Just trying to survive highschool
Chapter 4- Ino woke up Tuesday morning feeling confident, she went to school wearing a red off the shoulder top that hugged her curves, black skinny jeans and a pair of sexy red high heels. She also decided to wear her hair down which was wavy and full of volume. She talked, flirted, and smiled her most upbeat smiles to all the cute guys in her classes. Upbeat shows that she has confidence. Upbeat shows that she doesn't care if some guy just dumped her. After surviving 3 classes, it was time for lunch. So she decided to go to her locker to put away her books before she headed to the cafeteria. When she was putting her books away that was when Sai came up to her.
"Ino I need to talk to you about Saturday and about prom." He said. Ino just looked up at him and glared.
"I don't want to talk about Saturday. You fucking stood me up. And about prom you can tell Temari whatever it is you wanted to say!" Ino said angrily as she slammed her locker door. Sai started to get a scared look on his face.
"Sorry i changed my mind on Saturday. I realize I didn't want to go on a date with you. That I rather just stay home and paint." Sai said to her with an emotionless look on his face. Ino just glared.
"Oh and I never meant it when I called you beautiful. I actually thought you were ugly. But I lied because I didn't want you to beat me up." He then said as he turned and started to walk down the hallway. Ino was no longer feeling upbeat and confident. She felt like she was going to cry.
"You are such a fucking jerk Sai!" Ino called after his retreating back.
"You are such an emotionless empty headed jerk!" she then called. She had suddenly lost her appetite.
"Shikamaru was right about him," Ino said.
"I was right about what?"
Ino then turned around. She then saw Shikamaru leaning against Hinata's locker.
"The fact that Sai is an emotionless, empty headed, jerk." Ino then said to him as she started to head somewhere else then the cafeteria. Shikamaru followed after her. Something was wrong and he knew it. He then followed her to the court yard. When she got outside she sat down on the grass underneath a cherry tree. She started to cry. She couldn't believe that Sai called her ugly. Was she really ugly? Her confidence just went out the window. All of the sudden she felt someone presence and turned around to see who it was. To her surprise it was Shikamaru. She bet that he followed her out here. Shikamaru noticed that she was crying. He was right, there was something wrong.
"What do you want?" Ino asked as she quickly wiped her tears. Shikamaru just sat down next to her. He wasn't hungry and besides he wanted to know what's wrong.
"What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked with a concern look on his face.
"Nothing is wrong." She lied.
"Liar, what is the reason you are out here crying?" Shikamaru then asked. She hated it when he is right.
"Sai broke up with me. Also I found out that he never meant it when he called me beautiful. He actually thinks I am ugly." Ino said as she looked away. Shikamaru put his hand on her cheek and turned her head so she was looking at him.
"Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what ugly is. He doesn't even know what a relationship is. He just wasn't the right guy. Like what my mom said just open your eyes. You may be surprise who been in front of you this whole time." He then said with a smile. He then got up.
"Don't change your looks just to impress someone or get someone attention. If you want to impress someone, impress yourself. That's the person you need to impress. Just remember you are perfect just the way you are." Shikamaru then walked away. Leaving Ino to think about what he said. He was right. She was spending too much time on her looks so that she can impress Sai. She hated it when he was right because it made her feel guilty. But she was glad that Shikamaru told those things to her because she actually felt a whole lot better.
When she got home from school, she found her mom in the kitchen baking. The whole house smelled like fresh baked bread. It made her hungry after all she didn't eat lunch. She went upstairs to her room and placed her stuff on her bed. She then slipped off her heels and went back down stairs to talk to her mom in the kitchen.
"Hi mom," Ino said walking into the kitchen.
"Hi honey, how was school?" her mother looked up from kneading a bowl of bread dough.
"It was ok." She then said to her mother as she searched the fridge for something to eat. Unfortunately she couldn't find anything.
"What are you making?" she then asked her mother as she shut the fridge door.
"I am making some homemade dinner rolls for dinner tonight." Her mother then replied as she went back to kneading the bread dough. Her mother never made homemade dinner rolls unless people were coming over for dinner.
"Who is coming over?" she then asked her mother.
"The Akimichis and the Naras." Her mother then said as she put the dough in the baking pan and placed it in the oven.
"Cool a team ten reunion." Ino said as she looked in the cupboards. There has to be something that she could eat. She then closed the cupboard and look down at the counter. Her eyes then landed on an apple. She then picked it up and took a bite.
"You don't sound very happy about it." Her mother then said as she looked at her.
"I am. But I have dance practice tonight." She then said.
"I know that. That's why we are going eat after you get home." Her mother said as she wiped her forehead.
"So did your grades come in the mail today?" her mother then asked.
"No." Technically she wasn't lying. They didn't come in today. She got it last week.
"Too bad I was going to give you forty dollars for your straight A's." her mother said. Every time she get straight A's her mother always give her money so she can go shopping as her reward. Unfortunately that's not going to happen if her mother finds out about her bad grades. She didn't want to tell her. If she did, she knew right away her mother was going to tell her dad about it. Her dad easily gets worked up about it. That's why it was best that she keeps her grades hidden for a while.
"Don't worry about your grades. I bet you got all straight A's. I just wish they were here already so I could give you your reward." Her mother then said.
"No, you really don't." She thought.
"Class elections are coming up. I thought I'd run for president." She then said changing the subject.
"That's wonderful. That will definitely bring out your leadership qualities. You will make a great president." Her mother smiled.
"What issues are you going to campaign on?" her mother then asked. Issues? What was the point of having issues when all you do is plan dances and fundraisers? No one pays attention to issues.
"I don't know. Maybe better school lunches." She shrugged.
"I'm still thinking about it. Anyways I better go to my room and work on homework. Also get ready for dance practice." She then said as she retreated from the kitchen as fast as she could. After about 3 hours of working on homework, it was time for her to go to dance practice. So she put on a light blue tank top, her purple work out sweats, her purple sweatshirt and her tennis shoes. She then tied her hair up into a ponytail and packed her dance bag. After she was done, she grabbed her dance bag and her keys and headed out the door.