Up All Night

Summary: AU. Characters are OOC. Sure, Neji's cute, but he's also obnoxious! So try telling that to Tenten's mom. She thinks that Neji is the perfect guy for Tenten. So when Neji surprised Tenten by asking her to the prom, she had to say yes for her sick mom whom she didn't want to let down, even if it meant spending the most romantic night of her life with him. Neji. The guy she can't stand. On the other hand, Sakura isn't interested in love. Her parents are divorced and Sakura is pretty down on couplehood. The last thing on her mind is jumping into a relationship, that is, until Sasuke comes along. Will these 2 girls have thier perfect prom night? Pairings: Neji/Tenten, Sasuke/Sakura & minor Shika/Ino.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!

Rated: PG

Chapter 6 "Hey Sakura, why are there so many people gathered there?" asked Tenten on Monday morning.

"Isn't that the bulletin board? I wonder what rumors are they spreading this time." Sakura said as she and Tenten went up to have a look.

"What is going on!" Sakura shrieked the moment she saw the notice.

Tenten looked over her shoulder and there in big bold letters were "Special Report! The principal is going to remarry. Uchiha has a new sister!" But that wasn't the only thing. Sakura and Sasuke's pictures were up along with their parents. Beside Sakura's picture were the words "We are sibling! Nice to meet you!"

Sakura stared at the notice in horror. Now the whole school knows that they are going to be siblings. Even though it's true, how can the stupid school newspaper post a report like this, Sakura thought in anger.

"I'm going to complain!" yelled Sakura as she dashed off towards the school newsroom.

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"Excuse me, about this article…" started Sakura. "YOU! You're the one who wrote this!" accused Sakura as she pointed a finger at Ino.

Ino smirked. "Is there anything wrong with the article?"

"That's my family business! You shouldn't post it up like that!"

Ino took a stepped towards Sakura menacingly. "Because there's a need to. I wont allow you and Sasuke to start a relationship. I just want everyone in public to know that both of you are siblings, so now you cant date."

Sakura gulped and took a step back. How did this person know of my true feelings, Sakura thought.

"I would have never guessed both of you would become siblings. But this way, you can't do anything about it." Ino laughed.

She's saying all these because she knows what I'm thinking, Sakura thought nervously.

"Hey Ino, Sasuke's looking for you!" exclaimed another voice.

"Then I'll see you later big sister," chuckled Ino.

"What…" said Sakura.

Wait, what's her relationship with Sasuke anyway…she thought ash Ino left.

"Hey Shikamaru, erm…do you know what's Ino's relationship with Sasuke?" Sakura asked the boy who just entered the room.

"Ooh, Ino and Sasuke? They are childhood friends. Which includes me as well! Three of us know each other for a really long time now! Why do you ask?"

"Um…Nothing! Just curious…"

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"What is this all about?" Sasuke asked Ino.

"It is what you see." Said Ino.

"I'm asking you what's the reason for doing this."

"Sasuke, don't you know that you're already very popular? If this continues, your fans are just going to bully Sakura, wont they? This is for Sakura's own good."

"…"

"Sasuke…" Ino pouted.

"Sakura, what are you doing hiding down there?" asked Sasuke.

Sakura sqeaked and got out of her hiding place. "Um…I…I just…"

"We were just passing by!" said Shikamaru cheerily and he ran towards Sasuke and pounced on him. "We are the best of friends, aren't we Sasuke?"

"You pig head! Stop sticking to Sasuke like that!" Ino yelled at Shikamaru.

"Ino, you're so mean! Every since middle school, you've been mean to me!" wailed Shikamaru.

"Whatever…"muttered Ino.

"Hey Sakura, get me a cup of coffee." Said Sasuke.

"I…um…have a stomache…"

"Don't pretend you didn't hear me!" said an irritated Sasuke.

What am I supposed to do? My current situation is that I cant confess to the person I like…A dark future, sighed Sakura.

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"What should I do Tenten? Tell me…you'll help me wont you?" asked Sakura during their lunch period on Tuesday.

"Yeah…of course I will."

Unfortunately, Tenten knew she wasn't going to be all that much help. Her mind as usual had been on her mom.

"Should I just give up or what?" asked Sakura.

Tenten nodded absently. She wanted to concentrate on Sakura's problem. She really did. But while she was focused on public humilation, Tenten was worried about her own private humilation. She couldn't stop thinking about the other night. She had managed to act nonchalant when Neji had found her hiding in the library, but inside she had been a mess. When she woke up this morning, she had hoped that the whole scene at Neji's had been some kind of surreal nightmare.

But then it was real. She had made a total fool out of herself, and there was nothing she could do about it. What was I thinking? Tenten wondered for around the millionth time today. The more times she went over that night in her head, the more embarrassed she was. It made her looked desperate! It was pathetic! She shouldn't have let herself get to a place where she would do something so pitiable. She should have called Sakura instead or written in her non-existent diary, or called the Psychic Hotline or even talked to herself in the mirror.

I'm never going to blubber on Neji's shoulder again, Tenten vowed to herself. She would have to deal with him at the prom on Saturday night, but after that, she was going to steer clear of him as much as she possibly could. At least she had managed to do one right thing that night – that was to stop the kiss from happening. That would have been nothing short of total personal ruin. She knew there was no way he really wanted to kiss her. He was probably just hoping that a kiss would get her to stop droning on and on about her messed up life.

True, his eyes had been sort of smoldering when he had been leaning so close…but that had most likely been due to fatigue, not desire. She wasn't Neji's type, and she would never be. Not that she wanted to be. She found him just as unattractive as he found her.

"Tenten, hello, are you listening?" Sakura asked, waving her hand in front of her face.

Tenten blinked. Oops. She not only didn't know what she had just said. She had absolutely no idea what Sakura had been talking about for the last five minutes.

"Uh…yes, I was listening." She lied. "I think you should go talk to him." She added.

Sakura raised her eyebrows. "Tenten, I was asking if you wanted more fries. I was thinking of sharing another order."

Oops again. "Sorry Sakura, I guess I'm sort of preoccupied."

"What were you thinking about? Was it your mom?" Sakura asked, her large emerald eyes filled with concern.

"Nope, not my mom."

"What then?"

Tenten bit the inside of her lip, pondering the question. She knew she could trust Sakura with anything. She wouldn't go babbling to anyone about the scene with Neji. And she would probably come up with all sorts of reasons about why she shouldn't feel humiliated. But what was the point of spilling her guts? The night was over and she just wanted to put it behind. Besides, the kiss never happened and she didn't want to give Sakura the wrong idea about Neji and her.

"I know! Were you thinking of your crush Matt?"

"Well…" Tenten let her voice trail off, allowing her best friend to interpret her response any way she wanted to.

"Were you dreaming about kissing him?" Sakura giggled. "Are you in love?"

"No comment." Tenten said.

"I wonder what it would be like to kiss Sasuke, I mean, yeah we kissed before but that was the time I didn't like him…"

As Sakura launched back into the topic of her new brother, Tenten heaved a small sigh of relief. She loved Sakura but there was some things better left unsaid. Anyway, as soon as Neji and her got this prom date behind them, she could quit worrying about him. And as far as she was concerned, that couldn't be soon enough.

Author's Notes: Hey guys, I'm sorry for not updating for such a loooong time! Blame it on my school! I have so many assignments and tests coming up… I'll try to update as soon as possible! The next few chapters would probably be mostly Sasu/Saku. Hope you guys don't get bored of my story! Till then!