1ST PLACE ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST
-CHAPTER NINE-
…you're carrying his child!
Gaara was left in a daze as Sakura made her way to the cafeteria where her friends were probably wondering where she was.
"Gaara is my boyfriend…Gaara is my boyfriend!"
Sakura was skipping her way down the hall happily,but her words fell upon the wrong ears.
"WHAT!"
Sasuke almost flipped out of his skin.
"Gaara…her…boyfriend!"
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"Hey,Sakura-chan!Where were you,eh?"
"Eh…nowhere,Naruto-kun!"
Inner Sakura: The last thing that I'd do was let it slip that me and Gaara-kun were together.
"Why do you look all flushed,Sakura-chan?"
"No reason,Neji-kun."
Inner Sakura: I guess that no one's buying it…that's bad news for me!
"Hey,leave her alone.I bet that she's been talking to her Gaara-kun!"
"INO-CHAN!Where the hell did you get that idea!"
"Oh,I just saw you and him kissing and you skipping down the hall yelling 'Gaara is my boyfriend' over and over again."
Inner Sakura: So much for the element of surprise!
"OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!Sakura-chan…you don't have to hide that from me!"
Naruto was acting more stupid as ever when everyone decided that this was the time to bombard her with questions of 'why in the hallway' or 'why not in a more private place?' While Sakura was being bothered by her newly found female friends,Sasuke made his way to the cafeteria.
"What the hell did I say to that baka?I strictly told him not to mess around with Sakura!But does he listen?NO!I'm going to have to tell Sakura his little secret now!"
Everyone in the cafeteria looked at Sasuke weird as he dragged Sakura to an unoccupied table near the back of the cafeteria.
"Hey,Sasuke-kun?What are you doing?"
"Just shut up and hear me out!"
Inner Sakura: What the hell does he want!I already gave up and gave him that cake!
They both sat down and Sakura noticed Sasuke's famous pissed off look on his handsome features.
"I couldn't tell you before in class,so I'll tell you now."
"Oh,you're still worried about that thing in class?Couldn't this wait till later?I was going to go join Gaara-kun at his table."
Sakura waved at Gaara and Sasuke grabbed Sakura's arm as she stood up.
"Sakura!You have to know this now!"
Sakura was pissed off by this point and slapped Sasuke across the face.
"Look,Uchiha,I like you as a friend and all…but you're getting annoying!"
Everyone was staring at Sakura as she began to yell at Sasuke.Most of the girls began to give her dirty looks;and now Rika was approaching their table.
"Hey,big forehead!Leave my boyfriend alone!"
Sakura turned toward Rika and instantly slapped her.
"You better shut up 'cause I'm not finished!"
-Hey,Sakura!Calm down,will ya?'
'NO!'
"All I wanted to do was sit beside my boyfriend and suddenly,it's a federal crime!I'm sick of you,Sasuke and your devil-may-care attitude!"
There was a moment of silence,but then Sasuke started to speak.
"Alright,Sakura-chan.I'm sorry I pissed you off…."
Sakura looked over at the raven haired boy and saw a look of pure embarrassment stretched all over his face.
"See,was it that hard to apologize?"
"Yes!"
Sakura took in a deep breath,but then paused.
"Did you just call me 'Sakura-chan'?"
"Yeah,so what?"
Sasuke looked away even more embarrassed as she walked over to Gaara's table with pride.
"That's my girl!"
"What did you say,Gaara!"
Sakura and Gaara looked up and saw Hinata,who looked furious.
"Hi Hinata-chan!"
"Sakura,back off!Gaara's my boyfriend!"
"Wh-what!"
Inner Sakura: what happened to the nice,shy Hinata!
Sakura was now in complete shock.She turned to Gaara and glared at him.
"SABAKU NO GAARA!We haven't even been together for an hour and you're cheating on me?"
"What are you talking about!I'm carrying that bastard's child!"((Author is now laughing like hell))
"Ch-ch…CHILD!"
Inner Sakura: Maybe that's what Sasuke was trying to tell me…I feel horrible.
"Gaara,I'd usually say that you don't deserve this,but you do!"
Sakura drew back her fist and punched Gaara in the face,which resulted in a bleeding nose.
"Sakura!I'm sorry!"
Before Gaara could run after her,Sakura made her way to the girl's washroom with tears in her eyes.
In the Girl's washroom…
"Stupid Gaara!Stupid child!STUPID INNER SELF!"
Sakura's life was in total anarchy,She had fallen for Gaara,and he had betrayed her,and now Sasuke hated her.
"There goes my life…down the tubes."
"Hey…are you in there?"
She heard a knock at the door and had recognized the voice.
"Sa-Sasuke-kun?"
"Yeah…"
'What does he want to do now?Laugh at me?'
-Just open the door.He means well.-
'Fine,but it's your fault if Rika's there to laugh at us too.'
Sakura wiped away the fresh batch of tears rolling down her cheeks and tried to check her hair in the now mutilated bathroom mirrors.
'Guess I shouldn't have broken the mirrors…'
-Thank you captain obvious!-
She opened the door and there was Sasuke.His usual expression of annoyance was not present.Instead, it was a look of sheer pity.
"Sakura-chan,are you all right?"
"…"
Sakura looked down at her shoes.She felt so confused.
'There's Gaara to break my heart,and then there's Sasuke to pick up the pieces.But…I don't know what to do…'
"Hey,Sakura-chan!"
"Huh?Oh,sorry Sasuke-kun..."
"Do you want to go walk with me outside?"
Sakura looked up again and saw the anxiety on Sasuke's face.
"O-okay…"
The never-smiled-before Uchiha looked at her and on a smile played on his lips.'Sakura is finally over that stupid Gaara!'
Sakura's voice broke through his thoughts.
"Hey,are you coming,Sasuke-kun?"
Sakura was already waiting for him near the school's exit and he ran over to her.
"Yeah,yeah…I'm coming."
Outside on the school grounds…
They were walking silently near the bleachers near the football field.Sakura looked miserable,but Sasuke looked like he was busting at the seams with joy.
"Sakura-chan?"
"Yeah?"
"I told you so!"
Sakura looked at him with and evil look on her face.
"Shut up…"
The Uchiha boy could obviously tell that he had pissed off the most care-free girl he had ever known.That was a bad sign.
"Sakura-chan?"
"What is it?"
"Are you okay?"
Sakura stopped walking and looked at her enemy in the eye.
Inner Sakura: Of course I'm not okay you twit!
Sakura faked a smile and fought back tears.
"…Yeah…"
The only thing going through Sasuke's mind was - 'Why the hell is Sakura looking at me weirdly for?Actually…she looks pretty cute (smirk).'
"Look,Sakura.It's okay if you want to cry...uh…I can tell you want to.I promise I won't laugh!"
"Why are you being so nice?"
"Uh…because…"
'What the hell is that Uchiha boy thinking?'
-Heck,just go ahead and cry.I know you're still broken up after that whole Gaara incident!Gaara's a bastard!I can't believe that you wanted to choose him!-
'Haha,inner self.Very funny!'
Before she knew it,Sakura was fully crying and Sasuke was…hugging her?
"Sa…Sasuke-kun?"
"What?"
'He's using his annoyed voice again,I better watch what I say…'
"…thanks."
"You owe me one,okay?I'd prefer that other piece of cake that you hid from me."
"Fiiiine…."
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Author's note…
I gotta admit,half-way through,I was just fooling around with the script and all that.I didn't even get the idea of Hinata carrying Gaara's child until I watched a tv show with a plot similar to this chapter.Anyway,please review!
-shihna-