This was supposed to be a guy-free day.

It was supposed to be just me and my friends: Tenten, Sakura and Ino.

So how did I end up walking home with Sasuke?

And why did it have to rain?

"This feels nice." Ino said as she lay on our blanket.

"Tell me about it." Sakura replied as she put on her sunglasses.

"Finally away from the guys." Tenten smirked.

Here we were at Mount Hokage Park. We were too lazy to walk around town, or go shopping, so we ended up coming here for a picnic instead. I brought the blankets, cushions and drinks, while Tenten, Ino and Sakura took care of the food. Not that we did much eating; we were mostly lying on our backs, drinking soda and talking. Although, we were pretty lucky that it was still sunny because they announced rain later on.

I really liked this park. It was spacious and serene. It had many trees that just added to its beauty, especially during the fall when all their leaves became red. There was also a small lake used for pedal boats. In wintertime, it became a skating rink. Many people came here, whether it was for a picnic, like we were doing, to simply take a stroll or anything really. I usually came here to read. But what I absolutely loved about this park was the view it had of Konohagakure from its belvedere (which was formed with the carved faces of the village's founders.) It was amazing.

"Yeah…" I said. "My dad asked me before I left why I went out so much recently."

"Oh? Well what did you say?" Sakura asked as she laid her head on my stomach.

"I told him that we were taking advantage of the time we had left before school started."

"Of course we are!" Ino cried out. "We only have three weeks left! Three!"

"Argh stop depressing me!" Tenten groaned as she covered her face with a cushion.

We all sighed. "Can you believe we're going into our last year of high school?" Sakura said. It was true, on the first day of school we'd be seniors. I still couldn't believe it. I still remember my first day in Konoha High…

"We know what that means…" Tenten started.

"PROM!" we all yelled.

This caused us to laugh and talk like crazy about the upcoming event. It might've been ten months away, but we were still excited for it. We talked about where it could be held, how we would go there, with who we'd go with, the after parties… but most importantly our dresses. Many would be surprised that I thought about prom, but then again, I didn't have to tell anyone, now did I?

"I wonder who Shikamaru will go with? He is a pimp after all!" Ino said rather aggravated. "You sure do talk a lot about Shikamaru." Sakura replied. "Yeah do you like him?" Tenten added. I simply stared at her in curiosity.

"Of course not!" Ino shrieked "Besides he likes that Calamari girl." Everyone looked confused.

"Umm… do you mean Temari?" I asked.

"Yeah her, and that Yakuza is fond of him too."

"Tayuya?"

"Yeah tha- since when were you the name expert Hinata!?" Everyone laughed. "

Well what about you Hina? Hmm? You and Narrruto?" Ino said rolling the 'R's.

"We all saw that little wink he gave you!" Ino continued. "Ouh lala!" Tenten and Sakura both squealed.

"W-what? N-no! He didn't w-wink at m-me!" Oh this couldn't be happening. "Right... but we all saw the way you looked at his abs!"

I hate her. Sakura and Tenten simply nodded in agreement. Was it getting hot or was it just me?

"B-but I'm not the only o-one! Tenten couldn't keep her e-eyes o-off N-Neji!" I said. Uh oh... I was in trouble now.

"That's not true!" Tenten said defensively. "Oh yeah? Then care to explain you asking him to rub you down with sunblock!" Ino said.

"You what!?" Sakura said lifting her head up to have a better look at Tenten. "I-I… oh yeah well Sakura wanted to rub Sasuke down with sunblock! Have you no shame?" Tenten yelled as she threw the cushion she was holding at Sakura.

"I was being nice! What's so shameful about that?" Sakura yelled back. "Right, 'I was just being nice!' When what you really wanted to say was 'Sasuke TAKE ME NOW!' "Tenten said mimicking Sakura's voice.

We all burst into laughter. "You guys are just jealous! At least I talk to him! When was the last time one of you guys had a moment with him! Huh? HUH?" Sakura said in between laughs.

I couldn't help but blush now as I remembered the moment we had in his car. And the one when we stared at each others eyes. And when we… when we watched the sunset… but wait a minute! It's not like they were "moments"! They were nothing!

"Hey Hina are you alright? You're so red!" Ino asked.

"You look sick." Tenten said approaching me.

I took a sip of my juice. "N-no I'm fine." I said as I smiled widely. "

Speaking of Sasuke, I was wondering where you two went off when we were at the beach." Tenten said. Why did she have to be so observant?

I didn't know what to say. I couldn't excuse myself to go to the bathroom! What could I use? A bush? There was only one thing I could do in this situation: lie. "I-I don't know what y-you m-mean." Stupid stutter.

"You're a horrible liar!" They said simultaneously. It was like being stuck in Sasuke's car all over again! They all stared at me eagerly and waited for me to speak. I sat up and sighed.

"W-we watched the sunset." I said. "WHAT!?" They screeched all together again. I wonder how they could do that.

I looked over at Sakura, and saw that she had a hurt expression of her face; I hated seeing her like that. "I-it was nothing! It's not like w-we were sitting b-beside each other or a-anything!" I tried to reassure her. "W-we were just t-two people l-looking at the s-sunset!"

Sakura smiled a bit but I could still see that glimpse of sadness in her eyes. I felt terrible for her. All she wanted was for Sasuke to notice her, and she probably tried everything to just have some time with him. But he always rejected her. I remember clearly when she admitted to me that she would do anything to watch the sunset with him… just once…

Why was I suddenly thinking of Naruto?

Ino looked from Sakura to me for a moment, then said "But hey! Who's going to see that new movie on Friday? It's supposed to be hilarious!" The subject and mood completely changed after that. She looked at me for a second and gave me a small smile. I love her! We talked about everything we could think of: movies, clothes, school, boys, Neji's hair, everything!

"Oh, wait a minute guys!" Ino said as she picked up her cell phone. "It's my dad; sorry I have to take this."

As she left she kept repeating "Can you hear me now?" the whole way. This caused Sakura, Tenten and I to laugh like mad. It didn't help that we were already in hysterics over Sakura's crazy idea to sneak into Neji's room and see whether or not he had a straightening iron. I don't know if I'd join them (even though I live with him) but I'd really like to see that happen!

We saw Ino come back looking a little irritated. "I'm sorry girls but I have to work at the flower shop today." She said with a frown.

"But we were having so much fun!" Tenten said.

"Yeah I know, but we could do this another time right?" We nodded and decided that we should probably all leave. "My dad said that if you wanted he could drop you all off. He's close by so he's coming to pick me up." Ino explained.

The only problem was that I didn't feel like going home now. "Umm... I won't be going home yet. I think I'll stay here for a bit." I said as I folded the blankets with Sakura's help.

"But what about the blankets and cushions?" Ino asked. I haven't thought about that… "Wait, give them to me and I'll bring them at the shop." She said as she grabbed my bag.

"You could pass by and pick them up later, okay?" Ino suggested. "Sure, thanks Ino!"

She didn't know how much I meant it.

Once we said our goodbyes, I went to my usual bench. I even wrote my initials on it. I knew I was vandalizing public property, but I wasn't the only one doing it (and this was about as rebellious I could get!). This bench had many things written on it also. My favorites were those love proclamations like: " I heart K. Rin" "JxT" (The last one made me laugh because apparently someone scratched off the J.). But there was this one message that always caught my attention and made my heart wrench. Right on the other side of the bench the words "I'm sorry" were perfectly carved.

When I was done looking for new scribbles, I took out my book and started to read. I was so engrossed with Elizabeth Bennett's adventures that I barely heard someone approaching. I only looked up the moment a shadow was cast upon me.

It was Sasuke!

"You're on my bench." He said. His bench? Since when was it his bench?

"B-but it d-doesn't b-belong to y-you." He looked amused at what I'd just said.

"It belongs to whom then?" He asked with a smirk. I couldn't tell him it was mine! I'd just look stupid! I looked at the ground trying desperately to escape the situation.

"To you?" I heard him say. I looked up and jerked away from him when I saw his face merely inches away from mine.

"Too bad." He said with a smile that would make any of his fangirls swoon. "I'm sitting here anyway." With that, he sat next to me.

This was awkward. He just sat next to me, put on his earphones and started reading his book. "Go away!" I wanted to tell him. "This is my bench!" I did realize that I was acting extremely childish, but I was really looking forward to having some "me" time. Defeated, I opened my book to where I left off and read. Who cared if he was next to me? He wasn't doing anything infuriating.

Crunch.

I looked over at Sasuke; the source of the noise. He was eating chips! I brushed it off and just continued reading. Crunch. I could handle this; people were allowed to do whatever they wanted. Crunch, Crunch. I can do this. Who was I to tell people they couldn't eat? CRUNCH. Okay that was it! I slammed my book shut.

I looked over at him and said "Could you please stop?" Apparently he didn't hear me. I cleared my throat.

"Could you please stop making noise?" I asked. Crunch.

I tapped his shoulder. "What?" He asked as he removed his ear phone.

"Umm…" I was tongue-tied all of a sudden. "Just spit it out!" He said. "C-could you p-please b-be q-quiet?" I said.

"I'm just eating!" He snapped back.

Just then we heard thunder. Shrimp it was going to rain! "Shit it's going to rain." Sasuke said.

I looked at the sky. Clouds were already surrounding us, but it was okay. I had my umbrella right in my bag.

It wasn't in it. Where was it?

"Where is it?" Sasuke angrily said looking through his bag. I didn't answer him and continued looking for my umbrella. Were did I put it last? I remember seeing it when I folded the blankets…. The blankets! Ino took my umbrella and put it in the trunk with them!

Fudge Ino! Why?

"Fuck Naruto! I told you not to take it dumbass!" I looked over at Sasuke who was looking in his bag pack. "Y-you don't have y-your umbrella too?" I asked.

"Well what does it look like?" Sasuke answered. I was just asking…

We heard thunder again, except it was louder this time followed by lightning. And then the rain poured down… Crud.

"Crap! Come on!" Sasuke said as he took my hand and ran. Everyone in the park started running also, trying to find some shelter. The only place I knew we could go to stay dry was at the pavilion near the lake. But it was way at the other end of the park! Even if we ran we'd still be drenched!

"Hurry up!" I heard him say. I just realized that he was still holding my hand. I felt embarrassed as I realized that I never really held hands with a boy before. And for some strange reason I was surprised to see that his were warm… I didn't know why I always expected them to be cold… Not that I ever thought of holding hands with him.

We finally arrived at the pavilion soaking wet. To make matters worse, it had air conditioning! We were panting as we stood in front of the door. I don't remember the last time I ran like that. I looked at Sasuke who was hunched over, his hands on his knees. His wet hair was sticking to his face, but I could've sworn I saw a small smile on his lips. I was probably hallucinating.

He brushed his hair away from his face and looked at me. "You're alright?" he asked. I was so out of breath I just nodded. He then started to walk away. I followed him, but I felt so insecure about all the stares we were getting. Especially from girls. They all gawked at him as he passed by. I couldn't really blame them… I never said Sasuke was ugly. And I guess it helped that he was wet, hair looking like he just got out of the shower and that his shirt clung to his muscular body…

"Yeah?" He asked as he looked back at me. Was I looking at him? "N-Nothing." I replied my face going red. He turned around with a smirk.

He finally decided to sit at table near the window. We had a full view of the lake. I sat down in front of him trying desperately to fix my hair and clothes. "I never said you could sit with me." He said. I looked at him with disbelief. "I'm kidding." He said with his trademark smirk. I let go of a breath I didn't realize I was holding. It's not that I wanted to sit with him; he was just the only one I knew here.

I shivered. It was so cold! "You want something to drink?" he asked. I looked at him questionably. Him? Asking me if I wanted something to drink? Hell froze over.

"Um..." I was speechless. "I feel cold also, just wait here, I'll get us something." He said as he left to go to the little restaurant. I just stared after him in awe. I then looked out the window and saw that it was still pouring as hard as before. I sighed as I thought about how long I'd be stuck here.

"Here." He said as he placed a mug in front of me. "I didn't know what you liked so I just got you some hot chocolate." I thanked him timidly. "Umm… I'll repay y-you later." I then said. "Hn." He replied. "Here." He said again as he pushed a plate with two halves of a bagel on it.

"Umm... I'm not hung-"

"Just eat it!" he said as he took an angry bite off his half. "Okay..." I barely whispered. I took the other half, put some cream cheese on it and ate.

"She's so lucky!" I heard someone squeal. We both looked over to whoever said it and saw two girls giggling. They saw us looking, but Sasuke's glare made them quickly turn away. I chuckled at how afraid they looked.

"What's so funny?" Sasuke asked harshly. "N-nothing, just their reactions." I said with a smile. "Hn." He replied. I placed my hands around the mug enjoying the warmth it gave me.

"Thank you." I said once I finished my bagel. "Whatever." Sasuke answered back as he bit his bagel, leaving some cream cheese near the edge of his mouth. I laughed softly at the sight. Sasuke looked at me with such an annoyed expression that it me made me laugh even more. I took my napkin and leaned over to him to clean it up. But once my napkin touched his face, we froze. Why did I do that? What was I thinking?

To keep some of my dignity, I wiped the cream off his face. "Y-You had s-something o-on your f-face…" I said as I sat back down on my seat, not daring to look at him. He didn't say anything.

I was so embarrassed. I didn't know what came over me to do something like that. He probably thought I was a freak now. What if he told Naruto? What would he say!? Naruto couldn't find out!

"Oh my god! That was so cute!" the girls said while they giggled excitedly.

"Are you done?" Sasuke asked me impatiently. "Yes." I answered. "Okay then let's go." he said as he stood up and walked quickly to the door. He walked so fast I practically had to run to catch up to him. He was already down the stairs when I reached the door.

"Took you long enough." He grunted. I didn't bother answering back and went to join him.

It was a good thing I lived near Hokage Park since he didn't bring his car. I felt odd walking with Sasuke. And by car it would end faster. I always felt on edge when I was with him. Like anything I'd do or say would make him snap. It almost felt like when I was with Naruto. Except with him I just didn't want to look stupid, but with Sasuke… I managed to do so effortlessly.

"Umm… so y-you go there o-often?" I asked Sasuke to make small talk. "Yes." He said. "Oh okay." I said with a forced a smile. "And I usually sit on your bench." He added mockingly. "I-It's not m-mine." I said sheepishly.

"Right..." Sasuke said as he eyed me amusingly.

"W-well… it's not y-yours either." I said flatly. I looked at him to see his reaction. Surprisingly he was rather composed.

"Hn." He said.

Couldn't he say something else? For a genius he sure had a small vocabulary. "I sit there often, that's all." He added. "Oh…o-okay" I answered.

Not much was said after that. Our conversation didn't change much. I tried to find a topic we both could talk about. I failed miserably. Although, this was odd of me, since I wasn't much a talker and liked silence. But ours was tense and uneasy. What complicated things was that Sasuke seemed to like short answers. Longer ones left the conversation open. This wasn't going to be good…

"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before." He said and he paused for a moment. "I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often seen done." I looked at him completely astonished. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Did he just say what I think he did?

"That's… That's… Mr. Dar-"

"Yeah Darcy." He interrupted.

"B-but how? Why?" I couldn't speak. I was so dumbfounded I couldn't think straight.

"Sakura kept quoting the book." He said.

"Y-You've read Pride and Prejudice?" I asked. "Just so I could understand what the hell he was talking about, and for a class assignment." He replied indifferently. "And I saw you reading it today."

I didn't reply to him, I was lost in thought. Sasuke did remind me of Mr. Darcy. To strangers he was proud, arrogant and cold. But underneath it all, he must have some good in him. Why else would Naruto and Sakura care so much for him? And speaking of Naruto… he was like Mr. Bingley! He's outgoing, approachable, friendly, funny... Maybe two people could be friends, despite their different personalities.

I looked at him and smiled. "It's my favorite book." He looked at me and said "I'm not that surprised, you look like the kind of person who would like it." But he certainly didn't look like one who would. Even if he said he just read it to understand Sakura, it was strange that he memorized a quote from it.

"Y-you liked it?" I asked. "Hn. It was okay. It's too romantic. It's more fitting for girls." He said.

I looked at him and started thinking. If he was Mr. Darcy and Naruto was Mr. Bingley… Then Sakura must be Elizabeth. I laughed at my idea. Sasuke gave me puzzled a look, but I just ignored him. I started matching people to certain characters: Ino was Lydia; Tenten was Kitty… and me? I was probably Mary… the plain, overlooked one. Or Jane. Not that I thought I was beautiful of course… but she was shy… and she ends up with Mr. Bingley… I smiled even wider at that.

"You really are a weird one." Sasuke said. I snapped back into reality and blushed. "I-I'm sorry." I said.

"You don't need to apologize for everything you know." He stated. I looked around and noticed we were in front of my house.

"Umm… do y-you want to c-come over to e-eat something? Y-You just had a b-bagel and chips." I said. I wanted to thank him for the drink.

"No it's okay, the idiot might be waiting for me." He replied. "Oh okay." I said as I walked to my door.

"Sasuke?" I said loudly before opening it. I felt strangely bold. He stopped walking and looked at me. "Do you remember another quote?" I asked. It was a really daring thing to do, considering this was Sasuke after all. He stared at me for a moment. I thought he was just going to leave or say something sarcastic. When he still didn't say anything I sighed and opened my door. I was going to say goodbye when….

"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."

He then left without saying another word.

I looked at him leaving from where I stood. Once again he proved me wrong. I felt ashamed of how I acted towards Sasuke. And for all those things I thought about him being insensitive and arrogant. I judged him too quickly and never took the time to understand him, I guess.

Most girls who read Pride and Prejudice would love a guy who was like Mr. Darcy. And here I was, with him right in front of me this whole time.

A smile crept to my lips and I whispered "Till this moment, I never knew myself."

A couple of days later, I went back to the park. When I went to my bench I noticed a new addition. Right under the carved "I'm sorry" was another word. Just one.

"Moonstone"

Well this was my third chapter! I hope you guys liked it. I'm sorry it's so long! (I get carried away lol…) The only thing I hate about it is that my ideas seem to be very scattered. I'd get one and try to fit it in right away, which is bad. I know.

Anyways, if you have read Pride and Prejudice you might have recognized the line Hinata said at the very end. For those who didn't, it was when she realized that she was wrong about Mr. Darcy. Originally she made this speech about how awful she felt, I tried to do the same but more "modernly" hehe. I kept the last phrase though. Oh and in this story the characters are all 16-17 years old. I know they're kind of young to be seniors, but I'm going to be one sooooo.. lol (I'm 16)

Thanks for the reviews!