Hello. I am back. Sorry for not updating in awhile. XD
Anyways enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review :D
Oh and I don't own naruto. Or Kelly clarkson's "my life would suck without you". Or Rihanna's 'disturbia'. They both are on my list of fave songs. I listen to them all the time on my itouch :D oh. And I don't own Usher's 'Love in this club' either.
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Chapter 3
Acting
When Sakura arrived at the set for the music video, Sasuke was already there. He was wearing the same white T-shirt and black basketball shorts with white Nikes as this morning. He was sitting in his chair reading the newspaper. She never took him for the type that would read newspapers, but she didn't care.
She quickly walked over to Ino, her costume designer and best friend, and asked her what her outfit would be. Ino gave her a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a light green graphic tee. Sakura quickly changed into her outfit.
"Okay guys, let's start filming!" The director, Kevin, said. "Alright. Since the song is called 'My life would suck without you' the video is going to be about Sakura thinking about the good times she had with her boyfriend. Sasuke, you're going to be playing the role as her boyfriend." An audible groan was heard from Sakura. Kevin ignored her groan. "Okay so we're going to start with the first scene. Since the first line of your song is 'I guess this means you're sorry, you're standing at my door' we're shooting Sasuke standing outside your door. He's thinking about whether he should ring the doorbell or not because he's not sure what's going to happen if he does. And you're going to be looking out the upstairs window and watching him. Got it?"
"Uhh yeah." Sakura said as she climbed up the stairs on the set. The set was like a dollhouse where you could see everything inside. There was also a lawn and a walkway leading to the door. The backdrop was painted dark blue like the night sky. It looked pretty real. The camera was set up in the room she was supposed to be in. The camera angle was perfect. It showed Sasuke at the front door.
"Okay. You're supposed to be standing next to the window." Kevin instructed. Sakura moved over the window. She could see Sasuke standing next to the front door. "Okay good. I'll put on the music. You just sing the words with the music until I yell 'cut'. Okay?" Sakura nodded. The music started playing. When the words begun, Sakura sang with them. Sasuke put his acting skills to good use. He really looked like he was deciding whether to knock or not.
"CUT!!" Kevin screamed. Everybody stopped what they where doing. "Okay that was good. Do it again now." They filmed that scene again. From different angles though. After they were done with that, they kept proceeding with what was next.
Soon, they had finished shooting a few scenes. They had just filmed Sakura singing with her band. After that, they called it a day.
Tsunade had announced that they, as in her and Sakura, would be having dinner with Sasuke and Kakashi. When Sakura heard this, she groaned.
"Oh and did I mention it's at a fancy restaurant so I expect you guys to be dressed formally."
Sakura groaned again. Not only would she be having dinner with the jerk, she would have to wear a formal dress. 'Why couldn't Tsunade have made this a casual dinner?' She left the set and drove home.
Time jump 2 hours later, at dinner
"Reserved table. Tsunade." Sakura told the waitress.
"Oh okay. Follow me" The waitress led her to the back of the restaurant where Tsunade sat alone.
"Hello," Sakura said as she sat across from her manager. Tsunade just nodded. She was busy reading her menu.
"Can I get you a drink miss?" The waitress asked.
"I'll just stick to water. Thanks." The waitress left.
Sakura took out a few sheets of paper and a pen from her bag (*A/N she has one of those huge designer bags where you can literally stuff like anything in there because its so big). Then she proceeded to take out her iPhone and stuck her headphones in. She picked the newest beat her producer gave her and listened to it. She put everything on the table and started to work on lyrics for a new song. She got so into it she didn't even realize Kakashi and Sasuke arrived.
"Kakashi, you're late again." Tsunade scowled at the silver haired man.
"I'm sorry," Kakashi said.
"Ugh whatever."
Kakashi took the seat next to Tsunade. That left the seat next to Sakura for Sasuke. The waitress came back and asked for their orders. Tsunade, Kakashi and Sasuke had all ordered while Sakura was busy scribbling away on her papers.
"Hello? Sakura?" Tsunade waved a hand in front of Sakura's face.
"Huh?" Sakura looked up with a confused expression.
"It's your turn to order."
"Oh. Uh…" Sakura quickly skimmed through the menu. I'll just take the clam chowder in a bread bowl. I'm not really hungry right now."
The waitress just nodded and left. Sakura went back to her lyrics. She stared at her papers with a concentrated look on her face.
"Sorry, please excuse Sakura. She's being awfully rude." Tsunade apologized.
"It's okay. Now anything you specifically wanted to talk about?" Kakashi replied. Soon, Kakashi and Tsunade had their own little conversation going on.
"I gotta get out or figure the shit out."
Sakura glanced up. Sasuke was leaning over looking at her lyrics.
"Wait what?" She didn't quite hear him with her headphones on.
"You heard me."
Sakura looked down at her paper and wrote down what Sasuke just said. Then she started the beat over to see how it went with the flow.
"Hey, this actually fits. Who knew the great Sasuke Uchiha was a songwriter too?" Sakura smirked at him.
"Hn."
Their food had arrived and the 4 people began eating and talking about random things.
Time jump
After dinner, Sakura invited Sasuke over to her penthouse. She had asked him to come over to help her with lyrics. He was actually pretty good at song writing. She unlocked her door and led Sasuke to her living room.
"Nice place." Sasuke looked around.
"Thanks. Want anything?"
"Nahh, had enough at the restaurant."
"Kay."
She motioned him to follow him. They walked into Sakura's private recording studio in her house.
"You have a recording studio in you house? Nice." Sasuke was impressed. Sakura chuckled. Sasuke grabbed a seat on the stool.
"Yeah, it helps to be able to work at home. Alright. Down to business now." She sat down on the poofy chair and hit a few buttons. Suddenly the beat came on. She then tapped a few more buttons and added a few other synthesizers to it. She took out the pieces of paper she was working on in the restaurant.
"Bum bum did um, bum bum di dum dum, bum bum di dum dum." Sakura sang to the beat. "Hey this actually works out nicely." Sasuke just smirked.
"Why don't you try out the first verse?" He suggested.
"No more gas in the rig, can't even get it started
Nothing heard, nothing said, can't even speak about it
On my head, on my life, don't wanna talk about it
Feels like I'm going insane, yeah"
"I think we a need a few more synthesizers here and there." Sasuke said as he punched a few switches and knobs. "Okay, go into the studio so we can record it and then add it in."
"Damn, you really know what you're doing." Sakura was impressed that Sasuke knew all about this even though he was an actor, not a singer.
"My brother's a singer. Ever heard of Akatsuki? He was the lead singer. Before he died of an 'accidental' overdose of meth. I've been to the studio so many times with him. This is like second nature to me."
"Oh really now?" Sakura walked into the booth and shut the door. She sat on the stool. Sasuke gave her the signal and the music came on. She sang to the music. They recorded a few parts. Then Sakura asked Sasuke if he could go get her some water from the kitchen. She needed some from all that singing. He left the room and she took out her iPhone. Sakura plugged in her headphones and clicked shuffle. The song it gave her was 'Love in This Club' by Usher. She started singing along to it. (*A/N she's singing with her eyes closed like some people do when they sing.)
"I wanna make love in this club (ayy)
In this club (ayy)
In this club (ayy)
I wanna make love in-)
"Oh do you now?"
Sakura almost jumped from the shock. She felt Sasuke's breath on her neck. She turned around and stared at him with an Oh no you didn't look on her face. Sasuke just chuckled.
"Calm down. I was just playing. Here's your water, by the way." He gave her the glass of water he was holding. She took it from him and continued to glare at him. She finished drinking her water and handed the glass back to him. She was still glaring at him.
"Okay, calm down. I'm sorry." Sasuke took the glass from her hands.
"You better be." Sakura said to his back as he was leaving the booth.
The two finally got back to recording the song after a while. Soon, they were done.
"Yes! We're done! I'll just send this to Shikamaru tomorrow and see what he can do with it." Sakura was pretty excited. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.
"Oh, yeah, Shikamaru. You've never heard of him? DJ Mastermind? He creates the awesomest mixes ever."
"Oh, him. Yeah I've heard of him. Why would you give it to him though?"
"He's my DJ and my producer."
"Oh. Right. Didn't know that. Well, that would explain why all your songs are hits."
"Hey! I mix some myself!"
"Well then you're good too."
"Aww, thank you."
"Hn. No prob. I think I should go now…"
"Alright. Thanks for the help!" She led him to the front door. He was about to leave, but then turned around and gave Sakura a hug.
"Since you don't like kisses, I'll just give you a hug. 'Night Sakura." He let go of her and left.
Sakura stared at the retreating figure of Sasuke. She didn't really know what to think of him now. She was still mad at him for stealing her first kiss, but he did help her write and record a new song. Plus, he was also considerate enough to not give her a good-bye kiss. Yet, he still invaded her personal bubble by giving her a good-bye hug. 'Ugh, why is this guy so confusing? Hell, why are all guys so confusing?'
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Hi again. Sorry for the long wait. I tried making this chapter longer, but then I realized making it longer also meant updating slower. And I hate it when people update really slowly. Like they would update once a month or something. It really bothers me, so I don't wanna do something like that for you guys. I'm also pretty busy with schoolwork and everything. Finals are coming up soon and my mom is freaking out because I have like 3 B's right now. XD anyways, I'll try to update as fast as possible. Also, I, like all other authors, like reviews :D so if you guys could please review, that would be awesome. I want to set a goal for myself as a writer, so I'm trying to get at least 5 review for this chapter. It might be a bit low, but I'm just starting. And if I hit 5 reviews, I'll update the next day :) so I hope you guys have enjoyed and story. And don't forget to review :D
--kilf
