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Uhm, that's it, I think. HERE WE GO! Chapter Nineteen: Love is Blind

Inspired by: What Boys Want by Surfergurl14

The Five Rules of Being Psychic

Rule Four: Forgive and Forget

Chapter Nineteen: Love is Blind

Leaf hated English class. Hated it with every fiber in her being. They had been put in groups of two, and her idiotic teacher had put her with Gary. Like she hadn't heard any of the gossip that went around.

And now, Leaf sat, stiff and silent, across from Gary in the library. And she wanted to kill herself. Not only was it horribly awkward, but it was terribly…painful. Sitting that close to him, she wanted to touch him – or fix that stray hair falling in his face – or something. Something that brought her skin in contact with him.

But she couldn't do it. She could never do that. The idea alone scared her half to death. If she could ever let him back in…how would she know that he wasn't just going to pull back into his old ways again? Yank back and run way like a coward again, like her dad?

Her dad.

Leaf wanted to punch both of them. But punching involved touching skin-to-skin, and Leaf was sure if that happened, she wouldn't be able to resist whatever Gary had to throw her way.

"Leaf…" Gary looked up from his library book at her. Leaf pretended like she hadn't heard him and looked around at the other groups, studying away. "Leaf, come on, let's be serious about this."

Leaf wanted to spit in his face. He was acting like she was the child! She wasn't the one who ran off like a coward every time she got close to liking someone! Who was it that she knew that did that?

Oh right, that would be Gary. Gary Oak, King of the Heartbreak.

He's only gonna break-break my, break-break my heart. Leaf sang to herself as she flipped randomly through pages in her book, trying to look busy.

"Leaf, talk to me, we've been avoiding each other for so long. Come on."

"I have nothing to say to you." Leaf blurted before she could stop herself. If she had only stayed quiet! Talking was just as a bad as touching him. It gave him incentive. Incentive to keep attacking her until she was his again.

He's only trying to get me back because I'm the one that got away. He doesn't like me. He likes the chase. He's a womanizer. Oh, he's a womanizer. Womanizer, oh, he's a womanizer. Yeah. Leaf didn't know why random Pop references were jumping into her head, but they were. And they were getting stuck.

Just like Gary.

Leaf really wanted to hit something.

"Of course you don't." Gary smiled, happy he had gotten a few words out of her, "But we ended so badly. I just want to clear things up…"

"No you don't." Leaf whipped around to face him, "You don't want to clear things up. You want to see if you can win me back. Mew knows why. Probably because I'm the only girl that ever got away from you. That actually fought back. Which brings me to another point. Things would have ended badly between us if I'd faced you or not. Maybe not for you, but for me. You see, Gary, in a relationship there is this thing called 'Another Person' and, in said relationship, you have to think of 'Another Person's feelings, too. Not just your own, you selfish bastard."

Happy with what she had said, Leaf turned back to her book.

"What if I'm trying to make it up to you?" Gary almost sounded desperate.

"What if I don't care?" Leaf didn't even bother looking up.

"Leaf, what do you want me to do? Get down on my knees and beg? Is that what you want? Because that's what I'll do."

Leaf was getting angrier by the second. Angry with herself for wanting to believe him. Angry with him for trying to make her believe.

"I don't care what you do or what you say or what you ask to do. I'm not taking you back. You hurt me in ways you can't even imagine. It goes a lot deeper than roses and chocolates, Gary. But that's something you'll never understand."

"And why can't you understand that you're all I think about anymore?" Gary was almost yelling, then. Leaf was startled. She looked up at him. His face was determined and angry. He stood up, slammed his hands on his desk, and then proceeded to run a hand down his face.

Everyone was looking at him. At them. Leaf wanted the librarians to come over and tell them to shut up, but no one came.

"Gary!" Leaf whispered in a harsh voice. She was secretly enjoying this. She loved the way he was acting, all over her. "Sit down!"

May had said that he wasn't one-shot dating anymore. He wasn't dating, period. Leaf wasn't sure if it was true, but she really hoped it was. And she hoped it were because of her.

"Damn it, Leaf!" Gary shouted. Leaf knew the librarians were going to come over any minute. She hoped they would come over, and stop the scene before it started. "Can't you see I'm doing all I can to prove to you that I want you back? That I made a mistake ever letting you go? Why can't you see that? Everyone else can! Why are you so blind? Leaf, you're the only girl I care about! You're the only one I want! You're the –"

"SSSHHH!" The librarian, too late, put her finger to her mouth and hushed Gary. Leaf's green eyes were huge and scared and confused.

"God damn it, Leaf." Gary whispered, sliding slowly back into his seat. He sprawled out in the chair, taking up as much room in the most relaxed position as possible. He ran his hand through his hair, then down his face, then repeated the cycle.

Leaf grabbed a piece of her long hand and wildly twisted it around her finger. She sat with her back to Gary. She strained herself not to look at his face. She could hear him repeat "Damn it, Damn it, Damn it," over and over and over again.

Did he mean any of that? Was he just saying that? How could she know? How could you trust someone so untrustworthy? People don't change. People never change.

"I don't know…" Leaf finally whispered. Out of the corner of her eye, Leaf saw Gary perk up. He looked at her intently. Leaf didn't turn around to face him. She stared out the library windows as she spoke. "I don't know…how to trust you, Gary. I thought I could, but I don't know. I just don't know. I'm not ready…I'm not ready to get back together with you. I don't know if I can. Because I don't know the motivation behind your actions. You're very hard to read, Gary. And, I can't get back with you if I'm not one hundred percent sure I can trust you. I just can't. I can't go through that kind of heartbreak again, Gary."

"Why can't you see-" Gary cut himself off before he could aggravate Leaf even more, "I wish you could read my mind." He finally said, startling Leaf, "Then you would know that I was being sincere."

Leaf finally looked back at him, her green eyes locking with his brown ones.

She smiled, a tiny, hopeful smile.

Oh, Gary. You have no idea.

You guys know I had to throw that line in there somewhere. The 'I wish you could read my mind'. It needed to be in this story at some point, jsut to be cliche and ironic. ;D THERE YOU GO. IRONIC AND CLICHE, ALL IN ONE!

I hope you guys liked this chapter. *I* personally, like this chapter.

I'm thinking about re-writing or adding onto Chapter Twenty. It's kind of pointless and random, so I might just get rid of it all together, so I'm not even going to bother posting a little 'what's happening next chapter' thing. BUT, I will tell you, Chapter Twenty-One (which might become Chapter Twenty) is called The Four Rules of Being Psychic, so let your little minds go to work on THAT. Chapter Twenty-One is also the end of Part Five.

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