I jumped out of bed at that moment. I grabbed a hoodie that was hanging on one of the bed posts. I threw it on over my tank top and shorts. "Where are you going?" I heard Gaara ask. I ignored him and walked out of my room after grabbing the front door keys off of my dressing table. I checked on Katria. She was asleep obviously. I left her a note telling her to leave when she woke up. I rushed down the stairs. I heard Gaara calling after me. When I got down the stairs I saw sand creating a form in front of me. Gaara had travelled through his sand from my room. He was guarding the door. "What are you planning to do?" He asked confused. I crossed my arms. "I can't just stay here and do nothing while my father didn't come home last night, Gaara! He could be hurt, or worse!" I stared at him intently. He stared into my eyes and a sympathetic look came into his eyes as mine started to fill up with water. "Look…I'm doing this with or without your help. So what's it going to be?" I asked. I blinked and the tears went back into hiding. There was silence for a few seconds. "Okay, I'll come with you but if we don't find him by 8 we're coming back here and no splitting up whatsoever." He warned. I nodded. "Okay" I agreed. I put the key into the door and unlocked it. He stepped out as I set the alarm. Then I rushed to the door and locked it. I sighed as I turned around. I was embraced into a hug. "Everything will be okay" I heard Gaara assure. I smiled and hugged him tightly. "Look at the bright side…" I heard him start. "…I get to stay with you until he comes back" He smiled. I giggled. Then we set off into town.

After an hour of searching…nothing. We'd covered three quarters of town which left not much hope. "Come on lets grab a bite to eat" Gaara smiled as he led me into a burger bar on the other side of the street. When we got in there it looked less like a burger bar and more like a bikers club. It was full of muscular men missing teeth with long hair wearing leather jackets and spiked jewellery. When I was younger I used to be friends with a few bikers. My parents never taught me not to talk to strangers…I would often wonder the streets and have bikers approach me where I would make conversation. Now I was older I realize what their true intentions were…Gaara looked just as shocked as I did. We approached the counter. "Do you want anything to eat?" Gaara asked me. I just shook my head. "Drink?" He asked. I shook my head again. "Do you want to eat somewhere else?" He asked. I just nodded. We turned around. Everyone stared at us as we walked towards the door. A group of bikers all walked outside just before we did. As we walked outside they were all stood in a semi-circle around the bar trapping us.

There must have been at least 10-15 men. "So you don't like bikers ey?" I heard one of the men say to Gaara. He just stared back at him. I heard one behind me snigger. I turned my head towards him. He was 'admiring' my features. I pulled my hoodie down to cover my legs more, put my hood up to hide my face and crossed my arms to hide my chest. He frowned. "Hey, Sweetie. You aint gotta hide nothing from me." He said in a sinister tone. "I think I do…" I muttered under my breath. "What was that?" He approached me. "You better watch what you say, slut! People get hurt when they don't watch what they say." He said aggressively. I didn't show my fear. I just smiled. "If I was a slut I wouldn't have covered up from a pervert like you" I grinned. "Don't test me" He warned. I laughed. "I already did…You failed." I smirked. I went to walk past him but his arm stopped me. "Not so fast" He smirked. A rush of fear passed through me but yet again I refused to let it show. "What's your problem?" I asked. "I don't have one" He informed. "Yet…I'll probably have a problem with your screaming in a minute" He chuckled. I got confused by his comment. I his hand move by his side. I looked down and saw a blade. I backed away. Then I tripped. I looked behind me. Gaara had been busy he had defeated most of the men already leaving only 3 left 2 of which he was fighting. Within 30 seconds I heard them both fall. I felt a blast of wind rush into me as in a second Gaara was stood beside me. "Don't touch her." He warned sinisterly. The biker chuckled. "This your boyfriend? He come to save you? Haha! Good luck, kid! I'll cut you both." He chuckled. "I don't think so." Gaara informed. In a flash Gaara was behind him. He put his hands on the bikers head. "Rot in hell" I heard Gaara say in a monotone voice. I heard a spine chilling crack as the bikers head was forced to twist 180 degrees by Gaaras hands. I cringed at the sound. As weird as it was though I thought he deserved it. Gaara grabbed my hand and we were incased in sand.

When the sand dropped we were in my room. I checked on Katria before anything else. She was gone. I thought as much. It was 7.30. She wouldn't have left that long ago. I walked back into my room. I took my hoodie straight off. "What about the alarm?" I asked. "Taken care of" Gaara smiled. I smiled back. "Can I use your bathroom?" He asked politely. "No." I frowned. The shock on his face made me giggle. "Of course you can silly" I smiled. He laughed too and walked out. I got changed. After I had I went to put my washing in the washing basket in the corner of my room. As I did I felt hands place themselves on my hips and lips kiss my neck. I smiled as I turned round. I quickly shoved them off. "Shikamaru! What the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked angrily. "Get out of here now!" I shouted. He smirked and put a finger to his lips telling me to be quiet. I frowned at him and pushed him again. "Seriously get out of here!" I whispered fiercely. "I still need to finish our conversation" He whispered back. "Fine. Meet me under the bridge at 8 tomorrow…" I arranged. "Good." He smiled. I heard a knock on the door. "Shico? Am I Okay to come in?" He asked. "2 seconds" I replied. I pointed to the window. Shikamaru winked, blew me a kiss and left. I opened the door fiddling with my shirt to make it look like I had just put it on. I smiled. "Who were you talking to?" He asked. "Ermm…Myself…Sometimes I do that" I smiled. He gave me a strange look. "So why is your window open?" He asked frowning. "It got too warm?" I smiled. "It's freezing!" He went and closed the window. "Why didn't you just turn your fan on?" He asked. "I like the fresh air…" I smiled again. "Okay then" He smiled. "How would you like to spend the whole day together tomorrow?" He asked. "Sure…but I want a lie in until…10 am so don't wake me up and I want to surprise you so go back to sleep if you wake up before then." I smiled. "Suprises? Okay…Goodnight" He smiled. I felt then the guilt creeping over me. Maybe things would be better in the morning…