Hello my beautiful sunshines! So like it's been forever since I last updated and I am so glad to be writing again, though I will say this now that I am rusty.
So AP exams are over for me, finally, and I also got SAT and ACT over with (doing exceptionally horrible with both: 1410 and 20) and my finals aren't for another week so I'm not too worried. Yeah, I'm totally not getting into college.
Anyway, thank you everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate it and I'm really happy many of you guys enjoy the story so far! I promise to get my writing groove back!
Chapter Seven-Leaf's Resolution
Gary yawned tiredly as he waited in the elevator as it gave the boys a ride down to the lobby. Neither he nor his friends were morning people. So when they each got a text from May and Misty, they quickly got up and met up with them because it was rare for them to call them out so early.
"So why did you call us down so early?" Paul inquired grumpily as they approached the group that was outside of the dormitory.
Gary quickly took note of Leaf's pale face and followed her eyes to what she was looking at. As soon as he saw what was in her hands, he grabbed the newspaper from her hands and quickly scanned through the entry with the guys grabbing a copy for themselves.
Everyone knows about the famous Oak Host Club. It's where students with spare time go, talk and eat with the most popular students of the school. But is it really just a host club or is it a club that teaches its students the way of getting close to the opposite sex?
Recently new student, Leaf Green, joined and had proven herself to be just like the members of the host club: someone who just wants to kill boredom by joining. Her first customer was Kyle Kaito, one of the top Coordinators of the school. Nothing fishy but just an ordinary conversation. But is it really?
The day before, she seems to be flirting with top student of his grade, Gary Oak. And it seems as if the two are a bit too close for two strangers who have "just met." Students who had seen the two says Gary is the one smitten with her as well. How did she, a new girl, leave such an effect on the school's number one playboy? Not long after that, she is seen to be smitten with one of the top ten trainers, Virgo Knight just outside of the library. Her hug was quite a bold move for someone who's shy.
"She's shy at first glance, but she's just as social as the girls and I are," student and fellow member of the host club, Dawn Berlitz said.
So which is it? Is Leaf Green the shy intelligent girl that everyone knows her as, or did she use other methods of getting into this school?
Upon reading the last line, Gary's hands clenched on the paper and ripped it apart. The guys followed his actions before Ash sent out Charizard to burn all the newspapers along the rack. Not only had he made a false assumption about Leaf, but Conway had also slandered the host club's reputation.
"Burning it is already too late," Dawn piped. "Everyone has seen it already."
She showed her phone to the guys and it only added more gas to their anger. While they were saying incoherent words about Conway, the girls comforted Leaf, who was still quiet from the news.
What was she supposed to do now? What if the school contacted her parents and they took her out of the school because of this? What if the school actually believed what it said and started to ridicule her from all events? What if the students ridiculed her?
"Leaf, are you okay?" May asked softly.
"Leaf, he twisted my words!" Dawn defended, knowing Leaf will surely be pissed at her. "I didn't even talk to him. I was talking to Zoey and I said something like that, but it was certainly not this. I swear to Arceus."
It was then that the guys remembered that she was still there and went to check how she was.
"You don't have to go to classes if you don't want to," Ash said, trying to make her feel a little better.
The brunette shook her head. "No, it's okay," she answered, feigning a smile. "Besides, if I don't show up, people might think it's true that I'm a tram-"
"You're not," Gary said firmly, catching her off guard. "Don't you dare say that word around us or ever because you're not one, okay? I don't care if it says here, you're not one."
She swallowed the lump that was in her throat and nodded before looking up at Gary, tears glistening in her eyes.
"Thank you."
Gary smiled slightly and wiped the tears away, chuckling as he did so.
"What are friends for, right?"
"I hear she's just playing with the Virgil and Gary," someone whispered as Leaf took a seat down in her AP Evolutions class.
After asking Professor Elm about seat changing, Dawn took a seat down next to Leaf and threw a glare at the girls who were whispering the rumors about the brunette. The two quickly scattered away as soon as they caught her look. Dawn sighed and looked over at Leaf, who was just reviewing a few worksheets they had received the other day.
"Leaf," she started.
"I'm fine," the brunette cut off before Dawn could ask. "Don't worry about it."
She was mad at Dawn. She knew that Conway was listening in on the conversation and that was the only reason why he was able to get that quote from Dawn.
As more students arrived into the classroom, more whispers were being thrown around the room, which only made Dawn worry more about her friend. She knew that the brunette was doing as fine as she claimed to be because of the look in her eyes. She was in complete hell right now.
When Virgo arrived, he gave Dawn a questioning look as to why she was in his seat and she smile apologetically at him. He probably read the news already and assumed that it was her who did this to Leaf.
"Sorry, but is it okay that we switch seat for today?"
Though she didn't have to say it, the blond got the message almost immediately and nodded before turning his attention to Leaf.
"Are you okay?"
Leaf smiled. "Of course I am," she responded. "It's not even that bad. At least no one's confronted me yet."
He smiled sadly before nodding in acknowledgement and taking a seat in front of the two.
The bluenette glanced nervously at her friend and bit her lip. Of course no one has confronted her yet; she was always with one of the members of the host club. What about next period when she didn't have class with any of the members?
Leaf sat down on one of the lunch tables before sighing. Everyone else of the host club was either waiting to get lunch or making their way to the lunch line, which made her the first to arrive. It had been the longest day yet and it hasn't even ended yet. She just couldn't wait for the day to end and come up with an excuse to not go to the host club.
"Well look who we have here," a voice rang.
Leaf looked up and locked eyes with the crystal eyed girl in front of her as she glared down coldly at the brunette. She was not up for another rumble with the blonde, but what was to do now? No one would want to side with her now, especially since people are still talking about the news from today.
"What do you want, Veronica?"
The blonde glared down at her and growled lowly at her while the girls around her glared with her, arms crossed.
"I always knew you there was always wrong with you," Veronica said. "I mean, you don't even seem that smart to get in here. Figures you had other ways of getting in," she insulted. "So what're your secrets? Seduction?"
Leaf clenched her jaws and refrained herself from growling back at her. What was she to do? If she retaliated, the other students would surely side with Veronica and push the blame onto her. So instead of retorting, Leaf sighed in frustration, stood up with her tray, and attempted to leave the group of girls.
Unfortunately, one of them had caught her arm and pulled her back, which was done forcefully. As Leaf was yanked back, her arm moved in reflex, which resulted in her letting go of her tray and having it land on Veronica.
The cafeteria went quiet and everyone watched intensely as to what Veronica will do now. The blonde had salad dressing all over her outfit and her bag was drenched with Leaf's drink. The girls around Veronica gasped and two of them tried to help her clean it off, while the other one grabbed some spaghetti from a student's plate and threw it at Leaf, hitting on square on her shirt, a bit of sauce landing on her face.
"Leaf?!"
Everyone's head turned to the source of the voice and when they learned that it was both Virgo and Gary, they immediately started to break off into whispers as the two made their way to the center of the cafeteria, where the girls stood.
While Virgo went to check on Leaf, Gary confronted the girls, a look full of hate filled in his eyes.
"What do you four think you're doing? I thought that you weren't supposed to do something like this since the day Leaf got here. Do you realize how bad it's gonna be for your four when my gramps find out about this?"
Veronica pouted. "But look what she did to me! She spilled her lunch all over me and ruined my designer bag with her drink! What was I supposed to do?"
"Walk away like a mature person," Gary answered as if it wasn't the most obvious thing in the world.
"I wanted to," the blonde retorted. "But she kept throwing insults at me! Ask anyone in this room right now! They saw it, right?"
She looked at the students in the cafeteria, eyeing them to agree with her. Her plan though failed miserably when they saw them shrunk back. When she was looking for a source as to why they did so, she saw that it was because Gary was glaring at each of them.
"Actually," a new voice rang from the crowd, "I saw what happened."
They turned their attention to the source and saw May, Misty, and Dawn walking towards the growing circle in the center. Dawn held up her cell phone and smirked victoriously at the girls.
"In fact, I believe you were asking for it by the way of how Giselle pulled Leaf back, it was planned to make sure Leaf let go of her tray," she observed as she watched the video again.
"And then you tried to put the blame on Leaf in front of Gary and Virgo because you believed that the students would side with you," Misty added on.
"Unfortunately, you forgot one simple piece of information: as long as we're around, no one would dare lie to us," May finished.
As Veronica and her girls had their mouths down, agape, Gary approached them, deadly look in his eyes.
"Now, I want you four to leave and never bother Leaf again. Do I make myself clear?"
Without saying anything, the four left in fright and Gary thanked the girls before diverting his attention back to Leaf, only to find the brunette breaking down and crying in Virgo's shoulder as he tried to comfort her.
Upon seeing this, he clenched his fists and locked his jaws.
I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Leaf.
Leaf decided to skip her last two classes and the host club for the rest of the day. It had been Drew's idea since the gang noticed that she wasn't in any condition to be going back to class so he simply told her teachers that she was feeling well since the two had class together.
The brunette was currently in her shared room with Misty and was just lying on her bed, staring at the blank white wall in front of her. Her parents had contacted her many times throughout the day, but she wasn't in any mood to call back, knowing they will only ask about the rumors spreading around school.
The rumors.
Leaf closed her eyes again, pushing back the tears that dared to drop from her eyes. It wasn't what she wanted at all. The only reason why she came to Saint Oak in the first place was to escape drama and the stupidity around her; not to get into more trouble.
When her tears were gone, she opened her eyes again and looked around the room, then landed on her opened and half packed suitcase. She hadn't told anyone of the group yet, nor had she planned on doing it later on.
She sighed and got up from her bed again, looking at the clock. Three o'clock. Everyone had just gotten out of classes and that meant the host club would be opening soon. That gave her enough time to pack and leave. So without further thinking, she grabbed her phone and sent a quick text before going back to pack her clothes again.
"I wonder how Leaf's doing," May murmured to herself as she prepared her music sheets in front of her piano.
"She didn't pick up when I called, so I'm only assuming she's asleep right now," Misty said, taking a seat on one of the tables.
"She could use the rest," Paul piped in. "She's been through too much today, so she needs to stay away from the students as much as possible right now."
The gang simply stared at him in shock while he looked back at them in a stoic face.
"What?"
"Did Paul just say something that wasn't mean or insulting?!" Ash gasped. "DID SOMEONE GET IT ON CAMERA?!"
Paul glared at him and threw his pen at Ash, which did cause some damage since the pen he was using was pretty heavy.
"Next time, I'll send out Torterra on you," he threatened.
Drew and Gary laughed as Ash laid on the floor, hurt while the girls laughed along.
"Leave it to Ash to piss off Paul," Drew said.
"Maybe his special talent isn't battling, but getting on Paul's nerve!" Gary added, resulting in the two laughing even more.
Laughter, they all thought. It was the one thing they needed after the long day they've had. They had only wished Leaf would be there because she was in need of it.
It was four when Leaf was set. A knock was heard and she answered it, smiling at the person she greeted at the door.
"Everything's all set," he said. "Are you sure you want to go?"
Leaf sighed and nodded. She had been contemplating the whole time she was packing and although she really loved the school, she just couldn't handle it. She knew she could take the rumors, but what if it got worse as the school year progressed? She just didn't want to deal with any of that right now. She just wanted her life to be back to the way it was before.
"I'm positive," she confirmed. "It's the only solution for all of this chaos to stop."
She pulled her things out and he helped her while she locked the door and placed the key under the mat that was placed in the front of the door. When she was done, the two started to head for the elevator, making small talk as they got outside.
Upon arriving to her transportation, Virgo helped Leaf place her things in the back before helping her up to the plane. Once he was sure she was secured, he went to the driver side of the plane and started it up, getting his coordinates correct along with everything else.
While he did that, Leaf looked out the window and smiled sadly at the school gate entrance. She would definitely miss it, but that feeling won't be there for too long…right? As for her friends, she had left a small letter for each of them in her room.
She sighed as the plane began to take flight and leaned back, closing her eyes to block out all the emotions that would most likely wash over her when they left the Hoenn region.
It's for the best.
Super rusty, I know. YA'LL CAN KILL ME NOW FOR BEING SO HORRIBLE :c
Anyway, to answer some questions that will be asked: THAT PICTURE OF LEAF AND KYLE WAS BASICALLY JUST THERE TO SHOW THAT'S WHAT HOST CLUBS DO. LIKE WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO. SO IT'S LIKE A PICTURE OF WHAT LEAF WOULD USUALLY DO THERE. BUT IN THE ARTICLE, IT SAID THAT IT WAS A WAY OF LEARNING HOW TO FLIRT WITH GUYS SO IT'S LIKE QUESTIONING IT.
Yeah, confusing explanation, but it sounded a lot better in my head.
Review! I haven't seen those in my inbox for a while, LOL. So yeah, review and I'll try to update as soon as possible~
And lastly, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! I was going to have a special up, but ran out of time :c MAYBE NEXT YEAR. So yeah, review!
