Authors notes: ah so here's chapter two! I know I know it took me a WHOLE month to get this out and I am sorry really I am. I didn't mean for this to take so long but summer has been crazy. But I hope you like this I am really getting into it so I hope you are too..

Anyways read and review THANKS 3

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Chapter two.

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And everybody here is living life in fear

of falling out of line

tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts

just to pass the time

and my eyes get red in the back of my head

this place can make you blind

put it all behind me and I'll be just fine

yellow card,

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First day of work is always the worst.

Not like I would know or anything. I mean, I've never had a job in my life but I could just tell that today was going to be awkward.

Oh hell, who am I kidding its going to be worse then akward.

For one thing I felt nauseous.

And I know that when you feel nauseous that is never a good thing. It usually leads to throwing up and I hate throwing up. Once I threw up in the third grade during the middle of class because I was to nervous to read my essay in front of my class. After that little incident I sped clear of putting myself in any position where I would get that familiar 'feeling' in the stomach.

Yep, that was me reliable, dependable Sakura.

I wasn't what you would call a risk taker. I knew what my comfort zone was and I liked to stick to it.

That was why today would be such a difficult day.

This whole moving to a different place, staying with a different family, and meeting new people thing, was just not my cup of tea.

I was just surprised I hadn't thrown up yet.

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Some how, I got myself out of bed and despite the nervous butterflies in my stomach, dragged myself towards the bathroom. There I did the basic things such as washing my face, brushing my teethe, and putting my contacts in.

And no I did not have color contacts.

My eyes were naturally this shade of emerald green, despite what people may say.

After the easy stuff was done I focused on the much harder task of making the uniform I had to wear look at least a little appealing on me. But I knew that was going to be a much more difficult task then expected. Especially after seeing the girl Ino look so good in it.

Speaking of Ino, she was another person I knew would be a problem. She didn't look exactly friendly and I had a feeling she wasn't going to like me very much.

I also had the feeling the feelings were mutual.

After I put the uniform on I looked in the mirror. I suppose I didn't look terrible. But I didn't look great either. My long pink hair was pulled back into a tight pony tail and I had put some mascara on to bring out my eyes, which in my opinion was my best attribute.

Once I was semi-satisfied with what I looked like I headed downstairs for another home made breakfast. I wouldn't lie, I was starting to like this home made food thing.

"Good morning honey, hope you like waffles." my aunt said cheerfully as she plopped a plate in front of me before I sat down in my seat in front of the island.

"Hmmm." I said trying to sound like I had an appetite and could eat the two waffles in front of me but in reality I wanted to puke at the sight of the food.

"Okay, I know you're nervous. But don't worry you're going to do fine. YOU HAVE TO EAT." she said sternly as she turned off the stove and took her plate of waffles to the table and sat next to me.

Easy for her to say. I thought wistfully. I mean she doesn't have to start a new job. And she's not the one who will puke later if she puts something in her stomach.

But despite my stomach's protests I forced a bite of the waffles.

"There we go. That's my girl." she said smiling brightly as she took another bite of hers. "After we eat I'll drive you down to the store to get you settled."

"Okay." I said nervously.

Come on Sakura stop acting like a wimp.

You will be fine. I mean how hard can this job be?

Well since you're a grade a klutz who knows.

Shut up.

"By the way Friday night I am going to be having a party." My aunt said breaking my thoughts only I didn't really hear much. Only the 'party' and 'Friday night' part.

"What?" I asked cringing at my voice that sounded squeaky and awkward.

"I'm going to have a welcoming party for you Friday. I was going to invite the whole town and have it catered. I hope that's okay with you?" my aunt asked turning to me. Her eyes shinnying with anticipation. From what I can tell she liked planning parties and would have been crushed if I had told her no.

"Of course it's fine with me. That would be nice to meet the people in town." I said brightly and faking an awkward smile.

I mean of course I would love to be put in the awkward position of having a party hosted for me where I knew noone I mean who wouldn't want that?

"GREAT!." My aunt said happily as she turned back to her half eaten waffles. " I am so excited I'll go see the caterer today. Is there any specific food that you would like?"

"Um no. I mean I like all kinds of food. I am sure whatever you pick out will be fine." I said forcing another bite of my waffles.

Ick. I am so gunna throw up now.

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It was hard for me to try and put a smile on my face as I walked into my future hell hole.

Okay so maybe I am exhadurating a little, but if you had seen what I had seen yesterday and did what I had done, you would probably think the same thing.

When I walked into the store I cringed. The first thing that caught my eye was that girl Ino helping a customer pay for their food.

well there goes the idea of maybe she wouldn't be working here today...

Nervously I did a quick scan of the store looking for Ino's Father. I almost immediately spotted him. He was in the second isle amicably talking to a young man who looked to be in his twenties. He had long spiky silver hair that made him look incredibly handsome in a bad-ass sort of way.

Not really knowing what to do with myself. I decided I would wait patiently for him to finish his conversation, but I had caught the eye of him and he was know waving me over. I walked over slowly with a fake smile plastered to my face.

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"Sakura! Good Morning! I hope you're ready for your first day at work!." He said cheerfully as he patted me on the back. I couldn't help but smile. At least he seamed friendly.

"Yes, Sakura reporting for duty." I said jokingly. I had surprised myself with this comment.

"That's what I like to hear." he said before turning to the mystery man. "Sakura this is Kakashi, Kakashi this is Sakura." he said as the man reached his hand out and I shook it.

"Its quiet a pleasure to meet you." he said smoothly.

"Sakura, Kakashi is an excellent caterer. Actually the best in town.."he said before telling Kakashi to wait a moment so that he could put me to work.

"Why don't you follow me." He said turning to me and walking past me to the front of the store. I did what he said of course. Even though I would have rather stayed in the back away from the critical eye of others.

Once we were in the front of the store my greatest fear was confirmed. He was going to have me trained by his daughter until he was done helping Kakashi.

I can tell this is going to be a wonderful day.

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"Hi." I mumbled a little uncomfortably, I couldn't help it she was a little intimidating.

"I can't believe you showed up." She said smoothly as she walked away from the counter and came up to me. As if she wasn't intimidating enough, she was at least four inches taller then me. "I mean especially after that klutz attack you had yesterday. I mean hello embarrassing." she said snidely and I felt my cheeks getting redder by the second.

Stupid pale skin.

"I SLIPPED!" I yelled defensively. There was no way I was taking this girls remarks. The inner me thought but deep down I cringed.

"Yea, sure if that's what you want to call it. But lets get one thing straight." she said intensely as she leaned in so that we were face to face her eyes blazing. "Sasuke is mine. Everyone in town knows it and so should you. You better know your place or you're going to have a miserable three months in this town."

"You can have him. He's a jerk!" I growled even though my insides were thinking the opposite.

Truthfully I couldn't stop thinking about our next encounter.

"That's what I like to hear." Ino said snidely as she folded her arms over her chest and gave me a victory grin. Obviously she thinks she can get her way with everything by bullying and snide remarks.

"Ino stop scaring Sakura." Said a new voice that I had never heard before. I was surprised that someone was sticking up for me and I turned to see who it could be. After all I was the new girl and nobody stands up for the new girl.

It was the boy from yesterday. You know the boy with the bowl like hair cut and the very thick eyebrows. The thickest I have ever seen actually.

"Oh Lee I'm not scaring her. I am just having a little girl talk. You know how those things go." She said sugary and I wanted to barf. Was this girl two-faced or what?

"Ino." He said sternly. Obviously he knew that she could be a little two faced too. He then turned his head to knowledge me.

"AH. Sakura I am so happy to finally meet you. My name is Lee, and I was wondering if you would go out with me!." he said hearts replacing his eyes and I cringed.

This kid has got to be joking.

"Ah. Well it's pleasant to meet you?" I asked nervously. I didn't want to hurt his feelings after he had just saved me and everything. But he was so not my type.

"No the pleasure is all mine!" he said taking my hand and kissing it. I cringed inwardly.

I got angry though when I heard Ino laughing in the background. Obviously she was getting a kick out of this. Was I the only one who found this so not funny?

"Right." I said snapping my hand away. I didn't want to give him the wrong idea.

"Okay well if you two are done flirting maybe I could show you your job." Ino said between a couple fits of giggles. I was so glad she was enjoying this.

"Okay." I said being thankful I could turn to look at Ino and not have to look at Lee again. I was afraid I would give him the wrong idea and that he would assume we were dating or something.

Something I wouldn't put past this guy.

Yes, this defiantly was going to be a interesting job.

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"So basically that's all you have to do. You shouldn't mess that up. But then again who knows with you. You did cause that embarrassing scene with Sasuke yesterday. But then again maybe I should be thanking you. After that scene I won't have to worry about you trying to steal him from me." she said cooly as she left me at the cash register. Who was she kidding? Did she have the biggest ego ever or what?

"No problem." I answered cooly as I watched her disappear to the opposite side of the shop.

Thank God.

I mean seriously who did she think she was? I wouldn't like Sasuke if he was the last boy alive.

That's why you can't stop thinking of him..

SAKURA STOP.

"UH!" I mumbled in frustration as I turned around to focus on the store in front of me. I had no doubt in my mind that my inner self had a mind of its own.

and it was clever.

Too clever for its own good.

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The next couple of days went by quickly. It was actually pretty surprising. But all and all the first week was pure misery. Just as I had expected.

Ino was as I expected one big pain in the ass. No lie.

All week, well maybe just two days; but it felt like all week for that matter. All Ino did was criticize me and make my work ten times harder. She didn't like me and she made it known. She was also the reason I was miserable and hated going to work.

As if Ino wasn't a big enough problem that boy Lee was seriously in love with me and had spent my last two working days making it known.

It made me want to puke.

But I was trying to put this all behind me as I stared at myself through the mirror. I was trying to find the perfect outfit for the party my aunt was throwing for me and nothing seamed to work.

I frowned at my reflection in the mirror.

Everything just seamed to fit me wrong and this pink dress made me look ten.

"UGH!" I screamed in frustration as I fell onto my bed and stared at the ceiling. The party was in less then an hour and I had no outfit to wear.

I had nothing. Nadda.

"Sweetie what's wrong?" my aunt asked as she popped her head in between my bedroom door.

"I have nothing to wear." I grumbled turning on my back.

"Yes you do." she said simply

"No I don't"

"Yes you do."

"Auntie no I don't everything I own makes me look like I am five." I groaned not bothering to look at her as she walked into the room.

"And I am telling you, you do have something to wear. Look open this." she said shoving a box next to my face.

"Auntie I appreciate this, but I am a hopeless case." I grumbled sitting up. Curiosity got the best of me however and I grabbed the gift in a matter of seconds. Once I ripped open the bright pink rapping paper I opened the triangle shaped box to reveal a white sun dress.

It was beautiful.

Perfectly, perfect

"Oh my God. I don't know what to say. This must have cost so much." I said gaping at the beautiful dress and how it felt between my finger tips.

"Just consider it my welcoming gift." she said before walking towards the door. "I think the caterer's are here so I am gunna go help them settle in. In the meantime I want you to try on the dress. It should fit perfectly."

And then she was gone.

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Auntie was right. The dress fit perfectly. It was one of those pure white dresses. One that makes you not want to eat or drink while you are wearing it because you might get it dirty.

That is how I felt in this dress.

The dress was tight around my bust and flowed just above my knees. The thick straps that held it up around my shoulders were connected by two brightly painted pink bottons, which was the only splash of color in the dress.

To be honest the dress looked amazing on me.

Once it was on I grabbed my favorite pink rap up shoes and started to work with my hair. In the end I decided to leave it down and put a pink barrette in it.

I then applied my make up and took a deep breathe.

Here went nothing.

Tonight I was going to meet the whole town and the whole town was about to meet me.First impressions were everything and I was nervous. What if they all hated me? What if they were all little Ino clones and worst of all...

What if Sasuke was there...

I TOLD YOU TO STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM.

But I can't.

But my thoughts were thankfully interrupted by my aunt's voice telling me to come down stairs. A few guests had already started to arrive. Apparently fashionably late was not in there vocabulary.

"Well here goes nothing." I mumbled to myself as I did a once over in the mirror and dragged myself downstairs.

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After about an hour into the party I realized it was going to be a long night. I had already been introduced to about a thousand people and had about a thousand boring conversations that I can't even remember or care to try and remember.

Who would have thought there were SO many people in this town. I thought this was supposed to be a small town. From the look of the party it didn't seem like it.

"Are you enjoying the party?" came a faint voice. It was so faint I barely heard it. Startled I turned to my side to see a timid girl around my age. I had met her at the beginning of the party but had already forgotten her name. To me she just blended in with the other people. Just a different face with a different name.

"Yea. I guess." I said truthfully as I turned to her. She was a pretty girl with startling white eyes. At first it had shocked me but after I had been introduced to her my aunt told me her family is known for their mysterious white eyes.

"It must be hard to come to a new place and know nobody. By the way my name is Hinata." She said sticking out her hand and I shook it. Surprisingly I took a liking to this girl. Unlike all the other girls she had met Hinata looked real not fake.

And this thought strangely comforted me.

"It's definately a new experience." I answered truthfully. I heaved a sigh before smiling at her. "So what do you do around here for fun?"

"Well There are..."

"Sakura can you do me a favor?" my aunt interrupted and Hinata stopped talking.

"Yes hold on!." I said giving her an apologetic look. "I'll be back in a sec she probably just wants me to meet someone new. So stay here okay?" I said before walking towards the opposite side of the room were my aunt was located.

"Hey! Do u think you could do me a favor and grab me a box from the garage. I forgot to grab it earlier it's for one of my clients." she said cheerfully and I just nodded my head. "Okay it's a big white box on the shelf to the right when you walk in. You can't miss it."

"Okay. I'll be back." I said turning on my heels and walked towards the garage.

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The garage was sorta dark and it smelled of must. It was a sorta unique smell that I couldn't explain and I was trying to ponder it instead of thinking about how dark it was and how I couldn't see and was only a matter of time before I tripped on something one way or another.

"GOTCHA!" a voice screamed and before I could react a body was ontop of me and crushing me to the floor.

"WHAT THE HELL." I screamed when I was over my shock of being jumped.

"Ha! I got you this time now the score is even! WHAT NOW SASUKE? I BET YOUR NOT ACTING SO SMUG NOW ARE YOU?" The voice yelled as it shifted its weight to get off me.

"What are you talking about baka?" another voice answered from behind my aunts car. Or at least that is where I thought it was coming from. It was too dark for me to tell. But either way I immediately recognized the voice to Sasuke's.

"SASUKE! What are you doing over there? You're supposed to be on the ground shocked!" The boy who had spooked the living daylights out of me replied.

"You got the wrong person!" I yelled getting up. I was sick of being ignored and because of this idiot my beautiful new dress was ruined. RUINED! Whoever this kid was he was NOT going to get away with what he has done.

"You are such a baka." Sasuke replied as he turned the light on so that we could all see each other.

"Well it was too dark I just figured it was you!" The jumper replied. It was the first time I was able to get a look at him. He was a tall, semi-muscular boy with crazy blonde hair. He had big blue eyes and was sporting a white catering shirt.

"Well obviously you were wrong. I am still in the lead." Sasuke said casually as he walked down the steps to face us. He was looking perfect as always. The white catering shirt strongly contrasted his dark eyes and hair. "And you." He said turning to me and my breath was caught in my throat from the intenseness of his black orbs staring into my green ones."diserved this." he said simply and smirked

SMIRKED.

"WHAT?" I yelled infuriated "Well it is only right after all how many accidents have you befallen on me?" he asked casually a tint of slight humor in his eyes.

"You guys know each other?" the other boy replied clearly shocked. However I ignored him.

"LOOK AT MY DRESS. ITS RUINED!" I yelled pointing at my white dress that was now smudged with dirt and dust. It was no longer the beautiful white color but a brownish grey color.

"I'm going back inside Kakashi is probably looking for me." He said simply, he didn't even flinch. It was like I hadn't just screamed my lungs out at him.

"Hey.. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING?" I yelled at his back.

He didn't even stop or bother to respond. He just walked out the door and that was the end of it.

What a jerk.

"Hey sorry about him. He can be a jerk sometimes." The blonde boy said giving a nervous smile.

"It's alright." I said softly. Obviously I wasn't going to get anywhere with this one so I decided to let it go. After all this guy seamed nice enough. Maybe he could be her friend.

"By the way my name's Naruto. Me and that jerk work for the catering service that is serving your party." He said warmly as he reached out his hand for me to shake. I shook it willingly and then guided myself over to the steps near the door. Naruto followed me and sat down next to me.

"So what you just witnessed is a game me and Sasuke play. It's called gotcha and what we do is see how many times we can surprise each other. That is why I jumped out at you, I didn't realized it wasn't Sasuke and I am sorry that I surprised you and ruined your dress." he said softly his bright blue eyes shining with honesty.

It was hard to be mad at him.

"It's alright. I understand." I said softly even though inside my head I was thinking YOU JERK YOU RUINED MY DRESS. But for some reason I just couldn't get mad.

"But anyways I should be going. Sasuke is probably getting mad that I am slacking off again." he said nervously as his right hand went through his unruly blonde hair.

"Yes, of course wouldn't want Sasuke getting mad." I said sarcastically getting up abruptly so that he could get through to leave.

"You know, I know that he comes of as rude and a pompous jerk but he's really okay once you get to know him." he said softly before walking through the door and back into the party.

Sasuke not a jerk? As if.

To be continued

author's notes: okay so.. i really hope you all liked it. I'm sorry if there are some grammer errors because there probably are. i was trying to get this out fast so it's my fault XD anways read and review and i'll update soonerrrr.