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Tangled
Chapter Twelve: The Days Without Him
Two weeks after the dance…
I sat in the dressing room, Sakura and Meilin at my side, fixing my makeup.
"Oh my god Tomoyo!" Sakura giggled. "Aren't you excited?"
I nodded, smiling faintly. "Yeah, it's going to be great."
I'd tried out for that singing thing my mom had told me about, and made it. Now I was getting ready to go on stage to sing.
Though I have to admit, my heart wasn't in it.
It was with Eriol, in England.
He'd returned to England the day after the dance, hardly speaking a word to Syaoran when he'd gone to see him off at the airport and explain things.
Flashback
"I don't get it Tomoyo." Syaoran said softly, sitting on the couch next to me the day after the dance. "He wouldn't listen to a word I said. He just said that it was your choice. I'm so sorry Tomoyo."
I nodded slightly, lowering my head in shame. "He got the wrong idea…I wish I could have explained things then."
"You didn't have a choice." Syaoran said, wrapping his arm around my shoulders, hugging me to him as a true friend would. "Eriol will come to his senses soon enough, I promise."
I nodded, tears falling from my cheeks and onto my lap.
End Flashback
Except…Eriol hadn't come to his senses. It had been two weeks now and he still hadn't come back, called, or anything.
Syaoran had tried to call Eriol a million times, but the blue-haired boy hadn't answered.
Even when I'd called he hadn't answered. I'd only gotten Ruby saying that "he had better things to do than answer the phone".
After Eriol had left I'd been, let's face it, empty. Every day Sakura had come to my house to cheer me up, to try to get me outside to do stuff, but not once had I gone with her.
The only time I actually got out of bed was to try out for the singing contest.
And now I regretted it. There was no way I'd be able to sing, knowing how much Eriol hated me.
Meilin had gotten fed up only a few hours ago and called Eriol, telling him to turn on the TV at seven. Well, she actually threatened him.
But still, it was touching…in a way.
"Come on Tomoyo." Sakura smiled, gripping my hand. "Let's go!"
I nodded and stood up. I was wearing a pale blue dress that fell elegantly to my ankles. It was strapless with tiny dark blue flowers around the bust.
Sakura, who was pro at doing hair, had done my hair in loose curls that fell onto my shoulders and around my face.
"Thanks you guys." I smiled, giving Sakura and Meilin a group hug. "You saved me."
Meilin winked as she pushed me out of the dressing room and down the hallway towards the stage. "Thank us later, okay? Now all you have to do is focus on the song."
"Okay…" I said.
Why was I so nervous?
"Oh, Tomoyo!" A stage director said, headphones plastered to his head. "You're on in five! Go girl!"
I grinned and nodded, waving to Sakura and Meilin as they went to join Syaoran and my mom in the audience.
Once they were gone I turned back to the stage and began playing with my hair. I had to stop playing with my hair, really.
"And now," The announcer said over the loud speaker. "A talented young artist from right here in Tamoeda, please welcome…Tomoyo Daidouji!"
The crowd started to clap as I walked out on stage, grinning like a stupid Barbie doll, all the while thinking please don't fall, please don't fall!
"Thank you." I said into the microphone. The band was behind me, waiting for my cue. "It's an honor to be here."
How corny can I get?
I turned to the band and told them to wait for a minuet, then I turned back to the audience. Thousands of eyes staring up at me.
"I actually have something to say." I said softly. It was now or never. "There's someone out there who I hope is watching. And…I have to say that…I know I hurt you, but believe me you got the wrong idea."
I took a breath. Please Eriol be watching.
"And Eriol…I meant to tell you this sooner, a lot sooner…but…I love you. With all my heart. I miss you."
The crowd went, how corny, "Awe."
I smiled, pink spreading across my cheeks. "Okay, this song is for you Eriol."
The band started up and I began to sing. "There's a song that's inside, of my soul. It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again."
I hoped, with all my heart, that Eriol was watching. I mean, this was for him. Totally for him.
"I'm awake in the infinite cold. Would you sing to me over and over again."
The memory of first meeting Eriol flashed through my mind; the way he looked, the way he smiled at me. Just…the way he was, back then.
"So I lay my head back down. And I lift my hands and pray, to be only yours I pray, to be only yours I know now, you're my only hope."
I thought of the past few weeks, when Eriol had first appeared in my homeroom, how shocked I'd been. The way I'd hid from him in that bathroom, his face when Darasu and he first met. His expression when I fell from the slide…
"Sing to me the song, of the stars. Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again. When it feels like my dreams are so far, sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again."
Tears blurred my vision as I sang, trying to keep my composure. But it was hard, you know? It's so hard to do something you love when you know you hurt something you love even more.
"So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray, to be only yours I know now, your my only hope."
I suddenly realized that if Eriol wasn't watching this, if he never saw…I may never see him again. Even if he did watch, he still might be mad, and I'd never see him again…I'd never get to kiss him again.
"I give you my destiny, I'm giving you all of me, I want your symphony, singing in all that I am. At the top of my lungs, I'm givin it all! So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now, you're my, only hope..."
I finished the song, choking back tears, smiling faintly. "Thank you." I whispered into the microphone, rushing off the stage.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura grinned, she, Meilin, Syaoran and my mom were waiting for me backstage. "That rocked! You're speech was so cute!"
I smiled and wrapped my arms around her, crying into her shoulder. "I miss him!"
"It's okay Tomoyo honey." My mom said patting my shoulder as Sakura hugged me. "If he saw that, he'll be back. I guarantee."
God, I hoped she was right.
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