Danii-chan: FINALLY! I finished chapter three!
Gaara: Took you long enough!
Danii-chan: Shut up! I was sick. And I just keep getting worse.
Neji: Excuses Excuses! Anyway, just get on with the damn fic!

FIRST! I would like to dedicate this chapter to Corvin. If it wasn't for her, I would probably have given up on this fic. She's the one who keeps me going. Somehow, she always manages to come into my mind and throttle me! Arigatou, Corvin! Also, check out her story, Dark Diary, It's also a neji Gaara fiction! THANKS CORVIN!


Take your Time

Chapter Three

"I don't get it. What are we supposed to do?" Gaara sat at the big table, dumbfounded. Haku sighed and leaned closer. "Draw a picture. A pictureof what you are feeling right now." Gaara continued to look at his paper. They had done what Haku had requested at lunch and sat in a big group. From one end of the table to the other they sat in this order: Naruto, Kiba, Haku, Gaara, Neji and Sasuke.

Damnit. The only feeling I have right now is confusion. How do I draw a feeling? Neji laughed at the look on Gaara's face. "Oi! It's not funny, really..." Gaara said. Neji smiled. "Ok, ok. What do you feel right now?" Gaara closed his eyes for a moment. "Confussion and embarrassment." He responded, eyes still closed. "Ok. Good. Now, draw something, anything, that you think will represent the feelings. Basically, lose controll of your hand, let it go around the page and see what turns out." Gaara opened his eyes and stared at Neji.

Ok. It makes a bit more sense now...The red-head felt someone grab his arm. "Damnit Neji! If I can't have him, neither can you!" Haku hissed. Neji laughed. "Whatever Haku." Gaara did nothing but blink in confusion. Son of a...Damnit! These two are confusing me. Is Neji gay too? I have to admit, he is really cute...Wait...Am...I.. "Earth to Gaara!" Gaara snapped out of his thoughts at the sounds of Haku's voice.

"Gaara, you should do your work. You might get in trouble." Gaara nodded and stared at his paper. "Er.." Haku giggled. "Just let your hand wander." Neji said calmy, working on his own piece. So Gaara did just that. He let his hand go where it pleased on his paper. A small smile graced his lips. He didn;t quite know how it was looking at the moment, but he refused to stop and look for fear of being disapointed and quitting.

"Wow. That's good Gaara." Haku whispered in awe. "Five minutes left! Start packing up!" The teacher called out. Gaara stopped and gave his piece a look. It was practically nothing but shapes and lines mushed together. ARG! I am really going to hate this class! "Let me guess...Confusion?" Gaara looked up at who had spoken. It was the teacher. "Y-yes." He replied. The teacher smiled. "Great. I love how everything fits together. Keep up the good work." Hmm...Maybe it's not going to be all that bad.

"What do you have next, Gaara?" Haku asked, looking hopeful. Gaara smiled and pulled out his schedual. "Math." Haku's face fell. "No! Not fair! I have English." Neji chuckled, looking over Gaara's shoulder at his schedual. "I have Math next too. We should sit together." Haku gasped. "Neji! No fair! You can't have him! He's mine!" Gaara felt Haku latch onto his arm again, this time though, Haku pulled Gaara into his arms and hugges him. What the...Seriously, I don't have any idea of what's going on!

"Uh...Haku? You-you're ki-kinda squishing m-me." Gaara stuttered out. Haku gasped. "Oops! heh heh..." Gaara smiled. The bell rang and everyone gathered their things and left. Gaara followed Neji through the halls looking for their math class. "here it is." Neji said, stopping infront of a door, at the end of the hall, on the top floor. "Gaara, you don't look like someone who is very good in math."

The red-head blinked in confusion, taking a seat next to Neji. "Well, if I wasn't good in math, I wouldn't be in an academic math class, now would I?" He teased. Neji smirked. "So, just how good are your math skills?" Gaara cocked his head to the side. "Are you challenging me?" He questioned. "Sure, why not?" Neji replied, giving a cocky smirk and a small shrug of the shoulders. "OI! Shino!" He called out.

A boy with dark sunglasses on appeared in front of their desks. "What do you want, Hyuuga?" He asked calmly. Neji smirked. "Grab an advanced book. I wanna see who's got better math skills out of me and him." He said, jerking his thumb towards Gaara. Shino walked away, only to walk back a couple seconds later with a textbook in hand. Shino whent about asking twenty random questions.

Neji looked at Gaara afterwards. "Damn. I didn't expect you to be that good." Gaara smiled. "Told you." Neji shook his head. "I didn't expect you to beat me fifteen to five. You answered so damn fast!" Gaara shrugged. "Only thing I am really good at." The teacher then walked into the room. "Sorry I'm late class. I was dealing with something." Everyone settled down to listen to his lesson. This stuff is so elementry! We are in an academic class, why is he explaining all this like we are stupid? Gaara thought. He tuned the teacher out and started drawing. "All right. Begin."

Gaara put his picture away and looked at the blackboard. The page numbers and questions to do were up. He turned to the right page in his textbook and started. This is way too easy! He looked over at Neji who seemed to be way behind him. Is he finding this stuff hard? He had finished and put his head down on the desk. "Sabaku Gaara. Why are you not doing your work?" His teacher called out. Everyone in the room turned to look at him. "I'm done." He replied, blinking in slight confusion. The teacher looked at him, dumbfounded.

"How can you be done so fast?" Gaara sighed and sat up. "How can I not be? Those questions were so easy." What the hell? Why is he so surprised? "Bring your book here. I want to check your answers." Gaara sighed and brought the teacher his book. There were a few minutes of silence and everyone was staring at Gaara. "There all correct. Well, good job." Gaara got his book back and walked back to his seat.

"Hey, Gaara?" Neji whispered. Gaara turned his head to look at him. He had a pathetic look on his face. One that just screamed: HELP ME! The red-head smiled. "Yea?" Neji shifted his eyes. "C-can you...umm...Can you help me?" Gaara's smiled widened. "Sure. What do you need help with?"

IMPORTANT! Don't shoot me! Not only am I still getting over being sick, but my little brother now has Pneumonia. -Sniffles- Poor poor little brother. :( Allwell! PEACE AND QUIET!

Neji: You're mean. He's sick and you're happy?
Gaara: Evil evil person!
Danii-chan: OI! Piss of ok? if you lived with him, you'd understand!
Anyway, now that he is sick, he will have my computer more often.

Please please REVIEW! It'll help!