Sarah sighed and leaned against a tree, "There is no time, like alone time…" She quickly grabbed for her note book and started jotting down random thoughts that popped into her head that very moment.

She quickly looked up. Footsteps?…

"Who's there!"

"Aha…um…Sarah, right?"

"What do you want?" Sarah practically jumped to her feet and glared at the girl she had meet that day, Kagura.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I…I, um, want to apologies." Sarah sat back down and looked down at her notebook uninterested. "I know I was out of line, but could you please forgive me? I jumped to conclusions…"

Still looking down at her note book and then wrote down, Forgive? She paused and then wrote next to it: maybe. "Who put you up to this? Shigure? Yuki? Tohru? Yeah, it was Tohru, wasn't it?"

"What? No…Tohru didn't…" Kagura trailed off.

"It's ok. I know Tohru talked to you. I just want to make one thing clear. I do NOT like Kyo. I think he's a complete jerk."

Kagura blushed with frustration, "But, he's not! Really…He's not so bad…"

"Whatever. I forgive you." Sarah slowly got up and walked past Kagura.

Kagura spun around, "Sarah! Wait!" She ran up to Sarah. "I was hopping we could…be friends?"

Sarah stopped walking and turned around to face Kagura, "You want to be my friend…? What's up with the sadden change of heart? I mean, gosh, we were both at each other's throats today, and now you want to be my friend…Forgiveness is one thing, but friendship?"

Kagura's eyes sank. How cruel could this girl get?

"Sounds cool. I'm game."

Kagura looked up surprised. Sarah was smiling. Kagura ran over to Sarah and hugged her. Shocked, Sarah said, "Wah?"

"This is going to be so much fun. Lets go hang out." Kagura grabbed Sarah's arm and started to pull her back to Shigure's house.

Confused, Sarah just said, "But I-" Then she smiled.

So much for alone time…

"So Shigure…Is all the family going to be at this 'thing'?"

"Sarah, it's not a 'thing' as you say. It is a gathering."

Sarah rolled her eyes Also know as 'Drinking Fest'…

"It is the Sohma Family New Years Gathering!" Shigure said waving his arms in the air. "And yes, all the family will be there," he said as an after thought.

Sarah sighed and jumped to her feet and out of Shigure's office. Man, this is going to suck… She stopped at Tohru's room and knocked, "Hey Tohru, you in?"

Tohru's voice traveled through the door, "Yes! Kagura and I are having a sleepover! Come in!"

Sarah slide the door open and in fact Kagura and Tohru had sleeping begs all over the floor and were dressed in the most girly pajamas Sarah had ever seen. "Sarah, are you going to come to our sleep over?" Kagura asked with a smile.

"Why not!" Sarah quickly left to change and grab the things she needed.

With her pillow in her arms she ran down the hall toward Tohru's room. She hated to admit it but she was existed. She had never been invited to a sleep over. Even though the sleep over was in Shigure's house, she couldn't wait.

She glanced down the hall and her eyes widened. She started stop and ended up sliding down the hall a few feet. She sighed.

Kyo, looking even more jerkish than usual to Sarah, walked past her practically knocking into her. He glared as he past by. Sarah watched as he went into his room, "What an ass."

"Good morning, Yuki. Yuki?" Shigure folded his newspaper up, "Are you even awake?"

Yuki, freshly dressed, sat down and rested his elbow on the table. "I'm awake…."

Shigure sighed, "Oh Yuki! Smile. It may be New Years but It's not we're leaving poor Tohru her by herself."

"I thought we were leaving at eight." Kyo said angrily walking into the room. Shigure answered, "Well, we were. But now we are not. Tohru, Kagura, and Sarah are still sleeping. I heard them all night. They most likely got no sleep. I'm surprised though. Kagura and Sarah actually made up and are getting along."

Kyo rolled his eyes.

Three girls could be found lying on the floor of Tohru's room, asleep. They had blankets every where! One of the girls eyes flickered open. "My head feels like shit." She stumbled to her feet and out the door.

"Good morning, sunshine."

"Shut up, Shigure." Sarah stumbled toward a cabinet.

"Sarah, do you feel alright? You're really pail." Yuki asked.

Sarah's vision blurred as she looked through the cabinet. She shook her head to stay alert, "I'm….fine, Yuki. I just have a headache. I need…"

Her knees buckled and she fell to the floor. She felt a pain surge through her head and a liquid slide down her face. She could her things over turned and shouts before every thing was gone…just gone.