Chapter 14 :: Greatest Halloween

A/N: So, I have nothing better to do with my time while I'm still on break, so I guess I'll just update the story :D Hurrah for boredom!

Willisheen – LOL! I guarantee, Bif has probably gotten his fair share of pain from Leo slapping him in the past. It's a wonder they're not actually, "together" yet. Bif did call her his girlfriend, but Leo isn't 100% on board yet, so who knows what'll happen :P

NewFolder2 - I forgot to address this last time as well, but yeah, Bif is the person so far that everyone wanted to pair Leo with so that's why things are going down this path... Who knows, if people change their minds, she'll probably end up with someone else O_O

Summary: Bif and Leo get a little closer by going on a date. Gary passes out at Leo's house and makes everyone there angry. Pete can't help but feel a little jealous. Jimmy doesn't want to let Gary beat him, but he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings for Leo since he is trying to cheer Petey on. Leo is trying to separate herself from her past. Luke calls for their cousin Lara to come visit. Auel and Sven assist her in getting to the Croft Manor. So, now…

Leo's POV

The house started to become livelier again as Lara, Auel, and Sven entered the front door. I haven't seen Lara for quite some time. She's older than me by a couple of years. In a way, she's like an older sister. We looked similar and had similar hobbies, tastes, and even the same physical ability. She, however, did not need the genetic engineering I had. It was really easy for Luke and I to learn the abilities Lara had trained for the majority of her life to be capable of. That was one of the many benefits to engineering. As everyone sat around the grand piano in the main room, Auel nudged Sven who then looked at Lara.

She spoke up, "Leo, I want you and your friends to come with me on an expedition."

"What for?" I asked.

"What's in it for us?" Jimmy said as he paced around in a circular pattern.

"Well, for starters, you can get the DNA sample that was stolen by coming with me to collect the nectar from 5 crappula maxima fortissima." Lara said as she glared at Jimmy.

"I've heard of those, but I haven't actually gotten near one since Dr. Slawter's class." Gary said as he started to fidget with his hands.

"I think Derby has one of those filthy things." Bif said as he placed his hand on his chin in thought, "but a certain someone killed it last year." He looks at Jimmy with resentment.

"Not my fault, it was either kill Derby or the plant. He's lucky I chose that crappu- whatever." Jimmy said as he made eye-contact with Bif.

"Now, now, everyone calm down." Luke said, "in order to get to these plants, we'll need all the help we can get. The things are pretty vicious."

"Right. If at all possible, please notify your friends if they can help out as well, I'll be sure to talk to your uncle about this." Lara said as she looked at Luke and I, "This will not be an easy task, so please dissuade anyone who is faint of heart from joining."

The room was silent. Moments passed as everyone looked at each other and then the ground.

Bif was the first to speak up, "I'll ask Derby and some of the jocks, they owe me a favor for teaching them how to box."

Then Pete, "I'll ask some of the nerds, they probably won't listen to me, but it's worth a try…"

"Nah Petey, I'll make sure they listen." Jimmy said as he stood in the center of the room, "We need all the help we can get, that includes the greasers."

I looked at Bif's expression. I can see in his eyes he doesn't want to work with them. "I don't thi – "

Bif cut me off, "I don't want to work with them, but if it will save Leo, I'll do anything."

Everyone stared at him in shock. "Look at you, Bif. You managed to grow some balls after all." Gary said as he paced over to Bif and playfully punched him on the shoulder.

"Don't think this is permanent, pauper. I don't intend on making friends with you or the greasers, but currently, I have no choice." Bif said, jabbing Gary in the chest with his right index finger.

Gary backed up and put his hands in the air, still being sarcastic, "Easy there. We don't want to start anything with these ladies and femme-boy around."

"Knock it off, Gary." I pulled his shirt sleeve towards me, "That's enough, either you play nice or you can leave."

He grabbed my hands, "Will you play nice with me?" Again, he gave me his crooked smile that in its own way I found charming.

I sighed, "Fine, but no funny stuff mate." Withdrawing my hand, I sat down on a lounger beside one of the walls.

"Alright, it's settled then, we head out to wherever these venus fly traps are after we get enough help." Jimmy announced as the room calmed and everyone gave him their attention.

What could possibly go wrong?

Derby's POV

I sit at the head of the meeting room of Harrington House as Bif proposes a new concept to us.

"…And that's why we need to help." He says finishing his sentence.

"Why would we want to help those paupers?" Bryce said as he lunged forward from his seat.

"Yeah and why do we need to work with those Greaser scum?" Tad said furrowing his brow.

"They haven't decided to help us yet, so there's a good chance that – ", I interrupt Bif.

"Is this for that girl?" I ask with my eyes austerely gazing upon him.

"Yes…It's for Leo." He says quite meekly. This is the first time in a while he's been so driven to do something.

I rise from my seat, "While it's not exactly the best use of our talents, we can't allow Leo to fall to the hands of any poor losers out there."

Bif smiles and I continue to speak, "However, our friend Bif has lied to us." His smile quickly fades. "It will not go unpunished Bif, you will leave Leo to me and cannot interfere with my plans."

He started gritting his teeth, "If that's what it'll take for me to get you to save her, I'll follow along, but don't you fool around with her."

He warned me? I raise a brow, "Threatening the head of the Preps?" The room became silent. "Dear Bif…how you must've forgotten your position here? Need I remind you I can hire people to hunt down your family and have them all fired."

He clenched his fists but bowed his head, "Right, sorry Derby."

I smiled. At least he remembers who the master of tactics is here.

Beatrice's POV

"So…We kind of need your help." Peter Kowalski came to us in the library and silenced everyone with his words.

"What makes you think everyone here can do anything about it?" Said Fatty.

"I think we should help." I said as I watched Peter's face brighten.

"Beatrice, are you crazy? I'll have more than just 'Pee-stain' to add to my list of nicknames after this trip." Algernon stated as he looked at me with worrisome eyes.

"Yeah, and besides, what about classes, I can't become a doctor if I don't stay in school!" Cornelius anxiously shouted as he started freaking out.

"It's all going to be taken care of, what we miss now will be taught during summer school." Jimmy said as he backed up Peter.

It's quite uncommon to see these two here together, I'm beginning to see how cute Peter actually is.

"If none of you are going, then I will!" I say scooting back my seat to stand at the study tables.

"She's gone mad!" Melvin says as he takes out an inhaler.

"Beatrice, you can't leave, we need you for Grottos and Gremlins, and you're the only female character." Earnest said as he adjusted his glasses.

"Grottos and Gremlins can wait, I owe it to my friend Leo. She really helped me get a bit more confident." I say placing my hands on my hips.

Jimmy stood in front of me, "This is a quest, and your wench tells you to party up, so let's go. Otherwise, I'll beat you all again." Jimmy said as he started punching one hand with a fist made with the other.

"I-I'll go too." Donald said, "Just please, don't take our healer away."

Peter and Jimmy smiled, "C'mon then!"

Eventually, after Donald, Thad, Bucky, and everyone else agreed to follow suit.

"Now, on to the Bullies", Jimmy said dragging Peter along.

Sven's POV, in a New Coventry alleyway

"Johnny ain't here." Larry said with his usual nasally voice.

"Where is he Peanut?" I grabbed his brown leather jacket collar and pulled him up to me. Times like this make me glad that I'm taller than the average person.

"Tch. I'm tired of all you tall punks around here." Larry said as he flailed in my hands, "And don't call me Peanut. The name's Larry."

"Alright then, Larry. Where the hell is Johnny Vincent? If you don't tell me soon, I'll deck you so hard, even the grease will come off your hair!" I said as my eyes narrowed on his.

"Don't you tell me what to do; Johnny does all the tellin' around here!" He exclaimed still flailing in the air.

Another boy came from behind me with a large hammer.

"Ey, Norton, lend me a hand here." Larry said as he saw his friend.

"Careful now, you might hurt 'cha self." Norton said as he made his way towards me with his large hammer.

"Highly doubt it mate." I say as I set Larry down and immediately rush towards Norton. If I time this right, the Chevalier coding should queue itself right before he makes contact with me. We ran towards each other at full throttle, and like I thought, within an instant, I was behind Norton, my eyes glowing golden.

"What the fuck?" Norton said as he noticed my swiftness as I turned to face him.

"I'm not one to mess with, or to play your games. I'm here for one reason only and that's to speak with Johnny Vincent. I'm a friend of Leo." I say as I dust off my shoulders.

"Leo? Why didn't 'cha say so in the first place?" Larry said as he approached me from behind Norton.

"Ey, Hal, why don't you go to the tenements and give Johnny a call." Norton yelled to a person behind me who just seemed to get there.

"He's not there, he's with that emaciated little twig of his." Hal responds in a very annoyed manner.

"Sorry about earlier, you should have said somethin' sooner." Larry said as he placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Nah, I didn't mean to rattle your cage. I've just been a real big fan of action and I couldn't help myself." I said as my eyes returned to normal and I smiled back at him.

"What do you need anyway?" Hal said as he walked on towards me and his friends.

"Leo's in trouble and we need your help." I say, exasperated. We walk closer to the tenements for a rest.

"In trouble? Say no more", we hear Johnny's voice in the distance. As he gets closer, I can see him grin, "Alright, let's go save a broad."

"Who's your new friend Johnny?" I hear a lady speak from the inside of the tenements building.

"He's a friend of Leo's, Lola." Johnny says as he looks at the girl making sure that she keeps her distance from me.

"Leo?" She pouts, "No fair, she always gets the good ones." She traces my collarbone with her fingers.

"Good ones?" I asked as I watched her prance around me.

"Yeah, the good-looking guys. She actually reminds me a bit of myself." Lola gestures to herself.

I look to the other greasers, they shrug.

Norton whispers, "Lola's Johnny's girl, but he don't trust her anymore since she made a slut of herself last year."

I nod, "Right…"

Auel's POV

I was chosen to see to the jocks after Bif took a bit of a beating down at Harrington House. I'll hope he'll be okay before we leave. I sigh, standing in front of the Gymnasium at Bullworth. I can pass as a non-clique affiliated student or a jock. One or the other, I have a face that seems like I could be either. During the time Leo was unconscious, I attended at least five or so gym classes. There's where I met Christy, Pinky, Angie, and Mandy. All four girls started flirting with me right away. It was cool for a bit until the head of their group…Ted, I think, started to pick fights with me.

"You better not tell." I heard a voice coming from the back of the bleachers in the gym.

Apparently, whoever it was didn't notice I came in. I ended up finding a jock with…a bully?

"It's alright baby, no one will catch us down here, and they're all in the football field." Another boy said.

As I tried to be discrete about getting back outside, my sneakers made a loud squeaking sound and I was greeted by the two voices I heard.

"What are you doin' here Van Der Velden?" A familiar boy came up to me. He's a bit shorter than me, not by much.

"Who are you?" I said a bit confused.

"It's Kirby, Kirby Olsen, the kid that tried to run you over the other day with Ted?" He stated so matter-of-factly I found it humorous.

"Ah, right. Kirby. What are you doing here?" I said as I looked over to his boyfriend.

"It isn't what you think!" He said turning pale.

"I think it's exactly what he thinks." The other boy said.

"Shut up, Trent." Kirby shot back.

"Trent? Aren't you in my math class, I always see you cheating off the nerd's tests." I slyly reply.

They look at each other. Then, Kirby grabs onto my uniform, "If you tell, I'll make sure you're poundcake next time I see you!"

I smirk, "Alright, I'll keep my peace…For a fee."

"Fee? Shouldn't you talk to the trust-fund babies at Harrington House about that?" Trent said a bit dismayed.

"Already taken care of." I glance over to him.

"Name your price." Kirby said releasing me and falling to his knees in defeat.

"It's not much, I just need help from the jocks and the bullies and we'll call it even." I said as I helped him back up.

"Done." They both said in unison.

Edgar's POV

It's been a few days since Jimmy beat the living daylights out of me for following Gary's plans again. I really couldn't help it. The money was good at the time. I waited for Henry and Omar. Apparently, they went to steal more bikes since the head of the greasers returned all the ones Henry obtained. I was surprised to see Gurney, Jerry and Leon. It's never good to see those three together looking upset.

"Hey Ed, Gary said he'd pay us if we helped him out with this new chick he's had his eye on." Gurney said as he approached me.

"Yeah? Well that Gary says a lot of things." I say back.

"I don't think we have the time or the money to help him out though." Leon said as he looked toward the trailers. "Zoe's gonna go, but only 'cause Jimmy said he'd pay for her."

"Well that's her decision. I don't want to get my ass handed to me again." I say as I lay back on a flower bed.

"No use in all of us goin'. I have a job at Spazz Industries now and Leon, Gurney, Otto, and Duncan need to do their part at their jobs." Jerry said, "Why don't you go? Bring Clint and Omar wit' 'cha."

I sat back up, "If I feel like we should do it, then I'll give Gary a call. Who's he after anyway?"

"Some girl named Leo." Omar said as he walked right into our conversation with Henry in tow.

"Leo, huh? I don't think I've met her quite yet. It's time I get acquainted I guess." I get up and walk towards the bridge that lies between Blue Skies and New Coventry.

Leo's POV

So far, the Greasers are on board, as well as the Preps, jocks, nerds, townies, and bullies. Maybe I should talk to some non-clique affiliated students. Most of them lurked throughout the main building halls or at least in front of the school. I saw Christy and Angie and headed over to speak to them.

I approached them slowly from their backs only to hear Christy say, "Like, oh my god, have you heard about Leo? I heard the reason why she's not in school anymore is because that sociopath Gary knocked her up. I mean have you even seen them both since last month?"

"I don't think that's true Christy, I mean I heard from Pinky who heard from – " Angie paused mid-sentence when she saw me looking at them with a troubled expression.

"Oh! So it isn't true after all." Christy said as she turned towards me.

I shook my head and gave a light-hearted smile, "No, it's not, Gary and I don't have that sort of relationship."

"Really? I heard from some guys in the boys' dorm that you were sleeping with him a bit after you started going to school here." Christy said as she gave me a cheeky smile.

"Be that as it may Christy, you shouldn't believe everything you he – Wait, what were you doing in the boys' dorm?" I asked as I noticed her mistake.

"Wha? I-I…Don't turn this on me you little skank!" She yelled at me.

I looked at her with dismal eyes, "You don't like me, do you Christy?"

She scrunched up her face with an irritated expression, "Don't you go playing the victim here! I don't know what Jimmy sees in you whether it's your huge boobs or your slim body", I blushed out of embarrassment, "but don't think I'll let you take him from me!"

"Take him from you?" I looked at her with an eyebrow raised, "You think I like Jimmy so you spread rumors about me?"

"Don't act all innocent Leo, he told me about how you spent the night over in his room after Constantinos heard you leave Gary's room." She responded furiously.

"You should really get the whole story before you spread rumors like that", I sigh, "Besides, I don't like Jimmy like that. You should try tending to your plants better if you want to pull out the weeds." I say philosophically as I walk away with a smile.

"Wait, Leo, is there anything I can help you with?" Angie said as she rushed over to me.

"Umm, yes actually, my friends Auel and – " Christy cut me off.

"Auel? You mean that hottie Auel Van Der Velden?" She spoke out of turn.

"Oh wow, you're friends with Mr. Hottie?" Angie said as she follows Christy's lead.

"Yes, and actually we really need help with –" Christy cut me off again.

"No need to explain, I'll totes help you out if you can set me up with him." She replied quickly.

"Ah, I see. Sure, I guess I could." I smiled while at the same time I felt really half-heartedly amazed by her shallowness.

They squealed in delight as I walked away from them, that is not before I made a few more round and gave my address to them for the meet up tonight.

Luke's POV

Sigh. Halloween night and I don't get to have fun like a normal kid. I really want to hang out with my friends, but I know my sister is a high priority right now. I miss the good old days when I could trick or treat with mother and father. I loved them so much. Leo was also so responsible and able to take me trick or treating…If we don't recreate the sample soon, I will be the only one left...The thought occurred to me that I really do need my sister, I love her as if she were my own mother. She took on the responsibilities of both our parents by making sure I had plenty to eat, a place to sleep, and could continue my education here at Bullworth.

I was alone with Lara at my house. I waited patiently for everyone to return. It was already four in the afternoon, surely everyone was out trick-or-treating by now…

DING. DONG.~

The doorbell? Normally, Leo and her friends would just barge in…surely. I opened the door and was greeted by a horrid face. A tall boy with the mask of Hanya loomed over me.

"Hey, Russell told me to head over here. It's Ethan." He said waiving his candy bucket in my face.

"Ah, so you're not close friends with Leo then. Come in." I say allowing him to pass.

Before I could shut the door, another trick-or-treater stuck their foot in the opening, wedging it. "OWWW! Luke, open up, I brought some candy!"

I opened up the door to see Pedro with mummy wrappings all around him. "Candy?" I say as I look around him and see a few other smaller children with costumes on.

"Eye-candy!" Pedro says nudging a girl towards me. He finally hit puberty. She was most likely of Asian descent.

"Hi, I'm Melody Adams." The girl introduced herself quite eloquently.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Luke." I bowed my head to elegantly introduce myself like the gentleman my parents raised me to be. She blushed. I smiled and invited them in. Little did I know that pretty soon, the entire school would be filling up the house in a matter of hours…

This is going to be the greatest Halloween I've had in awhile…

A/N: Nine pages today :D Hopefully that'll be enough for a while to keep me happy. Reviews, favorites, and follows are always appreciated!~ If you want to know more about any given character tell me in the reviews or PM and I'll tell you about them or just create a filler chapter.