A.N.: Thanks for the reviews guys. Here's another chapter.
Recap:
"I know what I've to do now. I won't slap you or scream at you for using me. I will just leave you alone with your life. Thankyou so much for making me realize what I really am. A fool. I'll never cross your path again Sasuke. That's a promise."
She wiped her tears and then picked up the note that was with the CD and looked at it. She stared at it and smiled softly.
"Thank you, Itachi."
"The number you've dialed is currently switched off."
"Damn it! Why the hell is her phone switched off?" He dialed her number one last time which earned him the same reply. "What the hell!" He growled angrily and threw his phone on the bed. Oh boy! Was the great Uchiha Sasuke angry? No, just 'angry' would be an understatement. He was fucking furious. Since last one hour, he had been constantly trying to call his 'girlfriend'. But her damn phone was switched off. Why was he even calling her? Lemme tell you why. The king of playboys and the most arrogant ice cube of a human, Uchiha Sasuke, did not know what and how was he going to tell his 'girlfriend' about the bet. The Uchiha Sasuke, who has dumped countless of girls in his 18 years of life, couldn't even come up with a suitable reason to tell his current girlfriend, who was also his childhood friend, why he was dumping her. Why was this happening? Why wasn't his brain functioning properly? With his previous girlfriends, he had no trouble in giving them a reason for why he dumped them. But this case was something else.
He ran out of all the ideas or reasons his brain would muster up during his previous breakups. All he could come up was to call her. But the almighty Uchiha would never admit it out loud that he did not know what he would say after Sakura had received the call and they had shared their hellos. Earlier he had thought of meeting her in person and telling her about the bet. And knowing Sakura, he was sure that she would break down infront of him and create a scene. She would accuse him of using her, playing with her feelings and so on and again cry a lot, being a little emotional person as she was. Ok not 'a little', but a lot emotional. For some reason he just couldn't see her cry. Even imagining her cry made him feel something that he couldn't decipher. That was why he had dismissed that idea. This particular girl was having her effect on him and giving him a lot of problems without even her realizing it.
Sasuke ran his fingers through his raven locks and gripped them hard. He still hadn't come up with any other solution.
"Damn it!" There goes the cursing again.
"Finally I reached her home." The blonde took in a deep breath and pressed the doorbell button.
"Oh hello Ino dear. Sakura's in her room upstairs." Sakura"s mother said.
"Thanks Aunty."
Sakura was still sitting like a statue and staring at her laptop screen. She didn't even hear her bedroom door open.
"AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNEELED DOWN AND PRAISED THE BEAUTIFUL AND GORGEOUS GODDESS INO AND SO MUST YOU! WHAT'S UP PRINCESS?" Ino shouted at the top of her voice and grinned like an idiot. Sakura quickly wiped her tears which were flowing out again and put a fake smile on her face. "Stop flattering yourself pig."
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? WERE YOU CRYING FOREHEAD?"
"No, I wa-"
"YOU WERE INDEED CRYING!" Ino pointed an accusing finger at Sakura.
"No I wasn't."
"STOP LYING FOREHEAD! I KNOW YOU WERE CRYING! THAT'S WHY YOUR EYES ARE SO RED!"
"Something just went into my eyes and for God's sake lower your voice Pig! Someone might hear you."
Sakura quickly got up and locked the door. "HAH! THAT EXPLAINS YOU WERE INDEED CRYING! NOW TELL ME WHY. AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WATCHING? IS IT PORN OR SOMETHING?"
"No Ino it's nothing like that and give me back my laptop!" Sakura tried to snatch her laptop from Ino but failed.
"Oh come on. Even if it is porn, it's nothing like I haven't seen it before." Saying so, Ino pressed the play button.
"No no no no no! Don't play it! NO!"
Ino completely ignored what she said.
"I wonder what kind of a person Sakura is to fall for someone with such limited vocabulary like you, little brother."
"Hold on a second! Isn't that Itachi's voice? Is it some kind of a sting operation?"
"No it isn't. Just give it back to me!"
"Why are you so desperate to have your laptop back? Huh! This means you're definitely hiding something!"
"You know Sasuke, you shouldn't be using her like this. She's your childhood friend. Just to win a challenge, you are messing with her feelings."
"A challenge?"
"Oh no!"
"What the hell is this Sakura?"
"Ino I beg you. Please don't watch it."
But Ino ignored her request and continued watching the video.
"That bastard! I'm so gonna kick his ass."
"Stop right there Ino."
"Why are you even stoping me Sakura? Come on! He just used you to win a fucking lame bet! Do you think it's just an ordinary thing? He betrayed you, toyed with your heart and feelings! And you just forgave him?"
"I HAVE NOT FORGIVEN HIM! AND NEVER WILL! Do you even know how I feel right now? How hard it was for me to find out that the person I loved the most used me for a bet? Try to put yourself in my shoes and think. I knew what kind of a person he was but I still loved him and wanted him to love me back. It was my own mistake to fall in love with such a jerk! I should have known that one day or another I would be facing this situation like his previous girlfriends. I shouldn't have expected any better, but I did. That's why I've decided, I'll leave for California tomorrow itself."
Ino knew what kind of an emotional person Sakura was. So she decided not to argue about this matter and instead changed the topic.
"Oh, thanks for reminding me about it. Even I'll be going to California, in the same medical college as you."
Sakura could only stare at her. Eyes full of shock. "Do you mean, you also…."
Ino smiled and said,"Yup! And don't worry. You've my full support over this….Sasuke thing."
"Thank you Ino."Said Sakura and hugged her best friend.
"Hey can I go with you to California tomorrow. I know it's too soon for me but instead if going alone later, I would rather go with you tomorrow itself. And don't worry about my parents I'll convince them."
Sakura smiled and said, "I can't thank you enough Ino. Now, I think we should start packing."
"Yeah. I guess so. And lets have a farewell party tonight, in the new club. Like a girls' night out."
"Sounds fun. Hey, you want some hot chocolate? No, don't answer that. I'll go get it for you." Sakura then unlocked the door and ran downstairs to bring some hot chocolate for Ino.
"It wasn't your mistake Sakura. It never was. You just…..fell in love. He just wasn't worth it."
That night the girls had a great time together. They danced, sang and most of all enjoyed like there was no tomorrow. While there was someone, who went from houses to houses in search of his 'girlfriend'.
Sasuke first went to Sakura's house but her parents said she had gone out with Ino. He again tried her number, but it was still switched off. He then did something out of the ordinary. He called Naruto.
"Naruto, meet me outside the park."
"What? But why?"
Beep. Beep.
"You bastard! How dare you hang up on me!"
About 15-20 minutes later Naruto arrived outside the park.
"Why did you ca-"
"Do you have Ino's number?"
"What? Isn't her best friend Sakura, your girlfriend? Dude, are you going back into that badass playboy version of yours? I thought you were serious about Sakura!"
"Tsk. It's Sakura I need to talk to. But her phone is switched off and her parents said She went out with Ino. Now stop annoying me and tell me whether you have Ino's number or not!"
"Jeez. You didn't have to freak out like that. Here ta- Hey don't you have your own phone?"
"Hn. Shut up."
"The number you're trying to speak to is not answering the call."
"What the fuck! Now why isn't she picking up her damn phone!" Sasuke angrily proceeded to smash the phone on the ground.
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa! That's my phone buddy."
"Hn. Do you know where she lives?"
"What?"
"Do. You. Know. Where. Ino. Lives?"
"Hey what are you trying to do Sasuke? Are you gonna rob her or something?"
"Yes. Or. No?"
"Err, yes."
"Take me there."
On reaching Ino house Sasuke sent Naruto to ask where both the girls were since he wasn't very good at talking to a girl's parents, unless they were Sakura's. Nearly 5-10 minutes later Naruto returned.
"They aren't in the house. Ino's mom said that they went out to some club to celebrate. Something like a farewell party."
"Farewell party?"
"Oh yeah she also said that both would be leaving for California. You see they both got admission in some Tsunade Senju's medical college."
"Which club?"
"They didn't say which one."
Sasuke started his car and drove at great speed. He had to find her. As soon as possible.
Both boys searched every club, but no sign of Sakura. They even mistook some girl wearing a pink wig as Sakura. And when they reached the new club, Sakura And her friends had already left. They were late just by a minute.
"Where the hell are you Sakura?"
The next day Sasuke tried to call her, but her phone was still switched off. Even when he went to her house, he got the same reply he received the previous day.
"Where are you? I need to tell you something."
Sakura went out with Ino to do some last minute shopping. Truth is, she was avoiding someone. Last night when she had reached home her mother told her that Sasuke came looking for her. And she knew he would come today as well. That's why she went out with Ino as early as possible and purposely broke her phone, telling her parents that last night by mistake she dropped her phone on the dance floor.
Sasuke was still looking for her. But he couldn't find her. It was now 3 in the afternoon. The flight for California would leave in the next two hours. He had to find her before that.
"I need to tell you that….. "
He knew that since now only two hours were left for the flight, Sakura would certainly not waste any more time outside. Which meant she was definitely at home. He turned his car in her house's direction and drove at great speed. Untill a certain call interrupted him. It was his father. He had to receive the call.
"I don't care where you are. Just come home right away."
"Damn it!"
He had to follow his father's order. He turned his car in his house's direction and drove really fast so that he could reach home fast, listen to whatever shit his father had to say and then meet Sakura before her flight took off.
It took his father about an hour and a half to tell him that Sasuke would be leaving for London in a week for his further business studies. And to accompany him and to complete his own business studies, Naruto was also going. When his father was done with his talk, Sasuke literally ran out of his house and quickly drove to the airport.
Itachi stared at his younger brother , who was speeding off, and smirked.
"Good job Sakura. You didn't even say a word to him. Still you are making him so restless. I wonder how."
But luck wasn't on Sasuke's side today. There was a huge traffic jam. He somehow reached the airport and looked at his watch and saw that he still had ten minutes left.
"I made it."
Then something struck him. He looked at his watch carefully. That's when he saw it. The second's arm wasn't even moving. He quickly took out his phone to check the time when he heard the announcement which said that the flight for California was taking off.
He was late.
He saw Sakura and Ino's parents waving at their daughters. All he could do was stare at the flight which took off.
"...I'm sorry."
TBC
So, how was this chapter guys? Do you agree with what Ino said? Please review your thoughts and answers.
Oh, and one more thing guys. There will be a huge time skip in the next chapter. That's why I had to rush this chapter.
