AUTHOR’S NOTES: Hi I am cardcaptor_girl, it’s my seventh chapter of The 
Alternate Birthday Present

AUTHOR’S NOTES: Hi I am cardcaptor_girl, it’s my seventh chapter of The
Alternate Birthday Present. And believe me people: THAT’S what you all 
MeilLi
fans were waiting for, what I mean is: that this is where the whole story 
point
stands in. Not that anyone would read this stupid story, because I am still 
not
getting any reviews on it since the third chapter. Again I remind you that 
this
story comes from Li’s P.O.V. I hope you’ll like it:
                                              CHAPTER 7: Wonder Wheel’s
“wonder”.
In the previous chapter:
I am a very bad boy. I am going to hell. What am I supposed to say next?

Everyone was staring at me, especially Meilin. She was truly shocked.
   “Li are...are you all right? Why would you want me to.....to?...... Did 
you
just say what I think you just sa.........?” she was shocked; there is no 
other
word for that. Her mouth was moving up and down, and up and down and up... 
well
I can continue like this forever.
I had to say something, but no word came out of me. I was stunned. Not to
mention Sakura, who dropped her bag and Madison who almost fell down 
herself. We
all stood in silence for about thirty seconds. I had to do something quick.
  “I...I...just like the dresses... the wedding dresses... the dresses that 
are
for wedding,” I muttered hesitatingly, in a very shaky voice. “They are all
pretty, don’t you think? I thought that you’re a girl and that you might 
like
them, you know... Ehehehehe...” a silly smile escaped my lips. I was 
strongly
looking for support from Sakura. But she just stood there, not moving, not
speaking, not breathing.
    Well at least no one would pay attention to the vase shop anymore.
Madison, as if she understood that something terribly wrong happened to me; 
and
she seemed to understand that *this* was something I really didn’t want 
Meilin
to see. She was the one to save me.
  “Hey Meilin, Li’s right. Those are absolutely stunning wedding dresses. 
Why
don’t we go and check them out?” Madison had a positive voice, although I 
know
she was very confused by all of this. Meilin was too shocked by situation to
answer. She did an attempt of nodding, and still she couldn’t take her eyes 
off
me. She was looking for some kind of indication on my face, that I was 
either
kidding or crazy. I was sweating hard.
  “So Meilin; lets go check them out.”  Madison repeated her statement, and
without waiting for Meilin’s answer she dragged her by the hand to the 
Bridal
Shop window. Meilin still didn’t break her gaze from me, until Madison 
decided
to drag her into the store, so that I would be left in peace for a while to
gather my thoughts.
  Speaking of thoughts: I was on a verge of blasting Sakura’s brains with 
C4.
/Author’s notes: C4 is an explosion device, I am not sure that I spelled 
“C4”
word right, so don’t get angry. /
   Meanwhile, Sakura came back to her senses. Good, because now I could kill
her, *evil chuckle*, and then, I would bring her back to life, so then I 
would
kill her again.
She definitely wasn’t aware of my anger.
  “So, which way would you prefer; Lighting element or Fire element? Both 
ways
you gonna die quickly.” I said.
“What’s up Li? I don’t understand why you are so mad at me.” She said 
calmly.
“Mad? MAD? M? A? D?” I spelled with sarcasm. “Oh, I’m not mad, it’s so much
worse than that. Why are you doing this to me? Do you want to humiliate me? 
Did
you do this on purpose?” I tried to look as serious as possible, but I 
sounded
very-very funny and squeaky.
“Do what Li? What are you talking about?” Sakura picked up her bag. She 
wasn’t
even looking at me.
“THIS!” I narrowed my finger to the vase shop. Sakura still had a questioned
look on her face.
“Li, what are talking abo....NOOOOOO!” She noticed the vases, lots of vases,
which were just like Meilin’s.            “But how could it be, I thought 
that
the vase was a 100% original! My auntie told me that herself!” exclaimed 
Sakura.
I was impatiently tapping my foot against the ground. My arms were crossed 
in
front of my chest.
“Sakura...” I said quietly, “How old is your auntie?”
“Ninety two...,” she said hiding her eyes away from me. “I guess she gave me
the wrong vase and it’s not original after all.” Sakura whispered quietly. I
looked at her, then at the vase shop. I made a quick chuckle. Then a chuckle 
was
followed by a crazy laugh, and then it was a cry-laugh, but without tears. I 
was
on a verge of breaking down completely. There was no way; we could get to 
the
Roller Coaster Park, with out passing right in front of the vase shop! It 
would
be more than a miracle, if Meilin wouldn’t notice the vases.
“Why me, God? Why me? Is this what You do to all little boys, who forget 
their
friend’s birthdays?” I gritted my teeth, I was helpless. /Author’s notes: if 
you
think that *this* is why, Li feels like a dork, then you are still so, so 
wrong.
/
“Hey Li, I’ve got an idea! I think it’ll work!” Sakura suddenly jumped up 
like
a kangaroo. I looked at her questionably.
“Spill it.” I was very cautious with her this time. I didn’t want her to get 
me
into trouble again.
“I could use the Illusion Card.”
“Well do you have your cards with you?”
“Yes, I do. I decided to bring them with me this time. I don’t want any
accidents in the park, like it was with the Fiery Card.”
“Ok, but how will you use your magic in front of the people?”  I looked 
around;
there were many people around.
“There!” Sakura pointed at the house corner. Behind the corner was some kind 
of
private garden. It was small, but without any gates. It seemed to be a very 
dark
place, without many flowers.
“Lets go, we don’t have much time!!!” I yelled at her.
“Don’t take that tone with me!” she yelled back. “Your tone won’t make me go
any faster.”
“SAKURA!!!” I looked angrily at her.
“THAT WILL.” She said instantly. She knew I was angry. I must admit, her 
idea
with the Illusion Card was good.
   We quickly ran inside that little garden and Sakura read the incarnations 
to
release her wand.
“Illusion Card! I want you to make Meilin believe that this vase shop does 
not
exist! Illusion Card, do your job!” The Clow Card, as if it read Sakura’s 
mind,
didn’t show up in public; instead it quietly sneaked to that damn vase shop 
and
done something to it. Well, it must have done the *Illusion* thing.
  Sakura and I looked at the vase shop and it looked normal, like a moment 
ago.
Nothing changed. I began to worry. Why didn’t the Card’s power work? Sakura, 
as
if she read my thoughts, quietly said to me:
“Don’t worry; the Illusion Card will only work on Meilin. To everybody else
nothing’s gonna change, get it?” I sighed in relieve, this is one hell of a 
day
I must say. But I didn’t know yet how much worse this day would be later...
  Five minutes later Sakura and I were standing in front of the Bridal Shop. 
We
were waiting for Madison and Meilin to come out. I took that chance to talk 
to
Sakura:
  “I can’t believe I agreed to take that vase from you. You almost stood me 
up.”
I looked at her with false anger, which she quickly identified. 
Unfortunately I
knew that *I* was the one, who stood up myself and Meilin.
  “Yeah, yeah, but there’s nothing to worry about anymore; we solved 
everything;
isn’t that right?” She looked at me calmly, I nodded to her. “Besides, I’m 
not
the one who almost ruined Meilin’s everything.” I nervously clenched my 
teeth at
the thought of how Meilin’s birthday could’ve been if not for Sakura. I must
admit that she truly saved my butt.
  Not that I would really care of Meilin that much. I mean yes; I care for 
her
deeply NOW, but I didn’t realize it until of that very moment of truth, 
which
came to me later by. Not knowing, that one small moment would change my life
forever and ever later that day, I was relieved and thought all my troubles 
were
gone. And this very moment was waiting for me patiently; silently crawling 
to
me.
Finally Meilin and Madison made it out of the bridal store. Madison was 
smiling
and Meilin was...well, she was confused by all of this. As we all walked 
passed
the vase shop Meilin looked at that direction. Sakura was very calm, but I 
felt
that all my sweating made me look like I was under the rain for a long time. 
I
was worried if the Illusion Card did not work. But it did. Meilin didn’t 
notice
a thing. For her eyes there was no any vase shop there. Everything went 
great
and I decided to relax and enjoy the rest of my day.

  It was almost twelve o’clock, when all of us arrived at the Roller Coaster
Park. We didn’t wait long and headed to one of the roller coasters. Meilin 
loves
all of these spinny, “take your breath away” rides. And of course she tugged 
me
into one of those rides. I hate them and she knows that, but what can I do? 
It’s
her birthday!
  After spending three hours straight on the rides we decided to take a 
break;
to eat some lunch.
“Li! I brought you the lunch I made today. Remember? You promised to eat 
it.”
Meilin took a lunchbox out of the bag. I nodded. Boy, I was hungry; no, I 
was
starving. I just remembered that I haven’t eaten the whole day and my 
stomach
reminded me of that. It was singing a song of a great hunger.
  I was surprised of how tasty was lunch, which Meilin made for me. She made 
the
traditional Chinese rice, with some vegetables. Simple, yet delicious.
Madison and Sakura bought their lunch at the nearest diner.
  “That’s so cool. It’s the best birthday I ever had!” exclaimed Meilin. 
Sakura
and I sweat dropped, thinking of the cost of Meilin’s birthday.
  “We are just so glad you liked it.” Said Madison, smiling. She knew that
something went wrong and that’s why I was so weird with those wedding 
dresses.
  Soon, our lunch was over. My hunger was gone, Meilin kept on holding my 
arm,
but I didn’t resist her – it’s her birthday, how can I resist?  She kept 
hugging
me. Today her ruby red eyes were more sparkling that ever. It made me happy 
too.
Madison kept filming everything on her camera.
  We finished our ice-cream and decided to ride roller coasters some more.
   “Hey you guys! Let’s go to the Wonder Wheel! It my favorite.” Meilin
suggested.
   “Yeah! Let’s go. Madison, how about you?” Sakura said happily.
   “Sure, count me in!” Madison smiled and ran her hands through her long, 
dark
hair.
   “Li, are you coming?” Meilin looked at me. Smile on her face was 
miraculous;
no one had a smile like her. It was original. Beautiful. Lovely.
Passionate.........what am I talking about? Why would I think of her like 
THAT?
   Anyway, I nodded. At least this Wonder Wheel doesn’t have a high speed. I
like this ride, because on it you can see everything on the ground from the 
high
distance.
  All of us stood in front of the Wonder Wheel coaster. It was our turn to 
get
inside the coaster cabinet. A middle aged woman- worker helped Sakura get
inside, and then she helped Madison. Meilin was supposed to go next and then 
I
would follow her inside.
  “I’m sorry, but no more than two persons are allowed in the cabinet.” 
Middle
aged woman said with a sour voice.
  “What do you mean? There’s plenty of room for four of us.” I tried to 
protest
her politely.
  “I know, but rules are rules and there’s nothing I can do about it.” The
middle aged woman replied.
  “But...” Meilin was cut off by slammed door of the cabinet in which Sakura 
and
Madison were sitting.
  “Rules are rules,” The woman repeated. I and Meilin let out a sigh.
  In a few seconds the next cabinet arrived.
  “Well, let’s go in,” I said to Meilin and helped her to get inside. Then I 
got
inside myself. As soon as our cabinet started moving, the door was shut by 
the
Middle Aged Woman.
  It was beautiful day outside, sky was still clear.  And as we were moving 
to
the top of the Wonder Wheel coaster, Meilin and I could see tiny people down 
on
the ground, who were also enjoying this day in the park. I could hear little
kids, screaming in joy as they rode on the other roller coasters. Everybody
seemed so happy. Madison must have been filming it all on camera; I know *I*
would. Unfortunately, we couldn’t see Sakura and Madison in the other 
cabinet.

  As we reached the top of the wheel coaster I looked at Meilin, who was 
gazing
at the beautiful view outside the window. She seemed so carefree, so 
beautiful,
so gentle.... I couldn’t take my gaze off her. I don’t even know why. There 
was
something about her that I have never seen before; something new. Maybe it
wasn’t new for her, but it was for me.
  She caught me watching her. Meilin turned her head in my direction and 
spotted
me gazing at her.
  The girl smiled. She seemed so strong, yet so vulnerable.
  I kept my eyes locked into hers. She was like a magnet, a magnet which was
making me unable to turn away from her ruby red, scarlet colored eyes.
  “Thank you for your gift.” Meilin said calmly and smiled.
  “I am glad you liked the vase.” I felt a slight rush of blood filling my
cheeks. I felt a slight heat of blushing.
  “I wasn’t talking about the vase. I was talking about YOU, being here with 
me,
at this very moment,” I looked at her questionably: why was she saying that?
“Yes, Li. You are my best friend, and I am very grateful to you for that. 
It’s
very important to have somebody in this cruel and difficult world, and I am 
very
happy to have YOU and that’s the greatest gift of all.” She finished her
sentence. I honestly didn’t know what to say, but I tried my hardest to say
something:
  “Meilin...I...I...feel the same too... I am very glade to have you by my 
side.
I consider myself very lucky, you know?” I smiled. It was the truth. I am 
really
lucky to have her. Meilin is a very good friend to me, she always was.
  “Li...,” She looked into my eyes. I saw a little tear formed in the corner 
of
her eye. “I...” Meilin paused, as if having a second thought of saying what 
she
wanted to say. But then, she continued: “LOVE YOU.”
There, she had said it. I was in shock. Well it wasn’t a surprise for me. I 
knew
that Meilin Rae had feelings for me, but I never thought she would just say 
it
to me! Just like that! What followed was worse:
“Li...” Her voice brought me back into reality. My eyes locked on hers. 
There
was a little tension between us, but then she broke it with...........A 
KISS? A
kiss, a liplock, a touch of her lips...against mine. She closed her eyes, 
but I
kept mine open. I didn’t move. To be honest, a part of me enjoyed the soft 
kiss
with Meilin, but I was too terrified and confused to think of the good 
things.
What a hell was she doing? How dare she? I was shocked, confused; pleased? 
Our
kiss lasted about five seconds and then we broke apart. Well actually I 
broke
apart.
  I moved away from her as if she was some kind of a freak, or alien. She 
looked
at me with a confused look on her face and slightly blushing. I, on the 
other
hand was pale like a dead guy.
  I let my boyish instincts get the best of me.
  I quickly started to rub my lips harshly with the back of my hand in 
disgust.
Yes, the young little boy, who was afraid, and hated girls awakened in me. 
My
whole, body started shaking. The only thing which was missing in this scene 
was
what I said next; and what I said next was:
  “Eww! Meilin! Why did you do that? Are you crazy?” Actually I knew why she 
had
done that, but a little boy inside of me told me yell at her. And I obeyed 
him.


TO BE VERY CONTINUED...

AUTHOR’S NOTES: Ok, how was that? Yea, I know, it might seem like its sort 
of
ANGST, but it’s not. The fanfic is pure MeiLi. It’s very important to me to 
know
your opinion, so please: read and review. A note to S+S fans: you can flame 
me
all you like, but you can’t take away my freedom! OOOPS! Too much TV! S+S 
fans!
Everybody has their own opinions, isn’t that right?
Anyways, I’m begging you people! READ AND REVIEW! PLEASE!
                                                             Sincerely,
cardcaptor_girl