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If you intend on reading a romantic story of a guy named Leo falling in love with a girl named Lisa and they all live happily ever after, then I recommend you to get off of this page. This is no romance, this is a tragedy.

Let me introduce you to our main character. Leo Pierce. Leo is quite the talented one. And the popular one. But he's not the one to socialize. Though many people have tried to talk to him, he won't say a word unless it's to answer a question to a teacher. But that all changed in one day.

January 1, 2009

Oh, how I hated that day. That one day. Where she had to appear in my life. Where she had to look at me. The way she looked at me. They way she dressed, the way she smelled and the way she looked.

Leo sat there. Staring at her. Waiting seconds, minutes, hours for her to wake up. Peacefully playing with the knife he has in hand, he carefully watched the time on his watch. Leo was no ordinary boy. Talented, handsome, and a genius. What made him go from all of that to psyco you may ask. It all started 5 months ago.

September 1, 2008

It was just the regular morning for Leo. Nothing special. He woke up at 6:30 every morning, same time, same routine. He'd get up, shower, dressed, ate, then drove to school. Art was his first class. Oh, did he love art. It was one of his many many talents. His teachers loved Leo, especially his art teacher. You might say, she likes him a bit too much. Like many girls, she adored Leo. But as I said, Leo was not the socialable type.

"Leo, can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked, but in a demanding voice. Not so much of a question.

Leo walked up to her desk filled with artwork, documents, and other junk.

'What a slob' He thought.

"There's an art contest in December, and it says that I have to choose 3 people in my class to participate. And you're one of them. You dont have to if you don't want to. But I would very much like it if you did." She told him, grinning.

"Sure." Leo answered in a low quiet voice.

"Great! That's- that's great! Just sign this and I'll take care of everything else" She said. He signed the form and went back to his seat.

Leo sat down began to make another artwork. His hand gently holding his paintbrush. Slowly stroking the canvas. Each mark he made was perfect. Beautiful colors filled dim whites. And before he knew it, the class was almost over. He put away all his materials and packed up for the next class.

Another thing about Leo was that he was very observant. He can tell anything about one person by just watching them. He stood there, watching people go by, some rushing to the next class, some laughing and talking to others, some staring at him back, and then there was one. Who he never seen before. She was standing there. Long brown hair, not too fat not too skinny. And the most gorgeous pair of brown eyes Leo have ever seen. She stood there in front of her locker. Her face buried in a binder.

'She's beautiful' Leo stared at her for the whole time she was there. 'I have to ge-' At that moment a skinny blonde haired girl bumped right into him. And dropped all her books in front of him.

"I'm sorry." She stood there waiting for him to pick it up but once she noticed he wasn't going to move she bent down showing skin to the whole school. "My name's Christine." She smiled and put out her hand. Leo didn't even answer her when he glanced back at the girl, and saw her staring at him. Then she walked away. He pushed blonde bimbo away and headed off to follow the brown eyed girl.

He only followed her close enough for her not to notice him. She walked in the Science class and he just noticed that, that was his next class. He quickly walked into the room. Passing the girl to get to his seat. But as he passed her, he smelled this unfamiliar scent. There was nothing else that smelled like this. He sat down in his regular seat. The teacher pointed across the room and as his eyes followed her to the seat across the room from him. Throughout the whole day he couldn't concentrate on anything. He couldn't even hear the teacher introduce her. All he did was stare at her. Leo would follow the mysterious girl to her next classes then he goes to his classes after he lost her. After his class is done he'll run to her class and wait for her to get out and follow her again. It's the end of the day. And he's waiting for the next class. But he didn't see her come out. He went up to the door and didn't see anyone but the teacher at the desk working. He looked around and relized her lost her.

"DARN IT!" He stormed off to the parking lot.