-Leaf-

May and I laughed accordingly at the store manager who is currently falling into all our traps while we were at the grocery store. He was a big man to say the least, a dumb one too. The poor man had become our entertainment for the night. We used water and other liquid mixtures too trap and embarrass him. It was his fault though; he should not have accused us of stealing a doll. His punishment was now to suffer through our tricks.

We heard the man curse a couple of times and begin to get up only to be helped by our most hated enemies. There they were, Gary and Drew, helping the dummy lifting him up off the extravagant tilling. How dare they show their face here at the same store as May and I. Granted it was unrealistic to expect them to know we were there but still, they had accused us of lying just as the manager had accused us of stealing, crimes worthy of shunning in my sea home.

"Hey May, you got the same thought?" Judging by the fact her mouth lay open and her eyes wide I guessed she did. She closed her gaping mouth and turned toward me with a devious smirk.

"Payback time huh, Leaf?" I nodded with a terrible glint in my eye, we were about to have fun.

Swiftly I sprayed the floor by the isle they were about to come out of with water and nodded at May with a thumbs up, I was ready. She grinned and giggled a bit from her hiding place behind a stacked pile of cracker boxes three isles down from me. When I heard their agitating voices I turned to May and winked standing straight up while flipping my hood up and over my face and dark hair. I turned away from them and put my phone on camera mode so I could watch without even looking at them.

-Gary-

"What else do we need?" Drew was looking at the list and shaking his head. Ash had left Drew and I a rather long list of grocery items that we were to buy so he could fill his stomach when he got home. Why, we had no idea but he had left the house saying he would have to drown out his sorrow in delicious food. Poor guy, we all knew how much he liked Misty and Paul had been so cruel about how it could never happen.

Drew lowered the list from his face and frowned. "A lot, but we should probably get a buggy first because this is going to be too much to carry. Why do…" Drew screamed out in pain and lifted his foot off the wet tile quickly and smacked me in the face in the process. "AW, shit…" he was clutching his foot and swearing loud enough for parents around us to glare and direct their children away from us.

I shook my head, "Damn Drew, what happened." Laughing was heard and we both turned however there was no one there except a girl with a green hoodie and black leggings. She has a nice ass. I spoke to Drew threw our minds knowing she would hear me and be rather displeased. Drew snorted and shook his head still holding onto his foot.

"I don't know, I was walking and all the sudden it was like my feet were on fire, I swear my foot's burnt." His voice was agitated and his demeanor was angered. Tonight was not the best for any of us.

"But how is that possible you have your shoes on." Instinctively I bent down to feel the floor and as soon as my bare hand made contact with the supposed cold tile I felt the burning sensation and retracted my fingers in pain screaming out. "YEOUW, GOSH THAT…" I was cut off for as Drew had hit me I had accidently hit him, only I hit him harder and when he was only on one foot. He reached out and caught my shoulder to stabilize himself but it only caused the two of us to fall into the puddle of water.

I leaned up onto my forearms and looked over to Drew; he seemed rather displeased with me while he leaned on his forearms too. "If I say it's hot…I F*ING ASSURE YOU, IT'S HOT!" he hollered at me and began to shift his weight to begin to get up. I decided to do the same when suddenly the water became scorching, just like before. Only problem was, it heated up in all of about a second, too fast to escape. I felt the heat seep through my skin and I jumped up faster than last time squealing like a girl.

Sadly, I didn't know I could do that, and as I did both Drew and I heard laughing and we turned to see a pile of cracker boxes toppled over and a foot from behind it. Drew snarled and I assumed he had had the same reaction I had had. I want to know who they are. Drew's voice was filling with venom more and more with every word he spoke, he was pissed.

I turned my head toward the boxes and blinked once. As I opened my dark viridian eyes I felt my pupils dilate and return to normal and instantly I could see why the water had burned us so quickly. My vision allowed me a full view of the two girls behind the crackers laughing louder than a bull horn. I looked closer and saw the same green hoodie and leggings form before. Leaf and May; I responded to Drew. I blinked again and turned to Drew as angry as he and motioned for him to follow.

-May-

I clutched onto Leaf while I laughed and cried. It had worked like a charm and was the highlight of my day. Unfortunately though, we had forgotten the fact that they would be able to hear us and would most likely come over to talk, something I definitely did not want to participate in. Especially not with THEM.

My suspicion came true and instantly my smiles and laughs were drowned out by the boy's complaints. Leaf and I simply stared up at them blankly, occasionally giving a slight twitch of a smile. "Do you just like to make our lives hell?" Drew asked angrily. That question made my blood boil, who exactly did he think he was? If anything, he had made our lives hell. When I didn't respond Drew squatted and got eye level with me. My feet were folded under my legs and my hands lay limply on my thighs. His emerald eyes pierced my sapphire ones and he smirked. "For a second there, you almost let me in your mind." He spoke softly, gently almost. He rose abruptly without ever breaking eye contact with me.

"You wouldn't like what you would find." I stood after responding trying to restore the height equality but because he was over 4 inches taller than I, I was unsuccessful. We stood there, caught in each other's eyes, in a trance. We were both oblivious to the intense argument brewing next to us. Leaf and Gary had gotten back to their shopping but not without yelling at each other in the process. Both Drew and I seemed to enter their argument at the same time for we turned our heads in sync and watched the two bicker.

"You're an egotistical pervert who I wouldn't want anything to do with." Leaf had been examining a bright red apple and she gracefully placed it into her basket. Her face showed no signs of just having insulted a person. She hummed lightly to herself while she pranced over to the plump tomatoes.

Gary laughed sarcastically and placed a hand over his eyes while placing the other one on his hip. He groaned afterward and turned to face leaf. "At least I don't have a tail." His voice held a serious tone but it was the wrong thing to say, almost the instant the words had left his mouth his face had been met with the very tomato Leaf had been holding. After the stunning realization that Leaf had actually hit him with a tomato he wiped off the leftovers on his face and reached for the nearest thing he could throw back: a squash. Soon, they were pelting various fruits and vegetables at the other. As I studied Leaf she smiled, her whole demeanor had changed she wasn't laughing, but she was smiling.

As I realized this I studied Gray right after Leaf. He was having a better time than her. He was laughing hysterically and smiling a genuine smile. The manager however didn't seem too happy. He threw a fit especially when the duo included five others in there little 'food fight'.

I was horrified; they were having a food fight and having fun, together. It didn't make any sense. Drew voice penetrated my thoughts, breaking my concentration. "I think…we should leave." He nodded his head and never looked at me.

"Right…" my voice sounded foreign to me. "Let's leave the store in general, you know, get out before we get kicked out. "

Drew nodded again and brushed his hand through his emerald hair. "…Okay…"

"Okay." I repeated and made my way for the door turning right until I felt a tight grip on my shoulder.

"Ugh, May. The doors to the left." Drew pointed to his left toward the sign with big red letters spelling exit.

"Right, let's go…" and we walked out the door together, civilly thankfully.

-Time Skippy-

Drew and I walked down the dimly lit streets in silence. Few of the street lamps were lit; we had left the store, Leaf, Gary, and all their stupidities behind 15 min. ago. It was awkward, but it was nice. I was reminded of all the good ties Drew and I had had together. It was refreshing, walking with him in the cool, calm night air. When he broke the silence, it felt as if he had cut the tension between a violins bow and its hairs. "What did you mean by that?" he stopped and looked at me, no smirk, no hair flip, just Drew.

I was confused, what was that supposed to mean? "Mean by what?" I inquired. Drew's eyes were different than usual. His eyes were harsh, but they weren't. They were sad, but happy. The one thing I was sure about was the fact that his eyes were pleading with me, but for what?

Drew sighed and lowered his head before speaking once more. "You said I wouldn't like what I would find if I were to read your mind. I want to know why." He was no longer pleading, he was now demanding. Now, his eyes were harsh and sad and everything else I had suspected they were without a doubt. But I was right; he would not like what he would find.

"My mind is just as simple as anyone else's, just as plain. What makes me so special?" He had always been so focused on me since we had met, I had always wondered why.

Drew looked up again only not at me, at the stars. He closed his eyes and began to speak. "You know that feeling people get when they have done something a million times but suddenly a new version of it comes along and you just want to try it. Like riding a rollercoaster or tasting the same type of chocolate ice cream. You love it and you've done it so much you can almost taste the flavor even if it's simply water that's entering your mouth." Drew opened his eyes and brought them to my own and he caught me in his arms so suddenly I gasped. "And then they open this brand new line of ice cream at the store and you go, and they have two flavors there. One, the chocolate you've always loved and tasted, and the other a brand new one, one you've never even heard of before. Which one do you take?"

The dim light faltered and flashed off for a few seconds, leaving only the moonlight. Drew's voice was so soft and calm just like his grip on me. I could feel it, and I knew he would not let me go to soon, but I also knew he had no intentions of hurting me with his secure grip. "Which one May?" I was trying desperately not to fall into this trap of his but it was already too late. I was captivated, not only by his speech but by his beauty. As he stepped closer to me the street lamp flickered on once more and illuminated his toned facial features with an eerie glow.

I could hardly breathe I was so enchanted. "I…I don't know." I stammered out.

"I already told you, you chose the one you've always gotten before but in a new way. Do you know why?" I shook my head and watched him smile. "You choose it to see if it's different, to see if it's better. You know that you can always come back and get that other flavor tomorrow or ride that other ride the next time, so you choose to compete with your preferences."

"I want to read your mind so badly because I've read everyone else's mind except yours and your friends. I will always be able to read your friends minds tomorrow if they'll let me, but you are so…so different from the normal girl. I know that if I were to read your mind it would be no different than reading Brianna's, that girl who sits next to me in Bio, but because you are a different person, a new flavor of the same one I've always had, I want you. I want to read your mind so I can understand you." He released me and just stared. He sounded so hopeful, so peaceful while he talked about reading my mind. Was it really that important to him? Perhaps, it could be my trump card.

"Drew…" Was I prepared to do this? No, but was my mind made, yes. I didn't even know how to stop someone from reading my mind let alone read it. "If I let you read my mind, will you give me my pendant?" I wasn't so sure about this but it had to be done, I had to do anything and everything possible to get my pendant.

Drew seemed taken aback by this; he had obviously not expected this to be my response to his little speech. But, why would he tell me this if he had no real hopes of reading my mind. He looked down as the cold pavement then back to me. Slowly he reached up to his neck where the golden accessory lay and he grasped the chain, sliding it up off his manly features. He held it out to me in one palm and reached for one of my hands, placing it gently on the surface of the pendant letting me grasp the fiery ice in its entirety. "You can have either way; it was never truly mine to begin with." Again his voice was soft.

I opened my hand where the hot ice lay and stared at it for a few. He had given it to me, without anything in return, just a simple talk. It wasn't fair, I owed him. Without bringing my eyes to face him I spoke "How do I let someone read my mind if they can't already?" Drew let out a breath and leaned his head down so he could see my eyes.

"Are you sure?" looking at those brilliant eyes, I realized, Drew wasn't a bad person. He was amazing. Even without the mind reading, he would still be brilliant. He was handsome, he was sexy, he was Drew. Everything that made Drew him wasn't bad it was just, Drew. If I needed him to be there, he would. Whereas if I wanted him to go away I don't think that thought would even cross his mind. He would always be there no matter how much I tried to avoid it, whether I went to my ocean home or not. It dawned on me why my pendant had chosen him then. It's not hard to find if you only look, he seemed arrogant and cocky, which he is, but that's not all Drew is. Drew was loyal and kind, he gave back my pendant. He was honest and truthful; I had yet to catch him in a lie that wasn't for the wellbeing of Gary and the other boys and himself. Drew was amazing, and he deserved what he wanted.

I nodded my head slowly anxiously waiting to hear his instructions. He straightened his back and did a half smirk half smile. "Alright, you have to let me in. Truly let me in; your heart, soul, and mind. I have to become another part of your consciousness. You've developed a wall between you and the outside world, why I don't know, but I'm about to find out." He laughed while I smiled nervously. "Feel my mind touch yours and let yourself go, let my mind become an extension to yours…are you nervous?"

I was probably shaking; I didn't want this man that I was just beginning to understand read every single one of my thoughts and memories. I nodded a little violently. "You don't have to do this you know…" He had so many sides to him, he couldn't even be called an octagonal shape, there had to be ore sides.

"I know." I whispered my words careful not to ruin the beautiful, but delicate, embrace, moment, trance, whatever you wish to call it that we were experiencing.

He nodded, "Close your eyes." He had decided to whisper to, but his whisper sent chills gleefully running down and up my spine and out to every inch of my shaking body. I did as was told and soon I felt his soft, warm hands on my cheeks cupping my face gently. I let my hands fall to my sides and exhaled one finale time before I felt the soft warm kiss on my lips. Instantly I felt the tug on my mind, and I let go. I let go of myself, I could tell because I would never have kissed him back, or at least I don't think I would have. But I did, I kissed him and I could feel myself remembering every emotion every memory every thought sealed away in my mind. Each one flowed through me like the energy I kissed him with. It was so passionate, so fragile, yet so powerful at the same time.

Drew was beautiful, and I loved him. I just wish I hadn't had that realization the moment I decided to let him in my mind.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY new chapter! So I was going to make you guys a Christmas present, so be sure to vote in my new poll (as of 11/30/13) and as always I hoped you enjoyed the new chapter. Leaf and Gary's adventure will be finished soon just you people wait. Anyway, instead of boring you with my family issues I will apologize for the exceedingly long wait for the update and forewarn you about another one to come. Please review and tell me what you thought!

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Jay Gatsby