The day no one thought would come happened. The day Sakura Haruno rejected Sasuke Uchiha. The bottle-pink haired girl had blown her entire high-school career in a losing battle of love with the dark boy. Many nights Sakura dreamed of the beautiful, pale skinned boy. During the school day sakura stayed in tight knit group of friends including; Ino, Hinata, and Temari. The politics of Konaha high united the female group with Sasuke's clique of Sai, Naruto, Gaara, and Lee. Temari and Gaara were related thus forming a bond with the quintet and with Naruto and Hinata's blooming romance, the joining of the two groups were at times unavoidable.

The girl was not stupid she understood the fact that Sasuke would never love her. That fact was one of the toughest things the girl had to face. The year she finally had enough courage to express her feelings for him, she was floating on a false confidence high and was promptly brought back to Earth wth a "I will never share the same feelings Sakura." Saskue turned and left her there with a damaged heart that would take years to salavage. Freshman year was hard to face after that. Sakura had made herself venerable to Sasuke. She could feel his contempt, disgust, and pity in his gaze. Most shamefully, she could see the pity in the eyes of her peers. The bastard had not only ruined her fragile heart he had also ruined her reputation. The pink haired brainiac could no longer be Sakura, she was now Sasuke's reject. The poor girl who gave her everything to a boy who wouldn't have it. Sakura longed for the summer days that would seperate her from the hell she had made for herself.

Senior year came and it wasn't until then that she dug herself out of the hole of despair and heartbreak, she felt good for the first time in a long time. The girl had finally become Sakura again. Besides the ache in her heart that she accepted would never fully stop throbbing, she felt like a new woman. Other than revolve her life around Sasuke she put him on the back burner on a stove in a house she moved out of. By and large she had indeed gotten over the boy and started to live for herself.

Over summer break she had started to talk to a guy named Hidan. He helped her get out of her funk and she owed a lot to him. Hidan was a punk to most but Sakura knew deep down he had a heart of gold. The two had met by accident and clicked. Sakura agreed to go out on a date with him the coming Friday. Admittedly she was weary of the two getting into a romantic relationship but the feelings were there so she decided to give it a shot.

The school year started and after meeting with her friends she Walked into third period mathematics class, she felt like she had the whole world in her hands. She reinvented herself, gotten a potential boyfriend, and had been involved in a plethora of activities that summer. Third period was a subject she was not too fond of but all in all she didn't mind taking the course. Mr. Hatake was an impeccable teacher whom she had formed a bond with as well. She could survive the class with him, she thought. Picking a seat in the back she adjusted her supplies and waited for Mr. Hatake's introduction when in walks a man who still makes Sakura's heart flutter. He picked a seat beside her as it was the only option. That was the reason she gave herself to keep herself grounded.

"Sasuke sat beside because he had to, not because he wanted to."

She told herself that because had she not she feared her old feelings of hope would destroy her again. The girl was too lost in her head to notice the three empty seated he could have chosen, however. While trying her best to act as if she didn't care of his close proximity to her the most unexpected thing happened. The raven-haired adolescent spoke to her.

"Hello Sakura, how was your summer?"

In that instance Sakura lost every bit of control she had regained of the painful years. She fought herself to not care but could not deny that what he had said meant the world to her. Sasuke had finally showed the least bit of interest to her and she melted.

"This will be a long year," Sakura thought to herself.