Mondays were never easy, but Hinata was actually in a good mood. The weekend had been a blast. She was starting to make friends with Sasuka, she was going to hang with Sakura and Ino today, and most of all…she got to dance with Naruto at the party.

School went by like it usually did. Boring with something interesting every once In a while.

In English, Kakashi was actually on time and spent the class talking to everyone about Shakespeare's famous play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Most of the kids groaned, whining about not like Shakespeare. But Hinata was actually excited. She did agree with Kiba that Shakespeare was hard to read and a little confusing but once you got past the wording, it was aa romantic love story. All about people loving the wrong person and in the end, they realize who they really should be with.

"Now, we will be reading this story for the rest of the week. Your assignment is to pick a scene from the play and act it out. This will be in groups of three. If I were you, I would pick my group now and start practicing." The bell then rang signaling the end of class.

Hinata gathered up her things. "So do you guys want to be a group?" She asked Shino and Kiba.

"Sure sounds good to me." Kiba gave a toothy grin. "As long as I'm not Puck."

Hinata giggled. Just imagining Kiba as a fairy was priceless. "What about you Shino?"

"I would not mind working with you two."

"Great. How about we look through the scenes tonight, and then tomorrow we can decide which ones we like best."

The boys nodded in agreement. Hinata gave a final wave and then headed for her Advanced Art Class.

Taking her usual seat, Hinata immediately went to work on her painting. It was probably the longest she had ever spent on a painting. It wasn't that the subject was particularly hard to paint. She just couldn't get the right feeling across. There was something missing as she just didn't know what.

Hinata spent the class peacefully working. Mrs. Kurenai aloud the advance class to listen to their mp3 players, because she felt that it help to inspire the inner artist.

In no time at all the bell rang and it was time for lunch.

Hinata ran to her locker and grabbed her lunch. The whole gang was already sitting at their usual table when Hinata sat down.

"Hey Hinata!" Naruto grinned.

"Hey Naruto. How are you?"

"I'm good, just tired. Not sure how I am going to get through gym and art." Naruto groaned.

"Maybe it's because you eat so badly." Shikamaru pointed out. "Instead of eating ramen all the time, you should think about eating a fruit every once in a while." The whole table busted in laughter. While Naruto pouted.

Hinata giggled. Naruto always looked so cute when he pouted. "Here Naruto." Hinata handed him half of the orange she had just peeled. "This will help you."

"Thanks Hinata. Orange is my favorite color and fruit." Naruto joked as he bit into it. "Mmmmmm, its sweet….just like you." Naruto grinned.

Hinata blushed at the compliment. "Was Naruto just flirting with me?"

"So Hinata…." Everyone turned to see Sakura with her chin on top of her folded hands with her elbows on the table. (Think Sasuke in the Academy)

"Yes Sakura?"

"Why don't you meet Ino and I out by my car ten minutes after the bell. We are planning on going to the mall."

"O-okay." Hinata didn't know why but she felt very uneasy with Sakura.

Soon the group started to have their own individual conversations. Kiba and Naruto got into a contest to see who can throw grapes the highest and catch them in their mouth. Lee was judging the competition and cheering them on. But the bell rang and they had to come to a draw with a promise of a rematch.

Hinata walked to gym with Naruto on her left and Sasuke on her right. As Hinata walked down the halls, she noticed the evil looks coming from all the girls, even ones that she didn't know. It didn't surprise her though, considering she was walking between two of the hottest and most popular guys at Konoha High.

Everyone changed and headed out to the soccer field.

"Ah, there's my favorite youth filled goalie!" Coach Gai exclaimed loudly.

"Hello there coach." Hinata finished tying her shoes and stood up.

"So have you decided about my offer?"

"I have. And I thought it over and I would happily accept your offer to be the soccer team's goalie."

Both Coach Gai and Lee cheered and went on to strike some weird pose making Hinata laugh hysterically.

Once Coach Gai got his composure back he came back over towards Hinata. "I am glad to hear you accept. Now I will need to grab some papers for you about the team and our practice schedule. Since you haven't been playing for long, you will need some private practices. I'll set it up for you."

"Actually, Sasuke is helping me out and Naruto said he would help too."

"Excellent! You are already thinking ahead, I like that. Now go and show me what you got." Coach Gai then blew the whistle.

Hinata spent the rest of class practicing with her group with a little one on one with Sasuke. Her practice did help. She was having an easier time with running and kicking the ball at the same time. Gai whistled and sent the kids to change and head to their next class.

Hinata walked with Sasuke and Naruto to Beginners Art where Hinata was a student assistant.

"Are you guys almost done your drawings?" Hinata asked.

"Mine's is almost done. But I can't figure out how to make the fox look more realistic and not just flat."

"Well I'll help you." Hinata turned her head to Sasuke. "How's yours looking Sasuke?"

"It's good. I'll be done with it today." He said simply.

The trio walked in and took their seats. Once everyone was in their seats, Kurenai motioned everyone to get their supplies.

Naruto immediately jumped up and practically ran over to where Hinata was sitting with Sai. "Can you help me now?"

Hinata laughed at Naruto's eagerness. "Sure. Come on and sit down." Hinata patted the seat next to her.

"I'm going to help the other kids, since you are taking care of dickless." Sai stood up and left before Naruto could yell at him.

"So what is it you need help with?"

Naruto brought his attention back to Hinata. "Well if you look at the fox, it looks boring. All it is, is solid orange. It needs something more."

"I get what you are saying. Tell me, do you want this to look realistic or fantasy like?"

Naruto shrugged. "Either works. I just want it to look cool."

"Well in that case, may I suggest a more fiction type look."

"How do you mean?"

"It's solid orange, so to add more excitement I think you should add some black highlights to it, like around it's eyes." Hinata leaned down to draw circles around the fox's eyes. "And then maybe, some kind of aura around him to give him a glowing look."

"Can we make it red?"
Hinata laughed. "You can make it any color you want."

"Then in that case, I'm going to add some major white fangs to it." Naruto leaned in to see what Hinata was doing. Unconsciously he placed his hand on Hinata's back.

Naruto didn't notice the movement but Hinata did. Feeling Naruto's strong hand on her petite back made her freeze. She stopped drawing mid line and dropped the pencil and rolled to the floor.

Naruto noticed and leaned in to get a better look to see if she had a fever.

Embarrassed, Hinata picked her head up. Their faces met each other with only an inch between them. They were so close that Hinata could feel Naruto's hot breath. Neither of them moved, both staring deeply into each other's eyes.

"Hin…." But Naruto was interrupted by the sound of the bell. And the sound of chairs scraping and kids talking.

"Hinata, could you and Naruto clean up?" Kurenai asked.

"Sure thing, Mrs. Kurenai." And with that the moment was broken. Hinata stood up and started gathering supplies. "You can go Naruto. You don't have to stay."

"It's cool. I want to."

Hinata blushed, "Th-thank you."

Naruto grinned. "What are friends for?"

"So Naruto I forgot to tell you yesterday about my practice with Sasuke."

"Oh." Naruto grumbled. He really didn't feel like hearing about how amazing Sasuke was and how she wanted to spend more time with him, like all the other girls.

"I told him off and called him a big jerk."

Naruto stopped what he was doing and stared at Hinata with a smile. "You didn't?"

Hinata nodded. "Yep. I told him that I didn't like the way he treated people and that he couldn't insult me."
"Good for you."

Hinata nodded. "He actually agreed and even apologized."

On this news Naruto dropped the brushes he was holding. "No….freaking…..way. That teme actually apologized?" Hinata nodded. "I can't believe it. In all the times that I have known that guy he has never once apologized."

"Well he did at least once."

Hinata and Naruto finished up and headed for the parking lot.

Hinata quickly found Sakura and Ino sitting on the hood of a red car with boys surrounding them.

Ino saw Hinata and waved her over.

"I guess that's my sign to go. Thank you again for helping me clean up."
"No problem. Don't mention it." Naruto gave Hinata a hug. "I'll see you tomorrow. Let me know how it goes. Maybe you might even be able to convince Sakura to stop hitting people." Naruto rubbed his head. "She doesn't look like it but she can hit pretty hard."

Hinata giggled. "I'll try. Bye, and have fun at soccer practice."

"Thanks. See ya."

Hinata watched Nartuo walk away and then facing Sakura and Ino, made a deep sigh.

Why did it feel like she was walking into the lion's den?