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Summary: What really happened between Lee and Kara in high school together.. without Zak.

Chapter 1- Disappiontment

Lee stared at Kara from across the room. He hadn't realized just how beautiful she was. Inviting a girl his friend thought he'd like was his biggest mistake. And seeing her with her date was the hardest thing ever, he was so jealous.

48 Hours Earlier

"Are you going to the Winter Ball?" Lee asked Kara. "It's going to be really fun."

"I don't know," Kara said tentatively. "I haven't decided yet."

"It's in two days, you should probably start thinking about it." Lee said jokingly.

"Well actually…" Kara started.

"Okay, class, settle down. And take out Romeo and Juliet." the teacher barked.

"We'll talk after class," Lee whispered.

Later, after the class had been dismissed, Lee went to go meet Kara at her locker. As he walked down the hall he saw Taj Grey come up to Kara and start talking to her. Lee assumed he knew what they were talking about, until she started blushing. It suddenly dawned on him, he was loosing his opportunity. He rushed over to her locker to stop what he knew was going on.

"Great, see you then." Taj said, beaming.

"What's going on?" asked Lee, breathless.

"You're never going to believe what happened. Taj Grey asked me to the Winter Ball!" she was amazed.

Lee was crushed. He felt like she had just torn out his heart, and given it to Taj.

'Doesn't she realize how much I like her?' Lee thought.

They rode home on the bus together, but didn't talk. He looked over at her, and tried to talk about what happened. He wanted to try and convince her not to go to the Ball with Taj, considering he was known to be very good-looking, but really stupid. As soon as Kara came into his sight he realized that he could never do that to her. Her short blonde hair was blowing in the wind and her face was glowing brighter then he'd ever seen. She looked so happy sitting there that he realized that he couldn't tell her how he felt. So he just turned around and waited for their stop.

That night everyone could tell that he was upset. He was walking around the house with his head low and he wasn't talking to anyone.

"What's wrong? I've never seen you so upset," his mom asked, she knew that it had to do with a girl. She could almost be certain that it had to do with Kara.

"It's nothing mom, I swear. Hard test that I think I failed- that's it."

She knew that wasn't true, he didn't care that much about tests.

Lee lay awake for most of the night. Tossing and turning around, thinking about Kara.

'We've been friends since the first grade, maybe she just doesn't know that I like her.' That was his rationalization of the situation. If she knew that he liked her, then she would be going to the Winter Ball with him, not anyone else.

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