Lunch time. It was a very short period where friends talked among other friends and created barriers with other social beings. Everyone sat separate from one another and ate their lunches.

Sakura Haruno ate her lunch quietly next to her friend Hinata Hyuuga. They talked about their classes, friends, boys, and such.

"So, Hinata, what's with you and Naruto?" Hinata started to blush furiously.

"N-nothing Sakura, w-we're just friends. That's all."

"Well, if you two are 'just friends', as you say, why don't you ask him to the autumn dance? You know, as just friends...", said Sakura with a sly tone.

"Oh no, I-I couldn't do that!"

"Why not, Hinata? You're really smart, nice, and not to mention you're a petite girl, so almost any guy can find you really cute."

"You really think so?"

"Hinata, I'm an expert when it comes to these things, I know so." The two girls laughed cheerfully until they were rudely interrupted by a mean laughter.

"Hah! If you're such an expert, billboard-brow, why don't you have a date for the dance?" It was Ino. Sakura and Ino had been rivals ever since they met each other. They were still friends, but they had their competitive moments.

"Well, Ino-Pig, I don't see your date for the dance. Or is he just invisible?"

"Shut up forehead! I will have a date for the dance before you! And it WILL be Sasuke Uchiha!"

"What! You better take that back, Ms. Piggy! And I don't think Sasuke would appreciate going to the dance with a pig!"

"Ugh! That's it forehead! If it's the last thing I do, my date for the dance will be Sasuke! And you better watch out, he's mine!"

"That's what you think Ino! You-", everyone stopped yelling and it fell silent. Sasuke Uchiha was walking by with his lunch and found all the girls staring at him. He stopped for a moment to look at all the girls. There was Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, and Hinata Hyuuga. He knew that Hinata did not have feelings for him, but Naruto. Of course, everyone knew that Hinata had a huge crush on Naruto except the dumbfounded blonde himself. He just rolled his eyes and continued walking. The two star-struck girls couldn't help but keep staring at him. They watched him until he sat down at a table by himself.

Ino saw her opportunity and pounced on it. She ran after the lonely Uchiha. Sakura saw the girl run after Sasuke and say "Hey Sasuke, mind if I...", her voice trailed off as Sakura turned back around to face Hinata.

"She's going to ask him to the dance...", said Sakura sadly.

"Don't worry Sakura, he won't say yes to her."

"How do you know, Hinata?"

"Well, Sasuke isn't a kind of guy who only judges girls on looks. Well, I'm sure he'll like a girl that's pretty , but he likes a girl who's strong on the inside as much as the outside. He also wants a girl that understands him deeply on the inside and a girl's who always there for him when he needs a sh-", Hinata abruptly stopped talking.

"Hinata, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing, Sakura. I have to go."

"Hinata, wait!", but it was too late. She had already scurried out of the lunchroom before Sakura could stop her. 'Wow, I wonder why she left in a such a rush?', Sakura thought.

"I guess I'll have to walk to class by myself then.", with that Sakura picked up her books and walked out of the cafeteria.

The hallways weren't it's crowded, usual self. Instead the hallways were pretty quiet and empty. Only a few people were walking to their class and some students were visiting their lockers. Sakura wondered if anything was going on, but she just brushed it off and quickly walked to biology.

The classroom was full and there were hardly any seats left. As a matter of fact there were only two seats left; one next to Chouji, who was eating potato chips like crazy and one next the Gaara, who was, well just sitting there. Gaara it was and she went over and sat next to him.

Gaara had quickly noticed Sakura walking towards him. He watched her as she sat down at the desk. He did not like having Sakura next to him. He was the kind of person would rather be alone forever than have a companion. He was too independent and his pride hung in the air highly.

'Oh my god, he's staring at me like he wants to kill me or something! I mean, what do I do? I don't want to sit next to Chouji, but Gaara doesn't want me to sit next to him! What is a girl to do?", Sakura screamed on the inside.

"Um, G-Gaara?" Gaara just gave Sakura a dirty look. "I hope it's okay if I sat next to you, just for this one class, I mean there's no where else to sit, besides Chouji of course, but I really don't want to sit next to him. I mean, he's kind of nice and all, well, at least I think, but um, I don't want his eating habits to distract me from my school work and all, and I just want to apolo-", Sakura was cut off by Garra's hand over her mouth.

"Shut up. You talk too much.", he removed his hand from her face and faced the front of the class.

Sakura, being shocked by Gaara's actions also did the same. The teacher came in and everyone stopped chatting and looked up front.

"Okay class, today we will be examining various blood samples and recording data in our observatory notebooks. You will able to work with the person next to you and no one else. We don't need any more inter-, Naruto, Kiba! Turn around and pay attention! Do I need to review what I just said in the last two minutes or can I trust you two to actually get an A in this class?"

"Going over directions would be a good start miss!" The teacher just sighed and went over directions again.

"Now class, please put last night's assignment on you desk and I will be around to collect them. Let's get started everyone! We don't have much time because of Naruto and his habits of not paying attention..."

"Um, Gaara, how about I get the microscope and you can get the blood samples?" he just gave her a dry look. "Um, please Gaara?" Gaara just sighed and got up from his desk. Sakura wasn't able to help notice that Gaara had a really nice body. She couldn't help stare in amazement. His body suited well for his long sleeved black shirt and semi-tight black pants.

'Get a hold of yourself Sakura!'

'What! Keep staring! He might like the attention!'

'What! No way! I like Sasuke, not Gaara! Gaara is some weird Goth /Emo guy! I'm so not into them!'

'But you just told yourself that he has a great body!'

'Ah shut up!' Sakura snapped out of it and stopped arguing with her inner self. She found Gaara staring at her weirdly.

"I thought you were getting the microscope."

"Um, yeah, sorry about that! I guess I was lost in my own world for a minute. Heh heh heh... Yeah, I'll go get that, um, thing now...", she nervously get up and went to the counter to get a microscope.

"Such a weird girl...", Gaara said to himself while laughing quietly.

Sakura came back with the microscope and found Gaara lost in his thoughts. She didn't want to interrupt him but they needed to finish this assignment by the end of class. Why was everything so complicated for her, she thought.

Sakura continued to look at Gaara. His eyelids started to get heavy, like he was about to fall asleep, but he was far from it. He was practically drowning in his own mind. Something was distracting him terribly. Suddenly, Garra's pupils shot wide and scared Sakura for a moment. Gaara had snapped out of his thoughts.

"G-Gaara? Are you okay?"

"Don't talk. L-let's just start the project." This shocked Sakura even more. She didn't think a person like Gaara would studder when he talked.

"O-okay Gaara."

Class seemed like it would go one forever. Seconds seemed like minutes and minutes seemed like hours. Will it ever end? The conversation between Sakura and Gaara wasn't very exciting. All they talked about was the assignment, and they both hardly said a peep.

"Okay, the last blood sample we have to observe is the African Bull Frog." , she said while sliding it under the glass.

"Sakura?"

"Hn?", she said still looking into the microscope.

"Did-did you ever love someone so much that it hurts?" Sakura slowly lifted her head from the microscope and stared at Gaara in awe.

"Um, could you repeat for me?" , she didn't believe what her ears were telling her.

"Nothing Sakura. Just forget it."

"Well, okay then.", she went back to observing the sample.

Ten minutes passed and the two finished their assignment just in time.

"Alright class, I want you to put your observatory notebooks on my desk on you way out. Also, don't forget to put back your supplies and your homework is on the board."

Sakura and Gaara put their notes on the desk and walked out the door. Gaara walked to the left and Sakura to the right. She couldn't help hear what Gaara had asked her back in class, 'Did-did you ever love someone so much that it hurts?' His words kept buzzing in her head like an angry bee. It's just wouldn't go away.

She decided to step outside in the courtyard during the short locker break. She just wanted to get away from whatever she was dealing with. Sitting down on a smooth rock, she heard familiar voices from around the corner. She turned to look who it was, to her surprise it was Hinata and Sasuke. She quickly slid behind the wall, but couldn't help but listen in on their conversation.

"Hinata..."

"Sasuke, you can tell me anything."

"You were going to tell Sakura about us weren't you?"

"N-no! I would never do that! I would never, ever break a promise." Sasuke just chuckled softly.

"Hinata, you're such a modest person. That's one of the reasons why I ever fell in love with you."

Sakura felt a shot of pain in her chest. He was in love with Hinata? How could she not tell her? She was her best friend and all, but was she not trustworthy enough for Hinata?

Sasuke kept talking, "But that's all in the past right? I mean, we were both looking for love in the wrong places."

"Sasuke..."

"I mean, you obviously like Naruto and I like-", he was cut off by his own words.

"You love who, Sasuke?"

"I actually don't know. I guess love isn't my forté."

"Don't say that Sasuke, I'm sure you'll find love someday."

"Yeah, someday..." The bell rang and both departed their own ways. Sakura, still shocked of what she heard just stood there.

'Hinata never told me she went out with Sasuke...'

'Maybe she didn't want anybody to know, I mean, Sasuke looked pretty annoyed when he thought Hinata was going to tell you.'

'I know, but I'm her best friend. How could she not tell me? Does she not trust me?'

'I don't know girly, but you better get to class or you'll be late!' Sakura snapped out of her gaze and cursed herself. She had a test next class and she was going to be at least 5 minutes late!

She was running down the hallways and just barely making turns around the corners. She was just nearly there when she ran straight into someone. It was Gaara. She was practically on top of him and started to blush furiously when they both looked at each other.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry Gaara! I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I'm late for a test and-", Gaara didn't even bother to listen and started walking away.

"Hey! Ugh! I'm sick of people not listening to me! Will you at least listen to my apology?"

"sigh You already said you were sorry didn't you?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then that's your apology and I heard it. No need to hear your life story."

"Well, aren't you even worried that your late for your next class?"

"No, it's gym, I'm skipping...", he walked away leaving Sakura alone in the hallway.

"Ack! I'm fifteen minutes late! I got to stop getting distracted!", she said running for the door.

Huffing and puffing she tried to get an excuse out for the teacher, "I'm, huff sorry that I'm huff late for the test Mr..." to make matters worse she had realized she was in the wrong classroom.

"Oh dear..."

"Oh dear is right young lady. Now where should you really be?

"Oh, um, next door...", she looked around the classroom to find all the students snickering at her. Except one, Sasuke Uchiha. He must've been thinking what a fool she was and she was right. Instead of entering the history classroom, she had entered the other math room.

"Young lady, do you realize that you are 20 minutes late for class?"

"Uh, yes sir..."

"I suggest you get to your class right away, I hear you have a test today."

"Oh, yes sir.", she bowed politely and walked out the classroom.

'How embarrassing... And in front of Sasuke too...'

'Hey, you wanted to spy on Hinata and Sasuke.'

'Just shut up...'

Sakura opened the classroom door to find it very quiet and everyone taking the test. She also saw the teacher glowering at her.

"Ms. Haruno, is there a perfectly good explanation why you are exactly 23 minutes late?"

"Um, sir, I can explain, um..."

"Just take a seat young lady.'

"Yes sir."

Sakura traveled into the back of the room to sit at her desk. This was the worst day of her life so far and she didn't like at all.

'Why me?'

'Like I said before, you wanted to spy on Hinata and Sasuke.'

'Well, I couldn't help it! I mean, Hinata is my best friend and Sasuke is the guy of my dreams! What was I supposed to do?'

'I guess you have a point there.'

'But I wonder when I'll take the test, everyone else had already started.'

'Well, Ms. Genius, why don't you ask the teacher?'

'You don't have to get snippy now!'

Sakura raised herself out of her seat and slowly walked up to the teacher's desk.

"E-excuse me sir."

"Yes, Sakura?"

"I was wondering when I was going to start the test."

"Well, Sakura, since you were late to class today, you won't have to take the test now."

"So, when will I be able to take it?"

"You'll be able to take the test after school-"

"Oh, thank you sir!"

"I'm not finished, you'll be able to take the test after school in detention." Sakura's face quickly turned into a frown. She never had detention before and didn't plan on getting any.

"But sir,"

"You're getting detention for being over 20 minutes late to class and because you were late for a test, now please take your seat. The other students are trying to finish the rest of their exams."

"Yes sir.", said Sakura as she quietly walked back to her seat.

'I never had detention before!'

'Well, now you do!'

'Argh! Shut up! This is all your fault!'

'What! You can't blame me!'

'If I wasn't talking to you all the time, I wouldn't have been this late or late at all!'

'Hey, you were the one who decided to- '

'Just drop it. I don't want to talk about it anymore.'

'Fine by me...'