hahahahaa score! that was fun and hard to write...k so onward. sorry it took so long but not really...

eh i can't think of anything so yea! oh yea. so this first part is gaara's pov in a way. if you've read this far you should know its not really but who really cares?

hey sorry if this is hard to read because how its laidout. thanks receneck for checking over it!

(Gaara)

Tazora wandered out in the middle of the room. "So who wants to spend the night?" she asked. Gaara wanted to answer yes, but that would not be smart. Everyone wanted to, but there was the matter of asking. Gaara couldn't stop thinking of the time in the courtyard. Had that only been a few hours ago? Gaara went and sat on the couch, taking his still empty spot. Temari waved a hand, "No one will care at our house." she said, shrugging. That probably meant that Kankuro wasn't back yet. Neji pulled out a cell phone, and was calling for himself and Hinata, Tenten was calling, and Sakura's parents were out of town so they wouldn't care. While all this went on, Gaara watched Tazora.
I wish she would sit by me...I wish I could be there tomorrow. Gaara worried over the date. He figured that Tazora could hold her own, but it was tricky after what happened today. Tenten was saying that she could go and Neji and Hinata were also staying. He wished that Tazora would come sit by him, but she was still in the middle of the room. An awkward silence fell over everyone. Kiba was the one who broke it.

"So who wants to play Sardines?" Gaara had no idea what that game was, but everyone else seemed to want to play it. Tazora stood.

"I'm gonna go change." she said and ran down the stairs to her room. The sound of her beads clashing noted that she was in her room. Everyone sat in silence. A few moments later and Tazora ran back up wearing a red and black mid-arm t shirt, and dark blue pants. She had on tan flip-flops. "Ready?" she asked. Temari and Shikamaru stood, as did Tenten and Neji, Naruto and Sakura, Kiba and Hinata and Gaara. Hinata turned very red though, as she followed Kiba out the door.

"I'm not to clear on the, er, r-rules." She said, tapping her finger tips together. Gaara felt relieved; he had no idea how to play that game. Kiba laughed and started explained the rules to her, but also out-loud.

"So, when the next person comes out, they have to find and hide the first person who originally hid." Kiba was explaining. "We all go out at once, but you can't follow someone else." Gaara nodded; sounded easy enough. Tazora led them out.

"I wanna hide first. But we need boundaries." She turned to look down the street. There were two street lights; one at each end. "I think this street will work, but not further than the allies behind the houses on either side, and I would stay away from the crazy cat lady's house, and from the apartments at the other end..." she said, pointing at the houses. Everyone nodded. "Alright; go inside and count to... fifty, then come out." She turned and ran off.

Tazora

I jumped the fence, and ran around the corner of somebody's garage. "Alright Tazora, come come out where ever you are!" I recognized Naruto's voice, then heard Tenten yell at him that that's what you say when you want them to come out. I giggled, then clapped a hand over my mouth. I sat quietly with my back against the fence. My phone rang, not really loudly, but enough to shatter the silence. I quickly snapped it open. A text filled the screen.
'Where are you?' it said, I looked at who it was from. Kiba. I growled and silenced my phone. The phone snapped shut loudly. I heard someone laugh and my breath caught in my throat. I turned and glanced through a crack in the fence to see if anyone was coming. I couldn't see anyone, but I could hear someone yelling. I turned back around, and someone was there.
I gasped. "No, Taz, its me." He said, putting a finger on my mouth, and kissing me on the cheek. Instantly I calmed down.
"How did you find me?" I asked; I thought I had been quiet enough. Gaara gave me an amused look.
"You were texting." he said, tapping the pocket my phone was in. I blushed and felt the pocket. "Its a good hiding spot though." He whispered, putting a arm around me and pulling me closer. I learned against his shoulder.
"But you found it." I whispered. I felt him shrug, and saw him pull out his iPod. He handed me a thing to put in my ear, then put the other in his. He turned it on, and shaded the screen with his hand. A song started playing.
"Your theme song." he whispered, "Smooth Criminal." I was surprised, but not really. I eased the iPod out of his hand, and looked at who he had on there. He had most of the songs I did on mine, some I didn't recognize and some I loved. I looked at his My Chemical Romance list. He had House of Wolves, Helena, the Ghost of You, and You Know what they do to guys Like us in Prison. I gazed at him, opened mouth.
"You, my friend, need some more music." I said. He gave me a confused look, and took back his iPod. I felt bad; he looked hurt. I put my hand in his. "What's your theme song?" I asked; he shrugged. "Oh, come on, don't be that way!" I said, my voice getting louder. My phone in my pocket buzzed. I pulled it out and saw a text from Kiba.
'I found you'. I snapped it shut and looked between the cracks. Kiba was ducking under a bush, and looking to see if anybody was following. The song changed and was playing House of Wolves. "Your theme song?" I asked, and Gaara nodded. "Pfffffhhhhh" I took his iPod and started looking through the songs again. "Oooohhhh." I said, playing 'Here in your Arms'. I was surprised Gaara had this song. I looked up at him with a questioning look on my face.
"What, Temari stole it once and put all sorts of music on there." He said simply, shrugging.
I jumped when Kiba hopped the fence. His hair had grass and twigs in it, and his face was scratched and bleeding. "Ha. I found you." then he saw Gaara. "Dang, not first. Oh well. Naruto's searching the whole block; he thinks you cheated and went by the apartments. He has like sixty clones wandering around..." I smiled, imagining Naruto looking all over for me. The scratch on Kiba's face was bleeding steadily down his cheek, so I reached out and wiped the blood away. "Ewwww." Kiba said, touching his face. I wiped the blood on his arm, then was surprised to see Gaara leaning out, his eyes narrowed. I quickly looked away, pretending I hadn't seen anything.
"Quiet, Kiba." he said, turning back around. I couldn't tell if his expression was out of not wanting to be caught, or... jealousy? I sighed and sat back against the fence. Something wet dropped on my head. I glanced up, but didn't see anything dripping. I whipped it off of my head, then felt another on my leg, through my pants. I glanced at Gaara, then at Kiba and saw that both were looking up at the sky.
"I think its raining." I whispered, feeling sort of stupid. Gaara nodded and stood, making the headphone pop out of my ear. He held a hand out, helping me up. I stood and looked over the fence. I couldn't see anyone, but I could hear someone shouting,
"Olly Olly oxen free!" I head Tenten shouting. I glanced at Gaara.
"What do you say? Should we risk it?" I asked him, wondering if we should go back in. The rain was picking up now, and I could see some lightning. He nodded, and gestured for Kiba to jump the fence. He complied and raced off. I looked at the fence. I hadn't jumped this one; I had jumped over one further down then walked over. Gaara noticed, and bent down, putting his hands together, making a plat-from. I blushed and put a hand on his shoulder. "Dah... Gaara we can just walk down the alley. Its not long." I said, pointing down the alley. It was dark and I could see the street light at the end of the street slowing getting brighter. He straightened up and nodded. We wandered down the ally.
A new song started playing. 'Shadow of the Day'. We were out of the ally, and turing onto my street. Gaara surprised me by singing. "And the shadow of the day, will embrace the world in gray, and the sun will set for you." I looked at him, my mouth open, rain pouring down on my head.
"You sing?" Really it wasn't a question. He could not sing. His pitch was off, but to me it sounded amazing.
"That was out loud?" He asked, his blush showing from under the streetlamp. I smiled and nodded. "Dah!" he exclaimed. I took his hand.
"What? It wasn't bad. I can't sing much better." I said, getting ready for the next chorus. I repeated what Gaara had said, my voice flowing better than his though.
"Pffhh you can't sing." He said shaking his head, making my headphone but fall out. I put it back in.
"I guess I can't sing high notes. My sisters have said I sing better lower..." I said, blushing, too. Gaara took my hand and we walked down the street.
I opened the door to see everyone sitting on the couch. Hinata was sitting on the couch with an icepack on her ankle, and tears streaming down her face. "What happened?" I asked, rushing over to her. Kiba was up and pacing by the door.
"Hinata fell on the grass and hurt her ankle. I say we take her to the hospital." He said, grabbing his keys and putting a hand on the door. Hinata looked up and shook her head.
"It d-doesn't hurt tha- that bad." she said, trying to stand. She shrieked and fell over. Naruto was there, balancing her, and helping her down on the couch. I glanced at Gaara and stood and went upstairs. I knocked on Tizea's door.
"Come in"
I opened the door to see my oldest sister sitting back in bed, her blond hair spilling over her shoulders, reading a book. I nodded and came in. "I think- I think Hinata hurt her ankle. We're just gonna go see how it looks. Or maybe could you look at it?" I said remembering how she was studying to become a nurse. She nodded and put the book on her dresser.
We went downstairs and she crossed the room to look at Hinata's ankle. She felt it in certain places and asked Hinata if it hurt when she touched a few places. After a few minutes she stood. "I think you might have broken it." She said softly, "But I'm not certified so I would go see a real doctor." Kiba went over and helped her up.
"We'll be back soon." He muttered, and opened the door.
"I'm really sorry!" I called to Hinata. It had been a stupid idea to play out in the dark. She called out that that was ridiculous, but the door muffled the rest. I looked at my friends, then at Tizea. "Thanks." I murmured and she shook her head.
"Hey it was good practice." she said with a shrug. She went back upstairs and I looked back at my friends. Neji had his cell- phone out, and I could hear Hinata's voice on the other line. He stood.
"I'm going to go to the hospital to see if she's alright. Thanks, Tazora. Sorry." He said and left. Tenten watched him leave. I stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say to my friends.
Sakura stood up. "Hey doesn't your downstairs have a movie place and a gabillion amount of movies?" She asked me. I nodded. "Well lets go watch a movie! Come on." she pulled Naruto up, then went downstairs. We all followed her down.
There was a openig under the stairs that was covered with a huge black curtain. Gaara held it open, and as I walked under he took my hand. "Whoa! You do have a ton of movies!" Naruto exclaimed. It was true; we had two whole racks of dvds up against the tv set. The tv wasn't all that huge, but it was bigger than a normal tv. There was another rack of movies on the other side, but this one was filled with tapes. There was a black leather L couch pushed up against the back wall under the floor of the first floor.
I went up and turned the tv on. It showed Guitar Hero for a second, then I flipped it to the other channels. It showed a blue screen and I went over to the rack where Naruto was still standing. He was holding 'Carnival Ride of no Return'. It had an ugly clown on it with some cheesy fake blood on its teeth. Immediately. Sakura was ripping it out of his hands. "Whoaaa, we get to choose this one baby." She kissed him on the cheek while pushing him towards the couch.

"Thats not fair!" Kankuro exclaimed standing up and coming over. "How bout we choose one from three like last time." He tried to do a puppy dog face but it didn't work. Sakura laughed and agreed. Temari, Me, Sakura and Tenten choose "Shot to the Heart", a romance, "Those three tears" a romance/ comedy, and "Forget the Flowers" a romance/ comedy. The guys grumbled about how they were all romances. I had chosen "Those Three Tears". Gaara watched me then entire time, unsettling me a little but not as much as it would have. The guys were about to choose "Forget the Flowers", but Gaara interjected.
"Hey, I didn't vote." He picked up the one I had wanted. "I've never seen this one. Lets watch it." I blushed and looked away, but everyone else agreed. I put the dvd in the machine and fast forwarded through the previews then pressed play. Everyone was seated. Shikamaru was sitting on the bottom L part of the couch, and Temari was laying with her head against his chest. Kankuro was sitting in the middle of the couch with his feet up on a the table, and Tenten was sitting by his feet. Sakura was sitting with her legs crossed and Naruto was lying with his head on pillow in her lap. She was absentmindedly playing with a piece of his bright yellow hair. Gaara was sitting on the Laz boy that was beside the couch, with the foot rest out. The chair was pushed close up against the couch so you could barely tell that it wasn't a part of it.
I went up stairs and pulled out a bag of popcorn to put in the microwave. A few moments later I heard someone coming up the stairs. I turned and saw it was Gaara. The popcorn was popping loudly so i opened the microwave and took the bag out. Butter had soaked through unto the part i had grabbed. It burned my hands. I gasped and pulled them away, which resulted in the bag falling to the floor. Gaara rushed over, picked up the bag and put it on the counter, then came over to me. He turned on the sink, turning on the cold water. He took me by the wrists and put my hands under the cold water. The water was freezing, but I kept my hands under the flow.
"Are you ok?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded and turned to him. Before i could speak he was kissing me. On reflex I made my hands into fists, my nails biting into the raw flesh. I gasped, pulling away from him, pulling my hands to my chest. "I'm sorry!" He gasped and he knelt down my me. I was rocking, holding my hands to my chest.
"No, no..." I whispred; he had thought I had reacted to his kiss. Well I had but it was more of because of my hands. I shook my hands, and Gaara put a hand under my elbow to help me up. I stood and put my hands back under the water.
"Tazora, I'm sorry." Gaara whispered. Again I turned to him.
"For what? It was my own stupid falt i burned my hands, my own stupid falt i did that. I wasn't mad at you." I said, feeling very bad. He nodded and put the popcorn into the bowl.
"But are you ok?" He asked, putting the steaming popcorn by the sink. I nodded. "That's good." I turned off the water with my elbow and carefully lifted the bowl. My hands weren't as red so it didn't hurt to hold the bowl.
We went back downstairs to my friends. All the girls were leaning forward towards the screen; the main actress' best friend was leaning in to kiss her best friend's boyfriend. Kankuro looked disappointed and was looking away. No once noticed us entering. Gaara went and sat back on the lazy boy, and I tapped Naruto's feet to make him move them. I sat down and thrust the popcorn at Naruto. He took it, and started throwing it at Kankuro; the main girl was fightning with her boyfriend. I sat back against the couch and watched the movie. It was coming to the part where the main character and her boyfriend break up. I couldn't help the tears that were welling up in my eyes. I rolled over and started crying into the pillow. I felt hands on my waist. I opened my eyes to see that Gaara had rolled me over onto the thing he was sitting on.
"Shhh. shhh." He was whispering in my ear. My sobbing quieted, but I could not stop the tears from flowing. I think he might've understood my distress. "That'll never be us. I won't let that happen." He was stroking my hair. The light turned on.
"I knew it!" someone was saying. It was Naruto. "Ha, Tazora and Gaara sittin in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!" I sat up abruptly and rolled off the chair. Sakura got up and wacked him on his head.
"You ass!" she yelled. I could tell my face was red and getting redder. Gaara was standing, looking just as embarrassed.
"So what?" He whispered.
"So nothing." Naruto whispered back. His best friend had a girlfriend. Tazora had cracked the code.