"Sakura, why do these drinks have such dirty names?"
"I don't know Naruto, I don't name them!"
"SAKURAA! WHAT'S A BLOW JOB?!"
"Shut up you dobe"
"I swear, one of these days I'm going to rip that mouth of yours off"
"But really Sakura, what is it?"
"Ugh, I can't believe I'm saying this…it's when a woman bends down---"
"He meant the drink, pinky"
"SASUKE! WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT CALLING ME THAT?"
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Disclaimer: I own the plot, nothing else. I don't own the characters and the names of the drinks are real and aren't made up.
Strawberry Ice
Chapter 1: Bloody Mary
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"Sakura! I need one long Island and one Red Lotus"
"Hold on a sec!" I told my best friend, Shikamaru.
I'm Sakura Haruno, the 21 year old with rosy pink hair and bright green eyes. Yeah I know what you're thinking, "Oh my god what a freak!" Well you know what go screw yourself because I'm proud of the way I am. I'm pretty thin, but not SO thin that my bones are popping out everywhere. I have some curves and a flat chest. Yeah you can't say anything about that cause your mom has no boobs either BURRNN! …I'm joking, don't get offended. I enjoy a good burn sometimes, but it actually depends on what time of the month it is.
I'm pretty desperate for money right now. I need money to pay off my college funds and for my dorm room. What other job could be better than being a bartender! Or err…barmaid, since I'm a girl, or woman I should say. I work at a nightclub called "Club Mellow Melon". What a cheesy name I know, but the name kind of describes the place.
The lights are blue and are shaped like a star. The dance floor looks like a giant Dance Dance Revolution mat except without the arrows, and it takes up 1/3 of the whole place. The counter is made out of a dark red mahogany wood. The bar stools and chairs are neon green, and the tables are yellow, but here's the best part:
They GLOW in the dark.
How amazing is that?! Anyways the Club is owned by my parent's friend Tsunade, so I get paid more than the other workers. She has been taking care of me ever since my parents died in a car accident 10 years ago. A lot of people say I have Tsunade's personality, and her hatred to lose. Tsuande is 50 years old and is still single; I hope I don't take after her love life.
Ever since my parents died, I've always wanted to become a doctor. I think the actual reason why my parents didn't survive is because the doctors were stupid assholes who didn't even bother trying to help save them. They took a glance at my parent's bloody body and left it there even though their heart was still beating. I still remember their exact words
"No point in trying, they're going to die in 30 seconds anyways"
Anyways way from the sad stuff, now on to my social life! Oh joy. Well I was a loner when I was small, due to my enormous forehead, but I eventually grew into it. My first friend was Ino, I met her when I was four, and still today we're still as close as ever! Ino is a burlesque dancer. No she's not a stripper; she is a very… confident actress. I've been to one of her shows before, she's really good! The only part I dislike is the striptease. Striptease and taking off all your clothes are two different things people! Don't get the wrong idea.
Now on to Shikamaru, where shall I start?He is a very lazy person, but EXTREMELY smart. Whenever I need help on my assignments he is always willing to help…well not really, I have to beg him few times until he gives in. He's also one of my best friends. Being the lazy person he is, he's very impatient…oh shit speaking of impatient…
"SAKURA! Hurry up with the drinks!"
"Sorry Shika!" I replied with a nervous smile on my face as I took out a bottle of vodka from the cabinet.
"You've been day dreaming again" Shikamaru said while rolling his eyes.
I giggled and poured the ingredients in a shaker, and began shaking the piece of metal vigorously. I opened the lid and poured the contents in a martini glass. I repeated this process once more. I placed the drinks on a tray and walked towards Shikamaru.
"Which table?" I asked.
"Table 12 on the left" Shikamaru said while cleaning the glasses.
I scanned the room looking for a table with a card that the number 12.
"SAKURA!"
I groaned, and turned around. It was the one and only Rock Lee…well Lee for short. Lee has had this gigantic crush on me ever since we were 12. He's a really sweet guy once you get to know him. But he can get annoying sometimes. He's WAAY to passionate about his "youth" and his burning desire to become my husband…oh joy.
The guy sitting at the same table as him is Neji Hyuga. A man with healthy looking hair, and white eyes with no pupils. I refer to him as Spiderman because of 2 reasons:
One: because he got bitten by a spider when he went camping last summer
Two: whenever he sense something bad is going to happen, it happens. Kind of like Spiderman's spidey sense.
Aside from the weird side that Neji has, he is genuinely kind to me, but we're nothing more than friends.
"I didn't know you work here Sakura" Neji smirked.
I smiled, "How else am I going to pay off my college fees haha"
"Sakura! You are gorgeous as ever!" Lee said with a bright smile on his face, I smiled once again.
"I'm guess the red lotus is for you Lee? And the long island is for Neji?" I questioned while putting down the glasses.
Neji nodded, and Lee…well he had his eyes wide open with a bunch of stars twinkling.
"SAKURA! Amazing as always! You're so smart!" he said.
Instead of telling him to shut up and ripping his mouth off, I smiled and told him, "I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to stir up some more drinks". And with that comment I left the table as quickly as I could. I placed the tray in the sink for Shikamaru to wash and I started straightening out the wine bottles.
"God, what took you so long?" Shikamaru asked with that annoyed/bored look on his face. I swear that's the only look he ever has on his face…except for the time we saw a horror movie, Saw 3 to be exact. Damn he starting throwing up like no tomorrow, and I started laughing so hard that I almost died.
"Take closer look at table 2 will ya?" I replied, straightening out the whiskey bottles now.
"Excuse me" a voice said.
I turned around, ready to take their order. That calm expression I had on my face turned into a wow-that's-hot look. I tried my best to stop my jaw from dropping and to stop my mouth from drooling. That voice I just heard a few seconds ago came from a drop, dead, GOREGOUS man. Aside from his messed up bird hair, he had the most gorgeous face ever. Clear and pale skin, ebony black eyes, moist and chapped lips, and it seems that he was toned too.
"Uh...y-yes may I take your o-order" I managed to spit out.
"Hn, one Bloody Mary" he replied.
It wasn't until then that I realized he has 2 girls clinging on arms. One on the left and one on the right. Surprisingly they weren't wearing any slutty clothes. Just capris and a halter top, but the look in their eyes just said it all, they wanted to screw him. I gave them a disgusted look and they both glared at me, obviously. I snapped back to reality took out a brand new bottle of vodka and started working my magic.
"Sasuke" The girl on the left said, "I must say, your show earlier was amazing…mhm?"
The girl on the right glared at her and said, "Defiantly, and you know what else is amazing---"
"Here's your Bloody Mary" I said cutting off the girl, which resulted in her glaring at me.
Did I cut her off like that on purpose? Or was that accidental. It was on purpose, because those girls are so damn annoying. But thanks to the girls, I learned the sexy beast's name. Unfortunately he looks like the player type, so I'm going to try to leave him alone. I don't believe in love at first sight, who ever made up that stupid theory is obviously messed in the head. At one point in my life I did believe in that mumbo jumbo crap, but that was when I was sixteen. When I was sixteen I knew nothing about love and I believe every single guy who said he loved me, WOW I was stupid.
"Sakura are you ok?" Shikamaru asked.
"Of course I'm okay! He he, how come?" I replied while cleaning the shaker.
"You keep on starting at that man whore" Shikamaru replied with a disgusted look on his face.
At first I was going to say "What the hell are you talking about" but then after a few seconds of looking around I realized he was talking about Sasuke. Even though he does look like the player type, something about him makes me think that he's not like that.
"I was probably daydreaming again" I said while letting out a nervous laugh.
"Psht, women are so troublesome" Shikamaru mumbled.
"HEY WHERE'S MY TEQUILA?!"
"Coming! Gotta get back to my counter, I'll talk to you later" Shikamaru said while rubbing his eyes, trying to stay awake.
I turned my attention back on Sasuke, and surprisingly the girls that were beside him, were gone.
"Hey, what happened to those girls around you?" I questioned him.
He raised an eyebrow and answered, "They wanted to go dance, why do you care?"
"Just wondering, you look kind of annoyed when they were around you"
"Obviously, because I was"
"Wow, you're nice"
"You forgot the lemon juice in my drink"
"Bloody Mary isn't served with lemon juice!"
"Well I like it with lemon juice"
"Well then you should have mentioned you freak!"
"Now I did, now pour me some lemon juice"
"What am I?! Your maid?!"
"Well you are a barmaid"
"I give up", and with that thought I unwillingly took out a bottle of cold lemon juice and poured it Sasuke's glass. Sasuke had a victorious grin on his face as he grabbed the glass and starting chugging the drink down. Honestly I wanted to smack that stupid grin off his face. I looked at him and gave him the weirdest look I've even given…if that was even possible.
"What?" Sasuke asked with an annoyed tone.
"I have never seen anyone chug down a Bloody Mary before" I said while starring at the empty glass. "I mean come on, Vodka, tomato juice, hot sauce and lemon juice. You make it seem to tasty"
"Hn, is that your natural hair colour?"
I twitched after the comment. Honestly I was so close to punching his face; OH did I mention I was a black belt in martial arts?
"Yes this is my natural hair colour believe it or not" I said crossing her arms in front of my chest. Honestly I couldn't have asked for a better question. "How about that navy blue hair of yours you man whore"
Sasuke glanced at me and said, "hn, it's natural, and what makes you think I'm a man whore?"
"Those girls who were around you a while ago" I stated while straightening out my top.
"Those girls followed me here, not like I had a choice" Sasuke said, "oh by the way, I want another Bloody Mary"
I took out the tomato juice and poured it in a new glass, oh how I hate Bloody Marys. "Honestly you actually like this stuff?"
"You ask too many questions Sakura"
"Hey! How did you know my name?!"
"Your name tag"
"Oh, I see Sasuke"
"Hn, I see you figured out my name"
"Yeah, I heard those girls say that name a few times, so I'm assuming it's yours"
"Hn, hurry up with my drink"
"There you go!" I said while placing the drink in front of him.
Instead of chugging it down like he did last time, he only took a sip for the drink. I'm assuming he's probably getting sick of it, I mean who wouldn't. I looked at the clock, and instantly I had a smile on my face. My shift was finally over! I could finally go home and finish up that stupid essay my teacher made me write.
"Yay! My shift is over!" I said while reaching over for my black coat. Ah my lovely black coat! I've had that thing for years now and no it never went out of style. I love it so much! Simply because…because…oh shit I don't even know why I love it so much, BUT ANYWAY I LOVE IT!
"Do you go to college?" I randomly asked out of the blue. Out of the blue…get it out of the blue? Because his hair is messy at the back? And it's hard to find stuff in messy places and his hair is blue? So out of the blue, get it? DAMN! epic fail right there.
"Yeah, University of Konoha" Sasuke said, while taking another sip of that horrible, disgusting, and horrid drink.
"Oh my god! Same here!" I said in a more-happier-than-usual tone. "What are your courses!?"
"Chemistry, Human biology—"
"I HAVE HUMAN BIOLOGY TOO!"
"Was that necessary?"
"What?"
"You yelling at the top of your lungs"
"Yeah that was completely necessary" I replied with that victorious grin on my face that he had earlier. Yeah that's right, I USED SASUKE'S GRIN! WHAT NOW!
"Hn, don't you need to go?" he replied, gulping down the rest of that nasty drink.
I let out a small giggle, "yeah bye!"
I left my counter and walked towards Shikamaru's counter.
"BYEE SHIKAAA!!" I said in my most girlish tone ever. I loved doing that because he gets so mad. It's fun pissing people off, especially your best friend.
"Shut up and go already"
"Ha ha I love you too!" and I walked out of the back door.
Now don't start getting any dirty thoughts. Shikamaru and I are just close friends, NOTHING MORE. Have I ever had a thing for him? Once in grade eleven, BUT BUT BUT! That was a while ago! When I first met him, and now after knowing him I decided I can't live with a person who thinks everything I do is troublesome. Blah, I'm so tired right now. I just want to go home and sleep. YEAH that's what I'm going to do! Go home and get a good rest…yeah. That sounds perfect.
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"HOLY FUCK I DIDN'T DO MY ESSAY"
Like a mad woman, I frantically ran around my room throwing everything out of place. How is that going to help me? I don't know but I DO know that it relieves stress.
Oh
My
God
I'm one dead person. Kakashi is soooo going to murder me. But it won't be a quick murder; it'll be a slow, painful murder. He'll make me suffer slowly before I collapse. Why doesn't he just finish me off with one big hit? Because he's evil like that... Now, where are my car keys…
Oh yeah that's right.
I don't have a car.
Fuck my life!
I should quit my job so I could have more time to do my work, but then again I do need the money and this is the only high paying job right now.
Damn it.
Now I have to walk all the way to class. Instead of being like one of those cool kids that drive a nice car in movies, I'm going to be that loser kid who decides to walk. At least I'm eco-friendly?
I let out a huge sigh and I walked out the door. Here comes a wonderful day.
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"Sakura, give me a good explanation why you didn't finish your essay"
Goosebumps appeared on my arms and the hair on the back of my neck stood up. Also I began to sweat. Out of all the days I choose not to wear deodorant, I had to pick today. Great! Smart thinking Sakura, smart thinking.
"W-Well…err; you see I was kind of…b-busy"
"It's an easy essay Sakura, the health effects of anaesthesia. It's quite simple"
Quite simple my ass, this is one of the reasons why I hate human biology. To be honest I totally forgot about it until last minute. So I was going to do it yesterday…but then I fell asleep. I really need a coffee, no wait I need a red bull.
"I'm disappointed Sakura, I want it to be handed in by tomorrow, and I want 20 pages"
"What?! But I thought the assignment was only 15 pages?!"
"That's what happens when you slack off"
Bullshit, He should have given me a zero instead; I honestly don't give a crap. The assignment isn't even worth that much of a mark anyway. See this is what I mean when he kills me slowly and painfully. Instead of just giving me a zero, he makes me do the work, and MORE.
I heard a snicker, so I turned around to see who it was. Oh my god, it was Sasuke! Wow, I didn't know he was in my class. Wait it has only been the second class, ah I'm so slow.
I stuck my tongue out at him, and turned back, facing the chalkboard. God I hate human biology…wait didn't I already say that? Oh wait yes I did. I pulled out a notebook and starting taking down notes. This is one boring lecture, and this, is one heck of a boring life.
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Review please? there's always room for improvement in this fic :)
Until then,
Jasey