AN: HEY GUYS!!!! Finally!!! I've got this chappie submitted.. Er.. SORRY again for the long long long long long wait!!.. Hehe.. Neweiz.. Thanks for all those who read & reviewed!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! Mwuah! Mwuah! Mwuahahaha!! sweatdrops

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Chap.9

End of Flashback

"WHAT?!?!?!?" they yelled at the same time getting the attention of their classmates.

"Shh!! Guys, not so loud.." she whispered trying to calm her friends. Sakura sweatdropped and gulped nervously feeling all of their classmate's eyes stares at them with questioning looks.

"Eheheh.. It's nothing guys.. Gomen.." she said laughing nervously as they nodded then went back to their own conversation. She sighed then turn to look at her friends.

"Damn that old witch!!" Chiharu cursed clenching her fist making Sakura shook her head.

"You shouldn't say that.. After all, she's still my mom." Sakura shrugged making them looked at her sadly. Christy's the only family that she had since as her parents were already dead. She didn't know if she had any living relatives nearby.

"Oh Saku.." Rika said hugging her as she did the same.

"Aww... How sweet.." a voice from behind said making them turn to look at who it was.

"Tomoyo!!" Sakura said smiling at her friend in which she returned gratefully.

"Hi guys!! Sorry I'm late." Tomoyo said smiling at her friends.

"But I overheard the whole thing." She added looking directly at Sakura as she looked down.

Tomoyo walked up to her placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry Sakura.. We wouldn't let you marry that guy!" Tomoyo stated firmly making her smile a bit then nod.

"Thanks.. But, what should we do?" she asked. Just then, the door opened as their teacher walked in. The class groaned as well as the girls except for Sakura since she was too caught up in her thoughts.

"Don't worry, we'll think of something." Tomoyo assured her friend as they all went back to their seats.

"I hope so.." she said in a low voice and then the class began.

Syaoran (Break time)

"Man! You're hopeless!!" Jamie laughed receiving a cold glare from Syaoran.

"Shut up!" he bit out making them chuckled. Syaoran told them about what happened last night when he sent Patrick home. (I'm not going to write a flashback from what happen.. 'Coz nothing happened, ayt? That's why he's hopeless.. lol)

"Hey, does Sakura know what happened?" Max asked putting his feet on the desk. They were on a classroom and had planned to stay there.

"Nothing happened, right?" Eriol said making them chuckled.

"No, it's not about that!" Max said as Syaoran raised a brow at him.

"About what?" Syaoran asked.

"About what happened before Sakura overheard the whole thing." He said making them turn to look at Syaoran.

"Yeah well, she doesn't know." He said making them sighed.

"Bet he didn't have the guts to tell her." Jamie said making him nod.

"He's not that brave you know." Syaoran added making them raise a brow at him.

"As if you can tell her." Eriol grinned receiving daggers from Syaoran.

"What do you want me to do? Go there and tell her "Hey Sakura, you know Patrick? He's the one who helped Xin"" he said but was cut off by Jamie.

"You know man, you can do better than that." He said smiling at him making him growl.

"Whatever." he replied as the students started entering the room signaling them to leave for their next class.

(Umm,, pretty fast, ne? I think the break time only have 15 minutes or so.. We have that 15 minutes break here. And 30 minutes for Lunch time.. But my friends and I go to our class about 5-10 minutes late. And it didn't really matter 'cause our teacher arrives just after we did. lolz)

Later

"Hey Saku!!" Tomoyo ran up to her friend who is waiting for her near the gate.

School's over everybody's excited to go home after hearing the news. They're having whole week vacation and most of them already had their plans.

"Hey Tomoyo. Where are Chiharu and the others?" Sakura asked turning to her friend who was panting heavily with her hands on her knees.

"Are you ok?" she asked worriedly. Tomoyo give her friend a reassuring smile as she inhaled a deep breath then stood up straight.

"Im ok. Chiharu said she's gonna wait for Rika until she finished her piano lesson together with Naoko." Tomoyo explained making Sakura nod.

"So, what about you? You got plans or something?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, I still have my Singing lesson. I just come to inform that I wouldn't be able to walk with you now." Tomoyo said sadly. She didn't want to leave her friend all alone. Especially now when she knew that she needed someone to talk to.

"I'm sorry Sakura.. Can you go home alone?" she asked worriedly.

"Of Course Tomoyo! I'm not a child anymore!" Sakura laughed at her friend. She smiled at her tapping her shoulder.

"I'll be just fine! Well, I must go now. Good Luck with your lesson!! Bye!" she waived at her friend as she started taking steps.

"Ok! Bye!! Take Care!" Tomoyo waived back as she watched her friend ran 'till she was out of her sight. She then proceeded to her class.

Sakura

'...Guess I'm alone now. And when I got home, I'm sure another problem awaits me.. It's always like that. I've got so many problems that I don't even know where to start...'

Sakura thought as she looked towards the fading sun. She walked down the road and was about to turn to the corner when she heard a beeping sound from a car behind.

"What now?.." she said wondering who it was.

The car stopped beside her as she stopped walking. The window slowly pulled down showing the figure inside.

"Hey." The man said as she turned to him fully and leaned closer to take a look.

"Oh hi Syaoran." she greeted standing straight.

"Where are you going?" Syaoran asked as he removed his shades showing his strong amber eyes.

"Home." She simply replied.

"Hop in." he said opening the door from the other side. Sakura followed then closed the door as they drive down the street.

"So, how are you?" he asked taking a look at her every now and then. She seems a bit quiet than usual.

"Just fine." She said looking straight ahead.

"You're quiet. That's just unusual for you." He said making her look at him. Her eyes told everything. Something's disturbing her and he didn't know what it was.

"I'm fine. Just tired." She said giving him a reassuring smile. Syaoran stopped the car and looked at her directly.

"What?" she asked giving him a confused look. He just wanted to know what the problem was and he's going to get that answer no matter what.

"I know there's something behind that false smile." He said making her twitched her brows.

"There are my teeth behind my lips." Sakura smiled innocently.

"I know." He chuckled lightly.

"But I don't know if they're real." He smirked making her frown.

"Hey!! I assure you that they're real!" Sakura whinned crossing her arms over her chest.

"Really? How would I know that?" he asked.

"Here.." she smiled showing her perfectly white teeth. Syaoran chuckled again at her cuteness.

"That's not enough." He said making her stuck out her tongue at him.

"I don't care if you don't believe me but one thing's for sure.. They're REAL!" Sakura snapped turning to look away from him. Syaoran laughed seeing how childish she was. He ran his hand through his hair as he stop laughing and leaned back at his seat.

"Fine. I believe now. But let's get serious here. I just wanted to know what the problem is." He said in a more serious tone as Sakura started looking down at his lap.

"I have no problem. I-I just.. I just want to go home." She said in a low voice. She knew she couldn't fool him.. But she didn't want to tell him about her engagement. It just doesn't feel right.

"You sure?" Syaoran said turning to look at her making her nod.

He placed his hand on top of her hands and used his other hand to make her looked at him straight in the eyes.

"You know I'm always here.. If you need some help." he said cupping her cheeks making her close her eyes and shiver from the warmth it gives. She slowly opened her eyes and could feels the tears overwhelming her eyes. If only she could just tell him...

"I know.. Thanks.." she replied making him nod still looking at her misty emerald poles.

That's when they notice their intimate position to each other as he slowly pulled away and then sighed.

"Well, let's move." He said as he started his car heading to her house.

Sakura just looked outside the window feeling guilty. Now, she'd just got another problem to deal with. (Peepz!! I'm not saying that Syaoran's a problem,, it's just that.. Arrrgh!!! I don't know how to explain.. Please, just bear with me? Just don't think that way, ayt?)

He pulled off infront of her gate as Sakura unbuckled her seatbelt and was about to get out when Syaoran stopped her. She looked at him oddly.

"You sure you're ok?" he asked and Sakura could hear in his voice that he was really concerned about her. She smiled at him and kissed him. But instead of kissing him on the cheeks it turned to out be on his lips, which surprise both of them. Then she pulled away.

"I'm really really ok.. Thanks for the ride.." she said as she get out of the car and closed the door.

"And for the concern..." she added even though he didn't heard her since as the windows were close. She smiled at him waiving as he drove away. She brought her fingers to her lips as she smiled then sighed.

'Well Sakura. Here's what you gonna do, go inside your house straight to your room and ignore any unnecessary calls. You got that?' she told herself.

She pressed the doorbell and waited for it to open. She headed to the door and as she expected. Their butler opened it for her.

"Welcome home Ms. Sakura.." he bowed while she smiled at him in return.

"Hello Mr. Giles!" she said as she walked passed him and ran upstairs. Lucky for her, she didn't saw Christy roaming around. She's always like that. Feeling like she was the owner of the house and all. Bossing around not caring about the others.

'I hate her!' Sakura grunted as she entered her room and locked the door. She tosses her bag on the couch and lays her back on the bed flatly. She stared at the ceiling as the thought of Syaoran crossed her mind.

She didn't know what to feel about what happen a moment back then when they kissed. She really didn't know him after all. It all started when they bumped into each other and then.. Things started to go..

'weird..' she thought then she fall asleep.

AN: There you go.. sigh So.. How was it? Bad? Very bad? Very very bad? cries like a baby huhuhu.. Enough of that.. clears throat Well.. I gtg now.. Thanks again guys!!

Take Care every1!! TaTa for now..

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And one last thing.. I'm not going to stop writing this fic for those who are asking.. I can't do that peeps.. I love writing fics!!! Lol

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