Chapter Two-Revenge Plan: Commenced

Whispers flew around Leaf and Gary as they weaved through the school entrance, hands intertwined. They had set their plan in action this morning when he went to her house to pick her up, much to her dismay because she did not want to share a car with him of all people.

"How else would the school believe we're going out?" he had retorted when Leaf tried to convince him to go separately.

Leaf hated to admit it, but he was right. Currently, the whole school was fooled by just the two holding hands.

At this rate that means I won't have to kiss him to prove that we're dating, Leaf thought happily to herself.

"Where are your friends?" Gary inquired, bringing Leaf out of her thoughts. "Though I doubt they haven't heard about us already. The whole school's talking about it so I'm sure it'll get to them eventually."

The brunette was about to respond when she felt her phone vibrate. She checked it and a small smirk made its way to her face, which did not go unnoticed by Gary.

"I'm assuming that's Dawn?"

Leaf nodded as she pulled her hand away from Gary's to give a quick reply. Once she sent her text, she forgot about Gary's hand, which he left hanging out so she'd grab it again, and made her way to her locker, leaving him to stand in the hallway by himself.

Shaking off his initial shock, he chased after the brunette and when he caught up to her, he slowed his pace and held her hand, causing her to glare up at him.

"Do you want the school to believe it or not?" Gary challenged, smirk playing on his lips.

Leaf knew that he was enjoying this just by seeing that smirk on his face and had the urge to wipe it off his face with a punch. But she also knew that in order to fool everyone else she'd have to play along with his tactics.

"I don't think that means we cling onto each other," she retorted as she tried to pull her hand away, only to be futile as his grip tightened. "Let go, Oak."

"Oh, come on, Leaf, all new relationships start off like this. Just play along for a couple of days and I'll give you your space," he reasoned. "Besides, here come your friends."

Leaf turned her attention towards the direction he was looking at and cursed under her breath as she caught sight of her friends. Once they made their way to the two, questions were fired from right to left.

"Is this why you didn't call me over the weekend?!" Dawn inquired excitingly. "I knew something happened between you two!"

"Though I thought it would've ended badly between the two of you," Misty muttered under her breath, which Leaf managed to catch.

Upon hearing her friend say that, Leaf let out a small sigh of relief, grateful that at least one of her best friends noticed how she felt towards the cocky teen besides her.

"So what exactly happened that night?" May asked curiously, though Leaf could tell she didn't care much about what happened from the small grin that's slowly making its way to her face.

The brunette merely smiled at the question and answered it as ambiguous as possible.

"Oh, you know, we were set up on this wonderful date and one thing led to another and here we are now," she replied, her voice sounding too sweet to be Leaf Green.

But Dawn and May didn't seem to notice at all. Instead they were grinning from ear to ear as they marveled at the sight before them. Misty merely rolled her eyes at the two and gave Leaf a look that said they were going to talk about it later, which the brunette got and understood.

"Well, look at the time," Leaf piped suddenly. "Looks like it's almost time for class. Girls, let's go, I still need to stop by my locker."

Leaf pulled her hand away from Gary's rather roughly and was about to make her way to her locker when he pulled her back again by her wrist, causing her to let out a small yelp as she fell back towards his direction. The brunette turned to give him a piece of her mind until he lightly pecked her on the cheek, causing the students around them to stop and stare at the two.

It wasn't that they've never seen Gary done this. No, he'd done it all the time with the other girls in the school. It was the fact that he was doing it with Leaf that caught them off guard since she was always the one who pushed him away.

The brunette pulled away from him and resisted the urge to punch him. Instead, she narrowed her eyes at him and quickly turned on her heel to her locker as her friends and Gary stood there in the middle of the hall. Once she was out of sight, the crowd around scattered and got back to their regular routine.

"She's just shy about PDA," Gary lied coolly when he noticed the looks he received from the girls. "Well, you girls should go to class now."

And with that, he turned the other direction to get to his classroom, leaving the girls to go find their no doubt furious friend.

Gary chuckled as he made his way to his classroom as he remembered Leaf's reaction to the small kiss on the cheek he had given her earlier. He figured that if he did that that they'd fool the school even more, not that they needed to see anymore to be convinced that the two were dating.

Plus, he thought smugly to himself, her reaction was cute.

Once he entered the classroom, girls surrounded him right away at the doorway shooting questions about him and Leaf. Gary had already expected this when he stepped foot onto school this morning with the brunette. After all, it wasn't every day Leaf Green allowed Gary Oak to even touch her.

"Is it true you two are going out?" one girl inquired.

"What does she have that I don't?" another interrogated.

The questions continued relentlessly and Gary only gave simple answers to stop them from prodding. His interrogation was cut short when Lenora, his history teacher, came bustling in, making way for herself to get through the door by clearing her throat loudly.

"I believe it's time for class to start," she announced sternly as she narrowed her eyes down at the group of girls surrounding Gary, who silently thanked her for getting rid of them for him.

As everyone settled down, the teen took a seat towards the back where his friends sat.

"Ashy-boy," he greeted coolly as he took a seat next a teen with messy raven hair who was currently desperately trying to finish his bagel before he was caught with it.

Upon seeing his childhood friend, Ash swallowed the bite he had and turned to him.

"Hey, I didn't know you liked Leaf that way," he stated, making sure Lenora wasn't paying attention to either of them.

Gary merely smirked as he thought back to the events that had brought them to where they had ended up. He wasn't going to lie. At first he only bothered the brunette because she was interesting. After all, she was one of the very few girls who were able to reject him without any hesitation. Because of that, he started to hang around her, only to be pushed away each time, which only made him continue to try to talk to her to figure her out. That wasn't to say that he neglected the girls who did want to go out with him though. He just didn't enjoy them as much anymore ever since she came along. So when he was given the golden opportunity of being her fake boyfriend, he knew he had to take it. Because not only would he get the chance to know her, but because this also gave him many chances to tease her.

"It just happened, Ashy," he answered simply.

Once the bell for lunch rang, Leaf hastily left the classroom before anyone got the chance to approach her. Ever since she had entered first period, she had received nothing but questions about Gary and she really did not need that at the moment.

Seeing Misty, the brunette quickly made her way to meet up with her friend. When she caught up, she was met with a serious look.

"Are you really going out with Gary?" Misty inquired the moment Leaf caught up with her. She made sure that her voice was low enough so no one else around would hear it, though no one seemed to be paying attention anyway.

The brunette merely shook her head. "No one's supposed to know though, so you have to pretend like you're fooled too."

Upon hearing this, her fiery-haired friend let out a sigh of relief as the two continued their way towards the cafeteria.

"I knew something was wrong. One minute you're saying how much you hate him and the week after you come to school telling us you're going out? That's not the Leaf I know."

Leaf giggled. "I knew we wouldn't able to fool you, Mist."

The two arrived to their destination and after getting their lunch, they found May and Dawn sitting at a different table.

"Can I please copy the homework assignment, Drew?" May begged.

The two made it to the table, only to find the brunette teen begging a chartreuse-headed boy for his homework. Seeing this made Misty and Leaf face palm at their friend's begging. It wasn't uncommon for May to ask Drew for homework, but to practically beg him was definitely not a sight they saw weekly.

"Aren't you going to college next year? Why are you still copying my homework?" Drew shot back as he continued to each his lunch calmly.

This time, May pouted grabbed his face to turn it towards her direction so he'd see the puppy dog look she had on her face.

"There was a new noodle restaurant that opened up over the weekend and I had to go on Saturday!" May reasoned, hoping it was enough to convince him. "And yesterday I had to work so I couldn't do my homework. Please, Drew. This is the last time, I swear!"

For extra effects, May forced tears to come out, only to find that they didn't even have to drop for Drew to hand her his history homework.

"This is the last time," he muttered under his breath as the brunette happily bounced back to her place next to Dawn, who shot Drew a look that meant that May's got him whipped.

"You're as weak to May as ever," a new voice piped across from him.

Drew turned to see who had taken the seat in front of him, only to find a smug looking Leaf and Misty. He shot them a small glare when he realized what the look meant.

"Shut up," he muttered. "Besides, it's only natural she'd come to me for help. I am one of top students in academics," he bragged proudly.

"Pretty sure I'm still at a higher rank than you, Hayden," Leaf shot back haughtily before taking a bite out of her sandwich.

He grumbled a few incoherent words towards the brunette, who merely dismissed them and continued with her lunch while chatting with Misty.

"Why are you sitting here today anyway? Don't you usually avoid sitting at this table because of Gary?" he inquired. When he saw her hand twitch slightly, a smirk made its way to his face as he now had the chance to tease her back. "Oh, right, you two are going out now, right? It'd only be natural for you two to sit together during lunch," he said, snickering.

Underneath the table, Leaf kicked Drew in the shin, causing him to yelp out loud, though only the girls around the table heard it, which was both a good and bad thing for Drew. It was good because no one else heard it which meant he could keep up his reputation. However, that meant May heard it and she would no doubt laugh. For the second time of the day, he shot Leaf another glare, who ignored it.

"Oh no, now how will May think you're cool and fall in love with you?" she mockingly asked, giggling with Misty afterwards.

The green-headed boy was going to retort back when he saw a familiar figure approaching the table and merely allowed him to take care of the rest.

As Leaf continued to laugh with Misty, a hand slung around her shoulders and pulled her towards him, placing a small kiss on the side of her head.

The brunette instinctively balled her hand into a fist and punched him, but was blocked off with Gary's free hand. He held onto her hand tightly and smiled sweetly down at her while May and Dawn admired the couple in front of them.

"I knew setting you two up was a great idea!" Dawn chimed happily as she bit into her salad before looking around the table. "Hey, where's Paul? I thought he was with you guys."

After asking that question, Ash had just arrived and upon hearing it, he answered. "I saw him on my way here and asked if he was coming today but he said he'd be in the library. He said something about not wanting to be stared at now that Leaf and Gary are going out."

Leaf's ears perked when she heard the raven-headed boy answer and immediately started to shift her eyes around the cafeteria to see if they were still the center of attention. There were still some students who would stare at them and whisper amongst themselves, but Leaf was glad that there weren't as many as this morning. She let out a sigh of relief, which didn't go unnoticed by Gary, who leaned closer to her ear.

"Something wrong, Leafy?" he whispered in her ear, making sure to use the nickname she despised the most.

It took every ounce of self-control she had in herself to not punch the teasing smirk that played on his lips. Instead, she simply smiled sweetly up at him.

"Everything's just peachy, Gare-bear," she responded back in a menacingly sweet tone, making sure it was loud enough for everyone in the table to hear the obnoxious nickname she had given him.

Dawn nearly dropped her fork as she squealed in joy upon hearing the fake couple use nicknames with each other, something she would've never seen Leaf doing in a million years.

"I knew you two were crazy for each other, but to the point where Leaf would do something that's so not her? I definitely made the right choice of setting you two up!"

Before Dawn can continue on about how great her plan was, the brunette abruptly stood up with her tray and smiled apologetically at the gang.

"Sorry, guys, I just remembered that I have a quiz next class and I need to review a bit. So I'll be going ahead. See you guys afterschool," she said quickly before briskly leaving the cafeteria after throwing away the rest of her lunch.

The moment Leaf stepped outside of the crowded lunch room, she let out a sigh of relief, glad to have been able to get out of the situation without anyone trying to stop her. Though, she did have a feeling that either Misty or Drew knew she was lying about the quiz.

As much as she wanted to get back a Dawn for setting her up on a blind date with one of the worst people ever, the brunette had her limits as to how much 'affection' she could handle from him. Even though it hadn't been more than ten minutes, she felt suffocated with him always teasing her like that. She needed to escape fast and that was how the excuse of having a quiz came out.

"I should start on some homework anyway," Leaf muttered to herself as she made her way to her locker to get her books.

The brunette was finishing up with getting her books and was about to close the locker door when it slammed shut in front of her, nearly slamming onto her fingers.

"Oh, darn, I was so close to the fingers!"

Leaf's eyes darkened as she turned her attention to the source of the voice, only to be met with an icy glare from the blonde.

"Veronica," Leaf greeted through gritted teeth.

And here comes the bitch.

IT'S 4 AM AND I REALLY WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING UP TO LET YA'LL KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE. BARELY. HAHAHAH. I PROMISE THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE LONGER THOUGH!

I HOPE IT WASN'T TOO BAD. THERE ARE DEFINITELY MISTAKES IN THERE SOMEWHERE BUT YAH OK.

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