hi everyone, wow so it has been ages since i have updated soooo sorry about that. anyway i hope you enjoy this new chppy i enjoyed writting it :)

Chapter Ten

Sakura slammed the door shut of her room, breathing deeply she forced herself to calm down and leant her head against the cool wood of the door. Since the storm had finished they had gotten in the studio car and headed straight back to the city. Sasuke hadn't said a word to her and she had liked it that way, they last thing she needed after their little incident was to have him analysing it as if it was a business deal or something.

After getting out of the car at the hotel Sasuke had follow her right up to her floor and she had been almost certain that he had meant to finish what they had started no more than a few hours ago, but he had simply given her a small scrutinizing stare then gotten back in the elevator.

Sakura had almost run to her room, fumbling with her card keys as she had tried to get it in the damn lock. She was afraid that Sasuke would change his mine and follow her in, and that was what she wanted, didn't want!

"Oh god I'm losing my mind" she sighed moving away from the door.

Throwing her bag and papers on her bed she moved around to the small bar fridge and pulled out one of the cokes. Cracking it open she sat at the table near her window and let the cool dark liquid run down her throat, she felt as if all the sand from that storm had clogged in there, even though she hand been nowhere near it.

Finally she felt her muscles begin to relax, up until now she hadn't realised just how tense she was, well Sasuke will do that to you, she thought. Picking up her black berry she turned it on and waited for it to get signal, then waited till the beeping of missed messages and phone calls stopped. Scrolling through them she began making her way down the page. Most of them where from the film crew or Jira tell her that the shooting would be cancelled till the end of the week due to damage from the storm, but there was a few from itachi worried about her, and wondering where she was, and there was also one from her father making sure that everything was going all right on the movie and that he hoped she was having a good time.

Sighing she threw the phone over to the bed and it piled on top of her other stuff, she would deal with messaging back after she finally had a shower.

Placing her half-drunk coke back in the fridge she pulled her shirt over her head and made her way to the bathroom.

The warm water ran through her hair and over her skin soothing her aching muscles and relaxing them. Gradually she forced Sasuke from her mind and tried to think about what she was going to do for the next four days well the film crew repaired the damage. Maybe she would catch a tour bus and do all the touristy things.

Turning off the water she dried her hair with a towel while wrapping another around her body. Stepping out she relished the feel of the cool tiles beneath her feet and made her way out into the main room. She stilled the moment she realised that there was someone else in her room.

She couldn't see them yet but she could sense that someone else was in her hotel suite. Looking around she found her culprit hunched over and looking in the fridge, she couldn't see their face as it was hidden by the fridge door but from the black hair sticking out atop she could hedge a safe bet on who was in her room.

Why had he come back? Did he want to finish things right now? Looking down she realised that aside from the towel she was practically naked, how would have much resistance in that department. What was she going to do? Her breath began to come in short breaths as her heart raced she was ready yet, and how did he get in her room? She was going to have to have a word with security here.

"What are you doing in my room" she asked sternly gripping the material around her tightly.

Surprised the man stood up and relief flooded through her at her mistake.

"Where have you been for the past two days?" he asked grinning at her as he finished of the last of her coke.

"It's nice to see you to itachi" she said sarcastically "what are you doing in here I thought you were… I'm mean"

Itachi raised an eyebrow at her wonderingly "you thought I was Sasuke huh?"

"I…well" she spluttered "look, can we have this conversation when I'm dressed?"

"Sure" he grinned before sitting down at the window she had just previously vacated "but put something nice on, you have no food here and I'm hungry how about we go out to tea?"

Gabbing some cloths she rushed back into the bathroom "why do you want to go out, wont that get in the way of your little plan I though all you wanted me to do was to be here willing and waiting for Sasuke" she said sarcastically.

"don't be like that" he said as he down the last of the drink "I want to know all about where you've been for the past two days, and I want to know what you and my brother have been up to will you've both been missing"

"What are you talking about?" she said as she emerged dressing in a short plaine white dress that hardly even reached to her knees.

Itachi gave a low whistle of appreciation when he saw her "now why don't you wear cloths like this when you are around Sasuke, I would be helpless to resist you"

"So now you're telling me what to wear as well as how to seduce your brother" she snapped haughtily, her angry breaths causing the fabric of the dress to strain against her breasts.

Itachi grinned evilly "I should take a photo of you right now and send it to my brother, our plan will be finished instantly" he laughed then actually reached for his phone.

"Cut it out!" she reprimanded him grabbing his phone "do you want to eat or not?"

Itachi laughed "ok princess lets go, I see that your temper and hunger are still connected, you remind me of a lioness when she hasn't eaten for three weeks"

Sakura ignored him "come on or I just might eat you" then headed for the elevator, not realising what she had said

Itachi burst out laughing "that is what you should be saying to Sasuke"

They made their way to one of the small Moroccan restaurants near the hotel and got a seat instantly even though people were waiting in line. People just looked at itachi and they practically fell over themselves to please him.

After giving their orders and getting their drinks itachi began asking her about everything that had happened in the past couple of days. And reluctantly she told him; of course, she left out all the gory details.

"Well, well, well, it couldn't have worked out better than if I'd planned it myself" he said when she had finished "than again I have seen you drive in the city so it does not surprise me that you got lost" he laughed.

"Shut up" she snapped annoyed "it could have happened to anyone"

"Nope, sorry" he said "it could only happen to you."

Thankfully there dinner arrived before she could say something nasty "so what are you still doing here anyway, I though you would have left by now?" she didn't mean it to be horrible, she was just worried about her father, if itachi was hear than that meant he was doing everything by himself and she knew that his health would be able to cope with that level of work.

Sensing her worry itachi stopped teasing her, although she didn't know the full extent to her father's illness she did know that he was sick. "you don't need to worry I placed john in charge of all the hands on stuff while I am here, everything else I can pretty much do via remote access on my computer, your father won't have to worry about a thing."

Sakura visibly relaxed since she had read the text from him on her phone she had been worrying about who he was. "Thank you itachi, for everything you have done for my father" she said than leaning over she gave him a gentle brush on the cheek.

After dropping sakura off at her room Sasuke had gotten in the elevator and gone down to the bar. Ever bone in his body wanted to follow sakura into her hotel suite, but he had seen how shook up she had been and her silence in the car home had been overwhelming. He hadn't expected her to react to him like this, up until now there casual flirting and teasing had only gotten defiance from sakura, but this time he had gotten fear. Was she afraid of him? Or was she afraid of what she was feeling for him? No matter his brothers plan he would not take sakura against her will that just went against everything he was.

So after half hour of mulling things over and what he should do he had been surprised to see sakura emerge from the elevator with none other than his brother. What was going on? Why where they acting so friendly with one another, was this part of Itachi's act? Then another thought entered him mind, was sakura afraid because she feared what itachi would think? Did she have feelings for his brother? They had been engaged after all no matter what his brother had told him.

He knew these thoughts were irrational but he couldn't help them just like he couldn't help himself getting up and following after them. He stayed a safe distance behind them watching closely. Itachi had his arm around sakura's waist as he guided her into a restaurant. Was that jealously he felt? No!

He wanted to follow them inside but unfortunately his fame chose right now to get in his way as a group of screaming fan girls spotted him and demanded autographs. By the time he had finished signing shirts and pencil cases, itachi and sakura had disappeared.

Stepping inside the restaurant he just couldn't believe his bad luck as suddenly Ino spotted him from a nearby table, getting up she approached him, sultrily swaying her hips, in a way that he had once found irresistible, but not now. He was now finding himself looking for the determined sway of a certain pink hair girl.

"Sasuke!" Ino squealed instantly irritating him "what are you doing here?"

Just then Sasuke spotted a flash of pink and black hair, instantly grabbing his attention. Ignoring Ino he looked over her shoulders only to see the slim body of sakura pulling away from his brother, clearly just after a kiss, her cheeks were flushed and itachi was smiling at her fondly, there was something here his brother wasn't telling him. Had he changed his mind and decided to take sakura for himself as originally planned?

Instantly Sasuke saw red and he didn't even try to pull back as Ino leaned in to kiss him, in fact he relished it, he hoped that sakura would see it, that she would see that he didn't care about her and that what was happening between the two of them meant nothing to him.

He hadn't meant to encourage Ino this much but soon he found himself tangled in her wild embrace he tried to urge his body to respond but where once Ino had excited him she was now just a dull distraction.

Finally he managed to end the kiss and looking over his shoulder he looked to his prey, and sure enough she had seen.

Sakura pulled back from kissing itachi on the cheek only to have her eyes automatically drawn to the front of the restaurant. She could sense him from a mile away those broad muscles and blue black hair he was mesmerizing, as was what he was doing. She just couldn't tear her eyes away from him as she watched the two of them kissing, her insides shattering to a million pieces, vaguely she heard itachi angry intake of breath but she couldn't look away.

Finally it was over and sakura saw the triumphant smile as he lifted his head, then looking over Ino's shoulder he looked directly at her. She could see the victorious glint in his eyes, Sasuke had set out do to one thing since they had gotten home and that was to show her that, not matter how much he was attracted to her. She was never going to mean anything to him. And it was a lesson that sakura would learn well.