Sorry for the late update, but also thank you for all the author, fic favorites :) it makes me all happy inside. I even got a few more reviews! I do encourage you to leave one for this chapter, because this is the first FULL chapter of any story I have written in over a year. Just let me know if I suck more or if my writing style has improved. This is also twice as long as the last chapter :) Oh, there is some explicit content in this so WARNING!

"Sakuuurrrraaaaaaaaa."

The Haruno found herself staring off into the wall, thinking about what was going to happen tomorrow. She shook her head slightly before looking to her left where her name had been called. "What, Naruto?"

As usual, he had a large gin on his face, while those blue eyes just kept on gleaming. He was such an upbeat character that could make anyone happy. They were both very close to another, though due to this Gaara and Sasuke thing, she had lost contact with him since school started. There were casual conversations between the two now and then, but this was the only class they had together.

Sakura still remained looking at her blonde friend, watching his smile start to fade. He looked worried in some way. "W-what?" She stuttered, wondering if she had remnants of her breakfast still on her face. It wasn't like Naruto to suddenly become concerned unless something was actually wrong.

"You…haven't been yourself lately, Sakura."

Her worry about food on her face faded, with a slight frown taking its place. Ino, Kakashi, now Naruto? Now who the hell is going to approach me next…Gaara? She couldn't keep looking at him - not with that concern in his eyes. All she could do was let out a small breath, speechless, and look back down at the text on her desk.

"You know I'm always here for you. I'm just worried."

"Naruto!" Both suddenly looked up toward the front of the room when their teacher, Iruka, suddenly spoke up. "Stop talking and read your assigned text!"

"Sorry!" The blonde smiled, but also rolled his eyes before looking down at his book for a moment. The line of discipline between Iruka and Naruto was a thin one since they lived together. Naruto didn't have a family, and they were like brothers. After pretending to read for all of a minute, he lifted his arm and nudged the Haruno, "Okay?"

All she did was nod, but it wasn't enough for him. Again, she felt a slightly nudge in her arm. This time she looked over at him and right into his blue eyes. There was just a faint ray of hope in his eyes, and somehow it did make her feel just a bit better. She returned the look of kindness, "Okay, Naruto." She heard Iruka clear his throat in irritation due to the low buzz they were making in the silent classroom. However, she said nothing, and went back to pretending to read.

Her eyes soon drifted onto the wall her desk was positioned against, thinking. I wish I could explain it to you, Naruto. But I can't…

Not only was Naruto part of the guy group and close to Gaara and Sasuke, but he also had become fond of Sakura. Her and Naruto knew one another first, then Sasuke and the others came into the picture. They were childhood friends, and on more than one occasion he had told her how he felt. She would just blush and tell him to wait until they were older. Older, meaning teenagers in high school. But by the time she had been introduced to Gaara in 7th or 8th grade, she really liked him. So Naruto quietly and respectfully tried to let her go and just be friends. Sakura had informed him about her Gaara loss, and just like he did today, he offered to be there for her as a friend. But Sasuke was just about the closest guy to him, so telling him about tomorrows plan…it just wasn't going to happen. He still liked her, after all.

Suddenly, the Haruno felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. No doubt, it was probably Sasuke, as usual. She looked up at Iruka, only to find him reading the book they all were. She then looked down and pulled out her phone and kept it under the desk, flipping it open. Her heart about stopped, congested full of blood for a moment. Her breath also stopped for just that moment when she saw who texted her. And with a sudden jolt, her heart began to beat, though heavily.

She swallowed deeply.

It was from Gaara.

We need to talk.

Just four simple words…of impending doom. First off, they hadn't talked since that day her and Aoi got together. Second, he wanted to talk to HER about something? It seemed like she was in trouble. The feeling she had in her heart was similar to that breakup feeling. Where the boyfriend texts you or tells you 'we need to talk,' and the stomach wrenching sets in. And all you can do is worry and expect the worse, only to usually get it. Sakura wanted to avoid Gaara forever if she could.

My god…what…what am I supposed to say back? Her stomach continued to kick about, making her feel nauseous. Her face must have flushed to pure white too since all her blood seemed to be stuck in her heart. It kept thudding out of her chest.

Without texting him back, she shut her phone and put it back in her jean pocket. I'll just ignore him…yeah, that's what I'll do. Before she could think anymore about that haunting text message, the tone sounded to head to 2nd period. Her Sociology class with the Uchiha.

Quickly, Sakura gathered her things and went for the door. She still couldn't seen to calm down. On autopilot, she kept heading down the hall, walking with the sea of people. Just think about Sasuke…keep thinking about getting to class with him. Sakura felt like doing something stupid and rash to get Gaara out of her head. Though, she could have sworn she heard her name called a few times around her - she didn't care, she just kept walking until she hit the stairs and started walking up them. Was Ino or Sasuke at their lockers? She sure didn't know, because she wasn't paying any attention at all.

Finally, she made it to her next class. She sighed as she walked into the room, going to the back to set her stuff down. However, Sakura remained standing, then glanced at the desk next to hers. Sasuke's things were sitting there, but where was he? Usually he was eager to tease her or to grab her when she got here. But as her heart calmed and she began to think about him, she began to grin.

Perhaps I can do something to HIM for a change…

As if on cue, as she went to look up at the classroom doorway, she saw that smoldering hot Uchiha appear. Both immediately locked eyes, and that crooked, sexy grin came onto his face. Oh, she could feel the tension today between them. Usually she poked around the feeling and got embarrassed, but today was a new day.

Keeping their intense gaze locked, Sasuke walked over to her, going around her desk and slinking up besides her. He became out of sight for a moment. But he didn't remain silent. Sakura felt his hand slink around her waist as his soft lips pressed to her warm ear. "Don't you look eager today, Sakura." The breath he exhaled from his nose puffed into her ear, tickling slightly.

Sakura lifted her brow slightly, moving her head to the right to look at him. He was a little closer than expected, but she didn't care. "I'm feeling daring." Sasuke began to back away and head back over to his desk. His hand slid away as did his lips.

However, Sakura watched him turn away, that grin on his lips.

"Oh?"

Just as he turned his head away, hers looked downward. From his shoulders, to his back, then to his ass. It was the perfect opportunity to prove how she really felt today.

In one, swift motion, the Haruno lifted her left hand and swung it, letting her hand cup around his bun of steel. It wasn't just a smack though - she held is for a moment, then squeezed it before letting go.

"Oh hell yeah."

Sasuke seemed to freeze for the instant she did that. He remained standing with his back to her for a moment, but slowly turned back around. A look of surprise lit his face for a moment before fading into the exact same one on hers. The smug, bold look remained on the Haruno's face as Sasuke took a few steps back toward her, once again very close. She couldn't help but become lost in those dark, intense eyes of his.

He leaned just a bit closer, the bedroom stare remaining. "You're getting quite bold." He got even closer - their noses were about to touch he was so close. Any bit of boldness left in her eyes started to break, because if he got any closer, their lips would be together. The rosette could feel heat begin to rise in her cheeks, and down in her sanctuary.

She stood her ground though and didn't back away. And suddenly, she felt a firm hand grip around one of her cheeks, lift and squeeze it. Sasuke had never taken things quite so far before in a classroom with a teacher and most the students in it. Yet again, Sakura didn't believe she would be squeezing a man's ass in school either. He continued speaking after grabbing her behind. "I like that."

He then stepped away, though still kept the gaze. All she could do was remain standing there and look back at him with some great amount of intensity. "Well get used to it, Sasuke. If you're gonna play rough, so will I." Of course she meant it in the sexual way. If he was going to keep messing with her, touching her the way he did, then she was going to start returning it.

The bell sounded for class to start, so the other students began to shuffle about before taking their seats. However, Sakura and Sasuke remained standing by their respective seats, looking at one another still. And apparently the Uchiha had to get the last word it. "I'll just play rougher then." It sounded like one hell of a challenge. Sasuke was going to kick up his game even more?

The rosette smirked as they both took their seats, having something to really look forward to. The heart attack she nearly suffered last period was non-existent now. But how long could she dodge Gaara for? As the class got settled, the two high-sexual tension teenagers suppressed their urge to keep egging one another on to pay attention. And because that wonderful fantasy world she had entered with the Uchiha was now closing, her mind began to drift back off to the text message.

What would she do if they happened to run into one another? Pretend he was invisible? No, Gaara wouldn't let that happen - he would stop her by any means necessary if it were that important. The feeling in her gut made Sakura so uncomfortable because she knew there was really no way to avoid it. They had been so close for so long. He knew where her locker was, usually which routes she took to her classes, their usual hang out place, her best girl-friend's locker…almost everything. True she had seen him around school, but Sakura did her best to do no more than glance at him, especially if Aoi were present. For the last month, they had been invisible to one another. Now that he wanted to see her, the invisibility cloak would no longer work.

To no surprise, her phone began to vibrate, so she plucked it out of her pocket. The rosette glanced around for a moment first to notice her teacher was still up at his desk and droning on about today's government. Yup, she could text all day in this class and he would never notice because of her lovely blind spot. Sakura flipped open her phone - it was from Sasuke, and quite lengthy. Oh, this is long. I wonder what…-

She skimmed it quickly, her face suddenly heating up.

-Then I'm going to remove your panties with my mouth, lightly breathing on your inner thighs to tease you. Once those are off, I'll kiss my way up your leg to your thighs, then inwards until I reach that juicy pussy -

Pussy?

Her lower sanctum started to get an odd rush, like blood was flowing to it. But there must have been more blood pumping to her face due to how red it must have been. Sakura had to stop reading to realize what it was. For just a moment, she glanced over at the Uchiha to only see him grinning and looking right at her. He was waiting to see her reaction and quite enjoyed flustering her.

Seeing that smug look on his face, she looked at her phone again to start from the beginning. There are so many things I want to do to you tomorrow, Sakura. All I think about is that cute, innocent look on your face once we get past making-out and feeling one another up. Maybe I'll carry you to your room, or perhaps we'll struggle to take one another's clothes off as we shove each other into walls, kissing so heavily. Either way, I'll push you down onto your bed and take off your shirt and bra, bringing my lips to one of your breasts and licking -

Her nether region was starting to pound ferociously as she kept on reading. Sakura was fidgeting with her legs slightly because it felt like there was a moistness between her thighs.

I'll take off my shirt before I start to remove your pants so maybe you can be bold enough to do something to me. Then - Okay, this is that little clip she had read before about him getting to her…pussy. I'm going to caress it so gently with my tongue so I can hear the way you moan. And maybe you'll grab at my hair or shoulders and begin to scratch at them because you feel so much pleasure. Once I have you drenched in your own juices, you'll be so eager that you'll rip down my pants and boxers and see my hot, throbbing -

It had never once crossed her mind to how big- or small - the Uchiha would be. Nor did she imagine she would have to shave herself down there. Sakura was overlooking some major details. Nevertheless, her heart was still pounding, as was her womanhood from the stimulation she was getting.

Why is this sexting…turning me on so much?

Perhaps it was due to the fact she found herself thinking about him doing these things. How tomorrow, Sasuke was actually going to perform oral sex on her. Then something clicked in her head again. Wait, what if I have to…put my mouth on his THING! How was Sakura supposed to know how to do something as vile as that? She never watched porn before, but she had seen a few pictures of penises, and quite frankly they looked a little gross. Why would she ever want one in her mouth?

Again, she looked over at Sasuke, though for a different reason. As she looked at him, she tried to imagine what he would look like naked. Shirtless, with a toned core and very strong arms. He wasn't buff, just toned, but toned enough to make any girl go crazy. As for him without pants? She couldn't imagine it. Sasuke was just so handsome though, so perhaps when it came to the time to pleasure him…just maybe she could do it. If every other inch of him was so hot, why wouldn't his package be either?

Her eyes shifted back to her phone for the last time. -cock. As for what I'll do to you with that guy…you'll find out tomorrow.

The text message left her on the edge of her seat, which was probably his intentions. To mess with her mind some more. He did say all of thirty minutes ago that he was going to play rougher. Now it was Sakura's turn to dish out the same sort of long text, wasn't it? But as she started to write him a story about tomorrow, she suddenly stopped.

I just…can't do this. I'm not this dirty. I'd rather have Sasuke wait for tomorrow than tell him things now. Instead of sexting him back, Sakura sent a simple reply. Then I suppose I'll just have to wait and see.

If Gaara was so damn eager to talk to her, then why hadn't he yet? Sakura had bumped into just about everyone but him today. She even stopped to talk to the devilish Suigetsu today, which to her surprise didn't grab her ass. Instead he went for her breast, but she saw it coming and grabbed his wrist rather hard, crippling it to the point we started to whimper. Maybe that would teach him to stop trying to grab at her. He was still fun to be around when he wasn't trying to man-handle another female. He was more of Sasuke's friend than anyone, though still fit in with their group. Suigetsu was more of a trouble-maker, but the girls seemed to love how badass he was.

The Haruno let out a sigh as she exited her last class of the day, taking a left of Senior hallway she was in to get to her locker. Kakashi would be out in his car shortly and waiting for her. Though she was tempted to find another way home due to what occurred yesterday. Oh, what's the point in fighting Kakashi over the matter? Maybe he'll just let it lie. I've got enough to worry about now.

Sakura gathered her needed supplies to take home and stuffed them in her book bag. She never had much homework to worry about anyways since most of it was done in her last period study-hall. Tonight Sakura wanted to read and prepare for a test next week, since she would be distracted tomorrow. And perhaps she would research how to give a male oral sex, and also try to figure out how to shave herself down there.

As she shut her locker and put the lock on, she took careful note of her surroundings. Despite having crowded hallways, it was always hard to miss some red hair poking up amongst other people. Her back to her locker with her book bag on, the Haruno glanced to her left, then to her right, then let out a held-in breath. Good, there's no sign of him.

She waited just a moment longer and double checked before heading into a small swarm of people and heading up toward the faculty parking. Unfortunately, this meant going to the nook by the stairs and right through it to get out the appropriate set of doors. But Sasuke and Ino had their lockers right there, so surely Gaara wouldn't risk waiting in a place like that for Sakura.

Right?

As the rosette cast her eyes upon the row of lockers where her best friends locker was, neither of them were there. They had probably already left. Oh shit…

And as soon as she turned that corner into the nook, there he was. Gaara had his arms crossed with his head slightly down, and one leg up on the wall. Sakura suddenly couldn't find herself to move forward. She seemed stuck in place, her heart acting as it did at the start of the day when he texted her.

As Sakura noticed the number of students decreasing in the halls, due to them leaving for their bus or cars, she felt more and more alone with the red head. He kept his composure though - had he ever noticed her?

Maybe I can just creep away…

Slowly, as if she were trying to hide from the enemy, Sakura started to take the quietest steps backwards. So far so good. She pivoted off her foot behind her to turn around, but as soon as she did, she regretted turning her back on him.

"It's hard to miss a girl with pink hair coming down the hallway you know." The Haruno should have known better than to try to sneak away from Gaara.

She turned back to face him as quickly as before, though taking a few steps toward him. He just insulted her brightly colored hair! "Yeah? Well its hard to miss a guy with spiked, tomato-red hair too."

Her words bit harder than she meant them to. What was she doing? He always poked fun at her as she did him, and now she was actually being bitchy back? The red-head remained against the wall still, but he finally decided to look up into her eyes and put his one leg down on the floor.

Sakura couldn't help but admire his blue-green eyes, just as bright as his hair…and his heart. No! She screamed at herself inside her head. Oh no! I'm not falling for this crap! He's NOT the same guy since what he did to me! She snapped herself out of her romantic, sappy thoughts to be realistic. Though she was very cautious about looking directly into his eyes for too long.

And then a smug grin came across her face, and the Haruno found herself repeating the same thoughts. "Ouch, that hurt a little. I thought you liked my hair." She said nothing in return, now positioned across from him with her book bag now on the floor, with her leaning against the staircase wall. There wasn't more than a few feet distance between them. Her head was cast to the side to look out the doors, into the parking lot where Kakashi was probably waiting. And still her heart was beating a mile a minute because this was the first time in a month they had been alone to talk. If I bolt for the door now…he can't stop me.

The last think she wanted was this pause between them, because before long he would speak up and get down to business, being bluntly honest like he always had been. Sakura did NOT want this confrontation with such a heartbreak. "I'm leaving." Sakura quickly spoke, grabbing up her book bag and facing the doors direction.

But she was quickly stopped with a gentle hand on her shoulder. It sent shivers down her spine and gave her goose bumps. It wasn't a harsh or demeaning grab, but rather caring and soft. A warm sensation came to her cheeks for a moment. "Please." The rosette glanced over her shoulder and made the mistake of giving him eye contact. By no means was Gaara pleading with her, though the expression on his face made her heart jump.

A weak smile was on his lips with a deep, tender look in his eyes. How could she say no to something like this?

He felt her slump slightly and set her book bag down, and both returned to facing the other, leaning against opposite walls. "Just make it quick…my ride is waiting."

This was the point where Gaara got serious. His gleaming eyes turned a little stern, arms re-crossing at his chest. "I've noticed that you and Sasuke are becoming more…friendly."

Jade eyes widened, and by this point she was astounded that her heart didn't explode from all of today's surprises. How could he have seen us doing anything, anywhere? Gaara is on the other side of the school compared to where Sasuke and I are.

The red head saw the surprise in her eyes - he had caught her completely off guard. "My English class has been going to the library all week."

Damnit. She cursed under her breath. This meant that when the 2nd period class ended that Gaara had been just across the hall from them. The library had all glass walls on its front, so anyone could see most of the hallway and the people in it. And what they were doing. Specifically what her and Sasuke had been doing. And no doubt, there were probably whispers going around school about how little miss smarty pants was getting quite friendly with one of the hottest, roughest hockey players. She would rather call it hardcore flirting.

Sakura simply acted indifferent to the matter. "So? What of it?"

"To be honest, I don't like it one bit."

For Gaara to come right out and say how he didn't like two of his friends getting close was a big mistake. The rosette refused to bite her lip on this one and keep her thoughts to herself. Her blood was boiling with anger as her fists clenched tight. Sakura was pissed. "I don't give a shit what you think! I can't believe you have the balls to say something like that in the first place, after what you did to me!"

His brow raised, Gaara keeping his cool. "What did I do?"

She got angrier - now she was practically shouting at him. "You know how I felt about you, yet you paraded your new girlfriend in front of me and acted as if I were invisible! You…KISSED in front of me!"

"We didn't kiss…"

For just a second, she bit her lip. They didn't kiss? Doubt shrouded her heart in that moment of silence. She didn't see them do it, but the moved in and their faces were so close…

"We only rubbed noses."

"Well isn't that just precious?" She was still angry because he was missing the point here. So she decided she would bring it back up. "Gaara, you really messed with me that day and I don't want to be talking to you. Sasuke was there for me. It's time I move on and forget…" She could feel the emotions rising in her chest, warmness to her cheeks. She couldn't look at him anymore either because it hurt to much to.

"I didn't mean to, and I'm sorry." He was still speaking so softly, and it wasn't helping her any. But he did care enough to sincerely apologize to her. It wasn't so easy to forgive and forget in this case, not for Sakura.

With her head downcast and looking at the floor, she too spoke softly, "well what's done is done and things need to change." Sakura would leave it at that. Perhaps now though she could slowly start mending her wounds and forgetting her biggest heartthrob.

Gaara wouldn't let go of his initial meeting though. "Why do you like him so much anyways?"

"I don't have to say why."

He sighed, and Sakura looked up into his narrowed eyes. He didn't look so happy. He looked rather…pissed. "Sakura, he's one of the biggest womanizers I've ever seen. I know how Sasuke is-"

And again, she snapped. "Who even gave you the right to talk to me about this? He and I are interested in one another and its none of your concern!"

The red head wasn't going to give up or back down anytime soon. He needed to get this across to Sakura before she did anything she would regret. "I'm asking you as a friend."

"Friend?" She scoffed, "yeah, because pretending I'm invisible for a month shows how much you value our friendship!"

"If I'm correct, you were the one avoiding me because you were so hurt." She hated it when anyone outsmarted her, or worse, if they were right. And Gaara was right. Sakura's anger began to dissipate with realizing what had been going on. "I only wanted to talk to you about him because I care about you…you're one of the closest people to me, Sakura. Please, just stop before it gets any further."

No wonder I've been ignoring him so much. I feel awful when he pulls this on me. Sakura wanted to respond and tell Gaara what was going on. She wanted to go sit in his car with him and just talk about everything. But then she would only fall back into what she had been in before. Struggling for the spotlight of this one guy by being his closest friend, only to be subtly rejected because he already had someone and just simply wasn't interested in her.

All the Haruno could do, even though it pained her terribly to do so, is shake her head and grab up her book bag. "Kakashi is waiting, I have to go."

This time, he didn't try to stop her. Sakura was surprised he didn't, but he was never one to handle the emotion of girls well. Especially when they start crying in front of him, like Sakura just did before she walked out the door.

She was able to muster a few more words before vanishing though those doors. "I'm sorry, Gaara."