Pretty Woman
Sorry for the wait, my computer was broken and such but it seems that people like this story the most out of all the ones I have out so far. So please enjoy. Oh, before I forget, I changed the title, because I just thought that this one seemed more, I don't know, "classy" I guess. So I hope you like it better than the Prostitutes title. Enjoy! :D
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but I have been adding some Pretty Woman lines in (that I also don't own) to make it more like the movie, but not too much. I hope. LOL.
Enjoy! ^.^
XOXOX
"Who the hell is this?"
"Ino? I was worried about you! Where have you been? You know you're supposed to call, piggy." Sakura replied over the phone.
Ino rolled her eyes at her best friend's antics. "Well it's nice to see you too, forehead." After hearing a scoff on the other line she continued, "Look, sorry I didn't call, I forgot. But listen, Sakura, I have some really good news."
"Yeah, and that would be…?" Sakura asked skeptically.
"Okay, so did you see that guy I went with last night?" Ino asked eagerly.
"Yeah, what about him?"
"Well I'm at the Hilton hotel and he wants me to stay here with him for a whole week! And he's gonna even pay me three thousand dollars! Now we can move out of the apartment and maybe even out of this town after this week. We can do anything!" Ino exclaimed, almost bouncing out of her chair that she was currently sitting on. Even an hour later, she still couldn't believe what had happened.
"Why'd he choose you for that?"
Ouch! That really hurt, but it even hurt more considering Ino was wondering the same thing. "I-I don't know, he just… did I guess.
"I'm sorry, Ino. I didn't mean that, it's just that I kinda had a rough time last night." Sakura apologized. She really didn't mean to hurt her best friend, but she was just in a really crappy mood.
Ino immediately started worrying over her best friend. They were as close as sisters are and they never kept anything from one another. Sure they would have their occasional bickering fights, but they never really meant any of it and they surely never wanted to hurt each other. "What happened, Sakura? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's just that Sai has been up my ass about me getting his money for him." She sighed.
"Well don't worry about that now, I'll leave some money for you at the desk so you can come pick it up." She replied to her.
"Alright, but did you at least get the money up front like I taught ya to?" she asked.
"Three thousand from last night and the rest at the end of the week, but he also gave me some money for clothes too."
"Alright, I'll be leaving soon then."
"Wait, Sakura. Where do I go for clothes? The good stuff, I mean." Ino asked before Sakura could hang up on her.
"In Beverly Hills?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah." Ino responded.
"Rodeo Drive, baby."
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After Ino gave the money, in an envelope of course, to the woman behind the desk of the lobby, she left to go to Rodeo Drive. She didn't notice the glances of some of the people when she walked by on the streets. Upon entering the store, she, again, didn't notice the looks she was receiving from the women inside. She walked around, looking at a couple dresses when a woman walked up to her.
"Excuse me." Her voice said and Ino turned to her and gave her a look that told her to keep talking. "May I help you?"
"Yeah, actually you can. I'm lookin' for a dress. Something… elegant." She responded to the saleswoman. Looking around again, she happens to see a pretty red dress. "How much is this?"
"Very expensive." She replied with a sharp tongue.
Ino looked at the saleswoman strangely. "That's okay; I got some money to spend. So how much is it?"
"I don't think it will fit you." Looking at Ino up and down with a distasteful look evident in her eyes. She had no idea why this low class woman would even think of entering her store. She was probably a prostitute now that she thought about it.
Ino, now understanding the saleswoman's attitude, fully turned her attention to the tall woman. "Well I didn't ask if it would fit, I asked how much it was." The saleswoman continued to look Ino up and down with that annoying look. "What is with you? Did I do something wrong?"
"Yes, I don't think we have anything for you here. I'm sorry." She replied smiling at Ino.
"Excuse me?" Ino asked flabbergasted.
"I'm sorry but I will have to ask you to leave now. We have nothing for you here."
Ino had to admit that she was entirely surprised by this female's attitude towards her. What had she done to upset her so? Never, in her life, had she been treated like that and she had been treated really horrible from a lot of people, but never like this. Walking out of the clothing store and back to the hotel quickly, not wanting to be seen by a lot of people now. When she entered the hotel, she was stopped by the hotel's manager.
"Oh great. What do you want? I've had a really bad day, man." Ino whined as he led her to a little more private area in the huge lobby.
"If it's okay, may I ask who you are staying with?" he asked. It was his job to know all the people who paid money to this hotel, and he did not remember ever seeing her before.
"Shikamaru."
"Shikamaru… who?" he dragged on.
"Shikamaru-" Ino then realized that she didn't know his last name. Uh oh. "H-He's my friend. We, um, stayed on the top floor." Ino subconsciously scratched the back of her neck, showing her nervousness to the hotel manager.
"Top floor you say? Are you talking about Nara Shikamaru?"
"Ah, yeah. Now that we got that covered, I'm going to be goin' on up if ya don't mind." She flashed him a smile and went to leave, but was yet again stopped by the persistent older male.
"If you wouldn't mind, I would like to talk to you in private. I just have a few questions for you that needs to be answered before I can let you go up to your room." Flashing her a smile, he leads the way to his office, expecting her to follow. Once they entered his office, he lightly pushed he into the open chair while he leaned against his rather large desk. "So what are you doing here?"
Ino sighed, she was getting annoyed with all his questions. Why did he even need to know her business anyways? "I already told you that I'm here with my friend."
"Indeed. May I ask for your name?"
Letting out a loud huff, she replied with, "Ino Yamanaka at your service." Her annoyed face instantly turned to one of smiles and cheerfulness. Her voice was even a high pitch. He had no doubt that she couldn't be an actress is she really tried. That or she's just bi-polar, he concluded.
"Cute." He said dryly. "That is very mature of a woman your age."
Ino scoffed. "Please, you don't even know how old I am. And I don't even know your name." She looked expectantly towards him and crossed her arms.
"I'm Asuma. Now that we got that settled I will tell you that this is a very do well hotel, so I don't believe you might be used to it. It Is no like other hotels." Ino looked away without saying another word. "But... Mr. Nara is a very special guest." That gained Ino's attention and she looked back at Asuma. "He has always been a good friend to us so I can't be mad about him having any other extra guest. So you are a... friend, correct?"
"Yes?"
He nodded. "Very well, but I can not allow you to keep being seen with what you are wearing."
Ino stood up straighter. "I tried! I went shopping, but these women were being mean to me and wouldn't let me buy anything! And Shika gave me all this money, but I don't know where to go to spend it!"
Asuma smiled. "Perhaps I can be of help."
"Huh?"
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When Shikamaru arrived at the Hilton hotel, he walked through the lobby, heading up to his room, when Asuma stopped him.
"Shikamaru, lovely to see you as always." Asuma smiled at him and shook his hand.
Shikamaru nodded. "Likewise, Asuma, but I'm in a hurry so if you don't mind..."
"Of course. I just wanted to inform you that your "friend" is waiting in the lounge; waiting for you." he replied.
The younger male sighed and looked towards the lounge area. Looking back at his good friend, he smiled. "Come on, Asuma. You know she's not my "friend"."
He smirked and patted his shoulder in a manly way. "She is pretty beautiful."
Shikamaru's eyes drifted back off to the lounge and he found Ino sitting at the bar. "I know."
Asuma followed Shikamaru's path of sight. "...But this isn't like you, Shikamaru. I've never known you to be so thoughtless."
Shikamaru looked back at Asuma with a smile. "Ever since I met her, that's all I keep doing and I do not know why."
Asuma said nothing as "nephew" walked torwards the lounge and away from him. He was turning out to be something. "Only if you could see him now, Shikaku and Yoshino. He even surprises me still."
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She had been waiting for him down in the lounge for a while now. She wasn't sure if she was suppose to or not but after the events the day, she really didn't care. She was too focused on her untouched Shirley Temple to even notice Shikamaru calling out to her, until his warm hand touched her slim shoulder and she turned to face him; slightly looking up to him from where she sat on her stool. He smiled down at her and man did she want to melt right then and there!
"You look amazing, Ino." he said as he sat down on a stool next to her.
Ino blushed, her prostitute ears foreign to being told she looked amazing. She smiled softly, taking a small sip from her drink. "Thank you."
Ino wore a long purple dress that was sleeveless. It had ruffles near her waist with a matching purse in her hands. Her hair was pinned back in a loose bun, but it looked formal. And her annoying bang was also pinned up into her hair somewhere. He wasn't sure where with all the small curls. Her makeup was light and Shikamaru was glad about that. She looked much better without all that makeup she had on last night. It was just too much for him.
"Ready?" he asked and she nodded. He stretched his arm out for her to grab, which she did. They walked out of the hotel and to his waiting limo.
They didn't say too much during the ride, but there wasn't any uncomfortable silence between them. They were each comfortable with one another enough. When the limo finally stopped and pulled over, the door was opened almost immediately. The young male smiled a the two as they exited the black limo.
"Welcome." he said as he smiled and closed the door behind Ino.
Shikamaru took a hold of Ino's hand and began to walk into the rather large restaurant. He looked at her out of the corner of is eye. She looked nervous to him. Se kept fidgeting and biting her lip. "Are you ready for dinner, Ino?"
She looked at the tall man quickly and smiled. "Yes, I'll be fine, Shika." Turning forward again, she didn't notice his surprised look.
No one had called him that since his mother died when he was a small boy. And for Ino, a prostitute that he barely knew, to call him that surprised him beyond words. He smiled softly at her. She was something else, that's for sure.
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Yay! Another chapter up and done! ^,^ Oohoo. Okay, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if not I am personally sorry that I can't make you happy; but I at least try lol. Now I will probably go work on the next chapter to, So Much for Happy Endings. Until next chapter...
~ShikaIno1