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Her Eyes Chapter 3

Shikamaru saw from the corner of his eye that Temari and Tsunade were no longer behind him. Oh great now I have to talk to her dad. Jiraiya pulled out a chair from the

table and sat down, shikamaru followed suit. The hum of the air conditioner was the only sound between the two. Jiraiya was the first to make small talk.

"So…how do you know Temari?" asked Jiraiya as he placed his elbows on the table leaning in with interest. Shikamaru racked his brain for an answer that was better than,

well I got your daughter knocked up and I'm here to see if she'll give it up but instead he replied

"Well..." Jiraiya in truth knew how he knew Temari, but he wanted to test him to see if he was a good guy. Shikamaru scratched the back of his head and continued

"well, you see, me and Temari know each other from when I was here to write an article on her parents…but now I'm here because" before he could finish Temari and Tsunade

sat down at the table. Shikamaru thought to himself thank god. Tsunade and Jiraiya shared a quick glace, the look was a, what- was- that- all- about. Shikamaru turned his

attention to Temari, she was prettier than what he remembered, and those eyes…

"Cough, cough….excuse me" said Tsunade "well shika how was your flight?"

"Oh it was great thanks for asking" he turned his gaze to Jiraiya and nudged his head in his direction "yeah I met this guy on the flight" Jiraiya smiling at shikamaru said "yeah this

kid can sleep!" this earned a nervous laugh from shikamaru and a sweet innocent laugh from Temari. Of course she knew how much he loved to sleep, after all the time he spent

with her.

Tsunade watched Temari, she was looking at the shikamaru, she had eyes of a faithful lover, eyes you cant fake, eyes that said" I love you, flaws and all." She was glad her

granddaughter had found someone to love; she knew that's what she had missed out on her whole life. Tsunade knew her grandchildren weren't that close, heck she knew that

her grandson's promised to visit Temari every November to go to the grave of their parents, but both boys never came; year after year she was left alone. She hoped that this

boy would be different; she prayed that he would stay with her…even if he didn't truly love her. They sat and talked for a little while, talking mostly about small town gossip. It

was getting late and they soon got up and left the diner. While walking to the car Tsunade offered Temari the keys to her truck. She told her to find shikamaru a place to stay for

the night. She gladly accepted and walked to the truck. Shikamaru grabbed his stuff from the trunk of Jiraiya's car and placed it in the bed of Tsunade's truck.

In the cab (truck), they drove down the main road that led to the only motel in town. Shikamaru said a silent prayer "dear god, please let there be internet." They pulled into the

parking lot and walked into the lobby. On every wall was a local fisher man holding up his catch of the day. Thinking to himself who would have thought there would be lakes

in a dry place like this. They approached the desk and rang the small bell. From around the corner came a short and pudgy man his name tag read "Gamatatsu" he greeted

them with a high pitched "hello, can I help you…oh hey Temari!!" She smiled and replied "hey Gama we need to get him a place to stay for the night, do you have any rooms

available?" he glanced down at the room log on the counter and smiled saying "of course, it's not like were some 5 star hotel" he finished with a wink. Shikamaru pulled his gaze

from the pictures that littered the walls and asked "hey does this place have internet?" Gama looked at shikamaru like he had tentacles or had a third eye and replied "yeah! We

might be in the middle of no where but we 'country' folk have internet!" Gama looked at Temari with a can-you-believe-this-guy look. Temari just shrugged her shoulders and

went out to the truck and dropped the tailgate so shikamaru could get his bags. He came outside and pulled his bags off the tailgate and walked to his room, Temari just a few

steps behind.

Inside his room he dropped his bags and proceeded to the bed and flopped down. Temari came and sat on the edge, she looked at him just lying there "um …so tonight you'll

stay here and tomorrow ill come by in the morning before I go to work ok?" he did a slight nod. She got off the bed and walked to the door reaching for the knob she looked

over her shoulder and said "my dad doesn't know I'm pregnant yet so..." she turned around to face him" don't tell him, I want to be the one to let him in on our little secret."

Shikamaru got up on his elbows and said "yeah sure whatever you want." She smiled "thanks…tomorrow we need to talk about what we are going to do, I have a doctor's

appointment in a month and they need to know what we plan on doing." With that she left, blowing him a kiss and wishing him a good night.

With Temari gone shikamaru unpacked his things, plugged in his laptop and connected to the internet. He went and took a quick shower. Drying off he noticed that he had

received an email while he was in the shower it was from "BBQKinG" shikamaru smiled thinking good old Chouji. He opened his mail and it read:

Hey shika! Hope your flight went well! Give me a call when you get settled in…cant wait to hear from you.

Your bud

Chou.

P.s. Sorry again about Ino.

Shikamaru couldn't help but smile. He went over to the phone and dialed up Chouji. After a couple of rings someone picked up the phone shikamaru thought please don't let it

be Ino. There was munching on the other end, and then..."hello?" shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief it was Chouji!" hey Chou!! Its shika, what's up man?" said an over excited

shikamaru "I'm good! How are things going over there? How was your flight?" shikamaru took in a long breath and said "everything's going pretty good, you'll never believe

this, so I got on the flight right, and there was this old guy sitting next to me, turns out this guy is her dad!" Chouji coughed on the other end "no way!!" shikamaru said "Chou

are you alright it sounds like your choking" Chouji cleared his throat " yeah man I'm ok, I was just choking on a chip.." there was mumbling on the other end and what sounded

like someone covering the receiver to a phone and doing a terrible job at it. Chouji asked "Ino…are you on the phone?" "shit!" Ino slammed the phone down and walked into

whatever room Chouji was in, Chouji came over the phone "hey shika I gotta go Ino's throwing a tantrum saying I don't spend enough time with her, ill call you tomorrow."

And with that his friend hung up.

Alone for what felt like the first time all day, he slipped into bed and looked at the ceiling, not really focusing his attention on anything. Thoughts running through his head, he

pondered what it would be like to be a dad. He had to admit that he felt at home when he was around Temari, of course when they were together they didn't really talk, but

there was something there… something about her, it was more than her eyes, it was like he had known her in a past life, like they could have possibly been lovers. While he

reflected over the growing feelings he had for Temari, thoughts of him and Ino popped into his head. He thought about their relationship and picked out some of the many flaws

they had. He listed them raising a finger with each flaw and evaluating the cause and effect each had not only on their relationship but on him. First there was the time when he

found her phone with text messages from some guy in Osaka, then there was the time she picked up her phone and it sounded like she was in the middle of something (use your

imagination) and finally the straw that broke the camels back when she told him at the alter, she was pregnant with Chouji's baby. Rubbing his eyes he let out an exasperated

breath. Realizing in that moment of serenity that what he and Ino had was nothing but a give and take relationship, she gave him shit and he took it. He got up from the bed and

made his way to the large window beside the door. Looking up into the night sky gazing up into the stars he was at peace. Temari he whispered I want you to keep the

baby… making his way back to bed he got in and pulled the cover up to his ears and went to bed. Tomorrow they would talk.

Shikamaru's dream:

He's sitting in a rocking chair holding a small pink blanket, rocking back and forth looking up into the night sky. Tears stream down his face, blurry eyed he tries to get a look at the bundle in his arms only to be woken up by the distant beeping of his alarm clock.

Ok well there you go chap 3. I plan on doing a major time skip within the next 2-3 chapters…so hope you enjoyed this chap reviews are always nice(hint, hint!!) Hope to see you next time on Her Eyes