XashXdawnX - Here's a new chapter of It's a Bet. Hope you all enjoy.
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With his arm around her waist the two walked out from their hiding spot and towards the school. Gary saw everyone's eyes shift to them and whispering started.
"It's true..."
"Who would have thought?"
"I thought they hated each other?"
"They used to be best friends...then not...now they're dating. What the hell?"
Leaf huffed in annoyance and stopped. She raised her head and looked around the courtyard.
"Why don't you all take a picture? It'll last longer and stop with the whispering before I tell you all where you can go shove it."
Everyone instantly looked away and carried on with what they had been doing before.
Leaf knew that her peers feared her and she used it to her advantage. She had changed so much and Gary was determined to find out the truth as to what happened during the time she was gone that made her change.
"I need to talk to Ash and Dawn." Gary said.
Leaf scoffed. "You can't tell them about this."
"They're my friends. They need-"
"They don't need to know."
"L-"
"Save it. We're going to talk to my friends."
This time Gary scoffed. "I'm not talking to your friends. I can talk to my friends and I'll catch up with you later."
Leaf rolled her eyes. "Whatever, Oak."
Leaf walked off and Gary watched her, shaking his head.
What had he gotten himself into?
He hurried back to the bleachers and found Ash and Dawn.
"What the hell?" Ash asked.
"It's not what it looks like." Gary said as he climbed the bleachers.
"Really? Looks like you two are dating." Dawn replied.
"It's fake."
"Explain."
"Don't tell anyone else what I'm about to tell you."
The two nodded their heads and Gary went onto explain what had happened yesterday with Red and then the bet that had been made.
"Gary, just don't get your heartbroken." Dawn said once they were done.
"I won't."
"Just be careful. She's not the same person anymore." Ash added.
"She's there, she's just got a lot of layers hiding her true self from everyone."
... ... ...
The school day dragged on and Gary was at his locker getting his books that he needed for class after lunch. His locker slammed shut and he saw Leaf.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Sit with me at lunch." she said.
"No, I'm not ditching Ash and Dawn."
Leaf sighed in annoyance.
"This is never going to work. I actually thought this would be fun and interesting, but you're getting on my nerves, Oak!"
Gary smirked and Leaf looked at him confusion on her face.
"Why are you smirking?" she questioned, as she raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you remember? It's just like old times."
... ... ...
Eigth grade...
Gary walked through the halls, his eyes set on one person who was currently at their locker.
He leaned on the lockers beside the opened locker and once he saw a green binder in the hands, he slammed the locker shit.
"Gary!" Leaf cried, looking at him.
He smirked. "Hey Leafy, ready?"
"Yes, but you're getting on my nerves Oak! Every day you slam my locker closed."
"It's just a little fun, Leafy."
Leaf just rolled her eyes and bumped her shoulder against his.
"Let's go then, Oak."
Leaf blinked as fingers snapped in front of her. She glared at Gary.
"You're thinking about eigth grade aren't you?" he asked.
"No." Leaf said, as she shoved passed him, her shoulder bumping against his.
Gary just laughed and followed behind her.
"You may not realize it, but this is going to be a lot easier than you thought." he muttered.
Leaf spun around and shoved him into the lockers.
"I won't lose, Oak. I'm not the girl I once was."
"Why? What happened when you were gone?"
He watched as her eyes became distant, but only for a moment before the glare was back.
"Nothing happened. I just found my true self."
"You're hiding something and I intend to find out."
"Like to see you try, Oak." Leaf muttered and walked off.
After school...
Gary walked Leaf to her car which happened to be a dark red Mustang.
"Good job today, Oak. People are actually buying this little fake relationship we have." she said as she leaned against her car door.
"Well what can I say? I know how to act."
Leaf scoffed and opened her door.
"See ya around, Oak." she said as she went to get into her car.
"Wait!" Gary cried.
She paused and raised an eyebrow at him in question. He smirked and before she could react he had kissed her cheek and his lips brushed her ear as he whispered in her ear. His breath ghosting across her neck and ear.
"Later, Leafy."
She stared at his retreating back in shock. While Gary had a smirk on his face.
I'll get her back to herself one way or another. he thought as he shoved his hands into his pockets.
Leaf internally screamed and kicked herself before she got into her car, slamming the door shut.
"What the hell!" she cried as she shoved the key into ignition.
She threw her car into reverse and sped out of the parking lot, heading towards her home.
Leaf walked into her house and the door slammed shut behind her.
She walked into the kitchen to grab some chips before she retreated to her room.
"Today was too close." she muttered.
She couldn't let him get a reaction out of her again. She just couldn't. He couldn't get close to her. Nothing could be known about what had happened.
She turned on some music before she plopped onto her bed.
"I just can't..." she muttered, softly.
... ... ...
Days passed and Leaf and Gary kept up the act of being in a relationship. However, Leaf made sure to never fully be alone with him after that day he had gotten reactions. Gary was doing everything he could to try and get her alone, but everything he tried backfired. This morning he had walked towards her, but she quickly went back towards her car and stayed there until the bell rang. At her locker, she was quick to get her things and then join one of her girlfriends. With classes he couldn't talk to her or even catch her after the bell rang, she was quick to get out and into the crowded halls.
Little did he know luck was about to be in his favor.
"Oi Gary!" a voice cried, as he walked into the cafeteria.
Gary looked towards the voice and saw one of Leaf's friends approaching him. Her name was Serena if he wasn't mistaken. She was a cheerleader, too. Long honey blonde colored hair that was falling in waves, blue eyes, and lightly tanned skin. She was wearing a white sundress with a jean jacket over it with wedges.
"Serena?" Gary greeted.
"Good job at remembering my name." she replied.
"What's up?" Gary asked since she had approached him.
"A few of us are going to hangout today after school. Leaf's currently awol so I'm relaying the message to her boyfriend. Tell her and we'll see you two after school. Oh! We're going to the movies. And tell her she can't back out of this."
Gary just nodded his head.
"Ciao!" Serena cried and ran off.
Gary shook his head. "Looks like luck's finally on my side."
... ... ...
The final bell rang and Gary found Leaf at her locker.
"So Leafy, I have a message for you from Serena." he greeted as he leaned against the lockers beside hers.
The locker closed and she looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"We're hanging out with some of your friends. We're apparently seeing a movie. And no, you can't back out of it."
She scowled at him.
"Seriously...I'm going to kill Serena."
Leaf knew that Serena was poking her nose into hers and Gary's relationship. Leaf had been avoiding him so Serena thought there was trouble in paradise. If only she knew the truth and that this wasn't a real relationship. But then again, why was she doing this? Leaf never stayed in a relationship for long anyways...
"Whatever. Let's go then." she muttered as she stuffed her books into her bag.
"Did she say what movie?" Leaf asked as Gary drove through town, her eyes focused on looking out of the window.
"No, she didn't. I didn't have time to ask either before you go and yell at me for that." Gary replied.
Leaf nodded her head and tapped away on her phone.
By the time they arrived at the theater, Leaf had received a response from Serena.
"You've got to be kidding me." she muttered.
"What's wrong?" Gary asked.
"She picked the most cringe worthy movie that's playing."
"A chick flick?" Gary asked, knowing that Leaf despised those movies.
The fact that she also said "cringe worthy" helped him to know that it was most likely a chick flick.
"Yes! She knows I hate these types of movies."
Gary chuckled. Somethings never change. Leaf may have changed some, but her old self was there. She still despised these types of movies.
"Well I think there's a new action movie playing. Why don't we see that?"
"Serena wants to hangout as a group...that means chick flick movie then dinner afterwards."
The two got out of Gary's car and Leaf decided she would need to amp up her acting skills so Serena would back off with her meddling.
Gary brought their tickets for the movie and went to get snacks while Leaf waited off to the side.
"Hello?" she asked as she answered her phone.
"Hey Leaf. Umm we actually decided on the mall theater instead. I forgot to tell you that."
Leaf gritted her teeth.
"Well we just got tickets...so I guess we'll just stay at this theater."
"Okay! I'm really sorry, Leaf!"
"It's completely fine. Do you want us to meet you guys for dinner?"
"Umm...I'll let you know. Our movie will end after your movie though, so we'll see!"
"Okay, bye Serena."
"Bye! Have fun!"
Leaf hung up her phone.
"Fuck!" she cried.
"Everything okay?" Gary asked as he handed her her candy and drink.
"No. Serena played a trick. She noticed that I've been avoiding you so therefore she went and meddled. They're all at the mall theater. Serena "forgot" to tell me that."
"We can leave." Gary said.
"No, you brought the tickets and food already. I'm not going to let you waste your money. Let's just go suffer through this."
... ... ...
Halfway through the movie, Leaf fell asleep. The movie was downright boring her and she couldn't fight the heaviness of her eyes anymore.
Gary glanced over, feeling something hit his shoulder and found that Leaf was asleep. He shook his head and chuckled to himself.
Just like old times...
Ash and Dawn, well mainly Dawn, would drag Gary and Leaf along as a double date. Dawn loved chick flicks so they would watch them and then go do something everyone else liked before finishing the night with dinner. Each time Leaf would end up falling asleep during the movies. Gary would suffer through it, wanting to be able to tell Leaf what she had missed, so they could trash the movie together and laugh about it. Since they always sat by one another, and also away from the couple, she would fall asleep on his shoulder. When the movie ended, he would wake her up.
... ... ...
The credits started rolling and Gary shook Leaf's shoulder.
"Leaf. Leaf, wake up."
She opened her eyes and realized what she was doing and jolted upright.
"It's over?" she asked, rubbing at her eye.
"Yeah."
She stood up and grabbed her candy and her drink before following after Gary.
"You hungry?" Gary asked.
"Kinda, but then again kinda not." Leaf replied.
"Want to do something else until it's closer to dinner?"
"Umm..."
She needed to say no. She needed to get out now. She was in too deep currently. This wasn't suppose to happen.
Leaf went to open her mouth to decline, but what came out was the exact opposite.
"Sure."
Gary looked slightly shocked, but he quickly recovered.
"What do you want to do?"
She went to reply with his choice, but once again her words betrayed her.
"Lazer tag?"
No! No! NO! I need to get out of here...this isn't good! she thought.
"Sounds good."
She was in trouble. This wasn't suppose to happen. It was suppose to end here after this movie. She should be getting taken back to the school so she can go home, but instead she was going to play lazer tag.
As she climbed into Gary's car an idea struck her.
I can use this to my advantage. I can possibly trick him and make him lose the bet...I can still win this. I just have to pretend...
Please R&R