OK. I'm back again:] I think I'm off to an ok start I guess… well I haven't got any bad reviews yet granted I did only get one, lol, who I'd totally like to thank for the short but sweet comment. It definitely improved my blah kind of day :] so my special thanks goes out to KiraUzamaki! I guess I've done my thankful deed for the holiday lol. Happy almost Thanksgiving everyone. Go stuff your faces! :p I know I will… ha ha ha.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! TRAGIC? YES, BUT TRUE. *SNIFFLE*

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"Alright that had to be a dream. There is no possible logical way that I could have… kissed Temari. Of all people, no. And even if that was true… I wouldn't let her come to my house… tonight… to meet my parents... Oh fuck."

I had come home an hour ago and I was still tracing my same steps that came around the room in repeating circles that could make any onlooker dizzy. I fact I was kind of dizzy but I don't think it was from the walking, although that could have contributed to the fact. All in all I had no idea what I was doing. What I mean is this… this thing, which I may have hallucinated, starting with … Temari is something I had never done before and the troublesome woman seemed to be burned into my brain so I couldn't shift my focus. Everything was a haze I didn't know what was really happening I just kind of… I don't even know! Some genius!

"Alright, Shikamaru. What's wrong?"

I jumped.

"DAD! Argh! You scared the shit out of me!" I staggered back and sat down on my bed when my knees found the edge.

My Father laughed standing in my bedroom doorway. "Sorry, Sorry. But do you want to tell me why you're digging a trench in the floor? Your mother is going to kill you."

"It's … it's nothing." I didn't know how to explain this really to myself much less my father.

"Ah, so it's about a woman."

I looked up at this with a look of surprise.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Cause I had the same reaction the first time I kissed your mother. So tell me what going on maybe I can help." He had a gentle look on his face like he just knew something about the world that I didn't and I couldn't help but find myself jealous and want desperately to know that same knowledge.

"… Well it's kind of a long story…" I said with a little bit of a blush tingeing my cheeks.

"I think we have time I mean it's only six thirty."

My eyes snapped up at this as I remember the last words I heard that troublesome woman say before she left. Shit!

"No we don't! She's going to be here at seven to have dinner with us and meet you."

"Oh you invited her for dinner?" He seemed very surprised.

"It wasn't my idea." I said annoyed.

"So she's as troublesome as your mom." He laughed again and punched my arm. "Oh! Speaking of which you might want to warn her that we'll be having an extra guest for dinner." He continued walking down the hall to his room.

"Right. Shit." I sighed "How troublesome."

I walked downstairs to my mother, being as calm as I could be in my near panic state. I found her starting to cut some vegetables for dinner in the kitchen with her back facing me and she seemed to be in a good mood which would certainly help my situation.

"Hey, uh mom?"

"Yes, Shikamaru?" she said while turning to me thankfully leaving her knife on the counter as she wiped her hands off on her apron.

"Umm well, you see I kind of... invited someone over for dinner." I said rubbing the back of my neck.

"Oh? Is it Chouji or Ino? I need to know if I'm going to have to make enough to feed an army." She turned back to her work on the vegetables while she waited for my answer.

"No. Well actually... it's Temari"

I closed my eyes as I waited for her answer when I heard a high pitched squeal and felt someone leap onto be almost knocking me to the floor. As I opened my eyes my mother was giving me that biggest hug she could manage.

"Oh my! So it's finally happen. What time will she be here? I knew that girl would snag you it was only a matter of time. Oh I can't believe it my Shikamaru has a woman!"

She clapped her hands together and spun around, then looked up at me and asked one of her plentiful questions again.

"What time will she be here?" Her eyes seemed to be shining.

"Umm… well actually … seven."

Her eyes glanced at the clock above my head and her smile fell a little.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner!" she spat out as she ran from the kitchen to her room. She emerged five minutes later in one of her casual but classy dresses with her hair and makeup touched up. She bee-lined her way to me while looking me up and down.

"Why haven't you changed?" she shouted.

I looked down at myself in my usual ninja garb and then back up into her eyes.

"This is fine." I said with out hesitation.

"Oh no it's not! Go to your room and don't come out until you look respectable. Now!"

"Fine, fine. Whatever." I sighed again. There wasn't anything wrong with what I was wearing.

As I ascended our staircase I heard my mother's yelling following me up the stairs but directed at my dad to wear something nice and to get off his ass because we didn't have time.

I changed into something a little more suitable at least by my standards, a blue button up shirt. As I finished changing I glance out the window and noticed an enticing figure walking up towards our door.

Temari had arrived and all hell wound break lose from the explosion.

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