Melissa Maypoint P.O.V
"Out of my way four-eyes!" shouted an arrogant male voice, as their body crashed into mine.
Upon impact my black framed glasses and books for class toppled to the ground with a CRASH!
"Oops." The voice snickered.
I turned to find the blurry image of the schools pretty boy and known bully, Mike Michelson.
He was leaning against a row of lockers laughing along with his pack of friends.
I sighed while the other students pointed and laughed.
My cheeks started to flare up in embarrassment as I bent down to pick up my books and now broken glasses.
"No! No! That was all wrong! Nothing like we practiced! " called a loud voice from behind the pack of students.
The voice held so much authority that most of the students were momentarily stunned.
I watched as Mike and his buddies groaned and rolled their eyes.
When I spun around I saw a blurry image of a short, scrawny, and brown haired boy. He was wearing- what looked to be- work overalls, a white grease stained long sleeve, and mechanic gloves.
"What do you want, Valdez?" questioned Mike in a hateful tone.
So this was the famous Leo Valdez? I thought. He had become a well-known name throughout the school for being the school jokester, but I had never had the chance to meet him.
Leo faked an insulted gesture, "What I want is for you to play your part properly."
He walked in between me and Mike- standing right next to my books.
"Now remember, you're playing Mike Michelson- douchebag extraordinaire- so really live up to the part. Also you should walk more ape like, Mike isn't known for his intelligence." Leo said in a fake critiquing voice- like he was directing a Broadway play.
Most of the students in the hall laughed at Leo's comment and forgot all about me.
"Why you little-"Mike started to say while balling up his fists, but Leo ignored him and turned to me.
"Now Miss-?" He asked playfully.
"Maypoint." I answered in a confused voice.
"Yes, very nice. Now, Miss Maypoint don't be afraid to hit your attacker back, he's got a lot of padding- if you know what I mean." He said winking.
Just then Mike grabbed the back of Leo's shirt and threw him against the lockers. His forearm rested painfully across Leo's chest, as the lockers clanged from the force.
Instead of wincing Leo sighed dramatically, "Now Mike, you can't keep throwing our bodies together in a fit of passion, people might get the wrong idea."
I joined in with the students as they continued to laugh harder at the two.
Mike's eyes burned with loathing as Leo continued to grin mischievously while wiggling his eyebrows.
Mike opened his mouth to say something cruel to Leo but the bell silenced him.
"Awe such a shame, I wanted to hear your beautifully formulated come back." Leo pouted.
Mike gritted his teeth, "We'll finish this later, freak show."
He then dropped Leo and took off with his goons to class.
"I'll be counting the minutes!" Leo called after his bully.
I giggled to myself and started to once again pick up my fallen work.
However, Leo beat me to it and presented my books with a corny, "Milady."
"Thanks," I said taking my books from him.
"All in a day's work," He said grinning while tinkering with my snapped glasses.
"What are you-"I started to ask, but was cut off by Leo exclaiming,
"Ta da!" and handed me my now fixed glasses.
"How did you..?" I asked open ended while examining my spectacles.
"A magician never reveals his secrets." He said smirking, while tapping his finger against his legs.
I couldn't help but notice that Leo had a nervous energy about him, like he needed to be doing something constantly.
I still had no idea how he fixed my glasses, but I decided to shrug it off.
"Now, fair maiden, class a waits." He announced before ushering me down the hall.
As we walked down the hall I took a second to properly examine him.
He had a cute elfish face structure that matched his crooked easy-going smile. His brown hair was wild and messing, making Leo look more mischievous and playful.
Although, I couldn't help but notice that his eyes didn't match his smile. His coffee brown eyes held a sort of sadness that told me that Leo had experience some kind of horrible heart break.
"I know I'm stunningly attractive and everything, but there's no need to stare," He said while smirking at me.
I rolled my eyes theatrically at him, "you're ridiculous"
"Ridiculously good-looking," Leo corrected.
"You know, for a guy who spends most of his day being shoved into lockers, you're pretty confident." I pointed out to him.
He laughed at that, "it's all part of the Valdez charm."
"Valdez charm?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"Mhhm, runs in the family." He said proudly, as we neared my class room.
I had nothing to say back to him, so we just walked in an awkward silence.
When we arrived at my math class Leo pretended to tip his imaginary hat.
"Thus our journey ends," He said unhappily, stopping next to the door.
"Thank you," I said to him. I didn't know why Leo did what he did, but it was one of the kindest things someone's done for me in high school.
He shrugged, "No big deal, I always like saving the damsel in distress."
I faked insult at his comment, "I was not a damsel in distress."
"Maybe not," He said smiling, although this time his smile faltered, almost like he was reliving an unhappy memory.
This was surprising. From what I heard Leo was a pretty happy go lucky guy and seeing him look gloomy and heartbroken didn't seem natural.
"No matter, I best be off, a hero's day is never done." And with that Leo spun on his heels and swaggered down the hall.
Leo Valdez is certainly something I thought before heading into class.
And that's how I learnt that the "jokester" isn't always the happiest.
Sorry if you are disappointed by this chapter, Leo is sorta my Achilles heel of writing. I just find I can't write his personality properly.
Also, sorry if you wanted some Cleo, I'm just not a huge fan and it wasn't working in to my idea for this one shot.
Perhaps I'll write one down the line- who knows ;)
Anyways, let me know what you thought in the reviews and HAPPY CHOCOLATE DAY!