Hey guys! I just wanted to say thank you for the reviews and follows and favourites I've gotten so far! I'm sorry this is late, I've been on holiday but I promise the next chapter will come much sooner than this one! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
*a couple of days later*
Lea flipped her hair behind her shoulder and readjusted her bag so it was more comfy on her shoulder as she walked into the unholy trinity's usual café. She immediately found the group of girls and was happily surprised to see the beautiful man she had seen earlier in the week as she scanned the café. Lea quickly looked away, blushing a little and getting a little shy. Curry spotted Lea and she waved and shouted "Hey Lea!" across the café. Lea felt her cheeks flush a little, but she ignored that and flashed a quick grin at the group before ordering her coffee (from the hot guy she got last time, who seemed very pleased that he got to serve Lea again). She made her way over to the group, deliberately walking past the man's table so she could get a closer look. As she neared the table, she saw him closer up, she noticed the stubble on his chin, his cute lips, how pale he was, and his piercing green eyes. She tore her eyes away from his face for a couple of seconds as she walked past and she could tell he would now be checking her out. She acted normally until she reached Ellie, Curry and Abi where she grabbed the nearest seat and started to chat away to the girls, aware that the man was watching her.
She sighed as Ellie, Curry and Abi all got up and started to leave. They had all finished and had to leave but Lea was staying to finish her coffee and relax for a bit. She waved goodbye and promised that she would message them all as they left then she sat back and relaxed for a bit.
"Hello… Lea is it?" a voice said to her. Lea jumped and her eyes flew open, as she realised it was the green-eyed-man.
"Oh, hey! Sorry I got a bit of a fright!" Lea chuckled nervously as she checked him out. She smiled nervously and nodded as he gestured to the seat opposite, asking if he could sit down. Their conversation was quite awkward to start off with as Lea told him about her Broadway career and her wishes for her future in Broadway and he told her that he knew he had seen her face from somewhere! Lea found out more about him – he was a physiotherapist in a children's hospital. Lea was fascinated as he explained some of his patients and how he had helped speed up their recovery. Lea thought he seemed very nice so far. He was kind, funny and polite she thought to herself firmly as she laughed at a joke he told. A couple of things were bothering her though... (she knew she sounded stupid for thinking this) but it was the way he was chewing his gum. It was too loud. This was something her violent ex boyfriend used to always do and he would get angry when he realised it was annoying her... it made her shiver, just the thought of him. Also... (Lea felt even stupider for thinking this) but he was wearing a Boston Red Sox Cap. That was probably Lea's least favourite team (she had realised a couple of weeks ago that it was probably because of her violent ex boyfriend again, who was a hardcore fan of the Red Sox team) but she brushed off all these thoughts, trying to forget about her ex, because she would stress too much. The last time she thought about him too much, she stressed far too much and started to fall apart. She was distracted at work (at that time she worked in a bakery) so eventually they to let her go because she wasn't working well enough, she began to cut, starve herself and getting scared by everything that reminded her of him. And one day it was too much. She sat at the kitchen table, lay out the pills (in a straight line across the table because she had also developed a mild case of OCD), took her last deep breaths and started to swallow them, one by one. What Lea didn't know was her friend was outside and because Lea didn't answer the door, she peered through the letter box and saw Lea sitting at the table. She called an ambulance and managed to get into the house. After a year of therapy and medication, Lea was back to her normal self. She wasn't the Lea she used to be, but she wasn't suicidal or cutting any longer.
The conversation between them flowed freely for about 20 minutes until Lea announced that she had to leave. She grabbed her bag and fixed her hair as she stood up, giving him her mobile number. She turned around, just about to leave as she realised, she didn't even know his name! "Oh, I just realised, I don't even know your name!?" she said and he replied saying:
"My name is Theo! Theo Stockman."
OOH! Plot twist;) hehe:P
p.s. I pinky promise there will be monchele later! Cory is actually a character in this right now so gold star for you if you can guess who he is;)