Chapter Eleven
"So, are you doing anything after school tomorrow?" Sakura asked me at lunch.
Yes, I had finally forgiven her. She was driving me insane with all her begging. Honestly, she was worse than a hobo dog at Thanksgiving.
Is there even such a thing as a hobo dog?
Oh, you know what I mean. A dog that hasn't had food in a while.
"Uh, I don't know," I lied, even though I knew I had to help clean the house for Itachi's graduation. I didn't like the sound of it. I wanted to scream and tell Itachi to wait for me to go to college, so we could go to college together.
Just the thought of us being apart so much practically ripped me apart.
Sakura gave me a look. You know the one. The You-suck-at-lying-so-just-tell-me-the-truth-God-damn-it.
"Alright..." I said in defeat, "I have to help-"
I heard her gasp.
I smirked. She saw someone she liked.
"Who are you looking at?" I asked.
"I thought we talked over this."
"Sorry, I was deaf at that moment."
She just rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Sasuke, do we really want to go through all that over again?"
"Well, I've got Itachi now, so it's no big deal," I responded with a smirk.
She only shook her head.
"Oh wait, you still like me, don't you?" I asked, the answer being quite obvious.
"Yeah...I was only gasping at the new addition to your brother's group."
I looked over as well.
Oh. My. God. Kisame wasn't even close to being a freak of nature compared to this guy.
One third white, one third black, one third plant.
Oh yes, the real freak of nature.
"How is that even possible?" I asked.
"Well, one parent is black...one parent is white...and another is white..."
"Um...there's only one problem with your theory...HE CAN ONLY HAVE TWO PARENTS!"
"Oh...yeah..." Sakura shuddered at the thought.
I only smirked. "I have to admit though, if anyone could find out how to have sex with three people-"
"Sasuke, please, this is lunch!"
"Fine."
It was silent for a while.
Sakura seemed like she was deep in thought.
Then I saw it. The light bulb that flickered above her head...or at least tried to flicker above that horrible pink hair of hers.
"So...Itachi's graduating, huh?"
She got me.
"Yeah..." I said through gritted teeth.
She gave me a concerned look. "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know..." I admitted. "Itachi and I have tried to think of everything...but...I can't even imagine being apart from him like that."
"Yeah...from living together to being in completely different towns. It's gonna be a big change."
Oh wow, Sakura. Way to point out the obvious.
The bell rang.
"I got to go," I bluntly told her as I walked off to my next class, but not before quickly glancing at Itachi.
Who knows? This might be one of my last chances to look at him for a LONG while.
The car bumped on the gravel as my family and I started on our way to Itachi's college.
I just stared out the window and took deep breaths. I couldn't dare look at Itachi or I would break down and cry.
I know, I sound like a wimp right now, but really...I wanted this to be a nightmare. Like one of those that just keep coming back again and again and can never get rid of it, no matter what.
But this was reality, and it was almost impossible to stop that.
"Sasuke?" Itachi asked in a very quiet voice.
"What?" I asked, my voice cracking.
I could feel his eyes turned from curiosity to concern in a matter of seconds. "I'm sorry to leave you like this."
"It's not like you can do anything about it," I said, trying to control my emotion that showed in my voice, but it didn't work.
"I know..."
I couldn't stand this. This...tension between us, just because Itachi was off to do better things.
While I was stuck with Sakura.
God, I always got the crappy end of the straw.
"Well...think of it this way...at least you told me the truth...otherwise I would still be stuck with Sakura," Itachi said.
"Yeah..." He was right, I had told him the truth in time where we actually had some time to ourselves before he had to leave for college. Of course, at that time, I wasn't even thinking about Itachi going anywhere.
It was mainly silent for the rest of the way there. I tried to keep in my emotions as best as I could, but I couldn't stand the thought of Itachi being...away...
It all felt like it was in slow motion as I watched him grab all his bags and leave for his dorm.
I finally cried out his name and charged at him to hug him. He immediately accepted and hugged back. "I promise..." He said, "You'll be my 'dream girl' through this all...so that when I come back, we can start from where we left off."
I left go of him, hoping that he would keep that promise.
Of course, this was Itachi I was talking about, why shouldn't he keep that promise?
I said a final goodbye to him as I got back into the car.
See you in four...maybe more...years, Itachi...
I wanted to scream.
And that's exactly what I did when I came home. I ran up to my room and stuffed my head into my pillow and screamed.
I couldn't believe this.
Itachi was gone.
It hit me harder than a bullet.
I felt those stupid salty tears run down my face as I logged onto messenger to go and rant to some random person.
I wiped my eyes to see who was on.
i-am-blue1234; shy-girl334125; Ramen-lover2.0; and last but not least, Uchiha101
I shook my head. Wait...Uchiha101??
Itachi was on?
I clicked on his name.
duckbutt-head: hey, you're on
Uchiha101: I know, surprising, isn't it? I thought you would be kinda lonely so i thought i would come on...
duckbutt-head: thx
Uchiha101: but your not an imposter are you?? ;)
duckbutt-head: yeah, don't worry, it's sasuke, not sakura
I almost smiled. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. Itachi would still be in my life.
He just couldn't stay away.
Ah, yes, this wasn't such a bad nightmare after all.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Alright, I know that was sort of a bad ending -silence- ok, it WAS a bad ending...so that's why I have a sequel out! It's called Reconnection, so please, go to my profile, look through my stuff and you should find it. :)