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Chapter 8

Okay, so I told a little white lie about being able to ski...

I mean, I can ski, but the last time I skiied was when I was...lets see...10?

God, Neji is going to be mad when he finds out huh? Maybe I can come up with a plan...

Okay, so far so good. We're sitting on the ski lift thingy going up.

All is well...

Huh? Why is Neji lifting the bar?!

"What are you doing?!" I say, shocked. I have minor height-o-phobia.

He looks at me, " We're going skiing." he says as he jumps off gracefully as goes off sliding down the snowy hill.

I really really really don't want to follow him. My skills as a skiier are...disasterous...I could hurt people!

Maybe, I can just sit here...Yup, I'll do that.

SHIT. There's a weird turny thing up ahead. I have to jump of...

I'm about 2 metres off the ground!

Okay so, 1...2...3...JERONIMO!!!

I scream as I'm falling, " I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!"

THUMP

Ow...fuck...even though the snow broke my fall it still hurts like hell.

To add to it all, Neji comes out of nowhere.

"What are you doing? I was looking for you." he looks down at me.

"Um..." I start moving my arms and legs, " I'm making a snow angel!"

Phew, that was convincing in my opinion.

"Ahhh..." he looks pretty convinced. Then he pulls me up.

"Well lets go skiing now then." he turns his back to me, about to go down the hill again and I desperately throw a snowball at his back.

That should stop him!!!

He turns around slowly and I throw another snowball in his face.

Yes! Perfect aim.

"Tenten..." he sounds scary...

I force a bright, cheery grin and shout, " SNOWBALL FIGHT!"

An hour later

YES! I managed 1 whole hour without skiing.

Now we're walking back up to the house to eat lunch.

"That was fun!" I say happily, remembering the snowball that landed right of Neji's face.

"Hn." he doesn't sound too happy.

I skip up to the door and open it with Neji's key.

"WE'RE HOME!!" I yell once I get in.

Hinata walks out off the kitchen holding a pan which is giving off a lovely aroma.

"Hi Tenten! How was skiing?" she looks curious.

"Hehe," I scratch my head, " You see, we didn't go skiing. We had a snowball fight."

"Ohh..." she turns and goes back into the kitchen.

I go upstairs and take a warm shower. Then I change into PJ's and walk into Ino's room.

Huh? I half expected to scar my eyes again. I suddenly hear someone crying on the bed.

I hurry over to it and see Ino crying.

"Ino!?" I say, surprised. Ino isn't one to cry.

"T-Tenten..." she sniffles.

"What's wrong??" I say, patting her back and handing her tishoos.

"I-I think...sniff...Shikamaru is c-cheating on me with...with T-Temari!" more tears spill out.

"What!?!?" I feel shocked.

I mean, sure I felt suspicious about 1 or 2 months ago...Temari used to be his old girlfriend, but now?! I mean I haven't seen Temari in...well ages!

"Yeah..." she looks up at me, still crying, " I saw h-her walking with him today!"

Okay, now I'm really shocked.

"She's here? In Whistler?" I ask quietly.

"Yes..." she trails off sniffling.

I think I should leave now...leave her to have some alone time. I tip toe toe the door and walk out.

I close the door gently behind me and turn to walk down the stairs when I bump into..Shikamaru.

"Were you here the whole time!?" I hiss at him.

He doesn't answer. He looks...he looks...well, shocked, like me. Probably he heard me and Ino talking. The door was slightly open.

"Shikamaru!" I shake his arm urgently.

He snaps out of it.

"Are you cheating on Ino?" I ask, plain out.

He looks at me with a angry look on his face, " No! Of course not!"

"Then...why?"

"Because," he pauses.

"Because of what!?" I ask him, I need to find out for Ino...

"I haven't seen Tem for a long time okay?"

"Tem?"

What kind of nick name is Tem? I'll tell you, it's a stupid one.

He looks down and the ground and says, " She's just a friend...she's not Ino."

I feel a happy pang in my chest, it's all sussed out!

Wait! What if he's lying...

"I'm not lying."

That was freaky...really freaky.

"Then go tell her!" I tell him, " Go tell her nothing is going on between you and Temari."

"How?" he looks distressed, " You know Ino."

Too right...I do know Ino.

I don't think she'll forgive Shikamaru that easily.

"Nevermind about that now." I pat his back pitifully, " Lets go eat lunch now."

He nods and follows me down the stairs.

After Lunch

Damn it! Sakura went out with Sasuke to go skiing.

I wanted to ask her about Ino. Damn it.

Well, I have nothing to do...I could go ice skating!

Yeah! I'll go do that. I'll wear my ice skating dress.

Tenten's room

WHERE IS MY GREEN ICE SKATING DRESS?!

Oh..here it is...hehe.

I put it on and look at myself in the mirror.

I look pretty good. I'm wearing my dress and it has a cute panda motif on it.

Smile

Time to go ice skating. I wrap a my scarf around my neck and grab my ice skating shoes.

Time to go.

Wheee! This is so great!

The ice is so smooth...

Jump and twirl!

Ha di da, I'm a pro.

I am the Ice Princess!

Smile

I feel someone watching me.

Neji. Where did he come from!?

"Neji." I say.

"Tenten, you're pretty good at ice skating." he tells me, looking at me intently.

Of course I'm good you baka!

"Not really." I reply modestly.

"Well, I'm going snowboarding, see you later." he walks off and I'm alone again.

Hmpf. He could have said a proper good bye.

I didn't know he could snowboard though...Naruto and Sasuke can.

Shikamaru can just ski, Ino keeps on bugging him to snowboard.

Sighs...I'll go back to my professional ice skating.

2 Hours later

Phew, that was such good practice!

I walk into the house feeling cheerful and I see Shikamaru talking to Ino in the living room.

It looks good so far, no raised voices.

I quietly walk past to get to the kitchen. I need some hot chocolate...with some marshmallows.

Being the nice person I am, I'll make some for everyone.

I quickly make 8 mugs of hot chocolate and put them on a tray. Then I walk out.

"Here ya go!" I shove two cups of hot chocolate into Ino and Shikamaru's hands.

"Thanks Tenten." Ino looks considerably happy and Shikamaru doesn't look so depressed anymore.

I see Neji walking through the door.

"Here Neji!" I hand him a black cup.

"Thank you Tenten."

"No problem!" I see Hinata and Naruto walking up with Sasuke and Sakura.

"Here! Hot chocolate for everyone!"

"OOOH! Yum!" Naruto grabs a cup while Hinata delicately picks one up.

"Thank god. I need something hot." Sakura gulps down the drink.

Sasuke is looking down at it like it's poisoned. Hmpf.

Ha! My cup is left. I pick it up and drink.

Bliss...

Neji comes over to me and asks, " How was ice skating?"

"Perfect. How was snowboarding?"

"Good."

"That's nice."

"Yes."

What kind of conversation is this...

"So..." I say awkwardly, " What you want for dinner?"

"I don't know." he looks at the other guys and says, " What do you guys want for dinner."

"RAMEN!" Naruto shouts out.

"HINATA'S FOOD!" Ino and Sakura say at the same time.

"Anything." Shikamaru says simply.

"Chinese cuisine." Sasuke says, smirking.

"Ramen..." Hinata say timidly. I think she wants to help Naruto.

Neji sighs and looks at me.

"Well, now we know what we're going to have for dinner."

"Yup." I look back at him and start to laugh.

Okay, chapter 9 is gonna come soon!

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