This part is dedicated to IWuvAnime for convincing me to make this story a two-shot. The first scene I typed on the 23rd, hence why I brought up Temari (it's her birthday!). I just finished today, I have to get ready for my first day as a junior tomorrow. Please enjoy!

Senior year is about to start in two weeks. Not sure how I feel about that yet. This summer so far has been…eventful. You can probably guess why.

Being around Naruto for the past two months has been nothing less than fantastic. My father's getting used to him and is starting to like him. Not as much as I would like, but it's a start. We babysat my niece, went to hang with our friends, on a rare occasion were we ever alone outside the manor. It's kind of a funny story why, actually.

You see, about a week and a half after he came over my house, rumors spread that he was cheating on Sakura, which obviously wasn't true. But the thing is, it wasn't about me; it was about other girls he went to parties with before the summer, girls that don't even go here. He's been kind of distraught over it, I don't blame him, but it got worse one night a few weeks ago.

My mother decides to take the entire family plus Naruto out to dinner one night. I didn't want to look all dressed up, but my mother forced me to since it was a very formal and fancy spot. Naruto managed to fit in my father's old suit, which, by the way, made him 1,000% more hot. Long story short, we're at the restaurant, he gets a call from our friend Shikamaru, saying that he was at a party with Sakura, and she was all over this guy who looked a lot like Sasuke. Under a good light, his theory was proven as he saw them make out on the side of the building.

The night was ruined for him, and I felt terrible. I was tempted to ask my parents if he could spend the night, but he said he'll walk home from the restaurant. I almost cried when we pulled away and he slowly walked the other direction. I never wanted to hug him more before that night.

Whether they patched things up, I don't know, nor do I care, because what happened a week later really shocked me.

I had a pool party on one of the hottest days of the entire summer, and I only invited the people I like because I'm not the biggest social butterfly out there to invite people I barely knew. So they can stay in their rooms, I don't care.

Since my parents weren't home and the servants left, what better way to celebrate freedom than a nice, innocent game of spin the bottle. I swear, it wasn't my idea. Someone (Kiba) managed to sneak alcohol in and a certain idiot (Ino) brought up the idea. Such friends.

To make this story a little funnier, Kiba ended up kissing Shikamaru (multiple times, which was hilarious), Ino kissed Akamaru, Sakura kissed Lee (of course, Lee being as red as Elmo), and Kiba kissed Sakura. According to him, she sucked.

With poor dog boy being abused by the bottle, he let me spin while he washed his mouth out. I don't care for the game as much, with there being a 25% chance of me kissing a girl and a 10% chance of me kissing a dog, you can tell I was pretty much down for watching a movie right now. Carelessly spinning the bottle, I didn't see who it landed on since, again, I didn't care. Wow. I'm saying that a lot. Looking up, I saw it landed on-

Wait, hold the hell on. Let me just say this; before I go on, I'd just like to clarify that you need to be careful on what you wish for, because there's a rough chance you'll get it. This, however, was not apart of that chance.

The bottle landed on Sasuke. The Sasuke that ruined Naruto and Sakura's relationship. The Sasuke that literally every girl besides my awkward turtle-ness likes. The Sasuke that's best friends with Naruto, my all time crush. I hate spin the bottle.

I could tell from my far left that Sakura was tense. Why, who knows. Her "boyfriend" was right next to Sasuke. Then she had the nerve to tell me, "You don't have to do it if you don't want to."

Excuse my French, but shut the fuck up, please. I love her, dearly. She's my best friend. But she cheated on her boyfriend with Sir Chicken Head over here. He really needs to fix that, it's not attractive at all. Thank God his phone rang and left the room. It's about time the game got awkward. I don't know why it wasn't once Ino kissed Akamaru with tongue. Gross.

I got up and walked outside for a while before someone followed me. I turned around and saw Naruto standing there in his beautiful glory. "Are you alright?" He asked me. I nodded. "Good. This is a cool party…thing, I guess." He chuckled his beautiful chuckle. Oh God I'm obsessing again.

"Yeah, thanks." I smiled back. We stood there for like, how long, five minutes? I looked up at him and saw he was staring at me. Not creepily like Jiraya does when he goes in the hot springs. It was like he wanted something from me, but what? "Are you alright is the question."

"I'm fine." He said, walking slowly toward me. "Can I tell you something?"

"Sure, wh-" I almost pissed on myself because once I gave him my full attention, he kissed me. Like, I don't think any of you understand how I felt at that moment. I was too busy daydreaming about our wedding and our children to realize he was about to pull away. No! This is the moment I've been waiting for since we met! I grabbed his collar and deepened the kiss. AHHH! GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS.

You can tell I was pissed when we ended. I looked at him and his face was red. Kind of like mine when I'm around him. "Uh," He laughed out. "that was…unexpected."

"Yeah," My blush deepened. "very out of character for you."

He shrugged. "That's what I do best."

Back to today, we're sitting on the pool deck while Hanabi and my niece are in the baby pool…in the big pool. Don't ask why, we thought it was funny, and we just finished watching Spongebob. I thought it would be awkward between us, but no, we're still the same; him being hot and me being friend-zoned like a boss.

Our beautiful silence was broken as Naruto's phone rang. "Yep?" He answered. He was silent for a few seconds. I looked at him and he looked pissed all of a sudden. Great. "What are you talking about?…I never…Who said that…That never happened…Hinata, can I use your laptop?"

I want you to use more than just my laptop. I handed him my life in a machine and sighed under the brutal sun. I swear, Mother Nature hates us. I glanced at my laptop to see that he was on our friend's Temari's page. 'Obviously he's talking to Sakura, then.' "Is everything alright?" He just shook his head. "What happened?"

"Apparently I'm being accused of flirting with Temari since I said happy birthday to her. Like, I'm sorry, she's a really nice chick, but she's not my type."

'Since when did he have a type?!' "Well maybe she's saying that because of what happened at her party last weekend." I'm not gonna go too deep into it, but some guys got out of hand and decided to hook up with a lot of girls, one of the guys not being Naruto. I should know, he drove me there and I pretty much stalked him the whole night. You're welcome, Sakura! "It was pretty crazy."

"And I told her numerous times that I didn't do anything." At a time like this, it makes me wonder if she knows that we kissed. I do feel like a bad friend for kissing him to begin with, but they were "broken up", and after the party I saw her making out with Sasuke near my pool. Possibly where we're sitting. "I just wish she trusted me more."

"Aren't you on the phone with her still?" He shook his head. "Are you two even together?"

"I don't know anymore. I'm supposed to see her after I leave here." Poopy. I don't want him to leave! "But I don't want to see her." Score!

"You have to work out your troubles somehow. Facebook isn't the way." Aw, look at me, giving relationship advice to my crush who I don't want to be with my best friend. May I remind myself that I'm single?! "Do you want to be with her?"

He was quiet for a moment then leaned back into the chair. "To be honest, no. She's everything that I hoped wasn't going to happen. Like, when we were friends, she was always hitting me and shit, but she was nice about it. Now, she punches me still, lies to me, now cheats on me. There's no point in staying with her anymore."

Church bells started ringing in my ears. "Are you gonna tell her that?" He shook his head. "Why not?"

"Because she's a girl."

"Sexist much?" I laughed.

He smiled his Godly smile. "You know what I mean. If I tell her I want to break up, she'll be all 'Oh, alright. We can still be friends.', then turn around and tell all her girl friends to never talk to me, look in my direction, and she'll ignore me until my funeral."

"She won't do that. I'm good friends with her, she'll ignore you, yes, but she won't convince all her friends to ignore you. At least I won't." I don't know, but with my ears, that sounded like an incomplete confession.

"Thanks, Hinata. You're amazing. Any guy would be lucky to have you." 'But I don't want any guy, I want you!' "I guess I should tell her soon."

"You have two weeks before we're seniors. Don't mess it up."

"Let's not jinx anything."

It's September 3rd, or Labor Day, or as some would like the call it, the eve before the most wonderful time of the year for adults. Summer's over (mentally, not physically, of course), everyone's getting ready for school tomorrow, and those who work on the regular take their day of rest, in which we honor and thank them for their duties.

Meaning, my father is finally taking a break, my mother is at the spa with her friends, the servants are off for the day, and I'm on Facebook. It's senior year, what is there to prepare for?

Finally I have air conditioning and I'm not babysitting. But I'm still relatively bored. And it's not like I can call Naruto over; he's busy with his friends. Ugh. So much for stalking him physically.

Scrolling down my News Feed, it's the same boringness, only this time, everyone's saying how they're ready for school, they're gonna make this the best year yet, even some who said they're gonna get in trouble because of Senioritis (1). But not me. I'm naturally lazy.

Literally right before I was tempted to close my laptop and go to sleep, the page refreshed and I saw that it was my dreamboat lover boy- I mean, Naruto. I thought it was something lame yet strangely cute he posted, but I couldn't take any chances. I looked and I almost fell off my bed.

Naruto Uzumaki went from "in a relationship" to "single".

Sasuke Uchiha, Kiba Inuzuka, and 5 others like this.

'Of course, Sasuke would be the first one to like it.' I rolled my eyes as I, more or less, flew off my bed and grabbed my phone from the dresser. I clicked on my contacts and began calling Sakura. It'd be too weird if I called Naruto first.

"Hello?"

"Is everything alright?"

"Oh, Hinata, hi! How are you?"

"Sakura, stop dodging the question."

"I'm not dodging anything. We broke up. I'm fine." She did sound fine, but this is Sakura we're talking about.

"Well, what happened?"

I heard her sigh through the phone. Obviously she'll be popular today with all the texts and phone calls "He called me yesterday asking if I can meet him halfway. I wasn't really paying attention, so I did. We met up near the freaky forest, and we just talked about out relationship- well, what was left of it, and why I did what I did. I was completely sober, so I knew what I was doing, and so was Sasuke. I wasn't happy in the relationship anymore."

"So…you made out with Sasuke at some club and next to my pool because you weren't happy?"

"It wasn't supposed to go down the way it was. I wanted to break up with him before summer even started. But my friends convinced me to stay with him at least until school started. Everything with Sasuke wasn't supposed to happen."

"So…you stayed with him out of pity?"

Long pause. "If you want to put it that way, yes."

"Wow. That's cold, even for you, Sakura." I couldn't believe her! Why would she just use a beautiful person like him for her needs!

"Yeah, I realized that. But it's better this way. I'm not breaking his heart constantly, and I can not feel the need to punch a wall. Besides, I know you two kissed at your party." I froze on the spot. All insults I had rolling in just disappeared. "He told me. I not mad. If anything, I'm happy."

"Why? You're not gonna kill me for kissing your boyfriend?"

"Oh, believe me, I did when he told me. But then I realized that you really like him and all I did was treat him like crap. So I let it slide and told him about your feelings for him."

"You WHAT?! Are you nuts?!" If I have a heart attack right now, don't be shocked.

"Relax, he took it better than I expected. Though he said he wants to see you today, on a 'non-babysitting' level. Then he started talking about you. He seemed really excited."

"OMG Sakura stop, you're making my head hurt."

"He should be over soon, so I'll leave you be."

"Wait, wait, what?! Sakura-!"

"Text me and let me know what happens. Bye!" Then she dropped the line. I'm not even properly dressed and he's coming over! I ran in my closet and took out a pair of sweatpants, some flip-flops, and a black short sleeved shirt I stole from Hanabi. Suddenly my phone rang. I tripped a few times trying to make it to my bed while hopping in the pair of sweats. "Yes?"

"Uh, Hinata?"

"Naruto? Hi!" I said a little too much emphasis.

"Uh, is it alright if I come over today?"

"Oh, sure, I'm not doing anything." By now, I was breathing heavy, these damn sweats are halfway on, and I didn't even brush my teeth or hair yet.

"Alright, I'll see you in a few."

"Kay." I hung up quickly and threw my phone somewhere I'll regret later. But for now, I need to get in this outfit, clean myself up, tame my hair, and get outside inconspicuously. Because my father doesn't need to know about this.

10 minutes later, I rushed out my house as Naruto texted me saying he was down the street. My hair was dangerously wavy, so I put it up in a bun/ponytail thing. I waited outside the gates as he walked closer to me. This would've been so much sexier if it was in slow motion.

"Hey. You look nice." He smiled down at me.

"Are you kidding? I was tempted to throw on some actual pants and look decent for you. You look so much better than I do." Though I was quite disappointed. He wasn't shirtless. But a white t-shirt and baggy jeans will have to do for now. "So what's up?"

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something." He looks so cute when he's nervous! "You probably saw on Facebook that Sakura and I broke up. I went to go see her yesterday."

"I know, I called her before you got here." he just stared at me, looking lost. "O-oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"No, no. It's fine. Um, what'd she tell you?"

"A little bit of everything. Like how you told her we kissed and she talked to you about how I-" Oh God I'm an idiot. "That's what you wanted to talk about, isn't it."

"Yeah. Listen, Hinata, I-"

"I understand, you don't like me. You're out for more prettier girls, and girls who are athletic and not social weirdos like me."

"Do you really think that?" He asked me. Then he laughed. "I think you're beautiful in your own way. So what if you're not athletic? Neither am I. And you're not a social weirdo. If anything, I am. I rarely go out much anymore to hang out without smoking or drinking. It's good that you're not exposed to stupid crap like that."

"Then why do you do it?"

"I did it to impress Sakura. It was a stupid idea to begin with, but I've been sober ever since Temari's party."

"Nine days. It's a start." I smiled. "But that's good. I hated seeing you so worn out over that."

"So did everyone else. Now, I want to start different. A new leaf; no more smoking, no more drinking until I'm 21, and find a girl who's right for me."

"Are you secretly trying to tell me something? I'm still somewhat asleep from before and-" I would've been mad since he cut me off again, but since he kissed me for the second time, I didn't even care. I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck. We pulled away after a few moments of no air and just smiled at one another. "Could you maybe put that into words?"

He chuckled. "I know this is sudden," He looked at me, his hand still around my waist. "but not a lot of girls get me like you do. This whole summer with you was amazing and I wouldn't trade it in for the world. When Sakura told me you had serious feelings for me, I didn't want to believe it; an idiot like me seems so out of your league."

"Believe me, you're not. It's actually kind of sad how much I think about you. I've always wanted to say something to you about how I felt, but I didn't want to ruin what we have."

"I still think you're a great friend. Nothing changed. I just lost a girlfriend, and I know how you feel. Maybe we can, you know, go out sometime."

"You don't know how long I've been waiting for you to say that. Not exactly how I pictured it, but it's something. I'd love to go out with you." He smiled grew bigger at that moment, then he leaned in to kiss me again. I stopped him with my hand on his beautiful lips. And I can finally say that without sounding like a creep. "But, we need to take baby steps."

"Baby steps?"

"Yes, baby steps."

"We're babysitting again?"

I giggled. "No, I mean with this. No rushing into things like making out after you just got out a relationship."

"Oh, ok. I'm not really used to taking things slow."

"You did say you wanted to take things differently. Now you can see the actual dating part in dating."

"Alright." He smiled again. "So, when should we start?"

"Hm…after school tomorrow. Starbucks."

"Sounds like a plan." He looked down at his phone and frowned. "I have to go get ready for tomorrow, I totally forgot about that."

"Don't be lazy yet, school didn't even start yet." I laughed. "But I'll see you later."

"Yeah…so, are we boyfriend/girlfriend yet, or is that another waiting game?"

"Not just yet, Speedy. We're just seeing each other now. We're not rushing into things, remember?"

"Works for me. I can still kiss you, though, right? I could really settle for a kiss right now."

"That was so corny, but yes." He jumped in the air and gave me a quick kiss before pulling away and placing his hand on my cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow, alright?"

"Tomorrow. Then Starbucks. I got this. I'll see you then." He gave me a quick peck on my bare forehead then ran off to his house. Once he was out of eyesight, I ran back into my house, zoomed into my room and screamed into my pillow. I did my little happy dance while imagining what tomorrow will be like. I can't believe I'm going on a date with my crush for the last however many years. On a date! AND he kissed me today! GAH I could literally die right now.

As I was dancing, my sister came into my room and sat in front of my laptop. "Let me guess, you're going out with Naruto tomorrow."

"You are such a filthy spy. But yes!" I continued dancing. This brat isn't gonna ruin my mood.

"I didn't tell Father. He really doesn't need to know until you two actually start a relationship." I nodded. "I need help looking for something to wear tomorrow."

"As do I."

"I mean for school, Hinata."

"My date is after school."

"Can you just help me please? You can tell me everything while we look." I walked out behind her as we began walking to her room. Well, I was still dancing, which I knew was pissing her off, but she was happy for me nonetheless.

This will be my year. Even if I have to still slightly obsess over the fact that I'm going on a date with my crush. This will be the best school year of my entire life, and I have a certain duck-haired idiot to thank for that.

(1) - "...even some who said they're gonna get in trouble because of Senioritis." For those who may not know, Senioritis is a serious condition in which a senior in high school is too lazy to do anything, and use their last year of school as an excuse. I don't have it just yet, and I hope I never do.

Thank you for reading, and thanks once again to IWuvAnime for convincing me to do this. It was fun adding a bit of my weirdness in another chapter. Please review!