Here is chapter 3. I don't own GX, I never will :(. But enjoy anyway! You already know from the summary that Jaden is a girl in this story, but I'm reminding you anyway since *she* comes in this chapter. So I'm going to claim my OCs and this plot, and start this chapter.
Chapter 2
Jesse gasped and turned to see….
"Syrus Truesdale," he smiled warmly, "It's been a while!" (A/N: ha ha was it the person you thought?)
"Yeah!" Syrus answered.
Leslie observed Syrus carefully, taking in his features. Every detail was just as Jesse had described to her. The little bluenette had light blue hair that was spiked out at the ends, making it look frizzy. He had large gray eyes. He wore a pair of sneakers and shorts with a plain white tee shirt. And…
"Wow, you're a shrimp!" Leslie commented. Jesse's eyes widened and he rounded on her,
"Leslie!"
Syrus blushed a little in embarrassment. In the past year, he had only grown a very small amount.
"It's ok Jesse, I get that a lot around here," he laughed sheepishly as Jesse scolded Leslie. Since he couldn't get his old friend to stop, he took the opportunity to study Leslie in turn:
Leslie went up to Jesse's chin in height. She had bright blue eyes and dirty blonde hair that went up in a short ponytail. She wore a hot pink shirt that said in black bold letters: IF YOU THINK I'M CRAZY YOU SHOULD SEE THIS GUY -- it's arrow pointed to Jesse. She also had jeans on, and black flip flops.
"Um, aren't you guys hot in those? It's 85 degrees out," Syrus gestured to their jeans. At the change of subject, the other two stopped bickering.
"Well aren't you cold in here with the AC on?" Leslie asked.
Syrus shrugged, "Better a bit chilly in here than to be burning out there."
The other two just shrugged and Leslie offered Syrus to shop with them. He agreed, and the three set off.
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It was now 1:00 pm. Leslie, Syrus, and Jesse were eating pretzels at a bench, a few bags by them. Half were Syrus's, half were Leslie's. Jesse didn't want to get anything.
Leslie suddenly jumped up, "Oh my gosh! I forgot to get Jesse a birthday present!"
Jesse's eyes widened, "No you don't!"
Syrus looked at him curiously, "Two questions. One, when's your birthday? And two, why do you look like you're about to stick your head in the sand when she's going to get you a present?"
"You don't want to know that horrors," Jesse whispered.
"Hey! That lipstick was your color! And it went with the dress!"
Syrus blinked and looked at Jesse who just held up his phone. It had a picture on it. The smaller person had to cover his mouth with his hand to hide his laughter. Jesse's head hung low in humiliation.
The picture was of Jesse…in a hot pink dress and lipstick, attacking the camera. His face was hilarious enough for the whole picture. Throw in the dress and lipstick, and you would be rolling on the floor laughing. Ok, maybe not that funny, but close.
Leslie laughed out loud and Jesse closed the phone.
"And my birthday is next week," he muttered.
"B-but why *small laugh* do you h-have t-that on your ph-phone?" Syrus asked.
"If I delete it, Leslie sends it to over 20 people. She has the picture on her phone too."
Leslie's laughter turned evil, "I can humiliate him so bad with just a touch of a button! MUAHAHA!"
Jesse sighed as she skipped off to get his next present—or "horror" as he called it.
While she was looking, Jesse turned to Syrus, "So, have you heard from anyone lately?"
Syrus nodded, "Alexis and Chazz actually got together and are dating. Jim is out doing digs now, he writes sometimes. And Jaden calls me every day."
Jesse chuckled at Jaden's childishness. He remembered her face when she found him lying next to a student after the battle with Rainbow Dragon and Yubel. He never thought she could hug someone so tightly.
"Anyone else?" He asked.
"Yeah, from time to time I hear from Hassleberry and a little from Blair."
Jesse nodded, "I haven't heard from anyone."
Syrus looked at him in surprise, "I thought at least Jaden would somehow find your number or address!"
Jesse shrugged, "I live with my godmother and god sister."
Syrus "oooh"ed. "That explains it." His friend nodded again.
They sat in silence. Leslie finally came back with a bag in her hand, a bright smile on her face.
"Ok!" She beamed. Jesse knew that face: He was in trouble come his birthday.
Syrus bit his lip, "Should I get you a—"
"I already got a present you can give him," Leslie smirked, "Don't worry about it."
Syrus opened his mouth to say thank you, but Leslie's phone rang. She answered it,
"Yaaaaah?"
She laughed, "Ok mom, ok!...Yeah!...Love you too, bye!"
"What did she say?" Jesse asked. Leslie was about to tell him, but then Syrus's phone rang. He answered it,
"Hello?...oh hey Jaden."
Jesse snatched the phone. "Hey!" Syrus cried.
"Jaden?"
"Jesse?" Jaden's voice came through the receiver, "I have been trying to get your number for AGES! WHAT IS IT? I wanna call you!"
Jesse laughed and told her the apartment number and his cell phone. Jaden told him her house number.
"My parents say I'm not responsible enough for a cell phone," Jaden pouted. Jesse chuckled. "Ooooh and Jesse guess what!"
"What?"
"I moved to America last week!"
"Sweet, now we're in the same country!"
Leslie suddenly groaned, "Jesse we have to go! Call whoever it is on your phone!"
"Who was that?" Jaden asked. Jesse thought he heard a hint of jealousy in her voice. But he shrugged it off as nothing and said,
"Sorry Jaden, I'm gonna have to call you back ok?"
"…Ok."
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
Jesse hung up and Syrus took the phone back. "It was nice seeing yah again Syrus!"
"Yeah," Syrus smiled. They said goodbye and Leslie grabbed her bags and managed to grab Jesse's wrist, dragging him out.
They took the bus home, and Jesse called Jaden's number and talked to her all the way back. Even when they arrived at the apartment Jesse still talked to her.
Leslie put her bags down on her side of the room. Her mother would be home from work in a few hours. Jesse was talking to someone who he obviously was best friends with, so he could be talking all during all that time, maybe until his minutes were gone. But then he'd use the home phone.
So what could Leslie do in that time? Hmmm….
She smirked suddenly and closed the bedroom door. The soon to be brunette went over to Jesse's laptop, which sat on his bed amongst the messed up sheets. She logged in, as she had known Jesse's password: GemBeasts. She went onto MySpace and signed in. Then, she went into the poor bluenette's files where he kept a personal and private journal. Smirk widening, Leslie did a very evil and mean thing indeed: Posted it on her page. She quickly logged out and put it back. Jesse would KILL her.
But this was what happened when you left Leslie Mackintosh bored and with someone else's personal stuff.
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Finally, at dinnertime, Jesse was forced to hang up the phone. When he sat down next to Leslie, his god sister shook her head,
"You're going to get a brain tumor. (1)"
"Well I haven't talked to Jaden in over a year!" Jesse defended.
Leslie just shrugged and the three were buzzing with conversation as they ate this time.
And, Jesse realized, he hadn't gone to his sanctuary today. His smile widened. Maybe he could finally move on and get over his parents' death.
A talk with a best friend can go a long way.
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(1): I heard that cell phones can cause brain tumors. And people wonder why I don't use mine much.
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