Note: O.o;;; Sorry everyone! I was just fixing the ages!!!!

Title: Little Miss Phony

Author: Sakura Incognito

Rating: M

Genre: Romance/General

Summary: They needed a new 14-16 year old singer. So why did Li Syaoran pick 22-year-old Kinomoto Sakura? Well one, because she had great talents and two, because he thought she was sixteen. SxS

Disclaimer: I wish I owned CCS…then I'd have Syaoran all to myself . ...I don't own CCS.

Li Syaoran- 26, music producer

Kinomoto Sakura- 22, little miss phony

Chapter 03: His Amber Eyes

"SAKURA! GET YOUR ASS UP! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR WORK!" Tomoyo shrieked.

Thump.

Tomoyo sighed and rolled her eyes, as Sakura got up from the floor and began rushing around, getting ready. This would be the 3rd time this week that she'd be late.

Working there seemed to be the best job that Sakura ever got. The work was fun, the atmosphere was casual and friendly, the people were nice…except for that one girl that yelled at Sakura for hugging Syaoran.

Flashback

Sakura began to jump up in down and hugged everyone in front of her. So that included Xiao Lin and Hiro, Chiharu, Rika, Naoko, Eriol, Tomoyo, and then Syaoran.

Syaoran almost fell backwards from the impact of her hug, but soon wrapped his arms around her waist, feeling content.

In their own little world, they didn't notice everyone's stares, Tomoyo's camera video taping them, and Mei Lin fuming on the side.

Mei Lin stomped towards them and tore Sakura away from Syaoran, hugging him herself.

Mei Lin glared at her distastefully. "Bug off, twerp! Syaoran's mine!" Sakura looked at her confusedly and Syaoran glared angrily at Mei Lin, but she ignored that.

End of Flashback

Tomoyo's eye brows creased in thought, but she was soon pulled out of her reverie by Sakura's departure.

She chuckled softly to herself as she watched Sakura get into the car from the window and then leave to go finish some errands.

Syaoran checked his watch for what seemed the billionth time. She's late, yet again.

5, 4, 3, 2,1…

"I'm here!" Syaoran heard Sakura shriek. He gave her a stern look as she looked at him with a sheepish grin on her face.

"Sorry, about that. I won't be late tomorrow, I promise."

"That's what you said yesterday," he mumbled.

"Did you say something?"

"Nope, not a thing. Moving on, c'mon we have a lot to do today."

Sakura followed Syaoran as he moved through hallways and offices of other people. They moved in complete silence, wanting to avoid anymore awkward moments, after what happened at the audition. Finally, they got to the destination, the recording studio.

In the room, were 4 other people who consisted of Chiharu, Rika, Naoko and Eriol.

Sakura waved to them enthusiastically and sat down in an empty chair, putting her feet up on the chair, as Syaoran left the room to go get some coffee for everyone.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

Eriol grinned and sat by Sakura, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.

"Nothin' babes. Just thinking of you."

Sakura cocked an eyebrow at him, looked at his arm around her shoulder, and moved it cautiously off of her shoulder, as if it were a germ, then wiping off her shoulder.

The girl's laughed at his feigned, hurt expression before going into casual conversation. Just the 3 days that Sakura had been there, she felt that she was part of a family and that she had known these people all her life.

The only people that she didn't seem to be hitting it off with were Meilin and…

Syaoran came back into the room with 5 cups of steaming coffee and 1 cup of fresh orange juice.

"Here you go, Sakura." Syaoran smirked at her as he handed her the orange juice and she stared at it.

"Gee, thanks." She rolled her eyes.

"No prob, Sakura. Okay, today is where the real work begins. Today we begin the making of a song." Syaoran said.

"Yeah, so Sakura we have the songs we want you to try. So we'll spend today just practicing the songs." Eriol said.

"Mei Lin wrote the songs herself so they're most likely really good." Chiharu and Rika nodded.

"Okay, that's cool…"Sakura said, half-heartedly. They didn't catch her lack of enthusiasm and began getting ready.

Naoko handed her the lyrics while Sakura walked towards the microphone and put the headphones on one ear.

Syaoran tuned the volume and made sure everything was in place and looked at Sakura. She seemed a bit put out. He wondered why she was before Eriol signaled her to begin singing.

Sakura felt hesitant to sing at first, but she got the hang of it. Her voice was beautiful as it sang so softly, but….

She just wasn't putting her heart in it. They repeated it thousands of times, until Sakura finally let out a frustrated scream.

Everyone started at her, bewildered. She gave them an apologetic look.

"You guys, it's not going to work like this. It's not my music. It's not my song and I'm just not feeling together with this song and probably won't feel with any of the songs. Do you guys get what I mean?"

They all nodded in understanding, finally realizing why she wasn't herself. It wasn't her work, her feelings.

Syaoran looked at Sakura inquiringly. "Well, did you bring any of your own work?"

He cocked an eyebrow at her while she rummaged through her backpack, pulling out a couple of papers.

Sakura tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear before stopping in front of Syaoran, handing him the papers.

He read a few lines, raising his eyebrows in surprise. They were so deep and passionate…

"This is one that I wrote recently and made the music for it. Here, I'll give you my own CD with the music on there."

While Sakura went back to get her music, her songs were passed around the room each person looking at it in surprise. How could such a young girl feel this way?

Sakura smiled as she handed them the CD and went back to the microphone.

I will not make the same mistakes that you did.
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery.
I will not break the way you did you fell so hard.
I've learned the harder way to never let it get that far.

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk.
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt.
Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me because of you… I am afraid.

The words flew right out of her mouth so smoothly and passionately. She swayed her head a bit to go along with the music, already into it.

I lose my way, and it's not too long before you point it out.
I cannot cry because I know that's weakness in your eyes.
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh every day of my life.
My heart can't possibly break, when it wasn't even whole to start with.

Her voice was enchanting and full of so much emotion that it left everyone in awe.

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me because of you… I am afraid.

I watched you die, I heard u cry every night in your sleep.
I was so young you should've known better than to lean on me.
You never thought of anyone else you just saw your pain.
And now I cry in the middle every night for the same damn thing.

As Sakura sang, Syaoran noticed her look away from them with tears glistening in her eyes.

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk!
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt.
Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything!
Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in!
Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty!

Because of you… I am afraid.

Because of you….

Because of you...

Sakura wiped her tears quickly, taking off the headphones. Everyone in the studio, except Syaoran, was clapping, enthusiastically.

"Loved it!"

"You were so cool!"

"Oh my God!"

Sakura laughed half-heartedly, blushing. Syaoran stared at her in worry, wondering why she was crying. Something bad must've happened to her…

He shook his head a bit before smiling at her. "That was amazing. Do you have any more songs?"

Sakura nodded and went to give him the rest of her songs. As she was showing him, she looked up at him to catch him staring at her face. She blushed as she looked into his eyes…

His amber eyes….

End of Chapter 03: His Amber Eyes

That's the end of this chappy! I hope you guys enjoyed this VERY short chapter. XD yeah I'm sorry but the next one will be better. Anyways, reviews are loved!

P.S.- I do not own the song Because of You. It is all Kelly Clarkson's.

Sakura Incognito