Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update I was really busy over the weekend and my internet was screwy.

But anyway hope you like this chapter!

I sat at the kitchen table munching on a bagel and watching my recorded show of NCIS. Everyone else had already gone to class so I was by myself and it was really quiet. Hhhmmm this bagel needs cream cheese, but we don't have any… sigh… that's what I was thinking when I heard a voice from behind me.

"How did you sleep?" Gaara came out of nowhere, almost startling me right out my chair.

"Don't sneak up on me like that!" I whined.

"I was sneaking?" he sounded amused.

I turned around to glare at him but his outfit took me off guard; he looked like he was going to a moshpit or something. "What's with the outfit?"

He looked down at his slipknot shirt and black skinny jeans and shrugged, "First thing I grabbed out of my closet."

I shook my head, "Uh huh, and I got very little sleep last night. I was up all night on my laptop typing."

He took the other bagel off my plate and sat down next to me, "Typing what?"

I pursed my lips and sighed, "First of all I was going to eat that bagel, and second I like to write short stories in my spare time." He took a big bite out the bagel and I rolled my eyes.

He took a quick glance at the TV and gave me a funny look, "Is that NCIS?"

I narrowed my eyes, "No, it's Teletubies."

We spent maybe… three hours watching TV and talking. Well I did most of the talking and he did some. I don't get what Sai was talking about, he's kinda normal compared to some of the friends I've had before.

When I had finished my lecture on the difference between Goth and Scene Gaara decided to ask some questions.

"So, if you don't mind me asking, why did you get kicked out of your old schools?"

I bit the inside of my lip, "Well that depends of which time I got kicked out."

"Okay what about the last three times?" he asked.

I adjusted my sitting position so that the armrest wasn't killing my side and answered, "Well the last time was because I put a kid in the hospital. I was helping move the library to the new building and I was carrying a lot of books so I couldn't see a few feet in front of me. I pasted this one guy in the hallway that I'd had problems with since I got to that school. I accidentally tripped him and he fell down three flights of stairs."

He scoffed, "Accidentally."

I frowned, "I couldn't see where his or my feet where! If anything it was his fault!"

He rolled his eyes, "Continue."

I shifted, "Well the next one's kind of odd. My friend Amy was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago. When her dad lost his job they could still afford the chemo therapy but they couldn't afford the medication for the side-effects. I just could not stand to see her suffer like that. So I kinda stole some drugs from the hospital, which wasn't very hard because I had a job as a custodian. But some asshole rat on me and I got expelled. But her dad got a job again just before I left so I turned out okay. The hospital peoples heard my story and they didn't press charges. But my mom said I was very lucky."

I realized I was staring out the window and looked at Gaara, his expression was strange. I couldn't tell if it was pity or interest.

I looked away and continued, "The next one is weird too. I had hit a bit of a rebellious faze… I joined a gang and one night we decided to play Russian roulette… someone got shot in the leg and we all got expelled. It was the stupidest thing I've ever done. "

He sighed, "I would think. So you're just a delinquent aren't you?"

I frowned at him, "You sound like my dad."

He shook his head and ran his hand through his hair a few times, "You want to go for a walk? I need to get outside."

"Hmmm." I looked outside, seemed like a nice day and my side wasn't bothering me that much, "Sure I need some sun anyway."

Gaara said that there was a trail behind the school that he walks on every once in a while. So I followed him a little ways before we got to an opening in the trees. The trail was just wide enough for us to walk side by side and the woods smelled like fresh rain. It was really peaceful…

"Hey, look." Gaara said pointing at a spot in the bushes.

I looked, there was the cutest baby deer standing there. It froze as soon as it saw us, but then it bolted away. We kept walking and I kept an eye out for any more animals.

I looked at Gaara, "So how long is this trail anyway?"

I shrugged, "To be honest I've never reached the end."

I gave him a questioning look, "Really? How far have you gotten?"

"I usually stop at this tree that looks like it has a face."

I smiled, "Well that's something to look forward to seeing."

"Wow you weren't kidding when you said it looked like it had a face." I said staring at the strange tree.

Gaara was sitting on a rock a few feet away, his eyes were closed and his arms were crossed. I couldn't help but stare at the tattoo on his forehead. It was a kanji but I didn't know what it meant. Wait a minute… is he wearing eyeliner? No I don't think so. I don't think I should ask…

"Hey Gaara." Damnit.

He opened his eyes and looked at me, "Hmm?"

"Uuuhhhh… w-what does that kanji on your head mean?" phew, too close, too close…

"Love."

I half smiled and chuckled a little, "That's not what I expected."

He closed his eyes again and tilted his head back, "Yeah well…"

I looked up at the sky; wait… was it sunset already! "Shit, what time is it?" I pulled my cell phone out and looked at the clock, 7:40. SHIT! "They're gonna send search parties after us!" I called.

Gaara sighed, "I guess we should head back now. Bummer I wanted to see what's passed this point."

I smiled, "Well maybe another time, right now we better get back before Kiba and Naruto come looking for us."

"You mean looking for you." He replied.

"Well if they can't find me they're probably looking for you too. They might think you killed me or something." I smiled at him and we headed back to the dorms.

It took us two hours to get back to the dorm, of course it was dark by then and I almost tripped several times. The pain killers I took were wearing off and my side was hurting.

"Gaara, my side is starting to hurt." I said clutching my side.

"We have been walking for a while…" he replied.

I took another step and hissed with pain, what did I do? I realized I stepped in a hole, I closed my eyes and winced, stupid pain meds! They never work for as long as they say! Then I felt like I was falling for a split second and I braced my self for extreme pain… but didn't hit the ground… I opened my eyes and realized that Gaara was… Carrying me?

"U-uhm." I stuttered. I could feel my face turning red.

"What? You said your side hurt and you stopped walking." He said.

"I know." I replied. Thank god he can't see my face in this light.

We were a few minutes from the dorm and Gaara was carrying me. I still can't get over that… He was so warm and soft… wait what am I saying? _

My eyes were getting heavy and I knew I was dozing off… hhhmmm…

So what did you think! I kinda wrote this chapter because I needed something in between the incident and the field trip. Oh wait! Crap I gave away the new chapter… oh well…

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