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PACKING

"I got your water for you," I say, putting his water bottle he left downstairs on his nightstand, "Thanks Roxy." He says huskily. He grabs the water and chugs it as I lay on his bed next to him, my finger moving around the scar like I've never seen it before.

Leo grabs my hand, and my heart stops, thinking I did something wrong as my hand burns and sends shivers all throughout me. Of course it doesn't actually, but it feels like it with my brain overthinking that he is holding my hand.

Then slowly he presses our hands down together on top of his scar.

"You know sunflowers can suck up radiation? Like if there was some radioactive bomb and some how people could plant a sunflower, that sunflower would suck up the radiation in the surrounding ground. Then, you could plant berries, fruit, vegetables, fresh things without them being full of radiation poison." I say, softly as he puts his arm around my neck his eyes staring at me.

"You say weird facts when you get nervous," He starts, still staring at me and I shake my head.

He chuckles, "Don't lie. Everybody in the school has seen you at least one time with your big reading glasses and a book about flowers."

"You bought me those glasses!" I say and he chuckles, poking my nose and smiling, "I didn't say you weren't cute in them." He says and I blush, turning my head away as he stiffens, moving farther away from me before I cough and get up,

"I haven't been able to sleep but you boring me is really helping." I say, fake yawning and he laughs as he quickly jumps on top of me. His body positions itself between my legs as I squeal, laughing.

But like I said, my laughter dies down and my smirk turns into nothing as I look at him. We both now it's different, not on the outside but on the inside.

He leans in closer and closer, and I know he's teasing me but it hurts. If he really looked at me he would know that I try to show him every time that he hurt me.

But he stops and smiles at me, kissing my forehead before speaking, "Goodnight, asshole." He says and I laugh, "Goodnight, Jace." I say, making fun of him and he just shakes his head, collapsing at my side as I stand up, pulling my pants around so they fit right.

"Don't miss me too much, Roxy." He says as I leave, showing peace signs as I am barely visible from the slim amount of door I left open.

And I make it to my room that's in between Rose's and Leo's.

I slowly lay down in the plush sheets and snuggle into them, smelling the delicious expensive laundry soap they get. Imagining what it's like to be like Leo, having the most amazing girl in the world, the most amazing house in the world, the most amazing family.

Because god I wish I had that.

What if he takes that for granted?

:;

I woke up to Jemma coming in, me snuggling the ball of blanket I've made as I slowly turn on my back.

Her and Rose at the foot of my bed, but when Rose sees my open eyes she pounces in for the kill, jumping on top of me and staying like that.

"So little miss Roxanne," Jemma starts, rubbing my ankle as she sits down, "we are going to take a plane to the beach house in about," She stops and checks her watch, "26 hours, so you should start packing. We will be leaving in 20 hours as the commute is like 2 hours, then you can sleep throughout the day and on the plane." She says, smiling at me with sorry.

"I'm sorry hunny, but chop chop!" She says, suddenly bouncing up and out the door, Rose jumps up and down, shaking me over and over as I groan.

"Okay! Okay! Stop jumping!" I say, lifting my arms and arguing my back as I stretch, laying down and opening my eyes afterwards with a sigh.

"Geez you're so boring." She complains, flopping on my bed while I get up and grab my clothes

"No I'm not, I do tons of fun things!" I say and she scoffs sarcastically as I turn around and take my shirt off, putting on a somewhat comfortable bra, then turn back around and put on my shirt.

"Like what?" She asks and I think, "Uh, uh... uh.... I teach kids swim lessons at the swim club downtown! I go down to the fields and hang out with the hippies with you!" I say, taking off my pants and she shakes her head.

"These have all happened recently though! Before you were so boring!" She argues and I huff, "You know you aren't the best best friend." I say and she gets up suddenly, "You didn't!" She says, jumping up as I struggle to put my jeans on before she attacks me.

I quickly button them before she jumps off the bed and runs over to me, "Roxanne Rolly Rosinchy I'm so offended!" She says, dragging me over to the chair and throwing me down.

"What can I say? You made me have to go get Pearl-" she starts and I squeal, "Please no! I watched her do the walk of shame out of your brothers room last night and she death glared me!" I plead and she scrubbed up her nose.

"ew don't even call him that." She says and I furrow my eyebrows, "Call him what?" I ask and she gags, "My brother," She says and I laugh.

I laugh before I see the smirk on Rose's face, "Oh I know, your boring punishment is to go wake up Jace." She says and I frown, my eyebrows furrowed as I look at her with pain.

Leo was a nightmare to wake up, he had stages to waking up.

There is the following:

1.) Yell at you.

2.) Pretend he's awake, but go back to bed.

3.) Pleads to stay in bed for five more minutes.

4.) Tries to get you to sleep next to him, (though this hasn't happened to anyone else).

and finally 5.) where he opens his eyes and then jumps up like nothing happened.

It's overall an unsatisfying experience.

"I didn't even do anything wrong!" I say but she shrugs, "Even if you didn't I don't want to have to do it." She says and I chuckle as she pushes me into the death zone of Leo's bedroom.

He's on his back, his blanket laying at his waist so his abs were fully exposed, his arms up and wrapped around his face.

I slowly walk towards him and sit at the side of his bed, knowing it's going to take a while. I grab his hand and shake it (he likes this best).

Soon he's yelling a bunch of different words, "Ihatemorningsleavemealoneunlessyouaretheonegirlthatilikeohwaititisyouletmegobacktobedorimgoingtoscream,"He says but I get up in the side of his bed and start punching his stomach, though he has no reaction.

"You already are screaming, Leo." I say and he groans, stretching and finally opening one sparkling eye.

He then sits up and stretches more, "Okay I'm up." He says normally but I shake my head, grabbing his arm and pulling him up, "No you are not." I say and he falls back into bed, "Five more minutes?" He asks, both eyes staring at me as he flaps his eyelashes and pouts.

"Nope." I say, my attempts to pull him up failing, as he stared at me, a genuine look of pure emotion in his eyes as he looks at me, "What if you sleep with me?" He asks and I roll my eyes, "Well that was a little blunt-" I say sarcastically but he groans as he finally jumps out of bed, his sweatpants hanging at his hips loosely, begging to fall.

"Why are you waking me up so early?" He asks and I groan too, "Jemma said we have to get up and start packing because our plane leaves in 26 hours exactly. And as normal, we aren't going to sleep through that, we can only take naps." I say and he chuckles.

"Yea that sounds like my mom." Leo says, running a hand through his blonde hair and pulling the bed sheets over his bed and fixing his pillows.

He looks over at me and smiles, "Well I'm going to go eat breakfast, so while you drool please don't get it in my food." He says with a smirk and my eyes go wide as I slap his arm.

I almost walk out of his room but his hand slides around my waist and pushes me against the wall. His hands slowly roam up the sides of my body, feeling my figure as our bodies are pressed together.

Our faces are inches apart as he grabs my wrists and pulls them up so he's pinning me against the wall.

"I'm gonna talk you through everything that happened with pearl last night if you don't apologize about kissing Blake Hamilton." He mumbles in my ear.

I try to speak but I can't, no words flow out of my mouth in the sarcastic manner they normally do. Instead he chuckles, "You're so cute." He says, running his fingers through my hair.

"I'm sorry about kissing Blake Hamilton, Leo." I say, looking up at him through my eyelashes. "There you go baby.."

He pulls back and I walk away, throwing up middle fingers, "but I'm gonna do it again. Because he's so hot!-" he starts running towards me and I laugh, jogging down the stairs.

He pins me against the wall of the living room when he catches up to me, his left hand holding my hands above my head and his right hand on my ribs under my boob.

"Kill yourself" he mumbles jokingly and I laugh, "you'd miss me too much-"

"Stop flirting with Rox!" Rose says out of nowhere, standing at the bottom of the stairs. I laugh as Leo pulls back all scared. I roll my eyes, "It's fine I'm strived for compliments." I say as I walk with her to the living room.

"Oh I know you have the confidence of a math book." She says and I giggle, "I don't know anybody who hasn't opened a math book and said 'fuck me'"

"Oh my goaoaashhh that was the best thing ever." She says and I chuckle, fake flipping my hair. "I know."

We walk into the kitchen, Jemma making eighty different foods. She always packs us something to eat while we are waiting for the plane. She somehow makes security let her bring it in.

Maybe it's because they're rich...

I have no idea.

"Oh my gosh! Rox, hun? Can you help me? I'm trying to cut this chicken but it's extra slippery-" she starts and I stop her, "Okay, okay! I'll help you." I say to Jemma to which she smiles, handing me a piece of chicken.

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I sit on my suitcase, trying to zip the thing up, but not being able to do it while I'm sitting on top of it.

We were staying there for a week and a half, and I was trying to fit everything I would need in a duffel bag and a suit case. It was just a little bit too chunky.

Like me...

heh

I grunt, trying to fit it in. I bounce on the bag to push stuff down, "Go in!" I yell, as if my bag will listen to me. But as usual it doesn't and I sigh.

But Leo slams through my door, red in the face but when he sees me on top of my suitcase he immediately pretends like he's not. He relaxes and looks at me awkwardly.

What did he think was happening...?

He stares at me for a second, almost speechless, or catching his breath?

"Leo can you help me?" I ask, sitting on the suitcase and spreading my legs so he can see the spot the zipper is stuck.

He sighs, gulping as he stares me up and down. "Fuck." He starts, "I hate everything," he mumbles and I shake my head as he comes over to me, standing next to the zipper and grabbing it. But before he pulls it through he looks me up and down, smiles, and then looks down and pushes it through.

As if it was easy.

"How- did- what?" I stutter, not knowing if I was flustered by the look he gave me or the fact that he zipped it up easily.

"Well I'm a little bit stronger than you, lil miss noodle arms." He says, grabbing my arm and shaking my entire body.

I giggle, still sitting on the suitcase as he stands closer to me, so he's in between my legs.

He swallows, and his breath seems to accelerate again, his eyes staring between me and my body. He licks his lips, looking up at me through his eyelashes and leaning in, putting his hands on either side of my suitcase.

"I thought you were having sex in here." He says to me.

"Well then why did you storm in here idiot?" I ask and he presses his lips together, "Well can't I be brotherly to you and Rose?" He asks, and I shrug, leaning back so my stomach is arched into him.

"No you're just begging to see me naked." I say and he looks me up and down seductively.

"Cause you're not my brother, Leo. You're just kind of the annoying housewife named Barbara who eats her feelings but still looks incredibly good." I say and he smirks.

"So are you saying I look good?" He asks, turning my insult around, knowing I'll be flustered.

"I don't even know why I thought you were in here with a guy, you obviously don't know anything about that." He says with a pout, as if I was a child. He grabs my face and shakes it a little, before throwing his hand down.

"I- I- I do!" I say, with noticeably low confidence. "Oh okay sure." He says sarcastically, pushing himself back and trailing his tongue along his top teeth and looking anywhere but me.

Until his gaze finally lands on me, his arms going around me again as he speaks to me directly, his eyes digging into me.

"Prove it." He says and I swallow, staring into his teal eyes.

"Make me." I say, suddenly gaining confidence, putting my arms around his neck, he smirks staring at me with a look that tells me he will. He will make me.

But then he just stares at me, his face slowly falling before he picks it back up again and pushes himself back.

He and I regroup, though mine is because I'm flirting with a guy I love and his is because he accidentally flirted while trying to tease me.

"Oh I love this, Roxy." He says, leaning against the wall he backed himself into. "Why? I mean I knew you loved me but-" I start and he chuckles.

"Only in your dreams." He starts, walking towards the door and grabbing the doorframe, turning around to me before he leaves.

"It's just nice having a girl not try to kiss me 24/7." He says, leaving into his room to go pack his bag.

But on known to him, with what I'm trying to do.

That idea of his is only in his dreams.

Plus....

I did kiss him....

He just didn't care...