Life.

Life is just a game and I am a pawn.

People use me as they wish.

I am a sacraficial piece.

Sometimes I must be in pain for others to be happy.

Life is cruel and unfair.

It's ruled by the kings and queens of drama.

They care only of themselves when making decisions.

Life is just a game and I am a useless piece.

I am only used when needed.

When I'm not I am pushed aside.

Life is life.

The only thing I can do is live thru it and deal as best as I can.

I am nothing.

I am stressed.

I am depressed.

I am bipolar.

I am a bitch.

I am worthless.

I am a teenage girl.

I am…Temari.

And this is only a glimpse of my life.

I couldn't believe I had gotten myself into this situation, but I was in it. I had always been one of those outspoken girls that had wanted something to do to be able to shout my heart out. Don't get me wrong I chose this because I love it, but I may not seem like the right type for it. Cheerleading is my life and I had just tried out for my high school cheer squad.

"How did you do Temari?" Tenten, one of my cheer friends asked me.

"I was a little nervous, but it was most likely from waiting so long to go." I said, still shaking from my performance. I had just finished trying out with two other girls, who weren't good at all, and my nerves were still going crazy.

"True. You were one of the last ones to go." Said Sakura, another of my cheer friends agreed. Tenten, Sakura, and I walked back into the waiting room where the other cheer wanna-bes were. Tenten and Sakura had been secretly watching my tryout, even though they weren't supposed to. We walked up to the remaining girls of our group Ino and Hinata.

"Do you think you made varsity?" Ino blabbed out the moment she saw me. Ino had always been in a competition with me. She would always say she will never let me be better than her. So if I had gotten something hard down, then she would be doing it just because I had. It gets annoying, but competition helps you to get better.

"Probably not. I fell on my tuck." I said sadly. Hinata patted my back.

"It's okay. You're so good you still made it." She gave me a shy smile and it lifted my spirits, but only by a fraction.

"So what's everyone doing today?" Tenten asked excitedly. Ino and Sakura shrugged, Hinata put a finger on her chin and thought, I just blurted out the first thing that came to my mind.

"Nothing."

"That suc-" Ino was cut off by the cheer coach.

"Good job to everyone who tried out today. The judges are tallying up the scores now and the results will most likely be posted at noon tomorrow. Go home, get a good rest, and we'll see you tomorrow." Anko yelled at us before exiting. My friends and I walked out of the waiting room and outside of the gym.

"Bye guys. I'll see you tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed." I said, crossing my fingers for example, before walking away from them with my sling bad held lazily in my hand, sort of dragging on the sidewalk. I didn't live very close to the gym, but not too far either so I usually walked home.

I can't believe I didn't land my tuck. I probably didn't make varsity because of it. Ugh. If I made JV then I will be pissed. Oh well. At least I'm better than Ino. I thought with a smirk on my face. I rounded the corner onto my street. My neighborhood wasn't poor, but not rich either. It was a little more than average.

I waited for a few cars to go by so I could cross the street. "Hey Temari. How was tryouts?" I turned to see my neighbor from across the street standing in his driveway with a basketball in his hands.

"Hey Shikamaru." I said dully. Shikamaru was going to be in 8th grade while I was moving on to high school. I wasn't excited to be a freshman. Shikamaru was a year younger than me, but damn was he smart. Smarter than me even though I don't want to admit it. I also wouldn't admit (out loud) that I found him kind of attractive.

"Why so bummed? Did you bomb it?" I rolled my eyes while placing my hands on my hips.

"Of course not!" He gave me a smile and through the ball towards me. I caught it easily and raised an eyebrow.

"Want to play a lil one on one?" I nodded while walking over to him and dribbling the ball. The other thing I hate to admit about him was that he was better than me at basketball, but I didn't care. I still had fun playing against him.

"You okay?" I sat down in the grass breathing hard. I was still tired from tryouts and it was really hot outside. It must have taken a toll on me.

"Yeah I'm fine. Can we just hang out and not play?" I asked shyly. He nodded and sat down across from me.

"Scared I'm going to beat you?" He gave me a smirk and I just mock glared at him.

"Yeah right! I can totally woop your ass." I sighed. "So what's up?" He looked at me confused.

"What do you mean?" For a genius he could be dumb sometimes. Well that's why I loved him. In a totally brotherly kind of way. I corrected myself.

"What have you been up to lately? I haven't talked to you in a while. Anything new going on?" He thought about it and I watched his emotions and expressions dance across his face. He looked like he was fighting something and it was bugging me. "Spit it out already!" I yelled at him.

"You know Ino Yamanaka right?" I raised an eyebrow, but replied.

"Yeah. She's one of my fr…" I thought. "She's an aquaintance." He nodded and seemed like he was going to continue, but didn't.

"Well we're dating." I stared at him in shock. "I also got a new guitar and other than that nothing new." Him and Ino? No way! Not possible.

Why do I care? Because he's your best friend and she's a bitch. You can't let him go out with her. She'll hurt him. She's a bitch. A rich, selfish bitch. I clenched my fists and put on a fake smile.

"You okay Temari?" Damn he knew me too well.

"Yeah just fine. I got to go I'm sorry." I said standing up. I tried to walk away, but my friend stopped me by grabbing my wrist. I looked at him. "I have to go Shika."

"Are you mad at me?"

"Of course not Shika!" I said cheerily and he let go of my wrist. "I'll see you later. We need to hang out again someday. We haven't spent enough time together." I waved and walked away from him. Why did I have to like him so much? I finally accepted the truth that I like Shikamaru as I walked into my house. I turned around to wave back at him before walking inside my house.

Why did my life have to suck?

A/N: Okay I don't know where this came from, but the thought came to me. That poem/thing at the beginning I made while laying in bed before I went to sleep. Lately my stories have come to me right before I go to bed. Must be my story writing/thinking time. Hope you liked my story review please. Don't know exactly where I'm going with this.

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