Yay! Only one more weeks of school…and after finals…I have all the time in the world to write! YES!

Sorry for the late chapter. I couldn't think of what to write…and as I write this I still don't know what I am going to write.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

It had been one long lonely weekend for Sakura.

Waiting for Monday to come around had been horrible. Sitting at the lonely apartment was boring and well…lonely.

But when Monday came around, she was sort of relieved. Being able to have something to do and getting paid for it. She needed the money.

After pinning her hair up in a messy bun, she got dressed in her new uniform. It was definitely different from her nurse's uniform. She pulled the black skirt up over her smooth legs, and then pulled the white shirt over her head.

Sakura skipped breakfast, not having much of an appetite. Locking the door behind her, she left the apartment building and disappeared down the street.

XxX

"Hi I'm Lin and I'll be helping you as you start out." A happy looking girl with dark green eyes and aqua hair that was held up in a high pony-tail greeted Sakura not long after she walked into the room. Sakura looked up to the girl, only because she was much taller than her.

"H-hi. I'm Amaya." She said, noting how her memorization helped her say her new name. She had been too used to Sakura and now she had to get used to Amaya.

"Hi Amaya. Ok, now to start out I'm sure you get the basics of being a waitress right?" Sakrua nodded her head. "Good. Well I'm sure you get the order the people's food, and give the order to the chef. Then you bring the orders back and serve it to the customers." Once again Sakrua nodded. "Good. Then you get the price f the meal and collect the pay and any tips."

"Got it." Sakrua said. She glanced over at one of the clocks, and noticed it was fifteen after seven. They had been open for only a short while and already the place was busy with customers.

"You get a lot of people here don't you?" Sakrua asked. Lin nodded after taking a look around the room.

"Yea. This isn't too bad. We can get pretty full. It's said that we're one of the best cafés on this side of the village. And a lot of people come in during the morning because it's still slightly cool outside. It can get terribly hot here."

"I wonder why." Sakura mumbled sarcastically.

"Did you say something?" Lin asked curiously.

Smiling sweetly Sakura answered, "Iie."

"Oh. Ok. Well then, I will take these people." Lin said as she motioned towards the family that just walked in the door. "And you can take the next one. Just remember, drink orders first, then food orders. And don't forget to smile!" Lin smiled brightly as she floated off to assist the family.

Sakura didn't smile though. It was a lost thing to her. She used to smile all the time no matter what. She can't do that now. Her life had turned into its own little hell.

The small bell above the door chimed to signal a new arrival. She looked around to see the other waiters and waitresses busy and gave a sigh. Her first customer. Yay.

As she tried to put on her best fake smile, she walked over t the door and looked up to see how many menus she needed. Here eyes met sight of maroon and pale green.

"Kazekage-sama." She said. She hid the groan in her voice and made herself sound cheery. Why him? He had to be her fist huh?

Gaara looked at the girl. The one he couldn't figure out. Her name…Ayame…Ayema…Amaya…that was it. Amaya.

"Amaya right?" he questioned, making sure he was correct. Sakura pointed to her name tag.

"That's me." She said. Sakrua could feel her nerves tingling as small butterflies flew through her stomach. "Oh, right this way." Sakura said and led Gaara towards a table by the window.

"Here you go." She said and placed the menu on the table. 'Remember' she told herself. 'Drinks, then food. Oh and smile.' Sakura flashed Gaara a quick smile and pulled her pad of paper out of her apron that was tied around her waist.

"Can I get you anything to drink?" she asked with fake cheerfulness. Her eyes were scrunched up. She smiled a little less to fix that problem. Gaara must think she's insane by now.

"I'll have some coffee for now." He said and looked out the window. Sakura didn't see the frustrated expression on his face though. Her voice sounded so familiar to him. He had to keep investigating. He would figure out who she was even if it killed him!

"Alright…decafe or regular?" she asked quickly.

"Regular." Gaara answered and continued to look out the window into the steadily busying streets.

Sakura walked off to get the coffee. Gaara kept thinking and replaying the sound of her voice in his head. He felt terribly stupid because he couldn't figure out who she was.

He noticed one little girl with her mother outside the café wave to him, and he replied with a small wave. He was used to the small greetings he was getting. It was nice having the villagers start to accept him and respect him. He promised to protect the village from now on and he generally got a long with everyone. He was as friendly as he could be with them.

"Gaara-sama!" Gaara flinched at the high voice and the girl who sat across from him. Judging by her clothes she was a waitress here just like (ahem) 'Amaya.'

Dark brown hair was let down around the girls shoulders as it clashed with her red eyes. "Emi." Gaara said in a deep tone of annoyance. He held respect for her grandmother, not for the granddaughter. She was an obvious fan girl seeing as she always asked him to join her whenever she was in the office. She wanted him to go to breakfast lunch and dinner with him all the time. Gaara never had patience for fan girls.

"I didn't know you were here." She said over zealously. She flipped a piece of her hair back and smiled flirtatiously.

"Hn."

"Here's your coffee Kazekage-sama." Sakura said as she returned. She placed the mug on the table and noticed Emi. Sakrua scowled.

"You're the new waitress here?" Emi said snobbishly. Sakura could only frown and ignore the girl.

"Hm. What would you like to eat this morning?" Sakura asked as she played oblivious to the glare she was receiving.

"Just some miso soup." Gaara replied as he finally looked up at Sakura. Deciding to play around with Emi, Sakura gave him a nice smile.

And Gaara seemed to want to do the same and gave her an equally warm smile.

"Of course. I'll be right back." Sakrua said and walked off. She just added fuel to the fire. Emi huffed and crossed her arms.

"Kazekage-sama! Ohayo!" Hataru came by the table and smiled at Gaara. Gaara looked up after he added some cream to his coffee.

"Ohayo Hataru." He said back. Emi seemed to have frozen since her boss came by the table. Hataru adjusted her glasses and her amber eyes shot over to Emi.

"Why are you sitting around?" she asked. Emi's eyes widened and she stood abruptly.

"Gomen." She said and rushed along to fulfill new orders. Hataru shook her head and occupied Emi's vacant seat.

Sakura on the other hand had just seated a new couple in and was taking their drink orders. When she moved away from the table to get the drinks, she couldn't stop her eyes from wandering over and gazing at the pale skin, red hair, and pale eyes of the Kazekage.

He gave her comfort. He and his siblings were really the only people she knew in this village. But the problem was, the people she would be comfortable around were the people she had to avoid, incase they figured her out.

"Amaya!"

Sakrua kept her gaze on Gaara who was talking to her boss.

"Amaya!"

Sakura shook her head; now remember whoever it was was calling her name.

"Huh? Oh!" Her finger slipped off the button of the drink dispenser. Never did she notice she had orange juice all over her hand. She looked at the full cup. Stupid short attention span.

"You spaced out there." Lin said and smiled at the girl. Sakrua nodded and fixed the cup so it wasn't overflowing.

After dropping the drink off at the table, she walked back into the kitchen, where she got Gaara's miso soup.

"Here you go." She said as she placed he bowl down in front of Gaara.

"Arigato." He said. Hataru glanced up at Sakrua.

"Having a good first day?" she asked. Sakrua merely nodded. "That's good. Could you get me a cup of decafe coffee?" she asked.

"Hai."

"New waitress." Gaara commented as he delved on his hearty soup.

"Yes she came to me just last Friday in search for a job. She seemed nice enough." Hataru looked on as Sakura balance a large tray of food almost perfectly. Sakura was actually using her chakra to balance the tray more easily.

Hataru watched at the tray stayed in perfect balance. It took her workers quiet a while to master carrying a tray that big, but for the new girls fist time…it was amazing.

"Wow. I've never had someone balance one of the trays that easily before. Maybe she's was a ninja or something?" Hataru said in a joking manor. She chuckled.

Gaara looked behind him to see Sakura setting the tray down. He felt her chakra when she walked across the room. The citizens of the village never had a signature chakra seeing they never trained to control it.

But this girl had told him she didn't belong t any definite village. She couldn't be a ninja. Unless…unless she left her birth village after being a ninja for some time there.

Gaara felt her chakra disperse as she set the tray down. It felt…very faintly familiar. His eyebrows furrowed.

"Hm. I must keep on eye on her. She may be better than I thought she would have been." The amber eyes woman in front of Gaara said.

The redhead nodded and finished off his soup. Hataru took a sip at her coffee when Sakura came to the table.

"The bill." She said and placed a piece of paper on the table. Gaara reached for his pocket when Hataru held her hand up. Her glasses gleamed in the brightening sunlight.

"Don't worry about it. It's on the house. Anything for a regular customer." Hataru stood up. "I'll see you around Gaara-sama."

"Bye." Gaara said as the woman left the table. Gaara's hand continued to reach on his pocket and pulled out a generous amount of bills.

"I'm still obliged to give you a tip." He said and placed the bills on the table. Sakura starred at the amount. That was way more than she could ever expect.

"You don't have to leave that mu…"

Gaara shook his head. "You deserve it." He said. "You're a good waitress." Gaara stood and began to walk off. "I'll see you sometime."

Sakura starred stupidly at the retreating figure of the Kazekage.

I hope you liked! Sorry it took me so long. I'll try to keep more chapters coming. Like I said...I don't' have a lot of school left. 5 more days!

And sorry for any mistakes…I don't have time to check this over…