*Aelia's POV*

"Now that you're out of the hospital where do you want to go first?" Sakura asked.

"Who's in charge of this village?" Kali asked.

"Lady Tsunade."

"Could we meet her?"

She nodded and led the way. Takara and Sakura talked about boys and fashion while Naruto tried to get their attention. Behind them was Max and Kali, they were whispering about something while I was in my own little world as Sasuke walked next to me.

"Aelia, what are you thinking about?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh, I'm just trying to figure out what that witch did to me," I replied coming out of my little world.

"The doctors found nothing."

"Maybe, but still…could you take me to a library later?"

*Sasuke's POV*

"Maybe, but still…could you take me to a library later?"

I felt a blush start to creep up. She wanted me to take her to a library, just the two of us. I heard stories when I was a kid when my brother was talking with his friends about the make-out sessions they had with girls in the library and other places around the village.

"Um…sure."

"Thanks."

She smiled, it was so beautiful, but it faded shortly after. Her hand went to her neck and her fingers began to move, like she was playing with a necklace.

*Max's POV*

I glanced behind me to see Sasuke blushing; he blushed even more when Aelia smiled at him. I wanted to punch his face.

"Even Sasuke has a crush on her," I whispered to Kali.

"How many times do I have to tell you? You need to tell Aelia you love her. If you don't someone else will and they might be the one to win her heart."

"My birthday's coming up…I'll tell her then."

"Perfect! I have an idea for your birthday gift."

*Aelia's POV*

In a few short minutes Sakura opened the door to Lady Tsunade's office. She was very kind and told us that there were no places left for us to stay. Sakura offered her place to Takara, and then Naruto offered his place to Kali. Only because Sasuke had the most space he offered it to Max and myself.

The plan was to see where we were going to stay then meet at Ichiraku for lunch. Almost instantly Max and Sasuke hated each other but they were only nice because I was around. Sasuke's apartment had a kitchen, living room, bathroom and two bedrooms. Luckily the extra bedroom had two single beds, since Max and I had to share that room.

"Aelia," Kali dragged you away from Ichiraku "You do know that Max's birthday is coming up."

"Shit, I forgot. How much time do I have?"

"His birthday's this Saturday."

"Double shit; that only gives me four days."

"I know something that he wants."

"Oh?"

"Max wants you, he loves you."

"Double oh."

"Just to help a friend, I though you'd like to know. Come on, let's join the others."

"Aelia, we have a problem," Takara said, I raised a brow "We have no more clothes, only the ones we're wearing. We have to go shopping tomorrow."

I groaned but agreed. Later that night I went to the library. I found nothing in the library about the witch or what she did to me. So I called up a friend to search for me, he said he'd call me back on Saturday.

*Max's POV*

Takara was ready to go shopping first thing in the morning. I was used to going shopping with Kali, Candra and Hasa, but I never once went with Aelia. It was amusing to see her and Takara talk about the clothes, especially with their different tastes. She looked so beautiful in everything, at least 98% of everything she tried on. Even the things that I looked at wondering how it would look on her she tried on for me.

As we were walking to the next store Takara suddenly stopped. We walked back to her to see that she was looking at a lingerie store. She grabbed Aelia's hand and dragged her in; I glanced at Kali before walking in. It felt strange to be in that kind of store and it made my imagination go wild picturing Aelia in most of the things.

"You did pretty good, spending a whole day shopping," Aelia complemented when we got back to the apartment "I mean shopping with Takara can be torture."

"It wasn't that bad," I shrugged "Until the lingerie store that is. Did you even get anything from there?"

"Nothing special, just a night gown."

She put it up against her showing it to me then grabbed her phone and left. Something important came to her, I could see it in her eyes.

*Aelia's POV*

"I need you to get something from my closet so I can wear it on Saturday," I spoke into my phone.

"What's so special about Saturday?" my friend asked.

"It's Max's birthday."

"That makes sense. So what do you want?'

"I want my emerald green top, denim skirt and black heals."

"Which skirt? Also which pair of heals?"

"It's his birthday, he's turning eighteen."

"So you want the short, almost mini skirt and the sexy strapping black heals. I'll even add a nail polish and lipstick."

"You're the best! Track my number and leave the box on the door step by Friday night with my name on it and what's in it."