Ok guys so here's the next chapter. It took a bit longer since i've been working most of the weekend and i was a bit sick also. So this chapter is a bit slow, it's more about getting to know Sakura and Syaoran's background. So i hope you like it!

"Listen up, class. Today I'm going to separate you into groups for a small project you'll be working on" The teacher said as the class started murmuring about who they were going to be partner up with. She then started to explain the assignment and what they had to do exactly. "So now that you know what you'll be doing I'll tell you who you're partner up with. They're groups of three and some of four so the whole class can participate. So let's start…" She started calling out names of some students. Some were happy with their partners other weren't so comfortable with it. In the end Sakura, Tomoyo, Meiling and Syaoran were partnered up.

"Good! We got to be a group. So now we decide where we're going to meet up after school and stuff like that." Tomoyo told them.

"Well we could meet up at my house. Dad won't be there until the weekend so if you guys want to stay so we get more work done…" Sakura suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea, what do you guys think?" Tomoyo asked the other two.

"Sure I don't mind, we'll just head home and get changed and pack some clothes and then head to Sakura's." Meiling said.

"Well, actually I have a class to teach back at the studio so… we could meet up afterwards or you can go to the studio and then we'll head back to my house together."

"Ok, well, we'll go to our houses to get the stuff we need and then we'll meet you at the studio." Meiling told her.

After that they went to different classes and then met up at lunch with the others. They were all sitting in their spot, under the sakura tree, talking and making jokes.

"Oh, hey guys I got the pictures from the beach house we stayed over the summer!" Tomoyo said excitedly as she reached into her backpack and taking out a box full of pictures.

"Wow! I didn't know you took so many pictures." Chiharu said as she took some.

"It's Tomoyo, what else would you expect." Sakura said giggling as she also took some pictures out of the box. Meiling sat near her so she could also see the pictures. She could tell they had fun; there were some of the girls playing around the beach, the boys playing football and all kinds of game, all of them laughing. Then Sakura came up to one were there was a guy and a girl that looked like they were together.

"Who's that?" Meiling asked her.

"That's Touya, my brother and his wife Kaho. They spent that week with us since they were visiting dad and me." She explained, and then she came across a picture of her and a little boy. Clearly she had taken the picture herself since it was so close. The little boy was all smiles and Sakura looked so happy.

"And that would be?" Syaoran asked from her other side surprising her; she didn't know he had been watching with them. She smiled and looked back at the picture.

"That would be my nephew, Ryu."

"He is so cute! And he looks a lot like you, you have the same eyes." Meiling said taking the picture from her hands. "How old is he?"

"Five."

"He sure looks like he loves you a whole lot."

"Of course he does, he knows he's my baby boy. He's my everything, so I give him everything. Which of course gets me in trouble with Touya sometimes, but I can't help it." She said blushing a bit.

"You spoil him." Syaoran told her smirking

"Well duh! He's my first nephew and I never had any younger siblings so I couldn't take care and annoy anyone like my brother did with me. So when Ryu comes along for a visit he's all mine!" She said smiling thinking of Ryu. Syaoran looked at her and couldn't help but smile a bit at the look Sakura got when she was talking about her nephew. He could tell how much her family meant to her, and he started to think about his. He frowned remembering his life back home, the way he always had to do what he was told, the way he always had to keep up an image. He hated everything about it, but he missed part of it. But then he looked at the group surrounding him and he knew this was the most happy he had ever been.

"Hey, Sakura! Look at this one, you look great in it." Chiharu said giving Sakura a picture. She looked at it and blushed a bit. In the picture she was standing near the beach in the sunset, Tomoyo had just called and then she looked over her shoulder smiling at that moment Tomoyo has taken the picture. She looked beautiful, her hair blowing in the wind all around her and some on her hair, with the sunset behind her making her look a bit tanner than she was. Syaoran looked at it from Sakura's side; he was amazed by her beauty. She looked so natural and innocent; to him she looked simply perfect in that picture.

"Great picture, Tomoyo, I love it! Can I have it?" Sakura told her.

"Sure I'll just make a copy for the album I'm planning to make." Tomoyo said smiling and looking over at Syaoran who was still looking at the picture. 'Maybe I'll make a copy for him too.'

After school Sakura went to the studio to teach her class, which were all kids. An hour later Syaoran, Meiling and Tomoyo were waiting for her to finish so they could star their project.

"I didn't know you guys also taught." Meiling told Tomoyo as she watched the kids dancing.

"Oh yeah, it's our way of giving back to the community. They're the ones who support us so this was the least we could do. We don't charge them, but some of them still give us some money as a thank you. We enjoy this more than competing, it makes us happy to see them happy and on the right track." Tomoyo explained. After a few more minutes Sakura said goodbye to the kids and went over to them with her bags.

"So you guys ready to go?" She asked them and they all nodded.

They went outside and got in Syaoran's car, Sakura in the front so she could give him directions to her house. They were there in five minutes since it wasn't far from the dance studio.

"It's not as big as your mansion, but its home." She told Meiling and Syaoran as she let them in.

"Oh I love it! It's so… homey, so comfortable. I would've loved to grow up in place like this." Meiling told her as she looked all around her. There were many pictures on the walls, some of Sakura with her brother when they were younger, some with her father, Touya and Kaho and a baby Ryu, Sakura with Ryu. It screamed family everywhere.

"Glad you like it. Anyways, help yourselves to whatever you like; the fridge is full so go ahead. I'll just go take a quick shower." She then left to her room and grabbed the stuff she need and headed to the bathroom.

"So many pictures, but where is Sakura's mom? She's not in anyone of them" Meiling asked as she looked at all the pictures on the wall. Tomoyo didn't answer right away, she went over to the living room and took a framed picture and brought it to Meiling. In the picture was a beautiful woman who looked a lot like Sakura laughing with a younger Touya and Sakura.

"This was Sakura's mom, Nadeshiko. You don't see her in the pictures because she died when Sakura was six." Tomoyo explained quietly making Meiling gasp.

"I didn't know, poor Sakura, no wonder she never talks about her"

"She's been okay for some time, but I know she misses her mother a lot sometimes. Every time we have a competition Sakura gets really quiet and we all know that she just wishes that her mother could be out there cheering for her. But anyways this is for Sakura to tell you guys when she's ready, it's not my responsibility. Don't think she doesn't trust you, it's just that it's hard for her to think about it." With that Tomoyo went back to the living room and put the picture back were she had found it. A few minutes later they heard the shower turned off and a door being closed. "Don't say anything about it or she'll kill me."

"Don't worry, we won't say a thing. We'll wait for her to be ready to tell us, right Syaoran?" Meiling said looking over at him, but he was looking at a picture of Touya and Sakura when she was about nine years old. They looked happy, but her smile didn't reach her eyes like in other pictures, and her eyes held some kind of sadness in them.

"No, we won't say anything." He whispered, making Tomoyo sigh in relief. Just then Sakura came down the stairs in some white shorts and a blue t-shirt with her hair wet.

"So, you guys ready to star with the project?" She asked them, clueless of the conversation they had. The girls smiled and nodded, but Syaoran just stared at her. "Good let's go to the living room." The girls did as she said, leaving Sakura and Syaoran alone in the hallway.

"Are you okay, Syaoran?" She asked stepping closer to him. He didn't answer right away; he just kept staring directly at her eyes. 'She still has some sadness in them; she's just trying to hide it'

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just spaced out for a bit, sorry." She smiled and grabbed his hand leading him to the living room.

"Come on, you're not getting out of doing work, if that's what you're trying."

After a few hours, they had decided the topic of their project and all of the objectives and what not. They decided to call it a night on the studying and ordered a pizza. They were all sitting in the living room making jokes and laughing about everything. Well at least Meiling, Tomoyo and Sakura were, Syaoran just stayed at the table watching them while he ate.

"So Syaoran, how have you liked Tomoeda in the last month you've been here?" Tomoyo asked him curiously.

"Well… it's really different from home, but I've gotten use to it."

"Here we can be so free, right Syao?" Meiling said to which Syaoran nodded. "There's no one telling us exactly what to do and how to do it. I mean even Syaoran has made friends, this place is a miracle!"

"Hey! I have friends back home!"

"Right, whatever makes you happy!" Meiling rolled her eyes. She knew Syaoran had never been so much of a social person, so coming here was starting to change him for the better.

"Meiling, come on! The important thing is that Syaoran now has us. No matter how much of a jerk he is he knows he can count of us." Sakura said smiled at Syaoran who smirked back.

"If you're going to defend me, do it right." He said jokingly.

"You can't ask for much, I just tell it like it is." At this the girls giggled a bit and Syaoran just smirked.

"Girls." He whispered. But he did have to admit, he was enjoying himself. 'I'll have to thank Meiling someday for making me come here' he thought. When he looked back at the girl Tomoyo and Meiling had their sketch books out and were talking excitedly and Sakura was heading for the kitchen with some dishes they had used. Syaoran decide to help her so he followed her into the kitchen.

"Hey, want some help." He asked startling her.

"Umm… sure. There's not much but okay." She handed him some dishes while she dried them. "Who would've thought the great Li Syaoran knew how to wash dishes" She said giggling. Syaoran looked at her and just smirked like he always did.

"We do have chores back at home, Sakura. Mom never wanted to spoil us, she wanted us to be strong and independent since we were kids. Too independent if you ask me."

"Do you miss it?" She asked quietly. She knew Syaoran rarely talked about his life back at Hong Kong so she didn't want to make him uncomfortable. He stayed quiet for a while and she thought he wasn't going to answer so she was about to apologize.

"Sometimes I do, but not as much I as I thought I would. My life back at home it's kind of complicated, so being here with you guys is sort of an escape from my reality. So in a way you guys have made Tomoeda some kind of home for me. You guys have made me fell, which is something I don't usually do back at home, and even if I don't show it I know you guys understand me. I'm not the guy who's always laughing or talking to everyone, I know I can be a cold hearted jerk sometimes, but I'm glad you guys understand that enough to respect it." After he finished Sakura just stared at his figure leaning against the kitchen counter. He looked somehow at peace, he didn't show just like he'd said, but she knew it was there. She could tell there was some happiness in there that wasn't there when they first met. She smiled at him.

"Now I finally know you're not as cold hearted as you seem. You do feel!" She said jokingly to lighten the mood. He smirked back at her making her know he understood the meaning behind her joke. "I'm glad you're happy here and that you enjoy yourself with us, mostly with Eriol and Yamazaki."

"Not just them, I enjoy everyone even when Chiharu and Rika go boy crazy, and definitely enjoy my fights with you." He said making her blush. He was flirting with her! He smirked at her reaction, she just looked so cute and he was glad that he could make her blush. 'Maybe Eriol was right; maybe I do have a chance.'

"So you enjoy making me angry then?"

"No I enjoy being able to interact with you without thinking about every move I have to make, without being obligated to be proper and strict. When I'm fighting with you, you make me express myself, even if it's not the right way with the right words. It's the same as when we're dancing, I enjoy dancing with you because you challenge me, you bring out the best and the worst of me at the same time. You annoy me so much, but you make me smile which is something I don't do very often. I like that I can feel that way and I hate it a the same time, but what I like most is the fact that you're the one who makes me feel like that."

That speech sure made Sakura speechless and red like a tomato. She didn't know what to say to him. Inside she was exploding with happiness because it was her who was making him feel all of those things. And the fact that he like that it was her almost gave her a nose bleed. He looked back at his face and found his eyes totally unguarded, even though he was still smirking, it look so genuine. And to her that moment was just perfect, so she just smiled back at him making him see that now she was the one who understood his words.

Ok!!! So that's it for now i hope you guys like it!! I dont know when i'll have the next chapter up, but hopefully before the weekend, we'll see how my week goes. Anyways review!! Tell me what you like and don't like. I'm working on longer chapters so lets hope they come out great. Take care!!!!!!!!!