Hey! I know that this update isn't soon enough for some of you, but it was the soonest I could get it done. So from now on, I'm going to try to write one chapter a week. Sometimes more if I can, but don't expect that very often. Please continue to read and review. I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations! Okay, well, I'll stop taking up your time.

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Sakura stared up at the guy in front of her. This was Syaoran Li? The nerdiest guy in school? But...how? Then she remembered his conversation with Tomoyo which she had missed because she had been in the bathroom. Of course! But why would Tomoyo do something so mean? Oh wait, it was Tomoyo. But she'd never pulled Sakura in to it before...Well, Sakura wasn't going to let her get away with it this time. Not is she had anything to do with it.

"Syaoran," she said, turning back to him with her eyes flashing, "I need to talk to you in private. Do you mind?" She headed towards the door which led to the school gardens. Syaoran quickly followed.

"What is it?" He asked when they were seated on a bench.

"Well, you know how you asked me to come to the dance with you after class one day? My cousin, Sakura, was in the bathroom at the time, and didn't know a thing about it. Anyway, I said yes, but I really had no intention of ever going with you. I tricked you, and it was very wrong. The truth is, Syaoran, I'm not Tomoyo. I'm Sakura," at this, she lifted her mask so he could see her face. He was stunned and couldn't concentrate on anything else except that he knew he had to hear her story. "Syaoran, I didn't mean to trick you, but Tomoyo said that it would be fun to pretend to be each other. I thought, what the heck, and went along with it because it sounded fun at the time. I was playing along tonight, but the truth is, I've gotten to know you a little, and I like you. Please don't be mad!"

Syaoran sat in stunned silence for a minute, and stared at his feet. "But...why would she do this to me? I thought Tomoyo was so nice..." he said sadly.

"Syaoran, not everyone is as they seem. Tomoyo is a stuck-up snob who would never be seen with anyone she considered beneath her. The only reason she hangs out with me is because I'm her cousin so she figures she can trust me, especially since I don't really have any other friends," Sakura said bluntly.

"Now what?" Syaoran asked, looking to Sakura for guidance.

"Well, I have an idea. But you have to be willing to play along with me, okay? I figure, the best way to get back at Tomoyo is to make her jealous. So here's what we do. First, you've got to look this good all the time. That means the hair, the clothes, the shoes, etc. I'll take you shopping tomorrow and we can work on your looks. We can even get you new glasses. That way, Tomoyo will be mad that she threw you to me. I'm going to start dressing better and not hang out with her so much. Then maybe she'll realize that she shouldn't treat me like dirt when she finds out that she doesn't really have any other true friends. But to get all of this to really throw her over the edge, we're going to have to pretend to be dating each other," Sakura finished with a blush.

Syaoran looked at her. He definitely thought she was beautiful. So pretending to like her wouldn't be a problem. She seemed pretty nice, too. Apparently she was a lot nice than Tomoyo, except for when she got mad. He made a mental note never to make her mad.

"Okay, I'll do it," he agreed.

"Great! Alright, so when we go back in, we're going to have to pretend to be all over each other. I'll tell her that you asked me out after we leave. I can't wait to see the look on her face!" Sakura grinned evilly.

"Wow, you're kind of scaring me. But it's also pretty cute," he smiled, hooked her hand through his, and led her back into the dance.

"Yeah, so I was all like--Oh my gosh! What is she doing!" Tomoyo screeched in the middle of a conversation with her minions. Sakura had just come back into the room, and had suddenly turned and begun snogging Syaoran.

"What is it, Sakura? Oh, Tomoyo? Who's the hottie with her?" Rika asked.

"That's not Tomoyo, that's Sakura! And that hottie is Syaoran Li!" Tomoyo growled.

"That's Syaoran? And you're Tomoyo! And that's...Sakura!" Rika sqealed, shocked at seeing the shy Sakura kissing such an attractive guy, that that guy was Syaoran, and that the person she'd been talking to all night was actually Tomoyo and not Sakura.

"Yeah. I can't believe it, either." And with that, Tomoyo stormed over to Sakura, ripped her away from Syaoran, and dragged her out to the car. She stuffed her in the passenger's seat and drove them home in a screaming silence.

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Okay, there's that chapter done. As always, please read and review! Are there any surprises here? Probably not. I'm not terribly creative with my ideas. Like I said, I'm going to try to update a minimum of once a week, because I may not have time to do more than that, but I should be able to crank out at least one chapter. Thanks for reading!