'That's it for today. Time to go home and eat' Ino thought as she started her walk home. The walk home wasn't very long and soon she was home. She immediately went to her room to put something more comfortable on and drop all her school stuff off. She changed into some shorts and a dark blue tank top. She looked around the house and found it empty. Both her brother and father were gone. She felt a little disappointed that she was home alone again. She went to the kitchen and found notes on the table. She picked them up and started reading them.

Ino,

Sorry to leave you all by yourself but I have some important business to take care of at work. I'll be gone a few days. If you need any money you know where it is and don't forget no boys in the house. Please tell your brother not to stay out all day.

Love you and your brother,

Dad

She looked at the other note and began to read it.

Ino,

I'm going out with friends and I might stay at my friend's so don't wait up for me. See you tomorrow and don't do anything I wouldn't do…on second though don't do anything I do. Have fun and feel free to call one of your GIRL friends over.

Love you,

Deidara

Ino stared at the notes in disbelief and put them down. How in the world did she always get left alone? This was very normal for her but it still didn't make her feel any better about being alone all the time. She felt a little hurt by her brother and dad, did they always have to just leave her a dumb note. She decided to let it go; after all they both had their own things to do so she'd do her own thing as well.

She picked up the phone and dialed Sakura's number. Sakura had always been her best friend since she was little. She knew Shikamaru and Chouji longer but Sakura had always remained her best friend. Shikamaru was her best friend too but that was different…he was her guy best friend so it was completely different.

"Hey"

"Hey Sakura. I just wanted to know if you wanted to come to my house and maybe order something in with me."

"Yes! I'm starving and I really don't feel like making something right now. I'll be over in a few minutes. Hey Ino?"

"Yeah?"

"Is it alright if I spend the night at your house tonight?"

"Yeah I don't see why not"

"Okay good. I'll tell my parents and head over with my stuff"

"Okay see you soon then"

Ino went to see what she wanted to order in and decided just to get some Ramen order in since it sounded good. She went down to Ichiraku's and ordered 2 ramens to go. She saw Naruto there with Kiba but they didn't see her since they were currently having a ramen eating contest. The sight of the two boys face first in their bowls made Ino laugh, both boys looked up at her.

"Ino!" Kiba and Naruto said in unison

"Hey Naruto. Hey Kiba." Ino smiled at them

"What are you up to?" Naruto asked casually

"Just getting ramen for me and a friend" She said. She didn't want to mention to Naruto that she was getting food for her and Sakura because Naruto had a huge crush on Sakura. Sakura on the other hand didn't care for Naruto because her eyes were only on Sasuke. Ino always felt bad for Naruto and decided not to bring down his good mood by mentioning Sakura's name. It had got back to Naruto that Sakura and Sasuke had a fling in the summer. For the past month anybody that mentioned Sakura's name around Naruto had gotten a not so bright Naruto.

"You guys eating out tonight then?" She asked

"Yeah my mom was bitching at us so we decided just to get out of the house and get something to eat." Kiba told her with an uncaring attitude.

"Well my order is done so I'll see you guys at school tomorrow. Bye!" Ino said this as she grabbed the bag with her order and waved to the boys with her free hand.

"Bye!" both Naruto and Kiba said at the same time

Ino walked home with the food she bought and opened her door. She put the food on the table and took out the ramen. Just then she heard a knock on her door and she went to open it. Sakura came in with her stuff. Sakura knew the routine and put her things in Ino's room. Ino began to eat her ramen and Sakura soon joined her.

"You're alone tonight huh?" Sakura said

"Yeahup my dad and brother will be gone all night." Ino replied

"Good! I've been dying to tell you about me and Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed

"What happened?" Ino asked nonchalantly

"Well we got together for most of the summer and it was so amazing! We kissed and spent so much time together. We even…." Sakura told Ino

"You DID it with Sasuke!?" Ino asked in a shocked tone

"Well….yeah we did" Sakura said with a blush

"He took your virginity?" Ino asked even though she knew the answer already

"Yeah he did." Sakura said with a bright red face

"Did it hurt? What happened? Are you guys together now?" Ino couldn't help but blurt out her questions.

Sakura laughed, "Yeah it hurt but not the whole time and I guess it just happened when we kissed in his room…we were in the moment. We're not boyfriend and girlfriend but we still see each other and he hasn't been seeing anyone else."

"Wow Sakura. I didn't know you guys were so serious but if you're happy then I'm happy" Ino told her and hugged her.

"There's also something I wanted to ask you…" Sakura said uneasily

"What did you want to ask me?" Ino looked at Sakura a little curious

"Well….Sasuke wants to come here and see me. Can he PLEASE stay the night here?" Sakura blurted out

"What!? Sakura I don't know about that…" Ino was shocked and felt a little blind-sided at the request

"Please, Ino. I really want to see him and I miss him so much. I can't go to his house because his brother is there and well my house is out because my parents are home." Sakura pleaded with Ino

Ino felt uneasy about it but with Sakura pleading with her like this she gave in to the request. "Okay he can come over this time"

Sakura hugged Ino excitedly "Oh! Thank you! Thank you!"

Ino smiled at the sheer happiness that Sakura displayed on her face and hugged her back. An hour later Ino opened the door for Sasuke and let him in.

"Come on in" She told him

"Thanks. Oh and thanks for letting me come over." He told her

"No problem, I guess you and Sakura can sleep in the living room and I'll be in my room if you need anything." She told him

"Alright" was Sasuke's only reply

Ino went upstairs to her room and ended up hanging out there the rest of the night. She felt a little hurt that Sakura had ditched her to be with Sasuke but she was happy that Sakura was happy. Ino decided to do her homework and she ended up finishing it pretty quickly. After putting her homework away Ino decided to go to sleep.