~What if: Chapter 2~

(Lee P.O.V.)

Hurrying down the sidewalk, I still can't believe I said that out loud:

'Man, you are attractive'.

Man, I am such an idiot! But truthfully, he was really, really attractive; but he is way out of my league. He seemed like the kind of guy who took the lead cheerleader on dates on regular basis, not tomboys. I bet he already has a girlfriend…someone who is really gifted in the arts of conversation. She's probably blonde and likes to have lots of...fun in that department of entertainment...She may be shorter than him too.

Sighing, I came to a stop near a worn bench in Konoha Park and sat down. This is the shortcut home, but I have never needed to rest no matter how far I have traveled. I rolled my foot in a circular motion to ease the pain in my ankle. These heels are really killing me. I can't believe I walked all this way in them. Is this what beautiful girls wear all day? I guess beauty really is a pain then.... I threw my pink heels off and looked about the scenery, and instantly regretted it. An old couple was sitting on the bench opposite of me. There was a group of teenage couples laughing, resting against the rough bark of a tree, sharing kisses under the sun. Looking frantically around, I realized I was without company... Am I so bad that I can't even get a guy to look at me?

I stand up, feeling somewhat rejected. With my heels swinging from the support of two tired fingers, I started to journey home. An uncomfortable breeze fluffs up my dress and as soon as I feel the coolness against my thighs, I immediately decide to swap out of my dress for a pair of cozy sweats from my closet. If I can't catch a guy wearing this, then changing into what's comfortable shouldn't hurt anything. I wince from the pinch of rocks and gravel digging into my feet. I jump into the grass to cool my toes. This day hasn't turned out the way I planned it to be.

Walking pass the old couple, I smile and wave and they return the hello. I have always loved to see old couples, despite the sight of them rubbing dirt into my lonely wound, I find it encouraging knowing that two people can find each other and keep a forever lasting love until death do them part. I wish I could find love like that...but it doesn't seem likely. Maybe someday...

Static raced up the back of my neck : I was being watched! I slowly peeked over my shoulder, so as to not alert whoever it was. The old couple began laughing at a squirrel that was eating all the seeds they threw, but they weren't looking at me and no one was behind them... The feeling wouldn't leave me in peace, who is staring at me?! This time I do whip around, trying to see if there's anyone on my other side; nothing but grass, trees, and pavement. I blinked. How strange...

"Hey, look at Miss Bob Cut! Hey honey, nobody's going to waste their Saturday afternoon stalking you. No need to look so afraid!"

"Yeah, unless it's someone looking for a clown!"

I can feel my face flush with embarrassment as the teens at the base of the tree start laughing at me. Do I really look afraid...Do I really look like a clown? Unable to stop myself, I look down at my attire. This was said to be the latest in from the monthly fashion magazines! I doubt designers would want people going around looking like clowns. I give myself another glance. Okay, perhaps I combined too many of the styles together.

I jolt just a bit at the feeling of static. I have never been wrong about someone glancing at me. Never! The feeling is still on my neck.

"Honey, you're entertaining to look at, but you can move along now."

I can't believe them! I stump away with my back straight, but I can't seem to pull my attention from the ground, telling myself that it's because I can see something of interest in the grass. I can hear them laughing and the feeling is still there...

(Gaara P.O.V)

It didn't take long to find her. Despite the park being almost half a mile away from the mall, the only way someone could bypass her is if they were blind or just stupid. Letting her get a head start ensured that she would slow down at some point, and her stopping point had been at the end of the parking lot. In a round-about way, I followed the clicking of her heels and the sound of her grumbling. I didn't outright stare at her until she greeted an elderly couple on a park bench. She even had a cute way of welcoming people.

When she stopped on a dime, I stopped and stayed partly hidden by the tree in front of me. When she looked directly at me from the corner of her eye, I almost believed I had been found out, but ironically enough, she moved on in her search. I knew she sensed my eyes on her. What a peculiar gift...

"Hey, look at Miss Bob Cut! Hey honey, nobody's going to waste their Saturday afternoon stalking you. No need to look so afraid!"

"Yeah, unless it's someone looking for a clown!"

There atrocious laughter actually hurts my ears. The blush that appears on her face just barely shows through the amount of makeup she's wearing, but I know it's there just by the horror on her face. Suddenly, she spins around, moving in the opposite direction of the taunting teens, and this time I swear she saw me, but she didn't. She stays like that for a moment, and then:

"Honey, you're entertaining to look at, but you can move along now."

She gathers her broken pride around her like a shield that will protect her from their verbal missiles. Why those imbeciles are trying to break her…I will never know. But I'm not going to stand for it either; she is the girl I'm taking to the prom, after all. I step out of the shadow of the tree after she disappears over the hill. Stepping into the laughing bunches line of vision I give them a moment to figure me out. I know these assholes from my private school, and they definitely know me.

"Jesus!"

"Oh, what the hell! Didn't know you walked around here...after, uhmm, after school..."

"…" The other person whimpers slightly under my intense stare.

The old couple look towards the commotion and then look at me scornfully. I return the man's glare until he gently pulls his wife up and moves away. I do not care for them. The teenagers, however, are a different matter. The dark-haired boy with incredibly dark eyes and extremely pale skin stares silently back at me. The pink whore of the school sits between his legs and clings to him as if I am the devil about to pull her away. She only wishes I would, she's made that clear. Lilac colored eyes stare at me with just as much scorn as the old man and his wife had, her boyfriends arms wrap around a shame-faced brunette with her hair tied up in buns. Up until I had revealed myself, she had been calling her boyfriend every name she could think of and looked as if she were trying to pull away. She had been the only one who hadn't laughed, but she was still with them. A blonde with sky blue eyes clings to the arms of the pale, black-haired boy earning a few curses from the pink-haired whore.

"And so, the creature does exist outside of the school. Hn. What do you want?"

"Neji, you ass! You hurt Lee's feelings! She really needs a friend right now." The brunette huffed for a minute and then began to squirm in her lover's grip. "I can't believe I hang out with you assholes!"

"Tenten, calm down-"

"Oh, shut it!"

"Ino, let go of my Sasuke!!"

"Why don't you make me, you whore."

"Shut up."

Silence enveloped them all as if a God had just spoken. Now I knew the name of the girl I was taking. What I had to do was make sure that these idiots knew it too. But the ADD of these people was going to make it a bit difficult...

*TIme is 3 hours later is Time* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The house is small, but a surprisingly warm feeling arises from it. Did those three little boys actually think they could beat me? Had Naruto not come to their rescue, they would not have been walking away from this fight. And the girls? So pitiful, how they thought they could stop me by jumping on my back. They thought I was going to treat them differently, but Naruto hopped in. The only one who had not attacked me was the brunette, and after the fight, I had been able to extract an address from her of where Lee lived. Of course, she had been suspicious of why I wanted it, and I ensured her that I would not molest Lee...well, not immediately anyway...

And here I stood. A basketball hoop decorates the top of the garage door and a soccer ball sits in the front yard. Unless the car is in the garage, chances are they don't have one. Her province was three miles from the park, and if my doubts of her riding the bus or taking a taxi are correct, then she was hiking here this very minute. Even with my delay of fighting and shaking Naruto off, I have arrived here before her, since I rode my motorcycle and, as Naruto puts it, 'You don't give a damn about speed limits!'

"Gah! What are you doing here!?"

Seven yards away from me, on the opposite side of the street stepping out of the woods, is the girl who had called me attractive today; now identified as Lee. And she was free of the makeup that was smeared over her earlier. Why did she bother with it? Lee is alluring when natural...And she's backing away from me. With heels in one hand, her eyes are studying me and her surroundings, as if looking for an escape. She's not going to find one, especially with all the time I put into find her. I can't help the smirk that must be on my face, or the heat that coils up within me. If she wants to run, I'll chase. What my brother once said suddenly dawns on me: 'Don't scare them off, 'cause I can promise you, they won't be coming back till you're on your knees begging for mercy.' I better explain the situation, but it wouldn't hurt to tease her first. She steps backward and I step forward, repeat. I open my mouth, deciding not to get to excited, and -

Behind me, the door swings open and four times that force is shoved into opening the screen door, I know because I hear it fall to the ground. Turning around, there's a man dressed in tight green gym shorts, green spandex shirt and orange legwarmers. I think I went blind after that, suddenly everything appeared green, then blue, and then green again, accompanied by a great, throbbing pain in the side of my face.

"Who are you to terrify my beautiful daughter!? Do you mean harm to my beloved seed? Answer me, you cowardly abomination of youth!!!"

I realize that the green man that had been at the door just slammed his fist into my face, knocking me onto the ground. With the striking resemblance with the bowl cut and eyebrows…he seemed to be Lee's father. Heh, I met the parents a lot earlier than I expected. I look up at him, he's practically red with fury. He turned his attention to Lee, who was extremely red with embarrassment.

"Father! We don't even know what he's here for! There is no way this is what it looks like."

I refused to let her believe otherwise, "No, this is exactly what it looks like."

"YOU DISGRACEFUL CHILD! TO DARE THINK TO DEFLOWER MY MOST PRECIOUS GIRL!"

"…!!!" Lee said nothing. She threw a hand to her mouth and bugged her eyes at me, disbelievingly.

Feeling smug as I look up at the man, I lift myself from the concrete and don't bother to brush away the grass sticking to me. I don't reach out a hand for him to shake because that is not how I do things. Besides that, giving him a handle to throw me by wouldn't be the best idea at the moment.

"I was going to chase her down, and then I was going to tell her what time I would be taking her to the prom. I assume we go to the same school-" I had gotten the brunette to tell me that as well. "-, and the only way you can make sure that I don't get my hands on her is by locking her up somewhere; which will ultimately fail unless it's outside the state."

I gave a crooked smile at the man, "You can't stop me from taking your daughter."