Memories Here's Chapter 10. R&R

Itachi walked through the crowd in front of the small cafe he was told to meet at. He swerved around a mother who clearly had no control over her son because he was screaming and knocking bags out of innocent people's hands. Itachi turned into the cafe and ducked under the arch of the door. He rung his hands together nervously and kept his head down. He mad his way quickly to the back where it was quiet and it was the place Orochimaru liked the most. He walked up to the familiar table and sat down without looking up. Orochimaru sat across from him.

"I got you your favourite" Orochimaru said, pushing the cup of coffee towards Itachi. He leaned back and smiled at Itachi, concerned, yet with a hint of pleasure. Itachi glanced at the cup and then up at Orochimaru's face, and scowled.

"You called my house" Itachi said, he picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip. It was his favourite, the thought that this man knew him so well disturbed him, and he tried to hide the smile that came to his lips, the corners twitched slightly. Itachi did not like this man, no matter how much he helped him. He couldn't help but feel that the man got a sick pleasure out of Itachi painful life.

"I did. I know you said to never do so, but i was concerned." Orochimaru said, the smile never left his face.

"I do have a cellphone" Itachi said, placing the cup of coffee in front of him on the table. He leaned back and folded his arms across his chest. Orochimaru hardly seemed fazed, he continued to sit and smile back at Itachi. "Do you find my situation amusing?" Itachi said through clenched teeth. Orochimaru definitely looked amused.

"Of course not Itachi, but I do think its about time you tell your parents. I know it's a- what's the word?- scary.. idea, but they do deserve to know." Itachi snorted. Like his parents would care anyway.

"Fuck this, I got to go" Itachi said sliding off of his seat, and making his way past Orochimaru. Orochimaru grabbed Itachi's arm and pulled him in close so that his mouth was just by Itachi's ear.

"Just remember you came to me Itachi, no matter how much you think i'm a creep, you came to me, and I'm trying to help you through this." Orochimaru then slipped something into Itachi's pocket. Itachi new what it was and pulled away and scowled at Orochimaru. The guy was such a dick. The reason he came to Orochimaru in the first place was to keep his parents from ever knowing what was going on.

Itachi walked outside and turned towards his house. It was the dreadful thanksgiving weekend, and Itachi, unfortunately, was at home. Sakura was already well on her way to making Itachi's thanksgiving fully miserable. He hadn't seen Deidara since the time he had brought him to his house, and Sakura acted out towards both of them. He felt a need to call him, but then decided against it. Deidara was better off with Itachi at a distance.

Kisame sat in his bedroom, going over his holiday assignments. Unlike Itachi who didn't even bother to bring his homework home, Kisame had decided to get a head start. He didn't understand Itachi lately. He was different and rarely made conversation anymore. Itachi seemed to have dived deep within himself and was now drowning in his own thoughts and wasn't allowing anyone close enough to dive in to rescue him. Kisame new this because Deidara was once again over at his house, sitting on his bed talking about how he hadn't seen Itachi since the moment they ran into Sakura. Kisame continued to reassure Deidara that Itachi did this a lot when he had a moment with Sakura, or whenever he got into one of his moods. Eventually he will climb out of the miserable pit he dug and be back to Itachi's normal composed self. Yet, Kisame really didn't believe the things he told Deidara. Something was seriously wrong this time. Itachi normally came over and would vent to Kisame about how much Sakura was annoying, and of course at that point he would be so 'high' he had no idea what he was saying. This time Itachi hadn't come over, he hadn't come over in a while, and Kisame had to continue to tell himself to ignore it and that Itachi would come around eventually.

"Itachi, I thought you would never come join us for dinner" Sakura said as Itachi walked into the dining room. His father sat at the head of the table and his stepmother sat to the right of him. Sakura sat beside Itachi's younger brother Sasuke, but made sure she would be beside Itachi when he eventually came in and sat down to eat. Itachi snorted and pulled his chair out, and sat down. The rest of the dinner was silent, and if it weren't for the occasional times Itachi had to continuously smack Sakura's hand away from his knee, Itachi may have enjoyed that small moment of silent family company.

"May I be excused?" Itachi said standing up and walking away from the table without waiting for an answer. He figured he'd hear about it later from his father but decided he didn't care either way, he wasn't going to sit at that table any longer. He slowly made his way upstairs and pulled out his cellphone from his pocket. Deidara had called again and Itachi hesitated before deleting the message. He hadn't bothered listening to it, he just didn't want to hear it. Itachi walked up to his room and pulled out the little package Orochimaru had slipped into his pocket and walked inside. He went straight to his desk and pulled open the second droor and grabbed his lighter. Quickly he walked to the back of his room passed his bed and out onto the little balcony that was attached to his room, and unfortunately swung around to Sakura's as well. He opened up the bag and took out one of the doobie's among the assortment of drugs within the bag and lit it up. Taking in that small bliss of smoke, Itachi leaned up against the railing and looked out across his yard wondering what he was going to do with the rest of his life, and slowly but surely his mind wondered off to that insident that accured after him and Deidara had left Sakura and her friends at his house.

Itachi sighed heavily and turned away from his house and continued to walk down the street, he didnt bother to wait for Deidara to catch up. He was going to have to go see Orochimaru at some point and he didnt want to think about. The guy really creeped him out. Deidara turned and caught up to Itachi and followed in step just behind him.

"Itachi?" Deidara said hestiantly, he really didn't want to disturb him because Itachi seemed to be really deep in thought and extremely upset, but in a way he did. Itachi kept on walking, and after a minute or two finally acknowledged Deidara.

"Dei. I think you should head home." Deidara looked up at Itachi shocked and slightly hurt, but he quickly composed his face. Itachi turned and looked down at him, and then quickly back up the street as if he didnt exactly want to look at Deidara's face. "I have to say I am glad that you have worked hard and that your strating to get you life together. The bar scene's not for you, you can do so much better then that. Keep up your work with Kisame and I'm postive that you nail the entrance exam to the school and be ammisioned next year." Itachi looked down and kicked at the ground slightly, placing his hands in his pocket he continued to divert his eyes from Deidara's.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Deidara said shoving his hands in his pockets. It was getting dark and the wind was quit chilly. They had made it to the bus stop, the one Deidara would have to take to get back to his place.

Itachi kept his eyes down and shrugged as the bus pulled up.

"Whatever," Deidara said as he stepped onto the bus. He looked back over his shoulder at Itachi expecting something but Itachi had already turned and started to walk off.

"Are you staying or going kid?" Deidara looked up at the bus driver and nodded. Shuffling in his pockets he found the coin needed and placed it in the toll, and walked to the back of the bus and sat down. Ignoring the looks he got from the other passsengers he layed his head on the window and closed his eyes.

"Smoking weed? In your fathers house?" Itachi jumped slightly, startled by Sakura's voice breaking the sad meomory away from his thoughts. He turned and scowled at her.

"Technically i'm not in the house" Itachi said settling back against the railing. Sakura laughed and placed herself right up beside him.

"Yeah, okay. Don't hig it all for yourself" Itachi actualy chuckled and handed the joint over to her. When he was high, he didn't have a care in the world, and the fact that he was standing there on the balcony with Sakura, the one person he really did not like the most, didn't faze him at all.

But, the thought of Deidara did and so he decided to go out.