Just Call Me Cinderella

Chapter Seven

Sasuke Uchiha threw three parties a year. One for his birthday in the middle of the summer, one in the spring when everyone was needing a release from school work, and one whenever he felt that he needed to have one.

He did this for mainly one reason. He wanted everyone to remember that he was THE Sasuke Uchiha. The most popular guy at Konoha High. It was something that he had decided to do after middle school. He invited everyone in the school with the exception of a few people and they basically just danced all night long.

Tonight was one of those nights.

Sakura groaned. She had come straight from school to work since it was the night of the Uchiha bash. She didn't want to go to work tonight but she always worked on Fridays. She was just upset that it was going to take so long tonight. Since she was a regular worker on Fridays she had to stay to serve as a waitress for the party. That meant that she would not be going home tonight and would probably have to sleep in the maid's quarters.

Her normal Friday jobs had been given to a temporary maid for that weekend and she was going to be assigned one of the bedrooms to clean. Every room needed to be spotless in case someone needed privacy. Sakura shuttered at the thought. How Sasuke got away with this kind of party under his father's roof she never understood. But then again his parents were always out of town when it happened so maybe they were just ignoring that they even happened.

Mei entered the room with the list for who would be cleaning what room. She prayed that she would not get Sasuke's. She had been very uncomfortable around him after he had danced with her in front of Itachi. Her mind kept replaying the moment over and over. She had tried her best to stop thinking about it but whenever she saw him it would come up. He was so annoying. Sakura smirked using the same term her had used for her a few years ago. She really needed to get a grip on her emotions. She was here to work, nothing else.

"Sakura, you have been assigned Master Sasuke's room." Sakura groaned as Mei pulled her out of her thoughts and nodded. Someone definitely thought this would be a funny joke. Her mind was already swirling. She definitely did not need to clean his room where she would think about him even more.

Sakura knocked the normal times and heard nothing so she entered. She had been told that she could listen to music if she wanted sometimes so she put her earphones in and turned up her music just loud enough to drown out her own thoughts but not loud enough to drown out her bosses. Sakura figured there was no better time for a music distraction than cleaning Sasuke's room. Her playlist rang in her ears as she started with the bathroom since it was the hardest job. After that she moved to pick up his laundry and other random objects scattered around the room, and ended with organizing the closet.

There was a loud bang and she peered around the closet but didn't see anything. That was odd. I must have imagined it because my music is too loud. Sakura shrugged and continued with her task but what she failed to realize was that Karin had just thrown Sasuke against the outside of the door and had started violently making out with him. Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hamper and began tossing the pile of clothes she had collected earlier into it.

The door flew open and Karin and Sasuke were making out practically on top of her. Neither of them had noticed she was even in the room. Sakura couldn't hear them really but she decided to turn her music down more in case they said anything to her. Sakura had been instructed that if something like this happened to just ignore it and leave as soon as possible. She continued throwing clothes into the hamper at a faster pace.

Sasuke pulled away and put his arms on Karin's shoulders to stop her. "Karin, we can do this later. We need to get ready for tonight."

Karin huffed and folded her arms across her chest. "What is she doing here?"

Sakura assumed that Karin pointed at her.

"She's cleaning my room obviously." Karin looked at him a little wary.

"Are you sure she's not waiting for you so she can sleep with you?" Sasuke stopped at the mouth of the closet and opened his mouth to answer but Sakura was faster.

"I'm not a slut like you. Have a nice day." Sakura smiled sweetly and then made her way out of the room with the hamper in her hand. She needed to get ready as well. She hadn't realized how long she had been cleaning for. She bumped into someone and began profusely apologizing.

"Are you sure you're not a slut too?" Sakura looked up into the eyes of Kimiko. She was already dressed in her uniform for the night. Sakura searched for the right words but Kimiko seemed to already have something prepared. "Mei is looking for you. She wants to give you your assignment for tonight."

"Thank you."

Kimiko didn't acknowledge her and made her way down the stairs. Sakura straightened her shoulders and followed her.

Sakura grumbled as she took one last look in the mirror of the maid's quarters. Apparently if the maids were working the party they were supposed to wear a different uniform. Sasuke picked a different uniform for every party. He didn't want his maids to look like maids. He wanted them to blend in a little.

Sakura had hoped she would not have to wear what the other maids were wearing. Kimiko had seemed annoyed that Sakura was given the same dress instead of told to work behind the scenes. The minute Mei gave her the assignment to work at the party as a server Kimiko began whispering to Daisy. Sakura pretended not to notice but her skin was buzzing.

The uniform for this party consisted of a skin tight, long sleeve v-neck black dress that came to the knees. Sakura's name tag was attached to the dress and she was wearing tall black heels. Her hair was also required to be curled. It was a little ridiculous they had to go to all this trouble for a stupid party but Sakura had to admit that she looked pretty good. Since it was her first ever Uchiha party-since she'd never been invited before-she was at least happy that she looked good. Even if she couldn't dance with her friends.

She took one last look at herself in the mirror and placed a few of her hair strands so her hair didn't look quite so crazy. Sakura had read the list of maids working tonight and was relived to find that Kimiko and Daisy were both assigned to other parts of the party. Honestly, she had never really cared about who she was working with but after hearing what they thought of her the other day she had been more paranoid and they seemed to spring up out of nowhere and ambush her constantly. She took a deep breath and turned down the hallway.

Sakura made her way to the main room where the music was already loudly playing and people were constantly coming in to join the fun. Sakura picked up a tray of drinks and made her way into the group of people. Soon someone tapped her shoulder and she turned to offer what was on her tray.

Ino smiled brightly at her with Hinata and Tenten. Ino was wearing a dress the same color blue as her eyes that was sleeveless. Tenten was wearing maroon skinny jeans and a cream colored long sleeve shirt. She looked so cute and comfortable and Sakura was a little envious. Hinata was wearing a flowy light purple dress. They all looked so great.

"You all look wonderful! Are you having fun?" Sakura figured a few minutes of chatting wouldn't get her in trouble. After all, everyone in the house knew that these were her classmates.

"Yeah, but we wish you could dance with us. Since this is the first time you've ever been able to come and all." Ino smiled brightly at her and yelled over the music.

"Well since I'm working it shouldn't be any different this year then." Sakura tried to smile but ended up making some sort of weird face.

"Except that every year we wish you were here to dance with us and this year you are and you can't dance with us. It's almost worse." Tenten cooed as she held onto Sakura's arm. Some guys walked by and grabbed a few drinks off her tray. There were several whistles and catcalls in her direction as they left.

Ino giggled at them. "We'll talk to Sasuke and see what we can do." There was a mischievous glint in her eye as she grabbed Tenten and Hinata. They both smiled at Sakura as they were pulled into the crowd. Sakura rolled her eyes and headed back to work.

Sasuke made his grand entrance at every party right at ten o'clock. He wanted to make sure that everyone was already having a good time so he wouldn't have to deal with any awkwardness. He was dressed in dark jeans with a white button down shirt. Nothing too fancy but it seemed that all of the girls loved it from their various swooning expressions and unblinking stares. He walked down the staircase with Karin on his arm. She was wearing a dark blue, skin tight, sleeveless dress. She looked absolutely gorgeous and he could tell that everyone below them was jealous. He tried to hide his sigh of slight disgust but Karin noticed and her grip on his arm got tighter. They made their way down the stairs with him smirking and Karin smiling like she just one a beauty pageant.

He looked around at the crowd and saw some people that were too preoccupied with their dance partners to see his and Karin's big entrance but he didn't care. His eyes eventually rested on a pink head. He looked her up and down as he got closer. His pulse quickened as he remembered what he had been thinking the other night. How he had thought about how genuine she was compared to Karin. And how he had acted on complete impulse while trying to help out Itachi. Had he actually danced with her and kissed her on the head?

Sakura's back was facing him but he couldn't help but keep staring at her. He looked her up and down once more. She had a rocking body. Lightly toned, probably from some sport she played that he didn't know, and small curves that for some reason were calling to him. Slowly, she turned around to offer drinks to someone behind her. Sasuke faltered on the bottom step for a minute. Sakura was absolutely gorgeous. Completely breathtaking. It was like every light in the room was radiating off of her face. He had never seen anyone shine so bight like that and he couldn't look away.

"Sasuke, come on. Let's make our way to the front like always."

Karin pulled him away from where he was staring and they made their way to a spot where it looked like a jungle strung with various Christmas lights and several couches that were slightly raised. Honestly, it was a little like a throne for a king but Sasuke liked to sit here so he could watch everyone at his party.

He sat down and Karin immediately placed herself on his lap. He grunted but let her stay. Was she always this pushy before? His eyes wandered into the crowd. He wasn't sure what he was searching for. Maybe more pink hair? He tightened his arm around Karin and turned to survey his friends next to him.

Sai and Neji were lounging on one of the couches to his right looking intently over the crowd. Sasuke could tell they were looking for someone and he had a pretty good idea who. The two of them had been talking a lot about a few girls recently without even noticing. Naruto stood in front of them dancing a little bit but mainly nervously pacing with his eyes glued to the crowd. Sasuke shook his head. Idiots. All of them.

"Hey, idiot. Calm down. I know you have the hots for Hinata but I'm sure she'll be looking for you so you don't need to worry." Naruto, red faced, turned to retort but was cut off. Ino, Tenten, and Hinata emerged from the crowd with big smiles on their faces.

"Hello Sasuke." Ino started sweetly. Out of the corner of his eye he could see that Sai and Neji had straightened up a little. He'd never seen them act this way around girls before. They usually stayed the same calm and cool guys and stayed with the girls a little while until they got bored. This was different. They were nervous.

"What do you want Yamanaka?"

She smiled slightly more. "Whatever do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes. "When you use that voice you want something. So why don't you make it easier on me and tell me what it is." Ino laughed a little and the three girls moved closer. Sasuke eyed them warily. They were acting stranger than normal and that was saying something. Tenten collected antique weapons.

"Well . . . we were wondering if Sakura can dance at least one dance with us." Ino smiled sweetly with puppy dog eyes. Sasuke looked around and saw that Tenten and Hinata were doing the same thing.

"But she's working."

"We know! We just really want her to be able to have some fun with us." Sasuke leaned back into the couch and thought about it. He really wouldn't mind having Sakura dance. But it seemed like such a weird request.

"Haven't you all danced at this before together? Why is this time any different?" Ino's expression changed and Tenten and Hinata's smiles slipped off their faces.

"Sasuke, she's never been invited before. She was always invisible to you and this is the first time she's ever been to one of these parties. That's why we want her to have at least one dance with us."

Karin turned her face to look at him with her lips pursed. It was her best impression of a puppy. "Sasukins, you can't possibly let one of your maids dance with our classmates. That would just look awful. You're reputation would go down."

Sasuke looked from Karin to Ino. Ino was showing determination Sasuke had never seen before. She really loved her friend and wanted her to have a good time. He really had never invited Sakura? That was impossible. He invited practically the whole school he would have had to go completely out of his way to make sure she wasn't invited. Why would he do that? Was he that terrible of a person?

"Fine. One song. Just have her remove her name tag and I'll inform the house staff. Is there a specific song you want?"

"Oh, we've got that all taken care of." Ino winked and the three girls ran off. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and looked at the other boys. They all looked confused too but ignored it. He called over a maid whose name tag read Daisy. She pulled her dress down so more of her cleavage would show. He pursed his lips in agitation. Now was not the time.

"Yes Master Sasuke?"

Her voice was irritatingly sweet and Sasuke could feel Karin shift. It didn't seem like she was all that upset like she was when other girls tried to hit on him. He supposed she didn't feel like this maid was a threat.

"Inform Mei that Sakura is being allowed one dance with her friends. She'll go back to working after that."

Daisy's smile slipped from her eyes and her lips seemed to tighten. Sasuke felt like she was suddenly grimacing.

"Of course Master Sasuke."

"Dude, that maid was something else and not in a good way." Naruto elbowed Sasuke as he took a seat to his left. The music changed and the crowd in front of them started to part slowly as our girls ran to the middle of the dance floor.

"Okay, he said one dance!" Tenten jumped up and down.

"You just have to take off your name tag." Hinata said as she took it off and handed it to Sakura.

"You guys are the best! I can't believe you did this for me! What song did you pick?"

"Oh, you know, just our theme song. You gotta get it started like always!" Ino smiled and pushed Sakura forward as the song started. Sakura threw her hand up and snapped. The crowd parted instantly and all eyes were on her as she started dancing. Slowly, her friends joined her.

Sasuke was confused why the crowd seemed to be parting more and more. Then all at once everyone moved except for one pink-haired girl that was dancing by herself. He couldn't look away. She was breathtaking and so confident. How had he never really seen her before? The entire room was at her beck and call. Soon, she was joined by Ino, Tenten, and Hinata and he could tell that his best friends were also having a hard time looking away. The four girls continued to dance carefree and at the end they even had a choreographed bit. They were so attractive. But it wasn't just the movements. It was the genuine smiles on their faces.

Too soon for his taste the song ended and the four girls hugged each other and started laughing. Why had he told her only one song? He should have told her to screw work and dance with him all night. Wait. What was he saying? He didn't dance. He had already made that clear to her. And he definitely had a girlfriend. A girlfriend who was trying her best to capture his attention back after that dance. What was Sakura doing to him?

He watched Sakura put her name tag back on and headed to the kitchen. His friends slowly moved toward the other three girls and began to talk. A slow song came on next and they all partnered off.

"Sasuke, dance with me?"

"Fine." He grudgingly stood up and danced with Karin. She was holding him really tight and rested her head on his chest. He wasn't thinking about her at all. He wanted to go find Sakura and talk to her. She was more and more interesting the more he got to know her. She was smart, feisty, loving, and beautiful. He couldn't stop thinking about her.

Sakura tried to move through the crowd and serve drinks but everywhere she went there were catcalls. Her dancing earlier had really made an impression an all of the guys. She rolled her eyes as more of them crowded her. One of them got a little excited and grabbed her butt. That was it. Sakura made her way back to the kitchen and found Mei.

"I can't serve anymore. The guys are starting to get handsy. Is there somewhere else I can work?" Mei looked at Sakura for a minute.

"You're gonna hate it but you can work the upstairs. Basically, you keep tabs on empty rooms and when someone wants one you direct them. You'll switch with Daisy."

"It's better than being groped."

She could hear Mei laugh as she went up the stairs. Daisy leaned against the top of the banister and she looked pissed. Sakura took a deep breath before approaching her. She had been afraid to talk to her or Kimiko since she had heard what they really thought of her.

"I'm here to relieve you. It's your turn to be down at the party."

"Finally. I thought Mei was going to have me here all night. I know you're new and all but serving the party goers is usually my job."

Sakura took a step back as Daisy stood straight and started inching forward. "I did not and I am sorry."

"Yeah, whatever." Daisy purposely knocked her shoulder against Sakura's as she left. Sakura couldn't understand why she was on their bad side completely but she knew that part of it was her closeness with the Uchiha boys. She needed to make sure to keep a little more distance between them.

Sakura leaned against the wall and watched the party. Everyone seemed to be having a great time. Her friends were dancing with the guys they had all recently started crushing on. They were all smiling and laughing. Just the way it should be.

Someone started up the staircase grumbling. Sakura could tell it was Sasuke and that his white shirt was covered in some sort of liquid. Somebody had obviously spilled on him. She could tell he was grumpy so she tried to lighten the mood.

"Hello, sir. Can I show you to a suitable room?" She smiled brightly as he looked up confused as to why a maid was asking him that but upon seeing it was Sakura he smiled a little.

"Why yes, please." She laughed and turned on her heel to lead him to his room. She opened the door and gestured to him to enter. He complied.

"Is there anything else that I can help you with sir?" She smiled as he looked at her.

"Actually, can you help me pick out a new shirt to wear? I have to be honest, you did a good job getting Itachi ready for that date." He smiled nervously. Sakura wasn't sure why he seemed so nervous but she headed to the closet and started to look around. Sasuke took off his shirt and leaned against the closet door. He watched Sakura as she hummed to herself and looked through his shirts.

"Oh, by the way, I wanted to say thank you." She appeared with a shirt in her hand. He took the shirt and put it over his black undershirt.

"For what?" The shirt was a dark gray and looked great with his jeans. Sakura tried her best to look away but couldn't. She was good at dressing those Uchiha boys.

"For letting me dance with my friends. It was a lot of fun. Just like I always dreamed these parties would be like." She gave him a small smile. "Dang, I can't stop looking at you. Maybe I should get you a different outfit. Your girlfriend might get jealous because I'm sure there are going to be a lot more girls all over you."

Sasuke smirked at her. "You really think I look that good?"

Sakura moved forward to adjust the buttons on his shirt. "Definitely."

He gave her an intense stare. "Well, I have to be honest, I've never seen you look better either."

Sakura's face blushed slightly. "I find that hard to believe since I've been invisible to you for several years."

Sakura kept her gaze on him and could see that her words had struck a chord. Sasuke moved closer to her. She could feel his breath on her face and soon there was no space between them. His lips were on hers. At first the kiss was gentle and hesitant. A few seconds later Sasuke intensified the kiss and wrapped his arms around her back. He pulled even closer and soon his tongue was in her mouth.

A/N: Who ends a chapter right there?!

What even is this chapter? Sorry if it feels a little out of place. I write out of order and I wrote the original version of this chapter like two years ago. Hopefully it will feel more normal in the next few chapters.