Chapter 23 - chapter 22

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Ino ran to the window, shouting, “It’s them, they’re here! And they did bring one limo! Come Hinata, let’s go, before, your father and Neji scare them away!” Ino exclaimed as she grabbed her purse, stuffed Hinata’s purse into her hand, and dragged Hinata out of the door.

Just as they reached the limo the door opened up, and Naruto jumped out, knocking into Ino, who ran into Hinata, who fell over.

“Hinata! I’m so sorry! I didn’t know that you guys were right there! All I could think of was how we were late…and…well…” Naruto said as he helped Hinata get up from the ground.

“D-don’t worry about it, Naruto. I’m fine.” Hinata said. Naruto flashed a smile at her, and she smiled back. Ino and Hinata climbed into the limo, and Ino sat down next to Shikamaru. Naruto climbed in and sat down next to Hinata, which made Hinata blush.

“So, are you guys ready for dinner?” Naruto asked them.

“Yup! I’m starving!” Ino exclaimed happily.

“Yes, dinner sounds good.” Hinata said, more quietly than Ino had.

The boys took Ino and Hinata to a cool restaurant not far from the theatre. It was a 50’s Diner, and had a jukebox blasting songs from the 50’s. They were seated in a booth shaped like a car, and the girls started talking while they thought of what to order.

“Hinata, what are you going to get?” Ino asked as she scanned the menu.

“I was thinking I’d get a cheese burger with fries, since it’s the restaurant’s specialty.” Hinata answered.

“What about you, Shikamaru?” Ino asked.

“I’m getting a BLT.” He responded lazily, knowing what he wanted without even opening up his menu.

“Hmm…” Ino thought as she looked over the menu again.

“What are you going to get, Naruto?” Hinata asked.

“I think I’m going to get a mini cheese pizza, since they don’t have ramen.” Naruto said thoughtfully.

“I think I’m going to get the same thing as Shikamaru.” Ino said. They gave the waitress their order when she came by, and then started talking.

“So, Naruto, Shikamaru told me that you guys like to play basketball, are you going to try out for the team at school?” Ino asked.

“I never thought about it, but now that I do think about it, I think that I will! And I’m going to make the team, believe it!” Naruto exclaimed.

“I hope that you do, Naruto, because Ino and I are trying out for cheerleading. Then we’d be able to cheer for your games.” Hinata said in her quite voice.

“That would be awesome, Hinata! I know that you’d definitely make the cheerleading squad! You and Ino would both make great cheerleaders!” Naruto said.

“T-thank you.” Hinata said with a blush.

“Yea, thanks!” Ino said. “And I’m sure that you guys would make the basketball team!”

“Thanks,” Naruto said with a grin.

“Yea, thanks.” Shikamaru said lazily.

“So, do you guys come here a lot?” Ino asked curiously. ‘They have to if Shikamaru already knew what he wanted off the menu without even looking,’ she thought.

“Yea, this is kind of like our hangout place.” Shikamaru said.

“Really? That must be cool.” Hinata said.

“Yea, it is, we come in here all the time.” Naruto said. “Where do you guys like to hang out?”

“Hmm…Well, the mall, definitely! Some of those store clerks know it’s us just by looking at all of our shopping bags.” Ino exclaimed.

“And we go to each other’s houses a lot, too.” Hinata added.

“Yea, we don’t even knock on the doors, we just walk in, since it’s practically home.” Ino said.

“We hang out at each other’s houses, some, too.” Shikamaru said, “But we just need to get away from the adults sometimes.”

“Yea, Sasuke’s mom is always checking on us and making sure we have everything that we need. We don’t get a lot of space with her around. And we normally hang out at his house the most.” Naruto said. Just then, the waitress set down the food in front of them, one plate at a time.

“If you need anything, just let me know, ok?” She said as she walked away from their table.

“Mm…This looks so good!” Ino exclaimed as she looked at her BLT. She then picked it up and took a bite out of it. “It’s even better than it looks!”

“That’s why I get it.” Shikamaru said as he took a bite out of his.

“And this cheeseburger is delicious! No wonder it’s the restaurant’s specialty.” Hinata said.

“Yup, it is really good.” Naruto said. “That’s what I normally get, but I decided to get something different this time around.” When they had finished eating, the girls pulled some money out of their purses to pay fro their meals, but the boys refused to let them pay.

“We invited you guys here; it’s the least that we can do to pay!” Naruto insisted as he handed some money to the waitress.

“I agree with Naruto, for once.” Shikamaru said as he handed the waitress the rest of payment for the bill.

“Fine,” Hinata said, finally giving up.

“We won’t forget this!” Ino joked. They all got up and left, and when they did so, they passed a claw machine, that had stuffed animals in it.

“I’m gonna win you a stuffed animal, Hinata!” Naruto exclaimed as he pulled out a dollar to pay for his sudden whim. He put it into the machine and looked for the perfect stuffed animal to win for her.

“Naruto, no one can win those things.” Ino said.

“Actually, watch this; it’s one of Naruto’s few talents.” Shikamaru said as Naruto maneuvered the claw over the stuffed animal that he wanted. He pressed the button, and down the claw dropped, bringing back up with it a blue bear holding a red heart between its front two paws. It dropped down, releasing the animal, and letting it fall into the pickup slot. He picked it up and pulled it out, presenting it to Hinata.

“Th-thank you, Naruto!” Hinata said as she accepted the bear.

“Wow! He is good at that!” Ino exclaimed.

“Want one, Ino?” Naruto asked. “I’ve got one try left.”

“Ok, let’s see how good you are; try to get that pink hippopotamus in the corner there.” Ino said.

“Ok, I’ll try.” Naruto said as he maneuvered the claw over to the corner, he moved the claw around, so that it has one claw thing behind the hippo. He then pressed the button, and the claw dropped down, bringing the pink hippo back up with it. He picked it up out of the slot, and handed it to Ino. “Here ya go! I knew I could get it!” He exclaimed.

“He really is good at those things, it wasn’t just luck.” Ino said as they walked out of the restaurant, stepping into the limo that was waiting there for them.


A/N: Ok, I’m really sorry that this was late! I’ve been really busy since summer has started. Well, I hope that you enjoyed the first half of their date. I’m sorry to say that the second half won’t be up for a while, because starting Friday I’ll be at the beach, and we stay for the entire week, and tomorrow is packing day here. I promise that I already have started it, I just probably won’t have time to finish it until the Tuesday after I get back, because we have family parties planned as well. Well, reviews are much appreciated, and again, I’m sorry for the late update!

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