She was only 16. She was just standing there, motionless. She could hear the waves crossing on the jagged rocks beneath her. Her long pink hair seemed to move lifelessly in the wind. She realized, something was missing. "Is fate, the one thing that keeps us together? Is there a thing called destiny? Or is it all just a lie to make life worth living for?" She asked herself.
"Hey Sakura!" Shouted a blonde haired girl. Sakura put on a fake smile.
"Ino, what is it this time?" She asked teasingly.
"Your coming with me and stop moping around everywhere will ya?" Ino said while dragging Sakura away from the shore.
"Who said I was moping...Ino-pig?" She was back to normal.
"I did forehead-girl." Ino and Sakura started having a staring contest.
"Hey Ino-pig, last one to the mall is a rotten egg!" She said before taking off.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Ino ran after her.
At the mall,
"Oy, Sakura over here!" Tenten yelled waving her hands. Sakura was in the lead but Ino was catching up. Sakura had won the race but decided not to rub it in Ino's face.
"So...Ino you said...you wanted to tell...me something?" Sakura said in between breaths.
"Yeah...I'm having a sleep-...over tomorrow...Boys and girls." Ino said in between breaths. Sakura's head immediatly shot up.
"Say what now? Boys and girls? Why not just girls?"
"You know why Sakura. Cause first of all, boys are hot two, they are great kissers ,and third well...They are just way to hot! Besides wouldn't it be fun?" Then a girl with shoulder lenght red hair came up and joined the conversation.
"Ino's right for a change. You said you wanted something new didn't you? And I heard Naruto had a really hot friend who's going to school with us next week!" Kairi giggled.
"Kairi, you know I'm not intrested since..." Sakura looked away from her friends.
"Sorry Sakura...I-I forgot..." Kairi knew that Sakura was still sensitive after her breakup. Kairi put on a fake smile. "Let's not linger in the past anymore! So Ino, who'd you invite?"
"Let's see...You, Sakura, Tenten, Hinata, Naruto, Shikamaru, Takashi, Naruto's friend,Gaara and...Neji..." Ino made sure his name was last. "Anyway it's tomorrow at 1 o'clock, oh yeah there will be scary movies, karaeoke, food of course, and truth or dare. And maybe I'll let you guys come in my pool."
"Maybe?" Tenten said while approching Ino. "You do mean you 'will' let us in your pool." She smirked.
"Oh fine then. There'll be swimming too. Happy?" Tenten, Kairi, and Sakura smiled.
"Yep!" They said in unison.
"Hey Sakura," Hinata said shly, "I really wanna check out that new store with the really cute outfits. You um wanna go with me?" Sakura smiled.
"Yeah why not? I need to find an outfit for Ino's sleepover anyway. Just make sure your'll able to keep up." She started walking but she didn't lokk where she was going...
"Sakura!" Kairi shouted, but it was too late. Sakura had run into a guy with onyx eyes and dark blue hair. they both fell on their buts. Kairi,Tenten,Hinata,and Ino sweatdropped.
"Ow! My butt..." Sakura said while rubbing her butt. The man beside her seemed very pissed.
"Watch were you're going next time pinky." He said while getting up. A vein twitched on Sakura's forehead.
"Oy he's cute..." Tenten.Ino, and Kairi had hearts in their eyes.
"Excuse me chicken head! You can't even bother to ask me if I was alright? And besides it was as much as your fault as it was mine so don't blame this all on me!" Sakura said while getting up and dusting of her pants. By the way she was wearing a white spagehtti strap top and cacki pants. Her hair was hanging freely and her once emerald eyes now had flames in them. She was considered one of the most beautiful girls in the city.
"Your annoying, you know that? Go bump into another innocent bystandered will ya?" Before Sakura could answer a blonde haired(His hair looked like Kakashi's except it was blonde.) boy with sky blue eyes shouted out loud.
"Hey Sasuke! You shouldn't ditch the group you moron! Oh, Sakura I didn't see you there. Anyway have any-'
"You know this idiot!" Sakura and Sasuke said in unison. "Hey!"
"Oh um Sasuke this is Sakura and she is one of my best friends. And Sakura this is Sasuke one of my other best friends."
"He's one of your best friends!" Sakura said while walking back to Hinata.
"And that girl is one of your best friends? Man, you must be desparate." He said while walking toward Naruto. Sakura just frowened and walked away with the rest of the girls.
"Hey be nice, she just got through a nasty break up with her ex. She don't need your cold shoulder." Naruto said while elbowing him in the side.
"With who may I ask and why exactly?" Sasuke said while returning Naruto's elbow to the side.
"His name's Neji and he is one of the hottest guys around. Sakura saw him with another girl and said she never wanted to hear his damn lies anymore and that was that. But the bastard Neji said she had her facts all wrong and said he still liked her but she hasn't talked to him yet. Still pretty upset. I mean Sakura is." Naruto scratched the back of his head.
"Oh...the guy was an idiot...she's kinda cute..." Sasuke just continued his walk.
"...Hey,wait up!" Naruto ran after him.
Back with the girls,
"Good for nothing jerk!" Sakura said while trying on a tank top that said 'Waiting for my ninja.' that haid the words in pink and the shirt was grey.
"He was hot though!" Ino said loud enough to get peoples attention.
"So what? He's still a jerk...Hey how do I look?" Sakura said while coming out of the changing room with that shirt on and jean shortpants with a necklace with a cherry on it.
"Great!" Ino said.
"Hot!" Tenten said.
"P-Pretty" Hinata said.
"Oh you say something? Hey nice clothes." Kairi said while taking her gaze of a beautiful neckalace.
"Um I'll take that as cute. Anyway you guys can go ahead and go home if you want."
"Okay see ya tomorrow Sakura!" Kairi and Tenten said while running off towards their house.
"Is shopping with me that bad?" Sakura asked but Ino and Hinata skready left. "Could of said bye at least." she mummbled.
1 hour later,
"Great it's raining!" Sakura was carrying atleast 20 bags and she just rembered she ran to the mall.
"Don't you have a car?" Someone asked behind her.
"Huh? Oh it's just you Sasuke." She said with a tone of annoyance.
"Guess you don't want a ride home than? Oh well have fun in the rain ecspecially with all those bags." He smirked.
"Wait! Okay I'll take back what I said, just please help." She pleaded.
"Where do you live?" He started helping her with her bags.
"6th street. My house is the one with the big cherry blossom trees in front. Can't miss it." She said while getting into his black sports car. "Sasuke...why are you being so nice?"
"..." He shrugged.
"Anyway...Thanks." She said while giving him a genuine smile.
10m minutes of silence,
"Oh there's my house. Thanks again Sasuke." she smiled than grabbed all her bags. "Night."
"Hn." Then he drove off into the rain. Sakura entered her house and placed her bags on the couch. She than grabbed some ships and crashed on to the empty space on the couch.
"You have 2 new messages." Her answering machine said.
"Oh might have been Ino." She said and pressed the play button.
"Message one, 'Sakura...it's me Neji. What...What you saw that night...it wasn't what it looked like...I swear. And I know that you hate every fiber of my bein but...I can't just let you slip away. Please...we need to talk.' At 6:35 Friday the 7th."
"...Neji..."
"Message two, 'Hey Sakura, it's Ino who else? Anyway don't forget about tomorrow! Remember bring your bathing suit! Bye!' At 6:48 Friday the 7th. End of messages."