DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO IN ANY WAY, THE ONLY THING I OWN IS THE IDEA.

Chapter 1: Car Rides and Party Plans

Sasuke's POV:

Sitting across the room from her, I couldn't help but stare at her beauty. She excelled, especially in this class. I never really thought that she'd wanna go out on a date with me, even though we hang out with our mutual friends together all the time.

I glanced next to her and looked at her English partner, Lee. He was staring at her with these really weird googly eyes, and I hated it. He has no right to be looking at my Sakura like that. "Teme," Naruto whispered to me, interrupting my thoughts, "stop glaring at him, you're starting to breathe heavy." His sky blue eyes looked into my onyx ones and I could tell he was being genuine. "Hn." I replied, looking back at our teachers, Kakashi and Jiraiya.

(RING) The bell rang loudly, but I seemed to ignore it – still a little pissed about Lee and his weird googly eyes.

When I finally got up, I went to my locker where Naruto, Shikamaru and Neji were all waiting for me. "Oi, Teme! What took you so long?" Naruto asked as I opened my locker, ignoring his question. Shikamaru glanced and said, "Let's go before this gets troublesome." Neji nodded in agreement, so I picked up my things and closed my locker. We started down the hallway, only to leave the building and see the girls. By the girls, I mean Sakura, Temari, Hinata and Tenten. To be fair, we all like one of them. Naruto is practically in love with Hinata, Shikamaru really likes Temari, Neji thinks Tenten is the most special girl on earth, and I love Sakura. We just don't have the balls to tell them.

Sakura's POV:

As Tenten, Temari, Hinata and myself leaned against Hinata's lavender car after school, we saw the boys coming out of the building talking. By the boys I mean, Neji, Shikamaru, Naruto and Sasuke. Tenten really likes Neji, as Temari really likes Shikamaru. As for Hinata, she's always been in love with Naruto – her whole life. And I, love Sasuke. There's something about Sasuke that intrigues me, and there's something about that Uchiha that makes me feel safe and protected. I feel like I can let my guard down.

The boys walked toward the car and I could see Sasuke's onyx eyes so clearly from yards away. "S-should we wait for them?" Hinata blushed at the sight of Naruto's cheesy smile. Tenten smirked and said, "Well, you have to give Neji a ride anyway – we might as well wait for the rest of them." I walked towards my car, which was parked right next to Hinata's, and said, "Well, I don't, so I'll see you guys later." Temari stopped fanning herself with her manual handheld fan and said, "I thought you loved him, why are you avoiding him?" I blushed a little bit and turned away, "I just have to go home. We got homework, remember?" I let out a faint, fake chuckle and opened the door to my light pink four door. As I closed the door and was about to put the key in the ignition, I heard a familiar voice yell, "Sakura! I need a ride!" I sighed and said, "Okay, Naruto. Come on in." He opened the door to the back seat and sat down. After he strapped his seatbelt, I saw the passenger door open from the corner of my eye. When I looked at the passenger seat, Sasuke was already sitting down next to me. My heart stopped.

"I'm going with him, so if you don't mind I'd like to join you." Sasuke said, not breaking his gaze on the windshield. I needed to respond, and I couldn't just kick him out of my car. "Um, okay. Not a problem…" I blushed a little. When I looked out my window, the girls were smirking and smiling at me. Neji was already sitting in the back seat of Hinata's car, and Shikamaru was standing next to Temari with his hands folded on top of his head, looking at the clouds. As I pulled out of the parking spot, they all waved or nodded at us, and I drove away.

Naruto's POV:

While driving down the block, I could feel the tension. I decided I should probably break the ice. "Hey guys, what do you think of a party on Friday?" Sasuke's eyebrows raised questionably. In response I said, "At my house, Teme." Sakura seemed to not mind the idea. "Well," she started, "that may be a good idea. I'm going." Sasuke's eyes widened just a little bit, which is not something that happens often. "I'll go too," he said breaking his gaze with the windshield to look back at me. "Who else do you wanna invite?" Sakura posed a good question. One which I didn't have a planned out answer to, so I just thought off of the top of my head, "Hinata," I blushed a bit. Continuing, I said, "Neji, Shikamaru, Temari and Tenten." Sasuke nodded his head slightly in approval. "That's it?" Sakura asked. I nodded, and she saw me through one of the mirrors.

Sasuke looked back at me and said, "Dobe, you do know this is very last minute, right? You are aware that today is Thursday, correct?" That, I did not know. Well, looks like I have to go home and clean. And that means Sasuke is coming with me and helping. I don't care how much he hates Kurama. So I said, "Teme, I know that. Which is why you're coming home with me right now."

Sakura pulled up in my driveway, and I hopped out of the car, walking up to my house.

Sasuke's POV:

"Thanks, Sakura," I started, "I appreciate the ride." I looked at her, only to see her amazing green orb-like eyes. I smirked, and opened the door of the car. "I'll see you tomorrow. Maybe I can catch another ride with you then." I smirked again and as I turned around I saw her blush. I don't think she knows I saw it, but I did. And I loved it. It gave me hope.

As I walked up the steps to Naruto's house, I saw his fox in a crate in the front yard. I hate Kurama. Somehow, the dobe managed to train a fox and keep it as a pet. I ignored the crate and walked inside Naruto's house, but I couldn't keep my mind of Sakura and her beautiful green eyes and pink hair.

Sakura's POV:

The whole way home, all I could think about was Sasuke and the way he smirked at me before leaving to Naruto's house. I blushed, but I know he didn't see it, he had already turned around. When I got upstairs to my room, I collapsed on my bed thinking about today's events. When I remembered Orochimaru gave us biology homework, I pulled out my notebooks and started on my homework. When I was finished, Ino called me.

"Hello?"

"Sakura! Guess what?"

"What?"

"Sai asked me on a date."

"Who is Sai?"

Ino sighed, "The hot guy I met in Danzo's AP Algebra last year."

"I hate that guy. Danzo I mean. Sai is cool, you'll have a lot of fun right?"

"Definitely! I'm freaking out! The date is tomorrow, and I have nothing to wear!" She squealed.

"Ino, the guy wears a crop top every day, I think you're good in the clothes department. Besides, where is he taking you anyway?" Generally curious, I had to ask. Mainly because Sai doesn't seem like the type of guy to go all out for a first date. He's a little socially awkward, and everybody pretty much assumes that his thoughts on a good idea for a first date are different variations of ice fishing. Ino sighed, "I don't know, he said it was a surprise." I shook my head, "Well, okay. Dress casually, but a cute sort of casual. Go with like a purple sundress and converse or something. Nothing too casual, but nothing too fancy." I heard the smile in Ino's voice when she said, "Yes! That's exactly what I'm gonna do. Thanks, Sakura! I'll talk to you later." We both hung up the phone. I looked at the time and it was already 8:45. I was wiped. I threw all my things on the floor, went to shower, and collapsed on my bed once more to go to sleep. I fell asleep thinking about Sasuke and his manly scent that seemed to be stuck in my car on the ride home. I hoped it was there in the morning.