A/N: Thanks for the three reviews, that's all I have to say. I updated because though I'm almost fourteen (September 27th!!!!) I'm in highschool core math 3, meaning I'm at a junior level. Honestly I hate being smart. It sucks. You wondering why aren't you in highschool? Only the eighth grade. I'm in advanced English but my Science and Social Studies grades are not that great (Bs and A-'s) So I'm busy with Cross Country too. I'll update before October for sure.

Chapter Two

Sakura walked into the school with Ino at her side. Sakura licked her lips, looking at her best friend. Ino walked in front of Sakura as they walked down the hallway. Sakura and Ino made it to their lockers before the hopeless boys flooded over to Ino who just pretended to be flattered. She was wearing a short black sundress, so it was no surprise why they were here.

Sakura just rolled her eyes, taking out her needed notebooks and books for her first four classes of the day. Homeroom was with Tenten and Ino, Sakura felt bad for Hinata but she did have Naruto with her. The first class of the day was English, who Sakura had with Tenten, advanced class. Then came History with Hinata and Kiba. After that was Phy Ed, which Ino was in with Sakura and chemistry, where she was all alone.

Sakura closed her locker door to see Ino looking up at the tall, muscular, Saikeo. His brown hair sticking up in spikes. His eyes were a dark blue. He was good looking but he was not Sakura's type.

Ino came to Sakura's side, Saikeo's arm draped over her shoulders. "Let's go," Ino said, walking toward the homeroom. Sakura rolled her eyes. Ino had already got Saikeo. No surprise there. Ino was pretty and Saikeo was head-over-heels in love with her. Or head-over-heals in lust with her.

Sakura ran her fingers threw her hair, it was hard to understand the group of girls that hung out together. A slut, a shy, a romantic and an engaged. It was odd that all of them were friends. They had very different personalities. The trio walked into homeroom where Tenten was grinning like a mad man.

"Hi guys and Saikeo."

"Hey Tenten," Sakura and Ino said at the same time.

Sakura was off in her own world during homeroom. She looked at Ino who was flirting with her new boyfriend. She wondered what Shikamaru was doing at the moment. She had time to run to the well before she started working. Damn, she had to ask Shikamaru to come walk home. Why was Ino going threw all this trouble for one guy? Sakura knew that Shikamaru was the first guy to ever turn Ino down but how far was she willing to go?

The bell rang, pulling Sakura out of her thoughts as she and Tenten walked to English class. "So is your English paper done?"

"Yes, it's due today."

"I know," Tenten said, running her fingers threw her short brown hair. "Mine is done but probably nowhere as good as yours."

"Don't say that Tenten."

"But it is true. My paper is like… a waffle to yours."

"A waffle?"

"Yeah, I hate waffles."

"Um, okay then." Sakura smiled at her friend as they walked into their English class, Sakura taking her seat next to a tall Junior who's name she didn't remember. She looked at the board. And her jaw dropped. She was going to be the one reading her essay?

The warning bell rang, telling all of the students that class was starting and out came Iruka-sensei of his office. He nodded to all of the class. "Hello class," he said, smiling at them. Why smile? "We're going to start the day by having Sakura read her essay. So Sakura come up and read it please."

Sakura smiled, nodding her head as she grabbed her essay and walked to the front of the classroom. "I was told to write about the difference in people, how each person is different yet we can still get along. So here it goes.

"Everyone has a different look, personality and opinion about everything in general. Most people shy away from people that are different than them. Hiding because they are afraid of change or don't want to see threw one another's eyes. It's a sad and common disease that I like too call prejudice.

"But people can get along, it's not like we're animals fighting. We are people and as people we should act with respect for out others. In example to how these different people get along take my group of friends.

"First we have Ino, who's the most popular girl in school. With her long blonde hair and blue eyes, she's easy eye candy for most of the guys. She can be stubborn and wants her way some times, she gets mad easily and likes to shop. Her outlook on life is live it like it's your last. That it doesn't matter what other people think about you as long as your having fun. Nothing else matters unless your happy.

"Then comes Tenten, who is a jocky girl. She's got short brown hair and brown eyes to match. She's the one that thinks she's got it all figured out. She's nice until you disagree with her about something she feels strongly about. Most the time she's hard to understand what she does but it all makes sense later. Her outlook is that plan not only for today but tomorrow and next week. If you have a caption you can sail a ship, if you have a plan you can lead life.

"Next is Hinata, the outspoken girl. Hinata has the straight, navy blue hair with the white eyes. She's the one who's scare of what the future holds. If your happy now, you might not be later. That's her outlook on life. She's also timid and shy, wondering what people think of her and how her actions with effect the others around her. If it will hurt them or help them.

"And last, there's me, the one who wants to see what's ahead. I have the curly pink hair and the apple green eyes. I'm bubbly and smart. Good grades and I love to have fun with my friends. But I know when it's time to play and time to work. I'm the one my friends come to if the need adive. My outlook on life is if something happens it's a new beginning, with every ending there is a new beginning. Never stop looking at what's ahead but never forget what you left behind you.

"

"Gosh," Ino said, slamming her tray on the table next to Sakura. She slid into her seat and looked at Sakura, sighing heavily. Sakura took the bait, knowing that Ino would tell her anyway.

"What's wrong?"

"It's like he doesn't even notice! I said 'hi Shikamaru' with Saikeo right next to me. The Saikeo said 'hey man' and then he said 'hey man, troublesome Ino' and did that weird boy handshake with Saikeo. I don't get it!"

Sakura picked at her bread, eating it slowly. She shrugged her shoulders. "I do not know what you should do." She really didn't care what Ino did but she wasn't going to say that to Ino.

Ino started eating her mashed potatoes. Looking like she was about to die. "Sakura he's the first guy that I've never gotten. Plus you're the one that we come to for help. And I need your help."

"You always want what you can't have," Tenten said, joining them at there lunch table. "Hinata will be coming soon, saying good-bye to Naruto." Their school didn't allow girls and boys to eat together do to students doing something nasty with the food a few years ago. Two different lunchrooms, it was strange but you got used to it.

Sakura thought it over in her mind. "Well, I dunno. You could just see how it goes for another week or so. Get to know him."

Ino rolled her eyes. "Really Sakura I want them fast."

"And that's gross." Tenten said, pointing her fork at Ino. "Hey Hinata," she said as the small girl sat next to Tenten.

"Hi."

Sakura wrinkled her nose at Ino. "You know that your so dumb. Guys aren't toys, just like we're not there toys."

"That's totally different!"

"How so? I'd like to know Ino!"

"Well it just is. We have boobs Sakura."

Sakura and Tenten aminesweat dropped. "That's different how?" Tenten asked.

"Just is."

"Guys…" Hinata mumbled, stiffing her in seat. Something was up.

They all looked at her. "Yeah?" Tenten asked.

"Well me and Naruto were on our date last night and it was going like always. Then the topic of…"

"Oh gosh," Sakura said at the same time Tenten muttered a, "no."

Ino's eyes shifted from all three of them. "I don't get it."

Sakura took her eyes off of Hinata to look at Ino. "That's a good thing because you would tell her to do it."

"Do what?" Ino said, she gritted her teeth together. She hated it when none of them told her what was going on.

Sakura looked back at Hinata, nodding her head. "Do you want to?"

"Yes," she answered quickly.

"Does he want too?"

She thought for a moment then nodded. "Yes, he was the one who brought it up."

"Then what's stopping you?" Tenten asked, eating some of her salad. "I think your committed to each other enough. But ask Sakura what she thinks, she's the one that can solve all our problems."

Sakura picked at her bread again, shrugging her shoulders. She was weighing a heavy decision her shoulders. "I think that if you want to then you should, maybe just once. Protected of course and have Ino lend you birth control pills. See where it goes after that."

"Thanks Sakura." Hinata felt a little bit better now.

"I can't wait until you're the one asking for help," Tenten said, grinning at the pink haired girl.

Sakura laughed. "I'm jealous of all your relationships, even if Ino's is demented."

"HEY!"

Sakura was following behind Ino, who was talking to Saikeo. She had given Sakura her lighter, knowing that Sakura was going to burn a posted note into the well today. Sakura honestly felt like giving up, not trying anymore. Nothing was happening to her. She figured that she could stick it out another day. The well was there, Sakura looked at the retreating backs of Saikeo and Ino, not bothering to say a good bye.

She sighed, weighing the opinions in her mind. It couldn't hurt, so she pulled out her green sticky-notes. She scribbled her wish down quickly, she pulled the lighter out of her back pocket, lighting the paper and letting it fall. Sakura looked to see Ino and Saikeo ahead as little black dots.

She blew her bangs up with her breath and let out a long sigh, now she had to get to work. She looked over at the street, it was in a quieter part of town so no cars were on the street. Sakura ran across the street, her black flip-flops flinging water up at her bare legs. It had rained during math class and hopefully it was done raining. Sakura liked the rain, watching it that was. She hated getting caught in the rain.

She looked up from the sidewalk, younger kids walking home from school up ahead and the main part of Kohona, she could see the sign for the flower shop up ahead. Sakura smiled to herself, she got six dollars an hour for working on Mondays and Thursdays. She one worked an hour and a half but still it was something to do. Besides, it taught her how to work at a job. Her parents thought it was a good idea, though they wanted her to work different hours than Ino. She could understand that but thought it was unnecessary.

Sakura opened the door to the shop, a smiling Mrs. Yamanaka at the counter. "Hello Sakura."

Sakura loved the smell of the shop, it was so pretty too. Flowers of every color where in buckets, sorted by color then A threw Z. The mixed flowers the shop let the customers pick out. It was kind of funny when a guy was rushing to get flowers on his wife's birthday or their anniversary and he had no idea what he was doing.

"Hi Chiko," Sakura said, walking over to the counter. Ino's mom liked it when her employees called her by her first name. But outside of the shop, it was Mrs. Yamanaka. Sakura thought she looked just like her daughter but a bit shorter. The same long blonde hair, but wavy. And her eyes were a lot darker. Other than that she looked just like Ino.

Sakura put her backpack on the ground, kicking it under the employee desk. The shop was small so their only needed to be a worker and the owner. Sakura pulled her thin, curly hair back into a ponytail. She tugged at the hem of her pink fitted t-shirt that read 'SINGLE all the way'. It was a holiday shirt, like jingle all the way. She was wearing shorts too, nothing special today. She grabbed the apron that she wore, it had her name tag on it. Her name tag said 'SAKURA' in black letters, of course it was her name. Under her name it said in small letters: employee for 2 years. Yep, that's how long she had been working at the flower shop.

The bell on the front of the door rang, it was a customer. Sakura smiled to herself, walking over to the customer. She smiled, nodding to the lady. "Hello, welcome to the Yamanaka Flower Shop. Can I help you or are you just looking?"

The lady looked at Sakura with narrowed black eyes, she was smiling though. Her gray hair pulled back into a bun. "Why hello," she read her name tag, "Sakura. I'm just looking for some orange lilies for my daughter's wedding. You know a present?"

"Okay, the orange flowers are over their," she told her, pointing to the orange flowers.

The lady smiled at Sakura again. "Why thank you love." She waved her fingers at Sakura and waddled over to the orange flowers.

Sakura looked at the pink roses next to her, her favorite rose. Her favorite flower was the sakura blossom. She exhaled a long breath, looking at Chiko who was digging in her purse and pulled out her lighter and a box of cigarettes. She looked up at Sakura, smiling slightly. Sakura was used to this, Chiko had to watch the store for two hours before Sakura came to work and she usually wanted a cigarette when Sakura came.

She held up six fingers, meaning sixteen minutes. Chiko liked taking long breaks. She stood, making her way into the back room where the backroom exit was. She was going to get a soda from the cooler probably.

The bell ringing at the front door made Sakura's mouth open, saying the usual. "Hello, welcome to the Yamanaka Flower Shop." Sakura looked up to see something that she didn't think that she would ever see in a flower shop.

Standing in front of Sakura was a tall, pale skinned, yet gorgeous boy. His raven hair stood up in the back, like a chicken's butt. Sakura never thought a chicken's butt could be that hot. His dark onyx eyes on her.

"Can I help you?" She asked, her body taking over because her mind could not handle seeing the boy in front her in a flower shop. Was he gay? That'd he a let down, a huge let down. Not that she could make him fall for her.

The guy walked over to her, looking around and them back at her. "I need flowers."

She smiled at him. "Well then you've come to the right place."

"I figured."

'Ouch! That was not nice,' inner Sakura said, flames around her as she held up a fist. Sakura just smiled at him and nodded. At least she was making and effort to be nice to him.

"I need fourteen flowers."

"What kind?"

He looked stumped at this.

Sakura inner self was laughing, pointing at him. Sakura loved watching guys not know what kid of flower there girlfriend wanted. "You want me to call your girlfriend and ask her?"

He looked at her like she was crazy.

"Or your boyfriend, whatever the case."

Now he was looking at her like he was going to strangle her. "I'm not homosexual. They are for my friends fiancée, they have a date tonight. He forgot to give her something and he needs flowers, he's getting ready at the moment."

"So he sent you?"

"Yes."

"Mmkay, so how do you know that he's getting ready?" Why she was asking these questions, she herself did not know.

He raised his eyebrows at her. "He's my roommate."

'College boy.'

'He'll never fall for a seventeen year old.'

'He might like dating minors.'

'That makes me feel tons better that he might go to jail!'

Sakura snapped out of her talking to herself as she saw his mouth moving. "Excuse me?"

He seemed annoyed to have to say the same thing twice. "What is your favorite flower."

"The sakura tree flowers."

"Imagine that." He mumbled to himself. "Besides something that reminds me of your hair."

"Pink roses."

He rolled his eyes, looking at the clock on the wall. He looked back at her. "That will have to do. Get me fifteen of them."

"Okay," she said, picking up the roses carefully, the thorns were gone it was just she didn't want to break them. She picked them up one by one.

He shifted a bit, walking over to the register. "So your name is Sakura."

"That's what the nametag says." She counted the roses in her hands, there was thirteen. She grabbed two more and hurried over to the register, the older lady coming up behind the boy with some lilies in her hands.

She rang the total up on the cash register, wrapping up the roses and putting a rubber band around the stems. "Your total comes to four fifty-seven."

He handed her a ten. "Do you have somewhere I could write something down, and a pen?"

"Yeah, over there on that desk," she said, pointing to the employee desk and handed him the flowers and change. "Thanks for coming to the Yamanaka Flower Shop, hope to see you again."

"Hn." He walked over to the desk, pulling a sticky note pad toward him.

"Hello, find everything you needed?" Sakura asked the older women, taking her eyes off of Sasuke.

The women handed her half a dozen orange lilies. "Yes, thank you deary."

Sakura rang up her total, putting a rubber band around the stems of the flowers. The she wrapped them quickly, seeing Sasuke go and walk out the door. She watched him walk across the street, he was so flawless. "That will be three dollars and thirty-two cents."

The women handed her a five. "Keep the change Sakura and your boyfriend, he's a looker."

Sakura felt her face heat up. "He's not my boyfriend."

"Your fiancée then?"

"No, I don't even know his name." Sakura said, putting the change in her back pocket. She handed her the flowers. "Thanks for coming, hope to see you again."

"I know that you'll see that boy again."

Sakura doubted it, but deep down she wanted the women to be right. She watched the women leave and she sighed, walking over to her desk. She frowned, a single pink rose was there. Had the boy forgotten a rose? She looked to see a sticky note on the rose. She read it;

For you Sakura.

It was for her. From him.

Sakura looked at the flower in the vase on her desk, biting her bottom lip. It stumped her, why give her a single flower? She closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep. She couldn't stop thinking about the boy, she wouldn't tell her friends. She was never going to see him again and she knew it.

Oh how little did our Sakura know.

A/N: There it it! AND REVIEW!!!!