XashXdawnX - Here's another chapter. I hope you all enjoy. All rights go to their respective owners.
Leaf had just shut her locker when she was grabbed by her arm at the end of the day. She looked over to find Serena and Shauna.
"So you owe us a story." Shauna said as she linked her arm though Leaf's.
"There's no getting out of it this time. We're going to my place now and we're going to have a nice girl's night." Serena said.
Leaf paled slightly.
"I can't. I have to let my dad know…" Leaf started, only to be cut off.
"Don't worry. I already called him and told him we have a project to work on. After a little convincing, he agreed." Serena interupted.
Leaf looked at her in disbelief.
That can't be true…he wouldn't just accept that…not without me warning him…
"Well okay…" Leaf replied, but she had an uneasy feeling in her stomach.
"Great!" Serena cried and linked her other arm through Leaf's.
"Let me just say bye to Gary and I'll meet you at your car."
"Of course! See you in a few!"
Leaf walked over to where Gary's locker was and found him.
"Oak!" she cried.
Gary shut his locker and walked over to her.
"Hmm something must be up. You never approach me at the end of the day."
"Shut up. Yes, I do." Leaf replied. "Sometimes."
Gary chuckled.
"I may have to text you later today."
"Okay?"
"Serena and Shauna are kidnapping me for a girl's night. This is going to lead to the questions they couldn't ask today at lunch."
"What are some of these questions? I could give you some answers real quick."
"Well we covered the get together story. Do we just like each other or love one another?"
Gary coughed at the question, not expecting that.
"Have we had sex? Have we met the parents? Some of the dates we've been on…"
"Why do girls ask all these questions?" Gary asked, instead of answering any questions.
"It's a thing we do. So answers?"
"Like…no…kinda…and lazer tag and pizza?"
"You're hopeless. I'll just wing some answers and I'll try to let you know what happens, kay?"
"Okay…"
"See ya, Gary."
As Leaf walked off, Gary had a smile overtake his face. It had been a long time since she had called him Gary. Usually it was Oak. It had been too long since she had spoken his actual name.
As Leaf walked off she realized what she had done. She had called him Gary without even thinking about it. When was the last time she had called him Gary to his face? She couldn't even recall it...
Leaf hurried out the front doors and to the parking lot where Serena and Shauna were waiting.
"Took you long enough!" Serena cried as she opened her car door to let Leaf in.
"Sorry…"
So far Leaf had managed to avoid the game of twenty questions regrading her relationship. But she knew it was coming. They were just waiting for Leaf to get relaxed enough…which means once they were in their pajamas the game would start.
So now Leaf was in the bathroom, taking her precious time to get changed.
Leaf sighed as she finished pulling her hair into a messy bun. She was basically done. She just had to put her glasses on or just leave them off…not many people saw her with her glasses. She hated for people to see them on her. She shook her head and tossed the case back into her bag, opting against being able to see.
She was dressed in a tee that was black and graced her thighs.
"Finally!" Shauna cried as Leaf walked back into Serena's room.
She set her bag down and took a seat on the floor.
"So Leaf?"
"So?" Leaf questioned raising an eyebrow.
She knew what they wanted, but she was acting clueless.
"Give us the details!"
"Details like…?"
"Let's start back with lunch. What's your story of how you and Gary got together."
"Oh well…you know it's nothing that interesting. It's actually quite boring." Leaf replied.
"Boring means juicy. Tell," Serena prompted.
"No boring means boring." Leaf argued.
"Shut it. Just tell."
"Well you guys know how I had to be tutored in Global History right?"
"Yeah, but he's not your tutor."
"Correction. He wasn't the tutor that I was assigned. But after the dumbass that was caused me to do more poorly than I already was…I sucked up my courage and approached Oak. I asked him for help which he agreed to. We started meeting up a few days after school and on the weekend. Eventually, old feelings came back and he asked me out. I wanted to keep it a secret from everyone to see if things were more serious than my other relationships. Then one day after school Red made a move on me and Oak saw and well the rest is history." Leaf explained.
"Wait if he's tutoring you in history how come you still have a bad grade?" Shauna asked.
Leaf just smirked.
"Anything else?" Leaf asked, raising an eyebrow.
"How were you meeting up with him without us knowing?" Shauna asked.
"Remember those times I canceled at times saying I had a family thing to do?" Leaf asked.
Her two friends nodded their heads.
"That family thing was going to meet up with Oak."
"Have you kissed him?" Serena asked.
"I don't kiss and tell."
"That explains the grade." Shauna said laughing.
"Too busy kissing him to actually study. But I can't blame you. I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off of him if he was my tutor." Serena commented.
Leaf felt her eyes glaring at Serena.
"I was only commenting, Leaf. No need to get jealous. But for a nerd, Gary is fine."
"He isn't a nerd." Leaf snapped.
"Touchy subject. But Leaf, he kinda is." Shauna remarked.
"No, he cares about his grades. He's always been smart, even when we were younger he was always making A's in classes. He's gifted, not a nerd." Leaf muttered, feeling her blood boil as her friends called Gary a nerd.
"So he's always made good grades?" Serena asked.
"Yes. He plans to follow in his grandpa's footsteps so he needs good grades."
"What does his grandpa do?" Shauna asked.
Leaf stared at her two friends. Were they seriously this clueless that they didn't know who Gary's grandpa was?
"You're kidding, right?" Leaf asked.
"We're not from Kanto, Leaf. Remember?" Serena commented.
"But still...everyone knows Professor Oak. Professor Samuel Oak...Pokemon professor...well-known..." Leaf trailed off as her friend's remained looking clueless.
She pulled up a picture of Professor Oak. "This is Professor Oak."
"Oh!" Serena cried. "Him! Yeah, I know who he is...I just never knew the name."
"He was visiting Kalos one day when I was still there. I remember seeing him at the lab." Shauna commented.
Leaf just blinked.
"Also, Leaf? There's no reason to get so defensive. I just made a remark about his looks and his academics." Serena remarked.
Leaf couldn't explain why she had just gotten so upset at the idea of Serena finding Gary attractive. Or why she was so defensive in defending him from being labeled as a nerd. Why had she reacted like that? She couldn't be jealous of a nonexistent relationship. She didn't like Gary...right? She couldn't. If that happened she would crumble like...well a leaf.
"Leaf!"
"What!" she cried, snapping out of her thoughts.
"I asked a question." Serena stated as if it were obvious.
"I didn't hear, sorry. What was it?"
"Have you have sex with him?"
Leaf laughed and shook her head. She knew that question was coming.
"No, we haven't."
"Wow...Leaf hasn't had sex with the boyfriend." Shauna commented.
"I would have thought you would have by now. I mean you did have all those one night stands." Serena added.
What they didn't know was that Leaf had just told a lie. She hadn't wanted to be the only one in her new friend group to be a virgin so she had made up a lie and it spiraled out of control. Just like her mentioning hanging out at a few college parties...that lead to her sleeping with college guys. The sad thing is Leaf never denied the lies...she figured it all helped with her new persona...it helped to erase who she once was. No one knew the truth...and she couldn't help but wonder if her old friends believed these lies or not.
"He must be special if that hasn't happened." Shauna muttered.
Leaf resisted rolling her eyes at the comment.
"Do you love him?" Serena asked.
"Please, what is love? We only like each other." Leaf replied.
Seriously, what was love? Leaf didn't know what love felt like. She didn't have love around her anymore. She hadn't for a while. Love didn't exist around her...it always disappeared.
"Are you his first girlfriend? I don't think I've ever heard of him dating." Shauna asked.
Leaf had to refrain from laughing. No she wasn't his first girlfriend. Before they moved to the high school, Gary had been a player, playing girl's hearts left and right. Now, though, he didn't. He was no longer the player, he had went from the player to nerd. Yet, he was still popular no matter what, even if he was a "nerd."
"No, I'm not his first girlfriend."
"Huh...I've never seen him with anyone before, though."
"Not everyone shows PDA so commonly."
"You two sure don't keep your PDA to a limit." Serena muttered.
"Shut it." Leaf snapped.
The only reason they even did PDA around their peers was because so many people didn't understand how their "relationship" had happened or if it was real. They had to make it seem believable.
"So dates? What are those like?"
"Fun and sweet."
Leaf shocked herself at that response, but it was the truth. The "dates" were things they did when they were younger, so that made them fun. Sweet...she's not sure where that came from...it's for the act that's why she had said it. It had to be.
"What kind of dates, though?"
"We've done things we did when we were younger." Leaf replied, wanting to keep her memories to herself and reveal the secrets.
"Like?"
"Lazer tag, going to the movies, getting pizza."
"Huh...so nothing romantic?" Serena asked.
"No...not yet."
"Interesting. But then again you've only been together a month."
"Yeah..."
The next day...
Leaf was the first to wake up and she decided to text Gary before she got ready. She wanted to meet up with him and let him know about what had happened.
She walked into the bathroom and quickly got ready. She was dressed in a pair of yoga shorts, a fitted tee that was white, and pulled her hair into a messy bun. She pulled her glasses out and put them on her face.
Gary had replied and he would pick her up, but she would have to agree to go with him to Ash's since that is where he was planning on being. She was going to be in a room with all her old best friends today. She had to remember to not let her guards down too much. She couldn't crumble.
... ... ...
As Gary pulled up to where Leaf was waiting he had to blink a few times to make sure that Leaf was there. The girl standing at the curb was Leaf. But she wasn't the Leaf that he had gotten used to seeing. This Leaf was free of makeup, hair tossed up messily, glasses were framing her face, and the outfit was comfy. She wasn't the dolled up, tough girl Leaf. She was the Leaf that had vanished. The Leaf he hadn't seen in a while.
He smiled at the sight and as Leaf opened the door he got the smile off his face.
"Fun night?" he asked.
Leaf just scoffed and pulled the door closed.
"Why are you smiling?" she asked.
The smile had made its way back on his face.
"You look like your old self, Leafy." he replied.
"Don't get used to this. This is only because I didn't feel great this morning. I woke up with a terrible headache this morning." Leaf said, rubbing her head.
"Well lucky for you when you texted I happened to be getting something."
Gary pointed to the cup holder and Leaf saw two coffee cups.
She smiled and grabbed the cup. Before she could even think twice about it she leaned over and kissed Gary's cheek. "You're the best!"
Once she realized what she did she held her cup tightly in her hands and looked out the window as Gary drove. Gary, on the other hand, was thinking back to when they were younger when she had done something similar. The old Leaf was there and she was coming out more and more with each day. Maybe, today, seeing Ash and Dawn would bring her out more. Maybe just maybe, Gary could get Leaf back.
At this point, he didn't care about the bet. Now, he just wanted his best friend back. He planned on getting her back. No matter what he would get her back.
Please R&R