Chapter 14. The Phone Call
Meiling let out a loud sigh and lay down on her bed. She put her hand through her hair and let out another sad, confused sigh. All of a sudden she heard footsteps. The door-knob twisted, Meiling jerked upright and sat on the picture, the door flung open, "Meiling, what are you doing up?" Syaoran said leaning on the door, "Huh? Oh. Uh. I almost forgot that there was a uh a, um Tokyo Model Inc. Special today. Yeah you know how the have the thing every year to present their models? Yeah…" Meiling said as she grabbed her remote and turned the TV onto channel 11. Syaoran eyed her suspiciously and then closed the door and went back to his room.

"PHEW!" Meiling sad taking the picture out from under her, she flipped the picture over. For 13 years she had never noticed the small scribble on the back, It read, Syaoran Li and S…. Kinomoto. The first name was unreadable except for the S. "Ladies and Gentlemen! We would like to present our new models: Akira Jito; May Faung; Madison Daidoji; And Sakura Kinomoto!" The announcer on the T.V said as they showed pictures of 4 lovely girls. Meiling looked at the TV. "KINOMOTO!" She said as she edged closer to the TV. Her eyes were almost touching the screen.

That model, their neighbor… Meiling looked at the picture of the girl Syaoran was waiting for to come and placed it near the TV picture of Sakura Kinomoto, "Matching auburn hair… Matching mesmerizing emerald eyes… Matching skin color… Matching smile." Meiling mumbled to herself as she kept glancing at the picture then the TV screen. "Could it be… she was here all along?" Meiling asked as she backed away from the TV. Meiling started shaking, a frown on her face, "No. It can't be. If it was her then why hasn't she told Syaoran yet?" Meiling said angrily as she dropped the picture.

"What is she doing! Can't she see how obsessed Syaoran is about her? WHY WONT SHE COME AND TELL HIM ITS HER!" Meiling said ripping the picture in two. The picture was split in the middle, one half of the picture showed Syaoran, and the other showed who-Meiling-thought-was Sakura. Meiling looked at the split photo on her carpet, "What have I done…?" Meiling said slowly sitting on her knees crying. She looked at the split picture, "Syaoran's picture… ripped." Meiling said as she grabbed the split photo and stuck it in a drawer. "I guess that means, I'm not going to show him…" Meiling said as she turned off her TV and fell asleep…

"SAKURA!" Madison said excitedly pointing at the TV screen, Sakura stared at the TV screen and smiled. "ITS US!" Madison said jumping out of her seat and sitting up close tot eh TV. Sakura giggled. They were showing Tokyo Model Inc.'s new models. The pictures that Madison had sent for the job application appeared on screen. Sakura smiled and ate a cookie.

Syaoran and Eriol remained quiet as they watched the Tokyo Model Inc. special. "And Sakura Kinomoto!" The announcer said happily, her name tore at Syaoran's heart. He could hear an imaginary Sakura voice saying: "Let me in Syaoran. Let me in your heart…" But as always, an annoying voice would pop out of nowhere and say: "NO. HE LOVES ANOTHER GIRL." Syaoran let out a sigh. 'What am I supposed to do?' Syaoran thought to himself as he closed his eyes and leaned his head against the bedside. Eriol sighed and looked at his friend. He switched off the TV and went in his sleeping bag, Syaoran went on his bed and went under his covers, "'Night Syao." Eriol said yawning, "'Night Eriol.." Syaoran said in a whisper as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

(The Next Day; 10:00 am)
Madison went down to the kitchen and stretched out her arms. She let out a yawn and sat on a chair, "Good, yawn, Morning Sakura!" Madison said happily. "Good morning Madison!" Sakura said as she flipped her pancake. Sakura carried in two plates of pancakes to the table. "Sakura! Can you believe it? Two more weeks and it's the first day of Modeling!" Madison said chewing on her food. Sakura smiled, "I know! Oh! Before I forget, we should call our parents and Touya! To tell them you know." Sakura said picking up the phone, Madison nodded.

Sakura dialed the number quickly, its been a long time since she heard her fathers voice. She tapped her fingers on the table impatiently. Ring. Ring. Ring. "Hello?" A man said from the other line, "DADDY!" Sakura said happily. "Sa-SAKURA? IS THAT YOU!" Mr. Kinomoto said, Madison tugged on Sakura's arm, "What's happening?" Madison mouthed; Sakura turned the phone on speaker, "Yup!" Sakura said smiling. "HI MR. KINOMOTO!" Madison said happily. "Hi there you two!" Mr. Kinomoto said happily. "Oh, Mr. Kinomoto is my mom there by and chance?" Madison asked hoping her mom was there. "HUNNY!" Madison's mom said on the other line happily. "MOM!" Madison said on the verge of tears. "How's Tokyo?" Mr. Kinomoto asked. "Its wonderful!" Sakura said smiling. Madison nodded, "Its, Great! Our neighbors were really welcoming!" Madison said, Sakura nodded.

"And who are these lucky neighbors?" Touya said, "Um, I think, the Li's." Sakura said. "THE LI'S?" Touya said from the other line looking at his father…
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AUTHORS NOTE: Uh Oh spaghetti-o. Lol. Hm. These chapters are getting shorter o.o but hey I've got a life! A life fulls homework… yuck. Hm, hoped you enjoyed!
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