Hinata was really considering walking over to her car and driving out of the parking lot. She had been waiting for Naruto for almost ten minutes. After receiving a text message, he said that he had to take care of something and handed her the keys to his jeep before he rushed off, yelling that he would be "right back." She dug her phone from her Michael Kors handbag to text Naruto but moments later realized she didn't have his number.

"Damn it," Hinata cursed under her breath, leaning back into the seat and tapping her nails against the arm rest.

After another five minutes of waiting, Hinata pushed the door open. She wasn't going to wait anymore. Annoyed, she yanked her backpack from the passenger seat floor, causing Naruto's glove compartment to fall open after her backpack had hit it. Yesterday, he had told her that it was broken and to be careful not to bump it with her knees.

Hinata stopped herself from slamming the compartment closed when she noticed a picture resting at the top of a pile of papers. She reached for the polaroid photo in surprise. Sakura was splayed across a bed, wearing only a lacy white bra and panties. Her hair was tousled as if she'd just woken up. Her green eyes were half hooded and staring up at the camera seductively while her glossy lips were parted. The date written in purple underneath the image was September 8.

"Two weeks ago," Hinata mumbled in shock.

Hinata heard Naruto before she saw him. He was talking loudly to someone. She quickly put the picture back and closed the glove compartment.

"Sorry, for the hold up, Hinata," Naruto said, sliding into the driver's seat.

"It's fine," Hinata replied.

"We can't go until you close the door," Naruto chuckled.

Hinata discreetly watched Naruto and Sakura for the rest of the week. Naruto always focused his attention on the pink haired girl. He always touched her when she was near. He touched her shoulder and lightly trailed his fingers down her arm when he thought nobody was looking. Sakura on the other hand was all about Sasuke. She stuck close to him at all times, always holding his hand or stroking his arm. While Naruto sent Sakura loving smiles, she directed those same kind of smiles at Sasuke.

"Party tonight at my place after the game!" Ino announced, pulling Hinata from her thoughts. The class cheered. "And you're not invited, Inuzuka."

"I don't want to come to your lame ass party anyway," Kiba said.

"I thought you weren't going to have anymore parties after what happened at your last one," Sakura said.

"What happened at the last party?" Hinata asked, looking up from the assigned book the English teacher had given them to read.

Ino turned around to give Hinata her full attention before she spoke, "I decided that I would throw the best summer kickoff party that Hidden Leaf had ever seen. I'd saved up some cash so that I could buy plenty of alcohol, weed, and LSD. The night was going great. People were passed out, some were dancing on tables, others were just doing their own thing. It was going swimmingly until Rock Lee, who was drunk off his ass, somehow managed to set my pool on fire which lead to my lawn also catching on fire. A few minutes later we could hear sirens coming from down the street. Do you know what high and drunk teenagers do when they hear police sirens? They panic and run. By the end on the night, my backyard was as crisp as burnt bacon, twenty two people had been arrested, and parents had been called. I was grounded for the entire summer."

"That party went down in history," Naruto chuckled, high fiving Ino.

"Damn right it did," Ino grinned.

"Your parents are actually going to let you have another party after all that?" Hinata asked, raising an eyebrow.

"My dad is on a business trip until next week and my mom is visiting my older brother at Waterfall U this weekend. What they don't know won't hurt them," Ino winked at Hinata.

"I hope you get busted," Kiba said.

"I hope you learn how to use a breath mint," Ino responded.

"You coming to the game tonight, Hinata?" Naruto asked.

"No, I wasn't planning on it," Hinata said, turning her attention back to the book in front of her.

"I think you should."

"Of course, you do because you're always dragging me places."

"I'll pick you up at 6:45."

Hinata rolled her eyes as she turned the page.

It looked like a tornado had blown through her bedroom. Clothes and jewelry had been scattered everywhere as Hinata looked for an outfit to wear. She assumed that she and Naruto would go straight to Ino's party after the game, so she needed an outfit that she could wear to a football and to a party that would be full of drunk and dancing teenagers.

Hinata pulled on a ripped, oversized Guns n Roses shirt and paired it with strappy gladiator sandals that came up mid-thigh. She dug through her duffel bag in the closet and found a long camo jacket that reached her knees and pulled it on.

Hinata walked over to Hanabi's decorated mirror to take a full body picture of herself to send to Kin to get her opinion. "Too much for a football game? But enough for an after party?" Hinata typed into the Snapchat image.

Kin responded 48 seconds later with a Snapchat of herself and the words "You look perfect for both but do something with that rat's nest you call hair."

Hinata rolled her eyes before Snapchatting her best friend a picture of her middle finger.

After putting her clothes back where they belong, Hinata started on her hair which she pulled up into a messy bun. Next, she retouched up her makeup. She powdered her face before applying Anastasia Beverly Hills's glow kit highlighter and then applied a pink Colourpop lipstick to her lips.

"You look really pretty," Hanabi said. Hinata glanced at her younger sister through the mirror.

"Thanks," Hinata said.

Hanabi sat on her bed and leaned her back against the headboard. "Do you have a date tonight?"

"No, I'm going to a football game and an after party," Hinata said, securing a gold hoop earring to her ear.

"With your friends?" Hanabi asked.

"Yes, I guess they could be considered that," Hinata replied.

For the next few minutes, Hanabi watched Hinata as she finished getting ready. "I miss dad, Hinata," Hanabi said, voice cracking as she held back tears. Hinata didn't say anything as she rubbed lotion onto her arms. "I know you and Dad didn't get along and I know that he can seem really cruel sometime, but he's not always like that. Remember, when I was twelve and I got so sick that I had to be hospitalized. Dad was there every single day. He had even taken time off from work, which he never did. Ever. The only time he'd ever done that was when Mom-"

"Hanabi," Hinata suddenly said, interrupting her sister, "I'm trying to get ready, and you're distracting me."

"I'm sorry," Hanabi said.

A moment later there was a knock on the front door. "I'll get it. That's probably Naruto," Hinata said. She released a long drawn out sigh once she was out of the bedroom. She didn't intend to be so harsh to Hanabi.

Hinata opened the front door to see a grinning Naruto dressed in a bright orange tank top, khaki cargo shorts, and a pair of black converses. She was not impressed or surprised at how plain his outfit was.

"Is no one home tonight?" Naruto asked, stepping into the house without permission.

"My little sister is upstairs," Hinata said. "I'm going to go grab my purse then we can go." She started toward the stairs but stopped when she heard Naruto walking behind her. "What are you doing?"

Naruto shrugged. "I wanna see your room."

"It's really nothing special," Hinata said as she walked up the stairs. "I also share it with my sister."

"When I was seven years old, I asked my mom if I could share a room with my younger brother and she told me no because there was enough space in the house for everyone to have their own room. I cried for thirty minutes straight until my mom got tired of it and bribed me with cookies."

"I didn't know you had a brother."

"Yeah, his name's Konohamaru, he's thirteen, and goes to Hidden Leaf Junior High."

"Same age and same school as my sister," Hinata said.

"Seriously?" Naruto asked. "That's so cool. It would be awesome if they're friends too."

"Welcome to my bedroom," Hinata said. "Hanabi, this is Naruto. Naruto, this is Hanabi."

"Nice to meet you," Hanabi said, getting up from her bed to shake Naruto's hand. "You're the one Hinata has been hanging out with all week?"

"Well yeah, me and the rest of the group," Naruto said. "Sorry for kidnapping your sister so much."

"It's okay," Hanabi giggled. "It seems like she's having a lot of fun with you."

Naruto wrapped an arm around Hinata. "Is this true, Hina? Are you having a blast with me?"

Hinata poked the blond in the side with her pointer finger. He squealed and let her go. "Come on before we miss the first quarter of the game."

"It was really nice to meet you, Hanabi," Naruto said. "See you later."

Hanabi waved goodbye to the two teenagers as they exited the room. A moment later, Naruto came back. "By the way, Hinata told me that you go to the junior high. My brother does too. You should talk to him sometime. I think you guys would really hit it off. His name is Konohamaru Uzumaki."

Naruto didn't notice the blush on Hanabi's cheeks before leaving. He walked downstairs to see Hinata waiting for him by the front door.

"Think we're going to win tonight?" Naruto asked, opening the door for her.

"I have no idea," Hinata said.

"Well Sasuke is pretty amazing on the field and we're currently 2-0."

"Well I guess we'll just have to see how tonight goes," Hinata said, sitting down next to Naruto in the passenger seat. It felt like she just belonged there, right next to Naruto.

Finals week is approaching quickly, and I don't have any motivation. I have 4 essays due next week (one of which has to be 5-7 pages), an online test due tomorrow, and 3 exams in two weeks. College is so totally great -_- But I'm looking forward to summer vacation and May 5th just ain't getting here fast enough. …Oh yeah, I have summer school too. -_-