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"talking"

'thinking'

Sasuke's POV

Thinking back to those last few months before Sakura's graduation I can't believe how immature I was acting. I could have really lost both her and my son, and I thank whoever is looking out for me that Haruno-sama was able to get it through my head what really happened.

I'm sitting in my office now staring at the many pictures that seem to have taken over the wooden surface of my desk, and that wasn't even half of them... about a dozen more were on the shelves of two book cases on the right wall of the large room; there were also a few scrap books that Sakura put together but thankfully I convinced her to take those home. The ones left on my desk were the most important ones, most of them were of Sakura and Ichiro... and few of my friends, dobe insisted that I have a few of him... I don't know why and please don't ask.

At the moment I didn't really have any work to do so I found myself thinking over the last two years. Wow... I can't believe it's been that long since that night Sakura took me back; and a lot has happened since that day. One of the most shocking things being about my brother, Itachi had just basically started his life again while I was living with him; I had to agree with Sakura with the fact that he had feelings for Arina. When I moved out he finally admitted to her that he cared for her and they began openly dating. Though I didn't know Arina other than she was my brother's secretary, if she could handle him in the office than she wouldn't have a problem outside of it; and as an added bonus because my brother wanted to show how much of a gentle man he could be... it would normally turn out bad and Itachi would wound up embarrassing himself which was fun for me.

A few nights a week they would double date with Sakura and me just to ease tension, Sakura and Arina had become friends and did a lot of shopping over that summer. Sakura liked the older girl and was happy that my brother had finally found someone. The two were perfect for each other so I wasn't surprised when that following year Itachi asked her to marry him, she agreed and Sakura and she quickly began making arrangements for the ceremony. I personally had never seen Itachi so happy; he was a completely different man than a year before... I was glad he was getting a second chance too. The wedding itself was outrageous but not by our neither doing nor will; it was the media, Itachi is always in the spot light and this would be no different.

Luckily Arina never seemed to mind while being his secretary so having her whole life splashed in the papers didn't bother her. Apparently she was a saint while in school because those scavengers couldn't find one thing to tarnish her name; of course once they figured that out they turned back to Itachi... it never dawned on me exactly how much he did when I was younger. But Arina forgave him for all the skeletons in his closet, he is real lucky, the marriage went through and surprisingly Arina announced over dinner a few months after that she was pregnant. 'I didn't know you had it in you Itachi.' They don't know at the time what the baby was yet but they seemed happy anyway and I am for them too.

Looking back to the pictures on my desk a group shot of last summer comes to the front above the rest. It was the first time we took Ichiro to the beach and like his mother he loves it; and I certainly enjoyed Naruto making a fool out of himself. He planned on proposing to the Hyuga girl by the water... kneeling in the sand and freak six foot waves are quite hilarious; and then of course once he was able to right himself Neji was there to knock him back down. Somehow he managed to propose and she said yes... they just got married this past spring.

And speaking of the Hyuga boy, he and his bun wearing fiancée, who were engaged for probably as long as Sakura and I dated, did manage to marry the August after Sakura's graduation, with that part of his life stable his uncle felt he was now able to step down from their family's company and pass it on to him. His life became much like Itachi's was when he took over; however, he didn't live this life long when... what is that girl's name, Sakura is always better at names than I am. Ah Tenten! That's it, yeah anyway she told him she was pregnant and come to find out she was having twins... twins, two kids! The damn bastard was always trying to one up me, I get a girlfriend he proposes to his, I have a child... he has two. Sakura doesn't see the competition between us, oh no, she's just been excited that our son will have others close to his age.

Anyway Tenten had the twin girls, take that Hyuga, two months after Ichiro's first birthday... although Sakura brought it to my attention that with two girls there may be a slight chance possibly that my son may wish to date one of them when he's older... over my dead body.

But the Hyuga's bouncing baby girls wasn't the most shocking thing to happen in the last two years, no what was I still can't believe happened. About a month after Sakura finished school and we got back together she actually forgave that bastard Sai for what he did to us. I can't believe that she did it, I for one would never allow him anywhere near either of us. But there's always been something about Sakura, how she can forgive people so easily, one of the many reasons why I was attracted to her.

Somehow she managed to talk me into having a meeting with him, he's lucky I didn't punch him out of his chair the minute I laid eyes on him. He had that stupid smile plastered on his face again like he wasn't affected at all by Sakura turning him down; I don't remember what happened much during their talk because Sakura had put me in change of Ichiro for the time. Our son at the time was about five months and a lot more lively and of course needed to be entertained constantly. Somehow out of all this Sakura told him one last time that she would never leave me and our family for him; he finally seemed to understand her reasoning and apologized for his actions.

As I sit here now I still can't believe what happened after that meeting, Sakura and Sai became friends again but there were no surprise gatherings like before so I wasn't as worried this time... I was slightly shocked at dinner one night when she asked me if there were any single women that work for the company looking to go on a blind date. I was wondering if this was some sort of test for me, but when I saw how serious she was I reminded her that I would not know that information nor would I care too. I then questioned as to why she wanted to know this and she replied quickly that she was looking for a girlfriend for Sai... I stayed out of it after that. I had no intentions of becoming friends with the weird guy, I could only handle one idiot at a time and Naruto filled that spot; and as long as he stayed away from Sakura and wasn't trying to take her again I didn't care what they did.

The part of the story that still shocks me is who accompanied him the Hyuga's wedding in the late summer. Why Ino was strung on his arm like a prized show dog I still can't understand. Sakura must have read my confusion and went to explain that she and Ino had been at the mall one day and bumped into Sai there; at first the blond was furious at him for what he had done to her best friend and me. But after sitting down in the food court and explaining everything Ino then understood and was less hateful towards him. Who knew that one interaction would lead Sai to asking Ino out on a proper date; now I don't know how far their 'relationship' has gone nor do I want to know, but they haven't broken up yet... even after he brought her to the compound where he lived as a child. Again I don't want to know and Sakura said their happy and as long as Sai's not interested in Sakura anymore that's all I care about.

Now that I've gotten everyone else's lives out of the way for the last twenty-four months... I can now talk about my own. Like Sakura and I talked about in the spring, during the summer I slowly was interlaced into the company my family started; it was a lot easier this time around with being co-owner instead of a summer intern. I've been here for the last two years, and surprisingly I haven't turned into a workaholic like my brother once was; since he now has a wife to go home to Itachi never stays past five anymore... we kind of keep an eye on each other now, and with both brothers now working we've increased profit by fifty percent.

But work isn't my life focus, after Sakura took me back at the graduation party it became my goal to make her happy. I don't know if she realized it but I slipped her engagement ring back on her finger that night we were talking too... she never said anything if she did. After her mother told me everything and I returned to the apartment I found her ring on the kitchen counter, it unsettled me to see it there. It was only natural to return it to her once we were back together.

The day after the party we were at the Haruno's home and Sakura and I had to talk about some things. I think Sakura was extremely shocked when I asked if we could move the wedding up from next year to late fall of this one. Haruno-sama was excited and started planning once again for the ceremony; Sakura was slightly worried about rushing things when we weren't ready, but I had everything under control.

Since Sakura had taken her and Ichiro's thingsfrom the apartment it only left half of mine there since the remaining of it was at Itachi's; I moved the rest out and sold the apartment having no intention of living there anymore. She and I could go look for a home sometime that week we could start our family in once again. Ironically enough a condo opened up in the same building my brother lived in, it was perfect for us, and Sakura and Arina wouldn't be far away so they could hang out... and it came in handy when my sister-in-law became pregnant, since my brother had no clue how to handle it.

And like I had asked, Haruno-sama was able to prepare our wedding by late November, I didn't want anyone to think I would change my mind again about being with Sakura ever... and finally on the twenty-ninth of November she became Uchiha Sakura like she should have been months before. Not only was I pleased that the woman I loved was finally my wife but I'm certain Haruno-san could rest easier now that his daughter and grandson would be cared for... this one moment would hopefully make up for the bomb she dropped on him during the summer.

I could see back when I decided to drop out of college to care for my family properly that Sakura was questioning her own future; so I wasn't very shocked when she told her parents over dinner one night that she didn't wish to attend school anymore and instead wished to care for our child full time. Either way didn't matter to me, I would have paid for her classes if she wished to continue her schooling; I also made enough money in one day to allow her to be a stay at home mother as well... whatever made her and our son happy. Her father was furious at her decision but he could no longer control her life as he use to, at least his wife would not have it.

However Sakura's plan to remain home didn't last long since she became bored very easily; luck was on our side once again when I started full time in the office, apparently like Itachi, I needed a secretary/assistant and who could fill that position better than my wife. She wasn't that busy often and could bring Ichiro there to care for him also allowing me to be with my son. This has been the routine for nearly two years, Ichiro just turned two this past February and Sakura decided to enroll him in a nearby preschool for the mornings... he was getting so big and already could walk and talk slightly, I was really proud of him.

"Sasuke... are you busy?" I was pulled from my thoughts when Sakura peeked into my office.

"No, what do you need?" I sat up in my chair giving her my full attention.

Sakura smiled as she opened the door, my son raced into the room and around my desk to jump in my lap, "Daddy!"

"Hey Ichiro... how was school?" I hadn't realized I spent practically all morning reliving the past.

"Good daddy."

"I'm going to take him out to lunch and thought maybe you'd join us if you weren't busy. I need to go home after to check on Arina... the little one has been given her some trouble," Sakura leaned against the front of my desk her eyes sparkled as she watched our son in my arms.

"Well what do you expect, it is my brother's child after all... and he's no walk in the park." I watched as my son picked up a pen that was sitting on the table and began to draw on a pad of paper that was laying there.

"Sasuke don't say that in front of Ichi! You know he's been copying everything we say... I don't want your brother to hear that! And it's not Arina's fault that this pregnancy was hard on her... she's due any day now and you should be supportive. I for one am grateful that I didn't have this much trouble with either Ichi... or this one." Sakura smiled again while gently rubbing her extended belly... yup she was pregnant again, about five months and this time like my brother's wife... she was having a girl.

"Hn... yes we have been lucky, do you wish to leave now for lunch?" I picked Ichiro up from my lap already know her answer, these past couple of months her appetite has grown since the baby has started to show and she's been eating non-stop... not that I'm complaining.

"Yay lunch daddy!"

"Well I think Ichi has spoken for everyone... let's go."

I simply nodded my head and followed her out of the office, Ichiro wished to walk so I placed him on the floor and he raced away from me back to Sakura's side, every since he found out he was going to be a big brother he has become very attached to her; both curious and amazed about what was to come in a few months. I took one more look around the room, reliving the memories one more time before quickly following my family out, to think all this happened by accident nearly three years ago... and now that I look back on it now, I wouldn't have changed a thing to get where I am today.

Note: Okay I was way behind with this last chapter for this story... I kind of didn't know how I wanted to get either thing in, but I finally finished. It's okay and I hope you get what is going on with everything Sasuke talked about. Thanks for staying with this story for so long, but it's time to wrap it up and get to my other ones again... I've left some of them hanging while trying to finish this one.

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