IMPORTENT PLEASE READ Well here it is, chapter 7. I am so very sorry that it is so late. I started High School September 1st and I stay after for track and debate team, so I don't have a lot of time to write anymore. So please forgive me and enjoy this chapter. I decided that there won't be a sequel for this fic, when I finish writing it. I just have many more ideas for ficcies, and I cant really keep working on the same on, even if it is sequel.
Chapter 8
Jade's POV
We stood outside the entrance to the mall and Mei Lin sighed. I looked over at her and then back at Sakura, Chiharu and Naoto. They stood behind us waiting for us to move inside. I pulled open the door and held it open as they all walked in. I stepped inside the mall and let the door slam shut behind me.
"Well lets get this over with, before anyone we know sees us here." I said, walking towards the opposite side of the mall to the jewelry store. "That would horror seeing Tomoyo and her gang here."
"I'll be at the book store I need to find this book for the play. The drama teacher wants us to read the book the play is designed for so we can know the characters better." Naoto commented, before heading in the opposite direction.
"I'm going with Naoto so I can get a few magazines." Chiharu said running after her. "We'll meet you in front of the café in 30 minutes, whoever gets there last has to pay for the food." She called over her shoulder.
Sakura started to laugh and I cracked a smile as we walked into the Moonstone Jewelry store. I walked towards the back counter and scanned over the rings and bracelets, looking for the perfect gift to accent the present Shiro got for Xiefia. I stopped at the last counter in the row and smiled, before waving a sales clerk over.
"Can I help you?" he sneered, probably thinking I was up to no good. He crossed his arms and I could him watching me along with Sakura and Mei Lin. "If you don't want to see anything then I must ask you to leave."
"Yes, I would like to see that amethyst and diamond bracelet, ring and earring set." I replied smiling at him, as I placed her hand on the counter pointing at what I wanted to see.
"Of course." The man said as I waved Mei Lin and Sakura over from there shopping at the earring counter. "Here it is." The man said as he placed the things on the counter, on a velvet case, as not to scratch the delicate stones.
I smiled and I heard Sakura gasp as I picked up the amethyst and diamond studded bracelet. The jewels where placed in a delicate white gold ingrained base. Mei Lin picked up the bracelet from me and smiled.
"I'll buy this for Xiefia, if that's alright with you." Mei Lin offered, as she held it as if it was made of glass, before placing it back on the velvet. Me Lin grabbed Sakura and dragged her back to the earrings.
"Its alright with me." I responded before looking back at the earrings and the ring. "I'll just get the rest of it." The ring was also made of white gold and it had a big princess cut diamond in the center with small princess cut amethysts surrounding it.
The earrings dangled down, with a round amethyst at the top and alternating diamonds and amethysts all the way to the bottom. At the bottom a round cut diamond was placed. The clasp was simple, but wouldn't break easily. I placed it back on the velvet and pulled out my credit card.
"How much for the earrings and the ring?" I asked, waving Mei Lin over so she could pay for the bracelet. He stared at me, and I smiled impatiently. "Hello, I may look like the kind of girl who steals but believe I've never stole anything in my life, except for maybe a candy cane, but that was from my brother."
Sakura's POV
I smiled at Jade as she talked to the salesclerk. Mei Lin had gone over and was in the process of buying the bracelet from another sales clerk. I smiled again and went back to looking at the emerald earrings. I stopped near a pair that was set in yellow gold. It had an emerald in the center and then small rubies surrounding it. I waved over a clerk and asked for the earrings out.
"How much are those?" I asked hoping it wasn't to high. Mei Lin came up beside me and stood there, setting her bag on the counter. "Hope its in my price range." Mei Lin nodded, and turned around as Jade joined us.
(oh yea I'm doing dollars in this cuz I have no clue about what they call there money in china.)
"That is about 1,000 dollars." The woman clerk said after figuring out the price on her calculator. I sighed angry that I could get it. Jade put her hand on my shoulder as Mei Lin said something to the clerk that I couldn't hear.
"Let's go, I don't think you want to pay for lunch." Jade said trying to break the mood I was in. "After this why don't we go to the movies and see that new movies that's out, the romance one." I could tell by the way Jade said romance that she wasn't a huge fan.
"Yea, lets hurry, cuz I don't know about you, but after buying that bracelet I barely have enough money for a toothbrush." Mei Lin joked and I sighed, before laughing as Jade hit Mei Lin over the head with her hand. "what was that for?"
"For being stupid." Jade remarked before running towards the café. "Are you coming or what, I saw them in the book store still, so hurry if you don't want to pay." She shouted back at us, before dodging a group of people.
I grabbed Mei Lin be the arm and dragged her along till we caught up with Jade who was looking at something or rather someone. I looked over there and saw Koji talking to Rei. Jade just shrugged and walked into the café. Mei Lin walked in after her and I just stood there looking at Koji as he talked to Rei.
"Sakura, get in here, before you have to pay." Mei Lin called to me from the entrance to the café. I turned towards her and walked in finding Jade sitting at a table by the front of the café near the windows.
"Can I get you anything?" A waitress asked coming towards us with three menus. Jade shook her head, took the menus and opened one, to start looking for something.
Syaoran's POV
I looked over at Takashi and started to laugh at all the bags he held for his girlfriend. He had four in his left hand and three in his right. Also he had bags on his arms. He gave me a dirty look and I smiled grabbing two bags from him. He shifted a few bags to the arm and glared at the back of his girlfriend.
"Hey isn't that Koji?" Lila asked pointing over to the right of us. I turned and gasped when I saw him talking to Tomoyo. "I thought he was with Jade."
"He's supposed to be." Takashi murmured glancing at me. "I wonder why he's with Tomoyo. I mean she doesn't deserve him to even be talking to her." Lila hid a smile and put her hand on my shoulder pushing me towards the direction of Tomoyo and Koji.
"No I'm sure whatever he's doing, he has a good reason for. Plus Jade is here at the mall today and you don't see you glaring at Koji, do you?" I asked, turning towards them. They both shook their heads and I nodded.
We walked towards the café and walked in. I looked over and saw Sakura, Mei Lin, and jade sitting at table, reading menus. Mei Lin looked up and smiled when she saw us, before saying something to Jade and Sakura. She pushed back her chair, and got up, walking towards us.
"Syaoran can I talk to you in private?" She asked and I nodded. We walked towards the back of the café, near the hallway leading to the bathrooms. She whispered something into my ear and I smiled at her. "Don't forget." She turned away from me and walked off into the dining area.
I smirked and whispered a thank you, before walking back to my friends. I sat down and looked over at Sakura, feeling my face grow hot. She was watching me and I turned my head, and glared when I saw Takashi laughing at me. I scowled and got up, walking out of the café, heading for only one destination.
Unidentified POV
As I stood there watching them laugh and talk as if nothing was ever going to change their life's, I scowled. Life isn't all fun and games. Life is one thing that can only change by your death. I smiled evilly and walked away from the people I was talking to. Without looking back I entered my own world. The world of darkness and death. I smiled and pushed open the doors leading outside. I walked towards my brothers car and opened the passenger door waiting for him to come back from his girlfriend. I wish I could kill them all. They all would deserve it, but not them. Not the six that will change the course of our life's. They deserve to live, but for how long. It all depends on if they can find the path.
"You ready to go?" My brother asked getting into the car, and placing his car key in the ignition. I nodded mutely and he put the car in reverse pulling out of the parking space. I saw him looking at me worriedly out of the corner of my eye.
"Something wrong?" I asked glaring at him, best I could under his intense stare. He just kept looking at me, and I glowered at him. He shifted his gaze back to the street, and I sunk back against the rough fabric of the seat.
Sakura's POV
We walked into the mansion after going to the mall and I waved hi to my mom who was lounging on a chair, reading a book. She waved back and I was pushed forward as Jade walked past me, or rather ran past me. She ran up the stairs and down the hall from what I could hear.
"Hey Sakura." Syaoran said, showing up behind me. I turned around and he smiled at me, his face growing red. I smiled a hello and walked towards the stairs, wanting to find out what was wrong with Jade.
"Jade," I called as I walked down the hall towards her room. Her door was shut and I could hear Evanescence blaring from the CD player. I pushed open the door and walked in, Jade was lying on her bed, a picture in her hands.
She looked up and smiled, "Koji and me at homecoming last year." She said showing me the picture. "He was mad at me, cuz I made him go." She laughed putting the picture back on her nightstand. "He's related to Rei, and his mother makes him hang out with her after school. It's strange, I never would have thought of them as cousins, if Koji's brother hadn't confirmed it."
"Then why are you mad?" I asked sitting down beside her. She looked at me and shrugged. "Come on I know your mad about something." I tapped my hand against the bed impatiently and she sighed turning onto her back.
"Tomoyo thinks that just because Koji is related to Rei that Koji is so high and mighty and that he should always hang out with them, like at school, and stuff." She started to explain, closing her eyes. "The only thing she doesn't get is that Koji only hangs out with them to make his mom happy. Plus Tomoyo thinks that Koji should be hers instead of mine, as she puts it."
"Well I think Koji deserves to be with you." I soothed, putting my hand on her shoulder. I looked at the picture and sighed seeing jade standing there with Koji's arm around her shoulders. "Tomoyo deserves some mental institute."
"Syaoran deserves you." Jade murmured, and I looked at her not knowing what she said. I looked at her confused and she only smiled. "Nothing. Just something in French." I shook my head and got up.
"I'll see you later. I need to go get my homework done." I said leaving the room, my thoughts moving to fast in my brain. 'She said something and I have no clue what she said, but it sparked something in me.'
Mei Lin's POV
"Hey Jade." I said poking my head into her room. She waved hi to me and slipped her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. "You ready to go?" She nodded and grabbed her bag from the floor beside her, and ran towards me, skidding to stop to grab her disc-man.
"Let's go." She exclaimed, slinging her bag over her right shoulder. "Is Syaoran coming?" I shook my head no, and she smiled wickedly. "Neither is Sakura." We looked at each other with smiles, and pointed towards Sakura's open door, before putting a finger to my lips.
We ran down the hall and then down the stairs heading for the garage. I pushed open the door and we walked into the garage. Jade walked towards a bike and I walked towards a convertible. Jade put her backpack on and slipped on her helmet, sitting down on the bike. She put her keys the ignition and turned it on. I did the same with convertible, and put the garage door up with a press of a button. I pulled out and glanced in the rearview mirror to see Jade following me, more slowly.
I pressed a button on my cell phone and spoke, "We are on our way, have the room ready for us to change. We should be there in an hour." I pressed end and slipped some black hair behind me ear, putting the blinker on before moving into the left lane.
"Hey Jade?" I said putting a headset onto my head. "Do remember how to get there. I don't remember which road its off of. I only know the street name." I glanced in the mirror and saw her passing a car behind me. She pulled past me and got in front of the convertible.
"If we get split up, take the road after the supermarket on the left. It will take you out to the road you need, only once on the road you need to take a right and its at the end." Jade told me, her voice breaking up with static. "Just park near the door, and I'll find you in the room, or I'll find you outside."
"Yep, got it." I replied, taking my eyes off of the road for a second to check for my bag. I looked back up and signed not seeing Jade around on the road. "She really should stay with me." I put the blinker on and took a left onto a side road heading for the supermarket.
Syaoran's POV
I walked down the hall glancing into Jade's room as I walked by. She wasn't inside, and her backpack was gone from the spot beside the bed where it was kept. I growled wanting to slam my fist into the wall. I heard a cough and jerked around, shocked to see Sakura standing in her doorway, watching me.
"She went out with Mei Lin. I don't know where, but I know Jade said something about me not wanting to go, and I . . ." Sakura trailed off, and shrugged. "Ah well, what's bothering you?" She smiled sweetly and moved aside to let me enter her room.
"Nothing, I just hate it when Mei Lin and Jade go to parties that they know they shouldn't go to. Usually I would go with them, but this time they forgot to mention it to me." I said and Sakura frowned, and I blushed, as her hand patted my shoulder.
"That's odd. Mei Lin said that she had told you, but you couldn't go." She muttered, thinking hard. I frowned again and hit the bed hard, making Sakura jump.
"Sorry." I murmured, smiling apologetically. She waved it off and got up walking towards the window to look out at the setting sun. I put my hand to my pocket and it hit the lump of the package I had in my pocket. "Sakura, why don't we go outside and look at the sun there."
"Sure, why not, but don't you think that's a little romantic?" She responded, looking at me as she grabbed her sandals. I shook my head no and she smiled following me from the room.
-- Outside –
We walked towards on of the trees and sat down beneath it. Sakura leaned back and closed her eyes for a second, breathing in the fresh air. I pulled out the package and looked away from Sakura for a second before looking back.
"Umm, I got you something." I told her and she opened her eyes looking at me, surprised and confused. I handed it to her and she took it from me, tearing off the brown paper it was wrapped in.
She gasped dropping the present when she found out what it was. "How did you know?" she asked staring at me, with wonder and curiosity. I shrugged and she stared some more, waiting to know.
"I heard you needed earring this morning, so I bought you a pair." I lied, smiling at her, feeling my face grow red. She looked at me not believing, "it's true." She still didn't believe me, "Come on, its not like I followed you around to see what earrings you liked." I exclaimed.
She broke out laughing and I joined in. Her laugh was like mystical bells, cute and joyous. She took out her earrings and put in the emerald ones. I was shocked at how good she looked with them in, they accented her eyes, bringing them out. I felt myself drown towards her, and I kissed her lightly on the mouth, expecting her to pull away, but she kissed me back. We pulled away at the same time and looked at each other, not really realizing what we had just done.
"Uh, what was that?" We both as at the same time. We both looked away and then looked back at each, Sakura's face turning red, along with mine. "Did we just?" We said together again. Then Sakura smiled and I leaned forwards again, she met me and we kissed again. "We have to stop that." We said together, before this time finally bursting into laughter.
"Well I think its time we went to where Jade and Mei Lin are. You'll enjoy seeing them at work." I said standing up, putting my hand out to help her up. She took it and I pulled her up and towards me. I put my arm around her shoulders and led her to the garage.
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Next chapter you find out what Jade and Mei Lin do, when they aren't at work or at school. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and that surprise at the end, though its not that big of a surprise for one of you readers. I'm not mentioning any names, you have to figure that out for yourself. Please Review, no flames. I don't know when the next chapter will be out, so please be patient.
I also didn't proofread this chapter as best as I usually do, cuz I was in a hurry to get it out. So don't get mad at the stupid silly mistakes I probably made. I'll correct them when I'm going over this fic once finished writing the whole thing, so I can correct errors.
Wolf Jade.
Reviewer Responses:
Sweetlove73: Gomen, I know it took me so long, and I know this chapter took longer, but I have a great reason, read the authors note at the top of the chapter if you haven't already to find out why. Thanks for the review.
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