Leighade One Shots

Last Christmas

The snow was falling gently and covering the treetops when the students of Paramount Glacier High headed into the skiing resort they were going to be staying at. Leigh-Anne Pinnock gripped the hand of her best friend, Jade Thirlwall. Her dark eyes searching the crowds eagerly.

It was the annual trip that the whole school went on, from the freshmen to the seniors. It was no secret that the shy and conservative Leigh-Anne Pinnock in 10th grade had a thing for the bad boy, Andre Gray, a senior, thus attracting the attention of all the needy girls in the school. Leigh would've been picked on severely if it wasn't for Jade, her best friend who was quite popular.

Leigh didn't get why Jade always stuck with her. Leigh didn't have anything to give her - her father wasn't even alive anymore, it wasn't as if she was particularly rich, and she wasn't popular at all. After all there were tons of other people who wanted to be best friends with Jade. Tons of other people who wanted to go out with the petite brunette.

A voice drew Leigh out of her thoughts. "According to this card, our room is on the third floor. Room 332."

Jade. Leigh always thought she was pretty. Jade and Leigh had been best friends for five years, ever since Jade saw Leigh sitting alone at recess in fifth grade. Back then, Jade was still popular, and had been ever since. She was also the mature one and always knew what to do, even in the worst situations. In a way, Leigh sort of depended on Jade.

"Let's go then." Leigh pushed her glasses up her nose and pulled down her red beanie to cover her frizzy hair.

Jade squeezed Leigh's hand and led her through the crowd of people, which automatically parted for them. Leigh admired that quality of Jade; she had that charismatic air around her that made people look at her a second time. Leigh just sorted faded into the background.

Jade was loud, gorgeous, confident. Leigh was awkward, shy and ugly next to Jade. At least that was what Leigh thought.

Leigh was the glow of a candle.

And Jade was a supernova.

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Jade threw her heavy coat onto her bed. "God, it's cold out there." She rubbed her freezing hands together and picked up the coat again, hanging it on a rack in the closet.

"I hope we get to go to the hot springs around here later," Leigh replied, taking off her beanie and shaking out her hair. Her cheeks were bright red from the cold, and her glasses were fogged up, obscuring her vision.

"Later?" Jade let out a laugh and pulled her arms from the sleeves of the second sweater she was wearing. "It's twelve and it's supposed to be lights out now. Well, the seniors may sneak out, but you wouldn't want to go, would you?"

Leigh frowned, not liking the slightly patronizing tone that Jade had taken on. "I may want to."

Jade shrugged her narrow shoulders and took off another long sleeved shirt, leaving her in a red tank top. How many layers of clothes did that girl wear? "I'll go with you, if you want, but we'll be the only sophomores there. Just saying."

Leigh swallowed at the thought of Jade talking to someone else, leaving her there alone with nobody to talk to. Shut up, you're pathetic, it's not like she's your mother. "Never mind."

Jade smiled, but only barely. Leigh could always tell when Jade fake-smiled. It was when her eyes took on a dark look and her lips thinned out into a flat line. The petite brunette was doing it now. "You were going to go there for Gray, weren't you?"

Jade was popular, which meant she had more chances to talk with the upperclassmen, unlike Leigh, who only had Jade to talk to. Seriously, Leigh didn't even know why Jade still talked to her. "Maybe."