Transformations
Chapter 6: The Prom: how to end the night
Authoresses note: Yippiieee!!!!! I got my disc back! *does little happy dance* ^___^ But I still think my sis had something to do with its sudden reappearance…oh wells, anyway, here's the next chapter!!! Also, I would have put this up right after I found it, but I kinda wanted to fix some stuff up, but couldn't concentrate cause of stinkin writer's block, but now everything's okay…well kinda… So anyway, sorry for making you wait! Hope you like this chapter!! Thank you for all the reviews!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own CLAMP, CCS, or these songs in the chapter, blah blah blah, except for Jenny, Brendan, and…I think that's all. But don't sue me.
The night continued, slowly changing to more of a slow tone. A set of slow songs began playing.
And I wanna believe you
When you tell me that it'll be okay,
Ya I try to believe you,
But I don't
When you say that it's gonna be
It always turns out to be a different way,
I try to believe you,
Not today, today, today, today, today…
Jenny remained seated by the velvet chairs that lined up against the wall, in clear view of the dance floor where she stared out. There were still a lot of people dancing, but more people had retired to the chairs next to her. Suddenly Syaoran stepped out in front of her and held his hand out to her and smiled, "May I have this dance?"
Jenny blushed at his gesture and grinned. Everything's okay. Syaoran's a great person and I can trust him… she thought and followed him to the dance floor.
I don't know how I feel,
tomorrow, tomorrow,
I don't know what to say,
tomorrow, tomorrow
Is a different day
It's always been up to you,
It's turning around,
It's up to me,
I'm gonna do what I have to do,
just don't
Gimme a lil time,
Leave me alone a little while,
Maybe it's not too late,
not today, today, today, today, today...
"Syaoran," Jenny whispered into his shoulder.
"Yeah Jenny?"
"What does Sakura mean to you?"
"Hmm? You mean Sakura as in Cherry blossom?"
Jenny's face grew angry; annoyed that he didn't know she was thinking of the person Sakura. "No, Sakura Kinomoto,"
Syaoran nodded, "Oh, that Sakura. She's a great friend,"
Jenny nodded, but was burning with anger. It had gone too far. "Really?" she asked harshly.
"Uh, yeah, she's a great person,"
"Yeah, she sure is. I bet she's sooo great that you like her, don't you?" Jenny stated coldly. She looked up at him finally.
Syaoran stared at her in shock. Why does she think this? We're just friends…I know it, he thought, using 99% of his thoughts to support it.
"Huh? I thought you loved me? But things change don't they?" Jenny said.
Syaoran shook his head, "No, they don't. They never will," he stammered. He was keeping his voice low, so that people wouldn't notice, and so was Jenny. But that was even harder to do.
"Really?" Jenny asked sarcastically. "Listen. Do you hear this song? This is true. I can't believe you anymore. You can try to tell me things are okay. You can. There's nothing stopping you. But I can't believe you anymore. Really, I try to believe you. But only fools believe that nothing changes. Especially when it comes to love," she murmured.
Syaoran sighed and looked her in the eye. "Things do change. I admit it. My thoughts of Sakura have changed, but only so that our friendship is stronger. Nothing more," he said.
It must have been the wrong thing to say because Jenny went against it, "I really was a fool. I really wish things didn't have to change. But I actually believed that things wouldn't. But I'm done with that and I'm done with you," she sternly said and pushed Syaoran away.
Syaoran caught his balance and tried to approach her again, "No, think this through Jenny. I still like you," he said.
Jenny backed away from him, "No. I already thought it through. While you were disappearing all the time after school. I wanted to see you more. But you always seemed to be busy, or not there for me to even ask. I should have stopped everything then. Before it even got too far. Before this. I could have found someone else. I shouldn't have been so blind thinking it was all my imagination," she snapped and rushed off the dance floor. As she pushed past everyone she passed Sakura. "I'm sorry," she muttered and ran up the stairs and out of the building, away from the laughing and chattering. Away from everything.
Syaoran stood, stone cold, right where Jenny had left him. Everything that Sakura had worked so hard for. Everything he had wanted. Had just fallen apart. Now the music had changed to a fast paced song and people were dancing energetically.
Is it love or just curse?
Do you feel good when I hurt?
I need your heart to open up
If this love's not real then it's just my lucky
You never told me bout the birds and the bees
Or about hide and go seek
Or what he gets when he finds me
The biggest mistakes are the choices I make
Won't you help me decide?
What's going on in my mind?
The music played.
Syaoran stood and looked down at his hands. Should I have run after her? Why didn't I? He asked stupidly.
Sakura noticed Syaoran and rushed over to him, "Syaoran, what happened? What's wrong? Where did Jenny run off to? She just passed me and said "I'm sorry,'"
Syaoran shook his head, "She's gone. I'm sorry too Sakura," he whispered and disappeared into the crowd.
Authoresses Note: I'm sooooo sorry for making you wait this long, and now I give you…a 3 page long chapter!!! And like half of it is the songs!!! I just had a really bad case of writer's block and I wanted to get this out. Next chapter will be longer, I promise!!