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Five reveiws at last. Now. I hope you guys won't hate me forever and ever and ever for the particular crappyness of this chapter, but, after going back and reading my reviews from Alicia Kawa Uchiha, I realized that I hit a major speed bump in the story before I even posted it: immediate fluff. So, I am sorry to say, but there will only be just a few more chapters of Could It Be Jealousy (No, I am not taking off any chapters, that was how it was going to be a long time ago.) BUT. I have started to form ideas for a NEW NejiIno to make up for it. I might be putting the basic plot up on my profile, but I'm a busy person, so don't go and check right now because you won't find it.

But same rule applies: I need reveiws before I post the next chapter.

Once again, Gomen for the suckiness of this chapter. I don't think it's possible for the next one to not be better. (But then again, I've got things planned for the future.)

Disclaimer: Fanfiction, remember. Not male, remember? Not rich, remember? Yeah. I think I don't own Naruto. Cause if I did, I think there'd be, like, a serious NejiSasu scene. (Not really. xD My men aren't gay.)

Anyhoo. Onto the crappy, cracktastic, suckish story. (That is not to discourage you from reading. Please, please, please, please, PLEASE. Read. And reveiw.)

Ino

Chapter Fourteen: Girl's Night Out

Dinner went by swiftly. It was filled with bad jokes and obnoxious laughter, faces full of food, camera snapshots, and basically just fun over all. By the time we left, many people in the restaurant were getting pretty… irked. But I think they were just jealous because they can't have a good time like we did. Losers.

Packing into the car, still laughing about the most previous corny joke, we decided that, since we're all broke, we should just head home and watch a movie. But, in reality, we all knew we wouldn't be watching the screen. Girl's night outs aren't for watching some mindless old film. It's for gossiping, sharing secrets.

Sakura, by far, has the biggest house, so we drove over there, already starting to spout out random thoughts and secrets. I could tell by the way this night was going it was going to turn into a sleepover at Sakura's big-ass mansion. She had more than enough rooms to give us all our own and have five-plus rooms in between each one of us, after all. That girl was rich.

Pouring into the house and into the home theatre of Sakura's, the rosette started asking us what movie we wanted to 'watch'. We all called out different movies from different genres, which was no surprise. Hinata, of course, said a random mushy romance, Tenten wanted action, Temari wanted mystery, and I called out for horror. Sakura laughed. "Indecisive as ever, I see." She looked at her shelf of DVD's (it was freaking taller than I was!!) she pulled out a movie at random. Naturally, it was my worst enemy: How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days. Could life possibly get any better? Note the sarcasm.

Hinata squealed, the others of us groaning. "Now, now, girls," Sakura says. "You remember the rules. What ever comes off the shelf is watched." She smiles.

I roll my eyes. "Yeah, whatever, can we just watch it and get it over with?" Which actually meant 'can you just put it in so we can start talking?' She laughed again and nodded, turning to the DVD player. Popping the sucker in and closing the compartment, she flipped the switch and the lights all go out. Then the curtains draw from over the humongous screen and light shoots out across the room.

Tenten claps her hands together. "So, who wants to share first?" her smile glows brightly in the semi-dark room.

I shrug, raising my hand. "I miss Neji," I say bluntly. They looked at me for a split second, looked at each other and then just fell over laughing. I chuckled a little bit too. It was pretty funny.

"Ino…" Sakura said between chuckles. "You are… so… freaking… head-over…-heels… for him." Her eyes were closed and she was clutching her sides for dear life. Hinata was smiling and laughing lightly, and Tenten and Temari were literally rolling on the floor.

"Whew…" Tenten sighs, wiping her eyes. "I remember when I was crazy for him… but I wasn't that bad. Sheesh, Ino."

I smile. "But he wasn't crazy for you back. It made my 'obsession' worse."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"So, Sakura, got any nasty secrets you've been bottling up?" I ask.

The rosette blushes. "Well… um… Shikamaru tried kissing me…" The other girls' mouths all drop open.

"WHAT??" we all shout in an outburst of disbelief. Sakura nods her head sadly. "Shikamaru likes her…? Woah," Tenten whispers, dumbfounded. She rubs her head confusedly. "Um… okay… next," she says.

"Well…" Hinata starts shyly. "Naruto tried to hang out with me, but…"

"Neji told him off," I cut in. "You haven't told them yet? That was like… a week ago," I tease.

She sticks out her tongue. "I wasn't finished." I shrug. "But after Neji told him off, he came by my place at night and… well… we sat under the stars all night."

"Oh. I thought you would've, like, kissed or something. I would've," Sakura says, teasing her like I did.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Give the poor girl a break," Temari says.

"So, Temari, who do you like?" Tenten asks out of the blue.

The other blonde stiffens. "What…?

"Who do you like?" the brunette repeats.

Temari looks at me anxiously, her eyes saying, 'Save me!!' I shake my head softly, almost unnoticeably and mouth the word 'no'. She sighs lightly before clearing her throat. "Well… um… I kind of liked Shikamaru… but, after what Sakura said, I don't know…" I giggle. I see, she's just flat out jealous of Sakura. I wonder why…? Hmm. Oh well. It doesn't really matter anyway.

"Next subject," Hinata interjects. I saw Temari sigh as Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten launched into some talk about Kiba. I smiled at the thought of him; my x-boyfriend animal lover Kiba. Oh, how the days have passed since he broke up with me. I swear, he cares more about his precious dogs than any girl.

"Hey, wait a second…" Temari starts. "Tenten… aren't you dating Kiba?"

The brunette almost chokes on her spit. "What…?" Her eyes look around frantically. "Of course not!"

Temari looked at me and we both smiled. "You are, aren't you! You little ho! Trying to keep us from knowing that! I'm hurt!" I tease.

Tenten frowns. "Fine. Yeah, he asked me out on Thursday. So what?"

I look at Hinata and Sakura with Temari's smile on my face. We all giggle. "Tenten's got a boyfriend!" we chant.

The brunette rolls her eyes. "WHATEVER. New subject."

We smile but nod. The room falls quiet.

"Sooooooo," I start. The others look at me. "Seriously girls, it's been a month longer than we usually wait for a girls' night out, and we've barely said anything! That means you either have been stuck inside doing homework all day everyday or you've been doing naughty things you don't want to talk about. Fess up."

The girls continue to look at me. Sakura clears her throat. "I, uh, heard that Sai tried to –"

"Don't. Say. His. Name," I growl. "He's an asshole and the reason I asked for this whole thing. New topic. Now."

The room falls quiet again. "U-uh, did a-any of y-you hear about t-the new d-dance t-that is c-coming up?" Hinata asks quietly.

Our eyes light up. "There's going to be a dance? Really?"

Hinata nods her head. "Yeah, prom is just around the corner. Last dance of high-school."

I squealed. "Omigosh! Prom? Really? Schweet!!" Neji and I … going to prom … dancing … this is sooooooo awesome!!

"Who do you guys think are going to ask you?" Tenten asks. "Besides you, Ino. We all know who you're going with."

The girls giggle. "Uhh, I'll probably be going with Sasuke… but that's if he even goes."

"Naruto-kun," Hinata says, quiet as ever.

"Uhm… I haven't really been here like… at all. One day. I probably will end up going by myself," Temari says with a sad frown.

"Oh, right." Crud… well, she said she liked Shikamaru… I'll have to see what I can do for her. "That's okay, Temari. I'll get you someone."

Sakura pats her shoulder. "Yeah, Ino's dated pretty much every guy that's worth dating – which isn't much, just to let you know. She's got herself up pretty far up on the food-chain. She'll get you a guy." She winks at me, and I could tell she was asking me 'Shikamaru?' I nodded back.

"Oh, okay! Great! Thanks, Ino-san!" Temari says, wide grin spread across her face.

Another silence. Grawr. Everyone is too quiet lately… I think. As if on cue, my cell phone goes off. I sigh, rolling my eyes. "I'll be right back…" I say, standing and pulling my phone out of my purse. The screen read 'Dad'. I growled, flipping it open. "Ello…?"

"Ino?"

"Who else, dad?"

"Right, umm…" he starts. "We need you at home for a minute. Could you tell Neji goodbye for the night?"

I huff. "I'm not with Neji right now, dad. I'm with the girls."

"Oh." He goes quiet. "Tell the girls 'hi' for me, okay? But you need to come home; it's late."

I sigh. "Okay… see you later, then." I think I heard him mumble a reply, but it was quiet because I was snapping the phone shut. I pop my head back into the room. "Guys, my dad says 'hi' and that I've gotta go, so I'll see you all later, okay?"

The girls groan. "Alright, Ino-chan. See you," they mumble. I smile and walk out, grabbing my keys from my pocket and stumbling across the hardwood floor of Sakura's house. Stepping onto the platform with our shoes, I slip into my tennis-shoes, open the door, and slide out, closing it silently behind me. I search the darkness for my dad's car (I had to borrow it because of the rock incident) – a black Mercedes. It is so easy to spot in the darkness. Note the sarcasm.

Walking (stumbling) to the car, I fumble around with the keys, stick it into the lock, and open the door, promptly hitting myself in the leg. I wince, side-step, and climb in, rubbing the sore spot. I shove the key into the ignition, shift it into reverse, and back out of the drive way, starting on my way home.

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