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Next Day

"Tomoyo! Watch the kids! I'm going to the mall!" Sakura said as she was walking towards the door.

"Alright." Tomoyo said.

At The Mall

Sakura was walking around the mall, thinking about what to buy for Maya, when she saw Syaoran.

"Hey!" Sakura tapped Syaoran. He turned and smiled.

"Hey. Now it seems as though you are stalking me." He said. Sakura pinched his arm. "Ow! Now I know how Eriol felt last night."

"Shut up." Sakura said. "So what are you doing here?"

"I came to buy a gift for Maya. You?"

"Same. I have no idea what to get her. I've been thinking for days." Sakura said.

"Let's go check and see if we find anything in Toys 'R' Us." Syaoran pointed out. (I don't know if they have a Toys 'R' Us in Japan. I'm just taking a wild guess. :P)

"Okay"

They both walked into Toys 'R' Us and searched for an hour but couldn't decide on anything.

"I'm going to go look at the stuffed animals. Maybe I'll find something." said Sakura.

"Okay, I'll look at the dolls." Syaoran said.

"Alright." They went teir sepreate ways.

"Ugh! How hard is it to shop for a 3 year old girl?" Syaoran pondered. He looked at the princesses and all the other dolls but couldn't decide on anything. He turned and looked at Sakura...she was staring at a big stuffed bunny. She then walked away. Syaoran quickly picked up a Barbie doll and followed her to the cashier.

"Well," Sakura said. "I got her my gift." She held up a stuffed puppy.

"Same." Syaoran held up his Barbie. They payed for their items and headed towards to doors.

"Oh Shoot." Syaoran said. "I forgot something. Wait for me outside, I'll be right back."

"Okay..." Sakura replied.

Syaoran came out of the store and they both began to walk.

"So, do you have anything else to do?" He asked.

"Uhh yeah. I have to buy party stuff like decorations, plates, etc."

"Need some help?" Syaoran offered.

"No, no. It's alright. You've been helping out a lot lately." Sakura said.

"No, seriously. It's alright. I don't mind. I have nothing to do now anyways." He replied.

"Um..okay then." She said. Sakura felt a werid tingle inside her stomach when Syaoran smiled a VERY cute smile at her. She began to feel a little faint. (Can't you just imagine that? * sigh *..ok back to the story)

"Sakura? Sakura, are you okay?" Syaoran asked with a concered look on his face. Sakura snapped out of her thoughts when Syaoran shook her gently.

"Yeah!" She yelled a bit too loudly. "I'm..I'm fine." She stuttered. Syaoran gave her a questioned look. "Let's go" Sakura said quickly before Syaoran had any time to say anything. They shopped for another hour and a half and decided to go for lunch. They ordered their food and waited.

"So how have you been?" Syaoran asked.

"Syaoran...we saw each other last night. Is it necessary that you ask that question?" Sakura said.

"No. I mean, how have you been lately." Syaoran said.

"Oh. Um...well, okay I guess. It's been kinda hard lately because now I can't go out and have fun with my friends like I used to. I feel kinda empty inside about that. I can't go back to my own life. Last week, a lot of my friends keep asking me if we can go out and stuff. But they keep forgetting that I have Jack and Maya to worry about. The only thing that is left that my brother ever gave me. Then I have to turn them down and feel guilty about it." Sakura explained. "I guess I'm not going all that great."

Syaoran looked at her with a blank look mixed with a bt of a sympathetic look. (Try to imagine it please :P). Sakura put her hands on the table and as if they were automatic, Syaoran's hands grabbed Sakura's hands.

Syaoran's POV

After she told me how she was feeling. I felt really bad for her. She can't live her own life anymore. She can't be out with her friends like she wants to or is supposed to at this stage of her life. As if my hands had a mind of its own, they grabbed Sakura's hands and began to make circles on them. She looked up and stared at me. Stared at me with those gorgeous emerald green eyes. And I just stared back. There is something about the look in her eyes that makes me want to get up and give her a hug. Lately, I have been having stranges feelings when I'm around her. Whenever I see her smile...I don't know...I just like the feeling. My thoughts were interrupted when Sakura pulled her hands out of mine. I then noticed the waitress walking with our order. The waitress was eyeing me...

Sakura's POV

The Waitress was eyeing Syaoran and that lit a fire in me. I didn't think and I quickly grabbed his hands. He looked at me with a slightly confused look. Our eyes met and I quickly looked down.

Normal POV

The waitress' expression quickly changed into an angry look as she approched the table. She placed their food on the table and turned around and left...a bit fumed. Sakura then realized that she was still holding Syaoran's hands and slowly let go and put her hands in her lap. The silence lasted a minute or so and they began to eat.

Sakura's POV

Why did I do that? I just made everything so much more awkward. Damn it! Was I even thinking when I grabbed his hands? God help me!

Normal POV

"Um...Can you help me take the party stuff home?" Sakura asked after they were done eating.

"Sure." Syaoran said.

"They drove back to Sakura's house (Toya's house). They began to unload the cars.

"Man! Did you shop for a 3 year old's party or a 16 year old's?" Syaoran joked.

"You're lucky you're holding a bunch of bags otherwise you would be on the ground right now." Sakura joked back. Syaoran stopped dead in his tracks. Sakura turned around. "Just joking." She said and turned around. "Jeez. Men." She said under her breath.

"I'm home! With Syaoran!" Sakura yelled. When she got into the house. She dropped the bags she had onto the floor and walked into the living room. She, again, walked in on another make out session hosted by Eriol and Tomoyo. But this time they were on top of each other. Syaoran walked into the living room as well.

"Ewww!!!" He plainly stated. Sakura yelled for them to stop but they wouldn't listen. She became impatient and grabbed their ears and now they were standing next to her yelling "Ow!"

"God! I feel like your mother!" She said to Tomoyo, remembering an incident where Sakura and Tomoyo's mother walked in on Eriol and Tomoyo...more than once. "I don't know how she put up with you two."

Syaoran laughed.

"Yeah, yeah. Now let go please!!!" Tomoyo pleaded. Sakura let o and both of them were now rubbing their ears.

"Anyway. Where are Jack and Maya?" Sakura asked.

"They're playing outside." Tomoyo said. Sakura went outside.

"Maya! Jack! It's time for your baths!" She yelled. No reply. "Jack! Maya! Where are you little trouble makers?" She joked. She searched all over the backyard. Sakura ran inside in a panic.

"They aren't outside." She said.\

"Oh. Well they probably came back inside and are playing somewhere." Syaoran said. "I'll look upstairs and check the rooms." He ran upstairs and after 5 minutes he came back downstairs. "They aren't upstairs."

"What?!" Sakura shrieked. Sakura began to lose it.

Tomoyo shook Sakura. "Sakura! Get a hold of yourself!" The four of them turned the house upside down in search of the kids. But they were nowhere to be found.

"I'm calling the police." Eriol left the room to make the phone call. Sakura began to weep. She fell to the ground and wept.

"Oh my god. Oh my god." Sakura choked out She began to hypervenilate.

"Sakura. Relax." Tomoyo said in an attempted to calm her down.

"Relax? RELAX?" She looked ar Tomoyo with a bewildered face and stood. "My neice and nephew are missing and you're telling me to RELAX??" She spazzed. "Besides! They wouldn't be missing if it wasn't for you and Mr. Horny over there." She pointed at Eriol. She then realized what she had said. "I'm sorry. I didn't-"

"No. You're right. If I just kept an eye on them, they would be here." Tomoyo said. Sakura hugged her best friend as the both cried. Eriol walked back.

"The police are on their way."

"I can't wait for the police! I have to go look for them." Sakura said.

"Sakura. They are toddlers. Where could they have gone?" Eriol said.

"What if they were kidnapped?hypervenalate. "

"Tomoyo-" Syaoran started.

"Oh my god!" Sakura cried. "I'm going to lose my mind!"

Within 5 minutes, the poilce arrived. The began to ask the foursome questions. Sakura gave them pictures of Maya and Jack and the poilce sent a search party. Sakura was in her bedroom when her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" She said in a wary voice due to exhaustion from crying.

"Listen carefully." Started a deep voice. Sakura's heart began to race. "I have your kids."

Sakura was stunned. She sat there and managed to speak.

"Where are they?" She yelled angrily into her phone.

"Calm down. They are fine...for now." Said the voice.

"What do you mean for now? Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. But please, please give me Maya and Jack! They are just babies! What have they ever done to you?" Sakura cried.

"Hmph. Gather 1 Million Canadian dollars. I will call you again with the details to where the money should be delivered." Explained the voice.

"1 Million Canadian dollars? Where am I supposed to get all the money from?" Sakura gasped. The voice on the other end let out a small, deep laugh.

"Be ready." The the line went dead. Sakura sat there on the floor against her bed. She threw her phone and curled up into a ball with her knees against her forehead and her arms holing her legs.

"Sakura...?"

Well there it is. IM SO SORRY. My computer crashed and died on me and I lost EVERYTHING. So I had to retype it all. Now I have a laptop so this shouldnèt be a problem anymore. I hope you like this chapter. I have actually had this for a while but since my stupid computer....ugh never mind. Anywayz, thanks to the readers who still stuck by me :) YOU ROCK!! Hehe. Kk. Buh bye now :)

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