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Chapter2:She Who Becomes Boba.
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Math. How I hated math. I never could get anything done in that class anyway because Ino AND Naruto both were in that class and they would never shut up.
It was bad enough of that stupid troubled teen hotline that I was going to have to work at, but if I failed math within the process of doing community service, I think I would've just about died.
What else could go wrong? Just when I thought of that guess who walked in?
Uchiha Sasuke.
Kami-Sama I hate that jerk. Every girl has the hots for him (except for me of course) and wants to get in his pants! All the guys want to be just like him even if they trash talk about him 24/7.
He showed the teacher his schedule to verify that he was transferred into this class and then took a seat in the far back.
All the girls in the class started to get all 'goo goo eyed' on him. "Isn't that your best friend Naruto?" Ino scoffed.
"What are you trying to imply?" Naruto asked narrowing his eyes at her. "What the hell?! Nothing!! I was just asking if he was your best friend or not." Ino snapped.
Naruto gave me a quick glance and then looked away as I made eye contact with him. I knew why he wasn't answering. He knew how much I hated Sasuke Uchiha but in all reality Sasuke was also one of Naruto's closest friends even if Sasuke never acted like it.
"Naruto…I don't care if he is your best friend too, you could have more than one best friend I mean, You and Ino are my best friends." I told him even though what I said was true, I couldn't help but feel just a little bit of jealousy rising within me.
"Are your sure Sakura? I mean I know how much you hate him but—"
"I'm sure Naruto…Its okay." I cut him off.
"Okay then….SASUUU-CHAAAN!!!" Naruto sang and skipped to the back of the room.
"Naruto there is no skipping in class!!" Kakashi-sensei yelled. I couldn't help but giggle just a little bit.
Oh yeah…meet Kakashi-Sensei. He's not exactly your typical teacher. He doesn't really teach because he spends all his time reading a little orange book. Gross. He is such a pervert. I had an unfortunate encounter with it one day. It is straight up porn. Kakashi-sensei wears a mask over his mouth and nose so you don't really get to see the lower part of his face. Although, he's a pretty hot teacher. COME ON PEOPLE ADMIT IT! Every teenage girl has a crush on ONE of her male teachers. I am no exception to that stereotype thankyouverymuch.
Besides, I just said he's hot. He has spiky silver hair and is really laid back.
"So…aren't you going to go get with douche bag 101 back there?" Ino asked. "Who Naruto?" I was horrified.
"No you imbecile! Sasuke. It looks like all the girls in this class are kissing up to him I thought you would be too since you did like him in like what… 3rd grade?" she said with a thoughtful glance at me.
"That was in the 3rd grade Ino…we're seniors now, my taste in guys have changed." I replied.
"Really…you haven't had a crush ever since…and Squall from Final Fantasy doesn't count" Ino pointed out.
I opened my mouth to speak but I realized that I was speechless and I didn't have a comeback for this. It was true that I hadn't had a crush ever since 3rd grade, ever since I found out Sasuke didn't like me and probably wouldn't like me…so why hadn't I moved on to other guys? There were plenty of guys that had asked me out, I just didn't know why I had always denied them.
Ino and I were silent for a few minutes until I finally said. "You gotta admit…Squall is one hot video game character"
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I had driven up to the address that Tsunande-Sama had given me. It was a large cream colored building with tinted, mirror like windows. It was located in the middle of downtown. I sighed as I got out of my car and looked up at the sky.
Bright blue with no cloud in sight. It had to be this beautiful on the day when I had to 'work'. Oh yeah did I mention I wasn't getting paid for this? Yeah! I wasn't, and then I also had a real job to take care of.
I walked through the automatic doors which lead me into what looked like a lobby with a plump receptionist at her desk typing away on her computer.
With hesitation I walked up and said "Um…I'm here for the—"
"Oh yes the new hotline operator, here are all the directions that will help you get to the floor." She interrupted me handing me a piece of paper that had a room and floor number scrawled onto it.
I looked at her with awe, trying to find the words to speak. She had said all of that in one breath.
"Are you Lin?" I finally asked. The plump woman chuckled as if it was the funniest thing she had ever heard and then abruptly stopped and then said "No…I am not Lin, Lin will meet you up there, if you need anything else I'll be glad to help you with it." and with a quick smile she went back to typing on her computer.
I glanced one more time at her quickly as I started to walk away. Weird folks they have here aye?
Reaching the elevators I looked up the number. Floor 10 Room 118. Woah…Floor 10? That would suck if the Elevator was ….broken.
I would've screamed if I had the voice to, as both elevators read 'out of order'.
"How am I supposed to get to the 10th floor without an elevator?!" I said out loud to no one in particular.
"Use the stairs!" I heard some random person call out.
At the end of the hall way was where the stairs began. I looked up at how the stairs continued like a maze all the way up to the last floor.
"I am never wearing ballet flats again." I murmured as I prepared myself for the enduring walk I was going to have to do.
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Forty-five minutes. It took me forty five long ass minutes to power walk up those stairs.
I leaned against a wall, panting like a dog on a hot summer day. I guess I was breathing somewhat loudly because a woman with a bob came to see if I was okay.
"Hiya! You must be Haruno Sakura, Tsunade's student right? I'm Lin"
'So this is Lin.'
"Nice –breath- Meeting –breath- you –breath- Lin." I think I was about to have an asthma attack even though I didn't have asthma.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, the elevators should be fixed by tomorrow." She apologized.
"Thank god." My breathing finally started to die down to its normal pace.
"Okay, well now that I've introduced myself lets go get familiar with everything." she said cheerily.
Is everyone here this perky? I think she likes her job a little bit too much. I followed her into a room that was divided into many different cubicles. There were probably about 6 or 7 in this room and more in another room on the same floor.
"Well here is where all the magic happens!" She said excitedly. What kind of magic was she talking about?
"This will be your cubicle." She said pointing out an area with a dark brown desk with many things on it and surrounded with gray partitions. There was a flat screen computer set on top of the desk as well as headphones with a microphone attached to it.
That was probably what I would be using to take the calls.
Lin showed me how to use everything in detail and how to work the computer (as if I didn't already know how to…I mean I had a myspace!) and how to answer phone calls and go on to other lines.
"So I hope everything is set for you and if you need any help with anything my office is just around the corner." She said with that pretty smile still painted on her face.
"Okay well um…" I started off but I stopped myself. It was a pretty embarrassing question but I really needed to know the answer.
"Yes go ahead Sakura." Lin waited.
"Well what if I don't know what to tell them, you know about there problems or whatever…?" I asked biting my lip after I said it.
"Sakura don't worry about that. Not all teens that call on this hotline are suicidal or even depressed with problems that need to be solved, sometimes they just need someone to talk to. Whether it be the most random things, or whether it be with issues you're dealing with." She said.
I nodded my head as I understood her point.
"Okay..then…Do I get started today?" I asked hoping she would say no and I would be on my way now.
"I thought you would never ask! I'm so excited, welcome to the Konoha Teen Hotline Sakura!" She said giving me a random hug.
"Thanks….?" I mumbled.
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I had adjusted my self on the swivel chair and became quite comfortable. I tapped my fingers rhythmically against the desk as I looked at some papers that were left over.
Guess whoever worked here last didn't do such a good job of cleaning up.
I was really concentrated on what I was doing so when Lin popped her head in and said
"Oh yeah Sakura I forgot to tell you something." It really startled me.
I tried to wipe away the frightened expression and then waited for her to continue.
"Whenever you talk to your…whats the right word… 'Clients', you're going to have to use a code name. You know just in case. So think long and hard for one and also we encourage the teens to do the same so they will feel comfortable…okay well that's all!"
Before I could ask her any more questions she had disappeared. "So…What should be my code name…?" I asked myself.
"Maybe It should be--"
"riiiing…riiiiing…riiing" The phone started to ring insanely loud.
Panicking I put the headset on me and pressed the button to answer. "Hello Kyoto Teen Hotline" I said with my most 'fakest cheeriest' voice ever.
"Uh…yeah…Hi..this is Onyx" The voice on the other line said.
So I guess everyone who called on here was aware of the 'code name' factor.
"Well Hi Onyx this is…Um… Err…" I searched frantically throughout my desk to help me find a name. My eye landed on a coupon and I accidentally blurted out a name.
"This is Boba!"
'Crap, it just had to be a coupon for 50 cents of your next purchase of bubble tea from boba world'
"Boba?" Onyx repeated in a sort of uncomfortable way.
"I'm not sure if I feel comfortable talking to someone who's named after a sweet tapioca ball filled drink" He said.
I answered him with a nervous laugh.
First day on the job and I was stuck with having to climb 4 flights of stairs and a code name of 'Boba'.
I'm telling you I have it all don't I?
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