A/N: Ok this chapter is still on the short side but I'm working on chapter 4 and I know it'll be longer (I hope)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

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In The Next Ten Years…

Chapter 3

7pm finally came around and Sakura was heading home. She attempted to start up her car when the engine died. She silently cursed under her breathe and called Ino. Ino told her she, Sasuke and Shikamaru would come pick her up and they could go collect their stuff form their old apartment. About 15 minutes later they pulled up in Shikamaru's black pick-up truck.

"Help me!" Ino called. "All these two do is talk about gory work stories!"

The two girls piled in the back and Shikamaru and Ino immediately started playfully arguing. Sasuke's cell phone rang interrupting the quarrel.

"Hello. Ok. Yeah. That's cool. Good luck. Bye."

"So, who was that?" Shikamaru questioned.

"Rock Lee, it seems he'll be on a date with his fellow gym teacher. She's Coach Guy's daughter." Sasuke informed.

"I pray she's better looking." Shikamaru mumbled as the truck came to a stop outside the Applewood apartments.

Ino was the first out pulling Sakura along with her.

Ino unlocked the door to her ex and some red head screwing around on the couch, they stopped of course when the group walked in. He was yelling at Ino so Shikamaru stuck with her while Sasuke followed Sakura to gather her belongings. This was kinda how school had been for them. Sasuke and Sakura stuck together while Ino and Shikamaru stuck together.

Sakura grabbed some suitcases out of the closet and threw her clothes in one.

"Need some help?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Yeah, take everything out of the bathroom and throw it in here." She tossed him a smaller bag.

Her bathroom was rather neat, a pink shower curtain with sea shells on it, neat rows of perfume, and her hair and tooth products and brushes kept organized in two separate basket. Shaking the thought he did as he'd been told.

They'd exited and went to see if Ino'd finished packing.

"You two managed to finish up quick." Ino greeted as she continued to pack.

"Oh come on Ino, they were perfect in high school. Girls envied Sakura's relationship with him and boys angered at Sasuke's protective shield over Sakura." Shikamaru lazily sat in the computer chair and let Ino do all the work.

Sasuke gave Sakura a curious look that made her uncomfortable. Pulling him into her old room again they decided to talk.

"Umm, Sasuke, what happened?" She sat on the edge of her bed.

"I… I'm not quite sure. I guess we've changed since high school, everyone is generally the same but us."

"I hope I'm not interrupting but we need to go." Ino gave them a devilish smile.

Ino hadn't been given the nickname Aphrodite in high school for nothing. She always had to know everything about everyone's love life.

When they arrived home Naruto was out and the four were home alone, that was until Ino practically forced Shikamaru to go out shopping with her, truthfully that was just her excuse to get Sakura and Sasuke alone. Now it was 9 and the two sat in silence on the couch watching T.V.

"Are you off tomorrow?" He demanded.

"Yeah."

"Tell me about medical school and the hospital. I wanna know every detail of your life after graduation." He pressed on.

"Ok, but them you have to tell me."

With a sigh he nodded.

"Ok well I went up to Michigan to study and I lived by myself and was a very private person. I missed all of you though, I never once stopped thinking of you." He was shocked, where her feelings for him still inside, maybe deep within? "I mean, all of you, never once stopped thinking of all of you." She corrected herself.

"Then after I graduated I was told of a job here and came to live with Ino. She and her boyfriend constantly argued. I was just so curious why she and Shikamaru hadn't already hooked up, that's what everyone had expected anyway. The hospital is the hospital, I'm not close to anyone there and now here I sit." She smiled.

"Ok, my turn. Well I was convinced that football would take me nowhere and law enforcement interested me so I went to school. I started out living in this apartment alone and then the guys joined me. I take my job very seriously so it was kind of hard to make friends. For a while it was like there was a boundary between the guys and me. It's changed recently though." He ended.

Her green orbs stared into him opening all the doors of his mind. Her lips slowly began to close the gap. His lips were just mere centimeters from his. Then the doorbell rang.

Sakura sat back in her original position as Sasuke opened the door. A tall blonde wearing a low shirt and mini skirt stood in front of him.

"SASUKE!" She called hungrily crashing her lips into his. This was Lily, the new dispatcher.

What could Sakura do? From her angled Sasuke was enjoying himself. She retreated into the extra room that she and Ino now shared.

"Lily get away! I told you I'm not interested." She'd ruined his chance and upset him delicate flower.

"Maybe he didn't really want a kiss from me, maybe I got mixed signals. I mean he didn't try to brake away from her." Sakura whispered.

"Sakura?" He cracked the door.

She didn't respond. He shut the door leaving them now in total darkness. He sat on her bed and stroked her hair. She rolled away from him. Sasuke figured her out and rolled behind her to pin her against the wall.

"That wasn't what it looked like." His finger traced down her cheek. She began to swat him away but he took her wrists in his hand and held them above her head. She attempted to kick him away but he held her ankles as they wrapped around his waist. The lights flashed on and Ino stood in the doorway with a dropped jaw.

"Umm, yeah. I'm gonna give you two some privacy." Ino shut the door and headed off to Shikamaru's room.

He released her causing her to fall onto the bed. He just lay down and closed his eyes.

"Sakura how do we get into these messes?"

"I'm not sure, but who was that girl?" Sasuke explained the whole story and she felt better. Laying her head in the crook of his neck they fell asleep.

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A/N: Awwww! Sasuke and Sakura moment! Anywho, next chapter will be about more memories.