Chapter 5

The video stopped, there was a pregnant pause in the air, no one talked, but all just looked at them with faces of shock and disbelief. Mrs Myers faced them and couldn't help but look at them and smile, it's not their fault that their in-love, she has already seen it long before in how they have looked at each other, she remembered how she loved her husband and they reminded her of how she had. The silence of the class now felt ancient for none have spoken up, all still looking at Jesse and Leslie.

Finally two boy's have broken the silence and was now laughing loudly and saying "I told you Scott, the two LOSERS are together!" Gary Fulcher said with a mocking tone and Scott Hoager agreed. Both boys reached out attempting to give each other high-fives when Mrs Myers told them to go wait outside for her. Hoager and Fulcher gave Jess and Leslie the evil eye then stood up, picked up their bags and walked towards the door. Mrs Myers waited until both boys went outside to ask.

Mrs Myers looked at Jesse and Leslie " What you do is very interesting, do you do that everyday?"

"Yes Ma'am, but we normally stay in the forest, but due to a certain incident yesterday we are now unable to get back. That's all Mrs Myers" him and Leslie quickly locked eye contact

Both understood that too much information has already been revealed about Terabithia and that more would be dangerous. Mrs Myers looked unexpectedly satisfied with Jess' answer, then told them to go back to their seats.

"Quiet reading until I get back class, I expect nothing more or less." she slowly turned and started to the classroom door.

As Jesse and Leslie walked back to their respective seats they could feel the eyes of their classmates follow them, the intensity of their glare could melt someone, but fortunately both of them were the types whom did not care of what other people think. Although they felt some form of guilt build up in them because of what their classmates saw in their video.

A few minutes in, Mrs Myers hasn't returned yet so Leslie took her absence as an advantage to pass Jess a note.

Jess was surprised when a note went flying onto his desk, he looked over to Leslie who was now smiling at him and looked directly at the note. He opened the note and began reading.

Dear Jess,

I think the video went well, what do you think? How is your day going at the moment? I can't believe Scott and Gary was sent out and they're still out there!

I'll wait for your response Jess or we could just talk later at lunch or when we get home.

Love, Leslie

Jesse started writing something down on the note as his reply to her and tossed it back towards her.

Dear Leslie,

I don't think the video went well, the class is looking at us like were freaks, I told you that we should have told Mrs Myers that we forgot to do her assignment. Besides we weren't actually able to choose the other three days because we were busy those days with you going to the bookstore with your parents at the middle of the day and my dad calling me to help him out, so we didn't actually have a choice but to choose that video.

I don't know what to think of my day at the moment, it's great at the moment but now that what I think the class thinks about us both Fulcher and Hoager can bombard us with new insults so I'm predicting that our day may get worse when we see them again. I also don't think that seeing both get sent out is unbelievable because they were shouting in the middle of class and laughing very loudly so Mrs Myers would obviously tell them to get out. I'll see you outside the classroom for lunch and let's go to our usual spot, Leslie let's be careful on how we tread from now, I don't know what will happen when the lesson finishes, but let's try to survive this day. After all Nothing Crushes US!

Jesse :)

Leslie folded up his letter and put it in her pocket, just then after stuffing it in her pocket Mrs Myers has returned from the hallway with Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher. She ordered the two to return back to their seats, then the class continued with the presentations of the other students until the end. They heard the bell ring, indicating that the lesson has ended and it's now Lunch time.

They met outside the classroom and Leslie hurriedly grabbed Jess' arm and walked over hurriedly to their spot at the back of the field under a big tree. No one seemed to go there so that's where Jess always went at lunch, then ever since Leslie came and became his friend both of them stayed over there every time. They started talking as usual and eventually started their sarcastic banter then calmed down.

"Jess, what did you mean about 'we should be careful on how we tread from now' well I think you meant about Fulcher and Hoager but I think you meant something more"

"Well yeah I mean, Hoager and Fulcher will just have new insults to throw at us but I also meant about the school and our parents, our parents don't even know about how we feel about each other and if the school see's too much of it they might just phone up our parents and tell them on how were acting."

"Jess, are you embarrassed about having everyone know how much I love you?" she said teasingly, probing Jess' arm with her finger "I just hug you, but I mostly hug your arm and we barely kiss, all that everyone has seen is that I just hug you and nothing else" she shrugged, she then leaned over Jess and hugged his arm and put her head on his shoulder "Don't you like me hugging your arm?" she asked looking at him and did her best puppy dog eyes and pouted her lips

"Which one do I answer first? you just asked two questions Les, I don't even know if I can answer them both"

"Okay, answer the first one then"

"Which is?" he asked with one eyebrow up with a smirk on his face

"Jess!" she punched his arm playfully

"Sure, Les it's not that I'm embarrassed, which I am a bit, it's just that what I told you a minute a go about the school and our parents and stuff.." he said looking up the sky then looked at her "I do like you hugging my arm, it is how you show affection, but I don't like it when my arm starts to feel numb from you squeezing my arm too tightly"

Leslie tightened her grip on his arm "what was that now?" she asked trying to sound innocent

"Ow!" he winced "nothing! nothing! I didn't say anything!" he said hurriedly so she can lessen her grip

Instead of the result he was expecting she instead tightened her grip "Really?" she asked with a smile on her face

"Yes!" He exclaimed

she lessened her grip this time and lay herself down on the ground and put her head on his lap "We should probably tell our parents, i think, well my parents aren't dummies Jess they can see how we act when were together. My mom actually asked me if I love you she said when I came back home from that night we kissed that 'you're eyes are as wide as the moon and you have the biggest smile on your face, did something happen between you and Jess' and she said that my eyes and my smile seemed to grow wider when I heard your name" she said looking up at Jesse "knowing my mom she would have already talked about that with my dad"

"I don't know Les, I think you're right but there is a chan-" he was cut off by the warning bell meaning that its time to start going back or they'll be late

"Oh shoot, let's get going Jess I wont be in any of your other classes so lets just talk to each other at the bus or when we get home" she winked at him, picked up her bag and sped off with Jess following behind her

Sorry for the late update guys, college has been hectic and I had some problems (big ones)

anyway hope you enjoyed reading, my first work of chapter 5 was accidentally deleted due to my laptop dying halfway so I'm again sorry for the late update, please review the story I would love the criticism and your opinions about my work. Thanks

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