A/N: I know that the start is a little slow but the action will kick in soon. And I may have gotten carried away with the dresses...
Chapter 2
I was currently sitting in Ichiraku's sitting in-between Naruto and Sasuke, to refrain them from beating each other up. It had been a week since I had found out about my engagement to Itachi.
"Sakura-chan is something wrong? You look a bit down." Sasuke mentioned as we got our food.
"You mean you haven't heard yet?" I asked in disbelief, I thought Mikoto would have told him at the first chance she had. He gave me a questioning look just as Kakashi entered the small restaurant, late as usual.
"Yo. Sakura-chan, congratulations . . ." I gave him a glare, daring him to finish off that sentence.
"Sakura-chan what's going on?" Sasuke asked me. I shook my head, telling him not here. "Fine, can we go back to yours then Sakura-chan?" He asked. I nodded.
We both got up to leave and split the bill between the both of us. "Nani? Where are you going?" Naruto asked looking up from his bowl, completely oblivious to the conversation which had just taken place.
"We're all going back to my place, are you coming?" I explained. He nodded before gulping down the contents of his bowl and following us back to my apartment.
Once we were all settled around the table with a cup of green tea, only then did I start to talk. "You probably ought to know about this, since word is already starting to spread around the village anyway, better you hear from me now, than someone else later." I sighed, pausing before telling them. "I'm . . . I'm engaged to Itachi." I spat the words out quickly dreading their reaction. There was a deadly silence around the table.
"Sakura-chan, stop joking around with us! You can't be engaged to anyone, nobody would take you." I gave him a death glare.
"I'm going to let that comment slide. I'm not joking either." I said before allowing one tear to slip down my face.
"The Hokage told me to keep an eye on you, that you hadn't taken it well." Kakashi said wiping the tear from my face, now knowing how true the comment now was.
"My parents went behind my back and arranged it for me. It wasn't what I wanted, I don't know if I'm ready for it." Sasuke had been quiet for the entire conversation. I needed to know what his thoughts on this were this, since he was going to be my brother-in-law. "I don't understand why you didn't know Sasuke-kun?" I questioned him.
"Only my mother would have told me something like this, but she hasn't been around, and now I know why." He stood up and walked over to me, He placed a hand on my shoulder, showing all the affection he could. "I'm so sorry; this is probably all my parents fault." I placed my hand over his, showing that I appreciated his efforts to comfort me.
The phone then rang. "Hello?" I asked after I picked it up.
"Sakura," It was my mother. "You are needed to help choose some of the wedding arrangements."
I sighed before replying. "What type of things?" I asked, not really wanting to be too heavily involved in the wedding preparations.
"Oh just to approve some of our choices, and to say who you would like to be your bridesmaids, maybe go and try a few dresses on." She mentioned casually.
"When and where do you want to meet?" I asked, resigning myself to my mother's antics.
"Could you make your way over to the Uchiha compound now?" She said with a hint of happiness in her voice.
I sighed, yet again. "Yeah, I'll be there in five minutes."
"Oh that would be wonderful Sakura. Oh if you see Sasuke-kun could you bring him with you? Mikoto wants to speak with him."
"Yeah I will, see you soon." I then put down the phone, and turned to the others. "I need to go help with stupid wedding arrangements. I'll have to take a rain check. Sasuke, your mother wants to see you."
OOO
When we arrived at the Uchiha manor, we walked straight inside. "Mum?" Sasuke shouted.
"In the kitchen dear." She replied. We walked into the kitchen to find both of our mothers pouring over plans for this wedding they were planning, and it looked like they were going all out for it, completely the opposite of what I would have wanted. "Sakura-chan it's so lovely to see you again."
"And you too Mikoto-san." I replied.
"Now dear, I'm about to become your mother-in-law there is no more need for any formality, just call me Mikoto." I nodded with a smile, to show that I understood what she was saying. "Sasuke, your father and brother are in your father's study, go and see them would you?" Sasuke nodded and then left for a different part of the house.
"Sakura, come over and see these plans which we have made." My mum stated excitedly as Sasuke left the room. "The colour scheme we have decided on is red, pink and white, combining the Haruno and Uchiha colours. So what do you think?" She asked me. I didn't really have an opinion so just agreed with it.
"For flower arrangements we were thinking about getting twigs of Sakura blossoms and red roses, do you think the Yamanaka flower shop would be able to do that for us?" Mikoto asked.
"Um I think so, but we had better ask to make sure." I said in response.
"Right, thank you for that. We were thinking about having the wedding in May, when the sakura trees are blossoming, and the weather will be good." That was about four months from now.
"That sounds nice." I said with a forced smile, I was no way near ready for the wedding, period, never mind in four months time.
"Now Sakura you need to choose two bridesmaids, we will then pick them up for your appointment in fifteen minutes." My mum explained.
"Wait what appointment?" I asked.
"The appointment to choose your wedding dress, of course." She stated simply. I suddenly paled at the thought. "So who are your bridesmaids going to be?"
I thought quickly about this, there were really only two people who could fill this role. "Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga."
OOO
We picked up Hinata first, who agreed after a few moments of deliberation. Ino agreed instantly, I had known that if I hadn't asked her she would have killed me. My mum, Ino and Mikoto were avidly chatting about the flower arrangements for the wedding, while Hinata sat quietly beside them, she would take a few pictures of me wearing the dresses so that we could compare them again afterwards.
I was currently trying on the first of the many white dresses they had picked out for me. The dress was called Sleeping beauty. The bodice material looked like it had been wrapped around me and one thick strap had a large white rose, the skirt was large and fluffy. This made it an instant 'no' in my book, Ino and my mother protested, but I knew that I had the final say.
The next dress was called Ariel. It was a close fitting dress which had a complicated zigzag pattern of sequins and beads and flared out at the bottom, almost making me look like a mermaid. The dress however made me look like a straight twig and I couldn't walk in it, meaning it also went onto the 'no' rack. The others all silently agreed with me.
The third dress was called Belle. The bodice of the dress had a really nice embroidery pattern of sequins and beads with thick chiffon straps which hugged around my arms. The skirt was big and was again made of chiffon in an almost wrap around style. This looked gorgeous on and went onto the yes/maybe rack.
Snow white was the name for the next dress. The bodice was covering in small flowers. The waistline was made dramatic with a simple ribbon which had a few flowers on it to one side. The skirt was nice and flowy with a few flower dotted around on it. This dress also looked very nice on me and went onto the yes/maybe rack.
The fifth and final dress was called Tiana. The top of the bodice was heart shaped and the material was pinched at one side. There was one strap which was covered in flowers and beads which carried on across the bodice of the dress. The waistline was also covered in flowers and beads. This also looked quite nice and also went onto the yes/maybe rack.
We then went over the pictures of the good dresses, comparing them. The first dress to be eliminated was the Tiana dress, and after much squabbling I was made to try the other two dresses on again. I had thought that the whole point of taking pictures of me in the dress was so that I wouldn't have to change back into them again, but of course that didn't go to plan.
After much deliberation we decided to go for the Belle dress, which I did have to admit was my favourite dress.
"So can I go home now?" I asked exhausted from trying on dresses all afternoon. The others all looked horrified at me, well except Hinata.
"Forehead what are you talking about? We have to get mine and Hinata's dresses now!" Ino exclaimed. I sighed and sat in a chair as I waited for them to bring out the many dresses they were sure to pick.
We managed to find a dress which fitted the colour schemes and looked pretty on both of them. The dress was strapless; red in colour, with black lace layered on top, black ribbon with a diamond broach to one side at the waistline and stopped mid calf.
"Can I go home now?" I asked just wanting to go and wallow in self pity.
"No we have to go and buy shoes and accessories now!" Ino stated. I groaned.
"Maybe we could get them when we are due for our fittings?" Hinata quietly suggested, even if it did sound a little like a question.
"I think Hinata's idea sounds good." Mikoto added. "Sakura does look a little tired right now, and we have about four months until the actual wedding." Ino looked a little miffed at this but agreed anyway, knowing that she would change her mind on accessories by then anyway.
We all then said our goodbyes before heading to our respective houses. I ran myself a bath, to try and de-stress me from today's troubles. It only half worked.
A/N: if you would like to see pictures of the bridal dresses search "Alfred Angelo Disney" in Google. Click on 'Disney fairytale weddings - Alfred Angelo'