I don't own GX in any way, but I do own this plot and OCs. I hope you like this chapter. Here is the status on my other stories:

Baseball Game – almost done people, the last chapter should be coming soon.

Help! – I'm going through a writer's block on this one, so try and be patient.

Smile for Me – to be started.

Habit – not many have looked at this one, so I haven't paid much attention to it. It is a songfic, OCxJohan OCxJudai. To be completed if I get more reviews.

I'm Here – to be completed.

Hope you all enjoy this story!

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The next morning Leslie was actually up before Jesse. She earned stares from everyone in the area who knew her. But she had a very good reason:

So Jesse wouldn't blast her iPod in her ears again, as he did pretty much every day. When he didn't feel like running around, he would kneel beside her and say,

"Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up…." And so on until she finally got up.

Today, Leslie did not want either of those things to happen. Her god brother was very annoying when it came to things like that. Even before his parents died, they spent a lot of time together. When the bluenette decided to go off to dueling school, Leslie and him had a long hug and said goodbye at least 50 times. On the ship, they talked and talked on the phone for hours. After Jesse had to hang up for his minutes, they texted each other a lot, until it was about 5 am.

Leslie had developed something with Jesse that she was too scared to admit, and would never. She liked Jesse. Like, really liked him. But she was silent about it.

Sighing, she flipped open her phone as it vibrated in her pocket. She let the blush come to her cheeks as no one was watching. It was from Jesse:

Where are you???

She texted back:

I'm walking around.

Her phone vibrated again as Jesse texted back:

Where are you walking around?

Towards the mall.

Can I come?

Leslie thought about it. She really wanted to be alone with her thoughts at the moment. So she texted back:

No.

She felt bad about it, but she was having one of those mornings when one must be by oneself.

Jesse texted back a few moments later:

Why not? Are you ok?

Yeah I'm fine.

No you're not. You rarely want to be alone. What's the matter?

NOTHING JESSE.

She got no reply after that. Feeling guilty, she wondered if she should text back something in apology.

Her phone chose to die then. Leslie groaned and put it away. She kept walking, and thought about her feelings towards our favorite emerald eyed boy the whole time. (A/N: well he's my favorite)

When Leslie got to the mall, she turned around and began to walk back when a voice called her name.

"Hey! Leslie! Remember me?"

Leslie turned around and gasped, "Tom!"

Tom was Leslie's ex boyfriend. But they were friends. He had a black tee shirt and a long sleeve white shirt under it. He had on dark brown baggy pants and a green hat to cover his wild midnight black hair. Big white sneakers were on his big feet, and his honey maple eyes shone with his smile.

"It's been a while," He said, walking up to her.

"Yeah it has," Leslie answered.

"Where are you headed?"

"Home. You wanna come over?" Leslie asked it thinking, make Jesse jealous! She blushed internally.

Tom nodded, "Sure!"

The two walked back to Leslie's apartment. Leslie then remembered one of the best things about Tom: He barely talked. It was silent the whole walk back.

When Leslie opened the door, Jesse was at the counter. He looked worried. His leg shook when he was feeling as such. Leslie let Tom in and held up her index finger to her lips. He nodded and kept silent. Leslie tip toed over to Jesse and yelled,

"WHAT'S UP?!"

Jesse whirled around, "AH!" He realized who it was and stood up. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her, "WhatiswrongyouneverwanttobealonewasisithuhtellmeorIwillstartrantingandtrustmeyoudon'twantthat!!"

Leslie tried to understand what he was saying, and got the gist of it. She smiled,

"Nothing is wrong Jess. I just had to clear my head a little that's all." She changed the subject, "Look who I ran into!"

Jesse looked and saw Tom. Leslie thought she saw a little jealousy flash across his face. But she wasn't sure if it was real or not.

"Hey Tom, long time no see!" Jesse let go of Leslie and went over to greet Tom.

Tom smiled too, "Hey Jess."

Leslie bounced up and down on her heels, "Soooo, what should we do now?"

Jesse sighed and grabbed his iPod on the counter, "Well, I have some stuff on my mind too. I'll be on my board."

Leslie nodded as he climbed out the window and onto the wooden board outside. She knew that if she asked about her god brother's thoughts, she wouldn't get an answer.

Tom looked at her questionably, "What's with the board?"

"Oh, everyone around this area calls it Jesse's Board, it's kinda like his sanctuary when he needs to clear his head."

"Oooohhhh."

"Yeeeaaah."

There was silence after that. Leslie turned on the TV and the two watched it for a while. Occasionally, Tom looked back at Jesse as he walked back and forth along the wooden board. Leslie didn't notice.

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Finally, Jesse came back inside and put his ruby colored iPod back on the counter. "I'll be in our room," He said to Leslie, and shut the door.

"Our room?" Tom looked at Leslie.

"We share a room," She explained. She turned off the TV, "Let's do something! How about we go to the park!"

Tom shrugged, "Ok."

The two went out.

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Later, at dinner time, Leslie came through the door. Jesse and her mother were already eating.

"Well, its about time you showed," Jesse said. Leslie rolled her eyes and sat down.

Mrs. Mackintosh smiled very widely suddenly. The two teens looked at her in confusion. She told them why:

"We're moving to a house in Pennsylvania."

Silence.

Jesse finally burst, "WHAT?!"

Leslie and her mother jumped.

"I-I know it's sudden, but it's a nice house and you get your own bedroom and don't worry you can take the board with you Jesse!"

Jesse then calmed, "Oh. Then yay."

Leslie smiled, "Cool! My own bedroom!"

Mrs. Mackintosh smiled in relief. Leslie and Jesse didn't have many friends where they lived now. They were each other's best friend. They didn't need any others.

"We leave in 2 days, so get packing tomorrow," She said.


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