The next morning was sunny and beautiful, and as Tomoyo woke up, all the thoughts she had had the previous night were forgotten. Life was back to normal, at least for now.

She walked to the park where she was meeting Sakura and Kero. Today was the first day of summer break, and they were having a picnic to celebrate. Sakura was already there by the time Tomoyo arrived, which was quite surprising. Sakura was always late.

"Good morning, Tomoyo!" Sakura called cheerfully as soon as Tomoyo was in sight.

"Good morning Sakura! And Kero!" she added as she saw the little yellow creature who had already eaten half the pudding.

Tomoyo sat down beside her best friend, grateful for this moment with just the two of them, the way it used to be. Sakura really was her best friend, she realized, despite all the awful things she had thought last night. Even with Syaoran, Sakura had never abandoned her, ever.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Sakura, talking about a letter she had just received from Syaoran the day before, "He says that it's summer break in Hong Kong, too, and he and Meilin are coming here to visit! They're getting here in three days, and they're staying for two whole weeks! I haven't seen him since last summer, can you believe it? Tomoyo? Are you listening?"

Tomoyo smiled to show she understood. Sakura went on,

"Oh yes, I also got a letter from Eriol the other day too. He says that he'scoming back, but he doesn't know when. Oh, wouldn't that be great if they were all here? We'd all be together, oh that would just be wonderful! I can't wait..."

Tomoyo wasn't listening anymore. She couldn't think, couldn't breathe, couldn't control the pounding of her heart. Eriol was coming back...she wanted to see him, she couldn't deny that, but she knew that it would be bad. No...he couldn't come back..he couldn't break her heart all over again! She didn't know what to do...

She pushed the thoughts from her mind. She would worry about them when it was time. Until then, she would try as hard as she could not to think about him, and to ignore the feelings she had when she did.