Pants Boner

Sakura stood in front of the mirror and checked her outfit. She looked good. She felt good. Or maybe prepared was a better way to describe it.

She was going to nail this interview. Who wouldn't want to hire her? She was smart, graduated the top of her class, straights A's, Dean's list. She was nice, polite, had developed a good bedside manner. She had experience, clinic hours, Tsunade's training.

She was pretty, too. If that counted.

Sakura was dressed attractively in high-waisted black dress pants and a red suit jacket with black heals and a pearl necklace.

Her Galaxy S2 chirped with the notification of a new text message. It was from Ino, it read:

"Go get 'em, Sakura. I'll meet you at the Grind for coffee after your interview. :)"

Sakura shot back a quick "K". She and Ino had decided "K" could be used as a confirmation text, and that it wasn't an insult.

Sakura grabbed her resume and went through her mental check list.

'Keys, purse, phone, water, resume. Resume, transcripts, documented hours, contacts…'

She was ready, so she checked her outfit one last time.

"Okay. You can do this, you're prepared and you're perfect for the job." Sakura gave herself a pep-talk and then smiled before leaving her apartment.

Konoha Regional Medical Center loomed on the horizon.

It was the most prestigious hospital in the Fire Nation with only the top doctors and staff. All of their equipment was new, and in proper working order. The best part was, they were affordable for everyone. It was a huge building and patient-wise it wasn't prestigious.

Sakura really wanted to help people. That was her ultimate goal.

Before she knew it, she was sitting in a black leather chair in a waiting room. She was waiting for one of the interviewers to come out and tell her it was her time. She clutched her resume in her hands.

"Haruno, Sakura." Called a voice. The voice was familiar. Sakura stood up and smoothed out her pants and walked over.

She knew she knew the voice! It was Tsunade.

Tsunade winked at her in a way that she knew meant I don't have bias towards you at all.

So either Tsunade was going to test Sakura and her abilities, or she was secretly rooting for Sakura to do well; possibly both.

Sakura entered the room coolly. In the room was a panel of people she had to impress, Tsunade being one of them. The others were people she knew from around the town.

"So where did you go to school?"

"I graduated from Konoha Preparatory High School, and I went to the University of Konoha. At Konoha University I was actually in the Senju Program."

"What is the Senju program?"

"The Senju program provides a scholarship to academically strong students that are interested in the medical fields. They paid for my medicine classes."

"Do you have any experience in working? Please include anything outside of the medical field if it applies."

"I worked at Applebee's in high school, and every summer throughout college. During the school year I would pick up clinic hours at the Konoha Children's Hospital."

"Why did you leave your job at Applebee's?"

"Well while I was there in high school, I could balance it with my workload. In college I wanted to focus on my coursework so I resigned." Tsunade smiled at me reassuringly. The other judges just nodded at me and made notes.

"What was something you learned while working there?"

"I learned that it is important to make sure the customer is satisfied and that you have to get along with your co-workers."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean to say that team work is very important. You have to know which table is yours and which plates to pick up. You also need to help others so that they will help you. It's similar to having a team with you to help take care of a patient, now that I think about it."

Someone in the room's pager went off. Tsunade stood up and ran out of the door.

Sakura was left alone in a room full of people that were planning on grilling her with questions. She uncrossed her legs and pressed them tightly together.

"What did you learn from your time at the children's hospital?"

"Aside from getting some valuable experience on medical procedures, I learned that a lot of children out there need a friendly face when they are sick. I would do rounds and run errands for the staff, and when I had nothing to do, I would go play with the kids. They liked when I read them books most of all." Sakura smiled, reminiscing.

"So, Ms. Haruno, if you won a million dollars what would you do with it?"

"I would use some of it for my college loans, car, and house, I would put some into savings, and I'd use the rest for charity and possibly spending. You know, to buy a Whangadoodle if I ever felt like it." She made a little joke hoping someone would get it.

A few people chuckled.

The council had a few more questions lined up before they decided they had heard enough of me.

"We'll call you in the next week or two if you get the job." Smiled one of the elderly ladies.

Sakura left the room and rounded a corner before letting out a breath she had been holding throughout the entire meeting.

When Sakura walked into the Grind, she saw Ino at a little table towards the back. She waved her arm, and her eyes sparkled.

"Hey Sak! How'd the interview go?" Sakura approached the table. She opened her mouth to respond, but Ino cut her off.

"You didn't go like that did you?" She said with slight disgust in her voice.

Sakura glanced down quickly.

"What's wrong with this?" She frowned.

"Oh nothing, just sit down."

Sakura sat, still slightly upset about Ino's off-hand remark.

"It's still there," Ino cringed, "Sakura, those give you a terrible pants boner." Ino whispered.

Sakura could've died then and there from embarrassment. Her cheeks turned bright red and she discreetly smoothed out the fabric.

When she got home she put the pants in the far back of her closet and planned to burn them. Or maybe she would have them tailored by one of her friends.

It didn't matter because within a week she had been called and informed she had the job. Or internship- but whatever.

Pants boner or not, KRMC wanted her as a doctor.

5/9/13

Pants Boner- urbandictionary: When the way your pants fold makes it look like you have a boner.

Whangadoodle- : A fanciful, undefined creature of mystical nature.