Danielle was walking through the park with Gaara, helping him collect leaves from different trees for his AP Biology class. Danielle would ask him what each tree was and tease him about having no life.
"No wonder I never see you anymore!" she laughed. "You spend too much time studying tree names." Gaara smirked at her.
"I'm sure you're no different when it comes to you studying the periodic table of elements."
"I come out more than you do. You're like a hibernating bear." Gaara gasped when she decided to suddenly jump onto his back.
"Are you trying to kill me?" he grumbled. Danielle giggled and nodded. He sighed and smirked as she kissed his neck. Gaara's breath caught in his chest when he suddenly saw someone that looked oddly familiar. He blinked a few times and found that the figure was gone.
"I'm just seeing thing," he told himself silently.
"Earth to Gaara; are you going brain dead or something?" The redhead was suddenly brought back to reality.
"Why are you still on my back?" Danielle giggled and kissed his neck again.
"Because I don't want to let you go," she whispered in his ear. A shiver went down his spine, causing him gasp slightly.
"Get off me." Giggling, the girl let go of him and stood next to him.
"Are we done yet?" she asked. Gaara sighed and nodded. "Then let's go!" She hooked an arm around the redhead's waist and walked down the sidewalk with him. Gaara snaked an arm around her as well, keeping her close to him.
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Gaara couldn't help but peer over his shoulder; once again, he was seeing the mysterious figure that had been following him around for over a week. Danielle tapped him on the shoulder and he quickly spun his head around to look at her. She grinned at him and giggled.
"Are you ready to go?" she asked with excitement in her voice. Gaara sighed and nodded. He gasped when she took him by the wrist and dragged him into the giant corn maze.
It was about six in the evening and it would be dark soon. The sky was painted with dark reds, pinks, oranges, and purples. Add that to the golden color of the corn field and one had a picture perfect scene.
The two teens walked through the corn maze, looking for the hidden mailboxes. After they found all the mailboxes and got the pieces of paper inside of them, they would be able to create a map of the maze.
Danielle and Gaara slowly walked through the maze. They occasionally took different paths so that they could cover more ground. Danielle walked down the dirt path, following the pink polka-dotted tape. She screamed loudly when someone suddenly jumped out and grabbed her by the waist. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Gaara smirking at her.
"Gaara!" she screeched. "You are such a jerk! If you do that again, I swear I'll kick your ass!" The redhead chuckled and released his grip on her torso. Danielle spun around and glared at her boyfriend. He pressed his forehead against hers. The female giggled, forgetting about her anger towards the redhead.
"You're lucky that I'm in a good mood today," she told him. Gaara nodded and planted a quick kiss on his girlfriend's cheek. She pulled away from him a moment later and continued down the path.
After wandering through the maze for several hours, the two teens finally gave up and found their way out of the maze. Gaara held his female companion close to him as they walked toward the car. Once again, a mysterious figure caught his eye. He did his best to ignore it, but he couldn't help but wonder if he was just seeing things. There was no way that he was really being stalked.
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Danielle stared at Gaara as he entered the classroom. Her heart ached when he turned his back to her and sat down in a seat on the opposite side of the room. The redhead had been avoiding her for over a week. She couldn't even talk to him. Every time she tried to, he would just walk away from her. He wouldn't answer her phone calls, her texts, or her e-mails. Why would he just start avoiding her like that?
She had asked Naruto about the matter, but he didn't know anything about it. When he had asked Gaara about it himself, the redhead had shooed him away as well.
Danielle didn't understand it. Did he not love her anymore? Was there someone else that he cared about instead? If so, why wouldn't he just tell her so? She hated being left in the dark. It was so irritating.
"I guess I'm going to have to try and talk to him again tonight at his house," she silently told herself. "I don't care if he wants to break up. I don't want to force him to stay with me if he doesn't want to. All I want is to know what the hell is going on. Does he even realize how much pain he is putting me through right now?"
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Gaara sat on his bed, hugging his legs to his chest. The only sound that could be heard was the pitter-patter of the rain. The redhead had his blanket drawn around him, keeping him warm. He had been feeling rather depressed ever since he and Danielle had fought.
Gaara had been avoiding her for the past week. He could feel his heart take a blow every time he saw that hurt expression on Danielle's face. The truth was that he wanted to be with her. He loved her more than anything in the world and that was the reason why he couldn't see her anymore.
The redhead had nearly forgotten about his father. He hadn't thought that he would ever see him again. Even though he hadn't seen the man face to face, he had seen him in random places. It was like he was being stalked. He didn't tell anyone about it when it first started happening since he believed that it was just a figment of his imagination. However, a note that he had received told him otherwise.
Gaara,
Cute doll you have there. Someone like you shouldn't be playing with such delicate things. If you really care about her, you won't be caught around her again anytime soon. It would be a shame if that porcelain figure somehow ended up getting broken.
There was no signature, but Gaara knew who it was from. His father knew exactly where to hit in order to make his life a living hell. He had worked so hard to make a relationship, and his father had to come and tear things down.
Just then, there was a knock on his door. He watched with wide eyes as it slowly opened and Danielle came in. Gaara lowered his head when he saw her enter the room. The girl ignored this and took a seat on the edge of his bed.
"Why have you been doing this to me, Gaara?" she asked with tear-filled eyes. Gaara dug his fingernails into his skin, still not making a sound. Why did she have to make this so hard for him? He didn't want to upset her, but he didn't want her to get hurt because of him either.
"Will you fucking talk to me?!" she snapped. Gaara jerked his head up, looking at her with surprise. "Why won't you fucking tell me anything? Didn't I mean anything to you, or was this all just a game?! Do you even realize how much you've been hurting me?! All I want is a simple reason as to why you've been avoiding me. Is that too much to fucking ask?!" He couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't stand seeing her in this much pain.
Sighing, he got up and walked over to his dresser. He dug through the top drawer and pulled out the note. He handed the piece of paper to Danielle as he sat back down on his bed. She quickly read it through and looked back up at him with confusion.
"What is this?" she asked, obviously irritated. Gaara sighed again, not really wanting to explain.
"It's a note that I received about a week ago," he started to explain. "It's a threat against you." Danielle narrowed her eyes at him.
"Why didn't you tell me about this before? Do you still not trust me?!" Gaara bit his bottom lip and shook his head.
"It's not that," he whispered.
"Then who the hell sent this?! Have you told anyone about this?"
"I can't say." Danielle knew immediately who it had been from.
"It was from your father." Gaara winced at the mention at it. "Why don't you report him?" He shook his head.
"I can't do that. I could never forgive myself if he ends up hurting you."
"I can't believe you're going to let him control you again. Are you going to let him do this for the rest of your life Gaara? If you really cared about me, you would've reported this to the police already."
"I'm sorry," he whispered. Danielle laid a gentle hand on his shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Please end this," she pleaded. "If not for yourself, then do it for me." Gaara looked at her with sad eyes before finally nodding.
"Will you get the phone from the kitchen for me?" he asked. Danielle nodded and silently left the room. He sat on his bed, waiting for Danielle to return.
After a few minutes had passed, he finally got up to see if she was alright. As soon as he was halfway across the room, his door flew open. Standing in the doorway were his father and Danielle. Gaara's eyes widened with fear when he saw that he was holding a gun to the female's head.
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