Can Hardly Wait

Summary: High school, crushes, attempted homicide, fires, dares, over protective fathers, cheerleading, grape fights, jealousy, love, unrequited love, hate, fate. This is their lives in a nutshell. High school drama in Can Hardly Wait. SasuSaku ShikaIno NaruHina NejiTen and more.

A bubble-gum haired girl stood up in her room admiring her hair in the mirror. She stood in nothing but a tank top and her underwear. She looked over at her closet her emerald eyes were shining with an idea. She walked over and picked out a pink shirt. She smiled and looked through her jeans finding the perfect black pair that fitted her figure nicely. She sat on her bed and slipped the jeans on then slipped the shirt over her head. She sighed smiling then walked back to her mirror. It was the third week in her junior year and she was rather excited to go to school everyday, this year she had fully developed a great figure. She grabbed her long hair and pulled it back into a ponytail.

She smirked in satisfaction. She looked around her room and spotted her jacket. She grabbed it and picked up her book-bag. She ran out of her room hopping down the stairs passed the kitchen. She waved to her parents and walked outside to her car. She sat down her bag and backed out of the driveway.

Her school, Konoha High, wasn't really big, but big enough. The seniors and juniors shared the school together so there was always bickering like no tomorrow. The most interesting part of the school would be the students.

As she parks her car a blonde boy runs up in front of it waving his hands. His blue eyes were closed and he had a goofy smile on his face. She growled in annoyance and steps out of her car looking at her once known friend.

Her eye twitched. 'Uzumaki Naruto, Konoha's best soccer player and the most annoying bug on the planet. Not much is known about him, he doesn't talk about his life, so you really don't know anything about him. People say he's afraid of showing everyone his real life, like he won't be accepted. I don't really remember a lot about him, I finally just reunited with him the beginning of this year since the unfortunate turn out that took place in fifth grade, but anyway that's not really important. Another thing so annoying about Naruto is he has a childish crush on me and that he acts like a child himself, not attractive if you ask me,' she thought to herself growling again.

"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan! Ohayo!" he said walking up to her. He opens his eyes and looks at her.

Hearing her name being repeated she looked at him annoyed as hell. "I can hear you just fine Naruto!" she snapped. 'Was I being a little too harsh?' 'No that baka was being annoying once again!' Her inner self screamed. Yeah her inner self got the better of her most of the time.

Naruto put his hands behind his head. "Hey Sakura-chan, did you finish your homework?" he asked looking at her.

Sakura's eye twitched. 'BAKA!' She looked at him giving her fakest smile. "You didn't do it over the weekend, once again?" she questioned knowing very well the answer.

Naruto shook his head. "I had better stuff to do like the arcade," he stated. He looked at her again. "So did you get an idea for your story yet?"

She sighed. "No I didn't, being the school's newspaper's reporter isn't as easy as it looks Naruto," she answered using her hand to explain.

Naruto nodded like he understood. "Oh well you've always had great ideas before Sakura-chan."

"Well look it's big-forehead!"

Sakura's eyes twitched again and she turned around, Naruto doing the same thing. A girl with blonde hair smirked at her, her friends beside her, giggling. Sakura copied the girls smirk. 'Yamanaka Ino, my worst enemy since fifth grade. The cheerleader thinks she all that, but I know several things about her, it's my job since I'm a reporter. She loves teasing me about my forehead that is slightly larger than everyone else's. She cares about her looks and her reputation more than everything else in the world. If she lost her popularity, she would scream bloody murder and so forth. She like all of the girls in the school, including myself, like the HOTTEST boy in the whole school, probably the whole world, but I'll get to that later. She just doesn't know when to quit.' "Well Ino-pig looks like you've gained some pounds over the weekend, I thought the diet was working," Sakura said making it sound like she wasn't really interested.

Ino's cerulean eyes flashed. "Mark my word Haruno Sakura you'll regret that!" she hissed then turned away with her friends.

Naruto chuckled and smirked at Sakura. "Why can't you diss her in your report the whole school could know her biggest secret, it would be great!" he suggested.

Sakura growled. "Because I have more dignity than that, I would never use such filth for my report, it has to be the best and ruining her life isn't really satisfying," she exclaimed. 'But it would be sweet revenge!'

"I would do it," Naruto stated.

Sakura ignored his last statement, she was in her own thoughts as a boy with raven-hair and dark eyes skated by her on his skateboard. Her heart started to race, she turned around to watch him grind the railing. 'Uchiha Sasuke, the HOTTEST guy in the whole school, Ino and I along with most of the girls in the school would do anything to be with him, but I am not as obsessed as I once was, I still like the guy, oh boy I do. Not much is known about him also, he doesn't open up to people and he doesn't talk a lot, he does his own things. One thing that the whole town knows is that one night when he was eight his family surprisingly went missing, he was the only one, it's a mystery I have to say I am very interested in. I would love to solve it. He's so handsome, he's just the right guy, well the type that I'm interested, and he's all of it.' She waved. "Ohayo Sasuke-kun!" she smiled. He kept on boarding. Her hand went to her side, she turned around and Naruto was looking passed her at Sasuke.

"What's so special about him?" Naruto asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"Everything," Sakura answered as they walked up the stairs to the front doors. Naruto opened the door and they both walked in.

"Well I don't like the bastard," he grumbled.

"You don't like anyone who is hotter than you…by far," she proclaimed.

"He's not hot!" Naruto growled.

"Since when did you start judging guys Naruto?" Sakura smugly asked.

Naruto mumbled a quick answer and began to look at his shuffling feet.

"To you he might not be, but to me and to most of the girls it the school, he is," she stated putting in the combo to her locker and opening it and grabbing a book.

Naruto rolled his eyes and grabbed a book out of her locker.

Sakura growled again. "Get your own fucking locker!" She turned on her heel and stormed off through the crowd. She walked into her class and sat down at her desk. Students were still moving in and out their class, they weren't sure if they liked their classes. 'I wonder if anyone new will be entering,' she thought to herself. She saw Naruto take his normal seat in the back two seats away from her.

"Ohayo…Sakura-chan."

She turned around and smiled. A girl with short dark blue almost black hair stood smiling. Her white eyes traveled to Naruto and she waved. "N-Naruto-kun."

Sakura smiled. 'Hyuuga Hinata, the shyest girl in the whole school. It's so obvious that she has a crush on Naruto, but the baka doesn't notice it one bit. She's sweet and the richest girl in the whole school, I don't know anyone who doesn't like her, it would be like a crime. She blushes a lot and has a stuttering problem; it mostly takes affect when she's around Naruto. It's too bad that he's the biggest baka known to man or they would make a cute couple. Really prefect too.' Sakura looked at Naruto then back to Hinata. She smiled while giggling. "Drooling Hinata-chan?"

Hinata blushed and rushed to her desk.

Sakura chuckled to herself and leaned into her seat. She saw Ino walk in and take a seat in front with some of her friends. Then she looked at the door when Sasuke walked in and took his seat in the back.

After that was a boy with dark hair that was in a small ponytail with chocolate eyes. He had his hands in his pockets. He sat in his seat lazily and sighed annoyed. "Another troublesome day," he mumbled.

'Nara Shikamaru, the biggest laziest bum around. He's got an IQ of 200, but he always falls asleep during his test and he won't pick up a pencil to do his homework. He likes to play Go a lot and he hardly talks, if it's too loud in class he slightly curses to make everyone know that he is annoyed. He always has his eyes closed trying to sleep, but the teacher talking or Ino's blabbing always wakes him up.' She rested her elbows on the desk then turned her head back to Sasuke in the back of the room. Sasuke turned his head to the side and their eyes met, but right away he looked back to the board rather bored.

Sakura's heart was racing. 'He looked at you! That's the way!' She blushed and looked at the chalkboard.

The bell rung signaling that if anyone walked in after it they were tardy. She looked around the room; their sensei was late…as usual. The room was filled with conversations.

"Great," Shikamaru mumbled.

Sakura looked at him. "Having a rough day Shikamaru?" she asked.

Shikamaru looked at her lazily then looked at the window, which was next to his desk. "It's always a bother…to come to this place," he informed.

There was a poof and their sensei appeared, with gray hair and black eyes, one of them covered.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto shouted across the room and the teacher appeared.

"Sorry I…" Kakashi was cut off.

"Save the excuses just get on with it," Sasuke muttered.

Kakashi rubbed the back of his head with one of his hands. He turned around to the chalkboard and started writing. "Today's lesson is on the great work of Icha Icha Paradise!" he exclaimed. The room of was full of groans.

"Sensei really, come on, you already had us read volume one to six, do we have to read more?" Sakura asked raising her hand.

Kakashi looked at her. "Well Sakura…this book is the most interesting," he stated pointing at the book in his hand.

"That's what you said the last time," Shikamaru mumbled.

"What was that Shikamaru?" Kakashi asked.

"Nothing," Shikamaru answered.

"Anyone else have anything to say?" Kakashi asked.

"Why don't you have us do something not so dumb," Sasuke suggested.

Kakashi looked at his student. "It's settled, I want this read by Wednesday," he proclaimed.

"But sensei it's Monday," Naruto complained.

"Naruto be quite before you make it worse!" Ino demanded.

Sakura opened the book after Kakashi handed them out. 'Is the rest of the day going to be this boring?' she asked herself.

The rest of the hour went by Sakura reading her book, Shikamaru watching the clouds, Naruto losing his place, Ino talking and passing notes, Hinata reading and taking glances at Naruto, and Sasuke doing something better.

The bell rung and everyone stood up and went to their other classes. Sakura smiled. Her next class was Journalism, her favorite class. She walked out of her classroom, to her locker, to her next class. She sat at a table waiting for her partner to walk in.

"Sakura-chan!"

Sakura turned her head to the door seeing a girl walk in with blonde hair and hazel eyes. She walked up to Sakura. Sakura stood up and hugged the girl. The two of the sat down at the table. 'Zing Gasha, a friend of mine that I met last year in journalism, she isn't really from this town, but the town she was from was transferred here, well most of the students. She's fun to hang with, she's not a girly girl, but she's into shopping and she's into roller-blading on weekends and other sports. She's very cocky, but she's an interesting person.' "Morning Gasha," Sakura said smiling.

Gasha sighed and looked at her. "Azuma-sensei gave us homework, what does Kakashi-sensei have planned?" she asked.

"Reading Icha Icha Paradise, again," Sakura answered.

Gasha sighed in disappointment. "Figures." She smiled like a schoolgirl. "He's SO adorable," she cooed.

Sakura looked at her interested. "You better not be talking about Sasuke-kun Gasha, you know I'd hurt you," she informed.

"Don't worry its not," Gasha stated blushing.

Sakura looked at the chalkboard. Their teaching was looking at them smiling. "Well class, we need Friday's paper down by of course Friday, we need it to be interesting, full of excitement," she exclaimed. She looked at Sakura. "Do you have any ideas?"

Sakura thought for a minute. "Not at the moment," she answered. "But I will by the end of the day. You don't have to worry Anko-sensei."

Anko smiled. "Of course not."

"Uh…Anko-sensei what's today's homework?" Gasha asked.

Anko turned back around and scratched the back of her head. "I almost forgot…thanks Gasha, it's um a free day today, I want you just to write an article," she proclaimed.

The students nodded.

Gasha bit down on the tip of her pencil. "What do you think I should write my article on, Sakura?" she asked.

Sakura looked at her. "Well knowing how you like to nose into other people's business, maybe you should do a gossip section for today," she suggested.

Gasha's eyes widened. "You're so right!" She pulled out paper and started writing.

Sakura looked around. What was she to do for her paper?

"Oh I almost forgot…we have to do a broadcast!" Anko said smiling.

Sakura sweat-dropped. 'She always does this.' She raised her hand. "I'd love to be the reporter this time."

"Of course," Anko said allowing Sakura to walk about behind the counter.

Gasha smiled and stood behind where she was suppose to. Anko put on headphones and looked at Sakura lifting up her fingers.

Other crewmen and women surrounded around. Her partner came up and sat down. He looked at her his teeth shining. He had a bowl-cut and fuzzy eyebrows. "You'll do great Sakura-san!"

Sakura sweat-dropped again. 'Rock Lee, one of the seniors in our class. He always does that thing with his teeth sometimes he even winks. He's asked me out once, but I of course said no.' She looked at the camera.

"In three…two…one," Anko whispered.

The camera light came on. Sakura and Lee smiled. "Good morning Konoha High! I'm Rock Lee and beside me is the lovely Haruno Sakura," Lee said winking.

"This week is full of excitement," Sakura exclaimed.

"That's right Sakura-san, and the weather should be great," Lee beamed.

"Speaking of the weather, let's hand the mic to Gasha to give us the week's weather," Sakura stated.

"Thanks Sakura, hi I'm Zing Gasha with the weather, today should be in the high 80's, no chance of rain, and not a cloud in sight. The rest of the week should be beautiful as well, and on Saturday there is a 40 percent chance of rain," Gasha stated. "Back to you Sakura."

Sakura looked at the camera. "Thanks Gasha, well seniors, I hope you're ready for the big swim bash this Friday, it starts at noon and ends at three, lunch will be provided so you won't have to pack one, please don't forget your swimwear," she read of the screen. She raised an eyebrow. 'Anko and her style.'

Lee nodded. "Juniors are welcome to join as well, please this is a time for fun so don't miss out," he read.

'Definitely Gai-sensei's work,' Sakura thought. "Now to Sami for the sports," she stated.

The other girls smiled. "Thanks Sakura, good day I'm Mathers Sami, I sure won't miss out on the swim bash this Friday. Are you into sports? Well I am happy to say that the girls' volleyball team won their last game Friday, thanks to the very talented captain TenTen, we hope you girls have another great season like last year's. In other news our own Hyuuga Neji won his third match, just like his others, of the season during the semi-finals for Boxing Saturday along with Rock Lee, take us to nationals, boys," she said smiling.

"Wow it looks like we're going to have a great season," Lee said smirking.

"It sure does. In other news Kakashi-sensei in room 112 will be starting a book club, it begins Tuesday after school," Sakura informed.

"Have you signed up for basketball? Well if you haven't its not too late, please get a form from Gai-sensei, you must have a physical dated after May 1st," Lee proclaimed.

"Well that's it for the news, thanks for your time, I'm Haruno Sakura."

"I'm Rock Lee."

"I'm Zing Gasha."

"And I'm Mathers Sami."

"Thanks for joining us today," Sakura finished.

"Three…two…one…and cut!" Anko shouted. "Great, you guys were great!"

Sakura smiled and left heading to Gasha. "Well that was interesting."

Gasha nodded. "And she said it was a free day, free day my ass," she mumbled under her breath.

The bell rung and it was time for the next class. Sakura walked in and sat down in her seat. The guy in front of her turned around and smiled. "Sakura." He had brown hair and black eyes; he also had red mark on his cheeks. 'Inuzuka Kiba, another guy I've known for a long time. He loves dogs and sometimes I think he spoils his pet dog, Akamaru, too much, he can be a jerk, but other than that he's okay. Naruto and him don't get along.' "Hello," Sakura said looking at her papers putting her feet on her desk. "Kiba, you wouldn't know what I could do my paper on do you?"

Kiba looked at her. "Um, you could do something about…well how about…no, uh I don't know."

She sighed. "No problem." She looked at the door seeing Sasuke walk in with Naruto blabbing behind him like a baka. Sasuke had his eyes closed and his hands in his pockets; he walked to his seat and sat down.

Naruto sat down in a seat by her. "You were great Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed.

Sakura rolled her eyes. She saw Hinata walking in. "Hey Hinata!" Hinata looked at her and smiled walking over.

She bowed her head. Hinata sat down in front of Sakura.

Sakura's nose wrinkled once Ino walked in talking with her friends. Shikamaru walked in with a cubby guy with reddish brownish hair with red swirls on his cheeks behind him. Sakura looked at the board. 'Akimichi Chouji, Shikamaru's best friend since forever. He's a little on the cubby side, no one dares to call him fat or pig let alone the two together, Chouji has a temper of three hogs on a rampage, and that isn't pretty. He loves eating his chips during class.'

Their sensei walked in. She had long curly black hair and red eyes. She looked at the class. She smiled.

Gasha ran into the room taking her seat behind Sakura. She took deep breaths in and out. "Sorry, I almost didn't make it, Kurenai-sensei."

Kurenai looked over the room and started to talk, "I'm setting you all up into partners for an assignment, a big assignment."

Ino rose her hand.

"No Ino, you won't choose your partners, I will choose them for you," Kurenai informed.

The class groaned.

Kurenai smirked. "And there will be four in a team," she stated.

Sakura looked back at Gasha who mouthed, 'good luck.'

Naruto raised his hand. "Kurenai-sensei, please don't make me be on the same as…"

Kurenai shook her head. "That would ruin the project you two would kill each other," she smiled, "you're on Hinata, Kiba, and Kaylin's team," she stated.

Kiba growled. "Kurenai-sensei that's murder!" Kiba shouted.

"Get over it Inuzuka," Naruto hissed.

Kurenai looked around the room. "Gasha, Shino, May-Lynn, and Gaara," she informed. Sakura turned and looked at Gasha who was smiling and blushing. Sakura smiled and looked back at Kurenai.

Kurenai looked at Sakura still smirking. "And you Sakura, you're on the team with Sasuke, Shikamaru and…"

'Cha cha cha!' Inner Sakura screamed. 'Show him how it's done!'

"Ino," Kurenai finished.

Sakura's eyes widened.

"WHAT!" shouted both Ino and Sakura standing out of their seats.

Kurenai smiled. "A two week project," she ended.

Author's Notes:

So how was that? Good? Bad? In between? Well I enjoyed writing it and it will so be worth you reading, just to let you know it gets so much better in the later chapters, I can't wait to write them!

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