"After the race, four nights ago, the Dark Angels and Meiling, especially Tomoyo were curious about the pink Spider driver, Cherry. No one knew who she was or where she had come from. As far as the girls knew, that was Cherry's first race, in Shinto at least. Meiling told Tomoyo to forget about the whole thing; it was probably a fluke. But Tomoyo knew better; it wasn't a fluke. That girl, Cherry, knew what she was doing.
"Tomoyo? Hello? Earth to Tomoyo," Chiharu waved her hand in front of her friend's face.
"Huh? Sorry," Tomoyo blinked.
"You're thinking about the race again aren't you?" Jia asked.
Tomoyo sighed, leaning back in her chair. "Yes. I can't get her out of my mind."
"Do what Meiling said: 'stop thinking about it'. It'll drive you crazy," Rika said.
"Ok, I'll try," Tomoyo smiled weakly.
"Good."
"Where's Sakura?" Tomoyo asked changing the subject.
"She went to the toilet I think," Rika answered, Tomoyo nodded. She looked at her watch. It was fifteen minutes until school was out, and she couldn't wait.
Five minutes later, Sakura return to her chair. She sat down and glanced over at her friends. "So, I'm getting my car from Jake this afternoon?" she asked.
"Yup, isn't it exciting?" Chiharu clapped her hands together.
"Umm…yes?"
"Don't worry about her, Sakura. She's always like this when it comes to new cars. A fetish for new cars." Rika waved her hand dismissively.
"Hey! That's not true!" Chiharu smacked Rika's arm playfully.
"Sure, it's not," Tomoyo chimed in.
"You guys are being mean!" she pouted. Sakura giggled.
- X -
"Jake! Get your ass out here NOW!" Chiharu shouted, hands on her hips. The other four girls, Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika and Jia, looked at their friend strangely.
"What?" The four girls shook their heads. Chiharu shrugged.
"JAKE WHE—"
"Geez, hold your horses." Jake walked out from the garage. The girls noticed that his clothes and hair were disheveled. Jake yawned, scratching the back of his head.
"I'm curious to ask what you did last night, but I think I'd rather be on a safe side,"
Jake smirked, "That's a good choice. Trust me, you don't want to know."
"Changing subject," Jia started, "Is Sakura's car ready, Jake?"
He turned his head to Sakura and nodded. "Yes. Come, it's inside the garage." Tomoyo halted him.
"Hold on." Jake looked at her in question.
"Are you sure the garage is umm safe?" He looked at her in confusion and then burst out laughing.
"Of course, all clean," he winked and walked away. Tomoyo blushed, mumbled incoherently and walked after him. Sakura cocked her head to the side.
"What's Tomoyo talking about?" The remaining three girls blinked at Sakura's question. They looked at one another and giggled.
"Don't worry about it. It's nothing important," Jia said, putting her arm over Sakura and leading her.
"Oh, okay."
Jake led the girls to the other side of the garage where a black Mazda was parked.
"Is that it?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yup," Sakura was the first person to approach the car. She opened the bonnet and inspected inside, hiding her smile. Sakura went over to the driver's side door and open it. She slid inside and sat down. She traced the wheel then the hand shift stick. She pressed the break and the gas to get the feel. She smiled and got out.
"You did an awesome job on the car Jake," Sakura patted the car.
"Always," he beamed at the compliment, "You liked it?"
"Very much so," she smiled.
"You want to test drive Sakura?"
"No, it's fine. No need to test drive it."
"Oh, okay," the girls looked at her in surprise. Jake started laughing, causing the girls to look at him.
"You're the second person to say that,"
"Who was the first?" Rika asked curiously.
"A stubborn ass," he grinned.
- X -
"See you tomorrow, Tomoyo,"
"Thanks for the ride, Sakura," Tomoyo waved from her front door.
Tomoyo got inside the house and Sakura drove off. Sakura planned to drive around the city with her new car. She wanted to get used to the car as well as explore the city. She turned on the music and hummed along with it.
Sakura drove along the road in downtown area and for the first time, she took note of her surrounding. She never knew that there were so many streets and many turns.
I should drive down here more often. She smiled at the thought.
Suddenly a white dog jumped in front of her car. Sakura pressed on her brake, steering her car so that she wouldn't hit it. But it seemed lady luck wasn't on her side as there was an on-coming black car coming her way.
Crap!
She quickly swerved back onto her side of the road but it wasn't fast enough. She heard a break sound from the other black car and saw the car was steered the other way. It was close. Too close. Sakura let out a relieve sigh and parked her car on the side. She closed her eyes.
Black is so not my colour.
She opened her eyes and was ready to drive off again. But someone was standing in front of her car. She looked at the person in confusion and slowly got out of her car.
"What the hell were you thinking?"
"Wha—"
"If you wanted to kill yourself so badly, just jump off a bridge!" Sakura frowned. She looked at the man, no, a boy, probably around her age. He was wearing black leather shoes, black trousers, and a white shirt. There was a red crest, a school crest probably, on the front of the shirt pocket. His hair was brown and his eyes were amber. The more she stared into the eyes; she felt she was pulled into its depth.
So deep and mysterious.
"Are you listening?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry," she blushed.
The boy sighed, running his hand through his hair. "That's why I don't like girls."
"Excuse me?"
He looked at her. "Girls are so annoying, bothersome, troublemakers and…terrible drivers."
Sakura's eyes narrowed as she glared at the boy. "Look that was an accident, a dog was in my path. I didn't mean to drive into you. I'm sorry, okay?"
"Excuses, excuses, that's all you can think of," he shook his head.
Sakura gritted her teeth, she was losing her temper. This was out of her character; Sakura Kinomoto rarely lost her temper. But this boy…this damn boy!
"Think what you like, it's the truth," she said calmly but her eyes told him otherwise.
The boy smirked, "Sure it is."
"Now wa—" Sakura started but was interrupted.
"I don't have time to play with you now, little girl, maybe next time." He winked and started walking away. "Oh, don't try to kill yourself again." He got inside his black car and drove off.
Sakura's eyes followed the disappearing car. She clenched her fist so hard that her knuckle turned white. She huffed and got inside her car. She slammed the door shut. She sat still for a while. But soon enough she started to hit the steering wheel numerous times thinking that it was that boy's face.
"You stupid conceited JERK!"
- X -
The next day, Sakura went to school in a sour mood. She muttered "morning" to her friends and slumped down in her chair. Her friends looked at Sakura in concern but were interrupted by the bell and teacher before they could ask what was wrong.
Time went by fast and it was lunch time at HK high. Sakura rested her head on the desk and closed her eyes.
"What's wrong, Sakura?" Tomoyo frowned.
"Nothing,"
"Yeah right, now tell us what's wrong," Chiharu asked.
"It's no big deal." Sakura shrugged.
"Elaborate?" Jia asked.
Sakura sighed. "Yesterday after I dropped Tomoyo off, I went for a drive downtown. There was…a little accident and I met a jerk."
"Accident?" Tomoyo, Rika, and Jia exclaimed while Chiharu said, "Jerk?" at the same time. The girls except Sakura raised their brows at Chiharu, who smiled sheepishly at them, motion for Sakura to explain.
"A dog jumped in front of my car, so I steered the car out of the way and nearly crashed into an on-coming car." The girls gasped.
"Oh Kami! Are you alright? You're not hurt are you?" Tomoyo asked poking and checking Sakura's body for any wounds.
Sakura batted Tomoyo's hand away, "I'm fine."
"Thank goodness," the girls let out a relieved sigh.
"So, who's the jerk?" Chiharu asked curiously. The Dark Angels girls sighed and shook their heads.
"The owner of that on-coming car," Sakura answered, "He thought I tried to kill myself, and he didn't believe me when I told him about the dog." She was getting angry again now that she thought about the boy. "Argh! Thinking about him make me so MAD! I want to strangle him, then cut him up and feed him to the dogs!"
The girls stared at her in surprise. This was probably the first time they had ever heard Sakura badmouth someone.
"You don't like him much huh?" Rika asked.
"Don't like him? Oh no, no. I despise him!" Sakura was muttering under her breath; the girls sweat dropped and scooted away from Sakura.
"This is the first time I've seen her like this," Tomoyo whispered.
"That guy must have done or said something horrible to her," they nodded. The girls sighed and silence followed.
"This is perfect!" Tomoyo interrupted the silence, her eyes twinkling.
"You're up to something," Jia stated.
"Ohohohoho," she laughed.
"What is it? What are you thinking?" Rika asked.
"I'm going to play matchmaker!" Tomoyo announced, beaming.
"Are you out of your mind?"
"Didn't you hear? Sakura despises that guy!" Chiharu added.
"Ohohohoho!" Ignoring her friends, Tomoyo started to formulate a plan in her head, giggling madly.
After school, Tomoyo, Chiharu, Jia and Rika dragged Sakura to Clow's Café. They told her they wanted to eat some cakes. But the real reason was that the girls were trying to cheer Sakura up. They knew Sakura couldn't resist cakes. And hopefully, she'd forget about that boy.
- X -
"Tell me, why I'm here again?" an irritated voice asked.
"Because I'm hungry, and I feel like some cakes!"
"And why is hehere?"
"Because where you go, I go," came a reply.
The black car signaled and turned into the parking lot of Clow's Café.
"Oh, aren't those Tomoyo's and the girls' cars?" Meiling said pointing.
"I knew coming here was a good idea. Oh how I've missed you, my dear Tomoyo!"
Syaoran rolled his eyes and parked the car. The trio got out and Syaoran locked the car. He walked to the front and noticed a black Mazda next to his.
That car…looks so familiar.
"Are you coming, Syaoran?" Meiling called out, waiting for him at the door with Eriol.
"Yeah," he answered and shrugged away his thoughts.
The trio stepped inside. Meiling looked around the café, searching. She smiled once she found what she was looking for. She started walking toward the back of the cafe with Eriol and Syaoran in tow.
"Hi girls!" she greeted. The five girls looked up in surprise.
"Meiling!" They said simultaneously.
"Mind if we join you?" she asked.
Before anyone could reply, another voice interrupted.
"Good afternoon my dear Tomoyo and girls,"
"E-Eriol," Tomoyo blushed. The girls quietly giggled at their friend.
"You can sit here Eriol," Sakura smiled and got up, leaving an empty spot next to Tomoyo.
"Thank you Sakura," he smiled and sat down.
"You're welcome!" She grinned and glanced at her red faced friend, who was staring at her drink intensely. She hid her giggle and was about to sit down next to Eriol when she bumped into someone.
"Oh sorry," she apologised, looking up.
Emerald clashed with amber.
"You!"she hissed.
The person grinned, "Why hello, little girl."
- X -
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