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Author's Note!
Some of you may be wondering why I'm wiritng this because, you know, I have finals ON FRIDAY. But you lucky people, I felt like adding another chapter! At this moment my mom is freaking at me because I'm not studying...so I hope you like it!
PS. This is a veryANGSTY story! Enjoy!
Tangled
Chapter Two: The Day Everything Started
I couldn't believe what was happening. I kept telling myself that this wasn't possible, that it was some horrible nightmare that I'd wake up from at any moment.
Except, I didn't wake up. No alarm sounded to knock me from dreamland into the real world.
Eriol was really here, in Tamoeda…back…again.
Why?
I sat, alone, in the girl's change rooms at lunch. My knees huddled against my chest, my arms hugging them to me.
I'm going insane. I told myself. No…just when I agreed to go out with Darasu…just when I thought I'd be able to get over him.
I was being stupid and I knew it, but yet I couldn't help it enough to stop myself.
After all, I had never told Eriol my feelings, so how would I know whether or not he loved me back?
I sighed and rested my head on my knees, closing my eyes and letting my hair circle around my face.
"A twinkle in the night sky," I sang softly, remembering a song I'd sung for Eriol when we were younger. "Far far away"
I sat there, my voice echoing across the walls, sounding almost like a ghost. "On a sleepless evening, I sing alone. Tomorrow I'll sing with you…on the wings of a dream. On a sleepless evening, I sing alone…tomorrow I'll sing with you, on the wings of a dream. Tomorrow I'll sing with you, on the wings of a dream..."
I sighed and opened my eyes, lifting my head. I had to stop being such a wimp. Why not just go talk to him? Ask him how he's doing…how his life has been…why he left in the first place…
God I was being pathetic.
I pulled myself off the ground and brushed off my skirt, quickly checking how I looked in the mirror.
You know, a girl has to look presentable.
Long raven hair framed my face, falling in slight waves just past my shoulder blades, nearing my waist. Soft gray eyes stared back at me beyond a porcelain complexion. Some people called me pretty, others gorgeous.
Me? I didn't think I was. I'm just me…Tomoyo.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, grabbing my bag from the floor and stepping out into the hallway.
It was lunch, so the hallways were empty except for the odd couple trying to get some "alone" time behind an open locker. It didn't work to hide what they were doing.
I walked out into the breezeway and into the sunshine, the school courtyard spreading out in front of me.
I smiled at people who said hello, but didn't bother to stop and chat. I, was on a mission.
To get over my fears of talking to him
.
Why should I be nervous anyway? Sure, Eriol was hot, I had heard the latest gossip about the "new hot guy from England" not too long ago.
In only a matter of days, Eriol was going to be the biggest thing that hit the school since Syaoran Li.
I spotted Sakura's auburn head from across the courtyard. She was sitting by the fountain with Syaoran, Rika, Zachary and Eriol.
I took a breath. My palms were unpleasantly sweaty, but whatever.
Finally, I took a step, and after a while of more steps, I was in front of Sakura.
"Hey Sakura, I was looking for you." I said, trying to act all innocent.
"Oh Tomoyo!" Sakura gasped, turning to me. "I just got back from looking for you! Where were you?"
"I…uh…had some things to do." I said, giving her my most truthful smile.
It was so easy to win people over with just a simple smile.
Sakura nodded. "Well then, that's good that you're here now, Eriol was wondering about you."
I felt my heart stop. He was…wondering about me.
How much of a tard am I?
"Oh," I said, turning as if to see the blue-haired boy for the first time. "Eriol! Hi! How are you?"
He had turned from his conversation with Syaoran and Zachary as soon as I'd walked up, but I'd pretended not to notice. Now he was staring, a smile curving his lips, plainly at me.
"Hello Tomoyo." He said.
I almost melted. How long had it been since I'd actually heard his voice?
I smiled. "Funny seeing you here, I never knew you were coming back"
He shrugged and stood up from the fountain.
Wow. He was tall. Like, if he wanted to he could rest his chin on my head. That tall.
"I wasn't expecting to come back." He said. "But…I wanted to. So now I'm staying"
As happy a moment as this should have been for me, it wasn't. It was more like one of those "oh shit" moments. Why oh why did I have to say yes to Darasu?
Damn me and my stupidity!
"Well," I said, trying to figure out what to say. "I'm glad you came back. I…I mean, we, haven't seen or talked to you in a while"
Eriol smiled. His hands were shoved casually into his pockets, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows in a very stylish and cute way.
Great, now I was checking out his clothes.
P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.
I am way to hard on myself.
"Um, say Tomoyo…" Eriol said, his eyes leaving mine and staring blankly, almost sheepishly, to the side. "Could I…talk to you for a moment? Alone?"
I felt heat rush to my cheeks and I prayed that it quickly went away.
But it didn't.
"Um…sure, why not?" I said, turning and walking with him away from the group.
We walked for a bit in silence, my hands cupped tightly together in front of me, my eyes fixed on the ground, searching for anything I could trip on and make a fool of my self with.
Finally Eriol stopped in a secluded part of the school courtyard, the corner of it, actually, where there was a rather large patch of trees to the right. This was the place that many students came to smoke or do drugs…or make out.
Please say he's not trying to sell me drugs!
"So, how have you been?" He asked.
I almost gaped at him. That was it? He walked me all the way out here to ask me that?
And to think I was expecting a I-missed-you kiss.
Haha. Not.
"I've been good." I said. It wasn't a lie either. My grades were good, my singing was doing really well, my family life was okay, my friends were all great.
What else did I need?
Okay, love, but still.
"What about you?"
He shrugged. "I wanted to come back here. I remembered how nice the people were here and all the good times I had..."
I laughed. "You mean tricking Sakura into transforming the cards."
Eriol smirked, that famous smirk that I'd fallen for. "Yeah, that was fun. But…I missed you"
Way to hit home there buddy.
"You m-missed me?" I stammered. What was wrong with me? I never stammered! And I'd done it twice in one day!
He nodded sheepishly. "I mean, you're such a good friend and…I liked spending time with you, listening to you sing"
Yeah, I so did not hear that last part. He had me at friend.
So it's friend now is it?
Oh, oh ho-ho! Now I'm glad I said yes to Darasu! Glad!
"Well, I missed that too." I lied. I wonder if he could tell.
Maybe, you never know. He was, after all, Clow Reed's reincarnation and all powerful sorcerer. Who knew about all the tings he knew?
"So what are you doing later?" He asked, totally missing, or ignoring, the bluntness in my voice. "Tomorrow, after school? We're all going for pizza"
Why the hell was he staring at me like that? Like…oh damn I can't explain it.
I was about to answer him I swear, but a voice cut me off just as I opened my mouth.
"There you are Tomoyo!" Darasu said with a smile, walking up to Eriol and I.
Oh great, just what I needed, another guy to piss me off.
"Oh, hey Darasu." I said, slapping on a fake smile.
I really had to stop smiling at people.
"This is my friend," Emphasis, bitter emphasis, on friend. "Eriol. Eriol this is Darasu."
"Hey." Darasu said.
"Hi." Eriol answered, though not as ecstatically.
"So Tomoyo," Darasu said, turning back to me, Eriol forgotten. Man he has the attention span of a flea. "I was thinking about tomorrow, how about a movie?"
I shrugged. "Sure, sounds great"
In your face Eriol.
"So right after school, I'll meet you at your locker." Darasu smiled.
In your face Eriol.
I smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I'll see you then."
Once again, In your face Eriol.
Darasu smiled and nodded. "Okay, see you around then."
And with that he turned and left.
I turned back to Eriol, managing to keep the defiant smirk from crossing my face. "So, you were saying?"
Eriol chuckled softly. "I…guess you can't make it tomorrow huh?"
I shook my head. "No, sorry. Maybe another time though, okay?"
Eriol nodded. I saw something flash across his azure eyes, just for an instant, something almost like…sadness.
Why was he sad?
"Eriol?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you…okay?" I asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, of course"
I smiled and nodded. Maybe this would be okay…just us…like this.
But then again…maybe not.
Oh God, here I go with the maybes again!
Okay! I hope you liked it! Yes, this story will be plenty good and angsty. And yes, I will have an Eriol's POV…sooner or later.
sigh the only thing that's keeping me going before finals at the moment is the song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield. You know, from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" soundtrack?
Awesome movie.
Ja ne!
Shikon