I'm really really sorry that this took so long

Disclaimer – I don't own CCS, if I did Sakura and Syaoran would have had one of those love at first sight deals going on.

Queen of my Heart – Loving for the Moment

Sakura stared at the three girls in disbelief.  She shook her head vigorously after the initial shock had died down enough for her to start thinking clearly.  "No way," Sakura said persistently.  "I'm not doing it.  Not now, not ever.  Absoulutely not."

"We know you want to Sakura," Madison smiled slyly

"Yeah, but that's beside the point," Sakura protested, "Which is that I'm not doing it."

"C'mon Sakura," Meilin joined in.  "Syaoran won't mind."

"Yes he will," Sakura disagreed.  "How would you react if some random girl who you only just met came up and kissed you?"

"Sakura it won't be that bad," Chelsea pleaded.  "You've got to do it."

"Fine," Sakura surrendered dejectedly realizing that she was outnumbered three to one.  "I can't believe I'm doing this," she muttered.

She walked briskly to where Syaoran and the guys were talking. 

"Syaoran, um . . . I . . . uh . . ." Sakura began.  'It's now or never,' she told herself even though never seemed the more appealing option at the moment.  She took a step forward and pressed her lips against his.  She treasured the feel of his warms lips against hers but broke the kiss before either could get too comfortable.  "Bye," she said quickly before she ran off followed by Chelsea and Madison who quickly said their goodbyes.

"I think that's my cue," Zachary said before he said goodbye and ran to catch up to the three girls.

"What just happened?" Syaoran asked as his brain finally slowed down enough to allow the function of speech.  His body was in overdrive.  Sakura's kiss had left him speechless and pining for more.

"If I remember correctly," Meilin said.  "You just got kissed by the girl you have so obviously fallen for."

"Looks like we've finally found the future Mrs. Syaoran Li," Eriol said.  "Poor girl."

"Very funny," Syaoran scoffed.

Sakura flopped onto her bed, closed her eyes and sighed.  She thought about that magical goodbye kiss with the boy of her dreams.  She thought of his honey brown hair and small smile.  Most of all his amber eyes.  The way they made her feel like she was the only one there.  She felt like he could see into her soul and knew exactly what she felt for him.

She began to hum a little tune to herself eventually adding words to it and turning it into a song.

Sakura was snapped back to reality by a small tap on her bedroom door.  Sakura opened the door revealing a twenty two year old woman and a baby.

"Hey Ruby," Sakura smiled. 

"Hey Sakura," Ruby replied.  "I just had the distinct feeling that Sapphie here wanted to see her favorite aunt."

"I'm her only aunt," Sakura said.

"Not if Eriol has his way," Ruby giggled.

Sakura smiled as she realized where she had seen the prince's friend before.  It had been five years now but she was almost positive it was he.  Sakura looked at Ruby seeing the little things that gave away that she and Eriol were brother and sister (A/N: I don't know if they are in the series but I've decided to make them brother and sister in this.  By the way I don't know what Ruby looks like so bare with me).  Ruby had long mahogany hair and dazzling blue eyes.  She was a bit hyper but she was a good friend and Sakura knew that there wasn't anyone who would make a better Queen and made her brother so happy.

"Can I hold her?" Sakura asked.  Ruby nodded and placed the child in her arms.

Sakura smiled down at her niece.  Sapphire was only one year old and the most gorgeous baby she had ever seen.  She had sapphire colored eyes just like her mother, and her fathers raven black hair.  She shared the same mischievous grin that Eriol and Ruby shared and Tori and Sakura's turned up nose.

"Ruby, can I ask you a question?" Sakura asked looking up at her sister-in-law.

"Sure, anything," Ruby said sitting down on the bed and preparing for a girl talk session.

It was times like this that Sakura was most thankful to have Ruby around.  Her mother had died when she was little so it was really hard for her to talk about certain things with her brother and dad.  Ruby was like an older sister to Sakura, she was easy to talk to and always willing to listen.

"What's being in love like?" Sakura asked trying hard not to blush.

Ruby smiled at her and began to speak.  "Love is amazing," Ruby told her.  "It's the best feeling you could ever feel.  Just imagine the happiest day of your life," Ruby paused to let Sakura think.  "Now multiply that by infinity and imagine having that same feeling every day for the rest of your life just knowing that you're going to spend it with them."

"But how would you know you're in love?" Sakura asked.

"You kind of just know," Ruby shrugged.  "You just get this feeling as if you're walking on air whenever you see them.  And when you don't, you feel like your hearts been ripped out of your chest and mercilessly shredded to pieces.  You feel like singing and dancing everywhere.  Suddenly everything has this new beauty that you've never noticed before from the delicate pattern of a spiders web to the enriching sent of peonies."

"Aren't there any warnings?" Sakura questioned.  "I mean little hints so you already know what's happening before it comes."

"Love is many things Sakura," Ruby smiled.  "But it's never predictable."  Ruby grabbed her baby and left the room after leaving Sakura with her last words to think about.  She headed downstairs to where Tori and Aiden were already meeting their guests.

Tori spotted her the moment she entered the room and quickly moved to her side before she even said hi.

"Surprise," he said kissing her cheek.

"What do you mean?" she asked staring at him quizzically.  Tori smiled and stepped aside so that Ruby could get a better look at the guests.  "Eli," she cried happily as she spotted her little brother (A/N: I'm making Eli Ruby's nickname for him). 

Eriol blushed at the sound of his nickname.  He had eventually gotten used to hearing it over the years but it was still embarrassing, especially in public.

"You didn't tell us this was the kingdom your sister had moved to," Syaoran smiled, "Eli," he added just for effect.

Eriol ignored him and walked over to his sister and her husband.

"Is that Sapphire?" Eriol asked looking down at the baby in her arms.

Ruby nodded proudly and handed her to him.  "She looks just like her daddy," Ruby smiled taking a quick glance at Tori.

"She's far too cute for that," Tori told her.  "She's obviously inherited your beauty.

"I'm going to leave you two to talk among yourselves," Eriol told them heading over to Syaoran and the others. 

"I can't believe she's related to you," Meilin said.

"Who?" Eriol asked.  "Ruby or Sapphire?"

"Both," Syaoran joked.

"I'll just ignore that last comment," Eriol told him, "For we all know you only joke to keep us off another subject."

"What do you mean?" Syaoran asked.

"It's just that my sister is married to the brother of the very girl you've fallen madly in love with," Eriol said innocently.

"I . . . uh . . ."

"That's what I thought you'd say," Eriol smiled.

Sakura rushed down the halls lat as per usual.  Her father told her to be on time, he said that they had important guests.  Sakura was already twenty-five minutes late.

She stopped immediately as she ran into another person.

"Just my luck," she mumbled staring at the ground rather than making eye contact.

"I'm really sorry.  Are you alright?" a familiar male voice asked as he got up and held out his hand to her.

"Um . . . Yeah, thanks," she said.

She took the hand out stretched to her and looked up into his amber eyes.  She smiled as she looked into his eyes thinking about how much they reminded her of a lions, how they were almost the colour of gold.  It only made her realize that something so beautiful and majestic could be so dangerous.

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I'm sorry that took so long but I had a major case of writers block concerning parts of this chapter.  I hope it's alright, please review no matter what you think.