Woop woop, new chapter! This was my first time in a while that I did a rough draft of the story before I typed it. Now I remember why I stopped. But please enjoy this!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

A few weeks have passed since our date and I couldn't have been more happier around a guy. I honestly love being around Neji and my sister and Dom adore him. He's sweet, he's sensitive (when he wants to be), he's beautiful…UGH. I'm hooked, really I am. But let's stop talking about me and creep into my friend's lives. Like Hinata's, for example.

Her, her sister, and I were in her room on a suddenly cold October afternoon. School ended not to long ago, and I haven't been able to talk to Hinata ever since her date. We've both been so busy. Finally we have a free day to just gossip. I love doing that with her.

"He was so cute trying to win me the stuffed penguin." She blushed. Hanabi, her sister, looked like she was about to gag. "He blew off almost five dollars for me. I know it's not much, but it's the thought that counts."

"Aw!" When Naruto told me his version of the date, apparently she wanted to win him a toy fox (he was obsessing over it all night) so she spent almost 10 minutes at a shooting game just to win it for him. They are so cute! "Did you guys go on the Ferris Wheel?"

Her blush deepened. "You know I'm not that fond of heights, but I went on for his sake and at the very top, he kissed me on the cheek telling me he was having the best night ever."

"Oh my God, that's so adorable!" Both Hinata and I jumped on her bed. Her sister just shook her head smirking, then went back to reading her book. "We should have a double date soon!"

"We should! But with all our busy schedules, I don't know…"

"It could be as simple as having a picnic in the garden, it's something!" We both laughed. Just then, my phone rang. I answered the call once I saw it was Shikamaru. "Hey."

"Emergency meeting. Naruto's. Now."

"I'm having BFF Time with Hinata, can't it wait?" Stupid excuse, I know.

"Something may have come up. Bring her with you."

"We can't leave Hanabi by herself!" We both looked at the younger girl.

"It's fine. My friend is picking me up soon, so you can go."

"Are you sure?" Hinata asked. Hanabi nodded, then left the room to get a drink. "Then tell him we'll be over."

I sighed. I really didn't want to walk all the way to his house. Someday, I will get a car. "Give us 15 minutes."

"Got'cha." I ended the call and got off her bed. Looking at myself in her vanity mirror, I looked like a very comfortable hobo. Should I get changed?

"It's kind of dreary outside, looks like it's gonna rain." Hinata interrupted my thoughts. Yeah, I'm not getting changed. "Want to go now?"

"Not yet, let me at least wash my face." I walked into her bathroom and examined my face. Looks exactly like my mother's. Great. I played with my now-mourning-the-banishment-of-hair-dye-for-the-rest-of-my-life wavy brown hair. I pushed away the weird thoughts and began cleaning my face. By the time I came out, patting my face with a towel, I saw Hinata on her tablet with a shocked look on her face. "What's up?"

All she could do was look at me. I frowned and took the tablet out of her hands. She was on Facebook, staring at one status that took up half the screen. Just take a wild guess who it was.

"I don't feel like reading all of this. What is it about?" I handed it back to her, but she didn't take it. Her face was still shocked. She was scaring me. "Hinata!"

"Just read the last two sentences." I rolled my eyes and scanned down the paragraph. Damn, for such a dumb girl, she knows some pretty big words. The last two sentences read:

'If you honestly think you're gonna get away with this, you have another thing coming; watch your back, bitches. You may have ruined my Sweet 16, but trust me you little skanks, I will ruin your lives.'

Again, I really need to pay attention to stuff like that.

We got there within out destined time, and with a half an hour rolling by, this "emergency meeting" is an official bust. Literally all I have been doing was sitting on my ass while the boys test out their equipment. Shika said he found a song sheet and wants to test it out.

Ok, I lied. It's not a song sheet. I only said that to make it sound cool. He gave me the printed out lyrics to a few songs like Tik Tok, Brokenhearted, relevant songs like that. Apparently he wants to try a twist with the pop songs.

"So, is this what you guys were doing for the past two weeks?" I asked. They all nodded. "Oh, gee, thanks guys for clueing me in."

"It doesn't take that long for a singer to change the musical feel of the song. That's why we told you last minute." Sasuke sat on the floor, reviewing the sheet of different notes.

"I still could've helped!" I was whining now, and I knew it. But it kind of sucks that they left me out of this important thing, you know?

"We didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but we thought it was better this way." Naruto walked over and hugged me. I could tell though he wanted to get closer to Hinata. "We're not starting this until Saturday, so you still have four days to prepare."

"Wait, what's starting Saturday? And how can I prepare if I don't know what's going on! Wah!" As you can tell, I'm pretty frustrated.

"I'll send you the final copy Friday night for the three songs we're doing." Shika, who looked like a stressed secretary, walked around the garage looking at various pieces of paper. He walked over to me and took my pile of lyrics, putting the three songs he was talking about on top.

"Ok, but what's going on Satirday?"

"I'll tell you after, alright?" Neji smiled at me. Automatically I shut up and watched as they began practicing a new beat to what sounded like Super Bass. Listening to them practice while looking at the lyrics in front of me, I imagined how I would sing to them. It seemed hard at first, but after hearing them play their version of Take Care (and I was quite shocked they made it so calm, yet not like the original version) and Fuckin' Perfect, I got used to it. I even tried to make some of my own lyrics, you know, jazzin' it up.

"Ok, ok, then how does this sound." I asked, singing a random lyric in a somewhat deep, yet angelic voice…like how Lana Del Ray sings Born To Die.

"Good, good," My boyfriend nodded, jotting down notes. "But try not to go too deep. It might sound weird." I nodded in agreement.

"So, you never told me what's going on Saturday." We were in my room, which was clean, thanks to Takara, and he was helping me with my singing range.

"Well, for the weeks that we've been practicing, Shika has been researching for people who will listen to us." I sat down next to him on my bed, getting a little too pumped up for my own good. "He didn't find anyone specifically, but he did talk to a few people who are in the business, and they told him to make a cover of a popular song and post it online, like in the olden days with MySpace."

"Uh huh…" I nodded slowly. "so on Saturday…"

"We are going to record out first cover. Well, not record, it'll be videotaped."

"Are you serious?! This is amazing!" I jumped up and down on my bed. We're finally gonna get some recognition! "We should change our name then" That retarded name we came up with forever ago needs to go.

Neji nodded. "We've been working on that, too. But you can make something up."

"I don't think I have the imagination for all that." He smirked. "I'm being serious! It'll take me until this Saturday next year to think of something!"

"Well, let's hope that doesn't happen." He smiled back at me, landing a small kiss on my lips. "Anyway, did you do Ms. Leader's Health homework?"

"Mr. Smart-As-Einstein Neji Hyuga asking me for homework?" I fake gasped. "What is the world coming to?"

"Very funny. I had to go do my physical during her period so I missed everything."

"Physical? For what?"

"I'm thinking about trying out for the football team."

"Seriously?" He nodded. "I never would've thought you liked…sports."

"Just something to pass the time, nothing big or serious."

"Babe, football is a big and serious thing. Can you imagine what'll happen if you do good on the team? You could get a scholarship, be awarded MVP, even go for the NFL team!" Don't ask how I know so much, Rob was a football player.

"My uncle thought it was a good idea for me to try on a sport. Football was the first thing that came to mind."

"Why not soccer?"

He shook his head. "Not a big fan. Besides, my gym teacher saw how I play during class, he says I should try out too. So why not."

"Aw, my wittle boyfwiend Neji-Wegie is trying out for football." I pinched his cheek, laughing.

"Exactly why I can't tell you anything serious." He blushed, slapping my hand away.

"But think about it; Neji Hyuga, famous high school football player and lead guitarist of whatever our new band name is."

"Sounds sketchy. I'd rather not be known for that." He laid back on my bed, pulling me down with him. "I'm just fine with being me."

"Oh really?" I smirked, looking up at him. "You're already known for the shouting match with Ino not too long ago."

"I thought people forgot about that crap."

I shook my head. "People still talk about it, usually when Ino is in the room."

"Hn."

"But if you're serious about this football thing, I'll be behind you 100%, fighting off the bitches that chase after you."

He smiled as he kissed my forehead. "And that's what I love about you."

I snuggled next to him more as my phone vibrated in my pocket. On a rare occasion does Naruto text me. 'Can u meet me by my road? I need advice', the text said.

'Sure, but I'm w/ Neji.' I looked up and saw he was taking a nap. He is just SO cute when he's asleep. 'Should he come or…'

'Noooo come alone. He can't no about this.' He sent to me after. That's weird. What's so urgent that his best friend can't come? I sent him another text and put on my shoes, still wondering what the big issue was. By the time I was ready to leave, I remembered Neji was still sleeping on my bed. I grabbed a piece of paper and pen and wrote down 'Late night run to Tropical Smoothie. Be back soon!', then stuck it to his head.

Although I have been to Naruto's house multiple times, it's still a pain to walk all the way there with no car. Yes, he may live semi-close by, but it is almost 11:30 on a cold October night. Scary stuff happen around this time.

Walking up his street, I saw a dash of bright hair and an orange shirt with boxers on, so obviously it's him. I walked a little faster, considering the fact that I thought something was behind me, and saw him sitting on a random bench in front of an old church. "You rang?"

"I seriously need your help." He sat up and grabbed my shoulders. "I know I fuck up on a regular basis but I don't think this one is forgivable."

"Naruto, dude, calm down." I grabbed his face and shook it a little. His eyes look breath-taking at night, by the way. Managing to loosen out of his grip, I sat down on the bench and patted the spot next to me. "Tell me what happened."

He sat down next to me, kind of frightened. "You promise you won't get mad at me?"

"I'm rarely ever mad at you. It can't be that bad."

"Ok…well…you remember when we were in Ino's place and I told you guys about that chick I had a 'thing' with?" I nodded, vaguely remembering. I was too distracted by her couches to pay that much attention. "So after the date with Hinata, I walked her home and I kissed her." My jaw dropped. Those losers didn't tell me that! She's so gonna get it when I see her next. "It felt nice being, you know, wanted by someone that isn't family. She's not a bad kisser at all, and we planned another date next weekend."

"Ok, what does this have to do with that girl?" Since I was freezing my ass off, I moved closer to Naruto, who was so warm even in boxers.

"I'm getting there. So I walk home and out of nowhere I get a text from her saying 'get on Skype we have to talk'. My heart's like, racing, because I absolutely hate it when people say that to me, and I haven't talked to her in forever." I nodded again. This story is about to get juicy, I can sense it. "I get home and go online and she started to video call me. I wanted to decline it but you know me, I'm not that type of person. So I accept the call, and we're just talking bringing up old times and stuff." Then he stopped.

"Well? What happened?" I asked loudly. "You can't just leave me hanging like that!" I looked at his face and I saw disappointment, sadness, and everything else negative. "Naruto? You alright?"

It took him a few more moments to come back to reality, then he finally spoke. "She told me she wasn't getting married anymore."

"That's…good, I guess?"

He nodded. "When she told me that, I was so happy that now I still somewhat had a chance with her."

"What about Hinata?"

"I'm getting there, no rushing."

"Naruto, it's going on Midnight. I have to rush. There is a body on that bed of mine that isn't me. We have school in six hours."

"Alright, alright." He smiled softly, which brightened up my mood a little. "So, she told me she's coming to the States next weekend for vacation. So I asked her if I can take her out the night she comes."

"Ok, what's so bad about- Oh, that's messed up." He nodded in response to my reaction.

"I completely forgot about my date with Hinata that I brushed her off to see my childhood crush and I feel like complete shit."

"You have to tell Hinata. She'll-"

"No! That is not happening! The one thing that I hate seeing on this Earth is a girl cry, and Hinata is pretty damn sensitive."

"Naruto, you can't hide this from her, you know. Girls find out everything."

"Don't remind me." He sat back on the bench and sighed heavily. "I don't know who to go out with; the girl that literally ripped my heart out when I first met her, or the girl who's had a crush on me since day one and is the sweetest girl ever."

"You can go out with your crush another night! You made plans with Hinata first so you go with her!" What's so difficult about that?

"She's gonna be around me literally 24/7. Even if I wanted to go on the date with Hinata, the poor girl would be a third wheel." I saw his phone screen light up, then dim back down after a few seconds.

"I say you go with Hinata. She really likes you and loves being around you."

"You just don't understand." He flew his hands to his face and rubbed it violently. "She'll be all over me. Hinata wouldn't have a chance to even look at me."

"Oh God, is she one of those girls that'll walk into the boy's bathroom with you just to make sure you're not doing anything?"

"She's a little…protective."

"And you like that?" Insert my flawless disgusted face here.

"It's more than that though. She's funny, adventurous, athletic, smart, beautiful, everything I want in a girl."

"Don't forget weird." He play-slapped my arm, laughing. "I'm just saying!"

"Well she can be. But so am I so we're good for each other."

"What about Hinata? What do you like about her?"

"Gosh," Naruto looked up at the beautiful starry night sky, the moon lighting up the area around us. "she's…more than smart, she's intelligent, not really athletic, but she's tech savvy, gorgeous, adorable, sensitive, very shy, everything I wouldn't be able to handle."

I looked at him like he grew a foot on his face. "What are you talking about?"

"Well she's this flawless human being and here I am just…bleh. She's too good for me."

"That is a lie. She obviously doesn't think that if she always talks about you, thinks about you, and allows you take her out on dates." He turned his head toward me, knowing I had a point. "Naruto, she is literally obsessed with you, but in a good way. You have to see her face every time someone brings up your name. The way she acts around you says so much about the way she feels about you. I know this is hard but you have to choose between the old chick or the new one. You can't have your cake and eat it too."

He analyzed my speech of perfection and his face sort of lit up. "I guess you're right. I have to choose sooner or later. It's hard getting over someone who walked out of your life so long ago."

I nodded in agreement. "It happens. I see it as a test to see if you're capable to handle all the emotions and memories that come back. Not everyone is ready, but it's gonna happen eventually."

"You're right. Thank you so much for the advice, I really appreciate it." He leaned in and gave me a tight hug. I hugged him back, patting him on the back. "I don't know where I'd be without you."

"Hey, that's what newbies are for." I joked. We bid each other goodbye's and walked back to my house, still freezing my ass off. But I was glad that I could help a friend out in their time of need. It makes me feel a little bit better about myself. Now all we have to do is wait and see if he makes the right choice for his date.

This is like the second episode before the season finale of the Bachelor; so much suspense, you can cut it with a knife.

And speaking of cutting with a knife, I'm gonna slaughter Neji for making me sleep on the floor. Lazy bastard.

"Takara, please!" I cried.

"No, Tenten."

"Please!"

"No!"

"Puh-LEASE!" I pleaded.

"Stop whining and let's go." She walked away from my weeping body on the floor.

Ok, I should probably give you guys the scenario before you think of something weird. Takara and I are at the mall (Hair N' Care to be exact) and we're in the hair dye aisle, which, as you may now know, is my kryptonite.

"But it's right there!" I yelled, pointing to the numerous bottles of black hair dye for a reasonable price of $23.50. "Please, Takara!"

"No, Ten! I told you, no more dying your hair until after Thanksgiving!"

"Why not Halloween!" I questioned as customers began to look at us. "That'd suit it better, if anything!"

"Absolutely not. Now let's go." She walked away again as I began to whine like a little baby.

"How come you can get an ugly ass top from Banana Republic for $35 and you can't even spend $25 on a bottle of damn liquid!"

"If you're complaining that it's so inexpensive, then where's your money? Why don't you pay for it?"

"Your cheap ass won't give me any!"

"That's besides the point!"

"I'm still right!"

"You're still not getting the dye, Ten. Just drop it. Your hair is unhealthy as hell anyway, so I got you some hair repairs."

I stood up from my immature position on the floor and stared at my older sister. "Do I sense bribery?"

She sighed. "Yes, you do. If you use all of these products and your hair is as healthy as it can be, I'll let you dye it as a reward."

"Seriously?!" She nodded. "I'll legit use anything. Let me see." I said as I ransacked her basket of hair and nail products. I picked up a purple bottle with a tiny white kangaroo on top of the logo. "Aussie? What is this?"

"If you read further down, it's a deep conditioner. You leave this in your hair for 30 minutes after you wash it."

"Whatever." I went through the basket again and saw a green bottle. Opening the lid, it was kind of fruity, but it was hard to tell with the seal on it. "And this?"

"Garnier Fructis shampoo. That's for me." She grabbed a gray bottle out of the basket. "This is for you."

"Suave? I already have this brand." If you haven't tried anything Suave yet, go get something from them. Right now. Their shampoos and conditioners are SO worth it. It leaves your hair so nice and soft.

"I know, but this is a 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner with a pH balance formula."

"What's so great about a pH balance for your hair?" I was never good in science.

"Long story short, it helps your hair grow."

"Let's go!" Anything that'll help my sucky hair grow must be worth the trouble. Takara smirked at me and started walking to the register. I took this chance to grab a bottle of the hair dye and quickly and quietly drop it in the basket. Shh, don't tell her.

After a few minutes waiting on the ridiculously long line, we finally reached the cash register. The dude at the register, who was a kind of cute boy named Ricky, literally could not stop staring at me. Every time I looked up, he would side-glance to my sister.

The funny thing is, as she was putting all the supplies on the counter, she didn't even notice the bottle of hair dye! I can't believe she'd that oblivious! She literally stared at it for no more than five seconds then went on to the next object. Ricky began to ring up her items, still staring at me every now and again, mind you.

"So, what do you want to do after this?" She turned and looked at me. I may be on some kind of drug, but I saw this glint in my sister's eye. That usually means she's on to my secret plan, or she's about to embarrass the hell out of me. This might be the one time it's both.

"Uh, go out and eat, I guess."

"Okay. What would you like to eat?"

"Uh…" This is getting bad. He needs to price faster! "I don't know, anything."

"Alright. Would you like to go before or after I beat your ass."

"Oh, come on, Takara. Don't be so feisty out in public."

"I clearly told you you're not getting the bottle!" I should've known. My sister isn't that stupid. She turned back to Ricky, pissed off her mind. "Did you ring up that bottle of hair dye already?"

"Y-yes, miss." Aw, he's proper with a cute accent.

"Can you please take it off? My sister over here thought she was slick and slid it in the basket."

"You're gonna make me beg again, aren't you."

"Doesn't matter, you're still not getting it."

"Holy spinach Takara, why not! I've been dye-free for almost a month now! That alone should be my reward!" She just shook her head.

"Just take it off the list, please."

"Actually, there's a sale on this brand for the time being." Ricky spoke up after looking at the bottle.

"Say what now?" Takara and I both said.

"You picked up another color of this brand. The sale just started today; it's buy one, get one half off."

Both our minds were blown. I, of course, was excited, while Takara was either pissed still or shocked and pissed. One of the two. "Wait," She spoke up. "so, there's a sale on this?" He nodded. "Why?"

"What do you mean 'why'? Can't a store have a sale?" I frowned at my sister. Sometimes, she can be so hard-headed.

"It's the 10th anniversary of the brand, so online and in beauty supply stores, they're having an all-out sale. It's for the whole month."

"So I can still get the bottle?" I smiled up at him. His glistening green eyes looked at me with surprise.

"Well, yeah. If you use your card, it takes 50% off the sale price."

"I like the sound of this." I smirked while Takara was still analyzing that there was a sale. "So, how much is the bottle with the sale?"

"The original is $23.50..." He spoke while he calculated on his snazzy computer. Observing him more, he had his industrial done, short brown hair and olive skin. Holy Jesus, if I was single, I'd defiantly ask for his number. "so on sale it's $11.75 without tax."

"And with the card?"

"Um…$5.87."

"Takara, you are getting that hair dye bottle!"

"I'm most certainly am not!" She came back to planet Earth and began yelling at me again. Thank God there was nobody on line because they'd be pretty pissed by now. "Unless I'm getting something out of this, you're not getting anything!"

"There's also reward points being given out for each purchase you make."

"Pardon?"

"You receive points per item you buy."

"And what do these points add up to?"

"You gain access to stuff you can't buy. For example, there is this hair straightener that is so expensive that we can't sell it here in the store. With the reward points, you can use them to get it online and that company will send it to you."

"Who pays for the-"

"You get billed, I think, a week or so after you receive it. Both you and the store pay 50% of it."

Takara stared at the boy for a moment before sighing. "All this for a damn bottle…" She looked back at me and gave me her famous sympathetic look. "you're a good kid and you don't do anything stupid. So I guess I'll get you the dye."

I gasped. "Really?! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" I pulled her in for a bone crushing hug. "You are seriously the best sister on this planet!"

"I know, I know. I love you, too. Price us so we can get out of here."

"Yes, miss." Ricky smiled and gave us the final price. After bagging up everything, we were about to leave before he called me out. "Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Uh, sure. What?" Please don't let him ask me if I have a boyfriend.

"Do you go to school around here? I think I've seen you before."

Shocker. "Oh, uh, yeah. I just moved here a while ago."

"Oh, newbie, huh." I nodded, laughing. "You have a Facebook?"

"Yep, I just need a pen and paper."

"Oh, right," He blushed slightly, handing me the back of a old receipt and a pencil. "there you go."

"Thanks." I wrote down my name and handed it back to him. "Well, I really gotta go, my sis's waiting for me outside."

"Kay, see you around Tenten. Nice name." He smiled brightly at me.

"Thanks, bye!" I waved, walking out of the store and speed-walking to the car before I got hit by nothing. By the time I got in the car, Takara had that look on her face. "It's not what you think you freak."

"I know, you're not like that. Just be careful, though."

"I will." I shook my head as we pull out the drive way and headed for the nearest Chinese Buffet.

For some strange reason, I feel like I'm walking into some huge mistake. Maybe it's a bad omen. Or maybe it's just me getting sick from being out so late with Naruto. God, I hope it's the second one.

Yay! Finally we're getting to the legit band stuff. That'll be fun to write. Since the story was so suspenseful and serious, I added the last part as sort of a comic relief before I turned it around and made it suspenseful and serious again.

As always, thank you so much for reading. Please review if you like it and I'll try to have the next chapter out before Fall begins. Bye now~!