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Dear Beautiful-Pink-Sparkles-Diary-of-Ultimate-Pinkness,
I am currently writing in a Starbucks at 8AM on a Saturday morning.
WHY, you ask?
It's my turn to host Ino's... "Get-togethers" this time, and I was kicked out for preparation. She and Naruto decided to force me out of my own home to prepare for a Cheer-up-Sakura-Get-Together thing...at my house, and that it was going to be a "surprise"...at my house.
What dumb friends I have.
(I love them. Sometimes. I think.)
So Fatso-Ino and the Narutard decide to wake me up and kick me out of bed at 6AM. Geez. He's a fricken' teenage boy. I thought teenaged boys didn't even wake up til noon or later? And what person is so hyper so early? I'll admit, I'm an early bird and wake up pretty early and I'm pretty cheery in the morning. But not to this degree. Never to this degree.
Just proves my theory that neither of them are normal, I guess.
I'm actually really scared of what they'll do to my house. And what's going to happen tonight, what with Ino and Naruto and...everyone. Why oh why, did I leave my house to them? I don't even know who's coming yet!
Ooh, Piggy texted me!
BeautifulInBlonde: You're not spying are you? I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU ARE.
You: Why's your contact name the same as your IM name?
BeautifulInBlonde: Didn't want you to forget how beautiful I am.. :) Now, where are you?
You: Starbucks. I hate you. The baristas are wondering why I haven't left yet…
BeautifulInBlonde: OOH. CAN YOU BRING ME BACK A CARAMEL MACHIATO?
You: NO, YOU SENT ME HERE AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING. I OWE YOU NOTHING.
BeautifulInBlonde: I'm holding Mr. Snugglekins in my hands.
You: Hot or cold?
Sigh, Pretty-Pink-Diary.
My friends are such losers. First she kicks me out of my house and now she makes me buy her Starbucks. What kind of a friendship is this? This is abuse, I tell you.
I really-
"Sakura, yeah?" Hm? Who could it possibly be so early in the morning...
"DEIDARA! Why didn't I see you before?" OH, IT'S HIM—THE GORGEOUS BLONDE WHO LOOKS LIKE INO! Honestly, I think it's kind of freaky how similar in looks they both are. Maybe he's secretly her third cousin twice removed or something?
"My shift just started, yeah. What're you doing here so early, yeah?" He grinned at me and I couldn't help but grin back. He's just such a cutie!
"Ino decided to kick me out of my house so she can prepare for another "get together" to cheer me up..In my own house" I responded, rolling my eyes. It sounded just as silly out loud as it did in my head.
"Oh yeah, that thing, yeah? I'm going today after work, yeah. I hear you've been sitting here for a while—did you want something to drink, yeah? On the house." Cute and nice! I should seriously just fall in love with him instead of ice-cube Sasuke-kun. Wait, freeze. Must not think about Sasuke-kun. Must not even say his name. Must… Forget...
Oh right, he asked me if I wanted a drink!
"Aw, thanks Deidara! But won't you get in trouble for handing out free drinks?"
"Nah, Boss likes me, yeah. And if worse comes to worse I'll just pay for it, yeah. No worries. What would you like, yeah?" Oh, what a sweetie. I should definitely go for someone like him instead. Sigh.
"Uhmm. How about a tall Strawberries n Creme frappacino? Thanks, Deidara, you're the best!" I stayed in my seat in the corner of the store and watched as he walked behind the counter to make my drink.
Deidara's a friend of Sasuke-kun's brother, but we all used to be pretty close- Itachi, his friends, and Sasuke-kun and the rest of us. It wasn't until Sasuke-kun and Itachi had a…falling out, I guess you could say—that our group and Itachi's friends sort of stopped talking as often because Sasuke-kun and Itachi stopped talking. He wouldn't tell any of us what happened, so even to this day, we still don't know.
I was always the smallest out of our entire group of friends, so I guess that's why Itachi and his friends, being older, sort of took on a protective big brother role for me. I sort of missed their big brother niceness when we grew apart. Sad sigh.
My eyes followed Deidara as he flitted around behind the counter, gathering the ingredients and everything needed to make my frappacino. I sighed. Again, for what, the umpteenth time today?
Deidara, Sasori, Nagato, and Itachi were all tall, strong, good looking guys. They were all nice to me too, unlike a certain chicken butt haired guy who's related to Itachi.
Why did God have to be so cruel and make me fall in love with the one guy who thinks I'm annoying and a bother and not worth his words?
WHY.
"Sasuke, what's up, yeah?" I heard Deidara's voice as the little bell on the door tinkled to signal someone coming in. Apparently that someone was Sasuke-kun. Oh god oh god oh god oh god. I shrank farther into my seat and flipped open my laptop and hid. I hope he didn't see me. Oh god oh god.
"Hn. Back from my run. Bottle of water." I sneaked a peek from behind my laptop. What? Just because I've decided to give up on him doesn't mean I can't admire him from afar...Right?
He pulled a five dollar bill from his...shoe? Well I guess there aren't many places to keep your wallet when you're running...
"2.34. So Sasuke, you going to Sakura's tonight, yeah?" Sakura..That's me! Oh god, oh god. Deidara, shut up! It's a Cheer-Sakura-up-Get-Together party for a reason, and that reason is because I'm getting over Sasuke-kun, so he's obviously not going to-
"Hn. Keep the change. I didn't know about it. Who's throwing it?" See..He uses proper words with other people...Why never with me..? AARGH stupid Sasuke-kun.
"Ino, yeah. It's another one of her "get-togethers," only this time to cheer Sakura up. They kicked her out for preparations, yeah, see, she's right over here. Here Sakura, one Strawberries n Creme frapp on the house, yeah!" He set down my drink in front of me. I peeked up behind the safety of my laptop to see Sasuke-kun. Just..staring.
"Erm. Hi, Sasuke-ku-Sasuke." I refuse to use the suffix on him in front of him anymore. It's a step closer to getting over him.
He raised an eyebrow at me and I held his gaze, determined not to back down. Yeah! Sakura the STRONG, INDEPENDENT, WOMAN!
Ooh, frappacino!
I brought the green straw to my lips and sipped. Mmm! Heaven.
"I didn't know you needed cheering up." I looked back up at him. It pained me. That handsome face. Those obsidian eyes. Love-of-my-love, Sasuke-kun-soulmate, love.
"Yeah, Sakura. What happened, yeah?" I looked at Deidara. Oh, why, why, why, couldn't I have been in love with you instead? You'e so sweet and gorgeous.
"Yeah well, Sasuke," I deliberately left out the "kun" again. I'm getting better at this! INDEPENDENT WOMAN, I AM! "There's a lot of things you don't know." Like how I've been desperately and hopelessly in love with you for years, you fricken' human ice cube emotionless freak!
The eyebrow went higher up.
"Hn." See? He never tries to uphold any conversation with me whatsoever. What a jerk. What an absolute, freakish, dumb, stupid, hot, apple-of-my-eye, jerk.
"Sakura, you can always come talk to us about anything that's bugging you, yeah? We're always here to listen, yeah?" Deidara's so sweet. I'm not sure to whom he's referring to with those "us" and "we"'s to, but still. At least he tries. Unlike a certain jerk.
"Thanks Deidara, and thanks for the frappacino too." I smiled at him. Sasuke-kun's eyebrow went even higher. Whatever.
At this point, Sasuke-kun and Deidara have both pulled up chairs and were sitting at my table with me while I sipped at my deliciously strawberry drink. Mmm, strawberry goodness!
"How's the drink, yeah, Sakura?" He was still smiling at me. What a sweetie.
"It's really good! I-" My phone rang:
Incoming call from: Narutard
"Yeah, Narutard. As if I'm going to answer your calls. Hmph." I huffed and turned the ringer off, "How long have you been working here, Dei-" I was cut off again by the ringing of my phone, again.
Incoming call from: Narutard
"Why aren't you answering the Dobe's calls?" Sasuke-kun asked me. Sigh. Way to start talking to me after I've decided to give up on you, Sasuke-kun. It's too late now, though. I'm dead set on giving up. There's just too much heartache involved.
"Because he-"
Incoming call from: Narutard
Oh my god, Naruto. Persistent much? I finally picked up.
"WHAT?" I roared into the phone. I am Sakura the Lion, and no one messes with me!
"SAKURA-CHAN!"
"Oh my god, Naruto. I think the everyone in Starbucks heard you. What do you want?" I hissed at him. My feelings for the Narutard right now are not very positive, considering he abetted in waking me up at 6AM and then kicked me out half an hour later.
"INO. I CAN'T DO IT. I'M TOO SCARED. YOU TELL HER!" I heard him shouting in the background. Were those...sirens in the background? No way. What did those two do?
"Naruto…Tell me what you guys did. Right. Now." I growled into the phone. From the corner of my eyes I could see Deidara looking curiously and Sasuke raising his eyebrow, again. Any higher, Sasuke-kun, and your eyebrow is going to fly off your face.
"I...I...SAKURA-CHAN! I'M SORRY! WE'RE SORRY!" Naruto sobbed into the phone.
"FOREHEAD, WE'RE SO SORRY. WE DIDN'T MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN! OH MY GOD... I'M SORRY!" Ino started yelling into the phone, completely panic stricken. Oh my god, Ino lost her cool. WHAT DID THEY DO?
"Ino, Pig. It's okay, it's alright. Don't worry about it. Calm down and tell me what happened." Trying to calm this girl is not the easiest thing to do, but I've had plenty of practice, so I'm good. Deidara and Sasuke-kun both look so confused. Deidara looks cute confused, but he has nothing on Sasuke-kun. Hehe.
"I'M SORRY. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND GORGEOUS AND YOUR EYES SPARKLE LIKE THE CLEAR WATER UNDER THE SUMMER SUN!" Ino's sucking up to me. This really cannot be good. My eyes aren't even blue!
"Shhh, calm down Ino. It's all okay, just tell me what happened!"
"WE BURNED DOWN YOUR HOUSE!"
And that's what we have for the third chapter. Please review, alerts and favourites and subscriptions make me happy, but it's your loving reviews that encourage me to write longer and longer chapters and update more frequently...I love to hear from you guys!
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