Hi readers! Boy did this week fly and now was Monday and I was like "Where did the weekend go?" I hope you all had a good week and weekend and are looking forward to the new chapter. I'm so sorry about updating late, but, the new chapters from others distracted me. To make up for it though, instead of 2,500 words, I'll give you around 4,000.

I apologize to my Beta

Excuse any errors and R&R!!!

Chapter 26: Awaiting the Results

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Hinata stared at Neji blankly but her mind was reeling. Come to think of it, during all the fuss and excitement, Hinata did not have her period.

"Maybe it's just late," said Hinata. There was a very slim chance that she was… that she…

"I'm sure you're right," said Neji. "It should come within the week."

Hinata tried to look as though she was not worried but, inside she was panicking to the point where she was sure she would faint but she shook it from her mind, focusing on Neji.

"So, what happened while I was gone?" she asked him.

"Nothing much," Neji said. "We had no homework this weekend so it was pretty much without stress, except for the fact that I was worrying about you and Hanabi's been going to the bathroom a lot."

Hinata smiled at the boy and hugged him, biting back her thirst once more. It seemed to had intensified since she turned and she would have to learn how to control it better. So much for laughing at Sasuke.

"I'm fine, Neji," she told him. "Are you sleeping with me tonight? Or am I sleeping with you?"

"I think I'll sleep with you since it's good to have you back and you should sleep in your bed," Neji said.

"Hai."

Hinata went to her drawer and took out her clothes she would sleep in and put them on the bed for when she would come out from the bathroom and went to have a bath as Neji waited since he said he had one just before she came home. She didn't take long because she seemed a little tired, her body humming, and only had a short shower. Then she brushed her teeth and, wrapping he towel around her, went back to her room to dress. Neji looked away as she dressed and then she went to take up a brush to put up her hair since she realized she was not taking very good care of it for the past week and tied it up.

Neji was sitting on the bed backing her and Hinata got into the bed and started to brush his hair for him, braiding it as she had done hers and then they got under the covers, ready for bed. They stayed up for about twenty more minutes but sleep started to call her name and Hinata found she couldn't fight it any longer.

"Oroyasuma, Neji," Hinata said, cuddling up to him with ease since she made sure to bite her wrist when she was in the shower. She kissed him on his lips as she was accustomed and laughed when he wiped it off, telling her she was smooching on Sasuke.

"But I just bathed," she told him with a pout and Neji sighed.

"Fine."

Hinata grinned and held Neji's head and kissed him full on the lips perhaps longer than she should have but neither looked into it. She figured everything was going sluggish from being so sleepy.

"You know," started Hinata, but Neji finished for her.

"We shouldn't be doing that?" he said and Hinata nodded. "What are you going to do about it then?"

"Nothing. We've been doing it for years," said Hinata.

"Even though we're older now and the meaning could be completely different?" asked Neji.

"Hmm," Hinata answered sleepily. "So what? We're cousins."

She felt Neji shift.

"Cousins don't do this…"

Neji leaned over Hinata and kissed her again, this time it was past innocent and Hinata kissed him back, both lazily deepening the kiss and then parting. Hinata didn't even realize when she had put her arms around his neck or when he had held her waist, their hips connected. They stared at each other panting shakily as sleep overtook them and Neji slid onto his side, his arm not leaving her waist and Hinata's hand splayed on his chest.

"We're just different," Hinata drawled and snuggled up even more to the source of warmth.

"Very much so," Neji agreed.

Hinata couldn't even think anymore and soon she was off to sleep. She heard Neji mumble something but she was too far gone to hear what he had said.

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"Wow."

Hinata sat up quickly at the voice, but was not able to sit up properly because Neji's limbs and hers were almost knotted. She looked at Hanabi to see she had an eyebrow raised. The younger girl never really knew how close she and Neji were and they had never meant for her to know either.

"It's okay," she told her sister. "It was kinda cold last night."

Hanabi seemed to buy it for she was rubbing her arms and sniffing. "I suppose so," she said. "I didn't know you came back home and couldn't really sleep."

Hinata smiled at the fact that the girl had admitted such a thing. She shook Neji awake. "I guess we could always get ready for school early then."

They all bathed, dressed and ate and soon Neji was driving them to school.

Last night was still implanted in Hinata's mind. Both of what she and Neji had done and the fact that there was a possibility because she and Sasuke had made a simple, silly mistake. What would she do if she was pregnant? How would she be able to tell Sasuke? Obviously she had to but would he want to keep it? She certainly did not.

Hinata dragged her thoughts with her out of the car, up the steps and corridors to her locker and then to the classroom, not really taking notice of her surroundings as she went over many things in her mind.

Was she a bad person for not wanting to keep the child if she was pregnant? Surely not, because she was barely able to take of herself. How was she going to able to care for a baby? No, she was going to definitely get rid of it if it was there.

But how could she find out without anyone knowing? It was such a small world that if she went to get a test, she knew for a fact that someone would know her and ask questions then somehow it would get back to her father and then all hell would be opened. Sure, he was not as terrible as he was before, but that did not mean he would want to know that his sixteen- soon to be seventeen- year old daughter was questioning if she was pregnant.

Hinata sat at her desk, staring at a spot on the table as though most interested when she felt a tap on the shoulder. Looking up she saw that it was Sasuke. She was so out of it she hadn't even realized that her thirst had acted up and quickly chewed on her tongue. Sasuke looked at her with a raised brow.

"What's wrong?" he asked her and Hinata shook her head.

"Nothing," she said. She knew she should probably tell him but she had no idea how to start. "Actually… I have something to tell you and I don't know how you're going to take it."

Hinata could tell that Sasuke probably immediately assumed the worst.

"Iie! It's nothing terrible. At least I don't think," Hinata was confusing herself and started to ramble. "It's a yes or no situation, I suppose. But I guess it could put a lot of strain on us."

Sasuke crouched and held her shoulders, looking at her scrutinizing.

"Hey, just tell me," he said.

"I can't say it here, people might hear," Hinata replied.

"Fine, tell me at lunch." Sasuke looked away briefly. "Does it have to do with our relationship? Or did something happen?"

Hinata shook her head. "Hopefully it won't change the way we are now but it's something I realized." She really didn't want him to think it was that bad so she smiled. "Don't worry about it until I tell you."

"Hai."

Just then, the bell rang and Sasuke gave her shoulder a little squeeze. When he left Hinata let out a breath she had not even known she had been holding but it was sucked back up again when Ino hugged her from behind, making her have to bit her tongue again.

"What did Sasuke want?" Ino whispered in her ear.

"What's it to you, piggy? He certainly wasn't asking about you," Sakura's voice cut in from behind and then she came around the table to face them.

"Shove it, fivehead, no one was speaking to you," Ino spat. Hinata really did miss this.

"It's not my fault you're desperate for Sasuke," said Sakura.

"No I'm not, I'm over that. And if you would mind your business every once in a while it would do some good," Ino fired back. "You should not tell someone about being desperate when you're sneaking around with Ka-"

"Ino, Sakura, that's enough," came the voice of Kakashi-sensei. Said girls huffed and went to their respective seats, glaring at each other. Kakashi cleared his throat and pulled on his collar. "Now, let's see if everyone's here."

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The classes could not have passed any slower for Sasuke. He was itching to know what Hinata wanted to tell him that had made her look so confused. What could she possibly want to tell him?

Sasuke daydreamed as he watched the class clock tick away the last five minutes and it seemed like lunch was light years from coming. He barely heard what Asuma was saying and he was sure that he had all the work mostly right anyway.

It was like heaven's trumpet was calling when he heard the bell ring and Sasuke didn't spare anyone a glance as his eyes only saw his girlfriend who was fidgeting as she collected her scattered papers and rushed outside.

Sasuke gathered up his things and briskly walked outside among the students and went to his locker to find that Hinata had already gone. What was she doing? It was then that he saw her hair sweep through the bathroom door in haste. Sasuke did a quick sweep of the corridors and saw that everyone was busy and walked coolly past the girls' bathroom door to slide through the still opened door.

"Hinata," he called and received a little noise from the last cubicle. He went to it and knocked. "I'm not supposed to be in here, you know."

"Gomen."

Hinata came out of the bathroom and Sasuke was glad that she had not been crying because he would know for sure that something was definitely wrong.

"Well it makes no sense hiding this so let's go up to the roof and talk," said Hinata, grabbing his arm to pull him outside. Luck was on his side because no one had noticed them come out.

"So tell me what's going on," said Sasuke.

Hinata took a deep breath. "Hai. Neji brought this to my attention…"

Great. Her cousin was involved.

"When I came back from your parents' house and I got back we were talking for awhile about the blood I brought home and then he asked me if I had my period," said Hinata. She paused. "I haven't had my period, Sasuke."

"Does your period always come in the exact length of days every time," asked Sasuke. As much as he was acting cool, his insides were in turmoil. What did she mean? Was she what he thought she was saying?

"Iie, so there's a possibility that I'm not… that," Hinata replied. She started to play with her fingers as was a habit she used to have when she was nervous so he knew this was hard for her. He'd just have to be strong for her. He went closer to her after he bit his tongue, hugging her close.

"If you're pregnant, what do you want to do?" he asked. "I know you said that you don't want a child but whatever you choose to do, I'll support you."

Hinata hugged him tightly and sighed. "If I'm pregnant, I don't want to keep it."

It?

Sasuke nodded against her neck, and felt her lick his neck. Had she not bitten her tongue while they hugged? He could feel the short nips she gave him and shivered. Now was not the time for this. She had to have a level head. Even though his desire was raging, they had to talk about this before lunch was over. He held her at arms length and bit his tongue to then kiss her, giving her what she needed. Hinata sucked at his mouth hungrily, stress and hunger driving her on until Sasuke bit her lip in return to sate his own thirst. He then pulled away and looked at her, seeing that her eyes were slowly returning to their normal hue as he was sure his own was as well. Hinata shook her head slightly.

"We'll go see if you're pregnant, ok?" said Sasuke. "Even the chances of that are very slim. I would hate to think you're pregnant and we hardly did anything."

Hinata blushed, clearly remembering what had brought this on but then she frowned. "I can't go to the doctor," she said softly. "I can't even go to a small clinic or a store to get a pregnancy test because someone might see me and then it'll get back to my father."

Sasuke could understand what she was talking about because Konoha was too small for his tastes. Everyone knew everything about each other- at least not about them yet. He thought for a moment. "I'd ask Karin if she could pick up three or so for you but I don't know about that, plus I know you might not trust her with something like that even though you've forgiven her."

"I'll just ask Ino," said Hinata. "It's time I told my best friend we're going out anyway."

"She's not going to be upset?" Sasuke asked.

"Iie, she was actually asking about you before Sakura cut in," said Hinata. "I don't think she's after you anymore, but I can't be sure since we haven't talked in a while."

"Ok. Ask her to get them then." Sasuke leaned forward again to lick the blood from Hinata's lip and felt her shiver. "I want you to be there for you, Hinata."

"I know," said Hinata. "We'll be here for each other." Hinata took off her bag and reached into it to take out two bottles of blood. "I know it's risky bringing these to school…"

"Yes, it was," said Sasuke, reaching for one of the bottles. It was not his fault he couldn't help it. They both drank the blood, not minding that it was not as warm as they would have liked. "You know," said Sasuke. "Since we were together, we haven't had a tutoring lesson after school."

Hinata gasped playfully. "You're right. This new topic has been giving me some trouble. I was going to ask Neji but now it's even better."

Sasuke didn't know why every time he heard Neji's name or saw him he felt so possessive. Maybe it was just his instincts but he knew he had to put claim to Hinata before anything happened. He leaned over the rail and Hinata did the same, but then she dragged back his collar.

"What that?" she asked, tracing something on his shoulder He couldn't see what she was talking about so she gave him a mirror. It was a strange marking, looking like three tomoes. Was this the mark Itachi was talking about? The mark that allowed other vampires to recognize him?

"I didn't even realize it was there?" said Sasuke. He looked at Hinata. "Where's yours?"

Hinata examined her arms and legs, then back at him. "I don't know."

A smirk came to Sasuke's face. "How about the next chance we get, I find it for you?"

The familiar blush bloomed on Hinata's cheeks as she looked away. "Maybe I will…"

The bell rang, ending lunch and Sasuke and Hinata made it back to their class room. Sasuke was glad that he and Hinata had been able to work out what they would do about the baby if she was pregnant and was already making plans for the vacation which was coming in the next week. Christmas, Hinata's birthday was coming soon as well and he had to get her something. He was not sure what, but he knew that he would have to think about what she would like the most, then there was new year's.

As he sat at his desk, he saw that Hinata was talking to Ino but so far the blonde girl was not crying or squealing so that was a good sign, whatever they were talking about.

Classes went by much faster than Sasuke had expected and soon it was time to go home. He never thought he would be so happy to be home after Naruto had somehow convinced him to let him drive and did he drive. He went all around the town terrorizing not only Sasuke, but many pedestrians, fellow drivers, and the occasional domestic animal. Sasuke was sure that five years was taken away from him when the blond finally got home, but not without nearly running down the mailbox and mowing the garbage can. He didn't know why he trusted the idiot he called a best friend with his life.

Since he came back, Naruto was making a real effort to mend things back to how they were before and Sasuke was glad that he was. He hated to admit it, but he was enjoying it. The midnight talks for the past two days really let Sasuke know a lot about Naruto that he had been missing out on when they had stopped talking and he told Naruto about himself as well.

Sasuke went online first thing to see if Hinata was on and said hello.

Flames_13: hey

He waited for awhile and then her message popped up.

Candyapple_7: hi Sasuke.

Flames_13: how did your talk with Ino go?

Candyapple_7: I was so afraid and nervous that I didn't ask her. She was just telling the latest gossip and planning our sleepover. In fact, I'm talking 2 her right now.

Sasuke looked through his contacts and saw that Ino was indeed online. He did notice she was not after him anymore. That was the only reason he kept her on his list.

Flames_13: Gd 4 u

Candyapple_7: one day wen I tell Ino about us, I'd like if you two got along

Flames_13: like hell that wud hpn.

Candyapple_7: she's gotten over you so I don't see the big deal

Flames_13: she is one of the most annoying ppl I've ever met

Candyapple_7: wat if I told u I'm going 2 tell Ino wat I am on the sleepover?

Flames_13: …

Was Hinata serious? Ino had to have the biggest mouth next to Sakura's that he'd ever seen and Hinata was planning on telling her their secret. A secret that if in the wrong hands could cause a lot of problems?

Candyapple_7: I kno Ino may not be the best person 2 tell a secret 2, but she is my best friend

Flames_13: so wat?

Candyapple_7: Naruto knows wat u r

Flames_13: he's Karin's bf. I didn't tell him anything, she did

Candyapple_7: oh yea ok I won't tell her. It's just that we haven't been as close as we were b4 that's all.

Flames_13: hn

Candyapple_7: so when do my tutoring lessons start?

Flames_13: 2morrow shud b fine

Candyapple_7: ok, hey I've gtg k? Neji went out and now he's back and he said he brought home s/thing 4 me

What did that have to do with her being online?

Flames_13: will u b back?

Candyapple_7: I'm not sure. He said it's important

Flames_13: ok I'm going off now so I'll c u 2morrow k?

Candyapple_7: ok I'll c u l8r Sasuke

Flames_13: bye

Candyapple_7: SIGNED OUT

Flames_13: SIGNED OUT

Sasuke shut his laptop and sighed. Today was such a stressful day and it was not even seven o'clock yet. He had a bath and then took his wrist since he was not in the mood to go downstairs to get blood. He lay on the bed fro what seemed to be endless hours thinking about all that had happened for the day.

Hinata not being sure if she was pregnant or not was the biggest event for the day. How could she not know if she was pregnant? He was sure that she would be sick or something but maybe it was too early for that. Maybe the awakening had something to do with it but he could not be sure and he felt a little too lazy to get up and ask Itachi or even Sai.

He looked at his wrist that he had bitten and saw that the wound was healed up and gone. It would take some time to get used to but it was all worth it in the end.

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"What is it, Neji?" asked Hinata when she signed off from the computer. Turning to her cousin, she saw he had a small brown paper bag in his hand. She eyed it warily. "What's that?"

"I think you know what's in the bag," said Neji. He came up to her and kneeled in front of her. "It's best you know in the early."

Hinata's heart felt like it was beating a mile a minute when Neji held out his hand with the bag for her to take it. With trembling fingers she grasped the bag, choking back the tightness in her chest as she hugged Neji when she bit her tongue.

"Arigato, Neji," Hinata whispered.

"Go ahead. I'll leave you alone until you're ready," said Neji and he got up and left, looking back when he got to the door with a comforting smile before he left.

Hinata grasped the bag tightly, snatched her phone off the computer desk, and went to the bathroom, shutting and locking the door as if she were locking the secret with her in there. She opened the bag and took the test out of the boxes and took a deep breath as she sat on the toilet, steeling herself for the outcome as she read the instructions.

She had no idea about the things before now and was sure to read the directions as carefully as possible although it was quite simple to understand. Neji bought four so that she could be sure and by the time she was done, Hinata felt like she had run a mile and she would collapse.

Hinata flushed the toilet and closed her eyes as she waited the agonizing minutes to see what the results were. Hinata opened her eyes to look at the tests she had lined up n the floor in front her and gasped, tears filling her eyes. She couldn't even think straight as she dialed the number and counted three rings before the person picked up.

"Moshi moshi?"

Hinata choked on a sob, not even able to say anything.

"Who's there?"

Hinata sniffed and managed to get out a word. "Sasuke?"

"Hinata? Is that you?"

"Hai," she replied, wiping away the tears from her face. She couldn't help but cry and she could hear Sasuke was starting to panic in his voice.

"Hinata, what's wrong? Did something happen? Talk to me."

Hinata took in a shuddering breath, trying in vain to calm herself. She didn't want Sasuke to panic like that but she could not help but cry in this situation.

"Sasuke, Neji brought home some p-pregnancy test for m-me," she started. She could hear nothing but silence on the other side and dragged up another breath to speak again. "I took the tests just n-now and… and I got the results."

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Here we are readers! Another chapter finished. I actually, like Hinata, had no clue about the pregnancy tests and had to get my boyfriend to look up some information since I didn't want to do it and then my mum or dad walked in and saw what I was doing. Trust me, they'd kill me if they found me looking up pregnancy test and all that. I hope you liked the chapter as much as I liked writing it. I would honestly have written more but I have stuff to do before I go to bed.

If you have not read A Happy Ending (will be updated this weekend) or Hina hime, please do.

Until next update…

Ja ne!