes playfully and waved as he left and started the walk home.
Sakura watched as he turned the corner, out of sight, and closed the door. Two minutes later the door bell rang, and Sakura who had just taken a sip of water from a water bottle twisted the cap back on and rushed to the door. "Hey Brendan," she said.
Brendan stood at the door in a dark blue buttoned shirt with black pants on (kinda dressy casual) "Hey Sakura. Ready to go?"
Sakura nodded and slung her arm around Brendan's. "Yup,"
Brendan led her to his car and they drove away. "We're going to this really good sea food restaurant by the seashore," he told Sakura and grinned, "it's famous for their crab. Guess what it's called?"
Sakura turned away from looking out the window, "Err.umm.that isn't descriptive enough! I give up," she teased.
"Okay, it's 'Shore food sea house'" Brendan told Sakura and exited the expressway, now close to the sea.
Sakura gasped, "Oh, that place? I know there, that place is supposed to be really good! Cool!"
Brendan grinned, "Yeah, I got my aunt to reserve a table, since she works there," he explained.
The two nodded and soon they were at the restaurant. Brendan helped Sakura out and they walked into the big place and were seated by a waiter.
Sakura looked around excitedly, Wow, I'm actually sitting here, with Brendan, on a date! This seems so perfect! She thought and ordered her food.
The rest of the dinner went great. They talked about normal things like before they started going out, and .I dunno, things.
Gee, I actually didn't know that much about Brendan. All I knew was that he's popular, has a girlfriend most of the time, and blah, blah, blah, but he's really a nice person. Well, I found that out when we started to be friends, but he sounds really cool, Sakura thought. "Actually, how long have we known each other?" Sakura asked and folded her napkin into a fan.
"Gee, I'm not sure, well, we probably started to be friends about a month ago," Brendan guessed and watched Sakura finish folding her napkin into a perfect fan (from the teaching of Syaoran of course!) "Wow, you've improved at folding napkins, Sakura. I remember you said that you weren't good at it a few days ago,"
Sakura looked up and smiled sweetly, "Heh, I was. But, Syaoran's my home economics partner, and he's really good at it, so he helped me out," she added and laughed.
~~~~~ Sakura's house at the end of the date ~~~~~
Sakura stepped up to the front door and turned to face Brendan, "Thanks for a really great night,"
Brendan grinned, "Your welcome Sakura,"
They stood in silence for a second, before they both leaned forward a little and their lips met for a spit second and they broke away..
Toya stuck his head out of the window and glared, "Hey, the show's over!" he shouted down to them.
Sakura blushed and looked up at Toya's window, "Toya! Go away!"
Toya shook his head, "Fine, but I'm only giving you a minute," he warned and stuck his head back inside.
"Err.that's my overprotective brother," Sakura explained and laughed nervously.
Brendan raised his eyebrow, "Yeah so I saw. Aheh. Um, well, you know that the prom's coming up next Wednwsday, so do you want to go with me?"
Sakura looked at him, "It is? Oh, yeah. I'm losing track of time. Agh, I didn't even answer your question, sure, I'll go with you," she said and smiled. Oh yeah, Tomoyo, Meilin, and Chiharu already have dates. I can't believe I forgot when they had just reminded me! Sakura thought.
"So, I'll see you in school on Monday," Brendan said and waved. He haded back to his car and drove away.
Sakura went back inside and sighed, "I've got a date for prom!" she squealed.
"Hey, Tomoyo called and said that they're going to this festival on Sunday with everyone else, and she invited you and your boyfriend Brendan," Toya told Sakura and closed the refrigerator with an ice cream cone in his hand.
"Really, okay then, I'll go call her back to tell her I'm coming!" Sakura said and grabbed the ice cream out if Toya's hands before darting back to her room. She called Brendan on his cell phone, and he agreed to go, and after that she called Syaoran.
"Hey Syaoran," she said into the phone.
"Huh? Oh, hey Sakura. What's up?"
"Wanna came with everyone to this festival on Sunday? You can bring Jenny too. And ask if she wants to go to prom with you," Sakura said.
"Err. Okay. And I guess I'll ask Jenny when I call her,"
"Okay. See you Sunday!" Sakura said and hung up.
Syaoran held the phone listening to Sakura, and heard her hang up, "Egh? That was weird," he mumbled and hung up the phone and called Jenny, who accepted both the invitation to the festival, and to the prom.
Sakura called Tomoyo next. "Hey Tomoyo,"
"Hey Sakura," Tomoyo responded.
"I'm gonna come with you too the festival. And Brendan is too.and Syaoran, and maybe Jenny," Sakura said in one breath.
"Oh, okay, the more the merrier!" Tomoyo said happily.
"Oh, and I've got this great news to tell you, but I'm going to be evil and tell you later," Sakura informed Tomoyo.
"Awww.fine. Well, see you later," Tomoyo said and hung up.
"See ya later," Sakura also said and hung up to get ready for bed.
Author's Note: Aww.Syaoran's a happy, and kawaii guy now! So is Sakura! Next chapter: prom preparation. And Sakura's gonna meet Jenny! Oh.and now Syaoran's on Toya's bad side.I know, it's gonna end up being S&S, don't worry. So.review, and check out my other stories!