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Calling All Boys
Chapter: 11
Ino's Dairy
Dear dairy,
This morning I made up my mind. I absolutely had to sneak a call to Shikamaru to break off our date. It was now or never. Tomorrow was the Sadie Hawkins Dance and Temari was breathing my neck!
So I tried calling right before first period class. I thought Shikamaru would still be in his room then. He was but he couldn't talk.
"Sorry, I've got to run to the dinning hall," Shikamaru said. " I got up late and I'm starving. I'll call you later."
"This will just take a second," I started to say. But he had already hung up.
Serves me right for waiting till the last minute. I threw the phone into my backpack and ran off to English class.
"Did you talk to Shikamaru?" Temari hissed when I walked in.
"Later," I whispered back. I was really tired. I had spent all night writing my Oliver Twist report.
Luckily, it was really good. So when Ms. Anko asked me to read it to the class I was ready to go!
I picked up my report and walked to the front of the class. I stood before the Chalkboard and cleared my throat. Then I began to read.
"Oliver Twist was written y Charles Dickens in eighteen-"
BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!
I froze. I knew that ring anywhere. And it was coming from my backpack!
"Oh, my," Ms. Anko said, glancing at the clock. "Is that the bell already?"
BRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!
My heart began to pound. I forgot to switch off my cell phone! Shikamaru was proably calling me back.
"What is that?" Ms. Anko asked.
I chewed my lip as I stared at Sakura. Sakura was rolling eyes and shaking her head. There was only one thing I could do. I had to hang up whoever was calling me!
"E-excuse me, please," I stammered as I walked over to my desk. I unzipped the backpack and took out the phone. My finger trembled as I clicked off.
I took a deep breath
"Ino?" Ms. Anko asked. "Why did you bring a phone to class? Don't you know the rules?"
I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. So Sakura jumped up and did it for me.
"Our dad gave it to us, Ms. Anko," Sakura said. "It's for emergencies."
"Was that your father just now?" Ms. Anko asked.
"No," I admitted.
Ms. Anko raised an eyebrow. "Well, then it wasn't an emergency, was it?"
"No," I said again. I could feel my face face burning.
"I'm afraid you'll have to give me the phone. I'll have to tell Mrs. Tsunade about this." Ms. Anko sighed.
I handed the phone to Ms. Anko.
"Now, Ino, will you please continue with your report?"
I opened my mouth to speak and the phone….. rang again!
Ms. Anko answered it. "Hello?" she said. "No, I'm afraid she can't come to the phone right now. Whom shall I say is calling? Shikamaru? I'll let her know."
I glanced over at Temari. Her face was bright red and she was glaring right at me!
I wanted to sink through the floor. And I still had to get through the rest of my report. By then I was so embarrassed I might as well have been reading the phone book. What will happen to Sakura and me when Mrs. Tsunade finds out? Will she suspend us? And if so, where will we go? To the Amazon?
I sneaked a peak at Temari again. She was still fuming.
On the other hand, the Amazon might be a pretty good idea right now.
Sakura's Dairy
Dear dairy,
Mrs. Tsunade called us in afterlunch. I could hear my heart pounding as Ino and I sat in her office. What would she do to us?
"You girls have broken a very important Konoha Academy rule," Mrs. Tsunade said. "One which Miss Kiyomi had already told you about. Twice. Am I right?"
"Yes, Mrs. Tsunade," was all we could say.
"then I'm afraid I'll have to confiscate your phone, girls," Mrs. Tsunade said. "I'm also taking away all of your telephone privileges for a month," Mrs. Tsunade said. "That includes all house phones."
Ino looked panicked. "But what if there's a real emergency?" she asked Mrs. Tsunade. "Like Dad said?"
Mrs. Tsunade gave us a small smile. "If it's an emergency you'll need to get permission to use the phone."
I was hoping Mrs. Tsunade was finshed.
No such luck.
"And ther will be no evening activities for a week," Mrs. Tsunade went on. "No TV. No pizza parties."
Did that include the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance? I wasn't sure
Hey, wait a minute. Not going to the dance wouldn't be so bad. It would save me the trouble of finding another date and Ino the trouble of breaking her Date with Shikamaru!
"Mrs. Tsunade?" I asked slowly. "Does that mean we can't go to the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance?"
From the corner of my eye I saw Ino straightened up from her seat. Was she thinking what was I thinking?
"I gave the dance a lot of thought," Mrs. Tsunade sighed. " And yes, you can go."
"W-we can?" Ino asked.
Mrs. Tsunade nodded. "Your dates shouldn't suffer because of your punishment."
Ino slumped down in her seat again. Rats!
"It's a shame you two had start your first month at Konoha Academy on the wrong foot," Mrs. Tsunade said. "And I'm sure your parents will be disappointed."
Parents? I stared at Ino she looked worried too.
"Are you going to tell our parents, Mrs. Tsunade?" Ino asked.
"I won't have to, girls," Mrs. Tsunade said. "Your phone bill is probably on it's way to South America right now."
The phone bill I forgot about that!
My only hope is that mail will never reach Dad. I mean, maybe Amazon rain forest is too thick for mail carries to get through. And maybe by the time they force their way in, the mail will be too wet to read!
My head was spinning with possibilities when Mrs. Tsunade held out her hand.
"Now then," Mrs. Tsunade said. "Give me your phones and I'll take good care of it."
Ino handed over and Mrs. Tsunade dropped the phone in her desk drawer and slammed it shut. "You may go now," was all she said.
Ino and I left Mrs . Tsunade office. As soon as we were in the hall, we turned to each other.
"What are we going to do without our cell phones, Sakura?" Ino cried.
I shook my head. "We're going to deal with it," I said. "I'm going to the dance without a date, and you're going with Shikamaru Nara."
"But I can't go with Shikamaru," Ino cried. "Temari will kill me!"
"Get real, Ino," I said. "If Temari is the coolest girl at Konoha Academy, she probably has dozens of other guys already lined up. And if Shikamaru were so crazy about her, he'd be Temari's Date in the first place!"
"You think?" Ino asked slowly.
" Sure," I said. I tried to sound more certain than I felt.
We put on our coats and scarves and walked out of the Main Building. The icy February wind whipped our faces as we hurried to our houses.
As we neared Porter House, Ino turned to me.
"Maybe you're right, and Temari will find another date for the dance," she said. " But she's still going to announce that I stole her boyfriend.
"After tomorrow night, I might be the only girl at Konoha Academy without any friends!"
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