Katie's sitting on the old front porch
Watching the chickens peck the ground
There ain't a whole lot going on tonight
In this one-horse town.
Gaara watched through the window over the sink in his kitchen where he was washing dishes for dinner. Kankuro was sitting at the table behind him. Temari was waiting out front, looking at random chickens scratch the dirt, this dusty Suna night.
Over yonder coming up the road
In a beat up chevy truck
Her boyfriend Tommy is laying on the horn
Splashing through the mud and the muck.
The blond female brightened as an old, beat-up chevy came around the corner, dirt caked onto its tires. It stopped outside the house and boy driving named Shikamaru honked to get her attention and waved at her to get in. She happily obliged.
Her daddy said 'He ain't worth a lick
Kankuro frowned when he heard the honk through the open window. "Why does she waste her time with him?
When it comes to brains he's got the short end of the stick.'
Gaara watched the pair drive away before responding. "Temari's young.
And man she just don't care.
She'd follow Shika anywhere." Kankuro huffed out of the room. Gaara sighed. "She's in love with the boy."
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
Even if they have to run away
She's gonna marry that boy someday.
Gaara noticed they didn't have enough vegetables for the dish he had in mind so he yelled at Kankuro that he was going out shopping. He was almost there when he passed the drive-in.
Katie and Tommy at the drive-in movie
Parked in the very back row
They're to busy holding on to one another
To even care about the show.
Gaara could see the silhouette of Shikamaru and Temari kissing against the light from the screen. They weren't even watching.
Later on outside the Tasty Treats
Tommy slipped something on her hand.
Gaara hid around a corner, a bag of groceries in his arms as he watched Shikamaru put something shiny and silver on Temari's finger. It was the ring he got from Konoha Academy for Boys.
He said "My high school ring will have to do,
'till I can find a wedding band."
Gaara didn't hear Temari's exact answer, but the wide grin and tackle that knocked poor Shika over was hint enough. Kankuro was furious when Gaara told him what had happened.
Her daddy said he ain't worth a lick
When it came to brains, he got the short end of the stick
But Katie's young and man she just don't care.
She'd follow Tommy anywhere!
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
And even if they have to run away
She's gonna marry that boy some day.
Her daddy's waiting up til have past twelve
When they come creeping up the walk.
He says 'Young lady, get on up to your room,
While me and Junior have a talk.'
Kankuro was sitting in the family room, a scowl on his face. His eyes flickered between the clock, which said it was between midnight and one in the morning, and the front door his sister had yet to enter. He heard slight whispering out on the front porch and decided to open the door himself. Temari and Shikamaru were startled out of their wits.
"Kankuro, what are you still doing up?"
"Waiting for you. Can I see the kid in the kitchen please. Temari, you might want to go upstairs. Gaara has Naruto over he probably wants to say hi."
Mama breaks in, says 'Don't lose your temper!
It wasn't very long ago,
When you yourself was just hay-seed plow boy,
Who didn't have a row to hoe.'
Temari stubbornly followed the boys into the kitchen, where none other than Inuzuka Kiba, Kankuro's 'girlfriend' was sitting. The eldest brunette looked bewildered.
"How did you get in here?" Kiba grinned and pointed at the ceiling.
"Naruto called me over." The two were close friends. But now Kankuro knew that Gaara also had a hand in this. Damn. "Now I understand you're interfering with your sister and Shika."
"I got my reasons." Kiba leaned forward on the table.
"If you recall, my mama said the exact same thing."
'My daddy said you wasn't worth a lick,
When it came to brains you got the short end of the stick.
But he was wrong and honey, you are too.
Katie looks at Tommy like I still look at you.'
Flashback
Inuzuka Teuchi was glaring down at her son. "Absolutely not! I forbid you to go running off with that boy." Kiba's elder sister Hana quoted that he was dumb as a post anyway.
"He is not! He's a good person and you can't see that because you want me to stay your little boy forever! Well I'm sorry Mama, but that just ain't gonna happen." Kiba's eyes softened. "So why don't you let me go with someone I'll be happy with?" With a couple more arguements like this, Kiba finally won the war with his mother.
End Flashback
"What does that have to do with this?"
"She was wrong. So are you. Temari looks at Shika like I still look at you. She's in love with the boy."
"She's in love with the boy." Kankuro turned to see Naruto firmly backing his friend up.
"She's in love with the boy." Now Gaara was their side. Kankuro looked at Shikamaru, who up until now hadn't said a word. But now he took Temari's hand and said:
"What's meant to be will always find a way." Temari wrapped her arms around the boy.
"I'm gonna marry this boy someday." Kiba smiled and looked at Kankuro, asking him if was ready to admit defeat. The elder brunette sighed.
"I don't think I ever stood a chance to begin with. After all,
She's in love with the boy."