Wow, I really have no excuse to why I haven't updated, I'm just a terrible person;( Anyhoo, did ya'll enjoy the holidays? I did! I FINALLY got Super Smash Bros. Brawl and I literally have not moved an inch away from the TV screen. I also got 1D things:) Aww yeah. They're my inspiration so to any One Direction haters, thank them because I listened to them while typing this out;D Oh, and I want to reply to all the anonymous reviews so, yeah:D

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Guest: Haha, yes Drew's phone was destroyed. Hmm, you may be on to something with the May theory XD

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Welcome to Anonymous Love! Here, you can vent your feelings and ask for advice on your relationships whether it's dealing with something current, ending the romance or beginning it. One more thing though. On this site, don't expect an answer you want to hear. The truth hurts sweetie. Ask away!

Q&A with Anonymous Love

Q: You're probably wondering why I sent this to you in the private questions, right? Well, let me grace you with my answer. I'm a dude so I don't exactly want to have some question on your blog. You'd do the same thing, right? Anyway, I have no idea what to do. There's this girl but I'm pretty sure she hates me but I have no fucking idea why. I never did anything to her. Not only that, but whenever I try to become friendly with her she's either having PMS or she's really nice and sweet back to me. Here's what I came up with. A list of pros and cons. Pros: she's gorgeous, hilarious, unique, and overall seems like an amazing person. Cons: she won't open up to me, become friends with me, and is hiding something from me. I can tell. Yeah, we haven't been friends long at all, just this past week but I've already fallen for her. Hard. Please help me. How can I get her to open up to me? Plus, she keeps on using the excuse, "I'm a nerd and you're Mr. Popular so I can't hang out with you". Doesn't she understand that if she does get bullied that I'll stand up for her? Wow, I can't believe I'm even doing this… I'm desperate here.

~I Don't Even Know

A:

~Anonymous Love~

She had no idea what to put or what to do so she just sat there and left the answer blank. Leaf was in utter confusion and shock. If this was really Gary then did that mean that he had… feelings for her? No way. Leaf shook her head, he couldn't like her. That just wasn't possible. Besides, even if he did like her, she would never like him back. Leaf wiped her sweaty palms on her sweatpants and then glared at her hands. They weren't sweating because she was nervous. It was just hot in the room. Yeah.

Leaf slipped on some thick socks, a sweatshirt, and her signature grey beanie before walking down the steps and going outside not even bothering to be quiet since Felicity was at work - or should be at least. Lately, she's been coming home absolutely hammered at four o'clock in the morning. It was really worrying Leaf with the quick change in behavior. But once she was outside, she walked in her front yard and climbed a tree by her bedroom window and got on the roof from that. Leaf could have gone out her bedroom window but it's been broken for a while and Leaf couldn't afford to fix it.

There were few stars in the dark night sky making Leaf curse under her breath. All the stupid streetlights blocked out the amazing view. One day, Leaf wanted to go out in the wilderness with someone and look at the stars without all the lights. But for now, she had to stay home and think about that question.

I shouldn't even be freaked out. I already have enough stress and I don't even know if it was Gary for sure, Leaf thought to herself.

And if it was Gary, why should she care. He knows shit about her. Gary Oak has no idea what Leaf has had to go through. He doesn't know that her dad left her and her mom and debt, he doesn't know Leaf had to move school's when she was younger because of certain things and he sure as hell did not know anything else about her. Did he even know her middle name? No, he didn't. Plus, who cares if he called her "gorgeous" or whatever. Leaf wasn't going to let all the glittering generalities make her fall for him.

Leaf decided that next time she saw him she was going to snap her fingers in a z-formation and tell him to piss off. Okay, maybe she wouldn't do that but, you get the idea.

The sky seemed to grow darker with Leaf's mood as she curled up and fell asleep on the roof.

~Anonymous Love~

"Sleeping on a roof, that's new," a voice called from Leaf's driveway. She immediately knew who it was as she lazily held up her hand and showed him the purpose of a middle finger.

"Go away," she moaned, curling further into a ball.

"No can do, slut! It's what, seven right now?" Gary asked, taking out his phone and checking the time before nodding to himself. "Yep, it's seven. Oh look! Now it's seven-oh-one! How about that?"

Leaf sat up and ran a hand over her face probably looking like a hot mofo… I guess a more accurate picture would be a sloth… if you turned your head to the side while squinting your eyes. Yep, much more accurate. "You're just a stalking asshole."

"Well then you're a whore," Gary shot back, a smile present on his face as he saw Leaf trying to fight her own.

"Bastard," she muttered under her breath but Gary caught and shot a wink towards her. Finally, Leaf caved in and said, "Wait ten minutes and I'll be ready."

Leaf climbed down the tree and into the house where she quickly stripped from the clothes she slept in last night and opted for skinny jeans, her trusty Converse, and a grey hoodie. She quickly went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth while yanking a brush through her tangled hair at the same time. Once that was done, she placed on her hat, grabbed her messenger bag, and finally her phone before walking down the steps where she noticed Felicity resting her head on her arms on the kitchen table sleeping. Looks like she actually was working last night.

She got a blanket from the couch and draped it over her mom before grabbing a sticky note and scrawling a message on it.

Take a break, Mom, please. Stop pushing yourself. Also, you're really worrying me with coming home drunk sometimes. What's going on? Talk to me? Anyway, I'm off to school now, bye! – Leafy

After the sticky note was stuck on the table Leaf turned to the fridge and got two apples, a green one and a red one. Then, she was finally out the door.

"Wow. Most girls take at least forty five," Gary commented as Leaf jumped the four steps off her porch where she landed firmly on her two feet.

"I thought we covered that I'm not a normal girl," Leaf pointed out and threw the red apple at Gary's chest but luckily he caught it in time. He stared quizzically at the fruit before looking at Leaf. "I didn't know if you had breakfast or not…" she muttered looking at the ground, her cheeks slightly darkening in color.

Gary had to bite back his smile as the two of them started walking side by side, not saying much, just walking.

"Do you mind if we stop and get coffee? If I don't have it, I will die. Literally," she paused and thought back to a book she'd read recently. It was a romance/sci-fi series. "It'll be like if aliens came down and took me to their mother ship where they then drain the energy out of me only to use it to bring demonic alien children to life," Leaf said casually and slightly nodded to herself.

Gary shot a questioning glance but still seemed amused as he held out his arm. "Lead the way."

"Glad that you don't care because I would have anyway. We can't risk the alien scenario."

"You're so charming," Gary commented dryly.

"Please, tell me something I don't know," she shot back at him sarcastically.

The two of them continued on their route to get caffeine in a cup before heading to school where as usual, May and Drew were sitting bickering about God knows what. Still, no matter how annoying it got, it never failed to make Leaf smile. Her smile widened as she approached her two best friends, her and Gary walking away from each other without even noticing. Wow, and here we thought things were going so well.

"One more time, Drew, and I swear your hair is going to be purple tomorrow. Don't think I'm just bluffing either, pal!"

"Ah, I'm so scared. Oh, Leaf. Help me, May's making me oh so scared," he said dryly while perking a brow, trying to hold back his smirk. May's eye twitched in annoyance before she crossed her arms while turning around in a huff.

"Hello, sunshines, how are you doing this fine morning?" Leaf asked them in her usual greeting with the usual sarcastic smile and tone.

"I'm doing quite swell actually but I can't say the same for May here." Drew gestured to the fuming brunette.

Leaf rolled her eyes before sticking her arm out and offering May her hot beverage. Her blue eyes lit up and she gratefully took the cup and took a sip before she grudgingly handed it to Drew, her eyes immediately changing to an angry shade of blue. Drew smirked before mirroring May's actions and giving it back to Leaf.

"Anytime, children. Auntie Leaf is getting bored at home and needs some hobbies for the weekends," Leaf said with enthusiasm while smirking at May and Drew who both crossed their arms.

"That joke is so old Leaf. Tsk, tsk, I thought your jokes were better than that," May said but you could tell she was flustered because her cheeks were a nice shade of red, as they always were when Leaf joked about her and Drew.

Leaf stared blankly at the two of them before slowly blinking once. "May, May, May. . . It's not a joke, sweetie."

May just rolled her eyes but still couldn't help the small laugh that escaped from her lips. Drew just smiled cheekily at May and Leaf rolled her eyes. The two of them were so in love.

"Why was Gary walking to school with you? You never let me and May meet you," Drew said suddenly with a small pout on his face.

Leaf eyes grew a little bit wider but she quickly recollected herself and cleared her throat. "Here's what happened. . . I kind of fell asleep on my roof and for some reason Gary woke me up this morning so he just kind of walked with me. . . ." she trailed off, trying to sound nonchalant and like it was no big deal.

"Wait, you fell asleep on your roof? How does that happen?" May interrupted what Drew was about to say by asking her own question. Drew teasingly tugged on her hair as she stuck her tongue out at him.

"If you two stop acting like lovebirds and cut the flirting then I'd be ecstatic to explain," Leaf said with a fake, sweet smile plastered on her face.

May pushed Drew away from her and rested her chin in her palm. "Go on."

Leaf shrugged. "It's really very simple. I stayed up late and got bored so I went to look at the stars. Then I fell asleep."

"Ugh, nothing like: 'I was throwing a rager and some dude dared me to strip on the roof?' type of thing? You're so boring, Leaf," May grumbled.

"Thanks for that thought," Drew muttered as he got up to stand next to Leaf since May had nearly pushed him off the steps. He wrapped an arm around Leaf's waist and pulled her into him in a brotherly embrace. "So what is going on with you and Gary?"

The nerdy girl rolled her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder, the air was growing colder. "I swear guys; nothing is going on between us."

May scoffed, "It's obvious Gary has a thing for you."

"If May's saying that then he has to like you. She's not exactly the brightest," Drew spoke as if May wasn't there.

"Just shut the hell up you jackass," the fuming brunette muttered and crossed her arms.

Leaf laughed at her friends' behavior. "Guys, he doesn't like me and I don't like him okay?"

"Okay," her two friends said in unison.

"We should probably be splitting up now. It's three minutes until the bell," Leaf notified.

May suddenly wrapped Leaf up in a hug. "Oh, Leaf, why must we split up? I thought what we had was special!"

Drew rolled his eyes and ruffled Leaf's hair – something she hated – before grabbing May's hand and dragging her off to the class that they shared.

"I love you!" May cried.

"Love you too," Leaf chuckled before sighing and making her way to her class.

She knew what she said earlier was a lie – the thing about Gary not liking her, vice versa. Leaf knew that if Gary really was the one that sent in that question then he had to have some sort of feelings for her, right? The biggest question was if she liked him. Sure, she'd blush around him or get nervous around him but that didn't mean she liked him. Something obvious that happened was that Leaf would all of a sudden get very mean and cold around him too but she had her reasons. It's not her fault that she had built a wall around her.

Like the cell wall of a plant cell, Leaf thought sarcastically. She had to keep on studying and what better way to study than to do it sarcastically in ways that perfectly fit what's going on in your life?

The brunette shuddered slightly as the thought of all the crap she went through in middle school and freshman year. Leaf had to close her eyes and take a deep breath to make sure she didn't cry. See? What happened was bad. Besides, Leaf knew how girls worked – especially if they were the stuck up ones that are obsessed over something, that something usually being a boy.

Just like Valerie, that ginger bitch, that had approached Leaf the other day. The way she threw her books like that was something that Leaf was far too familiar with - you know, the too close for comfort type of feel. Girls would get worse too. If they saw you had something that they wanted but couldn't have it pretty much means that all hell will break loose. Almost like survival of the fittest.

Girl trouble or not, it was still drama . . . and Leaf hates drama. This is why she can't like Gary. Luckily, she doesn't like him though. Or, that's what she says. Still, it's a load of something that starts with 'bull' and ends with 'shit'.

Yes, some may think that our little brunette nerd is being a bit too precautious or is exaggerating things but if you had to go through what she had to, you'd be that same way too.

Leaf hadn't even noticed that the bell had rung by the time she got to her class. She opened the door and all eyes were on her. She thought she heard someone say, "Does she even go here?" Wow, that made Leaf feel loved. Oh well, she was the one who decided to go unnoticed. Besides, she'd pick being a nerd over being a popular biyatch any day.

Her eyes met dark black ones that were staring curiously back at her.

"Miss Green, have a seat. I'm going to let this slide since you're the best student in the class," the professor said, his puffy mustache seeming to be moving up and down each time he said a word. Like in those cartoons when the ends go up and down.

She only nodded before going to take a seat in the back. As she was doing so she passed Valerie's desk where she coughed out, "Nerd." Leaf sweetly smiled back and coughed, "Bitch." The red head rolled her eyes before facing the front and Leaf went to sit in her chair in the back. She carefully took a glance at Gary and she saw he was looking at her too.

Then when Gary didn't say anything to her she was slightly shocked to say the least. Gary always said something to her whether it was saying "hey" or calling her a slut or a whore. It was just the way they acknowledged each other and it always had been.

Wait – this is exactly what Leaf wants! Gary's not talking to her anymore. This is good. She tried to feel happy and excited that he was finally leaving her alone after getting interested in her so randomly but all she could feel was a little bit of disappointment and her heart grow just a little bit heavier. Not enough for her to notice, but soon her heart was going to grow heavy and break. It was just a matter of time.

~Anonymous Love~

Drew finished tying the laces on his cleats before he slightly jogged to catch up with Gary who was just walking out of the locker room.

"Hey, you want to warm up with me today?" Drew asked.

The other teen merely nodded before going to get a baseball and standing opposite of Drew across the field. Gary threw the ball to Drew who caught it, his glove making a popping sound.

"So, is there a reason we're warming up together for the first time this whole season?" Gary inquired as he caught the incoming ball.

Drew shrugged. "C'mon, we've only had three practices – we're barely into the season."

"You have a point I guess."

"So," Drew spoke up again after they threw the ball a couple more times.

"Okay, what is it?" Gary asked, catching the ball in his glove but then putting his arms down by his side making no move to throw it again.

Drew and Gary aren't really friends. Teammates, of course, but friends? It's not like they didn't like each other, it's just that Gary had his friends while Drew had his – Leaf and May. The two would talk in classes and on the field but neither of them would ever really talk to one another. That's why Gary was so curious. Never had Drew gone up to him to just talk. They were always telling each other something whether it be the answers for homework they didn't do or a change in the schedule.

"So you caught me, huh?" Drew smirked slightly, brushing his fringe out of his eyes.

"I'm not stupid," Gary said before walking up to Drew so now the two only stood feet apart. Gary gave a small smile. "What do you want?"

Drew gave a smile as well. "I'm not one to beat around the bush so I'll just come right on out and say it: What's going on with you and Leaf?"

Gary's smile instantly dropped as his cheeks slightly burned. "What do you mean? We've been talking for what – a week? That's not enough time for something to be going on."

"I'm not stupid, Gary. I know you guys have been talking more and meeting up."

"We barely talk – only in first hour and sometimes gym – and we've meet up once. I swear there's nothing going on. We're not even friends," Gary said as he ignored the slight pain in his chest. "What's up, though? You sound really worried."

Drew bit his lip and ran a hand through his hair showing his nervous side for once. "I heard about what that girl did to Leaf in the halls just because you and her went for coffee. I know that doesn't seem like something too horrible but with what Leaf's been through the smallest thing could probably break her. She may seem tough but she's not and I don't want her getting hurt. As her best friend, I need to make sure that doesn't happen.

Gary was thoroughly confused at the intensity all of a sudden. He and Leaf didn't really talk much even if he wanted to. Could doing something so small really be so bad? Maybe that's why Leaf is so dead set on being "the nerd". Then, she won't fit into any category and it'll lessen the chances of things happening to her. With the way she is now, no one bothers her.

Not only that but even if Gary didn't exactly know it yet, he liked her. He sort of had an idea of what he felt for the brunette but he still was too stupid to realize that yes, he really liked her. That being said, he didn't want her to be upset or get hurt. Now Gary was slowly beginning to understand why Leaf was the way she was.

"Look, Drew, you obviously know her better than I do but I don't want her getting hurt either. The thing is though… oh fuck this is going to sound lame," Gary muttered, dragging his hand down his face, "but, I want to get to know her better even if she does hate me. I swear of the teammate oath that if someone is mean to her then I'll teach them a lesson."

Drew slightly chuckled. "Teammate oath?"

"I don't know, man, the mood seemed serious all of a sudden so I thought, why not?" Gary laughed as well.

"Oak, I don't care if you like my best friend or not. What I'm focused on is her not getting hurt," Drew said, getting back on topic looking serious again.

"W-what? Who said anything about me liking her?" Gary said, trying to not seem flustered but failed pretty damn hard.

The green headed teen rolled his eyes and chuckled slightly before walking off, but not before saying, "It's obvious you like her man. She just needs to take a hint, and so do you for that matter."

Gary was left to contemplate that as he found a new person to warm up with. Was it obvious he liked her? Did he even like her? Gary wasn't sure. That was also why he wasn't talking to her once they were in class. Yeah, he'd walked to school with her but then remembered the stupid question he'd sent in to that stupid anonymous column. He was going to try and not talk to her until he got his advice. Damn, this was going to be hard. He liked talking to her – being with her – whether he admitted it or not.

~Anonymous Love~

It was like that for the next two weeks – Leaf and Gary not talking. It was now a boring Wednesday afternoon and Leaf was with Drew and May studying after school in the Maple's basement.

"Wait what? Then what does 'x' equal? Fourteen? How the hell did you find that?" May asked Leaf who was trying to help her out with her homework. Leaf only shook her head as she explained it once again until May understood.

The next hour went like that, the three of them working on homework and talking until Leaf decided to address her friends on a new issue that had been occurring more and more over the past two weeks.

"Hey, guys? I have something that'd been really bugging me recently and I want to talk about it. . . ." Leaf started. May and Drew thought it was going to be about Gary but they were wrong.

"Sure, what is it?" May asked as she sat her books down and turned her focus on her best female friend.

Said friend twisted her lips to the side and tugged on the ends of her hair. "Lately, Mom's been coming home late, later than she should be. I checked her work schedule and she always comes back way past the time. Normally I wouldn't think anything about it but the past week she's been coming home really drunk and I'm really afraid that she's depressed and giving up and she's going to waste all our money getting drunk instead of actually working. . . . if all this happens then Mom's going to lose her job and I'm going to have to support both of us and the thought really scares me," Leaf said, her words rushing out quickly. It had been bugging her and she was relieved that she finally had told someone. Especially since Felicity had ignored that sticky note Leaf had left her and the two have never talked about the issue.

May and Drew were both slightly shocked at the news. Felicity always cared about Leaf so much to the point where she got Leaf the nicest things even if that meant working triple time for a month. It was so out of the blue – no one expected this.

"Oh, Leaf, it'll be okay," May said, being the first one to process what Leaf said.

"But what if it's not? What if it gets worse and she leaves me like my dad?"

This time Drew was the one to say something as he scooted next to her and hugged her. "Now you're just getting worked up. Felicity would never do that and you know it. Give her some time and if things do get out of hand just stay here with May."

May nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I got your back! Besides, how long has then been happening? Two weeks? It's probably just a phase or something from the stress of her jobs."

Leaf nodded with pursed lips as she let her friends comfort her. She left about an hour later and was left to her thoughts as she walked home. She had three things on her plate right now. First of all, she had something that was always there: her grades. Lately, she'd been neglecting her studies and they had dropped. She always got perfect scores on her tests but last week she'd gotten a B. It didn't matter that it was an eighty nine because on transcripts, a B was a B. Second, she had Felicity to worry about. It really was out of the blue, there was no denying that. One night, Felicity came home and had dinner with Leaf and she was perfectly fine, but then she started coming home drunk. It really worried Leaf too. Third, Gary had been ignoring her and she had no idea why. Not only that, but she still hadn't answered that question that had been eating at her thoughts these past days. She quickly shook her head.

"I don't care about Gary therefore I don't worry about him or the fact that maybe he likes me," Leaf spoke aloud to herself, kicking a pebble that got in the way. "Yep, don't care. Not at all."

Ahh, it just seems like things are going downhill! It's okay, things will work out! Drama drama drama and more drama is coming down I'm Screwed Avenue! Lol, I totally try to act funny when I'm not XD I really hope ya'll liked this chapter because I really looked through it and edited it and added and deleted more than I ever do so~ yeah~~~

Just for fun why don't ya'll list your favorite thing you got as a present over the holidays?:) I'll try to update again before New Year's but no promises, you know how I am:/ But hey, part of my New Year's resolution is to update more! WOOO... wait... no one cares? Oh, awkward.

Ahaha, I love you all and thanks for all the support guys! Mwah!

~dorkyreader

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P.P.S. SORRY FOR THE LONG A/N