Much quicker update than last time
Did i really lose that many readers?
Finally made it to a double Digit numbered chapter for a story
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AMGR Chapter 10: There For You

Karin stared out the window thinking…She really wasn't a bad person. No, she wasn't, she decided. She couldn't help but give into the urge of telling every time she heard something juicy. It was natural reaction to go over and tell the next few people she met. It wasn't her fault that they went and told someone else.

She sighed heavily, pushing up her glasses, before grabbing her books and taking off to class. She snorted when she saw Sakura.

Sakura, the pink haired girl, who had somewhat a friendship with her Sasuke. To think she still put on the air of a goody two shoes…disgusting. Karin knew her little secret, after all she hadn't done much to hide her arguing in the dorm room. She could have heard it from the elevator, she mused, she just happened to be a door away from Sakura's room. With a small smirk she sauntered past one of the dorky girls, commenting on the dumb looking plaid skirt.

Amateurs, she thought, and hiked up her skirt, smiling, she ran towards the direction Sasuke was supposed to show up from.

The class was just the same as before. Noisy and loud. Sakura held her head, gritting her teeth as her head pounded. She had stayed out in the cold for over two hours, refusing to go back and face her parents. Only when she saw them leave, did she trudge back upstairs through the fire escape.

"S-Sakura-chan? A-are you okay?" Lovely sweet Hinata, why couldn't she stop her incessant stuttering? God it was so annoying. The endless wait for her to finish her sentence, it was so frustrating.

She caught herself, what was she thinking? She had absolutely no right to make fun of Hinata's speech. Where that thought came from, she couldn't understand. It was so weird and yet the thought stayed with her. She kept thinking of how annoying her stuttering was but she knew that she shouldn't be thinking that.

It was frustrating having two thoughts clash. She knew that it wasn't Hinata's fault for stuttering, and she had never thought much of it until today. What had happened to make her so frustrated? It was unnerving. She knew she was agitated, but why she was, she could not understand for the life of her.

Maybe she was scared of what Sasuke's reaction would be today. Her outburst yesterday ("Just be there for me!") was more than enough to put her into an endless pit of embarrassment. She had no idea what made her think that and right now she was most definitely not thinking that. Rather, she felt, it was much better this way. Having him around would certainly have been a nuisance. He was not serious enough to handle a baby and if he was around, his little bothersome "groupie" would have to be exterminated. No way, was she going to let the child grow up in such an environment. His fangirls would definitely have to go.

Nodding to herself, she stiffened as she felt his eyes bore into the back of her head. Naruto took his seat behind and she heard his low voice, murmuring something clearly unimportant. She had to resist the urge to scowl.

"Hinata-chan!"

That idiot. Who in the right mind would glomp his girlfriend early in the morning? She ignored Hinata's embarrassed stammer and Naruto's loud greeting, focusing on the problem at hand.

She laced her hands and rested her elbows on the table. Sighing into her joined hands she thought of the cost of keeping the baby. She was going to have to start working and college would be hard to keep up with. It would definitely be a major setback to her life, but she could deal with.

Whispers from the other side of the room caught her attention. She felt the stares of the girls and she turned towards them frowning. Karin's red head was in the middle and she apparently had something to say…and about her. She saw Mana gasp and sneak a look over at her. Her frown deepened when she saw Karin nod her head vigorously.

Curious, she stood up, ignoring Hinata's call, and calmly walked over. "Well, well, if it isn't you?" said Karin.

Sakura smirked, "Of course it is," her voice dripping sarcasm, "I couldn't help but watch you talk about me behind my back."

The group of girls looked at each other with a knowing look in their eyes. Mana stepped up, hesitantly, asking loudly, "We heard you were pregnant, is it true?" Mana's dark eyes bore into her surprised ones.

It was at that moment the room turned silent looking at their direction. Mana looked at her expectantly now, waiting for her answer.

So much shock she felt; she couldn't talk. Her mouth remained parted. Did Sasuke hate her so much to tell people that she was pregnant? He couldn't have.

"I-I…" The bravado she had come over with had disappeared and she felt her blood boil. Sasuke had no right to tell anyone. He was not a part of this anymore. Tears stung her eyes. Blinking furiously, she looked at Karin's knowing face. The whole class was listening. She hurried out the door, seething.

The room was silent. Haruno Sakura, pregnant? It was unbelievable. A quiet voice from the middle piped up, "Who's the father?"

Naruto would not stop fucking annoying him about Sakura.

…Like he didn't know that it was his fault she was pregnant in the first place. They arrived in class and still Naruto would not shove his lecture up his ass. He gritted his teeth and ignored him focusing on the pink head in front of him.

She was ignoring him-that was obvious. He saw her tense as she felt his stare. He didn't know what to think of her. He knew he was compelled to provide her support, but he was simply not the person to do that.

From where he was sitting he could see the slight change in her facial expression as she confronted Karin. Her face had hardened and he saw that she was biting the inside of her lip to keep from crying. He frowned.

"We heard you were pregnant, is it true?" His face turned stoic as he watched her movement for an answer. She seemed shocked and he almost snorted. Did she think that they wouldn't find out? Eventually, she would begin showing and her secret would have been out anyways.

…Yet, he couldn't help but wonder how his fan girls had found out about Sakura's pregnancy. His eyes followed her wearily as she ran out of the room in complete humiliation, anger, and embarrassment.

Naruto began muttering under his breath, "Teme you are such a bastard. Go talk to her…It's your fault anyways." He rubbed his head, trying to ease his headache.

A question from the middle of the room caused him to pause his movements. "Who's the father?"

He paused, sighing heavily, before resigning to standing. Naruto stopped his irritating babble to look at him questioningly. "I am," he said and walked out of the door.

He scowled as he looked for her. The hallway was empty and she was nowhere to be seen. Groaning mentally, he paused in front of the female bathroom and pushed the door open calling her name out in his deep voice, "Sakura."

He heard sniffling and knew she was in here. Hesitating, he pushed open the middle stall and saw her crying.

Not knowing what to do he closed the door behind her and stood with crossed arms, waiting for her to speak.

She was speechless, needless to say. Sasuke was standing in front of her, in the girl's bathroom. She hiccupped and waited for her anger to build. How dare he go around telling people that she ended up pregnant when he refused to take responsibility? Eyes narrowed in anger and she stood up, stood so close to him, looking into his eyes. Her infuriation grew when she saw no sense of expression in the bottomless eyes she had nightmares about. How dare he come up to her without any show of sympathy?

Through gritted teeth, she spoke, "How could you tell her?" They both knew what she was talking about, "why would you tell her?" she repeated in a much softer and smaller voice. Her eyes searched his for answers.

He opened his mouth, "I did not tell anyone."

She stood up directly in front of him. He was lying. He had to be lying, and just like that she felt her anger grow to an immense new level, "How dare you deny the facts Uchiha Sasuke? You dare lie to my face?!"

He didn't reply and that was all she needed for an answer. His silence showed that it was he who told and suddenly she didn't care anymore. She didn't care at all for the man in front of her. She didn't care for the baby. She just didn't care. She was too tired to deal with any more hurt.

Suppressing her anger, she sighed heavily and steeled herself against his gaze, "Move, I need to get out." He didn't move, she didn't expect him to. Freaking idiot. Why she wanted him in her life in the beginning was a damn mystery. Shouldering past him, she felt him move.

"Sakura…" she stood facing the door with her hand on the handle; he was facing the opposite direction. They stood shoulder to shoulder. Turning his body so her shoulders were nearly touching his chest, he raised an arm to stop her from leaving.

She slapped it away. "Don't…" she choked out, refusing to look at him, "Don't say my name, you bastard." Her eyes were glued to the silver gleam of the handle. She was aware of the his chest moving in time with his breathing. She felt his eyes staring at her. Dammit, she was going to cry.

He turned her towards him. She didn't resist his touch. Giving in she turned, staring at his clothed chest, not really seeing it at all. Kami, she really was miserable. Through a film of tears, she waited for his next movement.

With two fingers, he raised her chin, looking down into her face. He saw her. He saw her resignation. He saw her weariness. He saw her desperation. He saw her hurt. He saw her anger. He saw her…she had let her guard down.

"Let me…be there for you…" he whispered.

("Just be there for me!")

Her eyes widened. Did…he really mean it? Her heart beat a thousand times a minute. It was too cruel to be a joke. "Do…you mean it?" She watched him for any signs of deceit.

There was silence and she waited patiently for him to speak. His gaze did not move from hers as if challenging her statement. Time was running out, she knew. She wasn't going to wait forever. "Do you really mean that?" she repeated, whispering.

She knew he was not going to answer, but what he said was as good as a promise. She pushed the door open slowly, "I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow at 9…I'll wait for you."

Only when she walked outside, did she realize that she believed him. He didn't tell.

Ino watched her friend pace back and forth watching the clock, "Sakura are you sure he's coming?" Sakura paused, looking at Ino, "I…"

Ino stared at her waiting for an answer, "…don't know." She sighed, "Why don't you let me come with you. He's not going to show. It's already 9 and you'll be late for your appointment."

She watched her friend's face fall, "I know, it's just-it's just that I thought he'd be here; I guess he got caught up doing something else right?"

D.E.N.I.A.L

Did she really believe that Sasuke would be there? Honestly, pregnant women do get naïve once in a while, "Forehead, come on, I'll take you there," Ino moved to stand up, grabbing her purse off the couch.

"No, I need to do this by myself," Sakura let out slowly.

Ino's anger flared. "Yourself? Sakura, you'd let Sasuke come with you, but you won't let me? You choose that bastard over me?" Immediately, she wished she hadn't spoken like that. She saw her odd haired best friend's bottom lip quiver, "Sakura…I didn't mean it; I just…want to know why him? You're my best friend…and I want you to know that I will always support you…"

"I need to do this by myself, just this once Ino…pig," Sakura gave her a half smile before walking outside.

She didn't know why, but she felt as if she was being left out for the first time. She felt as if Sakura really had grown past her age, that …Forehead…

"Sakura-chan!" She was sincerely surprised to see Naruto with his car in front of the building, "Naruto?" she questioned at the sun kissed blond, "what are you doing here?"

It was odd that he wasn't smiling. She knew at once why he was here, "Look Naruto, I know you wanted me to abort it, but…"

He held his hand up pausing her speech, "Sakura-chan, I'm not here about that," he looked darkly at the ground before looking back up, "listen Sasuke couldn't make it, so he sent me to take you." He opened the passenger door open for her.

She wanted to drop down and freaking cry. She didn't want Naruto there; she didn't ask Sasuke because she needed a ride; she asked him because she really didn't want to do this alone. No one else could help her in this situation in the way he could. It was his baby. She wanted the father to be there. "Listen Naruto, I kind of want to do this alone…"

She should have just told Sasuke to go to hell...

Naruto uncrossed his arms, "Sakura-chan, you're one my closest friends; I don't want you to do this alone, let me come with you." She looked into his sincere blue eyes and she saw that he wanted to help her, but he couldn't.

"Gomen…Naruto, tell Sasuke that I don't need a ride…I'm taking the bus." She left Naruto confused.

Anxiety filled her body as she waited for the doctor to arrive. The nurse had given her a gown to put on. A knock on the door made her look up and in an unclear voice she spoke, "Come in." The familiar blonde hair and big chested woman made her emerald eyes narrow in anger, "I wasn't aware of you being my doctor."

Tsunade raised her hands in defense, "Calm down Sakura, I'm not your doctor-"

"Good," she muttered, cutting the doctor off, "you don't deserve to be…" she glared at her old neighbor.

"I deserve every bit of your anger, but do you honestly want a stranger taking care of you? Sakura, you need to grow up. This doctor will be the one with you until you give birth. Do you want it to be a stranger?" What she said was true on many levels, but she couldn't just forget that Tsundade had betrayed the doctor patient confidentiality trust.

"Tsunade, you betrayed my trust, another doctor wouldn't have done that," in mid rant she changed her topic, "why did you have to tell them? I needed to tell them on my own! Why couldn't you just leave it to me? I'm not a child anymore, Tsunade. I'm not 13!"

She watched Tsunade's honey eyes soften, "I know…I was trying to do what was best for you…"

Bitterly, Sakura retorted, "Well, you didn't…"

An awkward silence befell the two. In resignation, Tsundae sighed, "You know where to find me…if you change your mind." She calmly walked out of the room, leaving the pink haired girl she had watched over so many times in the past to mutter, "…believe me, I won't be changing my mind…"

Her doctor was weird. It wasn't even a female; it was a male. Sakura felt like wailing when she found that he wasn't a female. There was no way she was going to let another man…

"No!" she squeaked when he asked her to put her feet on the stirrup so he could take a swab to make sure her uterus was fine.

He looked at her with an eyebrow raised, "Uhh…I mean…"

Knock Knock

She was thankful for the interruption, "…there's someone at the door." Her doctor, what was his name again, opened the door. She listened anxiously at the quiet murmur.

"There is a man with the name of Uchiha Sasuke out in the waiting room; do you want him to come in?"

He came! He really came. She couldn't believe it. He was there…outside…waiting for her.

"Miss Haruno?" She looked up at the impatient nurse.

"No! Tell him to wait outside for me!" After all, he wasn't there in the morning. Nodding, the nurse left the room. The doctor looked at her expectantly.

In a smaller voice she said, "Is there a female doctor…who could do this?" Her doctor chuckled and she felt her face flush, "Sorry…" she just wanted to die. How embarrassing…

"It's fine, most of the patients prefer a female doctor," he said as if to console her. She gave him a small smile.

"Good day Miss Haruno," he left her, fidgeting."

Another knock on the door revealed the young nurse with the familiar dark haired man behind her. What. Was. He. Doing?

"Ahh…I'm sorry Haruno-san, he was most persistent, shall I let him in?" What an odd question. She had already let him in. Sasuke pushed his way past the nurse, who had stars in her eyes, shutting the door behind him.

He looked at her quietly for a second before taking a seat on the chair on the other side of the room.

Nervously, she looked at him, "What are you doing?"

He didn't answer, staring at the door, ignoring her. Why was he here if he was just going to ignore her? "You didn't have to come you know," she grumbled crossing her arms angrily. He gave her a swift glance before turning his brooding stare at the door.

The door opened again, making her jump. There was seriously no privacy. Tsunade walked in again. Her eyes hardened at the sight of her, "What are you doing here?" she repeated again, this time coldly. From the corner of her eye, she saw Sasuke give her a curious glance.

Swiftly, Tsunade set her papers down and pushed Sakura down on the bed. She looked over at Sasuke and told him to leave the room without moving from her spot. Sasuke glared at her before leaving. "Wha-Why?" Sakura questioned confused.

"I said I didn't want you to be my doctor!"

Tsunade gave her a tired sigh, "I'm the only female doctor here today…do you really want to reschedule your appointment?" Sakura looked at her silently, "Look, I know that you don't want me to be your doctor, but you need to stop acting like a two year old. You no longer have only yourself to take care of. You are going to be a mother. You need to start thinking about what is best for the both of you, now, do you want me to continue or not?"

Sakura gave her a hard look before lying down, placing her feet on the stirrups. "Why did you ask Sasuke to leave?"

Tsunade set to work, "Do you really want him in here while I give you a pap smear and breast exam?"

Sakura shut up.

Never had she felt so embarrassed in her life. Never had she been so glad to leave the doctor's office so quickly. She had grabbed Sasuke's arm, pulling him out of the office as fast as possible.

Outside, she felt an uncomfortable silence build up. In a tiny voice, with a hint of disappointment, she asked, "Where were you this morning?"

He spared her a look, "Why didn't you go with Naruto?" he changed the subject.

She didn't answer and neither did he. The car ride back to her place was silent. When it stopped, she looked over once saying "Thank you…" He nodded and she closed the door behind her, forgetting to tell him to go to hell for making her wait.

Would you look at that? They're getting along.
BTW I don't know how many of you have caught on, but the reason why Sakura's mood seems to change a lot is because of the pregnancy. for example the Hinata thing.
Thank You to those of you who are still with me!
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