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How Do You Know Ch. 1

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How Do You Know?
Chapter 1: It all started when…

Leo looked over the ledge with great fear. Why the hell did I decide to do this?! He thought to himself, thinking that the drop had looked so much shorter earlier, but now that he was here, it looked like it was a thousand feet in the air. Oh man, I CAN'T do this, but as he turned to head down, he saw his friends, all of them looking at him with such support. "You can do it Leo!" Joe shouted. "Leo, Leo, Leo!" They were all cheering his name, edging him on, until Leo decided, Aw fuck it, and turned right around.

And then he jumped.

"YEEEHAAAWWW!!" Leo screamed out as he left the small platform, positioning his body in a cannonball-like way, but soon was flailing around like an idiot in the air. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" All he could do was scream as he plummeted to the water below him. When it looked like he was going to slam into the water, all of a sudden, he felt himself get extremely heavy, and he shot right back into the air. He had forgotten that he was attached to a bungee cord, and was again flying through the air in artificial flight. At this his stomach lurched. Leo felt as if he were going to throw up. Still screaming, Leo cursed his friends; "I'm gonna kill you guys!" His friends burst into laughter over his terror, watching him flail around in the air in complete fear. After about a minute of screaming his ass off, Leo was let down by the bungee jump operator, who was laughing just as hard as his friends were, "Man-o-man, I've never heard someone scream that loud in all my life, boy!" The man slapped his knee. "Then make it less high next time!" Leo retorted, but this only drew another laugh from the operator, and himself, feeling quite giddy now that he was on the ground. He had to admit he had fun.  More than fun, actually, he had the time of his life, soaring through the air. But I sure as hell won't be doing it again! He thought to himself. His friends rounded the corner, and as Leo saw them, he pointed an accusing finger at them, "Your all jerks!" They burst into laughter again; only this time Leo joined them. He went up to Joe, who was the one that convinced him to jump, "It's your turn next time man, and I'm gettin' that shit on camera!" Joe pulled him into a noggie, "There won't be a next time! HA!" "Gah, lemme go!" Leo tried in vain to avoid the noggie, but he was unsuccessful. After a bit more fooling around, everyone calmed down and wondered out loud what they wanted to do next.

"Let's go on a rollercoaster!" Ashley exclaimed. "No, let's get something to eat, I'm starving!" Shawn said, rubbing his stomach in a goofy way, which drew a sheepish laugh from Ashley. "Well how 'bout we do this, we-" Leo started, but suddenly stopped, noticing that one person was missing from their party. "Wait, where's Aeris?" Leo asked, not seeing her among his friends with a look of confusion on his face. The others noticed to, for now they were looking around for her. "Oh yeah, she had a date tonight and left fifteen minutes ago. She said her and that new guy, Spencer, were going to the movies." Ashley had forgotten to tell the rest of the group, which earned her a raised eyebrow and funny smirk from Shawn. "What? People forget." Ashley defended herself. "Ah whatever, so what were you gonna say Leo?" Shawn kept looking at Ashley with his face, which earned him a punch in the shoulder. "I guess we can go grab a bite to eat, THEN go on a rollercoaster." Leo thought his plan over, "ooorr maybe in the opposite way. Yeah let's do that." The group headed to the amusement park half of the mall, talking about random things along the way. It was crazy. The new downtown Toronto mall had only been open about a year, and it was already one of the usual hang-outs for many of the teens in Leo and Aeris' school, including themselves, with it's twenty different stores, pool, amusement park, food court and bungee jump (of course). The only thing that it didn't have, which Leo now thought of as ironic, was a movie theater. That was the only thing that kept it from being a clone of West Edmonton Mall.  Everything else was right to a tee. The teens loved it.

"Spencer, I don't think I have him in any of my classes," Leo said, casually wondering whom it was Aeris was going out with. "Me neither, but he seems to have gotten popular pretty quick if he's going out with Aeris." Ashley answered. "He's got tons of friends too." Leo thought this as odd. His friends all had eight classes during the day, and they only saw each other in one class (gym), so how could it be that this Spencer dude wasn't in one of their classes? Oh well, I'll just have to meet the guy later. As Leo thought this, his phone rang, almost on cue. "Hello?" Leo couldn't believe what he heard next. On the other end was Aeris, crying. "Leo? It's me. Please, please come pick me up." Aeris sobbed into her phone. "Aeris? Aeris what's wrong? Are you with Spencer?" Leo suddenly became extremely worried. Aeris never cried, especially like this. "No I'm not with Spencer, he stood me up!" Aeris cried more into the phone. "Oh my God Leo, HE STOOD ME UP! I've been waiting here for twenty minutes, and then I see him drive by with his fucking friends! I've never been stood up!" Aeris cried harder into the phone. Leo felt himself get angry. Aeris was his best friend, and nobody stood her up, especially some new guy that all of a sudden thought he was hot shit. "Aeris? Hey Aeris? AERIS!" Leo shouted into his phone, getting a look of shock from his present friends. Leo looked away, embarrassed. He would explain himself later. "Aeris, hey I'm sorry I yelled at you, I was just-………… Yeah I'll be there soon, where are you? ……..… Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can, and hey, Aeris, it's going to be okay. I'll see you soon." Leo hung up his phone and turned to his friends. "What was that about? "Joe asked, looking at Leo, shocked. "And why did you yell at Aeris?" Leo looked around at his friends for a moment then answered Joe's question; "Spencer stood her up man. She's at the theater balling her eyes out right now, and I'm going to get her." Leo said quite flatly. Shawn looked shocked, and Ashley let out a surprised "What?!". Joe just looked at the ground, possibly just as surprised as Leo himself was. It seemed to get very quiet all of a sudden, then Ashley spoke, "Is she okay Leo?" Leo looked up at her, smiled weakly, and said, "I bet she's been better Ash. Hey, I'll be back for you guys in a bit, 'kay?" His friends nodded their heads, and Leo ran out to his car. It only took him about twelve minutes to find the theater that Aeris was at, being surprisingly close to the mall. This only made Leo madder at Spencer, since it only must have taken Aeris a few minutes to walk to the theater. Asshole. Your gonna be sorry tomorrow! Leo had to re-focus on his task of finding Aeris, whom he was getting more and more worried about.

When he parked, he immediately went to search for her. "Aeris? AERIS!" Leo was frantically trying to find her, searching for a good ten minutes when he saw her, sitting on the corner, looking down. Oh man. He rushed over to her. "Oh my God Aeris, are you okay?" Aeris simply nodded her head, and Leo was relieved that she was, pulling her into a big hug. He had never seen her like this. "I can't believe he stood me up, Leo, " Aeris sobbed into Leo's shoulder, which made him hug her more tightly. "It's okay I'm here. It's gonna be okay, Aeris." Leo tried comforting her, which seemed to work. " Thank you so much Leo. I had no idea what to do. My phone died after you hung up, and, and…" She began sobbing again, and so Leo led her to the car. When they got in, he put his hand on hers and looked at her. "Hey, that guy's an ass, but your okay. That's all that matters, right?" Aeris looked at him and nodded, wiping away the tears that were on her eyes. "Plus, you look awesome in that outfit right now." Leo reassured Aeris, gaining a small laugh from the pink cat. That always made him feel great inside. "Oh, and everyone gets to tell you about me screaming like a little girl half-an-hour ago." He added, hoping that she would laugh again. It worked, even to a greater degree, and she burst out laughing. "You mean you actually went bungee jumping, and I missed it!" Aeris could barely contain herself at the thought of Leo falling through the air, which was probably pretty accurate. "Yep, sorry, but that's what you get for ditching us." Leo teased her, which made her laugh even more. God, I love when she does that. Aeris leaned over and hugged Leo quite tightly. "Thanks Leo, I needed that." She said, wiping away the last of her tears. "Not a problem." He responded, happy that she felt better. Then he noticed the time; "Oh crap, I almost forgot about everyone else! We gotta go get them at the mall!" He had been gone for almost forty minutes, and even though he knew his friends had been concerned for Aeris, he had a feeling that they might be a little annoyed by now. "'Kay" was all Aeris said as she buckled up as Leo drove to the mall.

When they arrived, he was relieved that his friends WEREN'T annoyed, but happy that Aeris was okay. "I can't believe that jerk! He is going to be SOOO sorry when I find him tomorrow!" Ashley said, but was quickly shot down by Shawn; "You might wanna leave that to the big boys, Ash." He said with a smirk on his face. "Whatever Shawn!" Shawn received another punch in the shoulder by Ashley for his comment, but he only laughed it off. Leo drove his friends home for the night, with Shawn, Leo and Joe plotting their revenge on Spencer the next day, and Ashley trying to get in on the action. Every time she was again shot down by Shawn, who was then told that if he didn't stop being an ass, he was going to get punched. "Come on, I dare you!" Shawn kept teasing Ashley. "You're going to be sorry if you keep talking like that," Ashley was winding back her fist, when suddenly they were at her house. "Dammit! Your still an ass Shawn!" Ashley yelled at her boyfriend. "Love you too, babe!" Shawn was pushing his luck and that gave Leo an idea. As soon as he finished his sly remark, Leo stepped on the gas, letting the car move a few feet, then stepped on the brakes. "Leo! What are you doing?! Step on it du-" BAM! "OW! Goddammit!" "Told you you were gonna get it!" Ashley had been able to run up to the car quickly enough to open the door and land a punch on Shawn's nose when Leo slammed on the brakes. Leo, Aeris and Joe all burst out laughing, unable to control themselves. "Fuck you Leo man! That hurt!" "I think it was supposed to hurt, Shawn." Leo couldn't help himself. When he dropped off Shawn and Joe, he made sure to tell Shawn to put some ice on his nose. He responded by giving Leo the finger and walking into the house. Both Leo and Aeris said good night to Joe before Leo took off to drop Aeris off. When they pulled up to her house, Leo looked at her, still quite concerned. "Hey," She turned to him, and for the first time that night, Leo fully saw what she looked like. Oh wow. He thought to himself. It wasn't as if Aeris was dressed upper class tonight, but what she had on just looked…right. "Um," Leo seemed to lose his ability to speak for a moment "Leo? You okay?" Aeris had noticed Leo staring at her, then Leo snapped back to reality "Uh, sorry. If you need to talk, just call me, okay?" He told her, still a bit dazed. Aeris smiled at him. "I think I'll be fine, but thanks." She turned to open the door, then suddenly turned around and lightly kissed Leo. He blushed, surprised. Aeris noticed this and giggled a bit. This made Leo blush even more. "Thanks again Leo, you're a good friend." She got out of the car and headed toward her house. "See you tomorrow." Leo was left blushing uncontrollably in his car, not believing what had just happened. "Can't wait" was all he said, smiling to himself. He waited there a minute, and then he began to drive home, thinking about the kiss and Aeris the whole way.
I do not own the characters in this story, except Joe, Shawn and Ashley. Leo and Aeris are owned by Scott Ramsoomair
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interesting start.....please continue.