Hidden Emotions

Chapter 2

Just to let everyone know, I edited this chapter because it was very short and I knew it had to be better or no one would read my next chapter. Which will be underway as soon as I finish this one.

There is a phone call in the story and it switches who is talking so try not to get confused mostly every new paragraph is a different persojn

Recap: He relaxed himself, and his eyes started to cloud over with darkness, his breathing became rhythmic as he began to drift off to sleep, his last thought…Sakura.

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Beep… beep… beep, Sakura's alarm went off. She slowly sat up to turn it off, she felt the cold air rush at her and prick at her skin like thorns, her head felt groggy and pain shot through it when she tried to move out of bed.

Oh God, what happened last night? She wondered to herself. I know I had a few drinks but nothing that strong! In a desperate attempt, Sakura racked her mind for anything from the night before. To her dismay she couldn't remember anything.

With a massive hangover, Sakura left for work, not being an incredibly skilled ninja, she needed a part-time job to help with bills; it was a low-income job at the local library. I have no idea how the hell I am going to stand around all day and organize books, my brain feels like it's about to burst. After taking some aspirin, Sakura shoved the bottle into the back pocket of her faded jeans.

On the short car-ride to the library she thought more of the night before, All I can remember is Lee talking to me and then he gave me a drink. She swore as she now realized whatever Lee had given her it had been very potent. God, I hope I didn't have sex with him... That is absolutely the most nauseating thing I can think of.

With thoughts like these of night before, Sakura's day did not get much better. Her headache remained despite the extra strength aspirin she bought on the way to work, her spirits were low, she could barely think where the books were supposed to be shelved, she couldn't type very well, and her headache made her edgy. The end of the day could not come soon enough.

She arrived home with awful thoughts of Lee going through her head; I would have thought he was above taking advantage of me. It really hurts to know he would stoop so low and he seemed so nice…

Sakura gave out a long sigh and sat down on her scratchy old couch, she felt the pinpricks of the fabric but barely took notice to the pain. She just couldn't get the thought of the party out of her mind, all the stress was causing her to be so sick that it needed to end– she needed to find out what happened.

She decided that she needed to ask someone who would tell her the truth, someone who didn't really care if they were making her feel bad about the actual details. Only one person came to mind, Sasuke.

She took out her cell-phone, and let her pent up breath escape her, releasing all her breath in one giant stream of air. She had to calm down – maybe nothing really happened right? Maybe I just danced with him. I guess the only way I'll find out is to call… She quickly dialed his number before she could change her mind.

"Hello" Sasuke answered is a tired voice.

I hope I didn't wake him! She glanced at her clock and realization hit her that it was almost midnight. Oh no, I can't do this; he is going to think I am so stupid… B-but I really have to know what happened…

"Hello?" Sasuke wondered if someone was just prank calling him he was about to hang up when someone spoke, "H-hello?" a gentle voice, a scared voice…for some strange reason he wanted to comfort them, make their worries go away. He almost dropped the phone in shock – what was he thinking?

"Sasuke? Um, this is Sakura," he heard the voice say.

"Oh, um hello…" he replied sounding surprised and a bit flustered "Are you okay?"

Sakura thought he sounded concerned, this surprised her and she wondered if she sounded so troubled that even Sasuke would be concerned for her. "Uh… I did call for a reason," she hesitated. She thought again of hanging up, this conversation had the potential of being very embarrassing. She decided that she had to know and couldn't hang up. Instead of blurting it all out she decided a different approach. "You know my party I had the other night?"

"Oh yeah, why?" Sasuke cursed himself for thinking she was calling to ask for help or something, she was obviously calling to asked if he knew the name of some boy she saw…he wondered what this feeling was – something gnawing at his heart, something that made him want to pound the person Sakura liked. He paused – what was going on with him?

Ok, I have to ask him if something happened, I can't beat around the bush the whole time.

"Was I acting unusual?" dammit, beating around the bush again, I just don't want to say it.

"Sakura, what are you talking about, this is pointless tell me what you want or I'll hang up." He stated. Augh what's wrong with me? Sasuke screamed at himself. Why do I feel bad for saying those things to her…I never felt bad before…before what?

Ok, here goes. "Was I doing anything with Lee? I think I may have been a bit intoxicated and I can't remember most of the party." She let out a breath of relief. At least I told someone who I can trust would tell me what happened.

"Oh, that. I thought that was a little bit odd for you. I remember how much you hated him when you were younger. I guess I just figured that you had over come your hate of him or you were just being nice. Even I know how much he liked you." It felt like something huge had just come off his shoulders, for some reason he felt…relieved that Sakura didn't like Lee.

"Yeah I don't exactly hate him as much anymore, I have grown up a bit, but by no standards do I like him. Especially after the drink he gave me – or what he put in my drink…" Dammit! How could I have done something that stupid!

"Well it didn't seem so at your party, you two couldn't get away from each other. You could have fooled anyone that you liked him. Fooled me." Sasuke told her.

"Oh well thank you, I have to go now." Oh shit.

"Wait – did you say he out something in your drink?"

"Um…yes, I-I think that's why I was acting a bit off at the party…" She responded back shyly.

Sasuke's eyes widened – he felt anger pulse through his veins right now he felt like ripping off Lee's arm and then feeding him to the sharks. "Alright – bye." He then cursed himself for saying goodbye so gruffly to Sakura – it sounded like he didn't care about her being influenced by Lee. But…why do I care? He questioned himself.

She looked forlorn at the now beeping receiver. Who was she kidding thinking Sasuke cared about her – she knew from the beginning he didn't – that was why she picked him to call after all.

She let her hair fall into her eyes fluttering softly and delicately into her lap – she had grown her hair out after the exams – she didn't know why it was just…comforting, of course she wasn't doing it to impress Sasuke – she knew he didn't like her like that, and after the phone call…she didn't even know if he liked her at all. He'll never see me the way I see him. She bit her bottom lip, and cried softly to herself, she knew she looked pathetic crying over a boy that didn't even like her in the first place.

She glanced up at her mirror. On the mirror was a taped picture of her, Naruto, and Sasuke and grinning sheepishly at the camera. She looked from herself then with her short hair and cheeks plump with baby fat still. She looked so different now, that's when she realized looking at the picture that Naruto and Sasuke hadn't seen her since the ninja academy…she hadn't had a chance to say hi since Lee had put something in her drink…

She looked back into the mirror – her hair, not only was it grown but it had turned lighter over the years giving the pink a blondish tan that made her hair shine golden pink in the sun. Her face had filled out and she didn't look as chubby as before and her cheekbones were defined – her lip still wobbled slightly from her crying and had a bite mark in the middle – something she did out of habit when she was nervous or upset. Her eyes were red from crying but this apparently only brought out the green in them more she stared intensely at her reflection and noticed bits of coloring inside the bright emerald. She broke her gaze staring back at the picture – she looked so happy.

Back then she would've given her arm to look like she did now…but now, she wished that she could have someone to depend on. Sure she knew lots of people – there were over a hundred at the party…but there was nobody here – nobody to comfort her she realized then that she was alone. She held her knees close and slid to the hard wood floor. She made a small thumping sound as she hit the floor and it made an eerie echo in the silent house. She heard the wind blowing outside threatening for a storm.

It was then that she realized how small she was, how…vulnerable. Her body shook with silent sobs that erupted from her – hurting her chest, she curled into a ball, and lay there – crying.

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