A/N: I love reviewers. Seriously. Green Pinguin Queen and Sakura-and-anyone-but-Sauske, thanks! Okay, so, here goes the third chapter. This is going to be the first one from Ino's perspective.. fun, right?
Ino's POV
"Oh geez. My sleepover is in thirty minutes, and I forgot to clean my room!" I yelled, mentally hitting myself. How could I have forgotten to do something as simple as that? I threw the clothes into the laundry basket, and shoved it into a closet. My bed was already made, and I had no embarassing baby pictures or pictures at all out. Perfect. Well, as perfect as it was going to get. I just needed to make a playlist on iTunes, with a bunch of mellow songs to play. I used lots of Augustana, Snow Patrol, Train, The Fray, and Oasis. Five minutes left. I did a complete check to make sure everything was in place. Of course it was, I mean, I am Ino. I rarely forget anything. Except cleaning my room. And making playlists, and other unimportant things. Just as I finished checking everything, the doorbell rang. I waited a few seconds before I answered, due to the fact that I didn't want to seem too nervous and jumpy. I opened the door. Neji was here.
"Hey Ino. Thank you very much for inviting me. It is a side oppurtunity for me to watch Hinata and keep her away from the fox." Neji said in his usual, monotone voice.
"Um, okay. Your welcome. Come on in, you are the first to arrive." I said, while rolling my eyes. He was always so serious, it was almost scary. I sometimes wondered whether he had emotions, or if he was a robot.
We sat in awkward silence for about ten seconds, before the doorbell rang again.
"I wonder who's here this time!" I exclaimed, reaching for the door handle. I opened it, and there stood Naruto. Ever since Naruto had beated Neji at the Chuunin Exams, Neji had a hateful respect for Naruto. He acknowleged his strength, but hated him for what he was.
"Hey Ino!! How's it going? On my way here I met this guy and he-" Naruto said before I cut him off.
"That sounds fun. Tell us when everyone gets here, okay?" I said.
"Sounds good. So, wheres the pantry. Or fridge. I should need to know for emergencies." He inquired. I pointed to the fridge and the pantry. Well, those will be empty in record time. The doorbell rang, it was Hinata this time.
"Hello Ino. I, um, well. Thanks." She said quickly before looking down at the ground.
"Hey, come over here. Were all just sitting around waiting for the other losers to get here." I said.
Almost as if on cue, the door rang again.
"Hello Ino-pig. I showed up." a familiar pink haired ninja said.
"Hello, forehead. Happy Saturday night." I retorted. She laughed, and hugged me. Well, that was unexpected. She held it for what seemed like forever. She was really warm. No complaints here. Too bad she was female. Her eyes showed pain and regret and all negative emotions, but she had plastered on a fake smile. I was just so awesome and perceptive that I noticed. I would ask her about it later on. I didn't want to embarass her. The doorbell rang again, and it was Shikamaru. He was so lazy that he managed to be a minute or two late. Typical, and expected.
"Now that were all here, what do you guys want to do?" I asked. Silence followed my question.
"Who is up for some tv!? Does anyone hate Degrassi?" I asked when the silence had gone on for too long. Everyone agreed.
"Great idea, pig." Sakura whispered in my ear. It was meant to be heard by everyone. A stage whisper. Her breath on my ear felt strange, in the good kind of way. I shivered. I do not like her like that. Its sick wrong and disgusting. None to mention she is as straight as the walls in a house. My head all processed this as I shivered. Her remark got some laughs, mostly, well, all from Naruto. The other five of us just looked at him strange.
"Oh, oh, wait!" Naruto said quickly." On my way here I met this guy and he said that he was psychic, and he said that he knew my name, and he really did! He also knew Kakashi-sensei's name. Isn't that awesome?"
"Sounds more like a stalker than a psychic." replied Neji. Naruto could not think of any response to that, so I turned on the tv. No spots were left on the couch besides the one inbetween Naruto and Sakura. Well, this was going to be a long night. I sat down, and looked at Sakura. She was totally off in space, which didn't look like a nice place, judged by her facial expression.
"Umm, earth to Sakura!" Naruto said as he fidgeted around.
"What, baka?" she asked, coming back down to earth, looking pissed.
"Just seeing if you were alright. No need to get mean about it." he replied, looking hurt.
"Lets just watch the tv now, okay guys?" Shikamaru offered, trying to quiet the people in the room. He was sitting on the edge of his seat, for once.
"Wow. I didn't know you had any motivation to talk, or be interested in a show." Hinata said to Shikamaru.
"I don't. This is such a rerun. But it is a pretty decent episode." Shikamaru responded. Everyone just gave him a funny look, the same one they all gave to Naruto previously. We all sat there for a while, until about eleven.
"So, when does the sleep thing start?" asked Shikamaru, whos usual lack of enthusiasm returned after the channel was changed to Hannah Montana.
"Whenever everyone agrees to it." I replied, not talking my eyes off the screen.
"Okay. Who wants to sleep now?" he asked.
Everyone answered the same way. "Whenevers fine."
"It's settled then."
"I call my room!" I said quickly as Sakura said "I call Ino's room."
Shit. Shit. Shit. That was the only coherent thought that went through my mind. I outwardly smiled. Shikamaru would get me out of this. I hope.
"Okay. Lets see. Ino and Sakura, in Ino's room. Me and Naruto take the couch, Neji and Hinata in the spare bedroom. How does that sound?" Shikamaru asked.
I guess Shikamaru was not going to get me out of this one. There was just no way everyone would agree to this. Naruto has to have something against Shikamaru!
"Great," everyone but me said.
"Cool," I said quietly after everyone turned to look at me. We all went our ways. Me and Sakura were in my room, and I admit, the thoughts I was thinking were not clean in any way whatsoever. The door wasn't shut, and I thanked god for that small favor. Sakura started taking her clothes off, and I couldn't move.
"What, pig? I'm changing into my night clothes. " she asked.
REGAIN. BODILY. MOVEMENT. REGAIN. SPEAKING. ABILITY.
"So? I was looking at the alarm clock behind you, idiot. What did you think I was doing?" I replied. Quite clever, in my opinion.
"Oh. For a second I thought you were staring at me. " she replied truthfully.
"Hmm." I replied. We both finished changing into our clothes, and got into my bed.
"So Sakura. What has been bugging you lately?"
"Nothing. Why would you say that?" she asked.
"Don't lie to me, forehead. I can see it in your eyes and your actions. Tell me, I swear it will not leave this room. You have been my best friend for, like, forever. I would never do anything to hurt you. Duh." I said.
"Well. I mean, nothing much. Some stuff happened and well, you know. "
A/N: Well, there is the third chapter. Sorry about the semi-cliffhanger. The chapter was getting too long. The next one is going to be Ino's point of view as well. I am sorry if I made any grammar or spelling mistakes, I'm on a different computer. I would love you forever if you review. Thanks... Adios. (That's is pretty much the extent of the Spanish language knowledge I have.)
