I'm really on a roll with these! I'm so excited how it's going, I can't wait until it gets dramatic. MUHAHA! Before I start rambling, let's get on with the story!

Chapter 10 – Late Night Ride

"There's a lot of traffic tonight."

I was currently weaving through the said traffic as I tried to find a parking spot. School does start tomorrow, maybe that's why there's so many people here tonight.

"Oh look Nori there's a spot!"

Mieks pointed to it and I gunned the gas getting there first, sticking my tongue out to the person who wanted it. They just flicked their hand at me and drove off to find a different spot. I got out, waited for the others to get out before locking the door and walking toward the club entrance. There's a long line tonight! I saw a car that was a deep red—of course—who else likes red as much as Gaara? I grinned and walked into the club, the club bouncer letting us in without us having to wait in line.

It must be the clothes.

They were playing that fist pumping music. All you could see—if you could see at all—was dancing bodies and strobe lights. I weaved myself through the crowd to go straight to the bar, I'm gonna have to have a drink before I do anything. Everyone else must have went somewhere else, when I turned around there was no one behind me. I sat at the bar and looked at the neon menu at the top of the little area to see the specials they have. The bartender walked up to me and just waited for me to order something.

"Just get me the tequila sunrise with a couple more shots of tequila."

He nodded and did his bartender thing. I turned my chair slightly to see everyone on the dance floor, I saw a more teenagers than last time. There was this girl with long blonde hair, this girl with PINK hair, and this girl with long red hair. There was also this girl with glasses with black hair, and more teenage girls and teenage boys grinding on each other. There was a girl with four spiky ponytails, a girl with two buns, and a girl with no pupils sitting in the bar stools next to me. They look nice enough. I took a sip of my drink when the guy placed it in front of me, and looked around. Sure enough, he was leaning on the wall again.

He was staring right at me, but I wasn't gonna back down. I finished my drink in one gulp and got on the dance floor, but I walked to a different area that was sort of secluded so you couldn't hear the music as much. When I turned around, there he was, in his red headed glory. I couldn't help but sort of back into the wall, and he got closer. I can tell he's an intimate guy, and that he likes to keep things between him and whoever he's talking to.

"Why do I keep thinking about you?" His voice was deep and husky. I feel like I'm in fucking Twilight.

"I don't know, why do you?" I couldn't keep from being a smartass and smirking my ass off. He looked at me with those icy blue, almost green eyes. He really is hot, in lack of better terms.

"Ever since that night, you have been on my mind." He's apparently bold as well. I smirked again and walked toward a door that had EXIT in red. The cold air felt amazing after being cooped up in that club, even if it was for a short amount of time. I spotted my car and walked up to it and then turned around, Gaara still behind me.

"Let's go for a ride." I got in the driver's seat and turned on the car, he got in the passenger seat, looking sort of confused but going along with it.

What the hell are you doing Noriko? This could turn out for the worst, yet here you are taking him for a drive. I pulled down the visor and checked my eyes, the contacts were still there, making my eyes my original deep blue color. I backed out, and then drove forward, getting out of the parking lot. I turned right and kept going straight, my eyes on the road.

"Where are we going?"

"I honestly don't know. Let's just see where my hands take us."

(a/n: I just wanted to say that to really understand the mood of this, go on youtube and search 'Neela's Theme', Tokyo Drift should show up and it plays her theme when she was drifting through the mountains with the other cars, it so fits this!)

I drove through the traffic, it amazes me how much traffic this city has even at this time of night. When they say 'the city that never sleeps' they aren't kidding. We came to a mountainous area and I drove on the road that was there, going in a sort of circle to the top.

"So how do you like the city?" I changed gears as I started to drift without meaning too, casting a glance in his direction. He was looking sort of blank, with some expression on his face I can't read.

"I love it actually. It's different from where I'm from, a big change."

"Where are you from anyway?"

"Germany." He nodded as to confirm a thought to himself.

"Why did you move from a place such as Germany just to come here?" I turned the steering wheel with my pointer and middle finger, and then changed the gears once again.

"Me and my sisters, we wanted something different. Two of our friends came along just for the ride."

I smirked at the thought of Kiba and Mieks, but then I got sort of sad. I can't tell him the truth, no matter how much I want him to know. If he knows, it'll ruin everything, or so MSP says. I have no choice but to put my utmost faith in him, he's the only real 'parental' figure I've ever had. That goes for me and my sisters. I slowly pressed my foot on the brake as we came to the top that overlooked Manhattan. I turned off the car, got out, and sat on the hood, my shoes crunching in the dirt. I knew Gaara followed suit when I heard a car door open, close, and the car go down some more as another body sat on it.

"Why is this comfortable?"

I looked at him and he was staring straight at me.

"Y'know, I'm thinking the exact same thing." I smiled at him and he did a smirk of some sort, and I turned back to see the full moon.

"We barely know each other, yet here we are sitting watching the full moon as if this is our first date." I giggle at the statement I made and he chuckled, then it got silent again.

I looked at his face, how it glowed in the moonlight, then looked away, feeling a heat come to my cheeks. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid: feelings. They will happen regardless, so let's just see where this goes. I looked at him again but this time he was looking dead at me, those eyes trying to find something within mine. Thank god, or whoever is up there, for these contacts. They must be a pink by now. He kept looking at me and I kept looking at him, and I didn't realize how close we were until my phone rang.

We separated as though we were caught with our hands in the cookie jar, my ringer being extremely loud even though we were in this open space.

"You should get that." I cleared my throat.

"Oh, yeah." I looked and saw that is was Amaya calling me, she must have figured out I've gone.

"Where are you?"

"I'll tell you about it later, I'm about to be there." I could hear the sigh in her voice. "It's nothing bad, go dance, I'll be there in a minute."

"Alright. If it's bad I'm cutting your wings off."

"You know I don't have those." I rolled my eyes and looked at Gaara, who was looking at me in amusement. I felt myself turn as red as his hair and turned around.

"Whatever, just get here. Bye."

"Bye." I hung up and smiled to myself, then turned towards Gaara who was, thankfully, looking out over the city.

"We should go."

"She's worried?"

"Yeah, she's the oldest, it's her job."

"And I guess you are the youngest?"

"You guess correctly oh red-headed one." He chuckled and got in the passenger seat of the car; I lingered for a bit before getting in and driving off.

The trip back seemed sorter, before I knew it, I was parking in front of the club for the second time that night. I turned off the car and we both just sat there. Truth is, I don't want to move, and I don't think he does either. I made the first move and got out, heading toward the entrance, Gaara following behind. Once we got inside, I smirked before getting into the mood and going on the dance floor, moving my hips with the song that was playing. I put my arms in the air and danced, sweat coming quick on my forehead and the feeling of being high on life coming into action. Somehow, I knew that Gaara was standing with his cool demeanor against the wall, watching me. Strangely enough, that didn't bother me at all.

-the next morning-

"WAKE YOUR ASSES UP PEOPLE, WE HAVE SCHOOL!"

Does that girl have some lungs in her or what? I rolled out of bed and hit the cold floor, effectively waking me up. I felt myself being dragged into my bathroom and cracked open an eye to see a fully dressed Mieks grinning at me. Only her man, only her. She was wearing black skinny jeans with neon pink Nike that has the black check. I thought she hated pink. Anyway, she had on a neon pink half tank top with a white mesh over shirt that was layered to the point where you really couldn't tell that her undershirt went halfway. You could still see her tattoo, but only if you really looked at her. Her hair was in two ponytails and she had on white hoop earrings, about the size of a quarter. I stood up and turned on the shower while she stayed grinning, looking all creepy and such.

"You look cute, go eat breakfast or something."

"OKAY!"

I rolled my eyes and laughed, getting in the shower and doing my morning routine. Once I got out and semi-dried my hair, I dressed myself in a neon blue spaghetti strap tank top that says 'Live' in black bubble letters, neon blue skinny jeans, a black mesh off the shoulder shirt, and black Nike with a neon blue check. I threw on some black and neon blue jelly bracelets for the hell of it, and my charm bracelet that Maki got for me on our birthday. With our triplet mind, we all got each other a charm bracelet, but they had different charms on them. Mine had little music notes and angel wings as the charms.

I walked back into my bathroom to put eyeliner on, mascara so my eyes can literally pop!, and light—very light—pink lipgloss. To top it off I even matched piercings: a neon blue tongue piercing, and black lip rings. I put on black and blue studs on my cartilage and my second ear lobe piercing, on the bottom one I put on small black hoops. I ran my fingers through my hair and shook it; Now I'm finished. I walked out to see Mieks eating eggs, Kiba rummaging through the fridge, and Amaya eating some eggs and bacon. Maki must still be getting ready, she was never really a morning person.

Amaya was dressed in yellow skinny jeans, a black tank top that says 'Laugh' in yellow bubble letters, and a yellow mesh over shirt that had both sleeves that went to the middle of her forearm. She had on yellow Nike with a black colored check. She had small black hoop earrings and the regular black eyeliner with mascara, but she had a little yellow eyeshadow on. Her lipgloss was clear and very light, you can't really tell it's on unless you look closely. Maki walked out—of course—dressed like us. She was dressed more like I was though.

She had on neon green skinny jeans with a neon green tank top that says 'Love' in black bubble letters. She had on the black mesh over shirt, but it was an off the shoulder long sleeved one. She had black hoops like Amaya, and black eyeliner with a lot of mascara to make her eyes come out. She also had on lipgloss, it was a light pink, but not as light as mine. She sported black and grey Nike with a neon green check. All in all, we looked cute as hell—not to brag or anything, but we were the highlighter triplets, and we looked cute being all highlighter-ish and whatnot. Last, but certainly not least, was Kiba's outfit.

He was wearing dark blue jeans that fit him good but was slightly baggy, and a tight black muscle shirt that showed off his abs—which were mighty fine, we all know what Maki is thinking right now—and a black button up shirt that he kept open. He wore black Nike with a white check. He put on this stuff that the doctor guy gave us that make his red marks disappear, so he actually looks sort of normal. His hair was pointing in all the right directions, and I can feel Maki drooling from all the way over her. Kiba is really a hot guy.

We all stood in the living room for a moment, Mieks actually quiet and thinking.

"You guys ready for our first day of school?"

I smiled and put my fist in. Maki giggled and put her in second, Mieks came in all excited, Kiba put his in smirking, and we all looked at Amaya, who looked a but unsure, but then grinned and put her fist in. We make our hands look like one giant star, and we flittered our fingers and did this weird laugh. (a/n: if you want to know the laugh I'm talking about, Dane Cook and his show Viscous Circle, there's a part on there where he talks about his dad's robe opening up and he describes what it was like, and he did this laugh and it was HILARIOUS. Anyways, that's the laugh I'm talking about. Back to the story :D)

We laughed like we normally do and I grabbed the keys.

"Who wants to drive?"

"I do!"

"No, if you drive, who knows where we'll end up. Like that last time."

'That last time' we let Mieks drive, we ended up in Milan. Mieks pouted and I promised to buy her a chocolate bar later on today. She immediately piped up at that. I checked the time, it was 7:35.

"School here starts at 8 right?"

"Yup, we better get a move on!" Amaya grabbed the keys from my hands and ran out, I just laughed and walked out after everyone else so I could lock the door. Just as I was walking down the hall, I caught a pair of glowing eyes looking at me.

"So you are the one who likes to blast rock late at night."

Gaara smirked. "Yes, you have a problem with that?"

I shook my head. "Nope. Luckily for you, I like rock."

He raised his eyebrow and I walked toward the elevator, where he got in also. We stood in silence as the elevator went down, taking FOREVER. This is really awkward. While the elevator is going painfully slow, let me take time to admire his outfit. He was wearing black jeans with a regular white shirt that showed off his lean body. He is sexy and he knows it, that arrogant whore. I smirked to myself and started snickering.

"What's so funny?"

"You know you're sexy and you're showing it off." Just as I said that, the elevator door opened and I walked out quickly. Did I really just say that? Damn these flirtatious ways! I pretty much ran out to the car and jumped in the passenger seat while the car was damn near moving. Amaya must have been moving it in front of the door for when I came out. Instead, she just shrugged and drove out, on our way to our next destination: school.

Whew! That's all I can type for now. I really enjoyed writing this chapter, the next one is gonna be hilarious. Well, I'll try to make it that way.

Tata for now lovelies! :D

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