A/N: The first two chapters are similar to the movie; then it changes from there. And, if you read this, then please review. It's the only way I'll continue the story. No reviews, no continue story. If reviews, then I continue story.

Jess and Leslie

By Dark God Silverterror

Chapter 1 What's happening Do I like her?

Jess sat in a classroom with 27 other student's. He sat drawing the teacher Monster mouth Myers. Then Gary Fulcher leaned over from his desk and said, "Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep. That's my loser detector."

Fulcher leaned back and looked at his pink sneakers. Then again leaned over Jess's desk and said annonyngly like the bully he is, "Nice sneaks Aarons. Wear your sister's handy down underwear too?" Then he went back over to his desk.

"You better answer him twinkle toes," said Fulcher's fat orange haired friend Scott Hoager leaning over to the side. Then he went back to his desk as the door to the classroom opened. And Mr. Turner the principal walked into the room, and followed behind him was a blond haired girl around Jess's age. Mr Turner said to Ms. Myers as she turned from the chalk board, "Ms. Myers, this is Leslie Burke who'll be joining your class, she just moved here."

Ms. Myers looked over to Leslie, and said, "Hi Leslie, you can use my desk my desk for today."

Mr. Turner said to Leslie, "Leslie, welcome to Lark Creek."

Leslie replied, "Thanks."

"Well, I'll see you later," said Mr. Turner, and he went out of the classroom and closed the door.

Jess stared at the new girl Leslie. His jaw dropped, and he felt like his heart would rip out of his chest. She was gorgeous. Short blond hair. Cute face. He was physically attracted to her. Even though he hadn't even been in puberty at that point. Leslie was hot to Jess. "Whoa!" is what raced through his mind. Leslie looked around the classroom. Jess closed his mouth. He didn't want Leslie to notice he stared at her.

Leslie removed her backpack from her back. Put it on the ground. She got on the ground, and opened the backpack, but accidently knocked it over, spilling everything in it out. Every student in the classroom laughed at her. Except for Jess, he felt bad for her actually. A cute gorgeous girl being made fun of.

He felt terrible, maybe sad even. The new kid was always made fun of. Leslie wasn't exactly what some people considered normal. She was from the city; and was different from the kids who lived in Lark Creek. Leslie was an imaginative person, she was good hearted, loving, kind, good, happy, she usually had a smile on her face.

Leslie was also a really fast runner.

Jess was also a fast runner, he was good at art, he loved drawing, he hated school. The only person at school who Jess really cared about was his music teacher Ms. Edmunds. He was in love with her, the real thing.

Weird for someone his age, but whatever, everyone is different; and unique in their one way.

Leslie being made fun of hurt his insides for the rest of the day.

He hated it when people were made fun of. He had always been made fun of by Gary Fulcher and Scott Hoager, the school bullies. Gary and Scott made fun of people; put them down, said mean stuff about everybody, beat the crap out of people. Typical bullies.

Later that day, Jess was in the school race; Leslie beat him. She won first place, and Jess ended up with second.

After the race, Leslie walked up to Jess, and said, "Hey, Jess Right?"

She reached her hand out to Jess to help him up.

Jess refused her hand, he got up; and walked away. Leslie ruined the race for Jess to him.

He had planned all summer to win it. Then, wham! He lost the race to the new girl.

Jess avoided Leslie for the rest of the day, he was mad at her for beating him at the race. But in the end he got over it. He was sad; and hurt inside that the class laughed at Leslie for spilling everything out of her backpack , and he was mad at her for beating him in the race.

Mixed feelings are never good. They can confuse a person.

The next few days Jess ignored Leslie, or tried to at least. But he kept seeing how people were making fun of her, or teasing her, or being mean to her because of well, because she was different, because she was the new kid. Jess kept hurting inside. He considered being Leslie's friend, but refused because he didn't want people making fun of him.

The next day at school, Jess and Leslie were in Ms. Myers room, and Leslie read her essay to the class.

Leslie's report was so good that Jess could picture what was happening in his head.

It was almost like Leslie's report was foreshadow of something important.

After Leslie was done reading her essay, she handed it back to MS. Myers; then walked back to her desk.

Ms. Myers said, "Thank you Leslie. Tonight at 7:00 there is a program about Jocke custo."

A/N: Damnit! I can't remember that guy's name, sorry if I got it wrong, and sorry for this annoying Author's Note in the middle of the story.

"I want everyone to write an essay about it."

Leslie raised her hand.

Ms. Myers pointed at Leslie, and said, "Leslie."

Leslie said, "Um, what if you can't watch this program?"

"I'm sure if you inform your parents it's for a school assignment," said Ms. Myers. "I'm sure they won't object."

Leslie said, "What if you don't have a TV?"

Everyone in the room except Jess, and Ms. Myers laughed at Leslie.

Gary Fulcher said, "What? You live in a cave new girl?"

Leslie said, "My dad says the TV rots your brain cells."

Gary said smiling and looking like the retarded bully he is, "Your dad doesn't know anything, we watch TV like everyday."

Leslie said, "Well, then, I rest my case."

Leslie turned her head away from Gary.

Ms. Myers said, "Well, then Leslie. In that case you don't have to right this report, you can right about something else."

After school, Jess looked out the window next to the seat in the seat in the bus he was in.

Two girls were talking to Leslie.

One of them said, "Hey Leslie, what are you going to write your essay on? How to live in a cave?" Both of the girls laughed. Jess felt bad, a look of sadness went on his face.

Leslie walked away from the girls, to the bus. She walked inside of the school bus, walked to the back, and sat in Janice Avery's seat. "Jess, Jess! the big kids will kill her," said Jess's little sister Maybelle. Then Janice walked onto the bus. Jess made a quick descision.

He ran over to Leslie picked her backpack up and said, "Are you nuts Leslie, Janice will kill you! This row is for the eigth graders!"

"That's right beanpole!" Jess grabbed Leslie's arm, and she got up, they jumped and walked on the seats, and sat down next to each other in his.

"Thanks," said Leslie as Jess handed her her backpack back.

"Your welcome." Jess blushed. His hand was still touching her arm.

"Can I have my arm back now?"

"Uh? Oh, yeah sure." Jess let her arm go. The bus doors closed and the bus driver rode it off the schoolgrounds.

"So, uh. How do you like it here in Lark Creek," Jess asked trying not to sound nervous.

"It's ok, just not as big as the city."

"Yeah, well. It's kind of always been that way," Jess said trying to hide his attraction and feelings for Leslie. Could this be love? Or at least that deep feeling that starts love? Probably could've been that starting seed point. This girl was an outcast just like Jess. Neither of them had any friends. Zip, zero, naughta. When the bus stopped at Jess's house, Jess, Leslie, and Maybelle got off. The bus doors closed.

"We need something to do," said Leslie.

Jess wondered what it was. So, he asked. "Like what?"

"I don't know, something fun."

Maybelle smiled. She was excited. "Yeah we should! Let's do something. Definitely."

"You can't."

"Can't what?"

"Can't do what we're doing," said Jess. "Now get along home Maybelle. Tell mom Leslie and I are playing."

"Fine, I'm going." Maybelle walked away.

"Hey Maybelle, I still got my barbies. I don't use them much anymore. You can have them."

"To keep for permanent?" said Maybelle smiling excited at the thought of keeping them for permanent.

"Sure," said Leslie with a smile on her face. Maybelle ran off. She was excited. Having barbies to a six year old, was like having a car to a sixteen year old with a new driver's license. Maybelle really does like barbies. Jess will never be able to figure out why.

"Now let's go before she changes her mind," Jess said. He and Leslie put their backpacks down.

Then Leslie said, "I'll race you!"

She started running, and Jess raced her. They ran down the dirt road, through a huge green field that was longer and wider then that of a football field. Then they ran into the forest. They stopped when they reached a rope.

Leslie got up on a log, and grabbed it.

"I don't think it's safe. That's been there for a long time."

"Relax, you sweet cutey black haired boy." Leslie swung across the rope, and got a smile on her face that was so gorgeous. Then she swung back. And handed Jess the rope.

"You have to try it," she said excitedly.

"I, I don't know," Jess said nervously. Really not wanting to trust the rope.

But then he held it, ignoring how dangerous it could be. He thought, "If Leslie can swing with this rope, then it's safe." Jess held the rope, got up on the boulder. And swung across. He was smiling, and thinking, "Wow. This is fun." Jess looked at the clouds like Leslie told him. When he got back to the side of the creek Leslie was on, he stepped on the ground, and let go of the rope.

Jess and Leslie sat on the log that was in front of the creek. "We need a place just for us. Were there's no Janice Avery's or Scott Hoager's."

"Yeah, but when we go to school, they will be there."

"Yeah, but we can have our own magical kingdom that only we know about. And that we can get to by only swinging across this enchanted rope." Leslie said getting off the log, and picking up a branch and pulling the rope.

"Magical kingdom? Enchanted rope?" Jess wondered what Leslie was thinking. He thought she was being weird.

"No dumb people!"

Jess thought about it for a few seconds, then he said, "Well, ok you got your point." She grabbed the rope dropped the branch, Jess stood up. And Leslie held on the rope, swung across, and disappeared.

Jess was terrified, he wondered what happened to Leslie. He had to find her before something horrible happened to her.

Jess said "Leslie!" as the rope swung back to his side. He got on the log, the rope reached him. And he grabbed it. Swung across, let the rope go. Jess walked for a minute.

The forest had thousands upon thousands of trees. Twigs snapped under Jess's feet.

Jess saw a deer, it ran off. Then Leslie appeared from behind a tree and said, "Roar!"

"Whoa! Don't scare me. We shouldn't be here. This isn't our place."

"Relax. This is our kingdom. We have been sent to save the prisoner's of the Darkmaster."

"The Darkmaster?" said Jess scared, and nervous. "Prisoners?"

"Yes," said Leslie. "You can here their chains rattling."

They walked and heard something make rattling noises. Leslie went ahead. Jess saw a dark being going by, disappearing into mist, then it was gone.

"Leslie," Jess said worried and nervous. He went were Leslie went ahead. Then he saw her walking to a tree that was attached to a treehouse. She climbed it. She said, "Come on! You can see the whole kingdom from up here." Jess climbed up the tree.

Jess grabbed onto a branch. Leslie said "Cool!" She saw whatever Jess couldn't see. Jess looked at the fields and trees. What were they looking at?

"What are we looking at exactly?" said Jess.

Leslie turned her head, and said, "Just close your eyes, but keep your mind wide open."

Jess closed his eyes. Then opened them, he saw rivers, mountains. Oceans. So many wonderful things in front of them. "Wow," said Jess smiling, happy and excited. "What do we call this place?"

Leslie smiled, then said, "Terabithia."

Jess said, "Perfect."

After they got down from the tree, Jess said, "I...I'll race you to the rope." They ran to the rope. Today was a good day. Jess and Leslie had many more adventures in Terabithia. Jess and Leslie went to Terabithia on a rainy day looking for Jess's dad's keys. Leslie brought the dog PT that he had given her for christmas a few months ago.

A/N: Please is this good so far. The next chapter is similar to the movie. But after that, it's my own story. And, please, review.