Leo ran into the living room and I chased after him.

He kept running in circles around the couch, trying to avoid me. After a couple seconds, a grabbed a pillow and chucked it at his head. My aim was off too and it narrowly missed his head by an inch.

"Ha ha!" he shouted at me. His lips were turned up into a goofy grin and it made my heart beat a little faster. I couldn't contain my own smile as he continued to run away from me.

I picked up the pillow I threw and attempted to throw it again, but I missed and it hit a lamp next to Leo.

The lamp fell to the floor and glass shattered everywhere. My dad decides to come downstairs right at this moment and sees the mess on the floor.

"What happened? I was only gone for like 10 minutes," my dad stated confusedly.

I went into detail about what happened and after I promised not to burn anymore food or break anything else he said he wouldn't take my phone away.

I let out a sigh of relief as I bent down and started to pick up the shards of glass from the floor. "Be careful AJ, you don't want to get cut and need stitches like me," Leo said as he bent down to help. The corner of his lips were turning up a little, indicating that he was half teasing half serious.

"I know. And that was an accident how many times do I have to apologize for it. I'm sorry for- OW!" I shouted.

As I was apologizing to him, I had managed to cut myself on the glass. "I told you to be careful," Leo mumbled. He took my hand in his and led me to the bathroom. "You still remember where we keep the first aid kit?" I asked him, surprised that he remembered. "Yeah, why wouldn't I. I've been to your house a million times before and nothing much has changed in the past 6 years."

Leo took out a cotton swab and poured some rubbing alcohol onto it, rubbing it into my cut. "Ah." The alcohol stung a little, and I was trying hard not to make any faces. Once he was done cleaning the wound, he put a band-aid on it. "All done. Just watch it and make sure it doesn't get infected or anything."

I watched as he put away the first aid kit back under the sink.

"Thanks for taking care of the cut. I'll go finish picking up the glass," I said as I walked out of the bathroom.

His hand latched onto my arm and pulled me back. "Wait, I'll clean it up for you. You just go back to the kitchen and worry about what we are going to have for dinner."

I nodded my head. Why was he being so nice all of a sudden? It was kind of weird. He hasn't been this nice to me in a long time. I know he's been nice to me since he came back from France, but this is almost too nice. I've gotten used to him calling me names and teasing me, but not in a bad way.

I wonder if he's sick. That would explain why he is acting so differently. Oh well, no point in dwelling on it. I walked back into the kitchen and saw my dad on his phone. "What are you doing?" I asked, peering over to look at his screen.

"I'm looking up take-out places. Are you guys more in the mood for pizza from Pizza Palace or noodles from ImPasta?" he asked me. I am in the mood for spicy Korean beef noodles so I told him to order from ImPasta. They have all different kinds of noodles from all over the world. The spicy Korean beef noodles are my favorite, though.

He agreed with me and then walked into the living room to take Leo's order. He already knows mine and Via's by heart, since we have ordered from them before.

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After dinner was over, Leo and I walked up to my room to work on the project.

"So I was thinking that would should decide on what body system we want to do and then decide what type of project we want to do. Does that sound good?" I asked. Leo laid down on my bed after nodding his head. "Whatever you want," he replied.

I glanced over and noticed that he was staring at the star above my bed. "Leo, seriously, you need to focus. This project is worth 65% of our grade and I'm not trying to fail Anatomy."

He sat up and walked over to my desk, where I had all my ideas laid out. "Just do the cardiovascular system. Then we can do a slideshow or something. It's no that hard."

"Says Mister 'I always fall asleep in class'. There are multiple things we have to cover. We can't just put a picture of a heart and say 'it pumps blood throughout the body, without it we would die.' That's stupid," I said.

I was getting a little irritated that he wasn't taking this seriously. I mean he was the one who wanted to come over and work on it, so why wasn't he working on it right now? It doesn't make any sense.

"If you aren't going to help me with the project, then why even bother coming over here? It's obvious you don't want to be here." I turned away from Leo and crossed my arms. The little irritation was turning into full blown annoyance.

"I do want to work on the project, but I'm tired so can we just hurry this up," he huffed as he sat back down on my bed. "Fine, we will do the cardiovascular system and a slideshow but you better do actual work. I'm not doing this whole project by myself," I stated.

He gave me a mock salute and then walked over to the shelf below my TV. "Now that that's decided, how about we watch a movie? I personally want to watch a horror movie so you can scream and cuddle into my arms." Leo wiggled his eyebrows at me suggestively.

The closest thing to me was a pencil so I grabbed it and chucked it at his head. "Violent much? Is there something going on that you need to talk about? Are you sexually frustrated or are you taking drugs?" he asked mockingly.

"Stop, you know I would never do drugs, and for the record I'm not frustrated over anything."

Except for maybe my mother, but that's a whole other story.

"I will let you pick out the movie, but it has to be something appropriate. No horror or explicit movies," I said before I jumped onto my bed. I snuggled under the covers, ready to watch whatever movie he picked out.

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A couple minutes later, Leo hopped into my bed. "What movie did you pick out?" I asked. I was nervous that he picked something out that was inappropriate.

"Just shut up and watch and you will see."

Since Leo stayed on top of the covers like a gentleman, I reached onto my floor and handed him a blanket that had been lying there.

Pretty soon, the opening credits to Mulan started to play.

My eyes widened in shock. I couldn't believe he remembered what my favorite Disney movie is. It's been so long since I watched this. I think the last time I did was a couple weeks before Leo left for France. I was spending the night at Via's house and he came downstairs and started watching it with us.

Then, he asked why we were watching a kids movie and I told him because it's my favorite movie.

That was so long ago.

Leo continues to leave me in shock.

The movie played and every single time a song came on I would start singing along. My brain still remembered all the lyrics to all the songs. Leo looked down at me and smiled every time I did sing. At one point, I caught him humming along too.

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Once the movie was over, Leo had to go home. Honestly, part of me wanted him to stay. He smelled really nice, like peppermint and whatever cologne he uses. He was also very comfy to lean on. Half way through the movie, I somehow ended up leaning my head on Leo's shoulder. I don't know how it happened but it did.

As soon as Leo left, Via came into my room.

"Okay, spill. What's going on with you and my brother?" She asked.

She put her hands on her hips and stared me down, waiting for an answer. "I kind of, sort of, might have a small crush on Leo," I mumbled. I let my hair fall in front of my face to cover the embarrassment that was spreading across my cheeks.

"OMG!" Via squealed. "That's amazing. I'm so happy for you. I always knew you guys would look good together. So, do you know how he feels about you?" I shook my head, I highly doubt Leo had any sort of feelings for me that went beyond friendship. I mean loo at me. Who would like an ugly duckling like me?

"So does this mean you don't like Teddy anymore?" she asked. Oh shoot, I had completely forgotten about him. Now that I think about I still think he's cute and is very nice. "I guess I like both of them," I said as I shrugged.

Can I really have a crush on 2 different guys at the same time? Ugh! Why are feeling so complicated? Why couldn't I just like Teddy? He was everything I have ever wanted in a guy. He's sweet, charming, and he's cute. But then Leo was thrown into the equation and now I don't know who I like more, Teddy or Leo.

Maybe I will find out when I see both of them at Homecoming.

Speaking of Homecoming, I still need to find a costume. I've had this idea in my had for the past couple hours and I think Leo and I could make it look really cool. I just had to okay it with him first. I sent him a quick text telling him my idea and then I hopped into the shower.

Via left while I was texting Leo so she could go talk to Mile's, her date to Homecoming.

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Once I got out of the shower, I looked in the mirror. That ugly scar on my stomach seemed even more visible for some reason. It was an ugly reminder of a night that changed my whole life. I quickly threw on one of my dad's old t-shirts and a pair of short-shorts and walked back into my room. It was only 9:30, so I still had plenty of time before I had to go to bed.

I decided to read a new book I had gotten recently, since I had nothing else to do.

After reading the book for an hour, I decided that it was time to go to bed. I wasn't extremely tired, but I was bored so I might as well go to bed.

When I got up from my desk to walk over to my bed, the sudden urge to yawn came over me. I stretched my arms in the air as I yawned. My shirt came up over my shorts a little, exposing a small part of my stomach and the scar.

When I was done stretching, I opened my eyes and made eye contact with Leo.

He was standing there with wide eyes, like a deer in headlights. He was completely frozen and his mouth was hanging open from shock. Did he see my scar? God, I hope not. That would cause him to start asking questions and I'm just not ready for that yet.

It's barely been 4 years since that night and when I got the scar. I'm just not ready to talk about it to anyone just yet.

So, instead of worrying about what he might or might not have seen I went to bed.

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When I woke up the next morning, I had a text from Leo.

'That's a good idea. We can go shopping for costumes after we work on our project.'

I sent him a thumbs up emoji and then got ready for the day. today was going to be a lazy day. I didn't really feel like dressing fancy, so I threw on some black leggings, me favorite hoodie, and some socks and my Adidas before heading downstairs to get breakfast.

Via was sitting at the counter eating cereal like usual. I grabbed a granola bar and sat down next to her. "Hurry up. I want to leave in the next 5 minutes," I told her. She responded with a thumbs up and a smiling mouthful of corn flakes.

When we arrived at the school, we met up with Leo before walking inside, It was really awkward between us. Every coupled seconds I would catch him glancing at me and looking at me like I was a sick puppy who needed protection or something.

It was kind of annoying me.

"Do I have something on my face?" I asked, finally fed up with his staring. We had just entered the building and a couple people glanced over at us and then went about their business.

Via was standing in between us, glancing back and forth, trying to figure out what's wrong. The tension between us was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

"Why do you have that scar on your stomach?" he asked.

Oh no, this was not good.

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What do you think their costumes are going to be? Will anything happen on Saturday when they work and go shopping? And will Leo finally learn that truth about what happened so long ago?

Hey guys, so I hope it doesn't feel like it's moving too fast, but I also don't want it to feel like it's moving too slow either.

I'm going to try and upload as frequently as I can because I want to reach 1 thousand reads by the end of May. If you could tell your friends to read this story that would be greatly appreciated.

Also the next couple of chapters should be out soon, because I know exactly want I want to happen in them.

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