Animegirl2961: Sorry this took a little longer than expected but I got it up! Please R&R! Thanks. :D
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Some Call It Love
Chapter 4- Burning Pagers
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Sakura rounded the corner reading the signs that were pasted next to each door she passed. The hallways were empty and her shoes made a quiet tapping sound as she walked. Third Music Room, Third Music Room, where is it? She spotted two large double doors and briskly walked over to them. Oh, here it is, she thought opening the door a crack.
The room was covered with pink decorations and streamers sprouting from the walls. The lights were bright and gave the room a colorful and airy feeling. Music seemed to be floating from somewhere and there were girls drinking tea everywhere, literally.
Sakura quickly closed the door before anyone spotted her, "Awkward…" she said aloud to herself. I'll just go in casually without attracting too much attention. Taking a deep breath, she opened the doors all the way and walked inside.
"Look, look! Sakura-chan is here!" Hunny look up from the cake he was eating. Heads turned to look her way.
Well, so much for not attracting attention.
"Milady, you have finally arrived," she felt someone take her hand.
"Oh, Hikaru," and then felt a slight tug on her other hand, "and Kaoru."
As they walked her to where Rose and Lily were sitting, she noticed that they were both wearing black and white waiter outfits. She spotted Haruhi from the corner of her eye and saw that she was wearing the same thing too. Again, this is awkward.
"What took you so long? We were wondering where you were," Lily said.
"Yeah, to pass the time we had to tell everyone how Lily burned your cell phone in the bowl of cereal that was on fire this morning, and I just remembered that I wasn't suppose to tell you that," Rose finished with a smile.
Sakura shook her head looking at Lily, "I knew it was you."
Lily laughed nervously, "And since we're already on the subject of burning cell phones I guess I should tell you," she looked at Rose.
"What did you do?" she eyed Lily suspiciously.
"You know that pager that you carry around everywhere?
Rose slowly nodded her head.
"Yeah, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad, and sad, news but you won't be carrying it anymore."
"What!" Rose was shocked.
"But here's the good news! It didn't burn in the bowl of cereal!" she smiled.
"So it's still kind of usable?" Rose had hope in her voice.
"Well, no not really, because it burned in the mug of coffee…" she trailed off.
"So you were burning my coffee this morning!" Rose accused Lily.
The girls surrounding them laughed.
"I love Seino-san's sense of humor," one of the girls giggled.
"Yes, it does make me laugh," another one joined in.
"What can I say, I was born this way," Lily basked in her moment of glory.
"In case you didn't notice, they were laughing at your stupidity," Rose told her.
"Okay, before we start calling each other mean names," Sakura eyed her two sisters, "let's smoothly move on to another subject."
Tamaki walked up beside the sofa they were sitting on, "Well, there has been a question going around for a while now," he saw Sakura give a confused look. "Everyone wants to know how you met Haruhi."
"Oh…" Sakura muttered to herself.
"Oh that's right. You guys are probably wondering," Rose said quickly, hoping no one noticed Sakura's change in action.
"I know! I can tell the story!" Lily raised her hand, obviously not noticing the situation.
"Um, no. It's okay, I don't want you to catch the school on fire with your words," Rose made a sarcastic remark, trying to lighten the mood for Sakura.
"Why don't I just tell the story?" Sakura quickly interrupted, just barely stopping Rose and Lily from yet another argument.
"Can I be the sound effects?" Lily asked.
Silence ensued after that statement. Then everyone started laughing again.
"Why is everyone laughing? A story can have sound effects, right?" Lily eyes were big.
"Lily, I don't really think we need sound effects," Sakura slowly stopped laughing. Once everyone one else was quiet Sakura resumed, "All three of us have known Haruhi for a while, I can tell you that," she paused, contemplating something. "Both of our Dad's became friends when they met each other at a concert. I forget the name of the band; it was really long ago, when they were our age. But anyways, Haruhi's dad had lost his ticket somewhere and the security guard wouldn't let him in so, as you guessed, my dad helped him secretly sneak in."
"Your dad helped Ryoji sneak into a concert?" Tamaki asked, surprised.
"Yes, it amazes me too. But look at where it got him now. Maybe I should do that," Rose started thinking to herself.
"Yes please try. And when you need help you'll just have to call Lily since my cell phone's charred remains are probably somewhere in the fireplace, never to be found," Sakura told her.
"Never mind, last thing I need is to talk to Lily when I'm in trouble. She'll just make it worse."
"Continuing where I left off, after the concert both became the best of friends. Even after marriage, and having daughters," Sakura gave yet another pause. "They still talked to each other, which is how we came to know Haruhi."
"That's right. We went to the same elementary school for a few years," Haruhi said from her spot behind the sofa.
"I remember those days like they were just yesterday. I loved everything we did during recess," Rose thought back to the old days.
"My favorite day was when we buried Haruhi in the sand," Lily said.
"That was my favorite day too!" Rose agreed with her.
"If I remember correctly, that was my least favorite day," Haruhi said. "I ended up going to the nurses' office because there was sand in my ear."
"But secretly you know you loved it," Rose looked at Haruhi.
"There is no possible way I could have loved it- I had sand in my ears for days after that."
"Want to know when my favorite day was?" Sakura looked slyly at Haruhi. "When that American transfer kid, Jordan Smith, or whatever his name was, asked Haruhi out."
Haruhi's face got red, "Sakura!"
"What! Haruhi got asked out in elementary school too?" Tamaki gasped.
"Wait, did it happen again?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, in middle school, right before high school entrance exams," Kaoru said matter-of-factly as Hikaru stayed quiet.
"How come I wasn't informed of this?" Lily questioned.
All the while Kyoya was listening in onto the conversation from near the window. He made a mental note to himself, Lily and Rose can both be childish, yet Rose seems more mature than Lily, but Lily can be mature when she wants. And Sakura is…mature? It's hard to tell. Are these really the daughters of the wealthy Seino family?
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Haruhi waved goodbye as the last customer left.
"Wow, I haven't had this much fun in years!" Lily exclaimed. "And I don't need a sarcastic statement."
Rose closed her mouth.
"Thank you for inviting us," Sakura smiled at Hikaru and Kaoru.
"No problem. Everyone had a great time," they gave her a thumbs-up.
"We'll be seeing you guys tomorrow. Hopefully it will be as fun as today," Rose said.
They bid goodbye to everyone and left.
Kyoya walked up to Haruhi, "I'll give you credit, they're different."
Haruhi looked up at Kyoya, and then smiled, "They're different all right."
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Next Chapter:
Lily: Hmm, slumber party at my house!
Rose: Oooh, I love slumber parties!
Sakura: True, I haven't had one in forever!
Rose: Yay, let the party begin!
Chapter 5- Commoner Party