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Gary's POV
I tapped my feet impatiently, growing bored in class. I shut my eyes and rested my head on the table. I felt my eyes get heavy from exhaustion. Must be the stress of getting accepted into colleges, studying for finals, and most of all just graduating in general. I don't think I'm ready to become an adult yet. I'm too tired for that.
I could hear a group girls whisper next to me, buzzing in my ear waking me up from my doze in the process. They were asking each other if they had dates for prom, giggling every now and then. I had forgotten about the prom honestly. It was in a week and the one girl I wanted to go with absolutely hated my guts. I lifted my head and scribbled on the desk quickly, and then laid my head back down on the desk.
Leaf's POV
The next day.
I walked into class, my brown waves cascading down my shoulders as I walked to my desk. I had hoped for another scribble on the desk. I had finally sat down now glancing down at the desk and my eyes widened in surprise. The corners of my mouth slowly curved up into a small smile. I bit on my lower lip contemplating my response.
'Do you want to go to prom with me?'
I scribbled back slowly, 'I'd love to.' I whispered to myself as I wrote it. I took in a deep breath and crossed my fingers for good luck. Hopefully this guy wasn't a jerk or a creep. But I still couldn't help but feel sad for some reason.
After class I rushed outside to my locker which was right next to Dawn's locker, who was there taking books out of her locker. "Dawn!" I shouted a huge grin taking up my entire face.
She turned to me as her bangs messily fell in front of her face. "Hey!" she smiled, brushing her bangs back. "I have something to tell you!" She and I both said simultaneously. Her eyes blinked as she tilted her head slightly to the side. "You first," she said with a laugh.
I giggled my eyes probably twinkling. "Well," I paused, biting on my lower lip. "Someone asked me to prom!"
Her blue eyes became as wide as the ocean as she squealed with joy and excitement. "You too?! I got asked for the prom today too!"
I gasped and squealed, feeling happy for her. I had an idea on who asked her, but I still wanted to play along for her sake. "Who?!"
She bit her lip nervously and looked down avoiding my gaze. When she lifted her head back up her cheeks were bright red and this when I knew she was finally going to admit her feelings for a certain bad boy. Her two blue eyes bore into mine as she finally answered.
"Paul asked me… I know you and Gary aren't a thing but I don't want it to affect our friendship and he doesn't either so if you don't want me to go with him I wont because you know I value our friendship and I want you to be happy and and—," she babbled on nervously. Until I covered her mouth with my hand to shut her up.
"Dawn!" I shouted at her to stop. When she stopped I pulled my hand away from her mouth, placing my hands on her shoulders gently. "I knew you both had feelings for each other for a long time. I was waiting until one of you did something about it. Thank Arceus Paul finally made a move. I'm really happy for you. How did he ask you?!" I asked her quite curious of how Paul did it.
She giggled like a lovesick fool and blushed bright red, "It wasn't really a huge thing honestly. We were arguing like usual and all of a sudden he just asked me. It—it was really really sweet…" she said, biting her lip thinking of the moment. She shook her head to get out of her little day dream. I laughed because it was adorable of how infatuated she was with him, but I don't mind because he was just as whipped. She looked at me for a second and asked, "Who asked you out? Was it—"
Before Dawn could finish her sentence, I cut her off. "If it was him, you know I wouldn't have said yes. But you know the guy I've been writing with all semester back and forth on the desk?"
Her eyes lit up. "No way! But you don't even know who the guy is. What if he's some stalker or a criminal or something?" she asked me, narrowing her eyes.
I laughed out loud clutching on to my stomach. "Well, I guess I'll find out if he is or not on the day of prom. Besides you shouldn't be talking, you're going with the school's bad boy? You know everyone is going to be shocked once they see the schools sweetheart with the boy who intimidates everyone." Dawn blushed more at my comment and I rolled my eyes playfully. "Anyways, let's talk dresses Ms. Fashionista. Shopping tomorrow?" I asked, linking arms with her as we walked to our next class.
Dawn's eyes lit up once again and she squealed loudly. "You don't even have to ask me twice!" she stated excitedly.
Gary's POV
I walked into class, awaiting her answer. My heart beat began to accelerate as I hesitantly approached my desk. "Hey there Ms. A," I greeted with a wave as I took my seat. She simply rolled her eyes and continued to walk up to the front of the class. My eyes immediately fell on the three words scribbled right next to my question. 'I'd love to.' I rose from my seat and yelled out feeling elated, "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
Ms. Anderson's lips pursed into a tight line and her gaze immediately turned cold. "Gary Oak, you will sit down in your seat in the next five seconds or I'll make sure you don't go to prom. Are we clear?" she said, arching a brow. As soon as I sat down, she smiled maliciously. "Thank you."
What a scary, annoying woman.
I looked back down at the desk and took out my pen. I scribbled next to her answer, 'Meet me at nine in the greenhouse. I'll be waiting for you.'
I was finally going to meet my mystery girl. I wondered for so long who she was and what she looked like. Even though we only shared scribbled conversations on the school desk, I was very fond of her. At first it was just a game, but then as we started talking more she reminded me of someone—a pretty, brown haired girl who gave me a million butterfrees in my stomach when I met her gaze.
The night of Prom
Leaf's POV
Dawn spun around in her long, purple dress as her midnight blue hair cascaded down her back in waves. Her oceanic blue eyes twinkled right at me. "How do I look?" she asked, the corners of her lips tugging up into a huge nervous grin.
"I can honestly say that Paul will show emotion on his face all night once he sees how amazingly beautiful you look. Will you be my prom date instead?" I joked, winking at her playfully.
She laughed, "Sorry but I don't think Paul would be too happy about that. But don't worry your date will be awe struck," she complimented me with a smile. "Seriously Leaf you look amazing in that dress. Oh hell, if you were pregnant, you'd still look hot in that dress."
I widened my eyes, "Oh Arceus! Do not even joke about that!" I said with an awkward laugh. I looked down at my phone to check the time. "It's almost eight. We should get going," I spoke, grabbing my purse.
She applied the last of her lip gloss and smacked them together. "Paul is going to have a fun kissing these. Its strawberry flavored," she joked as she grabbed her own purse. "To prom!" she yelled excitedly, her voice resonating throughout the house.
I laughed, shaking my head at her actions. "You're so weird." I bent down and slipped into my strapless maroon heels that went perfectly with my hunter green dress. "You know, you could've invited Paul over and I could've taken such cute photos of you two. Plus, embarrass and annoy him a bit. And we would have all gone together or something!"
"No, I wanted to go with just you and meet up with him at prom. I would be a nervous wreck right now if we rode together. Especially if you made us take pictures. Can you imagine how much I would babble? He would have probably thrown me out of the car. We would have argued. It wouldn't be a pretty sight," she said anxiously. Even though she says she isn't nervous, she is. This is technically a first date for the both of them and you can probably imagine something always goes wrong on a first date. But maybe that's just in movies? Or in my mind at least.
Gary's POV
Paul looked back at me, slipping into his dress shoes. He frowned at me.
"Are you sure you don't want to go? Leaf is going to be there. Maybe this is your chance to fix things with her?" he grunted, checking his purple tie in the mirror besides my front door. "You know she isn't pregnant, so why are you being a dipshit to her?"
I rolled my eyes impatiently at him. "Because even if I tried she wouldn't talk to me. It wouldn't make a difference. So just go. Have fun on your first date with Dawn," I mocked him as I flipped through the different stations on TV.
He scoffed loudly. "Let's reevaluate our situations now shall we? I got the girl. You didn't. So at least one of us has a date. Now stop being an asshole and fix your damn life." And then he was gone. Ouch. I guess he was right, I was kind of an asshole to him. But what he doesn't know, won't kill him right? Or actually he probably wouldn't give a shit either way if I told him.
I quickly looked out the window and when I saw Paul drive off, I ran upstairs to my room. I changed out of my t-shirt and sweats and managed to put together a prom outfit. I shrugged the jacket on, tightened the knot of my green tie and looked into the mirror. Even I had to admit I looked pretty damn good for getting ready in 15 minutes. I checked my watch and read 8:12. I opened up my drawer and took out a white rose corsage I had bought earlier and rushed down the stairs. Mystery girl, here I come.
I arrived at the prom at 8:42. It was nothing specially, really. Couples were dancing, some were slow dancing while others were grinding on each other and what not. Blah, blah, blah. Some girls were standing by the punch table, waiting for someone to ask them to dance. There were all sorts of balloons scattered across the floors and the ceilings, floating about as the streamers hung all over the open space. They even took shiny stars and lights hanging them all around the gym to make it look somewhat nice and not cheap.
Pushing and slowing through the crowd, I finally managed to breathe my own air once I walked out of the double doors. The evening air was fresh and crisp. The moonlight beamed above me, providing a moonlit path toward the greenhouse. Fate is actually on my side for once? How convenient. My pace slowed, but my heart was beating so fast against my chest. I finally reached the greenhouse. I stepped inside, and it was dark but I could still see shadows of the different flowers and plants. I heard faint footsteps, heels clicking against the pavement grounds. I held my breath, opening up the corsage I brought for her
"Hello?" her angelic voice chimed throughout the greenhouse. Her voice… it sounded so familiar. The girl I had spent months with, scribbling back and forth on a random desk, appeared before me. In the dark, our identities were still shrouded with mystery. I placed the corsage on her wrist and I kissed her softly on the hand.
One we took a step into the moonlight, my eyes widened in shock.
She furrowed her brows in confusion and choked out my name in shock, "Gary? What are you doing—"
"It's you… Leaf…" I said feeling astonished. I couldn't believe she was the girl who I had been talking to this whole time. Now I understood why I had grown such an attachment to this girl because she was Leaf. Looking at her made me realize how much I missed her. She looked so beautiful and I just wanted her to be mine again. I sure as hell don't deserve her after the way I treated her.
However, she stumbled backwards and shook her head in disbelief. Her eyes began fill with fresh tears while the moonlight gleamed on her. She pointed at me and choked out.
"You, you were the one who I trusted? The one who betrayed me and left me when I needed you the most?" She threw her hands in the air, "Fucking fantastic!" she marched towards me and taking off the corsage I gave her, throwing it on the ground, crushing it with her heels. "Thank you for ruining another moment in my life. I got accepted at a school in Unova. Do you want to follow me there and um I don't know ruin my life some more?!" she spat angrily, walking away without even looking back.
Fuck. I actually got accepted to school there too. How ironic. My heart ached watching her walk away from me for a second time. I wanted to run after her and tell her how sorry I was, but I couldn't move for some reason. I was paralyzed in the same spot. I bent down and picked up the corsage she had crushed with her heels. All the petals were bruised and falling apart, but still looked so beautiful. Broken, but beautiful—just like her.
No one's POV
Leaf ran inside the building, trying to stop the tears from falling down. The pain she suppressed all this time hit her all at once. It hurt her to see him again. It hurt her to walk away from him again.
Dawn spotted Leaf running through the crowd, wiping away her tears as Dawn danced with Paul. She frowned and looked at Paul who was also looking at Leaf with an apologetic look.
"Paul, I am so sorry, but I have to go. She needs to me." She kissed him gently on the lips and started to walk out the building to go find her friend but stopped in the middle of the dance floor realizing what she had just done. They weren't dating… This was their first date, right? Or was it just for prom? Dawn internally started freaking out that she ruined everything by kissing him. So she ran out of the building to go comfort her friend, worrying about her problems later.
Paul on the other hand was shocked. People were starting to stare at him weirdly because he looked like a statue in the middle of the dance floor. Damn it this is why he hates these things. He turned to look at Dawn who was running after her friend. He gently touched his lips with his fingers and he did something that made all the girls swoon. He smiled.
Leaf felt guilt in the pit of her stomach growing. She felt terrible for pulling Dawn away from Paul. She wanted to put on a fake smile and act like everything was okay, but she couldn't. The tears just kept flowing like an infinite river that seemed to have no end.
Gary felt a couple of tears fall down his own cheeks for losing Leaf a second time. Like Leaf's his heart was just as broken. He felt ashamed and regretful of his own actions. His own actions that were justified as fear and anxiety. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know how to fix this.
Leaf's POV
I arrived at school on Monday with a heavy heart. Without even greeting my best friend, I trudged into Ms. Anderson's class, head down as I stared at the ground beneath me. However, once I neared my desk and lifted my gaze, my eyes widened dramatically.
The whole desk was scribbled with words.
'I love you' 'I'm sorry' 'I love you' 'I'm sorry' were written all over the desk. There was no room left to scribble.
I swept my fingertips across the desk as a small smile formed on my face. I blinked a couple of times, as fresh tears fell onto the desk. The only difference is they were tears of relief and happiness. I laughed pathetically to myself and continued to cry, biting down on my lower lip. I heard someone clear their throat and my head snapped up immediately thinking it was Ms. Anderson. Instead I found myself looking into beautiful hazel eyes. We said nothing to each other, but he knew what I was feeling. The corners of his lips curved into a loving grin as he approached me, pulling me into his arms. I buried my face into his neck and continued to sob as he kept apologizing profusely and whispering that he loved me.
After all he has done to me, I couldn't give him up. Like scribbles on a desk, his name was carved into my heart.
A/N: So yeahhhhhh. Here is the ending. I do have an epilogue though of what happened between Dawn and Paul if you want to see that too ;) but this was actually based off a true story. It happened to my friend back in HS but it was a bit different so this idea came to me a long time ago. Anyways, leave a review if you want to see the epilogue. Sorry for any mistakes. I hope you enjoyed the short story!
Jess.