Dirty Little Secret

Chapter 1: My Best Friend's Sister

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I'll keep you my dirty little secret,
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret,
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret,
Who has to know?

She was forbidden fruit. The one thing in my life that was off limits. I suppose that's where the fascination started, but let's not fool ourselves here, it far from ended there. She was everything I wasn't, kind, sweet, loving, etcetera. She was warm and inviting and to a guy like me that was, in a way, alien. The only thing back then that mattered when it came to Sakura Haruno- Hatake was that she was just out of reach, not because she was popular and I wasn't (honestly we were tied in that department), but because she was my best friends little cousin. You may be wondering why that is such a big deal, "it's only his cousin" you might say but the fact of the matter is that their families are so close that to this day, they still consider each other siblings rather then cousins.

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself right now. I should start from the beginning where all stories, good or bad, deserve to start.

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I, Sasuke Uchiha, met Naruto Uzumaki in kindergarten. We were both 6 and always competing with each other. One thing led to another as the school year progressed and he's been my best friend ever since. I met Sakura the following year in first grade when her family moved to Konoha.

A little family history if your interested. Sakura's father Kakashi was adopted into the Uzumaki family when he was 16, after his father died. He was welcomed into the family as the youngest of three brother's, Naruto's father Minato and their oldest brother whom is the father of my older brother's girlfriend, Shizune, Jiraya. As time went on they each began their career's and their own families. Jiraya, the eldest, put his perverted mind to good use, managing to publish several books in a long and continuing line of smut. He also married a woman named Tsunade. She's actually perfect for him, keeping his perverted attitude in check and giving him two children, Shizune and Konohamaru. Then of course there's Naruto's parents Minato and Kushina. Together they run the family business, a large chain of dojo's. And last but not least there's Sakura's parents Kakashi and Rin. Her mother a doctor with her own sister, Tsunade and Kakashi who runs his own publishing company.

Well anyway, back to the story at hand. Like I said, I met Sakura in the first grade when her family moved back to Konoha from Suna. When I first met her I found her, striking, in a strange sort of way. She had this bright, bubble gum pink hair, which I was surprised to find was natural, and these sparkling green eyes. She was cute and I thought she was nice but that's about where it ended. For years we met in passing, hanging out with each other usually only with Naruto around. She had her friends and I had mine.

Then of course, the summer before ninth grade, the most cliche thing in the history of cliche happenings, took place. She went to a summer art camp in Suna and when she came back, it was quite apparent that everything had changed. physically, mentally, everything. She had always been attractive in a cute kind of way but after that summer she was so much more. She grew legs that wouldn't quit and a chest that any man would die to just look at without repercussion. Her hair which until then was usually kept trimmed at the shoulder was then grown out nearly half way down her back. And her eyes seemed to sparkle with a hidden, knowing kind of glint. I later found out the meaning behind this sparkle.

I was captivated, pulled into her like a bug attracted to light. She was like an untouchable magical creature and nothing I could have done would have distracted me from the beauty that was Sakura Haruno-Hatake. She was perfect, and for months after that I pondered whether or not I should ask her out. I went back and forth on the idea, wondering how it would affect my friendship with Naruto and what would happen if it didn't work out, not to mention what if she rejected me.

Now you have to understand at the time I wasn't all that used to not getting what I wanted. I was, if I do say so myself, quite popular and handsome. I had my own fan club at school, and a girl on each arm if that's what I chose. I grew up in a wealthy household, and was by all standards what you would call a child prodigy so if I wanted it I got it. She was the only exception. I really didn't know if she liked me in return. I knew she had a little crush on me when we were kids, back when we first met, but over the years it became more and more difficult to tell what her feelings were. There in lies one of the many problems I faced in my dilemma.

Now between ninth and twelfth grade, Sakura became a very close friend. About as close as Naruto had always been. Unfortunately that's about where out relationship peaked. We definitely weren't making any kind of "progress" you might say in the whole going beyond friendship thing. But after awhile I grew OK with the idea. She dated, I dated, and we stayed close friends through it all. I was OK that, in fact I grew quite comfortable with the idea.

Of course, that wouldn't last much longer after graduation. And that's where the point of this story begins. In a large lake side cabin, on the outskirts of Konoha. A cabin owned by the Uzumaki family and lent to us, Naruto, myself, Sakura and a few of our closest friends, for the last summer before college. One last huge blow out before we began the rest of our lives.

This is where my dirty little secret seemed to spiral out of control.

I'll keep you my dirty little secret,
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret,
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret,
Who has to know?


A/N: Yay chapter 1 finished and ready for your critique and review. Let me know what you think please and thank you. If I don't get enough reviews I may not continue this story.

-RED