Chapter 2
I watched through the window at the white snowflakes gently flying down from high in the sky. It must take a million years to cover the entire world. And a million years to get over Sasuke-kun.
I took off my forehead protector and set it on my dresser next to the picture of my team. Then I thought about how stupid I was, fighting over Sasuke-kun with Ino. She and I are friends now.
I thought about how stupid I was, thinking that Sasuke-kun liked me. He never did. And he never would now.
I thought about how stupid I was, being mean to Naruto and focusing all on Sasuke-kun. Naruto is my friend. Now I realize how Naruto and Sasuke-kun felt about each other. And me.
I thought about how stupid I was, trying to be the best academy student in my class to impress Sasuke-kun. There are so many more ninjas better than me, like Lee-san and Hinata and Naruto. I'm such an idiot.
I'll never be able to see Sasuke-kun again. I'm so weak, because I can't let him out of my life. But at least I still have friends and people I can depend on.
I heard a knock on my window. I looked to see who it was. Naruto and Kakashi-sensei were standing outside.
"You ready, Sakura?" Kakashi-sensei asked me. I nodded and told them to meet me by my front door.
"Yo, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said happily outside.
"Hi Naruto, hi Kakashi-sensei!" I said.
"We still have to go get Ino and Shikamaru," Kakashi-sensei told me. "I bet I know where they are."
"Where?" Naruto and I asked.
"With Asuma and Chouji, eating at a food place."
Naruto and I laughed. We followed Kakashi-sensei down the street where Ichiraku Ramen was. Naruto begged and wined to go and have some ramen, but Kakashi-sensei told him that we had to go get Ino and Shikamaru first. Then we saw them through a window.
I knocked on the window. "Shikamaru! Ino!" They looked at me, then said a few words to Asuma-sensei and left. We met them outside.
"Where are we going?" Ino asked.
"Naruto wants to go to Ichiraku Ramen," Kakashi-sensei told everyone They all walked down the snow-filled street. Kakashi-sensei popped up next to me.
"Sakura," he said. "Christmas is coming up in a few days. Would you mind if we could use your house to host the Christmas party?"
I smiled. "Christmas party? Sure!"
"Good. I'm inviting all the genins, so have your house prepared for Christmas Eve night." I nodded. Soon, we arrived at Ichiraku Ramen. Naruto grinned and ran in.
"Welcome!" the man at the counter said. "Ah! It's Naruto! And who have you brought with you?"
"My girlfriend Sakura and Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said.
"You forgot about us!" Ino said hotly. "I'm Ino and this is Shikamaru." Shikamaru looked s if he was going to fall asleep.
I frowned when Naruto called me his girlfriend. And once again, I thought of Sasuke-kun. I wondered how much more happy I would be if he was still around.
We ordered our bowls and ate quietly. Naruto ate to his fullest but protested that he could've eaten more bowls of ramen if we didn't decide to leave. We went to look at the Ninja gift shop. I saw many of the same things I saw yesterday, but Ino and Naruto were the only ones who ended up buying something.
Hours later we left for home. I went to my room and sat down and cried. Only a miracle would bring back Sasuke-kun. I knew Lee and Naruto like me. Why didn't they go after me when Sasuke-kun left? Lee knew I liked Sasuke. And Naruto knew that too. And then I realized how nice everyone was being to me. If only a miracle would happen.
