Chapter Six: Best Birthday Ever!!
Sakura who couldn't get to sleep after she went home, had stayed up watching tv almost all night but finally fell asleep at five thirty in the morning and got a good eight hours of sleep, only waking up because the phone was ringing louder than normal she reached for where the phone usually was and seemed to only grab air.
"Where... is that...(YAWN)... god damn phone??" mumble Sakura rubbing her eyes and wiping drool from her mouth.
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Eventually the phone stopped ringing and she just laid back down not even bothering to look at the clock, since she really didn't care what time it was, just as long as she got to sleep some more. Then just as she was starting to fall back asleep, the phone started to ringing again even louder than before.
It shocked her so much that she jumped up and fell off the couch, she lifted up one of the pillows to cover her head and there was the phone ringing to the point that it nearly fell off the couch.
"H-Hello??"
"Sakura its me Ino, were you...were you still sleeping??" asked Ino through the phone.
"Yes... actually I was!! Why are you calling me right now Ino??" asked Sakura trying to suppress a "YAWN" and failing.
"Because your party is in like three hours and I wanted to make sure you didn't try to sleep through it..." said Ino in an as a matter of fact kind of tone.
"What!? The party is in three hours... I better start getting ready!! I'll talk to you later Ino, I've got to go."
"Bye Sakura."
"Yeah... see ya." with that said Sakura hung up the phone and ran to the bathroom to take a nice hot shower and do her hair.
When she finished her hair it was curly and held up by a big hair clamp, her hair fell down in little ringlets over the clamp that bounced with her every move and there were two strands of hair that hung down on each side of her face. She made some finally adjustments to her hair then went to go find her out fit.
When she was all dressed and about to leave she was wearing a pink and black horizontally stripped strapless dress with a little pink bow on the top left side and her favorite pair of black open toed high heels.
For accessories she wore some dangly diamond teardrop earrings, a thin silver box chain necklace with diamond cherry pendant, her silver barb wire bracelet, and a big silver ring with pink and black stones in it on her thumb.
All in all she was going to be the center of attention no matter what. She glanced at the mirror then headed for the door.
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Sakura pushed open the doors and was blown back by the loud "Happy Birthday Sakura" she was getting from everyone at once.
Everyone she knew was there and they were all rushing up to her saying "Happy Birthday" and to give her their best wishes.
"Happy Birthday Sakura-chan." said Naruto coming up to her and giving her a big bear hug.
"Thank you...N-Naruto. You...you ,can let go of me now...I can't breath." said Sakura her face starting to turn purple.
"Oh sorry Sakura-chan." he said finally letting go of her.
"The place looks great, Naruto how did you guys get it looking so wonderful?" asked Sakura looking around in awe and completely happy that Naruto had finally let go.
"Lets just say that, it took a long time to get this done, I'm just happy that you like it so much." said Naruto smiling and scratching his head in that oh so Naruto way that no one could ever forget.
"Sakura, hey Sakura come over here will you?" asked Ino from across the room.
"Excuse me Naruto but Ino needs me for something." said Sakura walking away towards Ino, but before getting all the way over there stopping to talk to Neji and Tenten. "Hey Neji, Tenten have you to decided when the wedding is yet??"
"Yes we have, its set for next Valentines Day, and I want you to be one of my brides maids Sakura." said Tenten smiling then turning to kiss Neji who was also smiling and looking down at the woman he loved more than life itself.
'Now why couldn't I find love and happiness like them??' thought Sakura miserably to herself.
Maybe because you pushed away all the men that have ever liked you including Sasuke, the only man you ever truly loved. said inner Sakura in an annoyed tone.
'Shut up you have no idea what your talking about. So just SHUT THE HELL UP!!' cried Sakura at her inner persona.
Sakura heard the doors to the kitchen open and turned around to see them bringing in a giant cake covered in roses and cherry blossoms. Everyone started singing Happy birthday and when they finished Naruto said loudly "Time to cut the cake."
As soon as he said that Rock Lee popped up out of the cake and said "Happy Birthday Sakura!!" Then he started singing "I'm to sexy for my shirt..." and started trying to take off his shirt.
"Oh my..." said Sakura looking as through she was going to faint from embarrassment.
Ino (who had a look of utter shock on her face) picked up the top of the cake and slammed it down on Lee's head, shoving him back into the cake and turned around to look at Naruto (who had been laughing hysterically the entire time.)
"Naruto is this your idea of funny?? Well it ain't, now bring in the real cake and stop joking around. Idiot!!" yelled Ino with a look of murder in her eyes.
So Naruto brought in the real cake and helped Lee out of the other so he could also enjoy himself at the party .
After everyone had cake Ino declared that it was time to open the presents. "Here Sakura open mine first." she handed Sakura her present. Sakura opened it and it was a golden charm bracelet with kuni, shuriken, heart, and cherry charms and it had a pink crystal S on it.
Then after everyone had given her their gifts, people went off in their own directions to talk and dance and do what ever else.
Sasuke (who had been sitting over by a window) saw that Sakura was now alone and went over to her before anyone could show up that would ruin his chance of giving her his gift in private. "Happy Birthday Sakura I didn't know what to get... but I hope you like it anyways." as soon as he said that and had given her his gift he walked off and went outside into the garden and off towards the lake.
Sakura opened the gift and looked down at it, a tear falling down her face. It was a golden locket with her initials diagonally engraved on the front with a pink diamond in between them.
She opened the locket and saw a picture of the old team on the inside then she read the inscription on the other side... Sakura, may your birthday be as perfect as you are beautiful. -Sasuke Uchiha.
She then looked at the card it said... Sakura I know that you still feel upset about what happened four years ago, but maybe this will help, the locket has a secret compartment behind the inscription. Read what's inside then come find me if you feel the same.
She open the compartment and took out a folded up sheet of paper, she unfolded it and it said...
To Make Her Love Me!!
You waved your hand and it was
Done
Said let it be and there it was
A mountain so high
It broke through the sky
A canyon so deep
It'd bring a man to his knees
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
And hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything- come on, how hard
Could it be
To make her love me
I said some things I shouldn't have
Tried everything to win her back
I'm human I messed up
s she gone, are we done
Forgiveness, another chance
That's all I want, its in your hands
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
And hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything- come on, how hard
Could it be
To make her love me
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
And hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything- come on, how hard
Could it be
To make her love me
To make her love me- Yeah Yeah
To make her love me.
When she finished reading she couldn't believe it, he felt the same way, but for how long, why, he always seemed to think that she was just an annoying pest.
When she looked up from the note she noticed that she was crying. She then went outside trying to make it seem like she was only going out there for some air and that she wasn't really crying.
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When she got outside she looked around for Sasuke and saw him sitting under a cherry tree at the waters edge looking out over the lake. Taking a deep breath she went over towards him and sat down beside him.
"Do you really feel that way Sasuke??" she asked quietly looking out over the lake wishing that she could just become part of its cool waves of green that were so steady and peaceful.
"Yes I do feel that way Sakura. Don't look so surprised, every moment I've spent with you over the last week have made me feel whole again, it just feels so right being with you." he said looking off towards the sunset then back at her.
"You can't deny that you didn't feel anything last night when we danced together and we both know it." said Sasuke gently putting his hand under her chin to make her look up at him and into his eyes that told her that everything he had just said was the truth.
"Sakura you and I both know that we were made for each other." he said looking at her with a loving smile.
'Wow he's serious, and he's completely right.' thought Sakura to herself.
Told you so... said inner Sakura with a triumphant smile.
"S-Sasuke I-I..." Stammered Sakura.
"No you don't have to say anything Sakura, I know that you were just scared that if you got to close then you would just end up getting hurt again, but I don't want to hurt you. Far from it, actually I want to help you forget all of the pain."
'Sasuke... thank you.' thought Sakura.
"Sakura... I love you." and as soon as he finished saying that he brought their lips together in a kiss that held all the passion that they had been hiding or suppressing for each other over the years. Any pain that was still in Sakura's heart melted away as she put her heart and soul into returning the heat that was in that kiss she shared with Sasuke on her sixteenth birthday.
'Best Birthday Ever...' she thought as they deepened the kiss even more, and the cherry blossoms started falling all around them making it an moment worthy of a romance novel.
End of Chapter 6 (and of the Story.)