Chapter 29 - chapter 28

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TenTen sat up with her eyes glowing fiercely, her mind decided. She would tell her friends tomorrow that she wasn’t trying out. They’d be sure to understand.

The Next Day

“What do you mean you’re not trying out for cheerleading!?” Sakura exclaimed from her seat on TenTen’s bed. TenTen’s mother was out buying things that she would need for her Women’s Club meeting, so TenTen had decided to have her friends over to tell them about her idea. It wasn’t going over too well.

“I’m just sick of my mom deciding things for me. You know how she buts into everything that I do. Between my father and her, I can barely breathe!” TenTen exclaimed.

“You know, TenTen, if you just included your mother in your life in the first place, then this wouldn’t be a problem. She’s only trying to but into your life because you try so hard to keep her out.” Hinata said.

“Hinata’s right, you know. If you just let your mom be in your life a little more, she wouldn’t be so pushy with you.” Ino said as she popped an M&M into her mouth.

“But you guys don’t get it! No matter what she’s always deciding what I’m going to do for me! I never get a chance to make decisions for myself! I’m surprised she lets me pack my own lunch, I mean, what if I packed something really unhealthy.” TenTen said sarcastically.

“Well, then do that instead of not try out for cheerleading.” Ino said.

“Do what?” TenTen asked.

“Pack unhealthy lunches and other stuff that’ll get on your mom’s nerves. Don’t give up something you know that you want to do because it will irritate your mother.” Ino said, eating some more candy.

“That’s brilliant, Ino!” Sakura exclaimed. “You should listen to Ino, for once!”

“What do you mean for once!?” Ino exclaimed, “She should listen to me all the time!” Ino and Sakura started arguing again, so TenTen and Hinata continued the conversation.

“You know, TenTen, Ino is right. You shouldn’t not do cheerleading just because your mom wants you to do it. If you want to get back at your mother in a way, do little things that will grate on her nerves more gradually.” Hinata said.

“I guess, I just really wanted to show her that I’m the one making decisions in my life. Not her.” TenTen said.

“Yes, and you can do that, just not as drastically, and not at a cost that you don’t want to pay.” Hinata said.

“Yea, you’re right. I should get back at her with stuff that doesn’t bother me. Can anyone say chocolate chips for lunch?” TenTen said.

“You and Ino are both going to get cavities.” Hinata said with a sigh. TenTen just laughed. She turned around to see Ino and Sakura with their fists in each others hair, this time she sighed, ‘At least my friends are always here for me, even when they’re fighting.’

Later that Day, At Sasuke’s House

Sakura stepped out of her car, looking in awe at Sasuke’s house. I mean, sure she lived in a mansion, and so did her friend’s, and Hinata’s house was even bigger than hers and Ino’s combined, but Sasuke’s was as big as all of the girl’s houses combined. Sakura shook her head as she grabbed the bag with the supplies they would need in it. She then walked to Sasuke’s front door and rang the door bell.

The door was opened by a middle aged women who looked like Sasuke. “Hello, you must be Sakura. Sasuke’s been waiting for you to arrive. He’s in the family room. You can follow me there.” She said cheerfully. Mrs. Uchiha led Sakura down a few hallways and stopped in front of some large doors, she pushed one open and motioned for Sakura to follow her inside. “Sasuke, your friend is here to work on your project.”

Sasuke looked up from the t.v. “Thank you mother.”

“I’ll just leave now so that you two can work on your project, ok?” Mrs. Uchiha said as she exited the room, shutting the door as she left.

Sakura walked over to Sasuke and sat down on the couch, setting her bag on the floor next to her. “So, what do you want to start with?” She asked.

Sasuke clicked off the t.v. as he responded, “Let’s put the data into charts. My laptops right here.” He motioned to the laptop on the coffee table in front of them.

“Ok, I have the notebook and stuff right here.” Sakura said as she pulled out the notebook she had recorded everything in. “Do you want me to type it in?”

“Sure.” Sasuke said. “What else do we need to do?”

“Not much.” Sakura replied as she typed. “Do you know if we have to give a presentation?”

“I don’t think that we do.” Sasuke replied.

“Then after this we should be almost finished.” Sakura said as she continued typing. “We just need to make sure that we have everything, make the backboard, and decide who’s going to bring what.”

“Ok, did you bring a backboard?” Sasuke asked.

“Um, actually, I forgot.” Sakura said as she laughed nervously.

“Don’t worry, we can get one later.” Sasuke said. “Actually, my mom might have one somewhere around here. She keeps a closet full of project and school supplies. I’ll go check while you finish typing that up.” Sasuke got up and exited the room, going to the closet where his mom kept supplies. Sakura kept typing, but finished shortly after he left.

As she was saving the file, she saw an interesting looking document saved on the computer, right below the project. He had obviously been typing it when she came. It was titled simply ‘Thoughts.’

‘Should I open this document? Thoughts, it must be what he thinks about some stuff, I bet if I read it we’d have something more to talk about.’

“Open it! Open it! What are you waiting for?!” Inner-Sakura’s voice rang out inside of Sakura’s head. Sakura listened to the voice and opened it. She read the titles above the paragraphs, scrolling down as she went. She stopped at one title with a rather long paragraph under it. A title that made her mouth grow dry. It was titled ‘Sakura.’ She started reading.

Sakura

She’s an interesting girl. Bright pink hair, very unusual. Her personality definitely ranges, her temper included. We’re assigned to do a science project together, although we met the day before when I ran into her at the mall. She demanded an apology, and I refused to give one. I don’t know why, I probably would have apologized to anyone else, but she was…different. I don’t know how, but she was. Our project is going well, we went to her house to work on it. We got most of it done. I don’t know why, but she seems different, in a different way than I thought before. She doesn’t chase after me like every other girl. She has her own opinions, but she’s

It stopped there; he had obviously been interrupted, probably by her arrival. Just then she heard the door, she quickly X-ed out of the document, wondering what else he had been planning to type about her. He had been praising her, but she knew that could change in a moment.

“I found this one in the closet, we can use it to put the board together.” Sasuke said, laying the Backboard out on the ground.

“Ok, great!” Sakura said as cheerfully as she could. ‘What else was he going to say about me? But what? I really want to know, what was he going to say?’
A/N: Ok, well, this will be the end of them working on their project, next chapter should be the end of the project, where they turn them in ect. Reviews are much appreciated!

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