First Story! Woohoo!
Because high school fanfictions are just soooo original. ;D
Bear with me. I think you'll like it. :)
-Stormshard
Leaf's quizzical dream of a puffy wonderland of cotton-candy clouds was torn to bits as her glorious alarm clock decided to announce its presence to her.
Again.
With her eyes drooped, her hair in a tattered hot mess, a bit of drool coming out the side of her mouth, and determination for more sleep, she merely groaned as she pressed the 'Snooze' button.
Again.
"Leaf, honey, you're going to be late for school at this rate," her mother, Ms. Green, lectured, "That's the third time you've pressed that in the last thirty minutes, for mew's sake." A few seconds later, Ms. Green became fed up. "Alright, missy, wake up already!"
When her mother yanked off the blanket shielding Leaf from the cruel, horrible world a bit too forceful, down Leaf went, face-first.
"...So that's pretty much how my morning went." The now awake Leaf recalls, mumbling the gruesome details of what occurred almost an hour ago.
"Wow." Her best (and only) friend of her new school commented. "Sounds like you had it pretty rough."
Leaf sighed in response. "Crystal, I don't know how you do it. In my old district, I got up a WHOLE hour later than I did today."
"Well then, perhaps if you tweaked your sleeping schedule a tad prior to today, you wouldn't be having this problem...oh, how is this even a problem to you, Leaf?"
Leaf scowled. Of course, the rise-and-shine attitude was present in Crystal; she's your stereotypical straight-A student who loves each sunrise and dedicates her teenage life to school. Leaf, on the other hand, was more of an A- to B+ student who dreaded the morning and put off her assignments to the last minute."
The two teenagers kept walking and conversing, which mostly circulated around school. They made it to the bus stop, finally, and stood in the drizzling weather.
"But Crystal. Seriously. Thank you so much for moving with me."
Crystal gave a sincere smile at her thankful friend. "Don't worry, Leaf. My parents have been divorced for years, and since I was living with my mother so long, they both were kind of glad that I decided to move in with my dad."
"Thank Mew he happened to live nearby Voltorb High School." Leaf commented. "New school, new life..."
The two girls stopped their idle conversation, turning their heads at the sudden squealing coming from what looks like to be three other girls from their school.
"Just what has gotten into them on a day like this?" Leaf mumbled.
"That's what." Crystal pointed.
There were three boys approaching the bus stop that everyone was lining up for. One wore an odd-looking hat that could be easily mistaken as white hair from a far-away view, the other a simple ball-cap, twisted around, and the last, nothing at all. Probably because of his spiked, auburn hair.
"Oh god. I know where this is going; this is probably one of those schools that have fangirls scre-"
"RUUUUUBY~!"
"GOLD~!"
"BLUEE~!"
"WE KNEW YOU WOULD COME TO THIS BUS STOP!" The three fangirls exclaimed in unison, running up to the boys, eyes sparkling.
Leaf hit her forehead, meanwhile Crystal gave a small chuckle for Leaf's correct prediction. Two of the three boys were attempting to rid of the fangirls, but the one with the ball-cap seemed to be enjoying it.
"Well...let's not let anyone know we have the same bus stop as them. I have a feeling it will cause a riot." Crystal scratched her neck, paranoid.
"Pfft. I'm not scared. Speaking of bus stops, why the hell do we have to walk this far for ours?"
"Voltorb High apparently spends a lot of money on their textbooks and learning material. So I guess the transportation is limited from a lack of leftover money."
Leaf sighed again.
"Heeyy! Super Serious Gal!"
Crystal flinched at the sudden jovial, loud tone, soon enraged when hearing her old, infamous nickname by a certain-
'"Gold!" Crystal exclaimed. "W-What? !"
"I didn't think I would see you again! What brings you here to my town?" Gold winked.
Crystal scoffed, cocking her head away. "Great. I have to deal with YOU again? I thought I wouldn't ever have to be in the same school with you after you moved in elementary."
Gold ignored Crystal's comment. "Heyy! And who is this?"
Leaf crossed her arms protectively - he was speaking to her.
"Someone who shouldn't be in this town, but is."
"Leaf!" Crystal ran to her side. "Look, I know times are hard right now-"
"It's not that, Crys. I'm just being an anti-social teenager who wants to send each and every morning to oblivion for imprisoning me into school and thensome."
"...Anyway, this is Gold - he was in my second, fourth, and fifth grade class."
"Righto. And now we hopefully have some classes together in tenth grade!"
"Dream on. I'm in all accelerated classes, and so is Leaf before you get any ideas!"
"Ah! Good. I guess I might see you in AP World, Trig, English 10 Pre-AP, French, or Chem 1!"
Crystal's mouth dropped open. "Since when did you buff-up your grades?"
"Since my precious super serious gal left me; studying reminded me of her!" Gold faked a sniffle.
At this point, Leaf turned away, allowing the two to continue their pointless bickering. She kept an eye out for the bus.
"Hey. What bus are we looking for, exactly?" A voice from behind, which startled her, asked.
"..."
The spikey-haired boy grunted in annoyance. Here, a girl stood in front of him, practically gawking, but she refuses to speak?
"Are you deaf, pesky woman?"
"Heh. Knew it. Typical popular boy who despises not being the center of attention." Leaf turned around again.
"You're not going to make friends if you keep that attitude up."
"Whoop-de-do! Success!"
The boy couldn't believe what he was hearing. A girl who ignored him as if he was an irritating fly...she must be new here.
"Hmph, you're an ugly one anyway." He smirked.
"Way to judge someone right off the bat."
"Oh yeah? Remind me what you did about a minute ago to me."
"Point proven."
"Ugly."
"Narcassist."
"Wow, what a smartass you are. I'm pretty popular, you know. Name's Blue. And I could destroy your reputation with a snap of my fingers."
"Cool story, Blue."
Then, the orange bus pulled up.
Immediately after she walked through hell's doors, Leaf found her first period class and sat in the first row, first chair, right in the corner, by the door for escape purposes.
Just how she liked it.
Luckily, no one was in the classroom. Unfortunately, Crystal had French first period, meaning Leaf had to handle first period, AP World, alone. But she didn't mind that.
What she did mind was the cocky face that snuck in the classroom, locking it shut as screaming fangirls begged to get inside.
His smirk ticked her off.
"Hey there, Leafy. Couldn't help but overhear you and your friend talking about your schedule. So I guess that means you'll have to deal with me in first period, second A days, fifth, seventh, and ninth.
Leaf looked down at her schedule. So she would loathe AP World, Gym, Spanish, Lunch, and English. But then again, she could probably get away from him during lunch.
"What do you want? Go back to your fangirls."
"Ah, but they're all the same. Preppy and girly." He sat down at the desk next to her, examining her. "You really don't remember me, do you?"
"I remember you're a typical popular boy who despises not being the center of attention." Leaf said, finally taking her glued eyes off her book.
Blue chuckled a bit, yet, it didn't sound like he was amused. Not one bit.
So she doesn't remember me, huh? The boy thought. He could remember her. He could remember all those countless days they spent as toddlers in Pallet Town...sure, he did act mean to her over the years...wait. Was her way of revenge? He really couldn't tell. The Leaf he knew was cheery and happy. Even after all these years, she couldn't just become this introverted, quiet girl. He reflected on the last memory he had of her...
"Gramps! Where's that stinker?"
Professor Oak sighed. "Her name is Leaf, Blue, you know that. Why are you being mean to her nowadays?"
"That doesn't matter, Gramps! Tell me where she is! I checked her house, but there black stuff everywhere where it was suppose to be!" The five year old boy whined.
Professor Oak put down his working papers and faced the boy. It was now or never.
"Blue..." he spoke softly. "Listen. Leaf isn't coming back."
"W-what?"
Blue looked down at the desk. That "black stuff" was ashes. It was the day her parents died in a house fire. And the day Leaf moved away without warning. The last day he saw Leaf...until now.
Leaf threw her undesired lunch tray on the table, causing a few heads to peer at her for her loud disturbance.
"Easy." Crystal remarked.
The two picked a simple lunchtable by the window, once again in the corner. Though Crystal didn't favor the corner part.
"Today was a blur."
"Yeah, just two more periods and we're out of here. That's what I like about seventh period lunch."
"Super serious gal. Oh my gawsh!"
"L-Let go of me, idiot!" Crystal squirmed out of Gold's tough embrace.
Gold snickered. "Why are you sitting here? Come over to the cool table. I think I could sneak ya'."
"Hell. No." Leaf scoffed.
Gold looked, first astonished, then started laughing hysterically. "You're a funny one."
" Yo. Gold. Let's get goin-...and there Leafy is!"
"I can't." Leaf smashed her head on her binder. "I can't escape that guy, Crystal. I think he's a stalker."
"Quite the contrary. Or at least what people would think if they saw me talking to a loser like you."
"Hey. You two. Stop fighting." Crystal beamed, then gave Leaf a concerned look. "What happened that made you guys get on the bad side of each other?"
Leaf pondered for a moment. While he didn't deserve it, this Blue-guy might get off her back if she just sucks up her pride and gives a bullshit apology.
"Hey. Blue. Come over here for a second."
Blue raised his eyebrow, but obeyed with a 'whatever'.
Leaf led the curious boy to the other side of the lunch room, then turned around, eyes focused on him.
"Sorry."
"...Wait. What?"
"Sorry." She repeated.
Blue smirked. He wanted to take advantage of this, and he sure as hell will. "For what?"
Leaf sighed. She knew he was going to make this difficult. "I'm sorry for being a total bitch. I hate the morning and I hate people. So...just stay clear of me in the morning."
Blue smiled, even chuckling. "I gotcha, Leafy."
"Don't call me that."
"Alright, I won't. But I do know I will be talking to you every morning, Leafy!"
Leaf groaned in annoyance. Looks like this guy is going to be a lot more trouble than she thought.
Chapter one...over! Heh.
Okay. I know A LOT of things are messed up here:
First, Leaf's past. Don't worry. It will be explained next chapter.
Second, the whole "rushed" conflictingshipping" thing going on. It might just be me, I don't know. These two have a quirky relationship as of now, but that is just what I wanted to work with! Just wait for all the teasers in the later chapters. )
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