A/N: Hey all, If you've read my story before. I'm going through my chapters and spending some decent time to re-edit and correct. When I first started this, I never really paid enough attention to it nor really gave a crap about my mistakes. I've learned now from others that it can be annoying. So I apologize about that. / I do hope you take the time to read this again and please point out my grammar again XD.

For new readers! Thank you for taking your time to read. Enjoy xo

Ugh, another day, another hour, another minute….

Come on already. Wait is she picking her nose? Gross.

Here I am in class, staring at the minute hand and watching time tick by slowly, I could do something more useful with my time and pick at my split ends, ugh there is so many or do next weeks' due assignments… Mehhhh. I'll do nothing instead.

Nothing it is.

The first couple of classes' edged on and on, and thankfully enough I was ahead of my studies, school came really easy to me I really didn't need to study nor try my actual best at anything, it just came naturally and without effort people usually said. It was all from my father's being, he's naturally gifted.

It finally reached mid-day and I looked to the right, noticing the beauty of my best friend glaring at me. Oh how wonderful. Seconds, from her direction, a crumpled piece of paper flew hitting me smack into the forehead and knocking me out of my thoughts.

Great, a boring science lecture proceeding and now lectures thrown back at me, what could it be this time? I quickly unravelled the note reading the following words.

"What time is your shift tonight?"

Instantly, I caught her deep blue orbs gawking and automatically I felt annoyed, the hell. With the teacher not noticing what we were up to and for some reason we always got away with it, I flicked the note back scribbling a few words along the way.

She caught the note and her eyes eagerly scrolled through the wordings.

"Pig, don't you remember what time?"

Her shoulders slouched forward and she sank deeper into her seat, a sign of embarrassment. She pulled a fake smile and scratched the side of her temple before replying back.

"Maybe, I just don't remember what time? Forehead"

"Woman! We both start at 5pm"

"Haha Yea, do you know if Ten and Hina are on as well?"

Glancing over at her, I wouldn't have a clue and shrugged my shoulders. My eyes flew back to the clock in time for a break, I could finally get something to eat and sit in the sun as always. The school bells went off and I was ready to leave. I had my things gathered up already in my side bag, my hair fixed and out of my sight, uniform jacket over my shoulder and sleeves rolled up to my elbows, I wasn't changing my look or anything I just had to be prepared that was all, and you'll find out soon enough.

Ino pulled up next to me, throwing an arm over my shoulder. "You always sound 'mad' when you write to me, Sakura"

"-I'm not mad" I pushed, shaking my head at her. "Besides, I haven't a clue if Ten or Hina are rostered tonight"

"Hmm Ten stayed over last night, she left her uniform too" she said sighing under her tone and we both pulled up to our lockers. Yamanaka Ino, my best friend, whom I dearly love and trust, knows what type of person I am, my rough tough attitude never intimidated her or threatened her either. I am short tempered which could possibly take after my mother or someone in my domestic family, but the truth is, I'm no different from any 'normal' girl. If there was any such thing,

"Sucks that I hardly see Ten around" I confessed pouting at Ino for reassurance. "I know hun with archery lessons for myself, family stuff for Hinata and constant training for macho Tenten and her Olympics' spot, there really isn't anytime to hang out anymore."

"Besides, you work too much Sakura"

"Yeah I know," Depressed at this stage that my other best friend, Tenten, wasn't around as much as it was two years ago. Her fighting spirit and determination for the athletics' spot on the Olympic team had sent her into overdrive, she was hardly around anymore but that didn't stop us from getting a job together.

"What do you say, should I host a movie night?" She asked, her ideas always left me wondering what type of mischief WE would get up too, there have be many occasions when my brother would play as the victim and we, the girls and I, would play mind tricks on him, pouring ice all over him whilst he sleeps. Innocent playing games, I've been a victim so many times, Ino literally threw a fish in my face and slapped me with a dehydrated banana pancake. Yeah long story, not going to start, the master mind at trickery was Ino, I wanted to know what she had thinking. Approving the message before her, I let interrogation part swooped in and take me over.

"Goody goody gum drop ice cream?" I ALWAYS ask a series of food questions to determine how messy, you could say, or project the turnout of events and prepared for it. Yep I was intrigued. I elbowed my locker and see it swing open with ease then shoved my belongings with little care into it.

"Strawberry shortcake?"

"Green tea?"

"Starburst lolly snakes?" I pushed and proceeded.

A faint smirk graced her lips and without a doubt she knew what game I was playing, with confidence she replied easily, I repeat easily, then replaced her books and looked over to me "Yes to all, Cookies and cream Ice cream AND sour cream and chives chips?" Satisfied with her answer and knowing what was on my mind as I goggled at her for the answers.

"You know me too well my little cricket" I said smiling at her and shutting my locker, satisfied. Yes, junk food, a party without Starburst snake lollies isn't a party for me. And all I do on most days is eating junk and even fast food. This was so exciting.

"Hai sensei" Ino bowing respectfully at me and chuckled at our goofiness, our own little world and someone who gets me, ahh Ino is so awesome!

"Hey" A light voice called us from behind, not too heavy or high pitched, loud and recognizable enough to swing by and make me reply without second thought. "Hey Hina" The beauty making her way over to us, her waist length locks framing her cute little school uniform and cute little face. Hyuuga Hinata, is adorable and yeah another one of my best friends. I have a lot of friends that I call best friends, I don't know why, I just do. At this point my stomach was turning and I was ready to eat a pig.

"Hey hun" replied Ino, and noticing she was alone, she couldn't help but question and I couldn't help but notice. "Where's Ten? Is she skipping break?"

"She'll catch up with us later on" Hinata replied. "She's doing laps with lee in the gym."

"Not another challenge?" whined Ino and she linked her arms with me. Lee, where do I even begin with him, he doesn't play a big role in our little group and if he did, he would have died so many times by Tenten's hand. The amount of challenges, I don't even remember the amount anymore, he's tried so hard to beat her at and every time failed doing so. It was an unstoppable one-sided love that would never go away, so much determination from him, he never gave up. Sometimes I would feel sorry for him, but then again I wouldn't.

"If he loses this round, he has to wear..." Hinata sniggered trying to contain a giggle. Looking back on previous Lee vs Ten competitions, the losers would have to deal with some sort of prank that would prove embarrassing or something disgusting. And I mean disgusting like licking a recently-USED toilet seat. Trust me, don't want to know. Lee is usually the challenger and Tenten would come up with random adds. Nasty girl.

"And?" I asked, oh boy I can't wait to find out what the point is.

"His grandma's underwear" Hinata said and released a cute little laugh, ah Hinata and her cuteness.

"Eh" confused I was, his grandma was pretty hip and young. So I didn't see Ten's point at all in this challenge. "His grandma… Isn't she young and all?"

"His grandma's Fluoro pink g-string"

That got me within a second, I had lost it at that point and Ino too as she held onto me for support, her laugh was maniac like and mines too. What the, I don't even know where Ten gets these ideas from, seriously where would I be without her and her crazy ideas.

"Omg, we have to watch this!" Ino redeemed herself then tugged me by the arm and linking arms with Hina along the way.

"Don't you feel sorry for the poor guy, we all know PIG is a distraction and her large Bazooka's" I pointed, poking at her chest.

"Correction, extra-large Bazooka's" Ino scoffed, correcting the facts and exaggerating for sure. "That is true."

"Ten will let us know how things go" I said. "I am sure that if she loses, she'll have to go on a date with him, right Hina?"

Hinata nodded slowly and rolled her eyes, "As always, never something new." Ding ding, bingo. There here you have it, Lee would do anything to go on a date with Ten, that would be his prize for a fair win. Fair enough.

"Let's leave it; it wouldn't be fair on him." Ino began.

"Oh by the way Hina are you rostered tonight" I asked. "I'm on and Ino too,"

"Yeah I am. 6:30 tonight" She replied flipping out her cell phone. "Ten's not working, I'm covering her shift."

"I wonder what crazy idea Tsunade is going to come up with next." Ino replied rolling her eyes and referring to our manager and boss of our department.

"Cheap Tuesday tonight… Plenty of customers" I stated beaming over at the girls, our part time job was simple; I had my best friends and close family around for moral support. Serving customers and selling product and earning extra cash on the side, why not.

"Hai, a long night ahead of us" replied Hinata. "Anyways, Did I hear an arrangement about a movie night this Friday?"

"Was planning with Sakura for a moment and thought why not? We need to spend some time with Ten, no plans so far"

"Yeah, I'm in" she replied. "It's always good coming up with plans but not finishing them, I can almost imagine the craziness"

"Hey wait up Saku-chan!" Yes at this point, you got the idea now, one of my best friends called I halted for a moment letting him catch up to our pace.

"Naruto" Watching those beady blue eyes smile at me, his uncleaned uniform and missing buttons around the neck made me want to straighten him out. It's my OCD thing I picked up since working with my aunt. "Geez, why don't you dress up a lot nicer Naruto"

"Ha, nah I don't feel like it" he replied smiling over at me before untucking his shirt and watched me get even more annoyed. With a giggle, he swang an arm over my shoulder and gave me a light embrace. "Lighten up Sakura, hey Ino, hey Hinata."

"Where's Ten?" He questioned his deep sapphire orbs switching over to me, Ino and then Hinata.

Hinata made quick eye contact with him before glancing away, a deep pink shade crossing her cheeks and her fake little giggle always made me melt from her cuteness. I love her; she's had romantic feelings for Naruto, since forever and when I befriended her, I literally yelled at her in excitement, that might have scared her from me for a few days, possibly weeks, but that didn't stop me from becoming her friend. Finally hearing a confession from her about these romantic feelings a few days ago, I wanted in any way to help her achieve it and even land herself a BF. Ah.

"Lee vs Ten again" replied Ino, bluntly and redirecting the long chain of linked arms. "Let's eat"

"Where are the guys?" I asked looking up at the yellow blonde, seeing him alone for once. What's so unique about mine and Naruto's friendship is that it's a generation bond. His mother and mine grew up together from childhood to college to university to motherhood, impressive when people you usually grow up with leave you once you hit high school. At this point, Naruto and I have been together since we were born literally, he's my bro.

"Ahh..?. Neji is training for baseball; Shikamaru is waiting under the tree for us and Sasuke..." He said observing the hallway. I scanned up at my bestie and admired how gorgeous he is, who wouldn't like Naruto. Despite how senseless he is, he is pretty clever at certain things and isn't an open book.

Smack in the middle of the hallway was us, up ahead was Sasuke's fan group, a herd, yep literally. Over forty or so teenagers, the ring leader some random girl replaced every season or so. I don't know I'm describing things, their eyes stabbing through us and directly watching movement from behind us. Naruto noticing and visualizing a stampede coming ahead, whispered in my ear lightly. I already knew, Sasuke, the fantastical-dreamy-male-sex-bomb was behind us. Ugh, why do girls nickname him that.

"Sasuke's behind us" If we needed to find Sasuke, we'd have to follow the fan girls. Naruto motioned over to the dark haired teen and I split from the pack. I pulled my sleeves up even more, bracing the moment for collusion. This is what I was talking about. Who wouldn't take on a stampede girls group for fun, I mean you can really tear it up.

"THIS IS-" I began, my imagination taking its toll over me I am so ready to drop the pins.

"No, Sakura. You are not going to hit or bowl them over" Ino, being all motherly like and lecturing me, and just as she had to ruin it, we were chewed up and spit out by the storm of girls. One second ago Ino was in front of me, next moment she was on the ground messed up and hair all over the placed. Hinata neat and untouched, she was always swift. And me, steps away from my previous spot, somehow I get carried in the crowd every time, and hair messy. Ah, OCD, OCD.

Sasuke and his dark mysterious eyes bore ahead; he automatically recognised his friend and ignored his surroundings. His lips pressed into a small smirk and his hands lay hidden behind his pockets.

"Sasuke" Naruto called, gesturing him to come over. I peered at Ino and noticed her shaking her head at the fan group and fixing her appearance.

"What the hell? Why do we always get caught in the fan girl moments" I hear her say, and Hinata coming to her side fixing her hair. "It's getting bigger"

"U-Um Uchiha Sasuke" A light voice called, tapping onto his shoulder. "Can I speak with you in private?" She asked, her eyes darting at the ground and the people around her smiling in excitement.

"Here goes another confession" I turned to Naruto. Looking back at Sasuke, I grunted under my tone, I don't see him attractive at all. He's hot and well respected in the school, he has on multiple occasions challenged me in Math, but I'd always smoke him at his game, then girls would turn on me for being so competitive. I just don't get him. He's a closer friend of Naruto's and the rest of the boys which I and the girls hardly chat too. His one word statements are annoying and sometimes the way he stares at people is like he's trying to kill them. Geez!

He paused flicking his gaze at the young girl, her neat long purple hair and thick make up; made her appear angelic like. If anyone could read Sasuke more than Naruto, it would be Ino. She is very calculative when it comes to interpersonal skills. She is able to figure out your feelings before you could realise yourself.

"No, not interested" he continued walking over to us and I shot him a scowl. The attitude and grin on his face. Ugh made me want to punch him. He just rejected the poor girl in front of the crowd, not that it was new to me or anything. And there she went, just like every historic confession, she sprinted off with the rest of the group, tears pouring from her ruby eyes. Tsk!

Sasuke viewed over to me raising an eyebrow when he observed my glare. I shook my head before speaking my mind. "Next time try and be polite when you reject girls Sasuke"

"Hn" he replied, those one worded replies. How annoying.

"Sasuke, control your fan base" Ino complaining now that she couldn't get her hair fixed neatly. "Ugh"

"I'm starving, let's eat" I broke. Ino agreed, Hinata smiling so blissfully and the boys following closely behind us. By now our group had grown a little and by the time we reached the cafeteria we were bound to catch up with the rest.

Carrying our lunch trays toward our hangout spot, a dark haired teen laid resting and reserving a dark round picnic table, his hair resembled a pineapple and his skin was nicely tanned.

"Shikamaru" cheered Naruto.

His dark eyes peered between his arms and he gently rose sighing heavily. "Naruto" he complained. "Be quite" he resumed his previous position, only then to notice Ino coming along the way.

"Hey" he called over to Ino. "Hi Shikamaru" she replied, keeping her voice as normal as possible. Ino and Shikamaru, there may be a possible relationship in the future. They've always had secret feelings for each other, I wouldn't know I guess; it's just the way he keeps staring at her and from what the expert says. "If men are staring at you, they are either looking at your chest or looking at something on your face. If they are doing both, it means you have something really bad on your face and you need to fix it now" She would think it's normal to stare at her. Seriously, you can tell she's a pro alright, because she did have something on her face. Knowing Ino for years, I could tell exactly what's going on in that mind of hers.

I snickered under my breath, hearing the slight stutter in her tone. Her elbow jabbed me in the ribs forcing me to shut up. "Oft..you've got an eye lash on your cheek loser" her cheeks heated and within an instant brushed her cheeks and made her way over the table.

"Ha!" Raged Tenten "I won the bet again" Tenten, the nearly impossible person to detect rocked up in victory, she proudly stomped over to Shikamaru taking a seat next to him. "Girls, I kicked his butt!" she slammed her fist on the table, abruptly shaking Shikamaru from his seat. "Ha!"

"Wohoo" I cheered, lightly high-fiving her.

"It wasn't easy! I swear... Geez, he doesn't know when to give up" she cleared.

"One person that can though" Shikamaru scoffed and sat up slowly.

"Yes, Hyuuga Neji. He frustrates me, no offence Hina." She chanted, her fists clenched before pulling out her lunch. "Where is your cousin anyways?" She asked, taking a bite into her sandwich and sitting down. Where do I begin, Tenten, hilarious extreme competitiveness is higher than mine, likes to eat a lot like me? Doesn't take school too seriously like Hinata, but has borderline grades, enough to gain entry into University. She is one hell of a tough nut, and never backs down from a fight.

Hinata cheeringly sat next to Ten and placed her books neatly in front of her, engaging in conversation and with Naruto being the noise type dashed to her side in excitement.

Shikamaru wasn't the talkative type from what I know, he was lazy yeah, and he would engage in conversations and blow peoples mind with his sports competitiveness. Ino believes he's smarter than me, which I couldn't care less anyways. He was recently ranked third from first; deliberately skipping classes to bring his rate down, which I am so sure of, in the school's overall ranking system, making Sasuke second and me number one.

Sasuke and his fan girls still following him from behind, sat down next to Naruto and I next to him. He sharply warned the girls and with a quick glare, we see them move back several steps, he sharpened his glare even more and again see them move further away until they were no more than seen behind the closed doors of the hallway.

Ino sat next to Shikamaru and light conversed about random things like bugs, and the sky. Come one come up something more meaningful like when is the first date or when are you going to take her out?

I placed my food down and I began eating my fries, I was starving at this point and demolished my plate without leaving a single crumb behind within minutes. Sasuke scoffed loud enough for me to hear and quickly enough to catch him staring at my beast form.

"What Sasuke?" I broke and started on my burger. "Are you hungry?"

His grin grew wider and flipped his phone out. "Just capturing the memories now of how unhealthy you will turn out to be and eventually become a fat slob."

"Ha, you think you can intimidate me with your words Sasuke, well eat this" I grabbed the other burger on my plate and shoved it in his mouth. "We'll see who turns Fat first" and chuckled at his reaction, he should know by now how I do things. Our friendship isn't as close as the rest of the pack; it's a love hate relationship. I love picking on him and he hates it. I win in the end.

"Thanks for the free meal" he smirked, figuring by now that this was his real intention.

A/N: let me know what you guys think, thank you all xo