So, for some reason this was really difficult for me to write. I don't know why, and I don't think it's my best work, but I was trying to update all my stories tonight... But it's just not working. T^T It makes me sad inside that I can't think of where to go with my other stories... No correction; I know where I want to go, I just don't know how to get there!
On to real life... I start school tomorrow.. It's really depressing. I thought my senior year would be great. I was DEAD wrong. My first semester's gonna suck. I swear I'd rather spend a whole semester with Orochimaru... and he creeps me out. I mean really, who has PE first block. PE first thing in the morning! Not friggin' cool AT ALL.
I'm shut up and let you all get to read this... Sorry for grammar, spelling and misplaced words as always. Happy reading.. Hopefully. *crosses fingers*
Chapter Six
Naruto's POV
"Dad, can we please stop the drills now?" I begged as I fell out on the bright green grass of the soccer field. "We've been at this for three hours straight, I think we got it!"
Not saying that we haven't been put through this kind of practice before, because we have. It was just that I was extremely tired and it was a Saturday. No sane person is conscious by will before at least noon... or that's how it is in my book anyway. Apparently, I wasn't the only one tired. About half the team had fallen out on the grass along with myself, the other half only still standing because of their pride. And yes my best friend Gaara was in this category. Though I saw him give a sigh that I read as, 'Oh fuck it.' before he sat on the grass and laid out on his back.
"I guess everyone's worked hard today..." my dad said, "Alright, practice is over for today." Shouts of praise went out through the field. "Remember, everyone needs to be at the field by six Monday afternoon." he remind us, gaining a chorus of "Yeah, yeah." from most of the team, knowing they need to be there early for their first game of the season.
I laid in the grass for awhile longer as I listened to my fellow teammates get up and make their way off the field. Closing my eyes, I decided to bask in the sunlight and slight breeze that was blowing. That was until the sunlight was block by a shadow. Opening my eyes, I saw my father standing above me. "What's up Dad?"
"You got a ride home?" he asked.
"Hey Gaara! Can you take me home?" I yelled loudly, knowing that he hadn't yet left the field and that it would annoy him that I had shouted. I got my answer by having a soccer ball hitting me in the chest. I serious wonder if my friend is human sometimes... "Yeah, I'm a chill with Gaara."
"Alright, see you at home." my Dad said before walking off.
"If your riding with me come one." Gaara muttered kicking me in the side before walking away.
Remember when I said that I wasn't the only one tired? Well Gaara was one of those people I was talking about. We didn't end up leaving The Underground until around two in the morning. On top of that Gaara's cousin decided he wanted to stop by and hang out. Why he wanted to hang out at two in the morning is still beyond me.. but moving on.
Needless to say my redhead friend was not a happy camper. Though he was use to not getting a lot of sleep, but that was usually for his own reasons. When it came to other people being the reason he didn't get to sleep... let's just say that he could hold a grudge. We walked to his tan 09 Nissan Skyline GT-R, 'Seriously. What is up with him and tan?' and climbed in. We hadn't gotten out of the parking lot before my stomach growled.
"Hey Gaara can we get some ramen?" I asked.
"No." he answered flatly pulling out of the parking lot.
"But why?" Yes I was whining. But ramen is so worth the evil look Gaara was sending me.
"Because I'm not feeding your addiction and I'm driving."
"Then where are we going almighty driver?" I'm not to proud to admit that the glare my friend sent me scared the crap outta me.
"We're going to my cousin's work."
"You're not gonna kill 'em are you?" I really did not want to be an accessory to murder.
"As much as I would like to, no. I really want an espresso.. and some cookies." he muttered the last part and I didn't try to hide my grin.
"Oh so you can feed your addiction, but I can't feed mine. That's completely fair."
"I do not have an addiction." Gaara said pulling into a parking spot and turning the car off.
"The first step to acceptance is denial." I told him in a sing-song voice as I got out of the car, earning a smack in the back of the head. 'Let's get the guy his cookies already...' I thought rubbing my now sore head and walked into the cafe. It was then I notice that it was the same cafe that he had visited with his brother and that a certain raven worked at.
I watched as Gaara walked, though it looked more like a stomp even though I will never tell him this, to the counter and talked with his cousin. Deciding that their conversation wasn't that interesting, I looked around the cafe it was just going on noon, so there were very few people in the cafe. A collage student worked on his laptop and an older man sipped on his coffee as he read the paper.
There was one think that was out of place in the cafe. Over by the sitting area, the only thing he could see of the person that was sitting over there was their feet hanging of the side of the couch. The feet were covered in black and white toe socks that swung happily. I walked over to the couch to looked over it and was met with a familiar face. "Hey Alex." I said.
Slowly the brunette's eyes opened. I swear the glare she was giving was worst then my mother's and Gaara's combined and made me jump back from the coldness of it and the hate that was rolling of the young girl. She sat up and pulled her headphones to around her neck and let out a yawn. Before she could say anything, Gaara walked over.
"Here, I got you some sugar cookies. Shukaku said he'd have somebody bring you your hot chocolate when it was done." he said practically throwing the cookies at me.
"Looks like I'm not the only one who isn't a ball of sunshine." Alex said with a slight smirk.
"Oh." I watched as Gaara's scowl softened to some sort of smile, "Hey Alex."
'Whoa...' I thought blinking slightly at the change in demeanor.
"Hi." she said giving a small wave and smile.
"Well I can tell I'm not welcomed between the two of you, so I'm going to go sit over here." I said walking over to one of the table that were higher then most of the tables in the cafe with bar stool style chairs and began to munch on my cookies, thinking to myself. 'I think Gaara has himself a crush. Well I thought the same thing we he was talking to the Matsuri and it turned out they were distant cousins..'
"Here you go." a voice that I recognized said, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Hey Sasuke." I said with a grin.
The raven in turn gave me a tired smile, "Hey."
"Finally! Someone that acts civil towards me." I said. Sasuke rose an eyes brow at this out burst, "Gaara and your friend are just a little bit grumpy and are being.. well grumpy." Granted they both have a reason to be grumpy, but I possibly got the same amount of sleep as them but you don't see me trying to bite someone's head off.
"I'm sorry about Alex. She can me a bitch when she's grumpy." Sasuke said.
"Why aren't you all grumpy? You seem like you would be more of a grump then both of them combined." I questioned, finding that I do this a lot for he isn't what he appears.
"Because for some reason the less sleep I get the easier it is to wake me up, the more sleep I get, the harder it is to wake me up. Yes I know, it's odd. My brother's the same way... I think it's genetic." he said with a shrug.
I nodded and took a sip of the hot chocolate, "Ohmygwad this is delicious!" 'Dude.. this isn't just normal hot chocolate. It's like melt in your mouth amazingness.'
"Thanks. Hot chocolate is my specialty." Sasuke said with a small nod.
Letting out a sigh of contentness, I downed about half the cup, "Can I wrap you up and take you home with me to make me hot chocolate all the time?" I asked with pleading eyes.
Sasuke opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by another voice, "No you can't. He has to make me hot chocolate." Alex said glaring over the side of the couch at me. I stepped behind Sasuke to hide from the glare and took another sip of my delicious drink.
"Alex, stop scaring him." he said giving her a stern, yet concerned look. The brunette muttered something along the lines of 'Yes mother.' and laid back on the couch, Sasuke shaking his head at her, a caring look on his face.
'He cares so much about her... It's so sweet. There not blood related, and yet he takes care of her like an actual big brother..' A small smile made it's way to my face as I watched the raven. He must have sensed me looking at him, for he turned to me with a raised eyebrow and... 'Was that a blush?' I mentally shook my head, 'Of course not...'
"What? Why're you looking at me?" he asked defensively.
"No reason. It's just really sweet how you look out for Alex like that. It makes me wish somebody would look out for me like that."
"Don't you have an older brother?"
"Yeah, but he likes to torture me more then help me. I mean seriously, I think I'm gonna end up in the crazy house." I told him shaking my head.
He gave me a small smile, "Oh trust me. I know what you mean. Try having a brother who is a psychologist." I grimaced and he nodded, "Oh yeah, he knows all the right buttons to push."
"I am so sorry." I told him putting a hand on his shoulder, "Hey! Anytime you want we can trade brothers! I'm sure they won't mind new victims." I grinned at his smile.
"No! You can't take 'Tachi!" Alex said with the most pitiful look on her face.
My heart almost broke right then and there, "Okey fine you can keep him! You stop looking like that! You're breaking my heart." I told her holding my hands up in defense.
"Okey." she said with a shrug before taking a sip of her drink and turning back to Gaara who was sitting on the arm rest of the couch she was lying on.
"Your friend is extremely mean. I liked her better when she had a music high." I pouted glaring at the brunette.
"Music high?" Sasuke asked me, an eyebrow raised.
"Yeah. You know how she was a giant ball of energy last night, I've dubbed it a music high."
I watched as he smiled and slowly nodded his head, "That's a new one. I'm going to have to remember that one."
"Sasuke! Stop flirting and get your ass back to work!"
Sasuke's eyes widened and then he shot a glare at the owner of the voice. "I've gotta go." he growled out before walking away.
Chuckling at the manger's misfortune, I begun to nibble on another one of my cookies when what Shukaku said actually registered in my brain. 'Wait... Flirting?' Me eyes widened at this. 'He wasn't flirting... he was talking to me... wasn't he...?' I was so caught up in my thoughts that I nearly jumped out of my skin when Gaara put his hand on my shoulder.
"Naruto, are you okey?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Huh? Oh yeah.. I'm fine.. ready to go?" I asked a bit distracted.
Gaara looked as if he didn't believe me, but let it go, "Yeah." he turned at Alex who was looking at us also, but the look in he eyes was... I'm not really sure exactly what it was, "Bye Alex." he said with a small wave. She waved back but didn't say anything. Slowly she put her headphones back on and turned back to her laptop that I could see was sitting in her lap.
I followed Gaara to the front of the store. He waved and said good-bye to his cousin I did the same. We were almost out the door when I almost ran into Sasuke. "You're leaving?" he asked.
"Uh.. yeah." I said. 'Of course he wasn't flirting with me. He was just being a nice guy.'
"Oh. Well I guess I'll see you in chemistry." he said with a small smile, "Bye."
"Bye." I said following Gaara out of the door. 'Yeah.. he's just being a nice guy..'
Alex's POV
"Thanks Sasuke." I called happily to my friend as he sat a large cup on the table in front of me. I giggled to myself and sipped at the espresso. Though I'd much rather be still in my bed, getting free coffee isn't all that bad of an alternative. At least in my opinion that is. I laid back on the couch I was occupying in the sitting area of Zack's Coffee House, my feet hanging over the edge as I slipped my headphones back on and pressed play. One of my new favorite songs blasted in my ears.
"Go ahead and buy yourself a drink, cause you know you're deserving of it go ahead and cry yourself to sleep and think how you hate me so bad..." I bobbed my head to the music as it played and browsed through the internet. Checking my email and Facebook, seeing if I had anything important. There wasn't. So I turned down my music a bit, just in case Sasuke needed something and closed my eyes, ready for a nap, feet swinging with the new song. "It's been a while since the two of us talked. About a week since the day that you walked-"
"Hey Alex."
I slowly opened my eyes and glared at the person above me. The blonde jumped back looking slightly frightened. 'Damn right he should.' I thought. 'Really what does Sasuke see I him?' I slid my headphones around my neck and let out a yawn. I opened my mouth to say something by was stopped by Gaara walking over, a scowl evident on his face.
"Here, I got you some sugar cookies. Shukaku said he'd have somebody bring you your hot chocolate when it was done." he said practically throwing the cookies at Naruto.
"Looks like I'm not the only one who isn't a ball of sunshine." I commented with a slight smirk.
"Oh." the redhead's scowl soften to a small smile, "Hey Alex."
"Hi." I said back with a small smile of my own and a wave.
"Well I can tell I'm not welcomed between the two of you, so I'm going to go sit over here." Naruto said walking away.
I scoffed, "Good riddance." I looked up at Gaara's chuckle, "What? There's just something about him that annoys me."
"You get use to after awhile... or you grow immune to it."
"If you say so." I said with a shrug. I then realized that my music was still playing and decided to paue it.
"What're you listening to?"
"Um... Before the worst by The Script. It's a pretty but sad song." I commented. He nodded and stifled a yawn. "Not a lot of sleep?" I asked.
He shook his head, "My oh so loving cousin over there," he gestured with his head to the man behind the counter. "decided to visit after we got home." I watched as Sasuke made a drink of some sort and walk to where Naruto was sitting.
I opened my mouth to say something, but picked up on a comment that the blonde said. Glaring at him, I said, "No you can't. He has to make me hot chocolate." I watched as he hid behind my raven friend eyes wide.
"Alex, stop scaring him." he said giving her a stern look, but I could see the concern laced in his words.
"Yes mother." I grumbled and glared playfully at Gaara who chuckled. "He treats me like I'm a child."
"Well... in his defense that was a bit childish."
"Fine. Everybody turn their back on me today." I pouted drinking my caramel macchiato.
"I'm sorry." he said sitting on the arm of the couch by my feet. He looked down at them with a smirk. "Very nice socks."
"Thanks!" I said wiggling my toes. I picked up on Sasuke and Naruto's conversation and my heart halfway stopped, 'No!' He can't!' "No! You can't take 'Tachi!" I said, my face falling.
"Okey fine you can keep him! You stop looking like that! You're breaking my heart." He told me holding m hands up in defense.
"Okey." I said shrugging. I took a sip of my espresso and turned back to Gaara who was shaking his head with a small smile. "What?"
"You know you are really screwing up his brain, right?" he asked taking out a cookie and munching on it.
I grinned, "Then I'm doing my job!" I told him happily. Grinning slightly at his small smile as he shook his head once again. 'One could get use to those smiles... No Alex, don't even try it.'
"Sasuke! Stop flirting and get your ass back to work!" the manger shouted.
My eyes shot to Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke said something and walked away. The blonde chuckled and began to eat his cookie before his eyes widen in shock.
"I think we better leave..." Gaara said quietly noticing the exchange. He walked over to Naruto and said something.
'Fuck... Sasuke is friggin' screwed...' I thought then I stared at the raven, a million emotions flying through my eyes at once, but my face remaining blank. 'You better not hurt him or I swear you will wish you'd never met him..' I warned him mentally. I vaguely heard Gaara say bye. Waving to him, but still not saying anything, I slowly put my headphones back on. Pressing the next button I hit play.
"I swear that you don't have to go. I thought we could we could wait for the fireworks, I thought we could wait for the snow. To wash over Georgia and kill the hurt..." 'That does not sound promising...' I thought taking the song as a sign.
Sasuke's POV
I untied my apron and hung it o the hook in the back of the store where the other ones hung. 'Shukaku just had to say something...' I thought bitterly, 'I wasn't flirting. At least I don't think I was... was I...?' shaking my head I walked to the front of the cafe, "Come on Alex time to go!" I called.
She gave no response but I watched her as she packed her laptop up, slip on her shoes and meet me by the door. The brunette said a quiet goodbye to Shukaku, who raised and eyebrow at me at which I shrugged, walk out the door to my car and climbed in. 'What's wrong with her?' I wondered as I myself climbed into the car and begun to drive away.
I grew even more worried when she didn't move to turn the music on in the car, which is the first thing she would always do. Getting feed up I finally asked, "Alright, I give. What's up?"
"Nothing." she said quietly staring out the window.
"Alex..." I said in a warning tone.
The brunette let out a sigh, "Just how sure are you that you like Naruto?" she asked, still not looking at me.
I was taken back by her question. Blinking a few times I said, "Um... I dunno. I don't know him all that well, but he's fun to talk to... and just being around him kinda just makes me a little bit..." 'I can't believe I'm about to say this but..' "Happier inside." I saw Alex look at me from the corner of my eye. There was something that I could not read in her eyes, but I chose not to question it. 'She'll tell me when she's ready.'
We pulled into the driveway and made our way into the house. "Did Itachi say when he was going to be home?" I asked kicking my shoes off as I walked to the living room and plopped down on the couch.
"Nah, he never does." Alex said sitting beside me and picking up the remote and turning the TV on, "He'll probably be home soon with dinner- Ooohh! Shark Boy and Lava Girl!" she shouted sitting Indian style on the couch and swaying side to side excitedly. "It's at our favorite part too!" she added.
I looked at the TV and saw that it was indeed our favorite part. Grinning I began to sing along with the TV, "Close your eyes shut your mouth dream a dream and get us out. Dream dream dream dream dream dream. Hit the hay fast asleep dream a dream you little dream dream dream dream dream."
My friend grinned, "It's working! Keep it up Shark Boy!" Alex said in unison with the TV.
Jumping up from the couch I began to copy the movements Shark Boy was doing on the TV as I sung, "Just relax lay about or my fist will put u out. Dream dream dream dream dream dream. Take your time but beware theres darkness in the air. Dream dream dream dream dream dream. Don't despair. step right up. Need some water? Here's a cup! Dream dream dream dream dream dream!"
"Bravo!" Alex called appulding me as I took a bow.
"Thank you, thank you. Please no autographs." I said turning my head away and closing my eyes only to have a pillow thrown at me. "Hey!" I shouted glaring at the thrower.
"You're so full of yourself." she said rolling her eyes with a smile.
"I have a right to be." I told her and we both busted out laughing.
The door opened and closed, "I'm home!" a voice called. Itachi entered the room carrying a large bag, "And I brought subs."
"Ha! Told ya!" Alex said pointing at me.
"It's not like a doubted you." I told her shrugging.
"Oh and this followed me home." the older raven said pointing behind him.
A tall blonde with light blue eyes walked to stand by Itachi, glaring up at the slightly taller man, "I did not follow you home!"
"Deidara!" Alex shouted running to him and hugging the older man.
"You act like you haven't seen me in a week." he said laughing as he hugged her back.
"It's been three days! Might as well have been a week!" she said pulling back.
"When did you two see each other this week?" I asked taking the food from my brother and searching for mine.
"Uh.." Alex said her voice trailing off.
"I passed by her school one afternoon while she was waiting to be picked up." Deidara said quickly, causing me and Itachi both to raise an eyebrow, "Come on let's go eat!" he said taking the food from my hands and walking with Alex to the kitchen.
"I wasn't the only one who caught that, am I correct?" Itachi quietly said to be.
"Unfortunately." I said with a sigh, 'Alex, please don't have got caught up in something... again.' I thought following everyone to the kitchen.
I am dreading tomorrow with everything that is in me. I have to run a mile first thing in the morning. What kinda mess is that? *falls back on bed* nnnnnoooo... Those who read One Man Drinking Games- should be up... I'll say hopefully Saturday at the latest, Come What May- possibly Friday?, Anastasia- Naruto Version- [I know it's been forever and I'm sorry!] hopefully Sunday. I know I shouldn't be, but I'm starting another fanfic, it's gonna be from Sasuke's POV all the way through that will possibly be up.. Tuesday...?
So why don't you send me a very lovely review so I can make it through the day tomorrow? While I try to make it through gym... I think I may try to pretend it's Gai and possibly maybe get through it... yeah I don;t think it's gonna work either... *sulks in corner*
Laterz! *two finger salute*