𝐄𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀━━━ leo valdez

one

tw: mentions of suicide.

Rae had realized something was wrong as soon as she woke up. She was sitting in the second last row of the bus, next to a boy. He looked like a Latino Santa's elf, with curly black hair, pointy ears, a cheerful, babyish face, and a mischievous smile. And he was cute.

"Oh hey, you're finally awake!" said the boy. Rae rubbed her eyes again and looked at him. She couldn't seem to recognize him at all.

"Who are-"

"It seems like Jason over here has lost his memory." The boy interrupted her. He shifted closer to her and whispered, "Though it seems like he is pretending."

A girl behind him said, "Leo, I think he's being serious." She had chocolate-brown hair and it was cut choppy and uneven, with thin strands braided down the sides. She wore no makeup but looked seriously pretty, and her eyes seemed to change colors like a kaleidoscope.

Rae looked behind her and saw the guy they were talking about. Jason had blond hair and a scar on his upper lip. "Who are you guys?" she asked.

Leo gave the two of them a grin. "Oh look the two of them are now acting as if they don't know us!" The girl tried to hold Jason's hand but he just pulled away.

"This is some kind of mistake," Jason said. "I'm not supposed to be here."

Leo laughed and said, "Yeah, right, Jason. We've all been framed! I didn't run away six times. Rae didn't attempt suicide. Piper didn't steal a BMW." The girl blushed. "I didn't steal that car, Leo!"

"Oh, I forgot, Piper. What was your story? You 'talked' the dealer into lending it to you" He raised his eyebrows at Rae like Can you believe her? "Anyway, I hope you've got your worksheet, 'cause I used mine for spit wads days ago. Why are you looking at me like that? Did Rae draw on my face again?"

"Uh, I didn't draw on your face" she replied confused.

"I really don't know you," Jason replied. At least she wasn't alone in feeling like something was wrong.

"Sure. I'm not your best friend. I'm his evil clone."

"Leo Valdez!" Coach Hedge yelled from the front. "Problem back there?" Leo winked at Jason. "Watch this." He turned to the front. "Sorry, Coach! I was having trouble hearing you. Could you use your megaphone, please?"

Coach Hedge grunted and unclipped the megaphone from his belt and continued giving directions. The only difference was that his voice came out like Dart Vader's. Everyone on the bus laughed. He tried again, but the megaphone blared: "The cow says moo!"

The kids howled with laughter, and the coach slammed down the megaphone. "Valdez!"

Piper stifled a laugh. "My god, Leo. How did you do that?"

Leo responded by slipping a tiny Phillips-head screwdriver from his sleeve. "I'm a special boy."

"Guys, seriously," Rae pleaded. "What I am doing here? Where are we going?" She glanced at Jason and they both shared an expression of pure fear and confusion.

Piper knit her eyebrows in concern, "Rae, Jason, are you joking?"

"No! I have no idea-" she started.

"Aw, yeah, they're joking," Leo said. "They're trying to get me back for that shaving cream on the Jell-O thing, aren't you?"

They both stared at him blankly.

"No, I think they're serious." Piper tried to take Jason's hand again, but he pulled it away.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I don't - I can't-"

"That's it!" Coach Hedge yelled from the front. "The back row has just volunteered to clean up after lunch!" The rest of the kids cheered.

"There's a shocker," Leo muttered.

But Piper kept her eyes on both Jason and Rae like she couldn't decide whether to be hurt or worried. "Did you guys hit your head or something? You really don't know who we are?"

Rae glanced at Jason and shrugged helplessly. "It's worse than that. I don't know who I am."

well hello again :) i'm back and decided to try writing again, since im not traveling for the holidays. i have skipped the prologue for now bc im still figuring some stuff out for the story so i'll upload it as soon as i can.

JUST NOTE this will probably have VERY SLOW UPDATES bc i'm a shit writer and never have motivation :D hope u enjoy the story tho!

btw what do u think of the cover? i might change it bc i made another one but i like this one bc of what she is wearing.