Weird.But I still felt incredibly alone. Everyone there wanted to look the way they did. And I did not. I was certain of one thing, Gracie was right. ...I could still enjoy life, at least a little, even as different as I was.I don't remember the trip back to Greg and Gracie's. Or getting into bed. I woke up in a nightgown, tucked in next to Gracie, who was snoring softly. I curled around her, and went back to sleep.When the time finally came for me to go back to my parents' house, Gracie suggested. He smiled and she smiled back. She got into the elevator and before the doors closed, she threw him a wave. The doors slid shut, and the elevator descended. Lee returned to his work, grinning madly to himself.* * *A few hours later, towards the end of the day when the office was quiet, Lee had retired to the small printing room to print out a few documents. As the printer whirred away, his mind began to wander. His thoughts would wonder between topics, but would often return back to Marcia’s. The boy was not breathing, but appeared not to be dead, yet. The boy was laid on his belly crosswise over a horse and his back was pounded almost, but not quite, hard enough to break some ribs. After a very short time of spewing out water and sand, the boy began to cough and breath on his own. Once the boy was stabilized, the children led them to a campsite of two tipis.The children explained what had happened and the adults were suitably grateful. Just by being a member of the rescue party,. “You will be working with Kakashi’s team to escort Tazuna, a well know bridge builder, back to his home and to guard him while he finishes building a bridge. Please be at the main gate in two hours.”-x-Sasuke and Sakura were already at the gate when Naruto and Hinata arrived. They were both surprised to see how much the two had changed. Sasuke noted that Naruto seemed to be a bit stronger then he had been. To Sakura, Hinata seemed to be glowing with happiness. Also, now that Hinata was no.