At a little roadside ice cream stand Sakura ordered one scoop each of her favourite flavours; mint chocolate chip with fudge ripple. To the side of the stand where some plastic tables with benches so Sakura gave in to her aching feet and sat down, thoroughly enjoying the thick creamy goodness coating her tongue. She then heard a sound similar to a chainsaw cutting through a block of steel. Sakura looked over to see a very old, red truck pulling over. The owner; Naruto.

He jumped out, slamming the door behind him so hard Sakura was afraid it would fall off its hinges. Naruto shielded his eyes, then seeing Sakura, started to wave exuberantly yelling, "Hey, hey, Sakura!" at the top of his lungs.

Sakura tried to pretend that she didn't see him and got up to start walking the other way. But her great luck and skill at ignoring people did not allow this, she felt his hand on her shoulder turning her around. "Oh man, Sakura, I thought that was you! I was getting some ice cream before I went to pick up Hinata for the movies."

"Why are you going to the movies in the afternoon?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, something about the even numbers of time and germ activity or something, I don't know but it's the only time she'll go to the movie theatre. Do you want to come with us?" Naruto was practically jumping up and down.

"Sounds…great but I wouldn't want to intrude on your little 'date'. But why aren't you in school?" Sakura was getting dizzy from watching him.

"Oh, well we only go to school part time. For Hinata it's because of all the people and stress and for me it's because I can't sit still long enough to learn anything. Without the drugs anyways, and I don't take those. And as for the date…" he started laughing. "Hinata and I are only friends! We would never feel that way about each other, it's just we kind of got along when we found out we both went to the same therapist and I get bored easily so she keeps me company."

Sakura rubbed her face. "I guess that makes sense…"

"Well, will you come with us then? Please?" Naruto whined, his big, cyan eyes staring at her.

Sakura looked at the melted cone dribbling on her hand, thought about her plan for the library and how it would probably end up with the old librarians staring and whispering. "Fine."

Naruto cheered, "That's the way to be! Say…I don't see another car around here, did you walk?"

"Yeah, my parents haven't taught me how to drive yet…they don't trust me."

"Oh well, no problem, we'll just take my truck. It doesn't sound as loud when you're sitting in it." Naruto assured her.

"Great…" Sakura sighed.

The radio blared country music for the whole ride, almost drowning out the absence of a muffler. When they pulled up the drive to the most picture-esque white picket house Sakura had ever seen all the noises stopped. "People say I'm the most hyperactive kid with the most obnoxious car, you know." Naruto laughed, walking up to the door.

"I can see why." Sakura mumbled, taking off her seatbelt.

After four distinguished knocks Hinata peeked out the door. Upon seeing Sakura she squeaked, closing the door. "Aw come on, Hinata! It's only Sakura, she isn't feeling well today and I invited her along." Naruto said into the door.

A few seconds later Hinata opened the door again, allowing Sakura to get a good look at her. Her dark hair was messy and unkempt around her face and she wore a peach shirt that almost blended into her skin with maroon sweatpants. Sakura gasped, taken aback by her appearance. She couldn't believe anyone could be comfortable in clothing like that. "Ah, um, hello…Sakura-Sakura." Hinata whispered quietly, stumbling over her words.

"Aw don't worry about her, Sakura; she just gets this way around new people." Naruto assured her.

"I'm sorry if I'm intruding at all, Hinata. If you'd like I could just leave now." Sakura offered, sensing this was the best approach.

Hinata just shook her head, allowing the dark hair to curtain her blushing face. "I am sorry for my strange behaviour, but I would be…honoured if you would accompany us to the movies."

Sakura was a bit confused, that was true, but she couldn't just leave because she was weirded out. "Alright, it would be my pleasure." She said, going along with Hinata's speech.

"Awesome! Let's go then, Sakura you can get the front!" Naruto galloped back to the truck.

But before Sakura accepted she looked at Hinata ducking her head and turning her face and decided it might be better for her to decline. "That's alright; I got the front on the ride here so why doesn't Hinata sit with you? I'm not so big that I won't fit in the back."

Hinata gave her a grateful look and helped her into the back, which was no easy feat.

On the car ride there Sakura quickly deduced that Naruto's view on Hinata and his 'friendship' was very much one-sided in the only friends area. It was easy to see how Hinata had a crush on him; she was always saying kind things, complimenting him and blushing whenever he said anything kind back to her. Sakura knew how it felt to be in her shoes.

At the movie theatre they all decided seeing a comedy would be best; something light and funny that wouldn't make the girls cry and or the 'boy' snore. They ended up seeing something about tennis and romance, Sakura couldn't really remember, she was too preoccupied with thoughts of Sasuke.

In the theatre Naruto sat in between the Hinata and Sakura. She could see him glancing her way and putting his hand on the arm rest, no doubt waiting for her to do the same. Sakura scoffed and settled down into her brooding mode. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Hinata sneakily mimic what Naruto was doing to Sakura. Poor Naruto was too oblivious though to notice anything and once the movie started he got so into it he forgot that either one of them was there. "Aw, c'mon man, don't do that to her! Think of the romance!" He yelled at the screen. A few seniors shushed him and the two girls pulled him back down into his seat.

After the film had ended Naruto insisted they get a free refill of popcorn before they left. "Its awesome, you get food during and after the movie! But it'd be great if they sold some of that ramen stuff here. Have you ever had it before, Sakura? Once on a field trip my teacher showed me this little café place that sold the best noodles ever. I go back there whenever I can." He babbled on.

"I'll have to try it sometime I guess." Sakura said a bit absent mindedly. "But I really have to pee so I'll be back in a sec."

To her left Hinata nodded. "M-me too."

While washing her hands Sakura noticed Hinata using hand sanitizer on everything she touched, including the tap before turning the water on. "I'm sorry about how I acted." Hinata started out.

"What? Don't apologize, it's just I couldn't turn Naruto down, he was way too enthusiastic. I wasn't aware of you would prefer to be alone with him." Sakura interrupted before Hinata could say anything further.

"What are you talking about?" Hinata's face was surprised.

"Oh come on, it's obvious you like him. Well, to anyone but Naruto." Sakura winked.

Hinata blushed, looking away. "O-oh…I didn't know. B-but, you d-don't like him…right?"

"Are you kidding? Of course not! Not that he isn't nice or anything, he's just…not my type." Sakura quickly backtracked before she offended Hinata.

The dark haired girl smiled and sighed. "He is great, isn't he? What is your type anyway, tall, dark, handsome?"

It took a minute for Sakura to realize she was teasing her about Sasuke; who knew Hinata was capable of such a thing? "Was it that obvious when I asked you?"

"Yes." The simple reply made Sakura remember how interested in who Sasuke was.

But before any more thoughts about him could trouble her she opened the door. "Well, Naruto is probably wondering where we are."

"Do you know how many germs are on bathroom doors?" Hinata cringed as Sakura gripped the handle.

"No, and I don't care. Hurry up or I'll make you open the door yourself."

At the mention of touching the supposedly disgusting handle, Hinata raced through. Sakura laughed to herself. Maybe today hadn't turned out so bad after all.

News Flash: Yeah, I know, it's short. So please don't complain about it! I've been ridiculously busy with school since this semester I have all my hard courses. I'm home today so I decided I should write this chapter. So please don't get all mad about how long it took. But I hope you enjoyed it anyways.