LEO POV:

It had been so long since Ellie and I stopped talking. The kiss just made everything awkward between us. Shit, I should have never done that. She looked kind of cute and I don't even fucking know why I did it. Why would I ruin my friendship for such a trivial thing? At least you know she does not like you in that way. That should be a relief right? It should, but for some reason, I felt empty. Numb. Like the world was moving faster than my mind and I was still stuck in the moment. Sure I have been trying to avoid her, but how would I face her? Hey, Ellie, yeah, I don't know why, but I wanted to kiss you. Can we be friends again? She would think I liked her! But you do! What the fuck, stupid mind! As soon as I entered, I saw Ellie coming down the stairs. I tried to walk the other way. I just couldn't. I was such a coward! But she stopped me. She looked me in the eye and all I could think about were those gorgeous, blue electric eyes. Suddenly the world disappeared and it was just me and her. I lost track of where the boys were. What time it was. Who was watching. All my problems. Everything vanished.

"You are not him," She whispers. My eyebrows knit together. Not him. Before I can process what that means, her lips come crashing one mine. And suddenly I forget her encrypted message. And I feel sparks erupt throughout me. Geeze, something must be wrong. I must have gotten injured from the run. Before I know it, my lips are reacting perfectly with hers and I can feel her smile against it. This time, I pulled away. Staring at her in utter shock and confusion. She had a happy grin on her face that made me grin so much I started laughing. Then she started laughing. And that was when I realized it. I liked Ellie. I liked her from everything of her bookie nature to her laugh, her electric blue eyes, down to her kiddish, teasing nature. Every part of her. But I could never have her. Despite what she thinks, Ellie is too cute, kind, and pure for this world. No one deserves her and I would definitely be on the bottom of the list of those who come closest to deserving her. I would endanger her. I have done so many illegal things in my life. I have killed and tortured people and she would not even go into the torture room of her attempted kidnappers.

"Would you, Leonardo Black, like to go on a date with me?" She "curtsied" as she giggled. No. No. No. No. You are not good enough for her.

"Yes," Why did I say that? The grin on her face grew even wider. Only this once. I had to. I could not drag her into this. She has been through it all once and I am no different from him. You are not him. Her voice rang through my head. Of course, I am like him, Ellie. Pure, Sweet, Ellie. I mentally answered her comment. That is why this has to be the first and last time. I killed Angel. I am the reason my four-year-old sister is forbidden from seeing me. Though she would be what? 8 now? What kind of brother cannot remember her sister's own age! Oh, yeah, a brother who has been forbidden from seeing his sister since he is a murderer. I love you, Angel. Forever and always.

"Great, you are paying! And planning!" She grinned as she skipped off, bringing me out of my nightmare.

Ellie POV: 1 hour before the date

Date outfit

I sat down as Mi started scrummage through the drawers of that bathroom. Generally, I wouldn't allow anyone to do this, but she was looking for something to use.

"I found a hair curler. It has the word Angel engraved. Have you heard of the brand?" Mi called out.

"Nope," I replied scrunching my eyes. If there was a brand out there, Mi knew it. Her aunts and parents were huuuuuuge in the fashion world and I had the honor of modeling a few times. I really enjoyed it a lot and I actually think I might start it as a career. You know, when the entire gang thing blows away. What was also weird was we were in a house full of boys, why was there a hair curler? Mi helped me curl my hair as fast as she could and I sat patiently on my phone scrolling through the Instagrams of my friends. Leo got me a new phone that was not traceable and I started using that. My friends know I am okay and think my father died. I decided to wear a white tube top and light ripped jeans. I wore a few cute necklaces layered on top of each other. I spun around and admired myself. Actually, Mi decided I should wear it. She is a fashionista. I should really ask her if I could model for her company when he inherits it. At this point, my mom knew where I actually was. She knew Ben came back for me. She told the school a story about my father dying and they gave me a month off. A month which is soon to be over. Of course under the terms I catch up. My mother lied to them, of course. My father has been dead for years. He died of Cancer.I heard the doorbell ring. Sure, we lived in the same house, but Leo insisted he enter like a gentleman. The boys scattered to the front of the house and opened the door.

"Who are you?!" Dylan exclaimed at the person who just entered. The rest of the boys were crowding the person. Weird. Who was it? As the guys parted slightly, I saw it was in fact, Leo.

"Seriously guys?! It is Leo?!" I exclaimed. Seriously, they have known the guy longer than they have known me. Years longer and they are bombarding him with questions and threats.

"What are your plans?"

"What are your intentions?"

"If you mess with Ellie, we will rip out your intestines and feed it to spiders! Then rip the spider apart and re-find your intestines. Revive you and kill you again!" That one was Jade. The video games were starting to influence his mind. I think. Seriously, no video game has that kind of graphic imaging. I saw as Mi ran down the stairs and joined Jade. They both left to play video games together. Seriously, if I did not know she was dating Colton, I would have thought she was married to video games.

"Guys! You have literally known Leo years longer than you have known me! And you are bombarding him with questions?!" I laugh.

"Well, you are our little sister!" Dyl pouted as I rolled my eyes.

"I am not even younger than all of you, Dylan," I "coughed" when I said Dylan's name. Dylan was actually a month younger than me.

"Yeah, but I'm taller, so you are still my younger sister!" Dylan said, quickly looking back at me, raising an eyebrow, then facing Leo again with narrowed eyes. I could see that Leo was actually nervous. He was scratching the back of his head and did not have his usual ice-cold face on him.

"Leo, how are you nervous from these guys?! They are literally as harmful as a piece of fluff!" I laughed, but Leo did not reply. I saw his jaw practically drop and his eyes widen larger than when I found out Ben was in a gang.

"What?!" He yelled as Ace snapped his fingers in front of Leo's face. I looked at Leo and my jaw almost dropped as well. He was wearing a grey hoodie with dark blue jeans that were way more ripped than mine. His hair contained a cap on it and I put on a knowing smirk. No one can be this perfect! He has got to be hiding a bad hair day under his cap! I skipped downstairs, pretending to not notice it. Then suddenly, I lunged up and grabbed his cap, knocking it down from his head. SCORE! I look up to see him combing his hands through his PERFECTLY STYLED HAIR! Seriously! How does the guy not have hat hair?!

"What are you doing Ellie?!" Leo questioned, shaking his head as my jaw hung open.

"IT'S NOT FAIIIIIR! WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HAT HAIIIIRR!" I whined as he chuckled at my totally mature comment. I mean seriously! This is a serious issue!

"Shall we, M'lady?" He asked, extending his arm out for me to link hands with as I playfully huffed at how perfect he was. But in the end, my grin only ended up going from one side of the earth to the other.

"Careful sweetheart, if you keep grinning like that, you are going to hurt yourself," He teased as I playfully rolled my eyes in response.

"Well, I'm surprised you did not catch flies when you saw me enter," I responded.

"Sweetheart, you were catching flies at my hair," He smirked.

"Only at how unnatural it was!" I scoffed.

"Sureeee," He responded, clearly frightened by my awesome rebuttals. There was no way he was amused at how stupid it was. Nope. Not at all. Zippo, zilch amusement in his voice!

"Where are we going?" I responded, realizing that he never told me.

"Fine, I'll tell you," He sighed.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" I responded. That was easy. Too easy. Knowing Leo he would not tell me at all.

"When we get there," He continued. And that is the Leo I knew. Always mysterious.

"Why yes I am," He bowed, while still focusing on the road ahead.

"Wha- ooooh!" Shoot, I said it out loud!

Leo parked the car somewhere and as I looked outside, I was amazed at what I saw.

Hey guys, what do you get when you mix a cliff and a daredevil? A person hanging off of a cliff a.k.a A CLIFFHANGER! One of my friends literally