Chapter 3: My New Crush

Authors Note: Hello!! Finally School ended!! Yay!! Now I can update sooner!! Err…..Here's Chapter 3 of How I Survived My Own Personal Hell. Um thanx for the reviews!! Please Review and Thank u!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

'Inner Thoughts'

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"Ok, now. Uchiha Sasuke and Ha—nazawa Karin."

Gasps of shock and disbelief were heard around the room. Things like 'What how come she got Sasuke??' or 'Ehh?? I wanted to be paired up with Sasuke!! NO FAIR!!' I looked at Karin. She was screaming in joy that she was going to be paired up with Sasuke. Sasuke was twitching at his 'partner'. I saw his lips that said "Hn. Fan girl". He must have been really irritated. I snapped out of my thoughts and realized something. Sasuke wasn't paired up with me! I was free from his clutches for the project! Joy!

"YYYEEESSSSSS!!" I shouted and started dancing a little bit, pumping my fists into the air saying. "I didn't get him!!" Then I realized something. 'SHIT!!' I thought. The whole class, including the teacher was staring at me. Even all of the fan girls who were ranting about how Karin got Sasuke was staring at me. They all gave me a questionable look as I laughed slightly, stuck with horror, as I sat down. Then as if nothing happened, they all went back to their little group discussions.

"Class, I'm so sorry!! I seemed to have made a mistake. Uchiha Sasuke is suppose to be paired up with Haruno Sakura." He giggled creepily at his mistake.

SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! Again the class stopped their discussion and tuned and gave me death glares which I was completely immune to because I was currently slamming my head on the table.

"Jeez, Tsunade-sama must have been drunk while writing this. Everything is messy and hard to read……sorry!" Jiraiya apologized.

I stopped slamming my head on the table to see about the whole class glaring at me while seeing an amusing smirk on Sasuke's face.

"Oh crap!" I muttered to myself, rubbing my now throbbing head before the teacher told everyone to sit down.

"All of you want to hear your partners don't you?"

The class nodded vigorously.

"Wait then if I'm not paired up with Sasuke-kun, then who am I paired up with?" Karin yelled slamming her hands on her desk. From the looks of it she could have broken the desk.

"Hm, Karin you are paired up with Suigetsu"

"WHAT??" She shrieked.

A knock was heard behind the door. The class and myself had turned our attention to the door. Jiraya-sama opened the door and a student stepped in and handed him a slip of paper and left. I wondered what that note was about; looking around I think everyone else did too. What had interrupted my train of thought was Karin yelling.

"BUT JIRAYA-SENSEI!! YOU SAID THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE PARTNERS!! HOW COME FOREHEAD-GIRL GETS TO BE WITH SASUKE-KUN!!"

"Well because of that note." He replied simply and turned to me. "Sakura, please read the note to yourself then you can give it back to me."

'Ehh?? Why??' My inner thought.

I read the note to myself, rereading it over and over, just to make sure it was true.

Dear Jiraiya -sama,

I am requesting to have my daughter, Haruno Sakura, to be paired up for Uchiha Sasuke for the project. My reason is simple. My wife and I, Haruno Asuka, would be on a business trip for two months and we have asked Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto and they said it was ok for them to let Sakura live with them during this time period. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at 123-4567 thank you!

Sincerely,

Haruno Michi

I couldn't believe it. I was paired up with Sasuke because my parents said so. Still in shock, I walked up to the front of the classroom and gave back the note to my sensei. I plopped myself into my seat and folded my hands out in front of me. My head was resting on my desk and my breathing was irregular. I tried to calm myself down but nothing helped. After a little bit longer I finally managed to calm myself down. Jiraiya-sensei was explaining to Karin what the note was about because she kept arguing with him. He finally told her to stop or else she would get sent to the principles office, which she immediately sat down because of.

Jiraiya-sensei turned around to face the board and started writing who everyone was paired up with and as expected a load of papers were thrown in my direction. Can you guess who?? By the one and only……Karin. Yah, I hate that bitch. But now when you think about it, who doesn't? The teacher once again turned to the front of the classroom and all of the fan girls/boys immediately stopped throwing papers at me.

'Oh wow!! Only now they stop!!' I thought while rolling my eyes.

He turned around again and like always they started throwing papers at me……again. The bell finally rang which it was finally time to go home!! I should be happy right? Well I'm not. I still have work after this……with Uchiha as my boss. 'Great' I thought sarcastically again rolling my eyes. He dismissed us and said that we'll get all of our jobs and stuff like that next class which was exactly……tomorrow!! I trudged out of my classroom only to get ran over by the rest of my adolescent classmates.

"Oww……" I groaned, trying to pick myself up from the floor. Apparently I failed. I watched as Uchiha Sasuke just walked pass me without even lending a hand.

'What a jerk!' I thought, brows scrunched up and lips pressed together.

'I agree completely! If there were an arrogant bastard list than he would be number one!' My inner retorted.

'To bad there isn't one!'

'There is now! On my list, that is.'

A hand offering to help me up interrupted my train of thought. I looked at the young man that was offering to help me up. He had fiery-red hair, pale blue, almost greenish eyes and around it had dark rings of black. Around his neck were two silver small chains. His attire consisted of a red and black shirt, a dark jacket to go over that, baggy jeans, and white and black shoes. Over-all I thought he looked cute. I could feel myself blushing when he again interrupted my train of thought.

"Do I need to help you up or are you just going to sit there and starring at me all day?" he asked.

I shook my head and I grabbed his hand and he helped me up. I realized at how close our faces were at that point which made my blush turn a shade of crimson red. He let go of my hand and took a step back. I managed to balance on my feet without fainting and I said a mere thank you before running off.

The blush had finally faded before I had reached work. 'Great…Another day working at the Paper Fan Café' I thought, while walking through the door while the little bell on top made a ding-a-ling sound. My boss, a.k.a. the arrogant bastard Uchiha Sasuke, stood at the employee lounge where we had to check in, tapping his foot in irritation.

"Your late." He said irritated.

"I'm sorry boss. You could have helped me up." I muttered, gritting my teeth and I walked past him. He frowned but I ignored him. I grabbed my waitress outfit with the matching hat and went into the ladies restroom. I came back minutes later and started to serve the customers. My works shift went pretty good despite the fact that Sasuke kept nagging me to on thing or another. This happy mood went away when I saw Karin and her groupie walk in. I looked at all of the other waiters/waitresses and they were busy. 'Damn! That means I have to serve them!' I thought, cursing to myself. I picked up my pen and paper and plastered a fake smile on to my face.

"Hello. My name is Sakura and I'll be your server today. What would you like to order?" I said somewhat smiling sweetly. This smile looked creepy from other people's point of view.

"Oh, It's you forehead-girl. Four lattes and a slice of chocolate cake." Karin answered rudely.

"Umm…ok. Would that be all?" I asked. She just glared at me, so I took that as a no.

I went to the kitchen and got the order and set it down on the table. Just as I did I see the door open and make a ding-a-ling sound. Looking up at who that was I immediately blushed and looked away. It was the guy that had helped my up earlier and I just sat there looking like an idiot. I was so embarrassed so I ran into the kitchen to cool myself down.

"Sakura can you go and serve table 10?" Sasuke asked.

"S-sure" I stuttered. He raised one eyebrow but then shook it off and left.

I made my way over to table 9 and asked if everything was all right but again Karin and her troublesome three glared at me. So I went one table down to table 10 right next to it.

"H-hi. My name is S-sakura and I'll b-be your-r server today. What would you like to order?" I stuttered but I managed to say the last sentence ok.

"I'll have a latte and a slice of ichigo cake." He replied, not looking up.

"Ok, would that be all?" I asked and he nodded.

"Ok, your order should be here soon. Can I please have the menu?" I asked and my face was flushed.

"Sure." He said handing me the menu and this time he did look at me. After I took the menu from him, he figured out who I was.

"Hey you're that girl earlier who I helped up."

"Um……that was me." I said and started staring at my feet.

"Oh, well I don't think we were properly introduced. My name is Gaara." He said with a small smile sticking out his hand.

"Hi, my name is Sakura." I said and we shook hands. I let go of his hand and went back to the kitchen. I leaned against the wall and sighed. I slowly started to slip toward the ground and was trying to recall earlier events.

'He's here at the café.' I thought dreamily.

'Yah I know! Now we know his name! Gaara…..Have you realized something?'

'What?'

'He's the first person to be nice to you excluding Ino, Hinata and Tenten.'

'You know what? I just realized that!'

'Yah and he's totally hot! With a capital H!'

'Agreed……'

'Maybe we like him?? Hmm??'

'I think we do! But this is just a school girl's crush……' My thoughts drifted away as I picked up the order and went to the table. Too bad for me I didn't see that Karin had purposely spilled her drink so I slipped and fell right in front of my new crush. I was lucky because the coffee that I had didn't land on me but unfortunately the cake did. I was covered in coffee and cake when a silky and soft cloth was gently wiping my face. Looking up I saw Gaara, again helping me when I fell, but this time I was covered in food and drinks. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed that I think my whole face was red.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"I-im f-fine-e." I stuttered.

He stopped whipping my face with his handkerchief and he gave it to me so I could finish the rest.

"A-arigatou." I bowed politely after he helped me up.

"Don't be so clumsy……Sakura." He said after another waitress gave him another one of his order and he gave the money he owed to her.

"Ja ne!" He exclaimed when he walked toward the door. I could only watch him leaving as I stood there, hands holding his handkerchief delicately.

"Ja ne……Gaara-kun." I whispered to my self watching his retreating figure as it faded into the shadow of the sunset.

A/N: Hello!! Sorry I haven't update for a while…..well I consider it a while. Anyway….Please Review!! Thank you!