Sorry for taking so long to post!! I had a TON of projects and stuff before the holidays, and then of course there was Christmas, but now I'm back on track! I hope that you enjoy this chapter! Read and Review!
I DO NOT own Naruto or any of its characters.
"Mom, I'm home!" I yelled as I opened the door and put my bags down. Richard came scrambling in after me, carrying all of my books. "You can just put that right there." I said as I pointed to the chair.
"Yes Miss Natalie." He said as he tried his best to carefully put them down.
My mom came walking in with a plate of two freshly cooked brownies and a glass of milk. "Here you go sweetie, they just came out of the oven." She said as she handed the plate to me.
I could smell the sweet scent of the brownies. "Thanks mom, so what are we doing for our annual Friday Family Night?"
Mom sighed, that wasn't a good sign. Oh no, Ryan is probably going to take us to paint ball again!
"Your father is coming home late tonight, so we will have to do family night some other time." She said as she went back into the kitchen.
I raised my eyebrows. That was weird; we usually never skip a family night. I didn't see dad this morning either, what was wrong? Wait a second; if we aren't going to have family night, then I could go to the party! Temari and everybody else will finally stop nagging me about it!
I ate my brownies and milk quickly and took them into the kitchen. Mom was just wrapping the leftover brownies and putting them in the pantry. "Hey mom, since that Dad isn't going to be here tonight, can I go to a party?" I asked.
Mom went to wash the dishes. "No."
I was shocked. She never says no!
"But…why not? There's not going to be any alcohol or anything there…I'll be home by..."
"I SAID NO!!! YOU ARE NOT TO LEAVE THIS HOME DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!?!" mom yelled.
I froze. That was weird, why wouldn't she let me go to the party? I ALWAYS went to social gatherings and she NEVER said no. There had to be something wrong, maybe this is about dad not being here for Friday Family Night, but who cares? So what if we miss one? Why was she acting like this? I decided that it was best for me to not question it, due to her sudden outburst.
I slowly turned around and walked back upstairs with my books. Oh well, I guess that I'll have to deal with Temari's nagging for a couple of hours.
There really was nothing to do, so I turned on my music and began working on my weekend homework. Kakashi gave us an essay about fault lines and earthquakes that was due on Sunday.
A couple hours later my phone rang. I looked out my window. What it's already dark!? I checked my clock; it was already 8:00! I had been working on this essay for three hours!?! I felt like such a nerd, but I answered my phone.
"Hello?"
"Natalie! Where are you?? The party is about to start, it's at Saskue's house! Why aren't you here?!" Temari said as I heard the music start from the other end of the phone.
I sighed. "Sorry, I can't go."
"What do you mean you can't go!?!"
"My mom won't let me."
"That's strange, she always says yes!!"
"I know, I thought so too, but it doesn't matter. I'll see you at school!!"
"Your coming to this party whether you like it or not!!"
"How can I do that?"
"Um…sneak out??"
"...Bye Temari."
"No wait y…."
I hung up and turned off my phone so that she wouldn't call me again. Sneak out!? That's so absurd! I couldn't do that!!
I weighed my options. Dad's not going to be home, Ryan is probably practicing his guitar, Amy is probably texting her boyfriend, and Mom is probably sitting in bed with a glass of wine watching TV.
I sighed. I could not believe that I was going through with this!! I jumped off my bed and looked through my closet. I decided on a short, black, lacey dress that Amy got me for my birthday this year. I quickly reapplied my makeup and put on my heels.
I heard my door open and I froze. I was busted already?! I hadn't even gotten out of the house yet!
Ryan came in and smiled at me. "Sneaking out I see, good choice." He said as he smirked.
I sighed in relief. "You won't tell mom will you??"
Ryan shook his head. "Nope, if you don't tell mom that I'm going out too."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to help out Dad."
I was confused. "Then why can't I tell mom? What's the big deal? You're going to help dad."
"He said that I couldn't tell her or she'll freak out."
I would have questioned some more, but I had a party to go to. "Fine, I won't tell her."
"Thanks, I'll see you tonight." He said as he hopped out of my window.
I rolled my eyes, show off.
I grabbed my purse. I walked out of my room. I crept down the hall, looked into my sister's room. Just as I thought, she was texting her boyfriend and giggling. I tried not to laugh as I sneaked past my parent's room.
Mom was in bed with a glass of wine and watching a romantic comedy, just as I thought. I knew my family too well.
I walked downstairs and then stopped as I was about to open the door. Crap!! I can't drive!!
I saw Richard come out of the kitchen and I got an idea.
"Hey Richard, can you drive me to Saskue's house?" I asked with my puppy dog eyes.
Richard chuckled. "I see that you're sneaking out. Oh how I wish to be young again. Oh alright, but just this once.
"Thank you so much!" I gave him a huge hug.
I hopped into his car and waited impatiently as he pulled into the driveway.
"Pick me up at 12 okay?"
"Okay."
I got out of the car and walked into Saskue's house.
The house was flooded with people. There were streamers everywhere and the music filled my ears.
"Natalie!!" I heard four girls scream.
I turned around and saw Temari, Hinata, Tenten, and Sakura were sitting in a big group on the couches.
I smiled and walked over to sit in one of the chairs.
"I knew you would come!" Hinata said excitedly.
"Oh my gosh, is that Gaara over there?" Tenten asked as she pointed to the red headed guy that was standing there by himself awkwardly.
Temari looked over and laughed. "What a loner. I wonder why he even bothered coming here, he doesn't have any friends." She said as she laughed.
I felt sorry for Gaara. He was really nice and sweet. We use to hang out all the time in junior high, but now things were different.
I looked over and saw Naruto, Saskue, Shikamaru, and Neji talking in a group. Naruto whispered something to Saskue, who whispered it to the DJ. A slow song started playing and Naruto walked right up to Hinata.
"Hinata, would you like to dance?" he asked with a cheesy grin.
Hinata blushed. "Um…I can't dance." She said softly.
"Oh who cares!" he said as he grabbed her and they started dancing.
Saskue and Neji came up at the same time and grabbed their girlfriends and they started dancing.
Temari looked at me. "We really need to get boyfriends." She said.
I saw Shikamaru walking towards us. I laughed.
"What?" Temari asked.
I nodded my head over to Shikamaru, who was hesitantly walking over to Temari.
"Um…Temari would you like to dance?" He muttered.
"Oh would I!!" she said as she dragged him over to the dance floor.
I laughed, but then sort of felt awkward. I had nobody to dance with; everybody was dancing with their dates, except for a couple of nerds who dared to come to this party.
"Um….excuse me," A deep voice said.
I looked up and saw Gaara standing over me.
"Uh…would you like to dance?" he said awkwardly.
I didn't want to hurt his feelings, and I also didn't want to be caught dead with somebody that had such a low social status like him. Oh well, I would explain to the girls that I felt bad for him.
I nodded. "Sure."
He seemed surprised, but he took my hand and led me to the dance floor. He awkwardly wrapped his arms around me, they were surprisingly warm. I put my hands lightly on his shoulders and we sway from side to side.
I didn't really realized how much he had changed. He was a lot more muscular, even more muscular then Saskue, who was a star athlete. Instead of his hair combed neatly like it had been in 8th grade, it was messy and partly covered his eyes.
"Wow, you really have changed." I said.
"I guess that I have, but so have you…" he said as he trailed off.
I sighed. "Yea, I guess so. What happened to us? We used to be best friends."
"You became popular and didn't want to hang out with me anymore because I wasn't cool enough." He said simply.
I was shocked. "Gaara that is not true!"
"Yes it is Natalie and you know it!" he said.
I sighed. I guess he was right, I did abandon him. I felt so bad now.
"Gaara, I'm really sorry, I never meant to hurt your feelings." I said.
"It's alright, I got over it."
The music stopped, he let go of me. He gave me a strange look and walked out of the party.
Temari ran up to me. "Why were you dancing with Gaara!?!" she almost screamed at me.
By this point Hinata, Tenten, Sakura had already joined our little discussion.
I shrugged. "Because, I felt sorry for him,"
"Oh, well then lets party!!" Temari screamed.
For the last two hours I had a blast. We danced, gossiped, and flirted with some cute football players, which Saskue, Naruto, and Neji did not seem to like very much.
"Miss Natalie!"
I turned around and I saw Richard running in with tears in his eyes.
"What's wrong?!?!" I said as I froze, I wasn't in trouble was I??
"You have to go!" He said as he dragged me out of the party before I had a chance to say goodbye to my friends.
What was wrong?!
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