Sakura woke up of her own accord, groggily rubbing the sleep away from her eyes. She huffed and stretched her arms out wide across the bed twisting her back until she felt a series of satisfying pops from her spine. Sakura relaxed and kept her eyes open, contemplating her stay so far at the Uchiha household. She had fallen into an infuriating routine with Sasuke in which they didn't talk, unless out of necessity and even then Sasuke only responded in Hn's or vague head nods. She frowned pushing the warm comforter off and stepping onto the cold floor. The clock read 9:15, the latest she had woken up in the two days she had been staying at the Uchiha household. Sakura still hadn't met the rest of the Uchiha family, Sasuke's parents were staying in Paris and Itachi was away at college until Christmas. Sasuke had work, surprisingly enough, you'd think that someone with as much money as he had wouldn't have to get a job.
Sakura's morning consisted of painfully boring and mundane things. She got dressed and ate breakfast, she lazed by the pool, went swimming. Sakura even called everyone in her phone book, which was saying something; she hated talking on the phone. By the time Sakura came back in from the pool the clock only read 1:00, she wanted to scream. Sakura stormed up the stairs not bothering to dry herself off, maybe Sasuke would slip on the stairs and break his neck, the idea made her feel a little bit better. Without bothering to change into clothes she flopped onto the couch in the game room. She couldn't believe she was resorting to this; she had reached an ultimate low, videogames.
Naruto found Sakura hours latter almost bored to tears still lying on the same couch singing the national anthem. "Sakura?" Naruto stood cautiously at the doorway Is she on drugs? "Naruto!" Sakura shot up into a sitting position "I'm so glad you're here! Sasuke has work and I've be trapped here all day" Naruto sighed and leaned against the door frame "Well I just came over here to drop theses off" he lifted his arm and waved some movies in the air "but I'm going to Ino's right after this so maybe you could come with me?" Sakura's face shown with visible relief "yes!" she hopped up and Naruto was suddenly aware of her in a completely different way "let me just change out of this bikini and ill be ready" Sakura slipped through the door frame brushing against his body, completely unaware of the feelings she was igniting in Naruto.
Sakura pulled her favorite jeans out of the top drawer and paired it with an Albert Einstein printed t-shirt. She grabbed a gray heavy knit cardigan and slipped on her combat boots. Naruto was waiting for her in his Porsche, he had gotten it for his 16th birthday last year. Sakura locked the door behind her and crossed the driveway quickly, she didn't want to keep him waiting. The inside of the car smelled nice, like freshly cooked ramen, his taste in music didn't bother her either. "So who is this Ino girl?" Sakura buckled herself in and Naruto turned the key in the ignition, it purred to life. "She goes to Konoha high, she's really cool. I've known her since elementary school" Sakura nodded "That's a long time" The drive there was short especially because Naruto had illegally run a few red lights just to get a rise out of Sakura. He thought it was funny when she got worked up, she begged to differ. Naruto smoothly coasted through a large gate and parked in the driveway, they both got out simultaneously "I swear to got Naruto your going to get us killed I'm driving us back" Sakura's fists were balled at her sides but Naruto's relaxed posture showed that she posed no threat "No way" he shook his head firmly "I don't let anybody drive my car" Sakura humphed "then I'm taking the bus" Naruto smiled good naturedly "Awww Sakura don't do that, I promise I'll drive extra careful on the way home" Sakura made a face, she didn't really want to take the bus home " Fine but if you speed up even once I'm getting out" "Okay" Naruto said. Satisfied, Sakura and Naruto walked up the path to the front door and knocked, a minute later a girl with long blonde locks opened the door. Sakura was struck immediately be the resemblance between the two. They both had blonde hair; although Naruto's was a more caramel color, and they're eyes both reminded her of the ocean. They could be related. "Hey!" Ino hugged Naruto fiercely and then turned to Sakura "You must be Sakura?" Ino reached out charismatically and grasped a bit of her hair "oh my gosh I love your hair who dyed it? They did such a good job!" Sakura inwardly cringed; she had been dreading this moment and had somehow avoided it with Sasuke and Naruto. "Actually this is my natural hair color" The two blonde's paused waiting for her to tell them it was a joke "Whaaaat!" Naruto looked appalled "Sakura you never told me that!" Sakura self consciously ran her fingers through her hair "Yeah I guess it just slipped my mind" Ino shrugged gracefully "I like it, It looks good with your eyes" Sakura decided she like this girl. "Thanks"
A delicious chocolaty smell erupted from the hot oven. The three of them had decided to bake brownies, which proved to be nearly impossible because Naruto kept eating the batter. Sakura had eventually gotten angry enough to ban him form the kitchen until they were done. Naruto wasn't too happy, but at least they didn't have to add yet another batch of brownie mix into the bowl. "Yummy I think they're done" Ino breathed in deeply and slipped her oven mittens on "Do you guys want some?" Naruto eyed her incredulously "honestly is that even a question?" Ino placed the hot pan on the counter and slipped her gloves off "well you never know, Kiba was here the other day and I was gonna give him some brownies but..." she paused for dramatic effect looking around the room "he doesn't like chocolate" her voice was a low whisper and Sakura jumped with fright when Naruto yelled "Freak!" Ino smiled showing off a perfect row of pearly white teeth "yeah well Sasuke doesn't like chocolate either" Sakura chocked on a mouthful of brownie. Naruto shot her a worried glance and offered her his glass of milk "thanks" she managed to rasp out between coughs, she gulped down the liquid greedily "no problem" Sakura's coughing calmed down. "Man I hate when that happens' Sakura said. Ino nodded her head in agreement " yeah me too, this one time in the seventh grade I was eating marshmallows and then my friend made me laugh" her cheeks slightly flushed pink "I cant even remember what she said that was so funny, but it made me laugh so hard that I snorted and a bunch of people heard so for the rest of the year everyone called me piggy" Sakura raised an eyebrow "piggy?" Naruto stifled a laugh "yeah it was so horrible man I'm glad that didn't carry into high school" Ino was cutting the rest of the brownies and missed the mischievous glance between her two guests "yeah that would suck" something in Sakura's voice made Ino look up "you wouldn't" Sakura shrugged "I don't know what your talking about piggy" Naruto slapped his hand over his mouth unsuccessfully trying to cover up a laugh, Ino shot him a look "well at least I don't have a forehead the size of Texas" "HEY!" Sakura growled "yeah" Ino continued "when you come to school on Monday everyone's gonna be like damn that chick has a big forehead" Naruto spluttered through his hand and then gave up grabbing the counter for support, both girls dissolved into giggles. It was a weird thing to bond over but both Ino and Sakura felt their loose relationship tighten into an untie-able knot. "Dude" Naruto gasped "I want some more brownies" it was a silent moment before the three of them were crippled by laughter again.
Naruto ended up polishing the rest of the brownies off while Sakura had another glass of milk. "We should go out tonight" Ino picked up her phone and texted someone "fuck yeah, I haven't gone out in like four days" Naruto looked honestly concerned and Sakura rolled her eyes "Well that sounds cool but I have nothing to wear" Ino looked up from her phone and smile "you are so lucky that I'm here right now" she grabbed Sakura by the arm and pulled her towards the staircase "I can give you a makeover" Sakura didn't like the sound of this but the look on her face meant she meant business. "Naruto you should come too" Naruto sighed, he knew where this was going and he had no way to avoid it.
Ino's room looked like it belonged to a rock star. Glittery dresses and high heels were strewn carelessly about, open drawers overflowed with lacy underwear and silk fabrics. Her vanity table had open pots of shimmery eye shadow and blush. Sakura's room back home had been just as messy but looked like a dump. "Wow" Naruto flopped on her bed not bothering to take his shoes off "you seriously need to clean your room" Ino snorted "Are you kidding me? That's why we hire maids" She motioned for Sakura to follow her behind a set of double doors. Ino's closet was messier than her room. "What bra size are you?" Ino began rummaging through a drawer and Sakura blushed "I'm a B" Ino sighed "Here try this on, I think it will fit you, I used to wear it in middle school" she tossed her an excessively lacy red push up bra "You're probably like a shoe size seven right?" Sakura pulled her shirt over her head, throwing any modesty to the wind "yeah" Ino smiled "Me too!" She crossed to the other side of the closet and dug through a pile of shoes. The bra fit Sakura and she smiled appreciatively in the mirror, maybe she should get a push up bra of her own. "I'll be right back" Ino's handed her a pair of black pumps "take your jeans off" She slipped through the doors into her bedroom. Sakura obeyed and shimmied out of her jeans leaving them on the floor. The shoes fit Sakura nicely and she walked over to the door keeping her body hidden but poking her head into the room. "Psst hey Naruto" Naruto turned his head towards Sakura and she stuck her leg out "look at my shoes" Naruto let out a playful whistle "Damn those are so mighty fine legs you got there Sakura" she laughed and was gently pushed back into the closet by Ino who rolled her eyes with mock disapproval "teenagers these days" They exchanged a smile "here try this on" Sakura pulled a black velvet mini dress over her head and looked in the mirror. The dress was slightly elastic and hugged her body like wet tissue paper. The front had a low scoop that showed off her cleavage and the straps twisted into an X on her back. Sakura turned around and gawked "How did my but get so big?" Ino smiled "I know shit it just popped out of nowhere" Sakura playfully smacked her arm and Ino laughed "Come" Ino sat her down at the vanity table and started pulling her hair back with a brush "you can't open your eyes until I'm finished" Sakura complied and shut her lids. Ino tugged her hair a few more times and then sprayed it with hairspray. "Still no peeking" Ino started on her makeup, working creams and powders into Sakura's eyes and lips. "Okay" Sakura's eyes fluttered open and found a stranger looking back at her in the mirror. The girl looked like Sakura but she was prettier, Maybe the pretty sister. Her lips were full and perfectly heart shaped and her eyes were smoky and seductive behind dark lashes. "Oh my god" Sakura turned her face from side to side "what is it too dark because I can-" "No" Sakura cut her off "I like it"
Naruto hated waiting for girls to get ready, they took forever and usually ended up wearing the first thing they tried on anyway. "Are you guys done yet?" Ino appeared at the doorway and bowed dramatically "we now present the beautiful, the wonderful, the wonderful Sakura!" Naruto was unprepared and embarrassed by his reaction. Sakura had shyly stepped into his view and his legs shot him into a standing position. "Spin around" Ino twirled her finger and Sakura spun slowly. Naruto sat back down acutely aware of his uneven breathing. "Do I look ok?" Sakura twisted her hands nervously together. "Of course you do!" Ino gave Naruto a meaningful look "Yeah you look nice" Naruto barely whispered the words. Now that was an understatement, he thought.
They parked the car a block away because they couldn't find any parking. Even from a block away they could hear the earth thumping base from the music. Groups of teens swarmed to the mansion. Sakura noticed that some of them had face paint, she even saw a boy with neon swim trunks. Kids were screaming and howling carrying bottles of vodka most of them only half full. The mansion was blocked off by a large gate guarded by two boys and a red head. One of the boys was huge probably around 6'5 and was built, the other boy was smaller but still at least 6 foot, he had blue hair. "Come on Jugo let us in!" someone from the front of the crowd argued. Jugo didn't say anything but you could tell the boy wasn't getting past. Ino grabbed Sakura by the hand and pulled her through the crowd, Naruto close behind them. "Hey Sugetsu" Ino purred, the boy with blue hair flashed a sharp toothed grin and slipped a muscular arm around her slender waist. "Heeeey" his greeting stretched out as he caught sight of Sakura "and who are you?" he looked her up and down licking his lips. Naruto stepped up slightly in front of Sakura "This is Sakura" the boys locked eyes for a split second before Sugetsu turned his attention to the red head "Hey Karin let them in" Sakura had thought Ino was gorgeous, but she looked like a paper doll next to Karin. She wore jean shorts and a bathing suit top with the sleeves of her leather jacked rolled up. "Do it yourself fuckface" Karin stayed put where she leaned on the motorcycle. Sugetsu shot her a look and she frowned but got up and opened the gate. Sakura looked up and caught Jugo looking at her. He smiled and she felt her cheeks heat up. "Sakura!" Naruto tugged her arm towards the gate, she hadn't been paying attention. Sakura followed Naruto and Ino through the iron gate smiling at Karin. "Nice hair" Karin winked.
The gate closed behind them and the trio walked across the grassy lawn to the colonial porch in front of the house. The lawn was littered with empty bottles and plastic cups. Naruto opened the front door threw his arms up and howled "The party has arrived" several guys and girls raised their cups and whooped. Naruto disappeared and Sakura was pulled into the crowded house by Ino. The furniture had been pushed to the wall and kids danced in the open space pressed together like sardines. The music was so loud Sakura could feel it thrum through her core. Ino kept her hand tight in Sakura's pulling her skillfully through the house not bothering to talk because it would be swallowed up by the music. They reached the kitchen and Ino released Sakura's hand pouring them some sweet smelling liquor. Ino downed hers in two gulps and Sakura looked at hers only taking a moments hesitation before doing the same.
Sakura's night smeared together soon after that, and she could only dully remember being pulled to the dance floor. She felt warm and alive letting herself go, normally embarrassed by dancing in public she laughed with mirth. One hour blended into two and she didn't bother to leave the dance floor until she felt a sharp pain in her lower stomach. She had to pee. Sakura stumbled happily away from the throng of people making her way up the stair passing by several couples. Upstairs was slightly less crowded and Sakura found the bathroom relatively easily. She swung the door open and was smacked in the face by a wave of smoke. "Uhgg" Sakura coughed but continued on, closing the door behind her, she had to pee. While she sat on the toilet she found where the smoke had originated from. A handsome boy was lazing in the bathtub smoking a blunt, he didn't notice her. She finished going to the bathroom and crawled over to him on her hands and knees, he lazily blinked at her before offering her a smoke. Sakura shook her head and instead climbed into the bathroom with him. He looked at her smugly before wrapping his arm around her and catching her lips in his.
Ino was downstairs laughing loudly with Naruto who was making snowmen in his boxers on the floor. The two of them didn't think about Sakura until hours latter when they found her in the bathtub asleep with a senior.