I'm Only Sixteen, I'm Not In Love Chapter 2: Continuous Dream, a naruto fanfic

I'm Only Sixteen, I'm Not In Love

"This time, I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life, the one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing, I'll know it by the feeling
The moment when we're meeting, will play out like a scene
Straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holding my own breath, right up 'til the end
Until that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with"

-Nickelback "Gotta Be Somebody"

...

Shikamaru was woken by the ringing of the school bell which indicated that class has ended. Sluggishly standing up out of his seat, Shikamaru went to grab his homework and put it into his backpack when he saw a gentle hand place itself on top of his. He looked up to see his pink haired best friend.

'Sakura?'

A smile graced her face making her look perfect.

"Hiya Shikamaru."

Sakura removed her hand from his and put it under her books she was carrying.

"Sakura…what are you doing here? This isn't your class."

She giggled.

"I know that silly. I'm just waiting for you."

'She's waiting for me? But her class is on the other end of the school.'

Shikamaru shrugged and put his homework in his backpack.

"Alright."

He pulled his backpack over one shoulder and they left the classroom.

"So Sakura, why are you waiting for me? I mean, you've never waited for me after first period, your class is on the other end of school."

He couldn't help that he was curious.

And again, she giggled.

Shikamaru started to love the sound.

"Is it so wrong for me to walk with my best friend to the next class?"

He looked over at her, finding she was looking at him.

He smiled.

"No, I suppose not."

They both looked forward and continued to walk to their destination.

"Does it bother you that I waited for you Shikamaru?"

He looked over at the petite girl next to him and smiled.

"No Sakura."

'Not at all.'

...

DREAM

...

RING

Shikamaru woke to the sound of the bell, signaling the end of class.

'Was it all…just a dream?'

Shikamaru stood up and went to grab his homework, when his hand lingered on the edge of the paper for a moment.

'It seemed so real.'

Then after the moment was over he continued with his earlier action of returning his paper to his backpack, then he flung one side of his backpack over his shoulder, and left the classroom.

While walking down the hallway Shikamaru couldn't help but think back to his dream.

How in the dream Sakura's hand was on top of his, and when he woke up, he found himself wishing it really was there. How her small and gentle hand laid carefully on his, making his hand warm. He missed the warmth it provided.

Shikamaru then arrived at his next class.

He wasn't looking forward to this class in particular, but the one after this.

His next class had Sakura in it. Shikamaru went and sat in his regular sit, third row from the front second seat from the left. While taking his regular seat, he didn't even bother taking any of his stuff out; he was too troubled with the things on his mind.

Thinking about how much he wished that his dream was real, and how much he desired that small innocent touch Sakura left on his hand.

"Sasuke! Sasuke you look amazing today!"

'Oh god…no.'

"Sasuke can I sit next to you today?!"

"No I get to sit next to Sasuke!"

Sasuke walked into the classroom with five other girls walking behind him, surely his fangirls.

Sasuke paused at the entrance of the door and looked around the classroom for a place to sit, even though many seats were empty.

Then he looked over at Shikamaru, or more like he was looking to the seat on Shikamaru's left, which was empty and it's only neighbor was Shikamaru's seat.

'No. No. No. Don't even think about it Sasuke. No.'

And there he went, walking over to the seat of Shikamaru's left and taking it.

'This is going to be a horrible day. First with no medicine in the morning, then the screaming, my dream which I wished was real, and now the stupid troublesome girls again which made Sasuke sit next to me. What a drag.'

Thankfully to Shikamaru, Sasuke wasn't very much of a talker.

As time went on more and more seats became occupied with other students.

Sasuke's little fangirls all sat as close as they could to Sasuke, which bothered Shikamaru to no end hearing their little whispers. So he did the only thing he could think of, go to sleep. Shikamaru put his head down on his desk and attempted to go to sleep.

...

They continued to walk down to hallway in silence.

'Why all of a sudden did she want to walk with me?'

"Sakura, why today did you decide to walk with me? Don't get me wrong, it doesn't bother me that you're here, I'm just confused."

Sakura stopped walking and pulled Shikamaru around to look at her.

They were just standing there in the hallway looking into each others eyes.

"Maybe I wanted a change Shikamaru. Maybe I want some things to change around here, between you and me."

'She wants a change between the two of us?'

"Change? Why do you want a change Sakura?"

Her beautiful appeared on her face.

Shikamaru found himself loving her smile.

"I'm not happy with the way things are between us Shikamaru."

"You're not happy?"

Sakura slowly moved all her books to her left arm and took her right hand and carefully touched Shikamaru's left hand.

With this action he looked down at her hand, and found it touching his so carefully.

Looking back up at Sakura and her emerald eyes, he knew.

He knew he wanted things to change too.

...

"Oi, Shikamaru."

Shikamaru was pulled from his dream to someone nudging him and whispering.

He looked over to see Sasuke.

"What?" Shikamaru's voice had a bit of an edge to it seeing as he was just pulled from a very good dream.

"Class ends in two minutes."

'Why the hell is Sasuke Uchiha telling me this? He only cares about himself.'

"Fine."

Shikamaru was about to grab his stuff on his desk to put it away to realize he never took any of it out.

'This dream I keep having…it's becoming a distraction to school...,'

Shikamaru found himself thinking about the dream again.

'But I don't want it to go away.'

...

RING

Faster then anyone has ever seen, Shikamaru grabbed his backpack and was out the door.

Walking down the hallway as fast as he could, he thought about his dream again.

'She wants things to change between us? How? There are many answers to that question.

1) She doesn't want to be friends anymore.

2) She thinks we're drifting apart.

3) She feels there's something wrong.

Or four…

…

No, it couldn't be that one…but wait. She did say she wanted things to change between us and when I questioned her about it, and touched my hand in that soft gentle way that makes me desire it more and more. Maybe she wants to more then friends.'

Just as that thought entered his head Shikamaru was at his next class and saw Sakura already sitting in her seat.

Her shoulder length pink hair hugged her face,

her green t-shirt made her eyes more emerald,

blue jeans which showed off the shape of her legs,

and her smile.

Right then and there Shikamaru realized…

Sakura was gorgeous.

...

Rewritten(?)

Re-edited(3/4/09)

~Renaissance