Chapter 3: The Drama Starts

~Sakura's P.O.V~

Its been a week since I met Naruto and I actually enjoyed my time with him. Of coarse, Kakashi and Anko don't know about this. I just sat there, silently listening to my iPod while eating my breakfast. I have to go to school today or I'll get grounded and I don't want that because then I couldn't see Naruto. Besides, I guess school isn't gonna be that bad, right?

I sighed, stood up and washed the dishes. After that, I grabbed my keys and left the house. I hate Mondays. Good thing is, I got my new car yesterday and I don't have to walk to places anymore. (Even if I did enjoy walking.) I drove to the school's parking lot and got off the car. I ignored all the guys starring at me with smirks and kept walking to the office.

Once in there, I asked the secretary about my schedule. She looked up and smiled. "You're the new student Haruno Sakura, right?" I nodded and she handed me a piece of paper. "Here. Want a tour around here?" I was about to say something when a voice stopped me. "That won't be necessary, Shizune."

I turned towards the back door and there, stood Naruto's adoptive mother, Senju Tsunade. I watched her as she walked over to me and smiled. "Nice of you to finally show up, Sakura."

"Yeah, well I don't really like school."

"Hmm, I can tell. Need help around here?" I shook my head and turned towards the door. "No. I'll be fine." I said as I exited the room. Sorry, but I'm not really in the mood for anything today. You know how I said that I hate Mondays? Yeah well, its because, today was a particular Monday. I really don't want to think about right now 'cause it just gets me more pissed off.

I found my class and sat down at the very back, the window by me. No one was here right now so I had a few moments to myself. After a couple of minutes, I heard the door open but I just ignored whoever it was and kept gazing out the window.

"You know, its rude to ignore new comers."

My eyes widened. That voice. I turned my head and a smile tugged at the corner of my lips. "Naruto..." He grinned at me and I blushed a bit. "So this is the school you're going to, huh? I thought you were going to a private school." Naruto said walking over to me and leaning against the desk I was sitting at.

"Kakashi wants to keep an eye on me."

"Really? Why?"

"I...used to get in a lot of fights last year."

"Oh."

Naruto looked out the window while I kept gazing at me lap. I don't know why but whenever we were in silence like now, I got nervous around him. When he smiles, I blush and whenever I see him, my heart skips a beat....Maybe I should talk to Anko about this. She's the boy expert, after all.

After a couple of minutes of silence, the door opened and Kakashi came in. He looked at our direction and smiled. "Nice of you to came today, Sakura." I rolled my eyes while muttering, "Whatever. I didn't even want to come." I heard Naruto chuckle and I blushed but turned my head to the side so Kakashi wouldn't see it. "I see you two are getting closer." Kakashi said sitting at his desk.

I scoffed while Naruto stood up straight and turned his back to me. "I don't need friends." As soon as those words left both of our lips, I turned my back on all of them as my face started heating up again. Damn, I really need to talk to Anko about this! The door opened again and a couple of students came in. They stopped once they noticed Naruto and glared.

Naruto glared back. What was going on here?

~Naruto's P.O.V~

I glared. They glared back. It was always like this. I hate those people. They're the populars and God I hate them. I saw Ino look behind me and I looked over my shoulder. Sakura was looking up at me with a puzzled loo in her eyes. I shook my head and grinned down at her. She must have seen through it 'cause she rolled her eyes and glared at me.

I sent her a look that said, "I'll tell you later" and she nodded. I sat down by her and leaned back in the chair. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see that the rest had sat down at the back of the room. I looked out the window while Sakura looked at her desk with a blank expression. The corner of my lip twitched upward as an idea popped into my head.

I leaned close to her face and said, "The uniform fits you well." I saw her blush and turn away from me. I grinned and leaned back in my chair, putting my hands behind my head and closing my eyes. "So you coming over today after school?" I asked opening one eye and wiping the grin off my face. "S-Sure, why not?" She stuttered and I inwardly chuckled.

Man, this girl was something else. She may beat the hell outta me but she's still beautiful, smart, strong, pretty- And what the hell am I thinking? I looked at the ceiling with a sigh. I guess Grandma was right. I do have a small crush on her.

The rest of the day went by fast. Sakura and me have Homeroom, Biology, Mathematics, P.E and History together. Weird how we're neighbors and now we get to spend most of the day together. As we walked out of the hallway and into the parking lot, I froze. There they were again. The populars. Sakura must have noticed this because she grabbed the sleeve of my shirt and dragged me over to her car. I stopped as I looked at it.

Nice. (Picture's in my profile) She got in the driver's seat while I got in the passenger's one. "When you get it?" I asked looking over at her. This is the first time I've seen her drive a car. "Got it yesterday." Sakura mumbled as we backed up and rode off. After awhile, I noticed we were going in the wrong direction. I was about to tell her but she beat me to it.

"We're going to the mall. I gotta get something for Anko." I shrugged and leaned my head back and fell asleep. I felt someone shaking me and opened my eyes to see Sakura nudging me in the side while mumbling, "Wake up or do you want to suffocate in here?" I chuckled and got off the car. I took out my iPod and offered one earphone to Sakura.

She took it and we walking into the mall. We stopped in front of a hair salon and went in. Might as well, I want to buy something too. We looked around and bought what we needed. "You want me to help you with that?" Sakura asked pointing at the small bag in my hands. I nodded and were about to leave when my stomach growled. Sakura giggled, which is rare to see because she's only done that a couple of times around me, and I blushed in embarrassment.

We headed down to the food courts and got pizza like always. When we were done, we were about to leave but a voice stopped us,

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Naruto got himself a girlfriend." I growled as I turned around. There they were, again, the populars. "What do you want?" I snarled. Sasuke smirked and walked towards Sakura. I stepped in front of her making him stop and smirk even more.

"I see, so you do like her. Don't worry, I just want to meet her." Sasuke said reaching over to her hand only for me to slap it away. "Get the hell away from her!" I screamed at him. He was getting on my nerves. "You love her so much that you don't want anyone to get close to her?"

"I don't love her!"

"Please, I've known you since First grade. You never got this protective over anything except your mother-"

"Shut the hell up, Sasuke!"

He smirked. My anger boiled. I can't believe he'd stoop so low as to bring my...mother into this. "I guess that subject is still touchy for ya, huh?" Sasuke asked, smirk disappearing. His eyes landed on Sakura and I growled. "Sakura, is it?" She nodded slowly, eyes narrowing at him. I grinned, she was always careful or so she told me.

"Uchiha Sasuke, nice to meet you." He held his hand out but Sakura didn't move. "You don't seem to trust anyone, huh? I see. Well, it was nice meeting ya." He turned around and I loosened my stance. Sasuke snapped his fingers and left along with the others. I leaned back against the wall and let out a sigh. I opened my eyes to see Sakura looking at me, afar away look in her eyes.

I blushed and waved a hand in front of her face. "Earth to Sakura. You Ok?" I asked and she blinked before slapping my hand away. "I'm fine," I chuckled and saw her blush. "Anyway, what was that about?"

I tensed at her question. I can't tell her, at least not yet. "Its nothing. I just don't like him." Sakura scoffed, "And it seems he doesn't like you either." I smiled at her and started walking away. She followed me and went over to the parking lot. There, we saw Sasuke making out with Ino on his car. Sakura looked at me and I looked at her before we started gagging. We smiled and looked for her car.

We found it and, just when she was gonna get in I spoke up, "Neh, can I drive?" That's weird, haven't done that in awhile. She shrugged and threw me her keys while walking over to the passenger's seat. I got in and drove off towards my house.

~Third Person's P.O.V~

They entered Naruto's room and closed the door behind them. "Where's Tsunade?" Sakura asked while sitting on the bed. Naruto shrugged and sat by her to take off his shoes. "Probably working." he answered and stood back up to put his shoes away. Sakura shrugged and laid back on the bed and closed her eyes. Naruto saw this and took this opportunity to change.

Sakura sighed and opened one eye to see Naruto taking his shirt off, his back to her. She blushed and closed her eye to give him some privacy. After a half hour, they put music on all the way up and Sakura sat up from her laying position. "You want me to do it now?" she asked turning to Naruto, who was doing homwaork.

He nodded and put the notebook away. By seven, they both had highlights. Sakura's dark red and Naruto's dark orange, almost red. Sakura shook her head and turned to Naruto, who was looking at himself in the mirror. "I'm going home, see ya tomorrow." The blond nodded and grinned at her, "Thanks." Sakura blushed but smirked at him anyway, "No problem."

They nodded at each other and Sakura left, leaving Naruto to think to himself. He thought back to what Sasuke said.

"I see, so you do like her. Don't worry, I just want to meet her." Naruto frowned and looked at himself in the mirror. Do I really like her? Gah! This is all too confusing! I'm starting to get a headache. The fact that I just finished my homework doesn't help at all. He sighed and plopped down on his bed, thinking about the girl.

Across the street, Sakura was doing the same, remembering what happened at the mall.

"I see, so you do like her. Don't worry, I just want to meet her."

"Get the hell away from her!"

"You love her so much that you don't want anyone to get close to her?"

"I don't love her!"

"Please, I've known you since the first grade. You never got this protective over anything except your mother-"

"Shut the hell up, Sasuke!"

"I guess that subject is still touchy for ya, huh?"

Sakura furrowed her brows and looked at the ceiling. What's so bad about his mother? What happened between them? But, most importantly, does he really love me? Or at least like me? The pinkette sighed and rolled on her side, thinking about the boy.