One hour and a half.

That was what Hinata had taken to explain Ten-Ten about her and Kakashi. The first five minutes was an attempt to make out excuses, but she knew Ten-Ten wouldn't give up so easily, so she ended up telling her.

She would have taken less time if her friend hadn't interrupted her with thousands of:

"For real?"

"What?"

"NO…Seriously?"

"Wow!"

"Oh my God!"

But despite that, Hinata felt relieved to have told it to someone. She had broken the promise, but it wasn't on purpose, it wasn't her fault her friend had heard her in the first place. Besides, she was positive Ten-Ten wouldn't tell anyone.

"I understand why you didn't tell me before…but don't worry, I won't tell anyone"

"Um…thanks Ten-Ten. But you must now you are the only person who knows it, be really careful… please…"

"Yes, yes, I got it! Don't worry!" she smiled at her "but you know what's funny?"

"what?"

"music class: you can't control who you fall in love with. I normally would think he's a creeper because you know, he's old and that… but you look happy, so I guess it's ok"

That's about all the conversations they had that day. They had headaches, and they wanted some rest.

Sunday morning was way better. Temari had organised a trip to town, they would show Hinata and the new ones how to move around.

"Wake up!" Ten-Ten was already her hyper self.

"What?" Hinata managed to ask, before yawning.

"We are going on a trip"

"Where..?"

"To town, get dressed already!" Hinata looked at her friend. She was wearing a blue top and shorts with high heels. She was ready to go. But wow, will she really walk with those on?

She looked at herself under the bed sheets. She was dressed in her teddy bear pyjamas.

"Give me five minutes" She got out of bed and opened the closet. She picked out some skinny jeans, and combined them with a black blouse…quite similar to the uniform's one, actually. She slipped on her white converse and put her cell phone and some money in her pockets. She brushed her hair a bit and turned to Ten-Ten.

"Done" she smiled

"Wow, how do you manage that?"

"What?"

"The gorgeousness"

"Oh…I don't know hehehe" Did she just invent that word?

They heard a heavy knocking at the door.

"YO! IF YOU DON'T COME OUT AT THIS INSTANT WE WILL LEAVE WITHOUT YOU!"

"Nooo!" Ten-Ten rushed to the door and opened it. Temari was leaning against the door.

"Let's go!" they both said, as they dragged the sleepy Hinata down the corridor.

"Tsk..stupid Sai, he couldn't even do what I told him" Ino was in Sakura's room. It was free, so she slept there sometimes.

"Don't be harsh, Ino" Sakura tried to stay cheery.

"He couldn't even get into her pants…"

"What?" Sakura jumped "Ino, you told me he was only going to teach her a little lesson, not that he was actually going to….UGH! If I'd known I'd never helped..."

"Come on, it's not that heavy!" she took the pinkhead's arm, but Sakura shook her off.

"NO" she turned towards Ino "Hinata is very weak, she wouldn't have been able to handle it. No one deserves that, Ino…"

Ino tried to take it as a joke, but it wasn't.

"You've gone too far…get out of my room, I'm going" she walked beside her, pushing her on the way.

"Where?"

"None of your business" she slammed the door shut. Ino was left alone.

Hinata took a quick look. Outside the dorm building, Lee, Gaara, Shino and Tobi were waiting. And from a distance, she could see Sasuke. Wait, no, that isn't Sasuke! He must be his older brother…what was his name?uhm…

"Itachi!" Tobi ran to him, only to be pulled away

"I'm only here to keep an eye on you" his eyes turned towars Hinata.

"And you must be the newbie"

"Um…yeah…m-my name is-"

"Hinata"

She blushed. Wow…he know my name? She heard him giggle, slightly.

"I'm Itachi" he said bluntly. He stretched out a hand towards her, she shook it. He feels cold…

Temari stood on a rock and claimed they had to get going.

"Wait!" a voice came from behind her. Hinata could see Sakura running towards them.

"What is she doing here?" whispered Ten-Ten. Lee and Tobi seemed happy to see her, but the rest was indifferent.

"Um…can I…come?" Sakura knew that they would say no, but at least she tried.

"I don't know, why don't we ask Hinata?" Temari looked at her friend, demanding an answer.

"Yeah, why not?" Ten-Ten pulled her to a side

"What are you doing? She's been annoying you all these days…"

"I think everyone deserves a second chance"

"Thanks" said a glad Sakura.

Temari clapped her hands twice "Ok, now we REALLY have to get going!"

They had seen the cinema and the videoclub. They passed the library before having lunch and later they had gone past the main shops. Time had passed quite quickly. It was six in the evening and the teenagers were hungry. They settled in a park to have some ice cream.

"What flavour did you get?" asked a curious Tobi to Hinata.

"Oh, it's banana…want to try?"

"Wow, thanks!" he licked a bit of her ice cream cone "mmm, tasty!"

"Yo, Tobi! Leave her alone!" Itachi ran up to them.

"D-Don't worry…he only wanted some…i-ice cream"

"Oh" The older Uchiha could notice she was nervous.

He's so tall…and two years older…and so different from Sasuke

She looked around, and spotted Temari. She gestured for her to come. She came in company.

"Hello Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto" she smiled, and then her expression changed when she turned her head to the other boy "N-Neji, hi…"

Without a word, her cousin took her by the hand and pulled her towards him.

"Come with me" he took her further inside the park and they both sat on a bench.

"Are…you ok?" He didn't even look at her. He couldn't show he was worried about her.

"Yes…w-well….thanks to you…" she took a peek at him. His arms were covered in bruises, and his legs were full of scratches.

"Are YOU ok?" she managed to ask.

"Yeah" he got up "I repeat, be careful" he walked away, hiding his faint blush from him younger cousin.

Hinata turned to where her friends were. They were all sitting together in a circle with an ice cream in their hands. Except Temari and Shikamaru, who were sharing theirs.

She took a lick at her banana ice cream and joined them. She took a place next to Gaara, who was having a chocolate ice cream.

"We could do an ice cream round about" suggested Tobi.

"A what?" everyone asked.

"You pass your ice cream around so that everybody gets to eat a bit, until you get yours back"

"Good idea" said Ten-Ten. They were about to start when a voice came from the back.

"Can I join you?" it was Sakura. Everyone went silent, but then Temari shuffled a bit, making space for the new one.

"Sure"

"Thanks!" they all smiled, and with that, the roundabout started.

First up was Gaara's chocolate ice cream. Lee's was mint flavoured with chocolate chips. Kiba's was lemon. Shikamaru's and Temari's was melon flavoured. Sakura had strawberry. Naruto was orange…or mandarine, she couldn't really tell. Shino had a caramel ice cream. Ten-Ten's tasted like blackberries. Itachi had cherry flavour, and Tobi's ice cream was Kakashi flavoured. Wait, what? Blueberries…it tastes like blueberries…silly me.

When she had her banana ice cream back, like all the others, Temari started talking, after kissing Shikamaru lightly in the cheek.

"Ok, so that's the interesting places in town. Well, there's this club called Hidden Village…but not everyone can go in, so it's not worth-"

"Umm…" Sakura interrupted. Everyone looked at her. "My family owns the place, I can get you all in, if you want"

"Really?"

"Yeah, no big deal" she smiled, then turned to Hinata. "I'm sorry about the things I've done to you…I hope you can forgive me?"

"Um, sure but…what about Ino?" she noticed how Sakura's smile was fading.

"Let's say, that I disagree with her morality…" she tried to cheer up.

"So, how about Saturday in two weeks time?"

"Sounds good"

"Count on me"

" Yeah"

"Done!"

Various answers were given. It was all set. In the middle of the cheers, Hinata's cell made a tinging noise. She took it out and looked at an sms someone had sent her.

From: Him(she didn't dare to put his name, too risky)

Hi baby, how is you day going? I'm sure you are missing me already aren't you? ;)

Uff…I'm so bored! Well, see you on Monday =) don't be naughty…kukuku.. ILY

ILY? Must be short for I Love You…wow…

She felt a blush coming up her cheeks.

"Oh a message? Let's see!" Tobi tried to peek, but luckily Itachi held his head backwards.

"Excuse him"

"T-thanks Itachi" she turned to the little screen and started texting a message.

"Um"

"Something wrong?"

"May I have you number?" the expression on his face was as plain as his voice. He was so…serious.

"Only if you smile once in a while"

"…done…" Sasuke's older brother managed a forced smile, that made Hinata laugh.

"Hihihi…fine then" she gave him her number, and then turned back to her message:

Hi, I'm having ice cream with friends…and I miss you ONLY a bit! She didn't want it to be obvious that she would die to see him right now Yes, see you tomorrow…sensei. She thought a bit before putting a final ILY too and sending the message.

When everybody was done with their ice creams, they went back to school to shower, get ready for the next day, and sleep.