Sakura sat back in her chair and sighed. She'd been working at her desk for the last three hours and it was now about two thirty in the morning. She could hear Sasuke and Shikamura down the hall. She was sure they where still up and having more fun then herself. She had been working on her science project for the last three hours. She sighed again and got up to stretch. She looked around her room, as if to make sure if no one was looking, and inched to the door. She peeked out the door and could hear music coming from Sasukes room. She inched out the door and tip toed to his door. Sakura looked down and her pajamas and thought "Eh, its okay." There's nothing wrong with pirate's right? She pulled up one of her pants legs and let it drop.
"Sasuke?" She opened the door a little and stuck her head in. She watched Shikamaru and Sasuke just sit there. They were watching a movie with very blank expressions. She slipped through the crack she made and stood behind Shikamarus chair. "Guys? You okay?" Sasuke nodded his head and paused the movie.
"Yeah, just a lame ass movie." Sasuke sat up in his chair and reached for his soda, it was sitting in a stack of c.d.s leaning dangerously. Sakura sat on the futon that was pushed near the odd egg chairs Sasuke had. Sasuke tugged his sweater over his head and through it on the floor, making the pile of clothes bigger. Shikamaru pulled his sweater off and tossed it by the door.
"I feel left out. No sweater to take off and toss." Sakura said. Sasuke smiled and picked up the remote control from his lap, "You could take off your shirt, I sure as hell wouldn't mind." Sakura flipped him the bird and Sasuke caught it, "With love."
"Just start the damn movie jackass."
Sasuke smirked at her and pressed play. He poured the rest of his soda into a glass of ice at his right, stretching up to flip the light switch down. "Scary movie Sakura, wanna sit on my lap for comfort?" Sasuke laughed when she shock her head at him and buried herself under an orange comforter Naruto had left the night before.
'What is with him? He's acting so weird, like…he likes us or something.' Sakura scoffed at her inner.
"Us? You've got to be kidding me. Sasuke only likes slutty, stupid, air heads that wear a size zero. There's no way he would ever consider me a love interest" Sakuras inner glared back at her.
'People and theirs interests change Sakura, maybe you should change yours. You never know when a good thing is going to come your way. So grab it if you want it, release it if you don't.' Sakura watched her inner disappears from her head. She was surprised to say the least. Her inner just made a valid point. What the hell?
Sakura opened her eyes again. The scary scene was over. But she couldn't shake off what her inner had said. Could Sasukes sudden flirty act be a good thing? Should she try? If it didn't work she could always just end it. Sakura glanced at Sasuke and studied him. His handsome stronge jaw line, his sharp onyx eyes, his rock hard abs. Sakura caught herself drooling, wiping it up with the back of her hand. Right then, on that futon she had euphony.
"I have a crush on…Uchiha Sasuke!" She screamed out in her head. As the ending credits rolled by Sakura quickly jumped up to leave. "Thanks for letting me watch with you, um… later!" Sakura ran out of his room and down the hall. She collided with her sister, "watch it Sakura!' Sakura nodded and sprinted down the hall. She slammed her door shut and locked it. Sakura leaned against it for support and put a hand to her heart. She slowly walked to her computer and looked at her i.m. account. Ino was on! Sakura typed a quick message. As Ino read it she dialed Sakuras number.
"Beep." Sakura turned around and jumped for her phone. Flying onto her bed, "Hello! Ino!" Sakura was relived to hear Ino laugh on the other line.
"Sakura why are you so worried about it? I think you two would be great together." Sakura pulled the phone from her ear and made sure it was really Ino on the line, "Hello? Hello? Sakura are you there?"
"Yeah, I'm here. But Ino, he's my best friend. He'll never feel the same way about me."
"It's nice to know who you're real b.f.f. is." Ino laughed as Sakura apologized and rephrased, "Listen, if he doesn't like you the same then oh well, but you gotta try!" Sakura said I guess, soon the girls were chatting about everything that happened in school and said good night.
Sakura rolled over on her bed and lay looking up at her ceiling. She thought about her soccer match the next day, deciding it was best not to dwell on her new crush.
"Sasuke? Was it just me or was Sakura acting a little strange?" Sasuke looked up from his breakfast and shrugged at his brother and Suzuko.
"I don't know. Why, what did she do?" He asked returning to his bacon.
"She wouldn't make eye contact with you, she looked ready to bolt when your arm bumped hers, and she was really jittery." Suzuko listed off. Sasuke shrugged and dumped his plate in the sink, with a loud crash. Itachi rolled his eyes at his brothers attuited towards fine dishware and went back to reading the paper.
"I don't know. Maybe she's just excited about our match today." Sasuke picked up his soccer bag and walked outside. He loaded his gear into his car and sat in the drivers seat. He noticed Sakuras car was already gone.
As Sasuke pulled into the school lot, he searched for her car, when he found it he parked near by it and began the walk to the field. When he got close enough he could hear the coach on the other team giving his pep talk. Very, very loudly. Sasuke walked to his side of the field and dropped his stuff near Sakura. "What's going on?" He asked her as he sat next to her to stretch. Sakura jumped and looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but near him.
"Nothing, why would you think that?" She asked nervously.
"I know you. Something's not right. And don't give me a bogus story about pre-game jitters. You are always fired up for soccer." Sakura looked around the field and sighed. She looked back at Sasuke and he could see a spark in her eyes. She was going to tell him.
"I like this guy." She started slowly.
"Oh." Sasuke was taken back. He wasn't sure what to say. Or even how he felt.
"But I don't know if he likes me. He's really cool, and funny, when he wants to be, and he seems to like me, but I don't know." She said, twisting her pony tail around and around. Sasuke sat next to her silent for a few seconds. He was feeling nervous. Well, he thought it was nervous, he'd never felt it before so he wasn't sure.
"Sakura, "She looked up at him, he looked serious enough, " If you like this guy, go for it. Try to get his attention and just be open about it. You're a great person. Smart, charming, cunning," Sakura giggled at this one, "and one of the most beautiful girls in our school. He's be insane to reject you." Sakura stared back into Sasukes eyes for a while. She was about he to speak when a screech cut her off.
"Go Sasuke-Kun! Yeah!" Sasuke and Sakura both turned around slowly and grimaced. Sitting at the sidelines was Rin. Sakura slowly stood up and stared to approach her, but Sasuke jumped up and grabbed her by the shoulders, sending shivers down her spine.
"Let it go. We are here to win, not kill her. So block her out and think about nothing but how much ass you're going to kick today." Sakura looked up at him and nodded. She turned back towards their coach and started to encourage the others on the team.
"Alright team! Here's all I have to say. You lose today, and you're running laps every practice for a month. Got it?" The team shouted "got it!" back at her. Sakura smiled, knowing no one liked laps so there was no chance of a lose. "Alright get in position!" Everyone cheered and ran towards the bench or there starting position.
"Sakura, Good luck." Sakura smiled at Sasuke and got ready to take the ball for her team. As the reff blow the whistle Sakura passed the ball to Sasuke, who took it down the field and passed it back to Sakura. As Sakura was nearing the goal she was tripped by a player on the other team, but she passed to Kiba who scored a goal for the first half.
"Sakura are you okay?" Sasuke ran up to her as she stood and swiped the mud from her legs.
"I'm fine. But I'm going to kick the guys ass for that." Sasuke smiled and ruffled her hair. "Go get him tiger." Sakura made claws and roared a few time. Sasuke laughed and ran back to his position.
It was nearing the end of the game and it was still 1-0. The other team had the ball in posseion and was working towards Kohanos goal. Sakura ran as fast as she could cutting off everyone from the other team trying to make a pass impossible. Sasuke and Kiba ran from opposite directions at the guy with the ball. Kiba slid in front of him kicking the ball from his possession, but another guy picked it up and scored.
"Okay, there's 45 seconds left, all we need is to score and run out the clock." Sasuke informed the team. Everyone nodded and asked what the plan was. Sakura stepped up and smiled, "Just ran like hell and keep them away from the ball." The team smiled at Sakuras violence and cheered. Sasuke stopped her before they stepped on the field. "I need to talk to you after the game. Don't go anywhere." Sakura nodded and stopped to re-tie her shoe lace.
'Oh my god! This is it! He's going to tell us her loves us!' Sakura giggled happily to her self. Hoping for the best. As she stepped on the field she prepared herself to kick some ass. The whistle blew and they took off.