Sorry about that last cliff-hanger.

Well, no, not really. HAHAHAHA.

But seriously, I love you guys.

Teehee, HoH reference.

But seriously, I promise I'm not evil.

Leo's POV

It was when I was halfway to the hall that I came up with the brilliant idea to ask to meet up with Jen that very day. Bit of a short notice, but I was desperate at this point.

So it happened that I turned around.

And so it happened that I was able to witness Jon kiss her. On the lips.

I waited for her to pull away. She didn't.

They did stop eventually, though. I kept staring at them until I caught Jen's eye. Her look was one of pure devastation and guilt.

I said nothing. I just turned around and continued to walk to Coach Hedge.

Jen's POV

I haven't called myself an idiot in a while. That was probably a bad omen, because letting Jon kiss me was probably the most idiotic thing to ever do ever.

I most definitely did not enjoy it though. I might have, if I'd never kissed Leo before, but I had. And when you kiss the person you love, when you feel the sparks, no kiss can feel the same way.

Why didn't I pull away? I don't even know. Maybe I was trying to forget Leo? If that was it, it didn't work. After kissing Jon, the tingle in my lips had only gotten worse. I knew it wasn't because I'd liked kissing Jon, but because I missed kissing Leo. Ugh.

He pulled away, looking straight into my eyes. 'Jon, I-I–'

'Gotta go Jen! Bye!' I couldn't believe he was pulling that leave-quickly move on me again.

Before he could leave though, I looked up. To my horror, Leo was standing just a few yards away, and from one look at his expression I could tell he'd witnessed the whole scene. I wanted to yell at him to stay, that I could explain, but he turned and left without a word.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right?

My lemonade would taste pretty dam sour then.

Leo's POV

Oh. So that's how it is. She isn't interested in dating anyone, but she lets Jon kiss her?

Ugh. Girls.

I tried not to think of it as I walked to Coach Hedge for my report. I kind of failed though, so I pretty much couldn't come up with something to say to him when I did finally get to him. I did, however, think of about five billion ways to murder Jon Collins without making it too obvious.

'You failed, didn't you?' Coach said without looking at me.

'I just got here! Cut me some slack,' I spat, hurt.

He lifted his head the tiniest little bit and took one look at me from the corner of his eye. Then he immediately turned back to his clipboard. 'Yep, you failed.'

I threw my hands up in exasperation. 'And how would you know that?'

'I'm not stupid, Valdez,' he replied, still not looking at me. 'Which is why I'm giving you one last chance. We leave Friday evening, Valdez. You have till then to talk to Jen, bring her up to date, by any means possible.' He finally looked me square in the face, and I suddenly wish he didn't. His eyes bore through me. 'Do I make myself clear, Valdez?'

I gulped. 'Y-Yes, sir.'

I turned around to leave. 'Oh, and Valdez?' I glanced at Coach over my shoulder and saw that he was grinning. Uh-oh. 'Some girl said to tell you she was looking for you.'

Double uh-oh. 'What was her name?'

He shrugged. 'She had black hair, pink shoes, these weird rainbow clips...'

Triple uh-oh. 'Oh, ok. See you later Coach.'

'Leo!' I heard a voice really close to me and whipped my head around. Sara was standing about an inch away from me, although I was sure she wasn't there before. Her face was tilted upwards to mine, and I took in for the first time how pretty she was. In fact, on a scale of Smeagol to Jen, she was about as pretty as Angelina Jolie. About halfway down the line. Not as pretty as Jen though.

'I've been looking for you!' She batted fake eyelashes at me.

'So I've heard,' I replied, trying to shoulder my way past her. She kept blocking my path. I could probably push her away because I was stronger, but I didn't want to make a scene. I sighed and looked at her. 'May I ask why?'

She batted her eyelashes again. 'I won't beat around the bush. I like you, Leo,' she took a step towards me, so that the space between us was only half an inch. 'As in, more-than-friends like. And I think you like me too.' She cocked her head, as if trying to make her hair slip over to one side. Because her hair was in clips, it didn't really work, but I couldn't help but find the gesture at least a little cute. 'Do you?'

'No,' I replied firmly. And I wish I wasn't lying to her.

She smirked a bit and slipped her arms around my neck. I was glad we were still behind the gym, which meant that although Coach Hedge could see us, no one else could. 'I don't believe you,' she whispered. I licked my lips and stared down at hers. 'Just one kiss, Valdez,' she continued in a whisper. 'One kiss, and I'll leave you alone forever.'

Why not? I mean, here was a potential girlfriend, and even if she wasn't Jen Miller, at least she was willing to date me. And besides, she was only asking for one kiss. One small insignificant kiss couldn't possibly hurt anyone, could it?

My hands slipped subconsciously around her waist, pulling her to me. My heart rate started to speed up. 'Fine,' I said. 'One kiss, and no more flirting or anything, right?'

'Right,' she replied, smiling. 'Unless you change your mind and decide to ask me out. I'm fine either way.'

I brought my lips down onto hers before she could finish her sentence.

Okay. Maybe I lied about the whole 'not being evil' thing.

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