disclaimer: Ugh. I'm really starting to get sick of typing this thing. Disney/Buena Vista and Shakespeare own Puck, CKL owns himself, Clamp owns CCS, I own myself, and Anne McCaffrey owns all the lovely characters and creatures of/from Pern. (Rats, rats, rats!)

Real People
Chapter Siete

Sarah let out a pain-filled, ear-piercing scream. Chris tightened his grip to keep his hold on Sarah as she thrashed around wildly.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!! HE'S CALLING ME! HE'S CALLING ME! MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE! MAKE IT STOP! AAAAAAHHHH!!!! NO! GET BEHIND ME, EVIL! LEAVE ME ALONE! HE'S CALLING MEEEEEEE!!!!!" Sarah cried hysterically in her sleep. The others exchanged worried glances.

"This does not sound good," commented Syaoran.

"No, it doesn't," Puck ruefully agreed. "The fact that our oh-so-wonderful enemy is calling her is pretty bad. Not to mention the reaction she's having to his summons."

"We still have twenty days left and already he's calling her to him?! What kind of kook is he?!" demanded Sakura angrily.

"Obviously one with no sense of tact whatsoever." Sakura flashed a very good death glare at her boyfriend for his comment.

19 DAYS LEFT...
PUCK'S P.O.V.

It was amazing. The summons had finally stopped and Sarah was no longer in pain. Instead, she was now even more alert than before and acting as though she had been drinking thirty gallons of java. Not to mention super jumpy...The girl would jump if somebody so much as sneezed or coughed!

SARAH'S P.O.V.

Java!...Java java java!

"Sarah, would you please stop saying 'java'?" asked a very weary and annoyed Syaoran. I hadn't realized I'd been saying it out loud. I turned to apologize.

"Java! Java java java! Java java java java!" [translation: "Syaoran! I'm really sorry! I hadn't meant to!"] He only stared at me as if I'd grown six heads.

"Yeah, whatever."

"JAVA!" [translation: "JERK!"]

"Puck? Do you think we're getting close?" Puck mulled over Sakura's question.

"I'm not sure. Sarah? What do you think?"

"Java, java java java java java! Java java, java java..." [translation: "Oh, I'm sure we're getting closer! At least, I hope..."}

"Oh, okay," replied Puck. "I hope so, too." Sakura and Syaoran stared at him in shock.

"How'd you understand what she said?" demanded Syaoran.

"Yeah! All I heard was 'java'!" Sakura also demanded.

"Simple," answered the Puck. "I read the bolded translation next to what she said." Sakura and Syaoran stopped paying attention to anything Puck or Sarah said after that.

"JAVA!!!!!!!!!" [translation: "STOP!!!!!!!!!"]

"What? What is it?" Puck asked very frantically.

"Java java java! Java java java java java java!" [translation: "I don't know! I just have this weird feeling!"] Sakura and Syaoran exchanged bored glances. Puck, however, was very worried and very frantic.

Okay! Sorry to cut it short! But chapter ocho is gonna be a doozy whopper! Anyway, here's something for you guys to ponder for a while: Will I (Sarah) EVER stop saying "java"? Will we ever make it out alive? Will I ever shut up? All this and MORE on Real People Chapter Ocho! So stay tuned!