Author's Note: Well, here I am updating again. I am writing this as I go along. I'd like to thank all of my reviewers. You don't have to review, but it is appreciated. I don't exactly know how long this fic is going to be, but I'm hoping that it will turn out awesome.

Disclaimer: I hate birds. They merrily hop outside my window, but I know that they are secretly planning to beat me over the head with a lead pipe and take my shoe! (I Own Nothing!)

Ch. 6: Ice Cream and Kisses

"It's okay Gaara, I promise I won't bite….hard."

"Maybe I'd like you to bite me."

"What!"

"Just joking."

"Okay, come here."

Sakura leaned over towards Gaara, who pulled back slightly. When Sakura was close to his lips, she turned her head and kissed his cheek.

"There, the dare is done."

"What, I said to kiss him!"
"I did. I just didn't kiss him on the lips."

"Ooh, you're sneaky."

"I know, it's what I do best. Do you guys want some ice cream before we head to bed?"

"Yeah. I hope you have all of our favorite flavor."

"Yep, it's…"

"BEN AND JERRY'S PHISH FOOD!" they all screamed.

"Yep, I bought a pint for everyone."

"Thank you. Oh, we meant to ask who made that pizza?"

"I did. It was my own invention before I took up mixing drinks."

"It was awesome!"

"Thanks. I'll be right back."

Sakura jogged down to the kitchen and got out seven pints of ice cream, two small bottles of chocolate syrup, two small bottles of caramel topping, three cans of whipped cream, and seven bags of chopped nuts. When Sakura went back into the room, she handed out the ice cream and nuts.

"Okay, Neji and Hinata like chocolate, Naruto and Tenten like caramel, and Itachi, Gaara, and myself like whipped cream." ( I LOVE WHIPPED CREAM! )

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

"Okay Sakura, it's your turn."

"Umm…Hinata truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Okay, today when we were swimming did I see your boyfriend's digits slip?"

"Maybe."

"OMG! I can't believe you guys did that! Oh well, I might have to, if I had a boyfriend."

"Sakura! We're corrupting you!"

"Oh please. I've been this corrupted for years."

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing…it's nothing."

"Okay, if you say so."

Gaara looked at Sakura, who was picking at her ice cream before she pasted on a happy smile and took a big bite.

"Shoot, I forgot to put on my whipped cream."

"So, eat it off your finger."

"Fine, I will."

Gaara and Itachi watched Sakura eat the cream off of her finger. Needless to say, they were turned on. Jus as they were about to get hard, she stopped and told everyone that she was done. Everybody handed her their empty cartons and Gaara offered to help out.

"Here, let me help."

"Okay, thanks."

Everybody's eyebrows shot up after they walked out of the room.

"Sakura, what was wrong earlier?"

"Nothing…nothing, why?"

"I saw you put on the fake smile."

"I…I don't want to talk about it, but thanks for asking."

"Are you sure?"

"Let's just say I didn't have the best father."

"Why? Was he never home or something?"

"Or something."

"Okay, maybe you'll tell me later."

"How about this, the day you tell me about your past and show me the inside of your room, is the day I'll tell you what happened. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Come on we better head back. I'm tired."

"Me too."

As soon as Sakura and Gaara walked into the room, they looked at the clock. It was four in the morning.

"Okay everybody, I know that after today we're all tired. So, it's time for sleep."

Everybody crawled into their bed, except for Gaara who crawled into Sakura's. As soon as she turned out the light and got settled, she saw lightning. When she saw the cry light up, she lunged forward towards Gaara and gripped his waist. After she had effectively put no space between them, she started crying. As soon as Sakura felt someone stroking her hair, she looked up. When she tried to jump back, he held on to her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to invade your space. I…I was afraid."

"Sakura Haruno was afraid of lightning?"

"Yes, you don't have to rub it in. I have my reasons for being afraid."

"What are your reasons?"

"Are you going to tell me about your past and show me your room?"

"Sure, why not. When I was little, my mother died giving birth to me. My father blamed me and pretty much disowned me. He said that I had a bloodlust. Now, whenever I see blood, I get crazy and sometimes I go crazy and want to see blood. Kankuro and Temari are older than me. They were my dad's golden children, so to speak. After he tried to kill me, I took up cutting. Last year, he died in a car accident. Temari and Kankuro never did blame me. They just accepted me for who I am."

"That's sad. When I was little, my mom was never around. Sometimes, she wouldn't even come home. After my dad caught her in the bed with two men, he…killed her. He poured gasoline all over the house and burned her alive. That was when I was ten. He was never convicted. After I turned twelve, he started to beat me. After two years of dealing with that, he decided that physical and mental abuse just wasn't enough. He turned to…to sexual abuse. I dealt with that until about a week ago. I loved my dad, but I also hated him. I forgave him for what he did because after what happened with my mom he went insane. The only thing I can't forget was that the nights he…hurt me, there was always lightning in the sky. Ever since, I've been afraid that someone was going to hurt me."

"How do you know I won't?"

"I can tell you're a good person Gaara, even if you had a bad childhood. You're like me. You turned to cutting, it was the only pain in your life that you could control. I was the same way."

"You know, I think that you are the only person to ask me about my past."

"Nobody knows about your past?"

"Nobody except Temari and Kankuro."

"Well, I 'm going to try to get some sleep. Do you mind if I sleep like this?"

"No, if you're afraid, I'd rather you feel safe."

"Thank you, Gaara."

To repay his kindness, she pulled him in for her first real kiss. As soon as their lips connected, they couldn't pull away. Sakura finally broke the kiss and looked up at Gaara.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."

"You just stole my first kiss, but I liked it."

"Me too. Good night."

"Night."

Gaara fell asleep for the first time in a couple of weeks. Sakura stayed awake for a couple minutes more, thinking.

'That kiss was amazing. How can a guy that I have only known for one day, get to me like that. I felt my emotional shield crack, but I won't let him in. I can't. I don't want to hurt anymore.' 'Maybe you won't get hurt.' 'Maybe I will.'

After a few minutes of arguing with herself, she finally gave up and went to sleep. She took one quick glance at the clock before she fell asleep; it was 5.

'I have to get up in a couple of hours…NOOOOO!'

After Sakura got three hours of sleep, she woke up at eight o'clock. She felt Gaara's hands on her waist and tried to sit up, but his grip tightened on her, so she quit struggling until he loosened his grip. She slowly removed his hands and slid out of bed. She stretched and cracked her joints before heading towards her shower. After Sakura undressed, she let the warm water run over her body. When she finally hopped out of the shower, she remembered that she had forgotten her clothes.

'Shit! I forgot to get my change of clothes. Now I have to go out there in a towel, wet. I hope nobody's awake!'

Sakura quickly went to get a towel, but the only towel in her bathroom, was way too short. When she put it on, half of her chest showed, but it still covered enough, and it almost didn't cover her ass. She brushed her hair before she opened the door. The looked around and slowly crept up to her door. Just as she was about to open it, someone spoke.

"You know Sakura, you really shouldn't be coming out in a really short towel."

"Itachi! I didn't know you were awake."

"I wake up early. You know, you don't look so bad in that black towel."

"Shit! I forgot…uh, I be right back."

Sakura quickly threw her door open and closed it. She had her eyes closed and wasn't paying attention to anything around her. Just as she opened her towel, she heard a cough. She quickly covered herself as she opened her eyes. There was Gaara, wide eyed, sitting on her bed.

"Gaara! What are you doing in my room!"

"Well, I was going to ask where I could get some towels so I could take a shower. Maybe you should look around your room before you strip next time."

"You jackass!"

Sakura charged towards him and tackled him. She had completely forgotten that she had no clothes on and sat on his chest.

"Maybe you should be more careful."

"I'm not the one sitting on a guy's chest naked."

"OMG! I can't believe I tackled you in a towel."

"Well, I liked it."

"SHUT UP!"

"Hey Sakura….OMG, SORRY!"

"TENTEN, WAIT! IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!"

When Sakura jumped up off of Gaara, he got a nice view. (I have a weird sense of humor.) Sakura was trying to chase Tenten down, when she tripped and fell on top of Itachi.

"Shit! I'm sorry!"

"It's okay. I like it when nearly naked girls are on top of me." he smirked at her.

"YOU FUCKING DICK!"

Sakura punched the fuck out of him and finished running after Tenten. When she found her, she couldn't believe her ears.

"…and when I walked into the room, Sakura was on top of Gaara in a very short towel!"

"TENTEN! It wasn't what you thought!"

"Sakura! Um…I…I have to go take my shower now. Bye!"

Tenten managed to get to the bathroom before Sakura got hold of her. Sakura stormed back to her room, and Gaara was still there.

"You can leave or sit there. I'd advise you to leave though."

"Well, can you tell me where some towels are first?"

"Oh, sorry. I guess I'm a little moody today. Let me get you some towels."

Sakura walked to her closet and pulled out two black towels.

"You have a pretty sweet CD collection. I didn't know that you were stashing more in your room."

"Well, here you go. I'm sorry for snapping at you."

"I'm sorry for not letting you know that I was in here."

"It's okay. I should have opened my eyes. After I get dressed, I'll make some breakfast."

Gaara left and Sakura pulled out her clothes: a black Happy Bunny shirt that said "You're Number One, TeeHee" that had Happy Bunny flipping you off, a pair of black arm covers that went passed her elbow, a pair of blood red pants that flared going down the leg, and a pair of black Vans. After she got dressed, she put on black eye shadow and blood red eyeliner and lipstick. She checked herself in the mirror and decided that she looked okay, even if her shirt showed a bit more skin than it used to with that shirt. At least it showed enough for her tattoos to be seen. She put in her red and black crossbones tongue ring and walked into the kitchen. Itachi was sitting there, still rubbing his jaw.

"You know, you hit pretty damn hard."

"I know."

"I didn't know you had your tongue pierced."

"Yeah, neither does anybody else."

"That's hot."

"Thanks. Is your jaw okay?"

"Yeah, I deserved that though."

"I wouldn't have hit you if you didn't deserve it."

"Right, sorry."

"No worries. Are you hungry?"

"Starved. Whatcha makin'?"

"Eggs, bacon, and chocolate pancakes."

"Sounds good. I'll go wake everyone up."

"Thank you."

After everyone had been woke up and got dressed, they ate breakfast.

"I have to ask you guys a question."

"Shoot."

"Why did Orochimaru tell us that we were going to have a test today, if we don't have school?"

"He says that every time we get a new student. He thinks that someone won't tell you that you don't have to read all of that in one night."

"That's just…weird."

"He's a weird teacher. We are part of a weird school."

"I suppose so. So, I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow then?"

"Yeah, we better get going. I had a great time."

"So did we."

"Gaara, say hi to Temari and Kankuro for me k."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye. Itachi, I'll see you 5:45."

"Alright, see you then."

Everybody left and Sakura started to clean up. She kept thinking about what would happen that day.

Author's Note: Well, there it is. A whole new chapter, wrote in two hours. All for my awesome readers. Thank you guys so much for reading. I'll probably update later on the 13th or 14th. We'll soon get to see what happens at Sasuke's house. MWUHAHA! Enjoy! .