A/N: This didn't take too long to write but I have been a bit preoccupied with some other projects. No worries though, the next chapter is almost done. So you won't have to wait too long.

Thanks for all the reviews by the way.

Usual apologies.

Disclaimer: see previous chapters. I own nothing

The bed was warm.

Leo moved further onto the warmth, listening to the steady heartbeat beneath his head.

A week had passed and things were quiet, well as quiet as the Davenport household could be.

School was fine, mr. Davenport had only caused three explosions so far and Leo even managed to keep his promise to Chase and stayed out of trouble.

All in all, everything was fine.

Everything except for Leo that is.

A week had passed and Marcus hadn't made a move. Didn't try to destroy his family, didn't sabotage Adam, Bree and Chase's bionic's. He didn't even threaten Leo like he usually did.

Just kept up that sickly sweet and friendly facade he always had on.

That had him worried.

Since when did Marcus not have some kind of evil scheme planned? Something about it felt so wrong, like the second he let's his guard down, something would happen.

Of course Leo hasn't forgotten what happened behind the gym with Marcus, but that didn't matter. The evil teen was obviously just messing with him, so it wasn't worth worrying about.

What did have him worried was Marcus's lack of evil-ness.

Despite his best efforts, Chase eventually realised that there was something wrong, so the super genius started spending a lot more time with him in an effort to find out what it was.

He can be such an anxious pain sometimes.

That's why, regardless of Leo's protests, Chase snuck into his room the night before. He was convinced that Leo wasn't getting enough sleep so he spent the night in his room.

Early morning rays lit up the entire room, making him groan in annoyance.

Leo pulled some sheets higher over his head, before wrapping his arms tightly around the figure in his bed. Its Wednesday, he has a test in English so whether he likes it or not he has to go to school.

A hand fell on his back and a finger slowly traced all along his back. From his shoulder down to the hem of his pants, Leo groaned again.

"Chase~ not now, I need at least ten hours for my glow."

This is one of the reasons that Leo doesn't let Chase spend the night in his room, the bionic teen is impossible in the morning.

A low chuckle vibrated against the boys head. For some reason, it didn't sound right and yet it was oddly familiar.

Come to think of it, the body he was holding onto didn't feel like Chase's either.

Leo's eyes snapped open.

"I see you're awake."

And then they went wide.

"ARGHHH!"

The boy pulled away like he'd been burnt. Because the voice might not be Chase's but it was familiar.

Marcus.

"Marcus?!" Leo tried to scramble away, but he got tangled up in the sheets and went tumbling off the bed. Landing on the floor with a loud thud.

After wrestling with the covers for a few seconds, Leo finally managed to get himself loose. When he looked up he found Marcus lying on his stomach smirking at him from the bed.

"Good morning, Leo."

"What are you- Wait how did you get in here?"

Marcus braced his elbows on the bed and rested his head on a hand. "Adam and I have an early class, we're supposed to walk to school together. So you're mom let me in."

"How did you get in my room?"

"You were going to be late for school. Tasha was about to wake you up, but she seemed so busy I offered to do it instead."

Leo stared back at him in shock. He wasn't sure if he should be afraid that he's alone with Marcus or angry because his mom let him into his room.

For now he chose to be afraid.

"What do you want, Marcus?"

Marcus gave a heavy sigh, "I thought we already had this conversation." He got off the bed and made his way towards Leo, who was scrambling back against the wall.

The bionic teen crouched down in front of Leo, "I'll say it slowly this time so you'll understand."

Leo pressed his back against the wall, eyes impossibly wide as the other leaned forward. "I. Want. You."

Suddenly the door opened.

Marcus grabbed Leo's hand and pulled him up just as someone stepped in.

"Leo Francis Dooley, if you don't get your butt up right now I'll-"

Tasha looked surprised, "Marcus? I didn't know you were still in here."

Marcus smiled, "I was just helping Leo up. I think I startled him cause when I tried to wake him, little guy fell right off the bed soon as I touched him."

"Oh," Tasha smiled back, "Well Leo's skin has always been a little, sensitive. There's this spot on his collar bone on his left and when you touch it he-"

"MOM!" Leo was mortified.

"Leo, it's nothing to be ashamed of."

"It's O.K mrs. Davenport, I'm sure I'll find out exactly what that spot does to Leo eventually." Marcus said staring down at the boy beside him.

"Is that so?" She raised an eyebrow at the teen, for a second Leo thought that his mom might have caught on.

"Jip." Marcus threw his arm around the boys shoulders. "I feel like Leo and I haven't been getting along, but starting today I'm going to make sure we get as close as we possibly can."

"That's great Marcus. Why don't you come downstairs for some breakfast?" Tasha smiled and grabbed Marcus's arm ushering him out of the room, before looking back over her shoulder. "Leo hurry up and get ready for school."

The door closed and Leo dropped to the floor.

So maybe Marcus wasn't just messing with him

Things couldn't get any worse.

As he willed himself to move and get ready for school, Leo thought back to the feelings he decided to bury a few days ago.

Marcus likes him. Likes him like that.

Why the evil teen likes him is still a mystery.

There are a few things Leo doubts about himself. Things he pretends don't exist for the sake of his own sanity. Things like his lack of athletic ability, his slightly midget like stature and of course his awkward clumsiness.

However none of these things ever made his confidence falter in the least. Its not like he doesn't think he's good enough for Marcus its just...

Why?

Marcus never liked him like that before, why now?! They're enemies, they hate each other. Marcus constantly thought up new ways to kill him, while he spent all his time trying to expose the bionic teen.

Leo sat on the bed as he pulled on his shoes. He instantly felt his cheeks heat up at the memory of waking up in Marcus's arms.

Although in his defence he fell asleep with Chase in his bed, its not his fault he ended up snuggling up to evil.

Chase probably went down to the lab at dawn.

Stupid science project. It just like Chase to put so much work into something that was just for extra credit.

The heat in his cheeks also led to another issue he's been trying to avoid.

One that he really needs to get rid of, because he doesn't like Marcus.

He likes Chase.

Leo quickly picked up his backpack and headed down stairs.

'Marcus is evil.'

'Chase is good.'

Leo repeated these words over and over again in his head until he got down stairs. Chase was sitting on one of the stools in the kitchen while Adam stood with his head buried in the fridge and Tasha sat on the couch with a cup off coffee and a newspaper.

Leo ran up to the super genius and sat next to him on one of the chairs.

"Hey Le-"

"Where's Marcus?"

"He went to the bathroom. You know Leo, this whole 'Marcus is evil' thing is getting-"

Before Chase could finish Leo pulled him close and gave him a kiss. He moved closer wrapping his arms around the super genius's neck before pulling back completely. Surprisingly enough, Adam was still a bit preoccupied with the fridge and Tasha was facing the other way so neither of them noticed a thing.

"Not that I'm complaining, but what was that for?" Chase asked giving the other a grin.

"I just felt like it." Leo smiled before turning to the food that Tasha had laid out for them.

He wasn't lying, he did feel like it.

Sort of.

Leo was confused. So he needed a reminder, something to get rid of the confusion and clear everything up. Something to keep his head right.

And it worked, any doubts he had about Marcus are gone.

"There's no orange juice!" Adam said with an exasperated sigh.

"Oops." Chase said as he poured out the remaining juice into his glass. Adam glared at his brother before stomping over.

"I thought you hated orange juice, cause of the pulp or something."

"Well not anymore." Chase lifted the glass, but before he could drink it Adam snatched it out of his hand and held the glass out of reach.

The two brothers started fighting and Leo started laughing at them. He was so amused he didn't notice that Marcus had walked into the room, until he sat next to him.

Leo kept his eyes ahead avoiding any an all eye contact with the teen beside him, when

DING DONG!

"MOM!" He shouted on reflex completely forgetting that his mom was sitting on the couch.

"I heard it." Tasha got up and opened the door.

"Good morning mrs. Davenport, is Leo here?"

Tasha blinked, "Yes, he's here. Who are you?"

"Clayton Harrington, Leo and I go to the same school."

"Harrington? You're Pierce Harrington's son, didn't he and Donald-"

"Yes," Clayton smiled. "They had a disagreement a while back, that's actually why I'm here."

"Oh."

"I feel terrible for what happened. So I came here to extend an olive branch."

By now the argument in the kitchen had stopped and all eyes were on the front door.

"Well, come in." Tasha stood aside and let Clayton walk in.

"May I say, you have a lovely home mrs. Davenport." The heir said with a million dollar smile, which probably costs about the same.

"Yeah, I'm sure you can't wait to try and take it." Leo said folding his arms over his chest.

"Leo."

"Its alright mrs. Davenport. My father and I really are sorry for what happened, I came over because wanted to ask Leo if I could give him a ride to school as an apology. Hopefully we could be friends."

"You wanna give me a what?" Leo asked looking slightly bewildered.

"A ride to school, its... A peace offering."

"Yeah right." Chase scoffed.

"Wait," Adam started, "How do you offer peace."

"Well you can take that peace somewhere else."

"Boys," Tasha scolded, "Clayton's trying to be nice the least you could do, is give him a chance."

"But Mom-"

"Can I just say one thing." Clayton started as he walked over to the others. The heir looked sincere and almost remorseful as he spoke. "I know that I can be a jerk sometimes, but I've never had siblings or any real friends. I'll admit that I've always been kind off jealous of the bond you all share. I know that I can't expect you to forget what happened, but I guess... I guess I just wanted to see if we could be friends. If I could have a bond like that as well."

The heir gave a sad smile, "But its O.K, I understand if you just want me to leave."

Leo gave a sigh. Great, now he's feeling sorry for the spoiled rich guy. "Fine."

"What?!" Chase and Adam said simultaneously.

"Take a look at my mom guys, trust me we have no choice."

Sure enough Tasha was giving them all a glare, just daring them to refuse.

"So where's the car?" Leo got off the chair and picked up his bag.

Clayton gave a grin, "Out front."

"Oh Oh! I call shotgun!" Adam shouted excitedly as he grabbed his own bag.

"No!" The heir said quickly making everyone stare at him, he gave a nervous laugh. "It's a sportscar, only has two seats. Maybe next time Alfred."

Chase glared, "Adam."

"Whatever."

"A sportscar?" Tasha said in a motherly tone.

"There's nothing to worry about mrs. Davenport. I have my drivers license and I've been cleared to drive in twelve different countries. It's completely safe."

Leo looked sceptical, "I don't know if I can just leave everyone here-"

"Its the Lamborghini Veneno."

"See you guys later!" With that Leo all but flew through the front door.

"Just try to be safe." Tasha said making her way up the stairs.

"Don't worry mrs. Davenport," Clayton looked back at the three in the kitchen and gave a smirk before finishing in a dark tone. "I'll take very good care of Leo."

Chase gave a growl while Marcus silently glared at the heir as he walked out of the house. Meanwhile Adam just looked confused.

'What's up with Marcus?'

"Since when is Clayton so interested in Leo." The super genius grumbled, picking up his plate to toss it in the sink.

Adam shrugged, "Since the stock car race." He cringed when he realised what he just said.

"What?!"

"Umm... I mean, Clayton has NOT been hitting on Leo everyday for the past few month's at all."

Chase glared at his brother, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Say anything about what, I already told you that he hasn't been hitting on Leo."

"Adam."

Adam gave a sigh, "There was never any reason to say anything. Leo doesn't like him back, he hasn't even realised that Clayton's been flirting with him. Bree says that Leo's oblivious."

"Bree knows too?"

"You know, you guys haven't told me about Clayton Harrington yet." Marcus started giving a bright smile, while his fists clinched in his lap. Knuckles slowly turning white. "So, who is he?"

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It was too easy.

Why didn't he think of this months ago?

All Clayton had to do was give a few rehearsed apologies, suck up to his mom, feed them the 'I'm really just lonely' bullshit and he got his first step. The heir glanced at the boy beside him, as the car sped down the street, leaving all in its wake as a big blur. Leo was fiddling with the sound system searching for a good station.

Now's the time to take it a step further.

"Hey Leo, we have a while before class starts. You wanna go somewhere before we head back to school?"

Leo gave him a suspicious look, "Go where?"

"Well I have the new Pig Zombies game, wanna go back to my place to check it out?"

"But Pig Zombies doesn't have a game, how would you-"

"Its due to be released next year, but my dad pulled a few strings and I got it early. So what do you say?" Clayton finished with a warm smile.

Which wasn't really necessary because Leo was already hooked. The boy's face lit up and Clayton had to admit,

He's kinda cute.

"Hell yes I wanna check it out!"

"Great."

Clayton stared out into the distance.

Too easy.

A/N: Another chapter done. My small plans have turned into slightly bigger plans for Clayton. But nothings decided yet.

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