Hi everyone. I hope you're ready for this next chapter. Now, I can't exactly foretell what will happen in this chapter, because I'll be making it up as I go. I'm especially happy because I got very good grades, and… well, it's infusing into my writing. Please read on. I'd also like to apologize for the late update, AND to the guest reviewer who I heavily insulted on the last chapter; I'll have it taken down. I'm sorry. Yes, I was upset that someone didn't like my story, and I stupidly decided to blow my top and handle it in the most immature way possible. I'm sorry that the readers had to see that, as well. But please, if you think there's something wrong with the story, tell me, not in a rude way, and also see if you can give some tips. If not, you can just say something like, 'it's too rushed,' or 'it's unrealistic.' I'll get it. From now, I'll consider people's helpful opinions, not rude opinions. But what I've written so far stays.
Sorry for the long A/N. On with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not possess the Pokémon franchise.
-Listening With Your Feet-
The next morning…
No POV
Leaf opened her eyes, checking the time. Six thirty three. She had until eight thirty to get to school. She'd been awake for a while now, just had her eyes closed because she was thinking deeply about what happened last night…
Last night.
She looked down in horror, only to see that she was still covered in punch!
"How the hell…" Leaf thought aloud. Or more like whispered, because Misty was still sound asleep, but in sport clothes which showed that she'd gone jogging. It was then that it dawned on her that she'd fallen asleep in a chair and… she didn't know what happened after that.
"Well," she thought. "Better get this day started."
Leaf
Peeling off the thick bed coverings, I padded softly across the carpet to the bathroom. I took a long shower with lavender scented body wash and sandalwood scented shampoo, then brushed my hair and did my makeup. Just my clothes left.
I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, and sighed. Wanna know what I saw?
I saw Emerald. Emerald Ocean. With the long brown hair in the same style, same bright makeup.
The Emerald everyone knew.
In that moment, I made a decision. This was my first day here, right? It was a whole new, fresh start. And you know what they say.
New start, new you. Actually, it's New Year, new you, but whatever. This meant new look. New… no, same but amplified attitude. New name: Leaf. It wasn't new, but it would be new to be called that.
And new look? Working on it.
I checked the time: six fifty. Great, I still had time! I stepped back in the shower, with hair dye and a specific sharp instrument.
When I got out, it was seven, and I was a lot more appreciative of myself in the mirror. I applied nude/neutral makeup, silver hoop earrings, peach colored French tips and a necklace.
When I stepped out of the bathroom, Misty was up and music was playing. I noticed her look of approval at my new look.
"Leaf! Loving the fashion upgrade!" She gave me a thumbs up, before looking at my face, and her eyes sparkled. "I love your hair!"
"Thanks, Misty."
I wore denim tights-shorts ending a bit above mid-thigh, a deep blue V-neck long sleeved tight top, and sneakers. My hair, however, was different.
It was cut to shoulder length, and was wavy. Just like May's last night, but it had blond highlights that went halfway through it. And it was so bouncy! I loved it!
I twirled around for Misty, and she clapped.
"You look exactly like May. Anyone could mistake you two, except that your ass is a little bigger, your eyes are green, and…"
I sighed. I was trying to amplify those. "My chest, yes."
Misty looked uncomfortable. "I was going to say that your waist is a bit smaller, but I guess…"
Laughing, I shook my head. "It's fine, Misty."
Later on, when Dawn and May came in, they each had different reactions.
"Am I looking in a mirror?"
Dawn was hysteric. "Aw, Leaf! Your hair was so long and lovely! I mean, it still is lovely, but I wanted to style it so bad!"
This girl was hilarious! "Dawn, you do know it's going to grow back, right? And my hair grows especially fast."
She seemed to calm down immediately after that. "Okay then!"
She, May and Misty started to walk towards the door.
Oh, yeah. I'm not in their inner circle or anything…
Just then, they all stopped, looked back and stared at me weirdly. I stared back, surprised.
"What?"
May spoke. "What are you doing?"
"What do you mean?"
"Come ON! We're waiting for you!" Dawn urged. I had to say, I was appalled.
"What? I won't be intruding or anything?"
May scoffed. "Of course not! Come on! Besides, you don't know your way around the school. And after what you did to help me last night? Are you kidding?" She shook her head incredulously. "Now let's go eat!"
They all dragged me. May my left arm, Dawn my right, and Misty my hair.
"Yikes! Misty! My hair!"
-Listening With Your Feet-
When we reached the cafeteria, everyone stopped, looked at us, then started gossiping as well.
I glanced at the others, confused. What was going on? I shook it off and followed them to their table. They looked at it, glanced at me, and then rushed to take specific seats.
"Um, guys…?" I asked, confused. What was that all about?
They shared a giggle before pointing to the only available seat, next to…
…
I'm sure you thought I was going to say Gary. No.
It was next to Ash! Wasn't it just my lucky day. I sidled over to him, as he was chomping down on his food and was about to sip his tea.
Well, that didn't happen. I made sure I was facing him… bum-wise.
So when he spilled his hot tea and burned himself, I and the others couldn't help but laugh. Well, except Paul, who just smirked. And of course Gary, who was eating out another blonde's face.
Ugh.
"OW! Leaf!" He turned to face me in mock-anger. "Do you know what your ass does to me?!"
I raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's dirty." I turned to the others who were nudging each other and whispering and giggling. "Help me out here!"
I felt a sturdy arm on my waist. "And why should they? I'm sure you're having fun here already."
I looked up at him. God, he was so hot… what was he doing with me? He smiled, and I swooned even more. I wasn't supposed to be the one swooning! They were supposed to be falling for me.
Wow. I was getting soft.
May
Aw, Leaf and Ash were so cute. I nudged Drew, who was typing furiously on his phone.
"Yeah?"
I pointed at Ash and Leaf, who was now seated comfortably in his lap, with his strong arms entwined around her minute waist. "They're so cute!"
"I totally agree. Like, she's only just come here and he's taken such a shine to her! And you know how hard that is for him…"
I laughed at the irony. "The same way it was for you to fall for me?"
Drew caught on. "I know right? We were mortal enemies!" We shared a laugh.
It was true. Before we'd gotten together, we'd been fighting all the time, playing pranks and making each other mad. And it was through all that hatred and annoyance that I realized how hard I'd fallen for him. I harbored my feelings for about six months until I found out he liked me too, and then… well, you know the rest.
And yes, we'd had sex. Multiple times. It was a normal thing over here.
And Drew… he wasn't hell-fire hot. He was cute, yes, but that wasn't what made girls swoon for him. He wasn't even all that handsome, just cute enough that he was someone you could like. Girls liked his attitude mostly, followed by his body. He was muscular like Ash, not in the lean way like Gary or the over-built way like Paul. Just moderate, but still with impressive muscles.
I was so lucky.
I leaned in to kiss him, and he caught on to it, wrapping his arms around me. We were happily making out until we heard yelling.
I looked up to see Leaf and Veronica going at it, with Dawn and Misty supporting her, and Brianna and Melody backing up Veronica.
Those bitches. I unlatched myself from Drew and pushed Veronica hard.
"Bitch, what do you want now?" I asked with my voice full of venom. The school was still eating, only the table next to us were watching.
"Seriously, May? Your little friend over here," she pointed at Leaf, who flinched, "is making quite a name for herself."
"What do you mean?" Misty asked.
Veronica eyed her, and I was about to punch her. She held up the school newspaper, and the first, screaming headline I saw was, 'Newbie defies the Queen Bee of Unova Academy. Who will come out on top?'
"Really?" I scoffed. "So what is this?"
Veronica rolled her eyes. "I'm saying, I'm receiving quite a lot of attention. Just listen," she finished, and we all turned to a pair of passing sophomores.
"OMG, Brittany! Finally something huge is happening!"
"I know, right? The whole school is buzzing about it. Skyler, I'm so pumped."
They caught Leaf's eye, gasped, and ran up to us.
Leaf tried to escape. "Um, sorry, guys. I don't really…"
"You're Leaf! Amazing!" Tiffany leapt up and down. "I admire you so much! On your first day, you've got a lot of courage! You've brightened my life considerably. It's not going to be boring anymore! Like, seriously. Standing up to Veronica?"
"Uh… thanks?"
"And you!" Skyler ran up to Veronica's side. "She's a star, and yet you have the balls to go up against her! You're really not afraid of anything."
Veronica scowled. "See what I mean? Shoo, bitches!"
The girls berthed and scurried away. After that, Veronica rolled her eyes and walked away with Brianna following her. Melody stayed behind.
"Listen, Leaf, you'd better watch your back."
Leaf looked up in mock surprise. "Oh? You're still here? Sorry, who are you again?" She paused while I laughed and Melody's face reddened. "Oh, yeah. Veronica's sidekick."
Melody glared hard. "Grr. And one more thing, stay away from Ash. Or you'll regret it." She winked at ass and walked away, shaking her ass, while Ash looked disgusted.
"Melody!" Veronica called, and she scampered away.
Leaf
I looked at Ash. "Are you guys dating?" He immediately shook his head.
"Ew! God forbid! I'd never date that whore. Besides," he pulled me to him, as I stared up into his eyes. "I've already got my sights set on someone."
I giggled.
Later on, in class, I was talking animatedly with May, Drew and Ash. We were playing a mini game of truth or dare.
"Leaf, truth or dare?" Drew asked.
"Dare."
"Perfect." May whispered, then eyed Ash suggestively. "I dare you to kiss Ash, part one. Part two is not necessary, but I dare you to, ummm…" she made a fist with her right hand that had a small opening between the thumb and index finger, and inserted the index finger of her left hand into it repeatedly.
"Ooh la la," I said as Ash chuckled.
"Y'know, Leaf, I don't mind kissing you." He leaned into me, and I grinned. Our lips were about to touch until a teacher walked in.
"Good day everyone, I am Miss Karen and I am your duet dancing teacher." She was young, pretty, and had long flowing lavender hair. "Let's get started. Everyone pick a partner."
May wiggled her eyebrows, then dragged Drew onto the dancing floor where other students had already started to dance.
A boy came up to me. "Hi there, I'm Riley. Would you like to dance?" Come to think of it, he was ugly, and he had piercings and tattoos and all that. I did not want to get to know him, but I didn't want to be rude.
Suddenly, Ash came and pulled me away. "We're together, so no chance buddy." Riley sighed and walked away.
"Ash, thanks."
"No prob. Besides, I heard rumors that he's an extreme pervert, and is into…" he shuddered. "Bondage."
I winced. "Oh."
Ash smirked, igniting my hormones, and spoke. "So, Leaf, where are you from?"
"Well…"
For about half an hour, we waltzed and salsa'ed and jazzed and did all kinds of dance with each other, while getting to know each other better. By the time we did salsa again, the moves became more… steamy, and the music slowed.
I loved this. If I could get to dance all day in Ash's arms, I was never leaving this school.
"Hey Leaf?"
"Hmm?"
"My hormones are really active right now…"
I glanced at him suggestively. "Meaning…?"
"You forgot about your dare."
"And—"
At that moment, Ash suddenly dipped me down and planted his lips firmly on mine. Only then did I realize we were in a corner of the class. No one was paying any attention to us.
He was quite the good kisser… I'd rather not go into the details. All I could say was… French.
We didn't even notice when the bell went.
May
Drew, who was walking with me, stopped moving and cocked his eyebrow in interest.
"Drew?"
"Look over there."
I followed his line of sight, only to land on Leaf and Ash making out behind the door. Way to be inconspicuous…
"Dang," I muttered, handing thirty dollars to Drew.
That's it for this chapter. Yes, it was short, but I ran out of ideas. Next update… I'm not making any more promises, since I broke this last one. But I will get it done as soon as possible. Which means any time.
-Barbella