I'm so sorry! FORGIVE MEEEE!!! I'M SO SORRY! SO SO SO SO SORRY! I'm melting, I'm melting... melting, melting. forgive meee!!!

Here's my excuse, which happens to be a good excuse!

The Friday before I was to post up my story, I finished the chapter. I knew what I wanted to do in this chappie, but writer's block attacked anyway, so I just summerized the ending. As soon as this dreaded block goes away, I will attempt a better chapter for Chapter 8.

As fate would have it, I went to my uncle's swimming pool that day, and tripped over a pointy rock. Don't ask, I'm just clumsy like that. I started bleeding like crazy, but strangely, it didn't hurt... So I was stuck in bed for the next couple days. *crap, i missed my deadline*

Then, I get a phone call the my grandma, who was on vacation in Vietnam, got ran over by a motorcycle and needed a family member to sign the hospital papers. So the family shipped my mom overseas. Wonderful, eh? My aunts didn't think that my daddy could handle working and taking care of me and my brother, so they forced me and my brother to go to their houses, and passed us around like toys. *Aiiii... the deadline!!!* Unfortunately, I lost my flash drive thingy, and couldn't post this up at my cousin's house. So finally, my dad took a vacation from work and forced my aunts and uncles to give us up.

BUT THEN! I had sleeping problems, and didn't sleep whatsoever in like, 36 hours, and got sick. My dad forced me into bed, again, and I recovered enough to look at the computer screen without getting the urge to vomit.

And through all that, I still can't find a way to elaborate the ending. So, I'm really REALLY sorry! Enjoy my longer chapter, even if the ending's kinda ...dodgey?

After that awkward encounter with Stacey, Syaoran started for his house. Right, left, right, left, Sakura, left, right, Sakura… WHAT? Where did Sakura come from? Ugh. I'm becoming obsessed. Or maybe…

"It's just looovvveeee…" a deep voice sang.

"Well, I was gonna say that I was going crazy, but…Wait, what the…Who are you? Where are you? How can you hear my thoughts?" he said, rapidly scanning his surroundings.

"You speak your mind a lot, you know." A higher pitched voice scolded.

"Where are these voices coming from?" Syaoran cried out in fear. Suddenly, he was aware of bright lights behind him.

He was next to a park that seemed to appear out of no where. Or he was just too deep in his thoughts. Even though it was dark out, there were bright lights surrounding the playground. Adults, who wanted to revisit their childhood, were there, playing on the swings and such. On the edge, there was a scruffy old man singing.

"It's just love

Why must our children play in the streets
Broken hearts and faded dreams
Listen up to everyone that you meet
Don't you worry, it could be so sweet
Just look to the rainbow you will see,
The sun will shine till eternity
I've got so much love in my heart
No one can tear it apart…" he continued singing.

(Disclaimer: This song does not belong to me. It's Love Generation by Bob Sinclair)

Next to him, there was a couple, talking. The woman was playfully smacking her husband's head.

"Sometimes, you should keep your thoughts to yourself! There is no need to tell the waitress that you think she should walk with her back straight! You're lucky that she took it as a joke!" the woman continued.

Oh. No one was talking to him. Syaoran concluded that he was going crazy. I better get home before my insanity catches up with me…Sakura, you're ruining my life! Bu tactually, I don't really mind.

*****

"WAKE UP SAKURA!!! TODAY'S YOUR DAY WITH THE BRATS!" Kero, a magical flying teddy bear screamed. Sakura had found him near a candy shop, eating up candy that his owner-cough, I mean friend, Yue, bought for him. Over the years, Kero had constantly bothered Yue, and one day, it was just too much. So Yue lured Kero to the forest by piling lots and lots of candy there.

"Touya threw my Bratz away already…" she mumbled, further burying her head under her pillow.

"Augh. You're still not awake yet!" Kero exclaimed as he pulled the pillow off her head and proceeded to hit her with it.

Giving up, he glanced at the clock. It read 7:45. Kid is getting here at 9 with Brat, which gives Sakura more than enough time to get ready and eat breakfast.

"Hey, Sa-ku-ra!" Kero sang, an idea forming in his tiny head, "It's already 8: 55! Aren't Syaoran and Meiling getting here soon?"

"HOOOEEEE! Already? Why didn't you wake me up?" Sakura shrieked as she jumped out of bed to take a shower and brush her teeth.

"Because it's only 8," Kero replied smugly, as he watched Sakura run out of the bathroom, finished with her 5 minute shower.

Sakura froze in action, one hand keeping her towel up, and the other looking through her closet. "Pardon me, Kero?" She grabbed her pink alarm clock and looked at it. 7:50. Flames erupted, flaring in her eyes, giving off smoke through her ears. "I could have slept for 15 more minutes, Kero. FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES!"

Kero looked up, and the smirk was wiped off his face. Oh no! He dove into the nearest drawer and held it shut. "Forgive me, my queen! All hail Queen Sakura! All hail Queen Sakura! Or would you rather be a princess? All bow before Princess Sakura!" he wailed.

Sakura narrowed her eyes, keeping her laughter under control. "I forgive you. But you're still deserving of a punishment. No dessert tonight!"

At the sound of howling, she grinned and continued picking out what she had to wear. Keeping in mind that Tomoyo was coming, she decided that a T-shirt and jeans wouldn't do. Maybe a sundress? She looked through her closet until her eyes fell on an especially pretty, yet casual, one, perfect to match the falling cherry blossoms outside…

*****

Meanwhile, Tomoyo walked into her lavender room with a tray of tea. A child maid was following her, insisting that it was her job to carry the tea.

"No-no, my dear Rika. You do what I ask you to do. I can carry the tea myself!"

"But you never ask me to do anything." Rika countered. She grew up earning everything herself, and being paid for doing nothing felt wrong.

"Fine. You can go make the beds. Then go to the stables and give the horses exercise." Tomoyo smiled, knowing that Rika loved to ride the horses.

With a curtsey, Rika hurried off.

"Meiling, wake up!" Tomoyo called to very lazy sleeper, sprawled out on the bed.

"Come on, Tomoyo! You kept me up 'til one in the morning, planning on how to set up the two lovebirds! I still can't believe you forced me into a sleepover because of that! Let me get some sleep."

"But today's the day of the meeting. We have 30 minutes to get ready before we head over to Sakura's house." Looking at her tray, she selected a cup of ice water and dumped it on her guest.

"Ugh! Fine! I'm getting up." Meiling stood up and shuddered from the sudden chill. Giving a Tomoyo a look over, she saw that Tomoyo was in one of her outfits, with her hair down in her signature look. "You're done?"

Tomoyo just nodded as she set up the tea table in her room. Glancing up for a second, she saw Meiling slip into the bathroom. Putting the newly cut flowers into the small centerpiece vase, she looked at the full length mirror.

Her so-black-it's-almost-blue hair cascaded down her back, naturally curling into ringlets at the ends. A blue headband kept stray strands from her face and complimented her casual light blue dress. A midnight blue ribbon was tied around her waist into a large ribbon, gracing her slender back. It ended at her mid calf, with the skirt poofing out a little. Dark blue glitter formed shapes of flowers at the hem of the dress and at the low V-neck neckline.

Meiling skipped out of the bathroom wearing a red baby doll top and white shorts. She walked over to Tomoyo's rack of jewelry, and picked out a couple brangles to wear and dangly earrings. "You don't mind if I borrow these, right?"

"You can have them!" Tomoyo replied, turning her head to examine Meiling's outfit. "Not bad. Your fashion sense has gotten a lot better. But add the ruby belt."

"Hey! I had to dress badly before, else someone would have recognized me!" she protested as she took the brown belt with red I-Can't-Believe-They're-Not-Real! rubies off the rack.

"Of course," Tomoyo said skeptically, "Now sit down and eat your breakfast! We're going to be late."

After stuffing 3 pancakes down her throat, Meiling looked up. "Hey, why aren't you at Sakura's house forcing her into one of your dresses? Aren't you worried that she's just going to throw on a t-shirt and jeans?"

Tomoyo just smiled, her eyes wandering to the window, and further to the cherry blossom tree outside. "I gave her a dress a while back. I bet that's the one she's wearing now."

*****

Everyone was getting ready, except for those at Stacey's house. What was she up to? Two of her most trusted friends were with her, Nathalie and Maggie.

"Stacey! Why would you wake us up so early? We need our beauty sleep." the two complained.

"I have to go follow Syaoran, because Kinomoto might try something." Stacey stated, determined.

The girls glanced at each other before squealing in unison. "We're going on a spy mission! We should dress in black!"

"No. We should dress in bikini tops and shorts. Did you see how hot it is outside? Everyone will be wearing them. We need to blend! If they go into the movie theater, we can just slide a t-shirt on." Stacey explained, while handing the girls their outfits. "I heard that they're meeting at Kinomoto's house. Let's go."

With that, they stalked out of the house, sneaking towards Sakura's house. They were so into not getting seen by the group, they didn't notice the weird looks they got. (3 eighth graders in bikini tops appear to be playing spy. What would you think?)

*****

Neighbors who walked by smiled at the girl's innocence. The family in home behind the girl peered from behind the curtain, looking on with loving eyes. A relatively short dress graced the girl's figure. It was the shade of the pinkest cherry blossoms with embroidered flowers scattered on the hem. A wide belt in a darker shade of pink was worn on her above her hip, defining her small waist. The skirt poofed out then in, ending right above her knee. The sleeves were the slightest bit poofy. At the moment, the wind was blowing gently, hugging her as the petals of the blossoms swirled around her. The girl herself was twirling in the mist of it, eyes closed and enjoying the feeling.

As the wind died, the girl smiled as her eyes laid on a boy.

"Syaoran!" Realizing something, however, a blush quickly crept up onto her face. "How long have you've been standing there?"

"Long enough." he replied, giving her a reassuring smile. She's so pretty when she acts so innocent. "You didn't look stupid, don't worry."

Sakura blushed, looking down at her dress. "Do you think it's too much? I mean, Tomoyo made it for me a while back and told me to wear it when I felt like it. When I saw that my tree had finally bloomed…" She continued to flatten out her dress, wishing that it wasn't so poofy. "The material feels nice against my skin though! It keeps me cool."

"I'm glad!" a feminine voice sighed in relief. "I was worried that you would burn under this hot sun!"

"Tomoyo! You decided to come too!" Sakura cried in joy. Now it was going to be like old times. "With your camera…" Exactly like old times.

"Yo." Meiling simply said. "Let's get going! Can we go to the market?"

Sakura grabbed Meiling's hand and ran towards the market near the beach- in her opinion, the best one in all of town. Tomoyo followed, the video camera taped to one of her hands and dragging Syaoran with her other hand.

Not far behind, three girls were walking casually behind them, eyebrows raised at the childish (at least to them) outfit Sakura wore.

"Who in their right mind would wear such a thing? She looks like a 5 year old!" Stacy said disgustedly.

"Well, you have to admit that it fits her personality. I think she looks kinda-" Nathalie started, but trailed off when she received a fierce glare from the other two. "Stupid." she finished her sentence, hoping that her friends bought it. Well, I guess she does look kinda stupid. Of course! What was I thinking before?

Soon, a market came into view. It was actually a long row of shops, so outside, some inside, facing the ocean.

"Ah! Look at this pin! It's so pretty!" Sakura bubbled, stars in her eyes. "Oooh! This necklace is pretty too! And so is this purse!"

Unbeknownst to her, Syaoran was behind her, carrying multiple boxes and bags of everything the girls wanted. Even though Sakura didn't ask for anything, he was determined to spoil her. Sakura never noticed that the pin she pointed to was snatched up by him, to be bought along with the necklace and purse.

"Sakura. I think you should stop pointing out the things that you want." Tomoyo whispered.

"Why?" she inquired, totally confused.

Tomoyo jerked a thumb in Syaoran's direction. "You're going to bankrupt him. He's been buying all the things you mention!"

"HOOEE???" Sakura screamed, "Syaoran! Return those immediately! You don't need to spend so much money on me!"

"Technically, I've been buying stuff for Tomoyo and Meiling too."

"But not everything we mention." Meiling put in.

"But I can't help it. Sakura deserves all these things!"

"No I don't! Please? Return them!" she begged.

"No way. I have too much stuff here. Unless you want to spend the rest of the day returning these things, I prefer to spoil you."

With a frustrated growl, she grabbed several of the bags. "At least let me carry some of the bags. But no more buying ANYTHING for me! You still need to buy the winner of the contest a prize, so save some money for them!"

With a nod, Syaoran ventured forward, ending the argument.

A few stores later, Sakura excused herself to go to the bathroom, leaving Syaoran left with the two girls.

"I'll go with her!" Meiling volunteered. "Who knows what creepy people hide in that dirty place?" She was right. Even though the poor janitor cleans the bathroom until it sparkles every night, questionable people hide in there and mess everything up.

Syaoran sighed in relief. "I can go buy the prize, now that all contestants are gone!"

Tomoyo nodded. "Whatcha gonna buy?"

"You'll see." he replied, handing all the bags to Tomoyo. "Wait here."

With an encouraging smile, she sat down on a bench watching over the bags. Tomoyo watched Syaoran walk into a jewelry store, followed by a girl very strangely dressed. She looks kind of like Stacey… I think it is! Hmm… That girl has been following us since Sakura's house. Tomoyo observed to herself.

In the jewelry store, an elderly man confronted Syaoran.

"Hello! Welcome to my shop! Are you looking for anything in particular?"

"Why, yes, I am. I'm looking for a present for my girlfriend. Well, my to-be girlfriend. I'm going to ask her to the dance!" Syaoran confessed nervously.

"Why, who's the lucky girl? Do I see her around a lot?"

Syaoran leaned in and whispered a name to him.

The man's eyes widened and twinkled. "Oh! What a lovely lady. You've got good tastes, my boy. She's such a sweet girl! And very pretty too. I've got just the thing."

Stacey, who was hiding in the next aisle, beamed. He's talking about me! He's going to pick me! Me! Me! Me!

She slinked over to the edge of the aisle, and crouched, listening to their conversation.

Syaoran, however, didn't notice the girl and was watching the man curiously. "Where is it?"

The man slipped into the back and reappeared with a fragile necklace. On the small chains, there was a blank heart. Cherry blossoms graced the edges of the heart.

"It's all made of white gold, you know. I can engrave something to either sides of the heart. Would you like it?"

"It's perfect. Can you engrave "S.L. and S.K." on the front, and "Forever" on the back?" Syaoran asked carefully.

"Of course. I'll go engrave it right now! I'll be back in a couple minutes."

OMG! S.K.! That stands for Stacey Kim! It's me! It's me! I got picked! That Kinomoto girl never had a chance. Maybe I should stop calling her by her last name. But what is her first name? Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore!

She hurried out of the store, with a huge smile forever plastered on her face. Tomoyo noted this, and watched her reunite with her friends. She rapidly said something, and all three of them jumped up and down, squealing loudly. They hurried off in a different direction, probably heading towards the dress store for the dance.

After a while, Tomoyo watched Syaoran walk out of the store, also beaming. They seem really happy. I wonder why. "Hey, Syaoran! Over here!" she called, waving her hands.

"I got the perfect thing for Sakura!" he exclaimed happily, handing the jewelry box to Tomoyo.

She opened it hesitantly, afraid that Syaoran bought something over the top corny, but she caught her breath. The necklace was that pretty. She read the words, and laughed out loud.

"What's wrong? Does it look bad?" Syaoran said worriedly.

"Did you tell the owner to engrave the words out loud, or did you write it down on paper?"

"I said it out loud. Why?"

"Stacey has been following us all day. When she heard you say, 'S.K.', she thought you meant her, Stacey Kim. Not Sakura Kinomoto. She walked out of the store really happy, and now I know why." Now Tomoyo was also beaming. "That means when you pick her, Stacey will be even more surprised!"

Syaoran stared blankly. "Oh." he stated dumbly. How could I not notice that she was following us?

"Oh what?" a sweet voice asked.

"Oh nothing!" Syaoran covered, panicking.

"What's in the box?"

"The prize."

"Can I see it?"

"You'll just have to wait." Syaoran stated bluntly, grabbing the box from Tomoyo. He slipped it into his pocket. "Just like all the other contestants!"

Sakura pouted, and hmphed away to the next store.

As soon as she was out of ear-shot, Meiling stuck her hand in his pocket and yanked out the box. "Now let's see if you bought something that's actually worth something!" Climbing up a tree and out of Syaoran's reach, she opened the box. "It's cute. Totally fits Sakura." she approved.

Syaoran glared at her for a second, but then smiled. He just got the approval of the two most fashionable people in school!

Suddenly, Sakura reappeared. "There's nothing really down there. Can we go to the beach?"

Tomoyo nodded, and showed the group a picnic basket that was seemingly created from air. "I came prepared!" She also pulled out sets of bikinis.

Meiling jumped down, and eyed the fence separating the market and the beach. "I think we can jump this. Let's go!" She easily clambered over the fence, followed by the rest. (A/N: I don't know how Tomoyo climbed over the fence with all that stuff. She's magic.)

*****

After swimming and jumping waves, they played a round of beach volleyball, followed by a game of Frisbee. At the request of Sakura, they had a sandcastle contest, and Tomoyo's was the most detailed. They covered Syaoran in sand, and then looked for crabs.

Suddenly, in the middle of their crab hunting, a loud rumbling was heard. Sakura blushed.

"Is that a thunderstorm I hear?" Syaoran teased, "Or maybe it's just Sakura's stomach."

"Syaoran! You sometimes even worse than my brother!" But she still headed for the picnic basket.

After filling themselves with food, Tomoyo dropped everyone off at their respective houses.

I can't wait 'til Monday! They all thought before drifting off to dreamland.

Well? Well? Was the ending too horribly written to read? Was it not as bad as I think? Please review, but I can't promise when the next chapter's going up. Once again, I have the basic plotline, but...

I'm also apologizing for grammar and spelling mistakes.

I'm still melting, in case you care, so FORGIVE MEEEEEE!

Have a good one!