Aha! Totally quicker than last chapter's update! Agree? I really meant to have this chappy out 6 days ago, but i was totally overwhelmed, but now i will not go on and on about my miserable school life... I will elt you read!
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ps: thnx for the revs!
Gah!!! i hate that the line thing is not working! it is killing me!
She flushed the toilet.
"Sakura, are you okay?" asked Ino from the outside.
"Just fucking great…" she muttered as she coughed violently
"Are you sure?" the hesitant voice came again.
"Oh I'm just fine and dandy!", sarcasm oozing out of her voice.
She rinsed her face.
She dragged her feet over to the door and opened it wearily. She saw Ino, ready for her date with Shikamaru, looking anxious.
"Relax Ino, go on…don't keep Shikamaru waiting, he may find it troublesome to wait." She chuckled.
"Are you going to be okay?" Ino wasn't amused.
"Yes, Ino," she sighed, "I know your cell phone, and if anything happens I will call you," she recited wearily. Why wouldn't she leave already? She, too, had stuff to do.
"What are you going to do until I come back?" Ino scrutinized her face carefully, searching for an answer she hoped wouldn't be there.
Jeez, wasn't there a rule that you shouldn't annoy pregnant women?
"Ino, are you honestly asking me if I am going to abort the child while you're out?"
Ino was blunt, "Yes."
Way to go…
"Gee…Thanks for having a little faith in me…"
"Look, I'm sorry you're in this position, but I really don't want you to make the mistake of your life."
"Haha…"she laughed sarcastically, "I already did, a month ago…"
Ino took one last look at her best friend and left saying, "Call me if something happens."
The door closed.
"Che. Call you, my ass."
She had some work to do.
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Ring.
Ring.
"Hello, this is Shizune from the Konoha clinic, how may I help you?"
"I uhh.. I uhh…" Now was the time she had to speak her practiced speech, and she couldn't.
"Yes?"
"I umm… was wondering, ifyoudoabortions?" Sakura mumbled.
"Yes ma'm we do."
"You do? Umm… Could I come in to consult a doctor?"
"Yes ma'm, when would you like to come in?"
"err…do you have an appointment available for today?"
"Please hold, while I check."
"H-Hai!" Elevator music came on. She couldn't believe she was really doing it. She was going to be child free soon.
Her heart was beating so fast. Thump-thump Thump-thump.
"Yes, we do have a doctor available, today, would you like to set an appointment?"
"Hai." She was actually doing it.
"Yes umm, Miss?"
"Haruno…Sakura Haruno."
"Miss Haruno, would you like to come here at 7:30 today?"
Did she really want this? Once she went through this there was no turning back.
"Yes…I will be there."
"All right, I will see you then."
"Thank you." And she hung up the phone before she could change her mind.
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"Fill out these forms, and turn them into to the lady over there," pointed out a smiling young doctor.
She grimaced.
Last name: Haruno
First name: Sakura
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Weight: 123
Height: 5'7"
Do you have a family history of any disorders? No X Yes
Do you wear contacts? NoX Yes
Blah. Blah. Blah.
The questions seemed endless to the girl, no woman, who was going to do the procedure. She barely knew anything of it, but she was prepared to do anything to change what had happened.
"Haruno Sakura?" She looked up to see the nurse beckoning her towards the door. She was silent as she followed the nurse down the corridor. "Please wait here, until your doctor arrives."
She hopped up on the table and took a deep breath. God knows she needed it. She hopped up on the table, swinging her feet nervously.
Nervously, she put a hand to her stomach; was she really ready to do this?
The door opened and walked in a woman, a woman with huge breasts, there was only one woman with breasts that huge. Sakura's mouth dropped open, "T-Tsunade?"
"Eh?" The woman looked down on her clip board and suddenly laughed, "Well…well…well…if it isn't Haruno Sakura – the very same girl who wouldn't let go of my arm when I first took her to the hospital…and now she has grown up, and drives to clinics all by herself."
She knew she could trust this woman.
"…Now what can I do for you?"
Suddenly, there was an air of comfyness. She sighed and let her shoulders drop. "I need an abortion." She looked down at her feet.
The air of coziness was gone, and a stiff silence entered the room. Tsunade then spoke, "Wow, that is quite not what I expected," Sakura flinched, "but it is not my job to ask reasons as to why you are doing this," Sakura stiffened at the mention of reasons, "but you must realize that this procedure could damage your uterus permanently." Tsunade looked her straight in the eye, "you may not be able to have kids ever, so I want you to wait another week or two, do a thorough study, and come back again, don't worry, from looking at you, you won't be showing for another two or three months. Now please excuse me while I attend another patient." The busty blonde woman left the girl in the room open mouthed.
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"Fuck Doctors … they are soo not helpful …" she mumbled kicking the rock standing in her way. She jammed her fingers into her pockets angrily and walked on ahead. "Damn Tsunade … who is she to tell me to think about?" she made a face.
She glared at the ground.
A heavy body bumped into her and she fell to the ground. "Oi! Watch where you're going! Don't you know not to bump into a preg-nant - wom-a-n…"her voice trailed off softly. "Sa-Sasuke?"
His closed eyes opened to see her fallen form. No form of shock was evident on his face. "You."
Funny, wasn't it? She had a rather interesting conversation that had began like that a few days ago.
Darkly she responded, "Yes, me."
He cursed softly before gritting his teeth. He held his head … was he … drunk?
"Sasuke?" she called softly.
He didn't respond, his weight was supported by the tree as he struggled to fight the headache.
Instinct took over and she stood up, moving her hand to place it on his forehead. Before she could, his hand grabbed her wrist and he gripped the offending hand hard. His eyes opened to glare at her.
"Have you been drinking?" she could smell it in his breath. She wrenched her hand out of his hold.
"Hn." He pushed himself off the tree and stood close to her. He looked down, staring intently at her. It wasalmostintimidating. Almost.
"Answer me, have - you - been - drinking?"
There was silence, before he walked past her, "Aa."
She couldn't let him on his own, while he was drunk. She was now involved in this. She sighed pathetically and chased after him.
"Hey! Hey! HEY!" she grabbed his shirt.
He turned around to glare and she couldn't help but flinch slightly before sending a glare of her own back at him. "Let go." And she did.
She called after him, "You shouldn't drive in this state."
He continued walking down the street, hands stuffed in his pocket.
She rolled her eyes and followed him silently.
"Don't follow me."
She said nothing.
They reached his car and she spoke breaking the silence, "I'm not letting you drive."
He didn't say anything, just reached for his keys.
"You can't drive, it's dangerous." She wanted to leave him, but she knew she would blame herself if ended up injured. Not that she'd mind…
"Hand me the keys." He opened his door.
"Just let me d-"
"Che. Annoying."
She fought the urge to roll her eyes. "And you're an ass, just give me the fucking keys."
"Quit being a bitch and I will." He knew he hit a nerve and smirked as her eyes narrowed.
She didn't mean to, she really didn't. Her body acted on its own.
She slapped him.
He glared at her.
Through gritted teeth, "Give me the keys, or I will call the police."
"You wouldn't."
"I would," she replied calmly.
"I'll report assault," he said lazily. He shut his eyes tightly as another rush of pain flooded his head.
"…and I'll report rape."
He looked at her with his dark eyes. They stood there silently staring, one determined while the other expressionless.
She broke eye contact first and repeated her demand, "Give me the keys."
He handed her the keys.
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The drive back was silent. She came to a stop in his parking lot and opened her door. She looked over at the half conscious man and walked over to the passenger side.
"You're here." She shook him.
He groaned.
She smirked at the sight of his weakened state. She helped him out of his seat and placed an arm around his waist holding him steady.
He was heavy.
She took a few steps and she knew she couldn't hold him up for long. Thinking swiftly, she searched his jacket for a phone. She found it. Supporting his weight was proving to be difficult as she struggled to keep him up.
She dialed the only person's number she knew would help.
"Naruto, can you come down here?"
"Sakura-chan?"
"I'm standing outside your apartment, come down."
"Wait, Wha-" She hung up and wrapped both arms around him. She could smell the scent of him that wasn't alcohol and she couldn't help but breathe deeply.
Why Sasuke? Why are you like this?" She stared off into the darkness. His head fidgeted and placed itself in the crook of her neck.
Quickly she pushed him away.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto had arrived. He saw her holding his best friend and hurried over.
"Are you all right?" Naruto was concerned. She pushed her deadweight towards Naruto.
"I am, but he's not," jerking her head in the direction of the drunken man. She tossed Naruto his keys and turned around.
"Wait! Sakura-chan? Where are you going?"
"Home," was her short reply and started walking away.
"Don't you have a ride? You can't walk back by yourself at night! You can spend the night if you want." He offered.
"No," she whispered harshly, stopping.
Naruto was silent for a minute. "Wait a minute…I'll take you back…just help me get him in the house."
She looked dubious, before she nodded, taking his arm and draping it around her shoulder.
"Hey, Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered quietly, taking a step forward, careful not to wake the Uchiha.
"Hm?" she looked over at him.
"I-I really do want what is best for you."
"…"
"And what's best for you is … is to not have the child." He jerked his head in the direction of the drunken man resting between them, "Teme isn't prepared to take that sort of responsibility, if any!" He forced out a laugh, but quickly became seriousagain. "For the child's sake, you … you have to get rid of it."
There were very rare moments when Naruto was serious… and this was one of them.
She was slightly surprised at Naruto's talk.
"Aa," she responded staring at the ground.
Okay okay... so he sort of maybe probably not knows... but i had a last minute change to the plot, so he will find out next chapter! i think...
and really I do love my beta BethandMolson! Check out the story she/ we(going to soon) are writing! and Astrocam's one shot! that was supposed to be a cowrite oneshot between me and her, but due to last week's chaos, i couldn't do my part! but look out in the future we are totally going to write!
Sasusaku779!