Hello again! Here is chapter 3!

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Sakura was tired.

Like, she wished she could just curl up on the floor under her desk and sleep. Kakashi had stayed until after eleven the night before and then it was after one before she settled down enough to actually fall asleep.

Then she came in to all the paperwork she had left the night before. She knew she should have skipped that darn party.

It was almost lunch time before she even took a slight break. Her stomach started growling and she knew she would need to pause and grab some food soon or she would be completely useless.

Suddenly her door cracked open and a platinum blonde head peeked in.

"Forehead? You busy?"

Sighing, Sakura put her pen down and rubbed her head. "When am I ever not busy?"

Stepping inside and closing the door Ino made her way to the chair in front of Sakura's desk.

"Too true. You need to take a break every now and then - like right now! Genma is watching the twins and I've come to kidnap you for lunch. It's been forever and we have so much to catch up on!"

Laughing, Sakura decided to say "screw it" to the reports and spun around to grab her purse off the floor.

"You caught me at a good time cause I'm starving. Let's try that new burger place a few blocks away."

"Sounds good to me." Ino said as she got up from her chair and made her way with Sakura out of the door.

They chatted a bit as they made their way to the restaurant and Sakura was reminded how good it was to have a friend like Ino. Sure, they had has their issues in the past, but now she looked at the blonde like she was the sister she never had.

"Oh, we're here! This place does look promising!" Ino exclaimed.

They made their way inside and were seated in a booth in the back.

"Your waitress will be right with you! Enjoy your meal!" The hostess said enthusiastically.

"Did we have that much energy when we were younger?" Sakura asked.

"Probably." Ino said laughing.

Soon a petite red head came up and introduced herself as Suki.

"What can I get you ladies to drink?"

"I'll have a coke." Sakura said, looking up from the menu.

"I'll have the same." Ino said.

"Do you need time to look through the menu or do you already know what you want?"

"I'll have the jumbo burger, but without the pickles." Sakura ordered, giving the waitress her menu.

"I'll take the Texan and can I have extra onions with it?"

"You sure can! I'll get these orders in for you and be back with your drinks." Suki said as she closed her order book and walked away.

"Okay, so, Genma said he heard through the grapevine that things got a little intense after I left last night." The blonde said.

Huffing, Sakura tucked her left foot under her.

"It wasn't too bad. Naruto was drunk so I didn't take anything he said too seriously. Kakashi stepped in when Naruto got a little too handsy so it was all fine. I left soon after you did."

Grinning, Ino gave her friend a sly look. "Oh, he did, did he?"

"Don't look at me like that, you know how it is with him. Kakashi and I are close, but as friends."

"Uh huh. Sure. You've been telling me that for the past five or six years now. I still say the man has the complete hots for you and I'd say you feel the same way."

"Ino! Did you want to come out just to grill me about Kakashi again?"

Laughing, Ino remaind quiet as the waitress came back with their drinks.

After she walked away, she continued.

"No, I wanted to see you and talk to another adult. You cherish things like that when all you normally talk to is babies."

"What about Genma?"

"He's my first baby, duh."

Laughing, Sakura couldn't help but grin.

"Anyways, back to Kakashi. You two act like a couple every time you're around one another. It's not just me that sees it. I know Genma gives Kakashi a hard time about it every time he sees him. We actually have a bet going. I give you another year before you pop up pregnant and Genma says it'll be closer to six months."

Almost spitting her soda out, Sakura grabbed a napkin and dabbed at her lips.

"You do not have a bet like that!"

"Oh, we totally do. Maybe it's wishful thinking, I'm mean, cause I would love to have another momma friend!"

Shaking her head, Sakura buried her face in her hands.

"I can't believe you have a bet with your husband on Kakashi knocking me up."

"Like I said, wishful thinking. But really Forhead, why do you both fight it so much?"

"It's not that we fight it, Pig-"

"Here we are! A jumbo burger without pickles and a Texan with extra onions! Enjoy and I'll be by to check on you!" Suki said as we bounced away.

"Oh, thank goodness. I'm starving."

They both ate most of their food in silence, too hungry to chat. Soon, though, Ino went back to the previous subject.

"Okay, now that my stomach isn't trying to eat my intestines, we can get back to you and Kakashi."

"There isn't a Kakashi and I. We're friends. That's it."

"Nope. I say you're in denial and Genma thinks the same about Kakashi. You just need to jump him and get it over with."

"I'm not gonna jump him!"

"Why not? Im sure he's sexy underneath that mask and he has the body of a ninja. Just do it and see what happens."

"What will happen with be a ruined friendship for a few hours of fun." Sakura grumbled.

"Or it could be the start of a wonderful sex life."

"Pig!"

"What? It's the truth, how else are you gonna pop out babies?"

"I'm not gonna pop out babies!"

"That's what you say now, but mark my words, you'll be pregnant by the end of the year with little silver haired, green eyed babies!"

"You're insane."

"And you're in denial. Come on, Forhead, just try it!"

"I will not! Anyways, I need to get back to work."

"Uh huh, you just don't want to discuss this anymore."Ino grumbled, taking a last sip of her soda before getting up and grabbing her purse.

"Exactly." Sakura muttered as they made their way to pay for their meal.

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It was a week after that lunch with Ino and the conversation was still replaying in her mind.

She knew that people often wondered what kind of relationship she had with Kakashi, especially now that he was the Hokage. She understood, after all if it was any other two people she would probably be thinking the same thing.

It was late on a Saturday night and Kakashi was coming over for dinner. Well, he was bringing take out and they were gonna eat in her apartment. It had become their thing, dinner on Saturaday night. They had to skip it last week though, because Kakashi had gotten tied up in meetings until well into the night.

Ugh, she though, how was she gonna look at him normal now that Ino had made her think about sex and babies?

She was NOT gonna jump him. No way, no how. They had only ever been that close once, and it had almost destroyed their relationship.

Of course, that could also be chalked up to the fact that it was on a mission and such, but that was beside the point.

Lost in thought, she jumped when she heard the knock at the door. Getting over she shock, she got up off her couch and made her way over to the door. Looking out of the peephole she saw a silver head and unlocked and opened the door.

"You're on time."

Shrugging, Kakashi moved into the apartment after Sakura moved out of the doorway.

"It was a long day and I'm hungry. Didn't have the energy to get lost on the road of life."

Rolling her eyes, she followed him to the dinning room table and helped him take the food out of the bags.

"Oh yum. I was hoping you'd be craving Chinese too."

Laughing, Kakashi dished out the food on the two plates Sakura had already sat out and sat down.

"I wondered why I had a Chinese takeout menu stuck in with the jounin med exams you left on my desk.

Giggling, Sakura sat down opposite of her companion and began to dig in.

"What can I say? I've been craving it."

They ate in companionable silence and soon the food had been devoured. Kakashi had long since been comfortable enough to remove his mask around her and sometimes it still gave her butterflies when he pulled the cloth down and it pooled around his neck.

Sakura had gotten out wine and had already had a glass before Kakashi had gotten to her apartment. Now she was already done with her second and could feel the effects of the alcohol.

Kakashi had a slight stubble on his jaw. He always did hate shaving and not for the first time she wondered how it would feel to kiss him with that stubble.

Knock it off! She told herself.

She had to get what Ino said out of her head before she did something stupid like actually jumping him.

"Something wrong, Sakura?" Kakashi asked.

Startled, she glanced up from his lips to his eyes.

"What? Oh, no. I must have just zoned out."

"Long week?"

"Incredibly long. I'm ready for a long vacation. I was thinking about seeing if I could rope someone into going to the new spa that opened up in Takiline City with me. I heard it was amazing."

"I've heard good things about it as well."

Getting up from the table Sakura moved into the kitchen and poured herself another glass of wine.

"Trying to get drunk?" Came a voice right behind her.

Jumping, she turned around and found that Kakashi had moved right up behind her and now there was only a few inches that separated them.

"Oh, no. Well, I mean, maybe. I'm just seeing what happens." She muttered.

"Okay, spill."

"Spill? Spill what?"

"Whatever it is that's bothering you. You're acting odd."

"I'm fine. I'm just tired and I really love this wine."

Not budging, Kakashi crossed his arms.

"I call bull on that. I'm not backing away until you tell me whats wrong."

Maybe the wine had loosened her lips, because the next thing she knew she was telling Kakashi it was nothing major, just something Ino had said.

"Something Ino said? What did she say?"

Turning back around, Sakura grabbed her glass and drank half in one gulp. She was surprised when she felt Kakashi up against her back and his fingers taking her glass away.

"Woah. I think you've had enough." He murmured, right next to her ear. She could feel his breath as it glided across her skin.

She felt her stomach flop at his nearness.

"Come on, Kakashi, I'm fine."

She felt herself being turned around and blushed when Kakashi took her chin in his hand.

"Don't lie to me, Sakura."

It had to be the wine. It had to be. At least, that's what she told herself.

"Okay, fine. You want to know what's bothering me?"

"Yes."

"Fine, what's bothering me is the fact that Ino said I should jump you and I've been trying to tell myself no. But you know what? Screw common sense." And at that Sakura grabbed his shirt and and leaned up to press her lips to his.

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Ah! I wasn't going to update until Monday, but all the cookies and beer (actually, only half a beer. I'm a complete lightweight because I hardly ever drink.) have made me want to write so bad!

I know. Bad bad.

Anyways, Sakura made her move! Go girl!

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Until next time!