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                              nicole knocked on her parents' door, waiting for her father to greet her with kisses and hugs. she grasped leo's hand; squeezing it tightly. leo looked down at their hands, smirking at the sight of their fingers entwined.

       " nicole!" her father greeted, wrapping his arms around his daughter. he pulled back to view her, then his attention focused on leo. suddenly his jaw clenched.

          "who are you?" he asked defensively. leo gulped.

              "i'm leo," he stated nervously. "your daughter's boyfriend."

            "you better not hurt her. understand?" the brown haired boy nodded, walking inside the house as nicole's hand never let go of his.

      he mentally smiled at the moment, thinking about how he and nicole worked. they worked like a team; the way it should be.

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                                        it was around supper time by the time aunt margret arrived. she entered the house with a giant mink wrapped around her body; jewelry shining on her neck and wrists-----the soul intention of attention captured leo to despise her. he hated people who tried to be more superior than him or anyone else.

               "well will you look at that," aunt margret spoke, her posh accent ringing through his ears as everyone watched her sit down. "little nicole finally has a date. so, how much did her daddy pay for you to hold her hand?" she asked, taking a bite of the garlic bread that was placed before her.

          leo furrowed his eyebrows. his jaw tensed slightly. "he didn't pay me. why would you even ask that?"

        "because!" the posh woman exclaimed. "nicole has never brought a boy over since freshman year. her father would have to pay cousin patrick to be her date for the night." she laughed maniaclly.

         from the corner of his eye, leo saw his girlfriend's face heat up with embarrassment.

          "look at her! she's practically a troll!"

         leo stood up, looking at her straight in the eye.

               "i've had just about enough of your crap," leo took nicole's hand, squeezing it tight. "to you, she may be the most ugliest woman on the face of the earth, but to me, she's everything. maybe you should get your shit together before judging others, bitch." he turned to his girlfriend, motioning for her to stand up.

                  "come on, babe," he mumbled, glaring at aunt margret. "let's go."

          they left, slamming the door shut and never looked back. they had eachother, and that was all they needed.

{ author's note,

             out of these last few chapters that i'd written, this one would have to be the best. hope you liked it!

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-valerie. }