Unnoticed | Leon x Jessie

Chapter Seven- WHAT IS DATE

(Pixel art my brother made of Leon ⬆. His Wattpad account is DedesXD if you want to check him out.)

Leon and Jessie arrived at her house.

"Wanna, um, walk with Nita and I to school tomorrow?" Leon asked shyly, fidgeting with his hoodie. 

"Sorry," Jessie said, tucking a loose strand behind her ear. "It was just for today, my mom was gone... but I can ask her... " She paused, like she was deep in thought, "-actually, yeah. I'll see you in the morning." They talked about where they wanted to meet- they decided it would be at a little stream which was the halfway point between their houses- and she walked up to her door. 

"Bye Jessie." Leon called. Winking at him, she said, "Call me Jess."

He stared at the door that was now closed. How had he gone from being her stalker to a friend you're on nick name basis with, in the span of only a few days?

Over the years that Gus and his other friends stopped talking to him, Leon had adjusted to the life of being alone. 

NOW THERE WAS A REALLY COOL AND PRETTY GIRL HANGING OUT WITH HIM AND WINKING AT HIM.

He just really hoped she wasn't like the others, who left him as soon as he got 'uninteresting'. 'Please don't be like that, Jessie.' He thought, trying to telepathically send a message to her. 

〰*****〰

"What took you so long to get home?" Bo questioned as soon as Leon entered the house.

"I-was-um... you know,"

"Leon," Bo said sternly, " I'm not mad, I just want to know. Plus, the truth will always find you, it's not something you're able to hide from."

Yeah, Leon knew that full well. Let's just say he and Nita were very mischievous as kids. "You know that scrapyard not too far from here? Well, the person that lives there is my age, and they had to walk, so we walked together and I dropped her off at their house."

A smile split Bo's face, "A girl, huh?" Count on his step-dad to pick up on the one time he accidentally let Jessie's pronoun slip out.

Leon blushed faster than Nita diving in at breakfast (Which she does with much fervor, being a growing teenager who was constantly active). "No- well, yeah, actually. I think we might be... friends? Hopefully."

"Tell me about her."

Leon grinned, "Well, first, she's really smart, but pretends not to be-"

He continued telling Bo about her, avoiding the whole, 'watching her when he was invisible' part. 

"-and that's why the teachers have never called my name."

Bo nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, I should get on that right away. Leon, I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything and everything, right? I'm a little sad that it seemed like it wasn't important to mention that the teachers were practically ignoring you." Then, at Leon's downcast face, he added, "But, I'm glad you told me. Plus, that Jessie girl seems like a good friend, doing all that for you."

Now Leon's thoughts were about Jessie, instead of Bo being sad because of him. "Yeah... she's awesome." He sighed. "I-i-i mean," Leon stammered with wide eyes, "I barely even k-know her, and she prob-probably doesn't like me anyway-"

Bo placed a hand on Leon's shoulder, stopping his endless rambling, "From what you've told me about her, I know she likes you. Who would do what she did if she didn't even want to be around you? But, you're right, you don't know her very well."

Confused, he looked at Bo. 

"So, what are you going to do about that?"

He felt the implied, do you want to get to know her? Because that was an immediate yes, Leon knew she would be worth it.

BAM

The door had just flown open to reveal a panting Nita. "Geez, who stepped on your bear?" Leon joked. Without saying a word, she grabbed his arm with the grip of an eagle, and dragged him up to her room. Then she ordered Bruce to stand guard outside her bedroom door. 

"Ow, Nita, what do you want?"

Throwing him on the tiger print bean bag chair she had in her room, she jumped onto her bed and faced him with a scarily serious face.

"Sand asked me on date."

"H-"

"WHAT IS DATE. WHY IS SAND MAKING MY STOMACH TINGLE AND HANDS SWEATY."

Did his sister have a crush? On Sandy? He needed more evidence. "Talk to me."

"Well, I show him how to hunt, and I get real nervous and then he put head on my shoulder and THEN I FEEL WEIRD THINGS. AND WHEN HE AROUND I WANT TO GIVE HIM BIG HUG."

Ah ha. Exactly what he thought, "That, my little sis, is the case of; having a crush."

"Crush? As in smashing my prey?"

"Nah, it's when you like someone," He paused for dramatic effect, "More then a friend."

"Like how mom liked Bo?"

"Well, she loved him. Crushing is less intense than being in love."

"More than friend, less than husband?" Nita asked.

"Now you're getting it!" He nudged his sister, "All that you're feeling is normal, if you like hanging out with him, you should go on that date. Maybe try telling him how you feel. ...Or-" Leon winked, "-you could hug him." 

Nita blushed.

Yep. His little sister did indeed have a crush. His crazy, loud sister liked the quiet, chill, boy who happened to like her back.

"Well, good luck with that, bye now." He said, attempting at a speedy exit. But Nita caught his hand and asked slyly, "Who is girl you sit with at lunch?"

Now it was Leon's turn to blush deeply, "That's, um, my friend. Jessie. Jess."  

"Do you wish you hug her?" 

Fantasies of Jessie hugging him came into his brain. Her arms snaking around his neck, her breath soft on his ear, the scent of her hair...

"You real red right now." Nita interrupted cheerfully.

"Ack! Nitaaaa." He groaned, his sister knew how to get certain reactions out of him. "Bye." This time, she let Leon leave.

After dinner, he once again found himself thinking about Jessie.

Was she ever going to leave his head?

Doubtful.

Sorry for the short chapter, it's kinda just acting as a building block for some longer -better- chapters. (I'm also tired right now, but knowing me, I'll be up until midnight reading 😭😭 why am I up this late???) 

One vote = a step towards me actually going to bed on time and having a decent routine.