Okay, I'll admit that this chapter is weaker than the others, I'm sorry. The POV's for this are in order of:
Bender
Leela
Fry
Incase anyone gets confused.
Please enjoy reading this!
It's the next day. I'm walking to work with my best friend Fry, like every weekday. Normally he talks about Leela and his life in the year 2000 before he got frozen and then I either block out what he's saying or I threaten to push him out in front of the hover cars if he didn't quit his whining. But there were times where I listened to him, not to his stories, but just to the sound of his voice. I loved the sound of his voice, it makes me feel warm inside (or maybe it's the loot I stole pressing against my temperature gauge or control button-or whatever it's called).
Today however, it feels like every time I hear his voice, I feel more guilty about what I did to him yesterday. When he finds out, he is going to kill me. Hopefully he'll hate me less if I'm the one to tell him about the letter, but right now I can't even bring myself to look him in the eye. I think Fry can sense something's wrong with me. He keeps looking at me, asking me if I'm alright. I love that Fry is so nice to me.
"Are you sure you're all right Bender? It's just that you've been looking miserable ever since we left this morning".
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine".
"You know, if there is anything wrong, you can always talk to me about it..."
"I said I'm fine, leave it will you!" I yelled at him. Everybody is looking at us but I don't care. I walk off in a hurry, with Fry having to run after me in order to keep up with me.
"I'm sorry Bender, it's just I'm worried about you. I've never seen you look so sad before, well as sad looking as a robot can get. You can't help me being concerned about you".
"No I can't", I said, smiling. "I'm sorry for yelling at you".
"Its okay" he said, linking his arm with mine. "You're my best friend. Friends forgive and forget".
We continued walking to work, arm in arm. We got weird looks from strangers, but I don't care. This guilt is killing me. I have to tell him. The Planet Express building is just around the corner, if there was a time to tell him, it's now as this would be the last chance I have to tell him before Leela gets to tell him. I better tell him now.
"Now that you mention it Fry, there is something I wanted to talk to you about".
"Yes Bender, what is it?"
"Remember last night when you were talking about your night out with Leela?"
"Unfortunately, yes. Why?" he asked me.
We were almost inside, it's now or never. "Well, remember that note you found and thought it came from her?"
"What do you mean 'thought it came from her'? It did come from her'.
"Yeah, about that, I..." I started off saying but stopped when we came into the lounge. We both stare in the direction of the couch and saw her. Leela, the breaker of hearts. We stand there staring at her while she sits there staring at us for a few minutes before Fry turns to me and says 'Bender, could you leave us alone for a few minutes?" while unlinking his arm from mine. I say "yes" and leave into the next room. I grab a chair and sit near the door and listen to their conversation.
As soon as Bender leaves, Fry sits down on the couch, leaving a gap in between us.
"We need to talk" we said at the same time.
"You first" I offered.
"Look Leela, I understand that you may not like me and you didn't want to come for whatever reason. What I don't understand is why you left that note saying you were coming. If you didn't want to come, you could have just told me instead of leaving that note. You didn't have to humiliate me like that".
"That's the thing, I didn't write that note. I was on my way to tell you that I wasn't coming, I swear".
"I believe you about that. I knew that you didn't hate me enough to do that to me" he said, smiling. "Wait, if you didn't write that note, who did?"
"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this", I said, touching his hand. "But, it was Bender who wrote it".
"What? Bender? Why? How do you know it was Bender?"
"He told me yesterday, after you ran out of the building for some reason".
"Oh yeah, that was when I found the note, I thought it was from you. I was so excited when I thought you were coming, I just had to run home to get ready", he sighed. I felt sorry for him. Why did Bender write that note? "Did Bender mention why he wrote the note?"
"Well, he said something about taking matters into his own hands but I didn't really understand what he was on about".
"Oh well, at least I know that you didn't write that note and didn't go because you hate me". He suddenly looked at me. "You don't hate me, do you?"
"Of course, I don't hate you. In fact, I ended up going after all".
"You did? Then how come I didn't see you?"
"I was around the corner from the restaurant and I was on my way there, when suddenly, I froze. I couldn't move. A part of me wanted to run away but..."
"But..." he said, wanting me to continue. I liked that Fry was a good listener. He was always interested in what I had to say.
"But there was a part of me that wanted to go through with it but I just stood there frozen. By the time I could move, I turned the corner and you were gone".
"Oh no, I thought you were never going to show up so I gave up and went home. I'm sorry, if I had known you were around the corner..." his smile faded and he looked away from me.
"Don't apologise Fry, you didn't know. I should never have stood you up". He looked at me and we smiled at each other. "It's just I was scared..."
"Scared? Scared of what? Me?"
"Not of you. It's just..." I look away from him and whisper "I'm scared of getting hurt".
"Leela", he says, placing his hand on my shoulder. "I could never hurt you".
I nod my head and say "I know you would Fry, but deep down I can't help thinking that somehow, as revenge for me hurting you many times before, you will find some way to hurt me, and I can't let that happen to me again".
"Again, what do you mean again?"
"Oh, um, never mind, it's not important..."
"It's important to me. Who hurt you Leela?" he asked me. Fry was always so kind to me, and so caring.
"I'd rather not talk about it Fry, it's a bit personal..."
"I understand you don't want to talk about it" he said, standing up. "When you're ready to about it, I'll be here" he said, and then walked out the room.
After Fry left, I heard the words "Oh man" coming from behind one of the doors and I knew it was Bender from the sound of his voice.
"Bender is that you?" I asked. I had to make sure.
"No..." he replied. Yep, it was him.
"Bender, get in here!" I yelled.
The door opens and Bender walks in. "Yeah, all right, I was listening to your conversation and yes, that was me saying 'oh man'. I was upset because I thought that he was going to get angry and yell at you, but he didn't. Also, how dare you tell him that I wrote that note!"
"Would do you mean? You did write that note!"
"Yes, I know that but I was going to tell him!"
"Yeah right" I muttered underneath my breath.
"But now, he's going to hate me and it's all thanks to you" he said, pointing at me.
"What do you mean me? You wrote that note and said it was from me! You shouldn't have written that note!"
"Yeah well, you should have gone on that date with Fry!"
"Hey! Anyway, you heard what Fry said. He's okay with what happened last night. And, after what I did to him, if he forgives me then he should forgive you too".
"Yeah whatever, I don't care that much" he said, but I knew deep down he cared a lot about this; he just didn't want to admit it.
"You never did tell me, why did you write that letter?"
Bender looks me straight in the eyes, steps forward and says "I don't have to tell you anything but all I'll say is this. All I wanted was for him to be happy and you wouldn't even begin to know how to make that happen you... You heartbreaker!" and starts to walk out of the room.
Well, that was weird. I never would have imagined that as Bender's motives. He has got a point about the happiness bit though, and the heartbreaker bit. I have broken Fry's heart many times before, which is unfair, and speaking from a person who has had her heart broken, I know how much it hurts. Also I have made Fry's life a misery ever since he met me by me rejecting him but whenever we're together, hanging out or whatever, we're always happy. Maybe we're meant to be happy together as a couple. Yes, maybe...
My train of thought is interrupted when Hermes comes into the room, blocking Bender's way. "Meeting in the Conference room in 5 minutes" he said.
"Maybe I would get there faster if you weren't blocking the way!" Bender yelled at him.
"Just hurry up and get there you shiny metal idiot!" Hermes says before leaving.
"Well, you heard the Jamaican windbag. Let's go!" he says to me.
He started to go until I call him back. I grabbed a pad of paper and pen which was on the table beside the couch, write something on it and gave the note to Bender. "Give that note to Fry" I tell him before running off to the locker room.
Oh man, these meetings are so boring! It's always the same routine: Hermes boring us with a pointless lecture, the Professor sound asleep, Amy doing her make-up, Zoidberg complaining about being poor, Bender drinking beer and/or smoking, me playing games on my phone and Leela reading a book. Speaking of which, where is Leela? She's normally the first to arrive.
Suddenly, the door opens and Leela runs in. "Sorry I'm late, I had to take care of something" she said, taking a quick glance at me and then sitting down.
"Now for the final thing, the fridge is on a permanent lockdown!"
This caught everyone's attention, apart from the Professor who was still sleeping.
"This has happened because someone (he looks in the direction of Zoidberg) has been stealing my manwiches lately and I think that it's you!" he said, pointing at Zoidberg.
Everybody looks at him. "Me? I didn't do anything!"
"Oh come on, admit it, you filthy crab! It was you!"
"But I didn't do anything!"
"Oh please, you fingerprints are all over the evidence!" he said, taking out an evidence bag with a half-eaten manwich inside.
"But I don't even have fingers!"
"Be quiet! Everybody, you can all blame Zoidberg for not getting your lunches. Meeting adjourned" he said before leaving the room, and then followed by everyone else. Bender starts to leave also.
"Wait, Bender, come back". He comes back and I ask him to sit down on the chair around the table. "I know that it was you that wrote that note".
"You do huh?" he said. He looks so sad.
"Is that what you were trying to tell me earlier?"
Bender nods. "I thought it would sound better coming from me instead of... Her".
"You have a good point, but what I was going to say was..."
"Let me guess, you don't want to be friends with me anymore. I'll just leave now". He starts to get up.
"Bender, where are you going? I wasn't going to say that. Please sit down". He sits down. "I was going to say that, I forgive you".
"Really? Not that I'm bothered about it or anything..."
"Yes really. Like I said earlier, friends forgive and forget".
"So we're still friends then?"
"Yes Bender".
"Good. Not that I was worried or anything... Anyway, I promise never do anything like that again".
I smiled at him. There were many times I knew that Bender was being sincere, and this was one of those times. I get up and start to leave but he stops me.
"Wait! Leela asked me to give you this". He took out a piece of paper out from his chest cavity and gives it to me. I take it from him and read it. It says:
Meet me in the locker room
Leela
I run to the locker room to see if she's there. She's not. I wonder if it is another fake note when I notice that there is something pinned to the door of my locker. I go over, take it off the door and read it. It says:
Dear Fry,
Thank you for forgiving me about what happened last night. I was afraid that you would never forgive me but I'm so glad you did. Remember when I said someone hurt me? Well I didn't mean physically hurt me if that's what you thought. I meant emotionally. Please note that what you're about to read, I've never told anyone this and I would like that you didn't tell anyone this either. The only reason I'm telling you this is because I trust you, which means I'm trusting you to keep this secret. Please do so Fry.
(A/N: This is what I was going to start doing, a one-off about Leela's past with Sean but then it develop into this, but I still wanted to have this in it so I put it in this note. Enjoy! (you don't have to read this authors note))
When I was in college, I met Sean. He was my first ever boyfriend. It was lovely the first few weeks. He was so charming, but things really started to change a month into the relationship. He started becoming secretive and careless. He never told me where he was going and if he did, he would lie to me about where he was going. It wasn't until later I found out that he was cheating on me. When I confronted him about it, all he had to say was "I was going to tell you eventually, maybe, but I grew bored of you so I decided to move on. Good luck in the future" then he patted me on the back and left. I never saw him again. That's when I decided to never allow myself to get hurt again. I know it sounds stupid but back then I was young and vulnerable. He broke my heart and I was afraid to trust anyone again, until I met you. You taught me to trust again.
Thank you for that Fry. x
Leela x
So that's what happened. Poor Leela, humiliated by that creepy jerk! Well, she has nothing to worry about. I will never tell anyone this, not even Bender, my best friend to which I tell everything to, but I won't tell him this.
"Well, isn't that nice to know" came a voice from behind me.
I turn around and there she was. "Leela! You can read my mind?"
She giggled. "No stupid, you were talking out aloud".
"Oh" I hadn't realised that I was talking out loud. "But still, what I said, I meant every word. I won't tell a soul, or a robot".
"I know you won't Fry, I trust you".
We both stare at each other for a while, and then we lean in and...
We kiss.
I know that's a stupid way to end it and I normally end it with a question, but I couldn't think of a 'Why can't...?' question so I decided to leave it out.
Please note that this is not the end! One more chapter to go! The final chapter should be upload tomorrow or the day after at the latest.
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Happy 2010 everyone! (Happy New Year everyone!)
