Business Affairs

Some say that a drunk driving accident happens once every fifty minutes. Who would have guessed that at this one minute, out of all the other people in the world, two individuals would meet and slowly, their lives would become more and more intertwined.

Chapter Seven ~ Here We Go

A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews! LIKE FOR REALZ! I LOVED THEM! :) So, like I did last chapter...I'll reply to them after the story! So, enjoy this chapter! :]

Precap: Sakura took one long sip of her beverage before continuing with her incomplete statement. It was going to take a lot of guts to say the following:

"My decision is that I'm...ready to have the child with you."

Gaara looked at Sakura as if she told him that she was a man, the thought of what she had just said was mind-blowing. Whether the mind-blowing was the good mind-blowing or not, it still made his brain explode. Sakura, the girl who constantly slapped him at the hospital, the girl who threw things at him, the girl who's baby died because of him, and the girl...the girl who's name he didn't even know.

"W-what...?" The redhead muttered, that was all he could say. He could not believe Sakura just said that she'd have a baby with him.

"Weren't you the one who offered it?" Sakura said, taking a sip of her drink. Gaara shook his head, his feeling was indescribable. His brain felt like it was going to explode, his hands trembled, he wanted her to say yes to get rid of the guilt, but he never thought she would actually say it!

"Y-yeah...I j-just...c-couldn't believe it..." Gaara replied back before becoming red. Sakura rolled her eyes when crossing her arms, she sighed when thinking of a way to respond back to what Gaara said, but even she was speechless.

"U-um..." Gaara spoke, continuing to stutter. Before he could continue, Sakura figured what she was going to say.

"If you and I are going to have this child. We are going over some rules. One, this baby belongs to my boyfriend and I. Not you, Mr. Sabaku." Sakura spoke, sneering at the "Mr. Sabaku" part of her sentence. Gaara opened his mouth to speak, but Sakura continued. "Once this baby is born you and I will never speak again. Though, most likely I'll never speak to you after this...but that is besides the point. Last thing, whatever happens with the baby is between my boyfriend and I. Do not try to interfere..."

"I understand and accept these rules. One thing to add on my side. This remains between the both of us, correct?" Gaara said, he did not want anyone to know that he is impregnating some girl because he killed her baby. It'd ruin all sales and anything from the male's business leaving him to be ruined, profitless, and most of all, leaving him to have a broken reputation. Gaara could not handle that.

Sakura simply nodded to what he said and continued to drink her beverage, enjoying the taste of it.

After Sakura's nod, the table remained quiet. The only noise that could be heard was the slurping from Sakura's straw and the sipping from Gaara's mouth.

Sakura was barely able to hold herself without screaming or crying. She had no idea what she was doing, she had a feeling that there was something on that business card that made her go high or something. How could she ever think of having the child with Gaara!

Her hands shook whenever she would look up at Gaara, just thinking about it made her feel her uncomfortable. Her cheeks began to feel warm, but Sakura couldn't show that she was crying otherwise Gaara wouldn't go through with their plan. And, Gaara had to go through with the plan. For a few moments, Sakura just closed her eyes. She thought of everything that had just happened. The dream she had, the moment she learned when her baby died, all the moments in the hospital remained clear in her mind. None of those moments would escape the rosette's mind, they were much to vital to her life.

A half an hour later flew by and Sakura and Gaara continued to be sipping their drinks. Thoughts flooded their mind, thoughts on what had just been said. Gaara put his hand on his bridge and rubbed it. Within two days, his whole life just twisted and it was crazy. He felt like he was knocked out for years and is now recovering from whatever caused him to become knocked out.

Gaara didn't want to show weakness, he didn't want to show how uncomfortable he was because he knew how much this child would mean to Sakura. How much this little baby would mean to both Sakura and whoever the hell her boyfriend was. He couldn't back out now, it'd be like what he did before. He killed one dream and now he'd be killing another. Maybe Gaara should go as "Dreamkiller".

The redhead sighed and looked at the mug in his hands, the liquid was almost gone. Though, it went down way too fast. He wasn't ready for what was coming next, before Gaara could think of anything deeper, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Come on..." Sakura grumbled.

Gaara looked up to see Sakura, she was biting her lip at the moment. He looked confused, what was she telling him to do? "Uh...where?"

"Let's just get it over with. This way I'll never see you again." Sakura replied back, coldly. Gaara shuttered a bit, that was the coldest she had spoken to him ever since everything at the hospital. It felt like it was so long, that the way she said it was new to him. Gaara nodded as he stood up from his seat.

Was he ready to do this? Was he ready to grant a baby to some girl who's name he didn't even know.

"Fine, I'll get my car..." Gaara grumbled. Sakura didn't reply and went walking to the bathroom, she left her purse at the table. The redhead didn't notice the bag was left till he was walking out of the shop and at the corner of his eye, he saw her purse.

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In the bathroom, Sakura ran towards the sink. She was alone, now she could let go of all her current emotions. All the feelings that could not have been expressed in front of Gaara. Hot warm tears dropped from the girl's emerald eyes. They ran down her face quickly, her face became warm as well with the tears.

Sakura put her hands on her hair and crawled onto the floor. She went into a corner and thought about her dream. She was doing this for Sasuke...not herself, but for Sasuke. With that thought in mind, Sakura knew she would be able to do it. Sasuke was her life, she could do anything for him. As long as Sasuke never knew of this plan or any of this, then Sakura was on the safe side. But, it would always haunt her...

Maybe it wasn't too late to change her mind...

A woman looked at Sakura and looked a bit tensed when looking at the crying redhead. Sakura's current position, crawled up and sitting in a corner when bawling could mean a lot of things. The female looked at the rosette bawling on the floor and bent next to her.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" She said, Sakura looked at the female and nodded. Though, truth was, Sakura wasn't okay. She was too confused.

"I-I'm fine..." Sakura replied back, but the worried lady raised her eyebrows.

"Why are you on the floor, bawling?" She asked, Sakura bit her lip. What should she say? I'm confused on what to do...sleep with this other man who I don't even know to make my boyfriend happy or ruin my boyfriend's dream, possibly have him get arrested and ruin everything for the Uchiha family?

"I-it's nothing.." Sakura spoke, she quickly stood up to avoid a scene or any more questions. She ran to the sink and threw some water on her face to clear up the dried tears.

"Ma'am! Ma'am!" The lady exclaimed as Sakura ran out of the bathroom. Sakura slapped her overlarged forehead, she must have looked like an idiot when crying and then saying nothing happened.

Sakura sighed and bit her lip. She wished this was just a nightmare, none of this happened, and she is just at her home relaxing, pregnant with Sasuke's child, and never met this Gaara man. While walking back to her seat, she saw Gaara...and her purse.

"Excuse me, Mr. Sabaku? What are you doing with my purse?" Sakura asked, furious. She snatched the purse out of his hands as he looked confused.

"Your purse was here and I was just trying to pick it up...is that wrong, Rosie?" Gaara questioned, a bit angry himself because of the way Sakura reacted. She acted as if he was snooping in her purse or was trying to steal it.

"Would you stop calling me Rosie? My name's not Rosie..." Sakura grumbled as she rolled her eyes. She hated when people called her Rosie or pinky, it was so stupid. Sometimes she hated her hair.

"Maybe if I knew your named, I wouldn't have to call you that." Gaara retorted back.

"Sakura. My name is Sakura." The rosette informed as she rolled her eyes in disbelief. She began walking out the door as Gaara began to mutter something.

"Sakura..." "Sakura..." "Sakura..."

The car ride to Gaara's home was full of tension, awkwardness, and anger. None of them talked from the time they left the Starbucks, none of them had words to say to each other. Sakura was furious, confused, and well...had no idea about the what the hell she was about to do. On the other hand, Gaara was angry at the way Sakura practically accused him of doing something he didn't do and above all, he was nervous.

"Ro-I mean Sakura, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to grab your purse, it was left over there and I decided to be pick it up so you would not forget it." Gaara responded as Sakura continued to looked away from the redhead.

"Fine." That was all Sakura said before biting her lip again.

"Y-you know t-that biting your l-lip isn't g-good f-for y-you, right?" Gaara asked, trying to get her to talk a bit more. Maybe trying to lower the awkwardness was a good start on what was about to happen.

"Maybe if you kept your eyes on the road and stopped talking to me, it'd be good for you." Sakura shot back, not really minding what she was saying. Gaara rolled his eyes, did he even know what he was doing? Was he high? Did Kabuto put something in him? Was he still drunk from that night? Did Kakashi and Asuma smoke so much weed that the highness rubbed onto him too? Whatever it was, Gaara was still unsure of everything, but he made a commitment and he couldn't back out...

Finally when reaching Gaara's home, Sakura looked at it in amazement. The house was huge, it was a mansion, not a house. It wasn't as big as Sasuke's but, it was about time she saw a place close to the size of her boyfriend's home.

There were pillars, guards even, a huge parking area. To live in this place must have been a luxury.

Finally when taking the keys out of the vehicle, Gaara stepped out of the car and turned to Sakura, who still sat in the car.

"Do you want me to open your door?" Gaara asked, a bit sarcastically before closing his door. Sakura shot a small glare towards him and opened her door.

"Please, don't do me any favors..." The rosette said and stood there waiting for Gaara to lead her into his mansion.

"Uhm...welcome to my home?" The redhead spoke as Sakura sighed and followed the male into his home. The female was surprised at the inside of the home, she was half expecting it to be full of beer bottles and strippers.

"A-are you s-sure?" Gaara asked, Sakura didn't reply because she wasn't sure. She tried to nod, but she felt her body was taking control over her rather than her brain. Bringing Sakura to his room, Gaara locked the door and sighed once again.

"S-sakura, I-I'm s-sorry f-f" Gaara had been speaking, but was interrupted by Sakura.

"Just stop, I-I..." Sakura spoke, but had to pause so tear drops wouldn't come out and neither would her bawling reappear like it did at Starbucks. Gaara could sense that Sakura was to cry very soon and it was probably better stop talking and do what they were supposed to.

He walked towards the bed and looked at her. He gently pushed her onto the bed as he gulped one last time.

Both thought the same thing:

"Here we go..."

A/N: Are they actually going to have sex? Is Sakura going back out at the last minute or is Gaara? Will anyone back out? Is Sasuke going to learn about this?

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I hope I captured their emotions pretty well, I think I could have done a better job, but let me know what you think(:

So some shoutouts:

Ichibiluva - Hehe, yes! I hope you liked the Gaasaku time in the last chapter (and maybe even this chapter). Hahaha, I guess there must be a reason why my second name is EVIL :P Just kidding! Though, I hope this chapter was worth waiting for!

Neobardock7621 – Thanks so much for your kind words! I'm glad you like my Sakura, hehe! Bahahaha(: I'm glad you liked the Starbucks scenee! How do we know that Sasuke didn't get hit by a bus? XD Haha! Thanks so much for your kind words again, I really appreciate them. Also, I agree Gaara is a baddd boyy for lying to Kankuro!

Joele – I was so scared when you put "Tsk Tsk Heart" I was like Uh-ohhhh! Lmaao! Anyways, thanks so much for the review! Like I said before, how do you know Sasuke didn't get hit by a bus or something? :P Anyways, oh yeah...I wonder what Sasuke would think if Sakura had a redheaded baby. Once again, thanks so much for the review! Mucho appreciatooo!

Cindy Medeiros – I updated! I hope you liked the chapterr! ;D And, shhhhh ;P

Gummybear – THANK YOU! :] Agreed, about time for them to talk to each other without violence *cough* *cough* SAKURA *cough* *cough* Lmaaooo! Sakura is a NAUGHTY GIRL! Hehe, I'm glad you liked it. Also, your welcome on the shout out! I updatedddd(:

TeamTHEFT – Bahahaha! I remember reading your review, I got the email...well first I thought it was a text message and groaned 'coz like I get bazillion text messages from Twitter EVERYDAY. Anyways, I saw I had an email so I was all excited and then I saw your review and I cracked up! Though...Sakura could always say that she use to have red hair and her pink hair is unnatural. :P Though, I don't see why she would want to dye her hair pink since she doesn't seem to like it very much especially since she gets nicknames like Rosie (by Gaara) or Pinky (by the rest of the world!)

StaffOfMoonlite – WHOAA! Thanks so much for reviewing every chapter too(: I appreciate it a lot! Haha, WHOA! YOU ARE like READING MY MIND! You noticed the signs...the signs I had in the chapters! Epic, bro! EPICCC!

Chuku – THANX! ;]

NekoE – Hehe, their pairing is so sweet! And, I'm glad you liked it:)