Author's Note: This is in Leo's POV after 'More Than Stars'.
Disclaimer: Stargirl belongs to Jerry Spinelli and I'm not even a guy!
I just sat there for a while, on my porch with that porcupine tie in my hands. I just stared at it, a dreamy smile plastered onto my face.
I knew who it was from. How could I not recognize the sender? It was wrapped in the same packaging as the one she sent to me. Even the silky texture it had was practically identical to the one she had sent me. I knew she was the sender.
It had been so long ago I had first gained my first porcupine tie. It had almost become a blur when my uncle gave it to me. But I still had the memory of her gift of my second as clearly as it was happening right now. I knew this memory would stick with me for the rest of my life, as I knew her first present to me would.
Memories. I had so many of her, but to me they were too little. I remembered the day we met, our first kiss, her enchanted place. Most of all I remembered the scene I had only heard of. Her departure after Hillari had slapped her. I wished I could have been there to stop it.
I have questions, too. I wish I could have an answer for just one of them. Why didn't she say good-bye? Why didn't she stick around? The school cared for her again. Why did she never ring my doorbell? Or even stand outside? Doe she have a family now? Is she Susan or some new name? Has she kept the name I knew her by? Has she forgotten me? Why did she leave before I could tell her I loved her one last time? The most important now is how can I find her now?
I don't know how I can, but I will. I'll check the phone directory, visit every house. Make sure I can see her one last time. I just hope she wants to see me.
I murmur her name on my lips. It's almost all I have left of her now.
"Hi, Leo," It's her. "I'm back."
I turn around. "Hi." I say back.
I don't know whether to cry or laugh or just hug her. She still looks the same as I remember her most as. She's insanely clothed in a red dress with porcupines all over it. She must have made it herself. Her face is still bright, smiling at me.
"I love you." She says to me quietly. It made my smile grow even larger.
"I love you, too."
I enveloped her in a kiss. She's still as warm as she was fifteen years ago. I'm so happy to know she still loves me. I murmur her name again.
"Stargirl."
Author's Note: I read all the Stargirl fanfiction after reading the book and just was overcome with emotion with some of the oneshots, even the twoshots. I just really felt like writing something. So I did.