*A.N.: so this is my first fan-fiction and I would appreciate some tips or stuff that I did good or bad you know so yea wish me luck*

"Hey!"

The tiny Read head looked up from her music sheet just in time to see a small pebble hit her window. She rose from her desk and walked to her window only to meet a pair of onyx eyes staring up at her.

"Sasuke-kun!" she smiled

"Grace-Chan can you come out today?" His raven hair blew in the wind

"I don't know." She shrugged "I'll have to ask my uncle." Fear danced in her eyes and the boy could see it.

"Be careful!" He whispered.

She shrugged and walked slowly away from the window to her uncle who was now laid out on the kitchen floor drunk as ever. She composed herself, fixing her hair and brushing off and smoothing down her white flowy tank-top. She smiled and taped him on the shoulder.

"Uncle?"

"WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW BRAT?" he snapped

"Can I go outside and play with Sasuke Uchiha?"

"Go where you want just get the hell out of here!"

She nodded, walked towards the door, grabbed her shoes, and walked outside. Sasuke saw her and calmly walked up to her with a tiny rose in his hand.

"I… saw this and it reminded me of you…" He laughed and with a small blush continued "Since your hair matches the petals.

"Thanks Sasuke-kun!"

The happy little five year old took the rose smelled and then stuck it in her hair. The two talked and laughed for hours until it got dark.

"I…I should probably start home now. It's getting dark" This time her blue eyes spoke something for than fear, pure terror.

"Let me walk you home then."Sasuke's onyx eyes almost demanded.

"Ok!"

Grace complied happily but the walk home was nothing close to happy. It was silent, full of dread and fear for the young girl and the boy who would might have to lie again to his father the head of the police force about the condition of his tiny friend if he didn't want her to be killed. But soon the walk was over and the door stands in front of her.

"Good-bye Sasuke-kun."

"G…Goodbye Grace-Chan"

She turned and walked inside. The inside was completely dark. C-R-A-C-K! An empty beer bottle hit the wall. She ducked just in time.

"WHARE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"

"With Sasuke Uchiha I told you."

"Yea? You've been around those Uchihas an awful lot."

"Well he's…"

"WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?"

He grabbed her by the hair and threw her against the wall.

"N…Nothing!" She screamed

"Good!"

A smile formed on his lips. Grace picked herself up and took a steep towards the attic stairs which led to her tiny room up there.

"And just where do you think you're going?"

"To my room."

"SIT DOWN!"

He pushed her agenst the wall then proceeded to beat her Landing hit after hit and all she could do was stand there and take it. By the time he was done she had a black eye, four gashes on her right arm and a bloody lip.

"You know…you should really get some sleep." He hissed this time almost a snake like grin appeared. He raised his Beer bottle to his lips drank the last of it then in one finishing blow smashed it agenst the young girls head. In an instant everything went black.

Grace awoke Panting these flash backs had been occurring more and more. She smoothed her hair back and got out of her bed. In her navy blue cotton shorts and black v neck shirt she walked to the kitchen of her little apartment that she shared with her best friend Ino Yamanaka. She must have been at the flower shop because that was the only reason she was ever out of the house this early. But Grace wasn't complaining she enjoyed the peace. Not to say that she hated the loud environment her friend brought with her she loved Ino like the sister she never had but how they ended up Best friends was beyond her. Grace Herself was quite yet funny and elegant and Ino was loud and outgoing. She sighed and looked in the mirror touching the scar that happened the night of the flashback she just had. It had been 11 years now and she was now 16. But she could still never forget. She still technically lived with her uncle but when he was drunk enough she would come here and spend the week here till it was noticed that she was gone.

Suddenly the door creaked open and the redhead turned around and her midnight blue eyes lit up as she faced possibly one of her greatest friends in the world