Sea Breeze
Disclaimer: I do not own card captor characters. They are © to CLAMP!
Summary: Sakura is a quiet, lonely 15 year old girl who lives in a broken down house near the sea. She has a private tutor and has been home schooled ever since Grade 2. Sakura attempts to end her miserable life, however someone will no allow her.
Chapter 1: The Days Go By
Sakura's eyes wandered about her small room as she lay in bed exhausted from her day. A small, crowded desk in one corner had overlapping books while the drawers were overflowing with loose leaf papers. In another corner of the room lay unfolded and awfully messy and dirty clothes, sprawled everywhere on the bedroom floor.
Night had already fallen; in fact it was 11pm to be precise. Sakura had been lying in bed for what seemed like eternity, tossing and turning and giving restless grunts of frustration. Finally, Sakura closed her eyes and drifted off into dreamland.
The next morning, Sakura was snoring quietly, unaware of two pairs of eyes that were watching her with utter disgust.
Suddenly though, Sakura was knocked off her bed and fell down onto the dusty floor.
"-cough cough-" Sakura coughed continuously. She had a very bad case of asthma and the dust was not helping her lungs at all.
"WAKE UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Sakura's mother screamed in outrage from the other side of the bed. Sakura's mother was a tall, lean lady with waist length hair and large protruding eyes that made her look quite insane. Sakura's mother worked at a local diner, washing dishes and clearing tables. You're probably wondering how she even makes enough money to support two people. Well she doesn't.
Sakura, still lying on the floor, clutched onto her side breathing heavily. After hesitating for several moments, she stood up and faced the woman whom she hated most in the world.
"Well don't just stand there gawking, time to study!" a woman beside her mother said briskly. Sakura's tutor, Miss Burley was an old, short, plump woman with wispy white hair and wrinkles. She particularly hated Sakura for reasons unknown, yet still insisted on teaching the girl saying that she needed her "special teaching skills."
Sakura muttered and quickly walked towards the bathroom shutting the door behind her as quickly as she could. Brushing her teeth and combing out her tangled auburn locks, Sakura stride towards the kitchen and quickly made a piece of toast. Running back to her room, Sakura sat down in her chair and started pulling out her homework from yesterday evening. Her mother had already left the house for work.
Miss Burley stood behind Sakura leaning over her shoulder and peering down at the mathematical equations. Narrowing her eyes Miss Burley grabbed a textbook and whacked Sakura in the head.
"WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG!" Miss Burley huffed angrily. "You did everything wrong! How can you not understand integers? My gosh if I were your mother why I outta... You don't get enough discipline that's what! Dozing off when I'm speaking to you... Hey! HEY!" she screeched.
Sakura wasn't paying any attention to her tutor. Sakura was staring out through the window at the calm skies and the clear sea water. Sighing, Sakura picked up her eraser and began correcting her answers.
That Evening
Sakura was sitting in the small kitchen eating her macaroni dinner silently. Miss Burley had already finished tutoring Sakura for the day and had left to go home. Her mother had not come home from work yet, so Sakura had the house all to herself. Sakura loved the moments when she was home alone, there was no one to order her around or scold her.
The front door suddenly burst open and in stormed Sakura's mother, slamming the door behind her. Quietly she entered the kitchen and ignoring Sakura, opened the refrigerator searching for food. Sakura sat in her seat terrified, staring at her mother as she rummaged in the fridge.
"Ugh!" Sakura's mother slammed the fridge door loudly. Looking at Sakura with loathing eyes, she said "Since you're such a PIG, we've run out of food AGAIN! This is the second time this month! I'm hungry too! Go to the store and get groceries, NOW!" her mother commanded, dropping a few paper bills and coins on the kitchen table. Without waiting, Sakura sped out the door into the cool evening.
A/N - Hey guys how was that? I know I've been dead for quite awhile and that I've been way too lazy to update my other stories, but I'm hoping on finishing this one