The looks on their faces made me fidget. I lifted one arm and grabbed my elbow, rubbing one heel against the other.

"What?"

"Who was that?" Ino asked smugly.

"On the phone? It was Sasuke." I tried playing it off, hoping they didn't hear me talking to Itachi.

Hinata and Tenten let their expressions drop knowing not to press the issue, but Ino continued. She never did know the word tact. "What did he have to say?"

I blushed and looked at the floor. "I don't really know what he wanted. He didn't really get a chance to answer the question…"

"Oh?"

"Mr. Uchiha heard me and came out to see what was going on. He took my phone to talk to his little brother. Then he hung up on him."

Their jaws dropped before erupting into a fit of giggles. "Sasuke's going to be so pissed!" Tenten laughed.

"Yeah, anyways, can we get back to the movie?" I asked trying to change the subject.

They pressed play and I resituated myself next to Hinata. She looked at me, trying to find answers, but I just smiled at the screen. At this point I wasn't watching the movie anymore. A million thoughts were running through my head.

Those eyes, why was he looking at me so intently in the hallway?

…

A little help here?

I'm honestly at a loss for words Sakura.

WHAT?

Yeah, but I do know one thing.

*Mental sigh* What's that?

I think it's time to forget about Sasuke.

My eyes went wide. Did my own head just tell me that? A year ago I would have disagreed with that, strongly. Then again, a year ago inner Sakura wouldn't have said that. I think what affected me the most was the fact that I was okay with it. I shook away my own thoughts and tried my best to focus on the movie.

We stayed up and gossiped until about three in the morning. Hinata was the first to fall asleep. She passed out on the bottom of my bed. I was thankful I decided on the full instead of the twin. I put a finger to my lips indicating to be quiet and I tip toed over to the closet. On the closet floor was a small stool I pulled out to use to access the higher shelves. It was quite difficult reaching higher things when I was only 5'4. I grabbed the two futons and blankets for Ino and Tenten. Since my apartment was studio styled there was plenty of room to lay them out. I fell asleep on the upper half of the bed by Hinata.

I woke up to soft tapping on the door. I sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Getting out of bed I smoothed out the soft pink nightgown I had changed into the night before. I took a quick check at my wall mirror. My hair, that usually ended at the end of my rib cage, was a tad messy and seemed an inch shorter. It was scruffy but decent enough. I was glad I remembered to wash off my makeup, so I had nothing smeared. I was once again thanked the heavens for my flawless and smooth skin. On my way to the door I picked up my glasses on my dresser and put them on. I continued quietly to the door and opened it slightly.

"Yes?" I whispered.

"Sorry to bother you," it was Itachi.

I opened the door a little wider and stepped out a little. "What's up?"

"Well I thought I should jus-" he stopped mid-sentence.

I raised an eyebrow. "Thought you should just?"

"Um," he cleared his throat. Rubbing the side of his neck he looked away from me. With his other hand he dug in his pocket. It was then that I noticed he was only wearing dark jeans and a casual loose black short. His hair was pulled back in it's usual low ponytail. He pulled out a key. "I thought I should give this back to you."

I reached my hand out and he dropped it in my palm. "You sure you don't want to keep it? Everybody should have a spare key."

He turned to look back towards me but only cleared his throat again. "No, it's okay. Anyways, I'll see you later."

"Oh? Where're you heading?" I probably shouldn't be asking. He doesn't seem very happy to see me. I wonder if we were too loud last night.

"My parents' house."

"Oh, okay. Listen, I'm really sorry. We were pretty loud last night."

This time he raised an eyebrow. "What? No you were fine."

"No, I know we were. I can tell you're upset. I'm really sorry." I looked down at the ground.

When I looked back up I saw he was looking at me incredulously. "That's not…what I mean is…" He paused for a moment. "I was just up late grading. I'm not upset with you Sakura," he said smiling. He lifted his arm up and checked the time on his watch. "Listen, I have to go or else Mother will kill me. I'll see you later."

I smiled at him, slightly showing teeth. "Alright, bye…Itachi."

Smiling, he waved and started down the hallway to the elevator. I couldn't help myself from watching him leave. I looked down again, shaking my head. It was then that I remembered and noticed I was wearing a shorter nightgown…

I felt my knees start to shake until they buckles and gave in, making me fall to the floor. I clutched the door frame. "Oh my god."

Hinata seemed to be the only one to have heard the thud from my fall. She quickly made her way over to the door to help me up. "What happened?"

"I-I-I-Itachi, he-he-he-he-he…"

"He saw you in your nightgown didn't he?"

I nodded in embarrassment as she pulled me to my feet.

"What did he want?"

"To give me back the key."

"To his apartment?"

"Yeah."

"Hmmm." She winked at me.

"Hinata! He's my teacher!"

"Of your last year in college."

I just gave her look and went to put the key away. Around this time the others started getting up. We all took turns with the shower. I pulled my long hair into a high ponytail, flattening my bangs and swooping them slightly to the side, let them frame each side of my face. I wore a white button up blouse and rolled the sleeves up to the middle of my forearms. I then put on nice black slacks with two inch, closed toe, red heels. By the time I finished dressing the rest of the girls were done as well.

"So what are your guy's plans for the day?" I asked messing with my bangs in the mirror.

"N-Naruto and I have a d-date." The mention of Naruto was the only time Hinata stuttered around us.

"I've got a class to teach over at the elementary," Tenten said. She was a year older than us and already had a job at the school. The university was the only school on spring break at the moment.

"I've got to help out with the store during break." Ino had to work during her vacations at her families flower shop.

"What about you Sakura?" Hinata asked.

"Ah, I'm going to go return the projector and screen to Kakashi and visit him for a bit," I said already wrapping everything up and folding the screen.

They helped me get the equipment into my car and we all drove our separate ways. I was lucky I was able to get everyone together now. We've all been so busy as of late.

The drive to the high school took a little longer than I'd planned. I drove around to the back of the school where Kakashi's classroom was. I hauled everything up between both my arms and headed in through the door. Lucky for me he kept the door open. He was reading his usual "Flirting Paradise" book. I shook my head and put everything down on the back counter. He looked up at me and waved.

"Yo," he said casually.

"Hey Kakashi. How's class going?" I asked going to sit on an old desk table.

"Oh awful Sakura. They never listen to me. They talk back."

I laughed. "Don't you have Konohamaru and his gang in your class?" The one eye you could see, the other covered by his overly silver hair, dropped emotion. This made me laugh again. "He's grown into quite the "mini Naruto" hasn't he?"

"Tell me about it," he chuckled putting his book down. He walked over and leaned against the window seal right across from me. "So how are you doing? It's rare you come to visit me."

"Yeah, I thought I'd come see the old class room again and drop off the projector. Thanks again. I'm doing fine."

"It's no problem. So how is your new class?"

"Oh it's going great! I'm on spring break right now. My teacher's pretty great," I said smiling.

"Oh?" There was a knowing tone to his voice that I didn't like. "Who is it?"

"It's-" I began.

"Excuse me? Mr. Hatake, you here?" I turned where I was sitting.

I recognized that voice.