HAI! It's Ellie! Here's the next chapter! I can't believe this is almost over... After this, it's two more chapters... Wow... How many of you are crying right now...? Lol I guess it's just me... But I dunno. 😂
Anyways, enjoy! (^w^)

Firey's POV:
I was suddenly woken up when my phone started to ring. I looked at it and saw that it was Leafy. Normally, if someone calls me while I'm sleeping and wakes me up, I get pretty annoyed. But this is Leafy... She's wonderful... She can call me whenever she wants to. I grabbed my phone and answered it. "Hey Leafy!" I said once I answered the phone. "This isn't, like, Leafy you idiot..." a voice that sounded nothing like Leafy's said. "M-Match??" I asked. "Sure, like, is," she replied. "Why... Why do you have Leafy's phone...? And why're you calling me with it...?" I asked. "Like, because I wanted to inform you that there's, like, a new Juliet in town..." she answered. "W-what?! What're you talking about?! Where's Leafy?!" I exclaimed, scared and worried. "Oh don't worry... She's... She, like, totally fine..." she replied, but it was obvious that she was lying. "What did you do to her?!" I demanded to know. "Firey! Will you stop yelling? People are trying to sleep you know!" Ash suddenly exclaimed. She must've been standing right outside the door. "Ash... Go back to your room... Your brother here has some important business to deal with," I told her. "Could you stop yelling then?" she asked. I said "okay" then she then left. "Match, where is she...?" I asked. "You're not gonna find her anytime soon..." Match responded, an evil tone in her voice. She then hung up. "Match?! Match!" I exclaimed, but she had already hung up. "Leafy..." I then quietly said. "No... Leafy..."

Earlier...

Leafy's POV:
I was having a dream. It was the day of the play, and I was just about to walk on stage. It seemed so realistic, I thought it was real. I then felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Match, a twisted smile on her face, and a knife in her hand. "Match...?" I asked. "You okay...?" "Do I look okay to you...?" she then quietly asked. The knife was then about to strike down, when I woke up. I sat up, panting from fear. Now knowing what's reality again, I sighed in relief. I then turned my head to look around in my room, but then saw Match, with the same twisted smile and knife. I then woke up once more. Yep, it was a dream within a dream. "Geez... Dream-inception..." I said to myself. Wait, this wasn't a dream too, right? I pinched myself. "Ow!" I exclaimed. Yep, I'm definitely awake! I slowly sat up, but then suddenly felt a cloth being tied around my mouth. "Mmph!!" I tried to speak, but I couldn't say anything. I was then taken somewhere against my will, but I wasn't sure where, or who had taken me. After the mystery person and I entered a house, immediately knew who's house it was. "Mmpch?!" I ended up saying, but the person knew what I was saying. "Like, yeah," Match responded. She was standing in the room. I looked at the mystery person and saw a man whom I didn't recognize. "Alright, like, tie her up here," she said. I was then tied to a chair, unable to move. The man then left.  "That should do..." she said. "Now to, like, make a phone call..." she said, then went upstairs. As soon as she was out of sight, I then heard a tap on the nearby window. I turned my head and saw... Pencil? She waved, then ducked down. I then heard the front door open and close quietly. Pencil then walked to me. "Mmphel!" I said. Pencil knew I was saying her name. She smiled and quietly said, "Shh!" She then took the cloth off from around my mouth. She then untied me. "OMZ, thanks Pencil!" I quietly exclaimed. "No prob! Match has been getting out of control lately..." she replied. I nodded in agreement. Okay, Match seriously hated me. A lot. This isn't jumping to conclusions anymore. This is what's really happening. We were just about to walk out the door when a voice suddenly shouted, "And where do you, like, think you're going?!" Match was standing right behind us! "Leafy! Run!" Pencil exclaimed. I didn't even hesitate. I started running for my life. I ran until I reached my house. I then realized that probably wasn't the best place to hide... Firey's? No... Still too obvious... Hmm... I didn't have too much time to think! I then quietly gasped. "Aha! The field!" I exclaimed quietly to myself. I quickly started to run through the forest, trying to reach the field. Once I was almost there, I ran into something. The figure fell backwards and I landed on top of the figure. "Oof!" the figure said. "OMZ, I'm so sor- Firey?" I asked. He looked at me. "Leafy! Oh my oxygen, thank goodness I found you!" he exclaimed, then hugging me. He literally did not let go for like three minutes. "Um... Firey... You do realize we're still on the ground... Right...?" I asked. "Oh! Right! Oops..." he said, then letting go of me. I sat up, then stood up. Firey then stood up. "What're you doing out here anyway?" I asked. "I was looking for you! Match called me with your phone! I was worried something has happened to you..." he replied. "She hired some guy to kidnap me or something... Then once they left, Pencil showed up and untied me!" I told him. He seemed surprised. "Really? Pencil? Match's best friend?" he asked. I nodded. "We were about to walk out, but Match saw us. Pencil told me to run. So I did. I decided to run here, since I doubt she would find me here," I explained. Firey then looked at his phone. "It's almost the time we were supposed to wake up..." he said. We decided to carefully head back to our houses. No one was out there, so we figured it was safe. We went back inside our homes. I changed my clothes, then ate some food. Amy was awake too, and ate food too. We then soon left and met up with Firey and Ash. We then walked to school, dropping Amy and Ash at the elementary school.

Firey's POV:
Once we reached the school, we walked inside, then seeing Match giving us a death glare. I saw Leafy shudder and then get her books. I then also got my books, then we walked to class.

Time skip to drama class...

The whole class sat down, ready to start rehearsing, when Mrs. Hanson gave an announcement, "Class, since we don't have much time to get ready tomorrow, I'm going to have you bring your costumes home with you today, then you'll come to school for the play tomorrow. I'm having you take them home today, because tomorrow we have to set up the stage, and I want us to have as much time as possible." We changed into our costumes, then continued to rehearse. We were just about perfect! I was positive the play tomorrow would be perfect! We spent the rest of class practicing and missed even more of our next class than yesterday! I was happy. I stayed quite close to Leafy, just in case Match got any ideas.

Time skip to after school...

Leafy and I were about to walk home, when we were stopped by Mrs. Hanson. "Firey! Leafy! There you two are!" she exclaimed. "Listen, I need you two to rehearse just a tad bit more, if you don't mind that is. It's nearly perfect, but I want you two to practice just a few more times," she said. "Um, as much as we'd love to, we have to pick up my sister and his sister from the elementary school..." Leafy explained. "Oh! You can go pick them up first, then bring them here!" she exclaimed. "Well, I-" Leafy started to say, but was cut off. "Wonderful! See you two in my classroom soon!" she said, then walking off. Leafy sighed. "Well, at least we'll avoid Match for a while longer..." I said. She nodded, agreeing. We walked to the elementary school and picked up Amy and Ash. "Why're we going this way? Home's that way..." Ash asked. "Leafy and I have to practice for the play tomorrow a bit more," I explained. Amy and Ash then looked at each other and started giggling. Geez, who knows what they're thinking about...? Must be really strange... I smiled slightly, then looked at Leafy. She seemed worried. I would think she is, considering the fact that Match was pretty much out to kill her. Or... At least hurt her so she can't perform tomorrow... I hugged her, knowing how she was feeling. She looked at me and smiled. Wow... I wanted to tell her that I love her... I wanted to tell her so badly... I could barely keep it inside. It's like my love for her is in a cage, trying to escape. But I had to keep it locked up. I couldn't let her know... Not now... Not after all we've been through... "Leafy...?" I slowly asked. No! I can't tell her! "Yes?" she asked. "Can... Can I tell you something...?" I asked. No no no! Stop it brain! "Of course! You can tell me anything," she replied, smiling. "I... I... I want food..." I then said. Wow... Out of all the stuff I could've said, I said that??? She gave me an odd look. "Okay...? Here, I didn't eat my spicy chips... You can have them!" she said, getting them out of her bag. "Thanks Leafy," I said to her. She handed me the chips and I accepted them.

Leafy's POV:
That... That was strange... He wanted food? Anyway... That was just strange... I mentally shrugged it off and continued walking. We got back to or school, then went to Mrs. Hanson's classroom. Ash and Amy followed us, giggling and whispering. Firey and I got on stage and started practicing. Thankfully, Mrs. Hanson didn't have us change into our costumes again. Amy and Ash watched us, very interested. After about fifteen minutes, Mrs. Hanson told us we could leave. We then left with Amy and Ash. As we walked home, I couldn't help but think about Match... She wants to hurt me... She wants to be Juliet... I was really worried, unsure of how to deal with this issue. I suddenly got paranoid that she could be following me. I slowly moved closer and closer to Firey, until I accidentally bumped into him. "Sorry..." I said quickly. "It's fine," he said, smiling. I smiled back, then we reached my house. Firey and Ash decided to hang out with us. I was glad they were. We all went inside and found Headphones and Speaky inside. "Speaky!" Amy and Ash exclaimed simultaneously. "Amy! Ash!" she exclaimed back. They all then immediately ran upstairs. Firey and I then looked at Headphones. "Hey!" we both greeted her. "Hey there!" she replied. "Visiting Oak again I suppose?" I asked. She nodded. "Well, when the guy you love lives so close to you, you visit him almost everyday!" she said. Oak then came into the room... Wait, what the...? What's he wearing...? "Meow! Okay Tuneriffic, I think this fi-" Oak started to say when he then saw Firey and I. "Um... Oak...? What on earth are you wearing???" I asked. His face reddened. "Um... Headphones told me to try this on..." he said. "A cat costume?" Firey asked. "Yeah... I... Um... I'm gonna go change back now..." he said, then leaving. Firey and I exchanged looks, then looked at Headphones. "I told him not to try it on until later! I figured you two walk in..." she said. "Silly Oaky Pokey... He doesn't listen, does he?" she then added. "Don't call me that in front of them!!" Oak then exclaimed from upstairs. The three of us then laughed. Firey and I sat down, but soon Amy came downstairs. "Leafy? Can I borrow the rose from the costume?" Amy asked. "Sure! What for?" I asked. "I wanna try to draw one!" she said. "Alright, here," I said, then standing up to get the rose. I grabbed it and handed it to her. "Thanks!" she said happily, then went back upstairs. I smiled, then sat back down on the couch.

Amy's POV:
"Girls! I got the rose!" I exclaimed excitedly. "Yay! Now we can draw roses on our Fireafy pictures!" Ash exclaimed. "Woo hoo! I really like the Fireafy hangout!" Speaky said as she looked around. She was wearing her badge, since Ash had made one for her and sent it to her by mail when they were pen pals. We all started drawing and talking about all things Fireafy! "Ash and I got to go see Firey and Leafy practice for their play tomorrow! They're Romeo and Juliet!" I exclaimed. "Aww... That's so cute! I wish I could've been there to see it..." Speaky said. "The play's tomorrow! You can see the whole thing then!" Ash explained. "Ooh, yay!" Speaky exclaimed. We were all excited as we continued drawing, decorating the walls by hanging up drawings. I really hope the Firey and Leafy get together... They make a cute couple! On one of my drawings, I drew a pretty good rose! I wanted to show Leafy, but since it had Fireafy on it, I wasn't supposed to. We hung out for a while, then Speaky had to leave with Headphones. Ash and I then continued to draw, and Ash and Firey stayed for dinner!

Firey's POV:
Once dinner was ready, we all sat down. Everyone was having spaghetti and meatballs. It was really good! "Thanks Mrs. Evergreen!" I exclaimed. "Thank you!" Ash remembered to say this time. I smiled, satisfied. Once it was about seven o'clock, Ash and I then left. As we walked home, I was wondering what made me almost tell Leafy my secret. I do want to tell her... But I'm scared to... I'm scared of rejection... And I'm scared that our friendship will break... I don't want that to happen... Nothing in the universe means more to me than Leafy. Without her, why would I be here? A life without her... Wow, that would be hard to imagine... We've been best friends since first grade... If she didn't exist... Well... I don't want to think about how life would've been if she had never existed... I want us to be together... Forever... Whether it be with friendship, or romance, I always want us to be together. Nothing will ever change that. Once Ash and I reached home, we went inside. Ash had something in her hand, but I couldn't tell what it was. All I saw were two "F's" and some color. I went upstairs and got a shower, hoping Leafy would be okay. I eventually climbed into bed, but didn't fall asleep. I was worried. I was worried about Leafy, the play, a lot of things. I decided to try and go to sleep. Try to get my mind off of these things. I eventually did fall asleep, though it did take me a while...

A/N: Bet you didn't expect another chapter this soon... Lol I didn't do much today except write this chapter!
Kitty Oak: Meow!
Me: Oak... Quiet, I'm trying to talk to the readers...
Kitty Oak: Meow?
Me: *facepalm*
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter of "It's a Love Story!" See you in the next chapter!