Apologize

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I do not own the song Apologize by One Republic ft. Timbaland. I am not trying to advertise anything such as the black Mercedes or the iPod. [Geez, these disclaimers!

(A/N: Please review! Be nice, this is my 2nd fanfic! I will continue this if I get reviews. I'm not sure if I should continue it but if I am asked to I will. Oh and if you have suggestions, please let me know! Anyways, enjoy the story!)

Sakura blasted the volume on her iPod. The rain poured down on Sakura, ruining her clothes, but she didn't care.
"..Didn't think I'd turn around, and say hey, that it's too late to apologize… It's too late…"
Sakura let the tears stream down her face freely. She tried to stop them, but they were uncontrollable. The tears just kept on coming…

Flashback

(Earlier that day)
Sakura wandered happily through Konoha. It was a wonderful day. The skies were clear and there were children playing about. Sakura Haruno was a sixteen year old kunoichi. She was dating the avenger of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke. They have been going out for about seven months now, and Sakura was infatuated with him. She thought he was infatuated with her.

Sakura was meeting up with her best friends, Ino, who was dating Shikamaru, Hinata, who was dating Naruto, and TenTen who was dating Neji. The girls were going to meet up to just hang out. The girls met up at a restaurant in Konoha Village. They laughed and talked – mostly about their guys. Today was Sasuke's birthday, and the girls were discussing how they would sneak up on Sasuke and surprise him. The plan was to sneak into his house with the key he gave Sakura. They would hide, and when Sasuke came back home from wherever he was, they'd jump up and surprise him… Sakura didn't know that she would be the one to be surprised…

The girls ate their food, paid for it, and left the restaurant. They then went to the mall to shop for birthday presents. Hinata, TenTen, and Ino all bought him clothes, but Sakura wanted to get him something special. Sakura walked into a nearby jewelry store and a silver chain caught her eye. It was manly and romantic. It was also the most perfect gift Sakura could get him. She looked at the pricetag…
'Oh well, he's totally worth it," Sakura thought. The girls all met up to go to Sakura's house to get ready. They were all to meet up with Naruto, Neji, and Shikamaru in an hour and a half. Ino had her blonde hair tied up into a bun. She wore a sparkly blue shirt and blue jeans. Hinata wore a fancy white t-shirt with glitter on it, and a red miniskirt. TenTen wore a green tank top with white shorts. And Sakura, wore a light pink minidress that was stunning. It was a casual- yet classy dress. She had her hair in loose curls. The girls all walked to the park where they agreed to meet up with the guys. On the way, they kept getting stared at by guys. The four beauties walked to the park and saw the guys all looking amazing. They all went into Neji's white sports car and headed to Sasuke's house.

On the way to the house, the radio was playing the song, "Never Again," by Kelly Clarkson on the radio.
"Does it hurt, to know I'll never be there?
Bet it sucks to see my face everywhere,
It was you
who chose to end it like you did,
I was the last to know,
You knew
Exactly what you would do,
And don't say
You simply lost your way
She may believe you,
but I never will…
Never again…"
"Change the station. This song is too depressing. I'm ready to party!!!" Sakura yelled as Neji changed the station to a "happier" song.

A few minutes later, Neji drove up to Sasuke's driveway. The house was all dark but there were two cars in the driveway. One car, was Sasuke's black Mercedes. The other, everyone assumed, was Sasuke's friend's car. Since the house was all dark, everyone thought that maybe Sasuke and his friend went out but didn't take the cars. Outside the house, everyone got out of the car. The girls told the guys to go out and come back in a little while when TenTen calls them, because they wanted to decorate the house without the guys. The guys left and the girls headed to the door. TenTen had the cake in her hands. Hinata had party streamers in her hands. Ino had a bunch of CD's in her hands and Sakura had the gift and a bag of decorations in one hand and had the keys in the other. Sakura put the key in the door and turned the knob. Sakura flipped on the lights and saw something that she would never forget: She saw Sasuke making out with another girl on the couch.

Hinata gasped. Ino's jaw dropped. TenTen dropped the cake and Sakura dropped the gift and the keys.

Sasuke looked up, his hair all messy, and his face stained with lipstick marks.

"Sakura," Sasuke said softly as he threw the girl off of him and ran up to a shocked Sakura. "Sakura, let me explain," Sasuke said desperately. Sasuke grabbed Sakura's wrists and tried to make her look him in his onyx eyes.

"Explain what?" Sakura asked softly. "Explain how you're here making out with some other girl on the couch?!" Sakura screamed between sobs. TenTen, Hinata, and Ino decided to leave the house since the two needed their privacy. Outside, TenTen called Neji and told them to come to Sasuke's as soon as possible and to forget the party.

(Back with Sasuke, Sakura and the mystery girl)

The girl on the couch was confused, but eventually realized that Sasuke cheated on the girl with pink hair with her. She walked up to Sasuke and gave him a hard slap on the face and apologized to Sakura. "Sorry, he never told me," she said. Sasuke didn't even care. His focus was on Sakura. The girl left. Sasuke ignored her. Sasuke's grip on Sakura's wrists tightened and she was now pinned against the wall.

"Sakura, please-" Sasuke said before he saw tears flowing down Sakura's face. Sasuke felt terrible. Sakura's pink curls covered her face now.

"I thought you loved me," Sakura said sadly.

"I do-" Sasuke said before Sakura interrupted.

"Then why? Tell me why, Sasuke! Why would you do this to me? Was I never enough for you?" Sakura asked.

"No, you were everything. I messed up. I'm so sorry, please Sakura, please give me another chance. Just listen to me-"

"No, Sasuke, you listen to me! I don't know if I can ever forgive you for this-" Sakura said.

"Please, Sakura, don't say that. We-we'll work this mess out. We'll fix this- together," Sasuke said hopefully. Sakura Haruno had made the boy stutter. She could tell that he was sincere, but that doesn't mean what Sasuke did was okay.

Sakura managed to escape Sasuke's grip and looked him in the eye.

"Sasuke, I can't, I just can't. At least for now, I can't," Sakura said. "I have to think about this, Sasuke." She looked at the ground for a moment, letting her word sink in. She looked back up and saw something that she never thought she'd see- Sasuke Uchiha was crying. Sakura knew that he was sorry, but Sakura couldn't forgive him right away.

Sasuke got down on his knees and hugged Sakura's legs.

"Please, Sakura. I-I love you! I was stupid! Don't say your final answer now. Think about it. I really am sorry." Sasuke's tears stained the bottom of Sakura's dress. Sakura grabbed her purse and left the house. Sasuke was left on his knees. Sakura had a lot to think about.

Could she forgive him?

Back with the girls

The girls saw a hurt pink haired girl leave the house and didn't even bother to stop her. She needed her space. Minutes after Sakura left, the boys came back and asked what happened. Ino explained everything and the boys went into the house. Naruto was about to punch Sasuke when he saw that he was crying. All the boys were baffled. Sasuke screamed, "I'm sorry!" The guys knew that Sasuke was really, truly sorry and agreed to help Sasuke, but not after giving him a stern talking to.

Afterwards, the guys left Sasuke's house to drop the girls home. In the car, everyone was silent until Hinata broke the silence. "We have to help Sasuke. He really loves her. He just messed up," Hinata looked up and everyone nodded. The Uchiha boy never knew what great friends he had. Sasuke couldn't sleep for the whole night. He cleaned up the cake that TenTen had dropped before when he saw a long, black, velvet box on the ground with a card on top. He opened the said card.

" Dear Sasuke,

First off, let me say, Happy Birthday!!! I hope you enjoyed your day. We all love you. I still remember when you would say no more than two words to me. I can't believe that we are now a couple, going out for seven months! I just want to say that you are the most amazing guy that I have ever met in my entire life and I don't know what I would do without you. I love you. Happy Birthday!

Love,

Sakura"

Sasuke felt a pain in his chest as he cried softly. He then opened the black velvet box and was shocked to see what Sakura got for him. It was a silver chain that was manly but at the same time was beautiful. It was the best gift he had ever received. Sasuke continued to clean up the mess, and thought about if Sakura would ever forgive him. He sat down on the couch and cried himself to sleep, something no one would EVER expect Sasuke to do.

Meanwhile, with Sakura:

Sakura walked to a nearby park and put her iPod on. She sat down on the swings and moved back and forth slowly. She had her iPod on shuffle. The first song that played was "Apologize" by One Republic featuring Timbaland. 'This song totally describes the situation,' Sakura thought.

"I'm holdin' on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground,

And I'm hearing what you say, but I just can't make a sound,

You tell me that you need me,

Then you go and cut me down, but wait,

Tell me that your sorry,

Didn't think I'd turn around and say,

That it's too late to apologize,

It's too late,"

"Is it really too late to apologize?" Sakura said to herself.