Chapter Fifteen

"Leon, what are you doing here?" Jared asked. All of stared at Leon in surprise. What was he doing here? Why does he sound so animalistic?

"What do you mean what I am doing here? This is my dorm and this is my roommate, Leon said walking over to me. He stands in between Julie, Jared and I.

"Leon I was just trying to help Ashley, she is feeling sick-" Jared tries to say but is cut off by Leon.

"You are sick? Why didn't you call me?" Leon asked, turning to look at me. A feel a little happy from the affection Leon is giving me but I am also confused to why he cares so much for me. Why do all of these people care so much about me?

"I don't have your number."

"Yes you do," Leon argued.

"No I do-" I am cut off as a cough comes off my mouth. Not even a second later another cough comes off, then another.

"Let's argue about that later. For now, let me take you to your room," Leon said in a less tense tone. "Julie and Jared I want you out of the dorm now!" His tone was hard and emotionless when he said that.

"Yes, si- Leon," Julie said softly. Without another word I heard their footsteps fade away until the only sound you could hear was the sound of Leon and I breathe.

I watched as Leon turned around and walked towards me. He put his hands beneath me and gently picked me up. I stared into Leon's eyes that were staring at me. My stomach churned from his intense stare. I feel a rush of warmth spread across my body as Leon touched me.

"How did you do that?" I asked bewildered. I looked at Leon who was staring at me. His lips were pulled into a thin line. I watched him from our position, waiting for his answer. I licked my dry lips slowly. I watched as his eyes follow my actions.

I watch Leon's eyes turn slightly black but it quickly fades away when he sighs loudly. Without replying to my question he picks me up gently. My mind wondered to why he did not answer my question. Maybe I was wrong; maybe even Leon has a past. Maybe he too has secrets that he does not want to share. Maybe he likes me the same way l like him.

My eyes widened suddenly at the thought. I knew that I had a crush on Leon but I never admitted it to myself until now. My body shook slightly as he pulls the blankets of my bed. Slowly he laid me onto the bed.

"I will be right back." I opened my mouth to ask him where he was going but he was already out the door. As I waited for Leon I realized that the cold was coming back. I wrapped the blankets tightly around myself. I heard the rush of footsteps and saw Leon enter the room with a medical aid box.

"Why do you have a medical aid box with you?"

"I need to check you."

"Are you even qualified for this?" Even though a part of me was scared that he did not know what he was doing, a part of me liked the fact that he cared for me. I watched Leon as he took out numerous objects from the medical aid kit.

"How are you feeling?" Leon asked me, his eyes staring at me with concern.

"This may sound weird but when you are touching me I don't feel so sick, but once you let go I feel very sick especially when you are far away from me," I said truthfully, "It might be a coincidence though."

Somehow I was nervous for Leon's reaction. Was he going to call me crazy and call a doctor? Was he going to believe me? Different scenarios played in my head, each of them ending with a different emotion. I thought back to everything that has happened recently from the running in the forest to try to find Julie.

Out of everything that hah happened, my parents' death was still something I couldn't believe. Even though in the picture that I had received they looked dead, something in my mind thought that this was all a dream. A dream to which I would wake up to eventually.

"Ashley! Ashley!" I felt someone shake my arm. I moved my head from side to side, trying to snap out of the daze I was in. I looked to the side to see Leon staring at me with wide eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, sorry I was daydreaming."

"Oh okay. You gave me a fright there. Now let us go back to your sickness. When you said that when I touched you didn't feel sick, that is completely normal."

"How?" I asked interrupting him.

"I would love to explain but we don't have time. I am going to be transferring some of my blood into yours." My eyes widen at his words. Why was he giving me his blood? My heart beats wildly against my chest.

"Are we even the same blood type?" I asked outraged, "Are you even qualified to do all this?"

My voice was much higher than I expected. Suddenly I felt scared. I looked at Leon who was pulling out needles. He carefully arranges everything on the bed.

"Okay, first of all, I am qualified and second of all, you don't need to be scared of me. I won't hurt you," Leon said. He puts his hand under my chin and forces me to look into his eyes that are filled with concern. Whatever fear I had before slipped away as I stared into his eyes. This time my heart beats wildly because of Leon's touch not because of fear. Gently Leon took his hand away and picked up one of the sharp needles.

"This is not going to take long. Stretch your hand out." I stretched my hand out towards him.

"Close your eyes and I want you to think of something. Forget about what is happening now. Think about something you enjoy doing." I closed my eyes and thought of all my happy times with my parents. I thought of how carefree and happy I was. My mind flashes through from when I was small till now. Just thinking about them sends a pang through my chest. I closed my eyes tightly, hoping that the tears that had formed in my eyes don't fall.

"There we go. Are you okay? Did I hurt you? If I was hurting you could have just told me," Leon said, staring at my eyes that had tears falling out of them. I shook my head from side to side, my throat too dry to answer.

Through my blurry tears, I saw Leon sitting next to me. I felt his arm go over my shoulders. He lightly squeezed it, as if he knew what I was thinking about. My body trembled from all the tears. I felt fingers wipe them away but more tears kept on falling.

"It is going to be okay Ashley. I am going to keep you safe, that is a promise," Leon said to me.

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