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Chapter Twenty One
Always Remember to Keep a Spare Kids…
"So, um are you sure you know where you're going?" Sakura asked looking doubtfully at Ayame.
"Don't be stupid." Ayame rolled her eyes. "Suna has one of the best malls ever. How could I not know how to get there? I always take the back roads though. You would not believe the traffic on the highway with it being close to Christmas and all."
"That makes sense…" Sakura's voice trailed off and she gave a small cough.
Making conversation with someone you don't necessarily like is a bit hard. Especially if said person is doing you a huge favor…
…oh and let's not forget about the ex-boyfriend in the backseat.
Why Sasuke had insisted on coming, Sakura wasn't sure but from the small back glances she gave him, he seemed to be deep in thought about something.
"Oh my gawd!" Ayame squeals, interrupting Sakura's train of though. She turns up the radio. "This is my favorite song!" The music blasts through the car and Sakura covers her ears. Of course Ayame would be into Bieber.
"Hey! Turn it down!" Sasuke growls over the blare of sound.
Ayame sticks her tounge out at him through the adjustable mirror. She continues to jam out, not really paying attention to the road.
Sakura yells over the music, "Ayame, you should really pay attention to—"
There was a loud boom and the car started to shake and bounce abnormally. Ayame was still belting out her song as Sakura's teeth clacked together which each spasm of the car.
"Pull over you idiot!" Sasuke ordered as he leaned forward. "And turn off the freaking radio! If I here, 'baby, baby, babyyy ohhh!' one more time, I'm going to commit suicide!"
Ayame groans but pulls over and shuts off the radio. "And it was getting to the good part!"
"There is no good part in that song," Sasuke stated, clearly annoyed. "Didn't you notice the shaking at all?"
"It's probably a flat," Sakura sighs as she opens her door to get out. Ayame and Sakura join her outside in the chilly, winter air.
Sure enough it's a flat.
"My mom is gonna kill me!" Ayame exclaimed.
"I bet it burst because of that high-pitched, demonic screeching that you played," Sasuke said, glaring at her. "The frequency probably made the tire blow up."
"Oh, puh-lease! You're such a drama queen!"
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at her. "I'm the drama queen?"
"Shut up you two!" Sakura barks at them as she digs her palms into her temples in a fit of frustration. "Ayame do you have a spare?"
"I dunno, check the trunk." Ayame says as she pops it open from the inside.
Sasuke and Sakura look inside and immediately fall backward in disbelief.
"Oooh! I forgot that was back there!" Ayame chirps as looks adoringly at the boxes and boxes of clothing.
"You can keep all of those clothes but you can't keep a spare!" Sasuke snaps at her.
"Hey!" Ayame holds up a hand to calm him down. "…In my defense if I were to put a spare tire in my trunk then I wouldn't have room for my clothes."
"Who does that!"
"Guys focus!" Sakura yells. "What're we going to do? This is a back road, it's getting late, and I don't think there's a gas station nearby."
Ayame waves a hand at her. "Calm down, a car will pass by….eventually."
"And until then we'll have to wait," Sasuke says.
"You don't understand!" Sakura cried. "I don't have time to wait! I need to see Sasori now!"
"Sakura, calm down." Sasuke places a hand on her shoulder.
Sakura shakes it off violently. "It's your fault in the first place! If it weren't for you and Ayame Sasori wouldn't be all the way in Suna!" Sakura could feel the tears welling up in her eyes and she immediately shut herself in the car.
"Hey! I—"
Ayame grabbed his arm. "Leave her alone for awhile. She's unstable right now." Sasuke nods and the two lean against the car in silence.
A gust of cold air hit Sasuke and he shivers uncontrollably. He knew he should've worn a thicker coat.
"Are we going to have to wait out here until a car comes?"
"Probably, she's pretty upset," Ayame shrugged then suddenly raised a brow. "Cold?"
"Yes."
Ayame grins as she throws something from one of the boxes at him. "Here wear that."
...
Sasuke glared at Ayame from over the collar of his hot pink ski jacket.
"Why'd you give me the pink one?"
"Well I wasn't going to wear it," Ayame states simply. "This light blue looks much better one me, don't you think?" She twirls for effect. "You're lucky you have it anyway. We've been out here for awhile, you'd be an icicle by now."
Sasuke looks at her for a long time and finally asks,"…so why did you agree to help her?"
"Help who?"
"You know who!"
Ayame sighs. "I don't know. I felt like it, I guess."
Sasuke furrows in brows."It doesn't make sense. You were so fixated on breaking those two up and now that they are, you try to get them back together again?"
Ayame looks up at the now dark sky and laughs. "I'm not totally heartless." She tucks a curl behind her hair before continuing. "I'm not stupid either, I knew Sasori wouldn't go for a girl like me but I thought it wouldn't hurt to at least try. I'm always after things I can't have. I'm spoiled. I'm a bitch." She looks at Sasuke and smirks. "I'm a nasty girl, aren't I?"
"I suppose I'm the same way." Sasuke sighs. He scratches his head. "I go around saying I'm in love with Sakura and I didn't even care about her happiness." Sasuke smirks at here this time. "That's more screwed up don't you think?"
Ayame bursts into laughter. "We're totally nuts!"
Sasuke joins in her laughter. "Completely!"
After their giggles died down Ayame spoke.
"Sasuke?"
"What?"
"D-do you still love Sakura a lot?"
Sasuke looks up at her slightly shocked and Ayame looks at him too. They stood there just looking at each other.
Sasuke opens his mouth to answer her but he sees the glare of head lights.
"Look a car is coming!"
Ayame turns around and lets out a sad sigh as Sasuke goes to flag them down.
What were you expecting kid? There's no way any boy would like such a horrible girl like me…
Why them! Sakura thought in horror as she sat wedged between Sasuke and Ayame.
"Guy-sensei! I would like to thank you for helping my friends even when you did not need to!"
"Oh, Lee, you're a good kid. I'd do anything for you."
You could hear Lee sniffling in his seat up front. "Guy-sensei!"
Sakura buried her face into her hands. She was so happy when a car had finally come but she was totally devastated when she saw Lee's excited, puppy-dog face. Apparently the two were on their way to a camp in Suna for some sort of training and they happily agreed to drop them off in town. They didn't have a spare tire either.
"Yes!" Lee exclaims. "We are almost there!"
"The Power of Youth will await us soon my favorite disciple!" Guy sounds so excited, you'd think he'd pee his pants.
"The Power of Youth!"
"Yeah!"
"The Power of Youth!"
"Yeah!"
"The Power of Youth!"
"Yeah!"
"…The Power of Youth!"
"…Yeahhhh!"
"So are we, like, there yet!" Ayame finally shouts.
"We're in town but where exactly do need to be dropped off at?" Guy asks.
Sakura's smile freezes on her face.
She had forgotten that little detail…
"The Wesley Apartment Complex on West St." Ayame lets out all in one breathe. Sasuke and Sakura look at her. "What?" She counters their stares. "I do my research."
Guy and Lee dropped them off with a cheerful goodbye as they sped away to their mysterious camp. The three felt immediately drained of energy as they left.
"You ready girl?" Ayame asked.
Sakura nodded.
Sasori had the TV on but he wasn't really watching it.
He barely heard his name as Konan shouted from the other room, "Sasori, you have guests."
"Two girls and a dude!" Hidan added in. "The chicks are pretty damn hot too!"
"One of them looks loaded…" Kakuzu snickers. "Hey, little girl would you like to play some cards?"
"Are you coming to greet them or not?" Pein called.
"I don't care," Sasori called back, not really listening. He stared blankly at the TV as a some romantic advertisement came up for the upcoming holidays. He growled and shut it off.
"Sakura, I miss you," he whispered to himself.
"Sasori you idiot!"
Sasori spun around on the couch. "S-Sakura? What're you doing here!"
Sakura glared at him as she slammed his door shut. She threw her coat at him. "Why'd you leave me!" She screamed as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Sasori felt something snap inside him. He quickly jumped over the couch to take her into his arms.
"Stupid! Stupid! You're such a dumbass, Sasori!" Sakura shouted as she beat her fists uselessly against his chest.
"I'm sorry okay," Sasori said as his voice wavered a bit. When she gave up on trying to hit him, he lifted her chin so they were looking into each other's eyes. "You know about it don't you?"
"I don't believe any of it," Sakura said through her tears. "I won't believe it until you tell me the truth."
Sasori couldn't help it anymore. He kissed her so passionately that it made Sakura's knees go weak. He helped support her as he wiped her tears away with his thumb. After what felt like an hour, Sasori pulled away from Sakura's lips.
Sasori held her hand to his chest as he tried to get his breathing back to normal. "You…don't know how…happy I am to hear….you..say that," he said in-between breathes.
Sakura wrapped her arms around him tightly. "Sasori, I love you and I don't care about what happened in the past. If you don't want to tell me that's fine just—"
"I'll tell you," Sasori cut her off. "You need to know everything…"
Next chapter is Sasori's life story! So give me your reviews and it might come out soonerrrrrrr (^_^)
And remember listening to Justin Bieber will result into the utmost horror anyone could ever imagine...
You have been warned.
(Sorry Bieber fans but I don't like him!)