Where's My Dolly?
For anyone who's still reading this, I want to say thanks and I'm quite keen on completing this fic next as I have the plot completely planned in my head! Also, chapter 1 was up before but it somehow duplicated the prologue so I had to rewrite it and that was annoying, anyway, I'll let you read now.
"Character speaking"
'Character thinking'
News report/ notes/ books
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Chapter 1: Where did I put it?
Leaf picked up the doll and started looking all over it. "I was so sure that the eyes on this thing were blue, and a beautiful shade of it too." she gently handed the doll over to Gary.
He inspected it too. "Why are you so sure?" he looked away from the doll and at his friend.
"Because it had that nice shine in it like how yours do." Leaf explained, though the last bit was not supposed to slip out.
Gary gave her his trademark 'I told you I was right look'.
"All those times you stared at me I knew you just wanted to look into my eyes. You know my eye colour so well because you-"
"Because I'm your best friend and I see you like every day." Leaf finished for him, "And dream on, I don't have a crush on you."
Gary raised an eyebrow at her as he handed her the doll. "So you say, but we all know you keep secrets." He said in one of his more seductive voices as he moved in on Leaf, who prodded one of his sides. "I wish you'd stop doing that." Gary muttered after he stepped back, giving Leaf her personal space back.
"You brought it on yourself, Mr head-over-heels-in love-with-me." Leaf gave her doll's hair a quick brush before leaving her room. "I'm hungry."
"I am not!" He protested, "But I know you wish I was." He added, his seductive tone returning once again. Gary followed Leaf down as he spoke. He made himself comfy on the cream, leather couch and switched on their flat screen. The first thing that came on was the news, not what he'd usually choose to watch but it would have to do for now. He had just tossed the remote back onto the table which he used as his footrest.
Leaf was in the kitchen looking for food but there was none. 'Strange,' Leaf thought to herself, 'Dad always keeps the fridge full, after all he is a foodie.' But despite the house being foodless, there was a strange smell in the kitchen. It smelt like fresh, uncooked meat. Leaf ignored it, she was sure that her parents would get it sorted when they smelt it. She left the cabinet doors open, re-entered the living room and looked at the television screen. News?
"Gary? Why are you watching th-"
"Shh." He replied with a finger to his lips, treating Leaf like a child. "Listen."
There are no clues as to who broke into the Pallet Town Laboratories and stole the underdeveloped project yet but a full investigation will be launched by Officer Jenny and her team of trained professionals.
"Did you hear that." Gary asked, "Gramps' lab was broken into. That would explain his absence this morning." He added, a relatively serious look present on his face.
Leaf took a seat beside him. "Your grampa's lab was broken into and you just found out?" she asked him in a pretend over-dramatic tone.
Gary shot her a look. "Your parents are top researchers there and you didn't know either, why are you so shocked that I didn't know."
"Maybe because you live less than a mile away from it," Leaf pointed out, "And your gramps runs it. What was the project anyway?"
"I don't know but you came in here empty handed so I'm guessing there's no food?" Gary looked at Leaf, who nodded. "Then let's go to mine." They both got up and headed out the door.
xxxxxx
Leaf unlocked the door to her house. What was supposed to be a trip to Gary's house for food ended up turning into a full on dinner trip. It was barely nine and all the light in the house were out.
"I'm home." she called out but no response.
She went into the kitchen to get a drink when she realised her parents had not came home from work. She knew because the cabinet doors were still wide open, just like how she left them and the unsettling smell was still there, possibly even stronger than before.
Leaf closed all the cabinet doors before grabbing a mug from one of them and pouring water from the large, filled jug. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed something that looked out of place: her new doll. She move towards it casually and picked it up. "What are you doing down here?" she asked, as if the doll was a living creature, "I thought I left you up stairs."
Leaf ignored her own questions and grabbed the doll as she skipped out of the kitchen, through the living room and up the stairs. Leaf flattened her doll's blonde locks before resting it against the mirror on her vanity. It was just past nine so Leaf decided to shower then maybe call it a day, after all she actually participated in P.E. today.
She turned on the hot water, once in the bathroom and then removed her clothes from her petite body before stepping into the bathtub of scolding hot water. Leaf winced slightly at the temperature but proceeded into the bathtub anyway before picking up a bottle of strawberry scented shower gel and giving it a big squeeze to make lots of aromatic bubbles.
The bath felt nice but after sitting in it for a good half hour or so, the water began to cool and the bubbles began to pop. She pulled on her pyjamas which consisted of a pair of white cotton shorts with a pink ribbon, a pink strappy top. It was comfy and cute and it matched her pink and white slippers.
Her bedroom felt really warm now so she headed over to her window, tripping over something in the process: her doll. Leaf assumed that it feel off her vanity by the door when she closed it earlier so she put it down in a more stable position this time, sitting down. She opened her window and inhaled deeply before climbing into her bed and burying herself into the warmth of the duvet like most nights.
"Good night." she said to herself.
xxxxxx
There was a stir. A pale hand moved from under the duvet to reach the alarm clock that was resting on the bedside drawer but instead, it felt something silky? Leaf sat up on her bed to see that it was... Her doll?
The brunette rubbed her eyes and looked again. It was indeed her doll that she was positive that she had left on her vanity before going to bed last night. And why did it feel warm in her bedroom? She looked towards her window and realised that it was closed but figured her mother must have shut it when she came home last night, and placed her doll on her bedside table.
Leaf's gaze shifted from the window to her alarm clock. It took Leaf's brain awhile to realise that the small hand was almost on the nine and the longer one was pointing towards the eight, which meant that she was running late again. There was no way she was going to be able to get up, shower, dress and walk the fifteen minute walk to school before nine o'clock, the time that her class starts. She figured she would be late anyway so she took her time.
xxxxxx
It was after ten o'clock when Leaf made it to school's reception dressed in a pair of demin shorts over her leggings that came down to just under her knees and a yellow t-shirt with a picture of Snoopy on it with a pair of converse to finish it off. It would not usually take her that long to get ready in the morning but she decided to take a detour and stop for cookies, buying lots of them in different flavours including her personal favourite, white chocolate and raspberry cookies.
She walked up to the receptionist and signed in before heading off to her second period class: advanced biology. Leaf didn't particularly find biology interesting but she was good at it, with her parents being scientists it was hard for Leaf to not be good at the sciences. She preferred physics to any of the sciences and maths but she missed the class due to her forgetfulness last night.
Leaf entered her classroom, which had single desks, took a seat by the window and unpacked while she waited for the rest of the class to arrive.
May entered shortly after. She looked angered as she took the seat beside Leaf and pulled out her folder from her bag. A bit of paper made its way onto May's desk and she grabbed it and read it.
Do you want a cookie? It'll make you feel better :D
May looked at the sender, who was now holding a white paper bag filled with different flavour of cookies. It brightened up May's look straight away as Leaf handed her a chocolate chip cookie, one of May's favourite. She ate it before the teacher had a chance to notice it. "Thanks." May said. "I needed that."
"It's fine." Leaf said, "And who agitated you this time?" she asked as she turned in her seat so that her back was against the window.
"Who else?" May asked rhetorically, "Drew Hayden, that's who! He kept flicking his hair and putting me down! And he stole my pencil case and put it on the top of those wall cabinets so I had to stand on the back desks wearing this." May stood up and showed Leaf what she was talking about. May wore a pleated red mini skirt with no tights or leggings on underneath; only a pair on black knee length socks and her red flats.
Leaf looked shocked. "You didn't climb up to get it did you?"
May's annoyed look came back. "I hate that guy."
Leaf looked at her. "Do you want another cookie?" She gave May her cute smile that flashed all her pearly whites, which were surprisingly not decayed by all the sugar she eats every day.
May accepted her friend's offer and ate another cookie of the same variety.
Leaf smiled at her friend who seemed to have somewhat cheered up but Leaf lost her smile when a certain brunet walked past her seat, taking the bag of cookies with him.
"Gary!" Leaf whined as she watched him put her cookies in his bag.
"Miss Green!" The teacher said, "No shouting in my class and sit properly, class is beginning." she turned round and face the board, writing down a whole load of information for the students to copy down before she started to explain.
Leaf sat in her seat and stared out the window. She was in her dreamland again when a paper ball hit the centre of the back of her head. She turned round to look at the culprit, who looked from her, to the ball, and back, signalling for her to pick it up and read it, which she did.
Meet me after maths fourth period if you want to see the rest of your cookies.
Leaf wrote a simple "okay" followed by a "Ps. I know how many are in there" back and started to scrawl down the notes on the board. She wondered why he wanted to see her.
I should mention this before I forget but this is a slight AU setting as Pokemon do exist but they are used as pets and food.
And can anyone think of a reason why Gary wants to see Leaf?
Edited: 13/03/12