Chapter 2 - chapter 2

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“Well, all that’s left to do is deal with the rest of our parents, then.” TenTen said with a sigh.

The Next Day

“Well, what did your mom say?” Ino asked TenTen as she walked into her bedroom. The girls had spent the night at TenTen’s house in the hopes that her mother would be more likely to say yes if they were all there.

“Well…”TenTen said, looking at her friends. “She said no.”

“What?!” Ino screeched. This couldn’t be happening. She and her friend were all supposed to go to her father’s resort over break and spend quality time with each other as well as their boyfriends.

“She said she doesn’t want me going away on Christmas.” TenTen said. “And that she doesn’t trust me going on a vacation with my boyfriend. You know how she is.”

“Why doesn’t she trust Neji?” Sakura asked. Her mother trusted Sasuke a lot, and she knew Ino’s parents trusted Shikamaru as well. Hinata’s parents were weary of Naruto, but they didn’t not trust him. They’d even agreed to the trip, after a short chat with Neji.

“I honestly don’t know. She thinks he’s part of my rebelling against them being so over protective, so maybe she just assumes he’s a bad guy? She’s met him before, so I really don’t understand what is…” TenTen guessed. Maybe it was time to negotiate with her mom.

“Is there anything we can try to convince her to let you go?” Hinata asked quietly from where she sat on the floor.

“I don’t know.” TenTen said. “Maybe…it’s crazy, but maybe I can try to make a deal with her…”

“Like what?” Sakura asked her friend.

“Like if she lets me go, I’ll stop acting the way I’ve been acting for the entire school year.” TenTen said with a sigh. She’d gotten mad at her parents for always being so strict with her and trying to be so involved in her life. She found them to be nosy and annoying. And the way they had acted the first time Neji had come over, before they even really knew each other, had been totally embarrassing and privacy invading. That’s one of the main reasons she had started acting this way. She was sick of her mother trying to make her decisions for her.

“Are you sure that’ll work?” Ino asked her friend. If TenTen couldn’t go on the trip, there would be a damper on everyone’s spirits. Especially Neji’s.

“No, but I have to try something.” TenTen replied as she got up and walked towards the door. “Wish me luck.”

“Good luck!” the three girls chorused to their friend as she walked out of the room to find her mom.

“I really hope that she can go.” Hinata said.

“Don’t worry, she’ll work everything out.” Sakura said

With TenTen

TenTen walked down the hall towards her mom’s study, where she had left her after she asked to go on the trip the first time. She knocked on the door and waited for a response.

“Come in.”

“Mom?” TenTen asked as she stepped into the room, shutting the door behind her.

Her mother sighed as she set down the book she was reading, looking at her daughter. “TenTen, I already told you, you can’t go on the trip.”

“Mom, I know.” TenTen said, “But, I came to try and make a deal with you.”

“Like what?” her mother asked, watching her daughter as she sat down in the leather chair across from her desk.

“Like, I’ll stop acting this way,” TenTen said, looking her mother in the eyes, “if you let me go on this trip.”

“TenTen.” Her mother said. “I know that would be nice, but I really don’t feel comfortable with you going on this trip.”

“Why not?” TenTen asked. “You let me go at Thanksgiving.”

“That was different.” Her mother said, looking at her daughter’s facial expression, which was ranging between shock and anger.

“Different how?” TenTen asked. “The fact that Neji wasn’t there?”

“You know that’s not it.” Her mother said. “But still, I don’t think you should be going on vacation with those boys.”

“Look, mom. I already told you. The girls have one suite, and the guys have another.” TenTen explained. “We’ll just be hanging out every day. And Ino’s dad said that the staff will be keeping an eye on us, and reporting to him if we get into trouble.”

“Look, TenTen…”her mother started.

“Look, mother.” TenTen cut her off. “You want me to stop the way I’ve been acting, right?” Her mother nodded at this. “Then I’ll stop if you let me go on this vacation. I’ll even sit down and have ‘family talk’ with you if you want, just please let me go!”

“Ok,” her mother said. “You can go. But every day that week, I expect a phone call. Once a night. And you’ll tell me everything that’s been happening. We’ll also start having a family discussion night on Wednesday’s, and you can tell us everything that’s going on in your life.”

TenTen seemed to not here anything after the words ‘you can go.’ Her facial expression turned to one of joy, as she ran around the desk and hugged her mother. “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Her mother hugged her back weakly. ‘She hasn’t been this excited about something I’ve said since she was seven.’ She though happily. Maybe this deal would turn out to be for the better.

After letting go of her mother, TenTen raced back down the hallway to her room, she flung open the door, and shouted excitedly, “She said yes!”

“Really?” Ino asked happily.

“TenTen, this is great!” Sakura exclaimed.

“I’m so happy!” Hinata said.

“I know so am I.” TenTen said, still smiling. “There are a few conditions I have to agree to, but I can deal with it. This is going to be the best vacation ever!”

“You know it is!” Ino exclaimed and all the girls laughed.

A/N: Ok, I’ve been sick all week with a really bad cold, and for some reason, I’ve had a lot more homework than usual. I honestly had trouble deciding on how to create this chapter, but ended up choosing to have TenTen’s mother say no and then have her negotiate til she could go. I guess that’s really all I have to say. Reviews are loved!

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