A.N. I know you are going to scream because I am putting a new story up but IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!!!! Ideas come to me I can't help that! I'll try to update my other ones ASAP but quite frankly I have a good feeling about this one... I don't own Sky High... It is so sad! By the way, in this story, Gwen isn't Royal Pain. She is just kinda mean...

Preface

"And this falling in love thing, did it happen before or after the lima-beans?"

I'm sure that if I could my face right now it would be full of shock.

"I don't love him..."

He laughed "Yes, you do. I see the way you look at him."

I shook my head. "I don't love him anymore. I mean, I love him, but I'm not in love with him"

He raised his eyebrows "What changed your mind?"

I shrugged my shoulders "Tonight was the last straw; it's obvious that he doesn't feel the same way. I spent years of my life waiting for him to see the way I felt about him but he never did. Besides, someone new came around."

"And who would this new mystery man be?"

I stood up out of the booth and walked over and kissed him on the cheek. "You'll just have to wait and see... hothead." I skipped out of the Paper Lantern. I looked back from the door and found him waiting on tables again, blushing profusely.

Chapter One: Burn the Paper Lantern

Layla's POV

I looked at my watch and then slammed my fist onto the table. The tables around mine all jumped and stared. I growled between clenched teeth.

"I was stood up."

The females at these tables all showed compassion and gave me sympathetic looks. I shook my head and stuck up my hand. Best friend or not, I was hungry and I was going to eat. I stuck my head back in the menu, to look like I was doing something. I knew the menu back to front though. I heard the waiter stand at the side of my booth and run through the usual waiter spiel.

"Hi, how are you, I'm your waiter for this evening, what can I get you?"

Not bothering to look up from my menu, I managed to get my order out so it didn't sound like I was totally and completely pissed off. "Hi, can I please have the vegetarian fried rice and water? Thanks."

"Coming right up." And with that, the waiter walked off to get my meal. I pulled my phone out of my brown silk handbag and flipped it open, hoping, that for once, Will had called me or texted me saying he wasn't coming or was going to be late, and, as usual, there was nothing.

I refrained from growling again and closed my eyes, counting back from ten, and thinking of my favourite plants, roses and carnations. When I opened my eyes, standing in front of me was a teenager, maybe a sophomore or junior in high school, with my food on a tray. He had one eyebrow raised "Still want your food?"

I raised my eyebrow right back at him "Why wouldn't I... I mean, I ordered it didn't I?"

He shrugged his shoulders "You make a good point." And with that, he put my food down and was yelled at a woman in Mandarin, before yelling back. He smiled slightly "Enjoy your food."

I looked down at my food and started to push it around my plate and took the occasional bite. I wasn't expecting Will to turn up, he was late, really late, like, an hour late. Ten minutes I can deal with, but an hour? No way! I sipped my water and let my eyes scan the restaurant. They soon found the guy who served me my food. He was at a table on the other side of the small family owned restaurant. I watched as the females in the restaurant swooned over him, much to the displeasure of their boyfriends. I chuckled and took another bite of my fried rice.

Suddenly my phone vibrated on the table next to my plate, I picked it up and saw that there was a text from Will. I flipped open my phone smiling, but my smile quickly faded as I read what it said. He wouldn't be turning up. I shut my phone and gripped it tightly. I watched as the flower on my table slowly wilted. Tables slowly emptied around me and I forced down another bite of my rice. Suddenly, it didn't taste so good. I pushed my plate away, only to have it taken away straight away. I looked up to see the guy who brought my food over with my plate and glass on his tray. He looked around the restaurant, which was relatively empty; he motioned at the empty seat on the other side of the booth.

"Can I sit down?"

She shrugged her shoulders "Sure, it's a free country, and you work here."

He sat down and furrowed his brow at me "Do I know you from somewhere? Do you go to my school? Yes, you do! You hang out with Will Stronghold..." He said the name between clenched teeth.

I nodded my head "Yeah, he was meant to show up tonight, but, as usual, he didn't show."

He looked sympathetic "Must suck."

I chuckled "You got that right; I'm Layla by the way, Layla Williams. Plants." I stuck out my hand to shake. He took it and shook it.

"Warren Peace. Fire."

I don't know what happened but soon enough we were having a really good conversation, I don't know how it started but I started telling him about the lime-bean experience Will and I had in grade one.

"So there was this one time, where Will and I were in grade one, and we had to grow lima-beans. And no matter what, his wouldn't grow, so eventually, I took pity on the guy and showed him my powers, best friends ever since."

He furrowed his brow at me again; he seemed to do that a lot around me... "And this falling in love thing, did it happen before or after the lima-beans?"

I'm sure that if I could my face right now it would be full of shock.

"I don't love him..."

He laughed "Yes, you do. I see the way you look at him."

I shook my head. "I don't love him anymore. I mean, I love him, but I'm not in love with him"

He raised his eyebrows "What changed your mind?"

I shrugged my shoulders "Tonight was the last straw; it's obvious that he doesn't feel the same way. I spent years of my life waiting for him to see the way I felt about him but he never did. Besides, someone new came around."

"And who would this new mystery man be?"

I stood up out of the booth and walked over and kissed him on the cheek. "You'll just have to wait and see... hothead." I skipped out of the Paper Lantern. I looked back from the door and found him waiting on tables again, blushing profusely. I laughed. I turned around and started walking home.

As I was walked home, I started to think about what had happened at the paper lantern. I had had fun. Something nearly impossible to do with Will around. All he really cared about was his girlfriend, Gwen. I nearly shuddered at the thought of her name. They had been going out for 4 months now. He was happy, so I was happy... or that is how he saw it. I was putting on a mask for his sake. I turned the corner into my street and, surprise surprise, guess who I saw. The Perfect Couple in the middle of a make out session.

I shook my head in disgust and cleared my throat. I watched them break apart hastily and almost laughed. "So I can see why you didn't show up now Will." I said through clenched teeth.

"Layla... i...it's not what you think... I...we.... we were just..." He stuttered.

I shook my head "Save it Will. I know what is going on. I wish you guys the best but I don't want any part in it." And with that, I shoved past them and waked to my house, flowers and grass dying around me.

I reached the door and unlocked it and walked in. I shut it behind me and sank down to the ground; tears that had been threatening to fall all afternoon finally fell. After I had finished ruining my mascara I headed up to my room and wiped my face clean. I took out my hair, stripped down and got into the shower. The hot water felt good against my skin.

After I had hopped out of the shower I got into my pyjamas and walked into my bedroom. I took my phone out of my handbag and saw I had 5 text messages. Three from Will saying he was sorry and to call or text him back, I deleted those. One was from Magenta saying that she was going shopping tomorrow and if I wanted to come, and one from an unknown number. I opened that one only to see it was from Zach, he got a new phone and he was sending his new number out to everyone on his contact list. I immediately replaced his old number with his new one and then put my phone on my bed side stand and pulled the covers of my bed back.

I slid in and closed my eyes. My mother wasn't due to get back from the animal shelter until late at night so the house was unusually quiet. I was just beginning to settle down and fall asleep when there was a loud rap on my window. My eyes flew wide open and I'm pretty sure I jumped a mile. I crept slowly from my bed and looked out my window. I furrowed my brow at who was standing there. I opened my window and whisper-yelled.

"Warren?!"

So what do you guys think I have been reading a heap of Layla X Warren fics lately and I just think they are the cutest couple and that Disney people got it wrong putting Will and Layla together. I hope you guys liked this fic cause I got inspiration during science... and that's when I wrote the preface. By the way, I'm thinking of doing a chapter preface for every chapter but if I shouldn't, you guys need to tell me. Read and review and I will be the happiest camper alive! Go on! You know you want to!