I'm so sorry that I'm just now getting this chapter written! I put things off, got busy with school, and then I couldn't access my file with what I had already written, so I'm starting all over right now. Hopefully this story with be better than the chapter that I had started. I wasn't very far, though, so it shouldn't be too hard to do. Anyway, please read and review, as always!

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The following Monday, Sakura and Syaoran made a splash at school with their new makeovers.

"Oh...my...gosh! It's Sakura! What happened to her!" Chiharu squealed.

"She's...had a serious makeover, apparently!" Rika laughed.

Chiharu and Rika proceeded to mob Sakura and grill her about her new clothes, makeup and hair style. Sakura laughed and gently brushed them off when Syaoran entered. She walked up to him and took his arm, discreetly telling the other girls to back off. Syaoran blushed slightly but made no protestations. They began to make small talk with the various girls around, and no one noticed when Tomoyo entered alone, her face swollen and eyes red from crying.

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After school that day, Sakura and Syaoran walked out into the pale winter sunshine.

"Great job today! I think we've really got everyone fooled," Sakura giggled.

"Heh...yeah. It's kinda fun to see how the other side lives. I guess I never really thought that the popular kids had it very hard, but I was wrong. They've got to look great all the time and there's all sorts of back-stabbing and stuff. But a lot of them are pretty nice, too," Syaoran said, as Chiharu walked by and smiled at him. He waved back, but put his arm around Sakura at the same time. Chiharu got the point and turned away.

"Nice cover," Sakura laughed, pulling out of his grasp. "I've got to go home, though, so I'll see you later!" She waved as she walked away. Syaoran waved back, and then walked down the hill behind the school, intending to go home.

He wasn't expecting to here sniffles, and looking around all he saw was a bunch of trees. He looked up to the nearest one, though, and saw Tomoyo. She was sitting with her back to him, and crying.

"What's wrong, Tomoyo?" he asked, walking to the base of the tree. She jumped, almost falling out of the tree with surprise.

"What are you doing here?" she spat.

"I'm walking home. What did you think I was doing, stalking you? I've got a girlfriend, remember?" he was offended at her curt reply, but was shocked to find that this response brought on a new wave of tears from the girl.

"I'm s-sorry I sn-napped at you just now, but..." he couldn't make out the rest through her sobs.

"Tomoyo, why don't you come down from the tree, and we can talk down here?" Syaoran asked. Seeing a girl cry made him really uncomfortable, especially since he couldn't help feeling partially responsible somehow. She nodded and climbed down.

"I'm so sorry you had to see me crying like that. I really don't cry very often," she said, trying to smile and wipe away the tears. "I'm also afraid that I owe you an apology. What I did to you and Sakura at the dance was very mean and wrong of me. I see that now, and I'm sorry. I can be very shallow, but I'm trying to be better."

Syaoran didn't know what to say to this. Apparently Tomoyo was full of surprises, because he hadn't been expecting this, either. She took his silence for anger.

"I said I'm sorry, okay? I mean it, too. Don't just stand there and glare at me," she said, suddenly becoming angry again.

"Oh, no no! I'm not mad. I'm just...surprised, I guess. I wasn't really expecting an apology. It's okay, though. I'm not mad about the trick. I understand why you did it. I wasn't exactly very good looking compared to the guys you're used to going out with, huh?" he chuckled.

"Well, anyway, it seems some good came of it, anyway. You and Sakura are cute together. I've been pretty rotten to her lately, too. I just don't have the nerve to go talk to her right now. Syaoran, please, don't tell her that I said anything to you, okay? I don't want her to think I'm cracking under the pressure. I feel bad, but I've still got my pride. I'm not going to beg for her forgiveness."

"Alright. I don't quite understand, but the female mind is something men will never quite comprehend, I suppose," Syaoran said, giving her a slightly puzzled look.

"Yeah, sure. Anyway, thanks for letting me talk. You're a nice guy, Syaoran. I'm glad Sakura got you." And with that, she turned and walked away.

Syaoran just didn't quite know what to do now. He and Sakura were pretending to be dating so that they could make Tomoyo jealous because of the awful trick she had played on them. But Tomoyo was sorry, and now she was being really nice. She had made him promise not to tell Sakura what she'd told him, so just telling Sakura to call the whole thing off was out of the question. Plus, he didn't quite know if he wanted to call the whole thing off just yet. Sakura was pretty fun to hang out with, and it was interesting to see what it was like to be popular for once. But Tomoyo was really nice, after all, and he had had a huge crush on her since they were little kids. Plus she'd looked really good when she was being nice to him...

What to do?

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Okay, I know it's a pretty crappy end to a chapter, but I'm just trying to get it all written so that I don't get horrible burns for breaking my promise of one chapter a week. I hope this chapter was okay...I wrote it in a huge rush of ideas once I finally got started, but I had writer's block pretty bad for a while, which is also part of why I didn't get this chapter up sooner. That was actually several chapter ideas all pressed into one, so I don't quite know how long I'm going to be able to make this fic. Anyway, please review, even if you give me flames. Thanks for being so patient, guys! I will try to get the next chapter up much sooner. Adios!