Authors Note: Hey guys! Thanks for the positive feedback. I hope you enjoy chapter 2! This story may seem to be getting off slowly but it should definately pick up within the next few chapters. Until then, please be patient with me. You can check up on this fics status via my user profile where I'll keep everyone posted.

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. It belongs to Clamp. I am simply using their characters for entertainment purposes only. À la folie... pas du tout was written by Laetitia Colombani and Caroline Thivel and directed by Laetitia Colombani. The plot belongs to them. Thank you.

30, July 2005 : Chapter 02, A Message for Syaoran

Meiling drew feverishly on a large piece of paper in the living room of her 'home'. "L.O.V.E." was on repeat in the CD player as she remembered the night before. Meiling had many small sketches around her feat, all of just about the same thing. They were early drafts of her newest painting. It featured a very familiar looking man with a woman wrapped in his arms. Syaoran, holding her close, both with serene smiling faces. She sighed as she sat back to take in her work. It really was a piece of beautiful art. But she wanted to draw more of him. She loved to draw him. With that thought Meiling packed up her art supplies and headed towards the park where she knew he would be.

She found an empty bench with a perfect view of her favorite man playing with his golden retriever Kero like his did every Sunday in that same place. They always played fetch first and then would just relax in the grass, soaking up the sun. The children Meiling could see behind him playing on a giant penguin slide brought a smile to her lips. She couldn't wait until she and Syaoran had children of their own. Unfortunately she had to keep her distance for the time being while his wife, Sakura, could be lurking anywhere. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she remembered the gift she had made for him. Immediately she pulled out her cell phone to call Tomoyo.

The phone rang a few times before a sleepy Tomoyo answered.

"...Hello?"

"Tomoyo? It's Meiling! I need your help with something. Bring your car and meet me in front of my apartment! See you then!" Meiling hung up without giving Chiharu a chance to respond.

Tomoyo groggily got up out of bed after a late night with her new found love interest Eriol. She dressed quickly and gave a kiss to the napping Naoko before walking right out the door of her apartment and down to her car. Naoko was old enough to know not to open the door for anyone and behave home alone when she woke up.

About 15 minutes later she was knocking on Meiling's door but there was no answer.

"Meiling?" she called against the door but she heard nothing inside. A tap on her shoulder caused Tomoyo to whirl around where she was met with Meiling's grinning face.

"You need to help me deliver a painting, Tomoyo! It's to big to take on my bike so we can use your car. Got it?" Meiling winked at Tomoyo who merely nodded as Meiling unlocked her apartment door. The other painting she had finally finished was still in there. She didn't want to move it to Rika's home before it was completely dry but she was sure it was dry enough to drop off at his office now.

It was around 6:30 when Tomoyo finally pulled up alongside the large office building situated on a quiet Tomoeda street. It had taken them forever to get the painting down the narrow stairs of the apartment building but they got it down an into the car safely.

All of the offices were closed at 6 but the front door remained open until seven, just incase anyone who worked within had forgotten something. Hardly anyone even worked on a Sunday but the few that did had office hours until 6. Meiling and Tomoyo loaded the large painting out of the car and carefully into the building. The stairs were wider so it was much easier to get it up a few flights. Finally Meiling led Tomoyo over to a door with a plaque that read "Dr. Syaoran Li, Cardiologist".

"We'll just leave it here to surprise him in the morning" She squealed as the gently set the painting down in front off the door for Syaoran to find the next morning when he came in to work. On brown paper that covered the painting, very large and neat letters read "For Dr. Syaoran Li."

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Miss Kaho Mizuki stood with her class in front of an elegant painting explaining why it belonged in the museum and what was so wonderful about it. Meiling tried to pay attention but she simply couldn't get her mind off of Syaoran. She wanted to know if he had received the painting she left him. Without a word she slipped off to a pay phone since cell phones weren't allowed within the museum.

She dialed the number of Syaoran's office and after two rings his secretary, Chiharu, answered.

"Dr. Syaoran Li's office. How may I help?" she said in a cheerful rehearsed voice.

"Well... I'm Dr. Li's friend and I just wanted to know if he received my painting."

"Oh yes, he certainly did! It's in his office right now. Well done. Everyone on the floor was admiring it this morning." Chiharu's cheerful voice was always intact. She never sounded unhappy when she spoke with one of Dr. Li's friends or patients. "I'd put you through to him but he's with a patient at the moment. Should I have him call you?"

"Oh no no," Meiling shook her head even though Chiharu couldn't see her. "I'll be seeing him tonight for his birthday. Thanks anyway!" Meiling's words matched Chiharu's cheerful tone.

"Have a good day, Miss." Chiharu said before hanging up the phone.

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Around 8:00 Meiling applied some pink blush to her cheeks and a vibrant red lipstick to her lips before adding some eyeliner and mascara to her eyes. She wanted to look her very best for Syaoran's birthday. She smiled at her reflection when she was satisfied before grabbing her purse and plopping herself down on the couch to wait for his arrival. She touched her hair lightly so as to fix it but not mess it up. She adjusted the sleeves of her lovely red sweater and straightened her black skirt…

Around 9:00 Meiling finally slumped over on the couch. Crickets were chirping outside and the reservation she had made was no longer any good. Syaoran had never come for her. She felt a pang in her heart as she got up to wash the makeup off her face and change into her pajamas. Why had he not come? She simply had no clue what had happened as she went over it in her mind laying in bed. Silent tears slid down her cheeks as she pulled a longgreen scarf from her nightstand and inhaled its scent. She remembered the day she had met her love. How he had smiled down on her and given her a beautiful lavender rose. It smelled so sweet and brought a bright smile to her face. It was love at first sight, just as the rose's color suggested. Meiling held the scarf close and stroked it with her thumb as she slowly fell into a dream world.

She had no idea that right then Syaoran lay awake in bed, held in the arms of his sleeping wife, Sakura.

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"I don't know how you can stand sneaking around with the person you love. I'd want to be way out in the open." Tomoyo said as she and Meiling walked down the street.

"Well, it's not easy for him either." Meiling stated defensivly. "Have you heard from your aunt, Tomoyo?" she wanted to change the subject, still hurting after being stood up.

"Not yet but she'll call soon, as always. And then she'll be back." Tomoyo replied whisfully as she moved a stray piece of hair from her face. "I got a letter today though. Welfare wants to take Naoko away from her. They're checking me out to see if I am fit to be her guardian."

"You'd better behave!" Meiling replied as she ruffled Tomoyo's hair with a laugh before stopping in her tracks infront of the local key store.

"Hold on a sec, I'll be right back out." she said as she ran inside. The man within had just finished making a copy of the key she had given him. He placed a small tag on the key ring with it for her to write on as was done with every key. She took the replica happily and grabbed a pen with which she wrote 'Syaoran' on the tag. Just as she finished there was tapping on the store window.

Tomoyo had been pacing about outside when she spotted Syaoran walking down the street. Meiling saw and hastily grabbed the two keys and ran out of the shop. She grabbed Tomoyo and dragged her along as she ran to catch up with Syaoran who was walking rather fast. As they got closer Meiling slowed down to a very fast walk. The walk was, however, halted when a name was hear being called out from Syaoran's lips.

"Sakura!" he shouted as he ran up to a woman who was dressed in a black dress suit. She was ascending the stairs of the court house when he called her. A small smile touched her lips as he reached her and gave her a sweet kiss.

"Meiling, who is that?" Tomoyo said in a very confused tone. She had no idea what was going on. She looked over to see her friend glaring at the woman Syaoran had just kissed.

"His wife." she said in a calouse tone before storming off the way they'd come. Tomoyo looked back at the woman and now that Syaoran was walking arm in arm with her you could see that the she, Sakura, was obviously pregnant.

Tomoyo quickly ran after Meiling and found her writing on someone's windshield with a metalic silver marker.

"Meiling, what are you doing!" she cried

"I'm leaving him a message. He'l know." she said through grated teeth. Tomoyo eyed the message her friend had written and read it softly to herself.

"'Don't let her keep us apart.'"

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Meiling stormed into Tomoyo's small apartment and finally plopped down at the kitchen table after a significant amount of pacing.

"Meiling she looked very pregnant. Do you have any idea what your doing?" Tomoyo said in a concerned voice.

"She's just using the baby to trap him!" Meiling cried. "She doesn't try to hide her pregnant belly at all! She just doesn't want Syaoran to leave her!" tears were streaming down Meiling's cheeks.

"Meiling, put yourself in his shoes. Would you leave your wife and child for a student?" Tomoyo asked gingerly so as not to upset Meiling any further.

"You don't understand Tomoyo." Meiling looked her right in the eyes with the most serious expression Tomoyo had ever seen. "This isn't just some affair. This is real love. We care for each other very much."

"But Meiling, there's a baby now." she replied quietly. Meiling put her head in her hands.

"You couldn't possibly understand. You just go from guy to guy. This is serious." Meiling choked. Tomoyo didn't know what else to do so she just hugged her friend and let her cry on her shoulder.

"You're welcome to sleep here tonight. I'm sure Naoko would love that..." she said quietly.

"I don't know... What is Syaoran were to stop by?" Meiling replied.

"Then to bad for him. Maybe it'll make him think." she said looking Meiling directly in the eyes.

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Syaoran knocked on the door of the house where Meiling was supposed to be staying. He waited for a moment before peaking in the window to see if he could spot anyone inside. With a frustrated grunthe knocked again but when nobody answered he hopped of thestoop and went to his car.

Thanks to red lantern, Kenny's grounded all the time, asn water, DreamerDust, and JovianShe-Wolf for reviewing the first chapter.

Kenny's grounded all the time, I'm glad you like Yue because I was a little nervous about what people would think of him in the position that I put him in. Yes, Sakura is around in this story. She'll be more prominent later on.

DreamerDust, I'm a serious Syaoran and Sakura shipper as well ;)

I'm glad you guys are looking forward to a Syaoran/Meiling fic but I'm surprised nobody said he's being a jerk cheating on Sakura, lol.