Sakura sat in the break room of the hospital. She checked her phone to see if she had messages, she had none. She placed her phone back in her pocket and laid her head on the table. Her head rose when a hot cup of coffee was placed in front of her.

"You will faint if you continue to work grueling hours," said Gaara sitting across from her. Sakura smiled at the coffee, her way of saying thanks.

Sakura took a sip and looked at him. "It's not an option. Bills are piling up and not to mention I have to pay Senna's daycare bill soon. Which is a little more than usual since they placed her in aftercare because I was late picking her up."

"Why not ask your family to babysit?" asked Gaara. He was testing the waters with this question since Sakura never talked about her family.

She scoffed slightly. "I don't have family."

"What about Senna's dad? He could help out right?" he asked.

Sakura only looked at her coffee and muttered her response. "He's dead."

Gaara instantly knew she was lying. She diverted her eyes after she answered.

"Well, it'll work out in the end you know! It always does somehow," said Gaara. Sakura smiled softly at him.

Nurse Haruno please report to OR 3. Nurse Haruno to OR.

"I couldn't even get two sips out my coffee before Tsunade had me paged again," whined Sakura.

Gaara laughed. "You will be the one paging people once you finish Med School! Dr. Haruno!" said Gaara as Sakura stood and headed back to work.

XYZ

Sakura rushed to the break room and grabbed her purse and coat. She darted through the halls and made her way to the exit. She did not think the surgery would take the long. Kami has the strangest ways with her. Her patient coded on the table. It took a while to stabilize him too. They proceeded with the surgery and had him placed in ICU afterwards just to be safe. When she finally realize it was 7:45pm, she booked it. She was 45 minutes late picking up her daughter. Which is why she was running there now.

She arrived at the day care and entered the doors. She saw her daughter sitting in on one of the play mats with some friends of hers. She sighed in relief. She approached one of the staff workers to sign out her daughter.

"I'm sorry I'm late," said Sakura signing her name on the clipboard.

"It's okay Sakura-chan. As long as I'm working the nights your late, I won't charge. You know this already," said Hinata. She was one of the afternoon/evening supervisors.

"Yeah, but I never know what day it is anymore. I'm always clogged up in that damn hospital. By the time I even realize what time it is, I'm rushing here and getting slapped in the face with a late fee," said Sakura as she put on a her daughters jacket and hat.

"You mean these ones Sak?" asked Hinata as she pulled out a handful of pink papers in Senna's folder.

She stood to pay her daycare fees. "Those are the ones."

Hinata opened a black bag and put the papers in there, she then poured a root beer in the bag and shook it up. "What late slips?"

Sakura busted into laughter at the jester. Gaining some attention from the other kids. "Thanks so much Hinata but can't you lose your job for that?"

"As the director, I can do what I want," she said as she came around the counter and hugged Sakura.

"Thanks Hinata. I remember back in college when you used to be so shy. So much has changed. I have to go now though. Thanks so much for your help! We need to have a coffee date soon so we can catch up on life!" said Sakura as she exited the day care holding her daughters hand.

"Bye Sakura, bye Senna!"

"Bye Miss Hina," said the smaller of the latter.

As the pair left the daycare, Sakura picked Senna up and planted kisses on cheek. "How was your day baby girl?"

Senna giggled at her mother's kisses. "Good mommy!"

"Really? Any stories you want to tell me?" said Sakura making a left.

"None today, mommy," she said.

"Well that's tragic. You know soon. You be in Miss Hina's class anymore. You'll be in big girl school," said Sakura.

"I don't want to go to big girl school," pouted Senna.

"You have to go to big girl school, you will be 5 years old soon. You will still see Miss Hina after big girl school is over for the day. You can play there and when I'm done work I'd come get you," said Sakura. Senna just pouted. "Is that okay munchkin?"

Silence.

Sakura shook her in a playful manner which earned a repetitive 'yes' and a fit of laughter.

The pair entered a small Italian restaurant for dinner. Sakura got off work late and since she picked her daughter up late, she knew lunch was the last thing she had. The pair got seated in a booth and ordered two lemonades.

Senna was just telling stories about her friends at daycare. Sakura was watching the entertainment news on the television mounted on the wall.

The band 'Kyuubi' has landed in Konoha this afternoon! The band will be performing at the Hidden Leaf festival this upcoming as one of the last minute headlines. Members Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, and Sasuke Uchiha, possible heir to Uchiha corporations if his brother does not follow suit, will be supporting local small businesses and doing volunteering around the community.

Sakura frowned at the picture of the band. She compared the picture of Sasuke to her daughter and it was amazing. She had dark eyes like him. Senna had dark green eyes, if you looked up close. Other than that, they appeared onyx like her fathers. She had Sakura's hair color. Pink. Hers was long but they always kept it up in a bun because it was simple. Her facial structure was all him too as well as her personality. She was smart, strong and athletic like her mother. She was even split between him and her.

Too bad.

He doesn't even know she exists.

She doesn't want him to either.

She and Sasuke did not have a good history and she did not want to expose her daughter to the toxic environment he put her in.

Sakura and Senna finished up their dinner before the two walked home hand in hand. When they arrived at their two-bedroom apartment, Sakura took of their jackets and hung them on the coat racks. She took Senna into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. She changed her into her pajamas and they laid in Sakura's bed to watch a movie. After about 15 minutes, she was knocked out.

Sakura glanced at the clock and sat it was almost 10 pm. She knew he'd be up. She got out the bed and dialed Kakashi's cell phone number as she stepped into the hallway.

"Nice of you to call Sakura!" he said.

"Cut the shit. Why didn't you tell me he was going to be in town?" she asked.

"I forgot," he said honestly.

"Community service? What the hell are they up to?" questioned Sakura.

"I have no idea. Why don't you just take it as in opportunity to tell Sasuke he has a kid?" asked Kakashi.

"You know I can't do that. I can't be pulled back into that lifestyle. Especially if he's still with her," said Sakura putting emphasis on the last word.

"You can't or you won't?" he stated.

"Karin tried to kill me last time. Literally. The bitch put nuts in my fucking cereal. NUTS! She was asking me to go into anaphylaxis. I didn't even have my auto injector around. I would have died Kakashi," she argued.

"Maybe it was-"

"An accident? How? Senna wasn't even born yet. Sasuke knew my allergy. Karin was fucking him anyway so it makes since she tried to off me for good," muttered Sakura.

"Why don't you think of just introducing the two," asked Kakashi.

"Maybe. I'm going to bed know. I have to be up early for work and to drop Senna off at daycare. This Friday we are going to the Hidden Leaf Festival. I promised her we'd go. We'd love for you to come. It's been a while since she's seen her gramps," said Sakura. She Kakashi laugh over the phone. He agreed, they bid their farewells.

Sakura went back into her room and snuggled up with her daughter.

She couldn't even figure out where to start on telling Sasuke he had a daughter.

How would Karin react?

How would his family react?

Is he still involved in illegal activities?

Too many questions and too many risks.

After she was done her thoughts she drifted into sleep.

XOX

Thursday went by uneventful and went by in a breeze. She got off work early. She surprised Senna, by picking her up early and taking her for ice cream. Friday was another fast day. Now it was Saturday, a day she looked forward to and dreaded at the same time. She knew Sasuke would be there and there was no way to tell Senna, they weren't going. She told all her day care friends that they would see each other there. Kakashi already committed to going as well which made life even harder. Sakura glanced at the clock, waiting for Kakashi and Senna to come back. Kakashi took her out to give Sakura some time to rest and relax.

The anxiety started to hit her so she went into the bathroom and took a look at herself in the mirror. Her pink hair was in high ponytail. She wore a white V-neck that fit snug. Black leggings and white tennis shoes. She didn't feel the need to dress up since she was going to run after her kid the whole time. She just hoped that tonight would be uneventful but with her luck, nope. She heard her phone go off and checked the message.

From: Kaka

We went straight from my house to the festival. She wanted to go now instead of get you. Meet us there.

7:53pm

Sakura laughed a little. Sounds just like her daughter. She grabbed a think black hoodie since it is still summer. She grabbed her car keys because the festival wasn't really walking distance from her house.

XOXOX

Sakura arrived at the festival and stands where set up everywhere for vendors to sell their products. Lights where integrated with the stands and hung from stand to stand. There was a stage near the center and further off to the back, there was rides for kids.

She walked around slowly assessing the crowd. She saw a few of the performers hanging around the festival, but she didn't see Sasuke, that was good. As she walked further to the back where kids would be, she saw Senna and Kakashi on the carousel. Sakura cracked up. Senna was smiling laughing and Kakashi had such a miserable look on his face. She pulled out her phone and took a picture. When the ride ended Kakashi gave her money to go get water and cotton candy to distract her from the rides. Senna pulled him on the carousel 3 times before hand.

Sakura stalked off to go grab the food and drinks while Kakashi got pulled on flying swings. Sakura went to the food section and stood in line. She waited her turn and received her items and as she was about leave

"Sakura? Is that you?" said familiar voice.

Sakura's head popped up to stare at bright blue eyes. "Naruto?"

The smile that adorned the now-man's face gave it away. They embraced each other in a tight hug.

"How have you been? I haven't seen you since graduation!" exclaimed Sakura.

"Yeah! I'm currently an assistant to a local politician. I have to start somewhere before I'm mayor of Konoha," he said.

"That's awesome! Why are you here though? With such a fancy job?" she asked as she slowly started walking with him.

"Well most of the time I'm not busy. It's downtown. The next election is in a couple months then I'll be busy again. I'm here because I'm performing in the show with Sasuke and the others," he said.

"You guys are still in a band? Did our degrees mean nothing?" she said with a laugh at the end.

"Hey! We are somewhat famous. Not super but people know us. We couldn't just drop it like that," he defended.

"I guess you have a point," she concurred.

"So… have you ever talked to Sasuke since everything and graduation?" the question came out unsure.

"No," she looked down.

"What actually happened between you two? You guys were together and happy then you guys avoided each other like you had the plague."

"Yeah, well stuff happens. We just had to go our separate ways." He never told Naruto anything.

"Well his girlfriend is here. Remember that Karin girl? That's her," explained Naruto. Sakura glanced at her phone. She picked up her pace a little and going in the direction of the children rides.

"It was so nice to catch up with your Naruto, I have to go though. Find me after your performance, alright?"

"Wait! Where are you going? I'll walk with you," he said catching up to her pace.

"No, is okay I'll be fine," she said.

"I haven't seen you in 4 or 5 years, I'm not letting you get away that fast," he said.

"But-"

"Mama!" came a child's voice. Arms wrapped around Sakura's thighs. "You forgot me."

Sakura looked behind her and smiled. "If I did, I wouldn't have got you this."

Sakura gave her the cotton candy and the child beamed. Sakura looked Naruto who was just staring at the child. Sakura offered an apologetic smile.

"You have a kid?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, she will be 5 soon," she told him.

"5 years? That's about how long ago you and Sasuke-"

"Broke up? She's not the reason. He doesn't know about her and you can't tell him."

"Mommy! Let's go play games!" she yelled as she ran back to Kakashi who was sitting at one of the picnic benches.

"She looks just like him," he said.

"I'll see you after the show," she said. He watched as Sakura walked back to Kakashi and Senna. He heard Senna challenge her to a race and she ran off with Sakura intentionally running slow behind her.

I have no idea where I'm going with this. Any thoughts?