Hi! Hope you haven't forgotten about me! About my last chapter…yes Sasuke can open the door from the inside! It's a fic man! And about my grammar and spelling, thanks for telling me! That way I'll know what I'm working on. Spelling I'll definitely watch it, and about Grammar? I'm working on it, since English is my second language I've never been good in grammar. But I'm slowly improving! Well No longer living in Canada… Anyways here's chapter 14, finally updated! Oh and also to make up for not updating for so long I made a little one-shot of Sasu/Saku called "Behind those Black Eyes" Hope you like it!
Chapter 14-Key to Matur-ism
"Let's see, junk, junk, and more junk. Oooh a letter from mom and dad!" said Sakura as she flipped through the morning mail.
"Huh? What's this?" She bent down by her door to pick up a little cardboard box. On it, it said 'To Sakura, Love Mom and Dad.'
"I'll read the card first then." She said to herself as she went to the kitchen. The envelope from her parents was thick. It was still too early to walk to school.
"Look! I got a letter from mom and dad! I wonder what's inside?" She said to her cat, and opened the envelope with a knife. She dug around the contents and pulled out a thick wad of cash. "Whoa, they're sure getting rich…."
Sakura pulled out the letter as she took a deep breath and read the letter out loud.
To our dear Cherry Blossom,
Hi dear, how are you and Yuki? We missed you both very much. Your dad and I are still working in LA. Although it is not permanent, money is always plentiful. But even if that's a fact we still have to work in order to raise you. We have sent more than enough to you, and hope you spend them well. Of course we know you do, but don't be too stingy, so treat yourself once in a while. It pains us knowing that you live all by yourself in that house of ours. We blame ourselves every so often for being bad parents, but to our disappointment it could not be helped.
We are very grateful having you as our daughter and we just want you to know that we love ;you always.
Regarding you 17th birthday, we have decided to give you something that will be useful in the future. Happy late birthday our dear Sakura! Take good care of it, and knowing you as a social type I'm sure your friends will teach you how to use it. I hope you gift is still "in" at your age. Good luck, and pass!
With love,
Mom and Dad
PS. Open the box first before going outside. And be sure that "special boy" is taking a good care of you. Gaara said he'll get a good beating from him if he doesn't. He sends his love too. You are after all 17, and its time you get some good bondings. : ) Won't tease you too much, hope you enjoy your present!
"MOM!" She said angrily at the thought of her having a boyfriend. "Hmph." She turned her attention to the box. Good luck and pass? What does she mean?
She grabbed her backpack and the box, heading for the door. She said to open it before going out.
Slowly she unfolded the small box revealing a key. To be more specific a….
(AN: Guess first what her present is going to be…!)
"Oh my god!" She exclaimed and ran out the door. In front of her was a silver Mercedes convertible. "They got me a car!" She gasped out, her heart was pounding hard. She noticed a piece of paper attached to the wind shield, she quickly ripped it a part and read it:
July 10th Writing Test
July 15th Driving Test
We already booked everything for you Sakura so don't worry, everything is scheduled.
"What do you have there Sakura?" a voice suddenly popped in her frantic mind out of nowhere. She gasped and turned around. "Sasuke..." He was sitting on his motorcycle. "Why do you have a car in your drive way?" he asked curiously.
Sakura calmed herself down before talking. "I-It's my late birthday gift from my parents."
"No way! You mean your going to learn how to drive!" He asked incredulously.
"Not going to, but forced to." She corrected him sadly. "Come on Sakura, get on the bike. We're going to be late." He said softly trying to change the subject. She nodded quietly and got on. They rode in silence. Sasuke suddenly remembered what she said a few days ago.
Flashback
"You knew how to drive at age 15! Isn't that illegal? I'm 17 and I still don't know how to drive." she exclaimed. He shrugged, "It's no big deal. Anyways, even if it was illegal nobody never did arrest me. Driving isn't that hard." Sasuke was steering with one hand.
Sakura shuddered, "I can never drive."
"You have to learn someday."
"Don't remind me."
End of Flashback
"Sakura, driving isn't that bad. Give it a try and you might even like it." He felt her hands tighten around his waist. "I might crash and die." She said glumly. "That only happens to drunk people and losers." He argued, "You know if you want I'll even help you."
Inner Sakura: Wow, I never seen him so nice and gentle before. This must be his real self behind that cold hot face of his.
"Okay, thanks Sasuke." She said gratefully and smiled, feeling better already. They arrived to school and went to their classroom.
"Morning Sakura-chan! Morning Sasuke-bastard" Naruto greeted happily. Sasuke-kun!" Ino screamed and hugged him. Even though she is the leader of his fan club, the fan girls glared at her with jealousy.
"Let go of me Ino!" Sasuke growled. Sakura had left him to chat with the others. "Sasuke-kun, I missed you so much!" Ino blabbed ignoring him.
"Hey Sakura, what's that?" Naruto asked noticing that Sakura was holding something. "Oh this?" She said lifting the key up, she had completely forgotten that she was still holding the car key. "Um, my parents bought me a car as a late birthday gift." She explained everything to them and how nervous she was.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan you'll do fine." Tenten encouraged. "Hey, how about a test drive tomorrow?" Hinata suggested. "But I have no driving experience or knowledge." She argued.
"So?" Sasuke said behind her, somehow managed to get away from Ino's grasp. "We'll be there for you!" Katie said enthusiastically. "I'll come too!" Naruto added. "Um sorry Sakura-chan. I can't, my grandma is coming over." Tenten said sadly seeing that it was always her who was missing all the fun.
"It's okay, thanks you guys." Sakura said happily to her group of precious friends.
"Sakura-chan wait!" Lee yelled to her as she and Sasuke was about to ride off to her house. "Oh, hey Lee!" She greeted. It was hard to see Sasuke's expression under the black helmet eyeing him closely, "Hey thick eyebrows."
Sakura slapped his helmet on the back of his head playfully. "Sasuke! Don't mind him Lee, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"I heard that you got a car, so I ran home during lunch time to get this, I hope it'll help you." He said sweetly handing her a book. "Whoa, words travel fast." She muttered as she looked at the title, "A Driver's Handbook."
"Wow, thanks Lee! I'm sure this will help me. I'll return it to you as soon as I'm done. Thanks again, that's so sweet of you!" Sakura hugged him, making him blush. Sasuke looked away with jealousy.
"Bye Lee!"
"Bye Sakura-chan, bye Sasuke-kun!"
"I still can't believe I'm going to dive." Sakura sighed as she looked at her brand new car. "Cheer up." Sasuke said simply, hopping into the car. "Let's go for a test drive." He said suddenly. "S-Sure." Sakura handed him the keys and got onto the seat beside him. He started the car engine, gave it a good run and drove out of the drive way.
They stopped at a red light when Sakura spotted a hint of mischief in his eyes. "Sasuke, I know you're up to something! And you better not do anything stupid in this car!" She warned. "Heh, Sakura you know me so well. But tooo late!" He stepped on the gas paddle as the light turned green.
"SAASUUUKEEE!" She screamed as she covered her eyes. He was doing some sharp turns every so often and dodged other cars skillfully. But still earned a good respectful amount of angry car beeps.
"Sasuke! Stop!" She screamed again. "Sakura, why spoil the fun?" he asked playfully, "It's not like I'll get a dent on the car or anything."
"I know that there won't be a dent in the car because THERE WON'T EVEN BE A CAR ONCE YOU'RE FINISHED! And since there won't be a car then that means THERE WON'T EVEN BE US! We'll be dead and be flying to the gates of heaven once this ends!" She shouted angrily, Sasuke was know doing a three-sixty on the road.
"Chill Sakura. I've done these stunts over a hundred times and I'm still here aren't I?"
"I don't care! I hope you die!" She yelled, opening her eyes and glared at him. He just smirked, "Then I'm taking you with me!" He slowed down and drove normally back to her house.
"What's that suppose to mean!" said Sakura, starting to calm down. "It means a lot of stuff." He said mysteriously. "Hmph, whatever. Uchiha Sasuke I am never ever going to sit with you when you drive ever again!" She declared. "That hurts." He said sarcastically pretending to be sad.
Sakura muttered a jerk under her breath. "The one and only." He quoted from her with a proud grin. She couldn't help but grinned back, she just couldn't stay angry with him.
"Is that a smile I see?" He teased. "Shut up jerk." She giggled and smacked on the back of the head like she always does.
"That really hurts."
Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as she started the ignition. "Sakura, it's just a car." Sasuke informed. "You can do it!" Naruto, Hinata, and Katie cheered in unison.
10 minutes later…
"Sakura, you're not even reaching 1 mile per hour! Even that old lady across the street can out run you! Drive faster!" Sasuke groaned in frustration. "Shut up! This is soo scary!" She whined.
"Sakura, you might want to step on the gas paddle a little harder." Katie coaxed. "Yeah Sakura-chan! This is a Mercedes Benz! Don't let it lose its dignity!" Naruto called. "It would get scarier if somebody else honks you." Hinata stated.
"Fine!" She muttered and accidentally stepped on the gas paddle a little bit too hard. "Ahh, we're going to crash!" The people at the back screamed hysterically. "Step on the brakes!" Sasuke yelled. Sakura panicked and slammed on the brakes. They jerked forward, but then got restrained back by the seatbelt.
They groaned in pain. "This is why I HATE learning how to drive!" She growled. "Uh…you might want to slow down a bit…" Naruto quivered, slightly afraid of the angry Sakura.
"SLOW DOWN? Didn't I do that in the first place! But noooo you guys weren't satisfied and told me to go FATTER I MEAN FASTER! WHATEVER…Now, when I did go faster you're telling me to freakin slow down! Make up your minds people!" Sakura exploded.
"C-Calm down Sakura-chan...please?" Hinata stuttered. "Okay, why don't we just go around the block in a medium pace?" Katie suggested smartly. They all nodded, and Sakura managed to calm down.
30 minutes later…
"Think she's ready?" Katie asked. "I think so, its time for the..."
"Highway." Sasuke finished for Hinata. "Dum, Dum, Dum, Dum!" Naruto sang in a low voice, trying to sound as scary as possible. They all stared at him. "Dobe, I think you should shut up."
"Okay Sakura, the highway is just like any other place. The only difference between a highway and a road is the speed. You need to drive faster but not that fast." Sasuke explained. Sakura nodded and took a deep breath. How hard could this be? All you have to do is drive a little faster.
She drove and turned fairly smoothly closely following her friends instructions, finally she arrived at the highway. She increased the speed, so far so good.
Inner Sakura: Driving isn't that bad after all. I could get use to this.
"You improved Sakura-chan." Hinata commented. "Not bad for you're first." Said Naruto. "We better head back now." Said Sasuke, "Turn left towards that exit."
"Bastard, that's the wrong way. Sakura it's the next exit."
"Dobe, its this one!"
"Which one!" Sakura panicked. "This upcoming one!"
"The next one!"
Hinata and Katie didn't know what to say. "Sakura turn now!" "NOO!" Naruto and Sasuke started to fight and accidentally pushed Sakura in the process. "Ahh!" She yelped as her hand went pushed to the left. The car went on the right lane as people honked them.
The girls screamed, and the boys paused to look at what was in front of them. They were on the opposite lane and cars were driving towards them. Sakura was relying on her reflexes trying to avoid the cars.
"We're going to die!" Naruto screamed as he saw what was in from of them...
a truck.
"I wonder how Sakura is doing?" Tenten pondered out loud. "I'm sure they're fine. Its not like Uchiha and the others would drive on the opposite lane and is about to get hit by a truck." Said Neji.
"I do hope you're right. Ha! Getting hit by a truck. That's funny, only idiots will do something likethat. Thanks Neji-kun for the lift. My grandma is probably waiting for me." Tenten figured.
"Do you really have to go?" He asked like a little kid. "Yes Neji-kun." She giggled and pulled him for a kiss. After a whole minute she finally broke away. "Don't tempt me to do that anymore." She scolded and got out of the car.
"That's not possible." He replied simply and drove off. "You're such a play! But I love you." She said quietly and went in her house.
Meanwhile...
"Ahhh!" They all screamed, and really prepared to see the all holy heaven gates. The truck was honking loudly, Sakura's hand flew from the stearing wheel to her face. Out of instinct, Sasuke grabbed the stearing wheel and jerked it to the right.
"Huh?" They all uncovered their face and looked. "We...are...not dead?" Hinata whispered in disbelief."Are we in heaven? Cuz this does not look like heaven." Naruto remarked dumbly. "We're alive!" Both Katie and Sakura cried out.
Sasuke let out a sgh and guided the car to the side of the road. "Sakura, there are two ultimate rules of driving. #1: Never close your eyes when you drive. #2: Listen to the person beside you and not the idiot behind you. I think I should drive now." Sasuke announced and they switched spots.
Naruto cursed him as his heart slowly calmed down, "I can see clearly now, my brain is gone..."
"Its all your and Naruto's fault! If you guys hadn't been fighting I would've never drove on the opposite lane!" Sakura siad angrily to Sasuke. They had already dropped off everybody else so now they're alone.
"Whatever. He started it!" He muttered. "You guys are so imature!" She kept ranting. "Well at least we're not dead." He argued. "We could've been jerk!" She shouted.
"Grr...I'm sorry. Is that better?" He apologized for the very first time in his life as he pulled up to her house. "W-What?" She stuttered, a little bit startled. "Hmph, you're lose. I'm not repeating that again." He folded his arms and looked away, blushing a little.
Inner Sakura: Oh my god! Sakrua , "THE UCHIHA SASUKE" just said SORRY!
"You're forgiven." She said brightly and hugged him, she didn't know why she just felt like it. "Cut it out will you?" Sasuke cried trying to push her away. Sakura ignored him and hugged him harder, "Sasuke said I'm Soorrry!" She sang.
"No I didn't! Don't flatter yourself..."
Finally finished! I'm am like so busy here in Taiwan but I'll try to update asap! Ciao for now!
