Last chapter: They have not forgotten about me...

Can we acknowlege how my last chapter was exactly 1234 words😂😂😂😂😂

I immediately rushed home afterward. I needed answers. It hurt knowing that Leo knew everything about my past, but never once thought to tell me his. It was as though he did not trust me. I quickly knocked on the door and entered. The house was only accessible if someone was inside it. It cannot be opened from the outside without facial, retna, and thumb print recognition. And that too, the person has to move around to show they are alive. Talk about high tech. I ran into the house, only to run into a wall that wasn't there before. But the wall was familiar?

"I'm not a wall, sweetheart," an all too familiar voice replies and before I could do anything, he grabs my hand and brings his mouth down to my hear causing my heart to beat as though I had just run a mile.

"And I'm not letting you escape this time, Ellie," He whispers in my ear and for some reason, my heart feels as though it could explode at any second. I wanted to tell Leo that I was not running away, that I was looking for him, but at that moment, I could not speak. My heart felt as though it were going to explode and we were the only two people in the world. I knew that if I were to speak, I would lose my entire composure and everything of me. Even my normal face faltered and I just hoped he could not see the effect he was having at me.

"Ellie, please talk to me, what did I do?" I looked up at the familiar brown eyes and wanted to answer, but could not. I saw hurt in his eyes swirled in with other emotions. We both stood there, waiting. He was waiting for an answer I did not trust myself to give. And I was waiting to finally trust myself to give the answer. But it seemed as time passed, I was losing more of myself. My legs started to turn into jelly and even my normal face was starting to feel like jelly. Unable to stare into his eyes any longer without completely falling apart, I looked away.

"Ellie, please, look at me," He pleaded, lifting my chin so I faced him, but I still diverted my eyes to the increasingly interesting floor.

"A...A...Angel," I finally manage to whisper and out of the corner of my eyes, I notice his eyes go wide.

"What?!" He lowly growls.

"A...A...Angel. I...I...I k...know about h...h...h...her," I manage to get out. I feel Leo drag me upstairs, his grip so tight on my arms, I knew it would leave a bruise, but that did not matter; I had been shot before, a bruise was nothing. Leo threw me onto the bed and I was finally able to let out a breathe I did not know I was holding.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER?!" He raged.

"So you admit it, huh? I told you everything. It hurt me so fucking much and I told you everything! I emptied my soul to you and you did not even tell me a thing! YOU LEFT ME IN THE DARK!" I screamed and cried at the same time. I felt hurt and angry. Betrayed and frustrated. Everything all at once. Because the truth is, he pried what I hid out of me and stole it from me, making me believe he gave me the imprtant parts of him back. 

"I did not have to! You had to out of life and death! I did not! Stop changing the fucking topic!" He growled.

"You think I told you because I had to?" I laughed humourlessly, "Well, news flash, I told you because I wanted to because I trusted you. Now I know you never trusted me back. I always have been and always will be a liability because Ben is still on the lose. Don't worry, I won't talk to you unless necessary," I rambled out. Tears running hot down my cheek. I my entire face and hands were all wet at this point. I did not even look at Leo's face. I can't believe I was naive enough to think he would ever like me. To think he actually cared about me. 

"Ellie," I heard a voice sigh behind me, but I refused to face him.

"Ellie of course I trust you," He continued. Lies, what the fuck does he want? He already stole a part of my heart. I should just forget this silly crush.

"Ellie, of course I trust you!" 

"Then why keep me in the dark when I poured my sould to  you," I whisper. I did not have the energy to yell at him. For the first time, I did not have the energy to fight back. Funny, I had been fighting all of my life and I never grew tired. But all it took was a single guy and I could not even verbally fight back.

"Because I can't, Ellie," I heard him sigh.

"Why? Why can't you?" I sighed, tired of this constant arguing. Ever since that kiss, Leo and I have never been the same. Things have been super tense between us. His mother is wrong, he does not like me. I am just another girl to him. 

"Because I am scared, Ellie," Leo responded. I never thought Leo could be scared of anything. He was a fucking gang leader and I was sure nothing in this world could scare him. 

"Scared?" I finally looked him in the eyes, only for him to avert his gaze.

"Yes, of losing you," He sighed staring at his blue bed sheets.

"Why would you lose me?" I laugh a little at the idea of him losing me because of his past. We both have had hard pasts, if he did not run away from mine, I don't know why I would ever run away from his. 

"Because of my past, Ellie. Your past is not your fault. My past is entirely my fault! Ellie, you will see me as a monster!" He replied entirely serious. I don't there is anything that would make me like him less.

"You won't lose me," I responded firmly.

"Promise?" He asked, looking up at me. But for the first time since I have met Leo, he looked innoccent and vulnerable. Like he was truly scared of losing me and I knew I could never leave him.

"Promise." I nod and I know he is finally ready to tell me everything. 

Ready my cliff hangers. I should call you guys that. Too any of you applying to college tell them my hobby is climbing cliffs, then hanging off of them LMAO. I mean you guys have hung off of so many cliffs from this story, I am sure y'all are holding onto some sort of world record🤣🤣. 

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