Hey guys! If you are reading this, I would like to thank you. Alright, so here's an update. I've been away from this story for a looonnng time, so there are going to be some MAJOR changes:

The year is 2007, and they're starting 7th Grade, not sixth. Also, school started on August 27th I wrote this last year, so I decided to change it for this year.

Second, just so you have something to look forward to in this story (whatever) there will be a Labor Day Dance on September 3rd I know it's a bit unrealistic, because school started not to long before that, but whatever. HERE WE GO!!

By the way, this is rated T I suppose, for language. It also has citrus and fluff in there. Its also pretty long. :) Enjoy! And remember, I don't own Naruto.

CHAPTER THREE: Daydreams, Dances and Chest Pains

She shuddered, reeling back in shock on the bench they were sitting on.

Seeing his pale, half-lidded eyes, and the sight of him licking his thin, rosy lips, advancing toward her, made it feel as if her heart was about to burst through her chest, due to its heavy beating.

"Wha-What are you doing?!" she managed to squeak out, as her eyes widened and her face blushed a deep shade of maroon.

"Just showing you," he crooned softly into her ear as he brushed away one of her black curls; "how much I really care, Kitty-chan." He continued, as he sensuously licked the shell of her ear. She gasped and attempted to push him away. "What's the matter?" he pondered; "don't you want my kisses?" the raven-haired boy purred, cupping her face as he placed a deliciously chaste kiss upon her lips.

He pulled away, chuckling slightly to himself. "You can't believe this, can you? Can't you see that I want you, Katarina-san?"

"Sa-Sasuke!"

Katarina sat in silence, as a cold sweat dampened her forehead. This….This had never happened before…She had….She had dreamed of him! She shook her head in an attempt to whisk away the strange feelings from her heart. "No…I….I won't let HIM get to me." She thought to herself as she climbed out of bed, slipping on her PJ pants. "If I do, I'll be just like all the others. And I refuse to be considered 'stupid' because of that!"

She glanced at the digital clock near her bed. It was 6:28, two minutes before the time she was supposed to wake up to get ready for school. It was only her second day, and she was already starting to regret going back to 'real' school after being homeschooled.

"Kat, you dumbass. What the HELL were you thinking?! Dreaming of him?! …..But its not like I had a choice…But, if I wasn't so stupid as to become 'infatuated' with that damn Uchiha, NONE OF THIS would have happened." She mentally scolded herself as she washed and dressed herself for hell— I mean school.

"Hey, Kat!" the pink-haired girl called as she ran frantically over to her fellow classmate.

Kat raised an eyebrow as she gently tugged on 'An Encyclopedia of Mythical Creatures', pulling it from the library shelf. Sakura practically ran into the tan skinned young girl as she skidded to a stop. "Oh great, I'm about to hear an earful." Kat thought as she clutched the book firmly in her hands, attempting to restrain herself from whacking her ally across the head.

"Kat! Guess what I heard?" Guess! I dare you!" she squealed excitedly.

"Oh no! You mean Bonne Bell Cosmetics went bankrupt?!" Katarina said sarcastically.

Sakura's eye twitched in irritation at her friend's irony. "No. I heard there was gonna be a Labor Day dance for all the sixth and seventh graders!" Sakura said, irritating Kat in the fact that she 'couldn't resist' jumping up and down enthusiastically.

"Don't try and fool me. A Labor Day dance? Who the heck in their right mind would think of that?" Kat replied as she eyed Sakura suspiciously.

Sakura sighed. "I'm NOT lying. Here, see for yourself." She added, pulling a piece of paper out of her jean pocket and unfolding it, revealing it to be a flyer for the dance.

"Are you gonna go?"

"I don't know. It depends. Are we supposed to bring dates with us?"

"Hmmm…" Sakura hummed as she quickly scanned the flyer. "Oh, yeah." She responded with a slightly shocked look plastered on her face. "Dates may be acquired before or during the dance, but all students must dance with a member of the opposite sex at least once."

Kat's eyes widened. "'At least' once?! Who the hell writes this crap?! What if no one wants to dance with me? I'll be too nervous to ask them myself!" the twelve year old worriedly thought she stared absentmindedly off into space. She wasn't going. That was absolute. She was sure no one was going to ask her, and going alone anyway would just be STUPID and embarrassing. About to tell her friend, she quickly glanced to her right, only to see that the teal-eyed girl had been 'replaced' by a 'certain' raven.

She stared dumbly at him for a few seconds as his obsidian eyes skimmed the shelves. Briefly tearing his eyes from his task, he gave her a cold glance.

Katarina nearly let out a squeak of surprise as she turned her head back to face the books.

"Calm down, stupid. Its no big deal, just ignore him and keep looking" she told herself as she pretended to skim the titles. Seeing an interesting book, she reached for it. As her hand rested on the book, something warm was pushed gently on top of it.

She gasped and froze. But her heart forced her to turn and look at him. Sasuke.

There was a slight scowl on his face, obviously irritated with the fact that she hadn't moved her hand yet.

"Uh," she stuttered and tugged her right hand, trying to get it loose from under his. "you can have that one. I-I didn't really want it anyways." She said, looking away so the 'handsome raven' wouldn't see her slightly red face.

"Fine." He answered, removing his hand from her own and placing the book onto the small stack already in his arms.

Thinking she would feel relief from the embarrassing situation, she felt something strange pull at her stomach, a feeling she had never felt before. Kat swallowed, getting a nauseous feeling, as if she was about to vomit….words?!

"H-Hey!" she shouted, a bit too loud in fact. Sasuke pivoted on his heel to face her, an eyebrow raised. That's when it hit her. What the HELL was she doing?! She called after him like an idiot, with the intention of saying something she would usually only think about saying.

"Um….Uh…." she stuttered hopelessly and swallowed, feeling as if doom was coming her way.

"Did you hear about the Labor Day dance?" she blurted out. Oh no, she made it sound as if she wanted to ask him! She mentally slapped herself, only to hear his response.

"Is she…asking me to the dance?" He scowled at her, causing her to sulk and hang her head in embarrassment. He could see the large blush over her cheeks. "I should've known she wasn't any different from the rest of them. Just because she's smart and HAPPENS to be a good artist, doesn't mean anything to me. Wait," He caught himself, "why did I even notice those things? Was I actually considering GOING with her?!" he thought as he looked at her.

"Yeah, but….no one's asked me, so I'm probably not going." He answered, just to see the look on her face. She looked at him, shocked, as if she couldn't believe that.

"Well, no one I like anyways." He added, shielding his face with his bangs to hide his blush. "This girl...she...Does she?...Do I?" A sharp pain struck him in his chest—no, his heart. He didn't wince this time though, it had been happening a lot, since..."Why do I want to…" he thought as a powerful, hot feeling washed over him.

The Uchiha walked away, and almost without meaning to, he turned his head towards her and…..smiled. And a knowing smile, as if he was hiding something from her. "Heh, like I'd let her know."

Watching him walk down the hall, Katarina tried to recover from the incident. She blinked and stared blankly as her head processed what just happened.

"Whoah."

The rest of the day went quite smoothly for Kat. She zipped through her classes, and lunch actually was tolerable in taste. After her classes, she swept the floor of the art room. At the end of school, she shoved her books inside her backpack and kept to herself, as usual. She and Sakura didn't speak much, Sakura was too excited about the dance, and Kat had been replaying her moment with HIM over and over like a record player.

Feeling the vibrating sensation of her cell phone, Kat took it out of her front pocket and clicked the green phone symbol as she stepped outside the school.

"Mom?"

"Hey sweetie! Um, I was getting ready to come and get you, but the Explorer won't start. So I had your Dad come home to try and fix it. He said that the battery is dead, so he'll have to jump it with his truck. I might not be there for an hour. Are you gonna be okay?"

Kat sighed in frustration. She only rode the bus yesterday to see what it would be like. She was getting rides to school from her mom starting today.

"Yeah, I'll just wait outside for you or something."

"Well don't you wanna take the bus home?"

Katarina grimaced. She didn't even want to think about what she'd have to hear about Sasuke from all those fangirls. Somehow someone would find out about her 'chat' with Sasuke, and she'd get an earful from them.

"NO! I mean…I'll just wait. I'll be fine, other kids stay here after school sometimes."

"Alright, I'll get there as soon as I can!"

"'Kay, bye."

She sighed. She would have to find something to do until her mom picked her up. Seeing one of the older students cleaning up, she worked up the courage to speak to him.

"Excuse me, do you know what time they usually lock all the doors?"

He raised an eyebrow at her.

"It'll take us a while to do this, so probably about an hour and a half."

"Thank you."

It suddenly came to her. Walking into the music room, she closed the door behind her, leaving it unlocked just in case. Kat took a deep breath, and pulled out her Ipod shuffle. Putting the headphones in her ears, she switched it on to her favorite j-pop song.

And with one more deep breath, she began to sing.

Woo! That was pretty long, ne? No? Fine. Erm, if you liked this story even the slightest bit, please leave a review with a nice compliment or constructive criticism. I've only gotten one, and if you have the time, I'd really appreciate another.

Also, the next chappie will include the song Katarina is singing, and lets just say a certain someone joins her. It will be uploaded soon, probably today! Arigato!