Leo was offered a ride home but declined seeing as she had some errands to run. She wandered the town for a bit picking up the dry-cleaning and buying some supplies before returning home and spending the rest of the day lounging around. Dinner was the usual uneventful take-out from a nearby restaurant. After a nap she was walking down her hallway and realized that the little red light on her answering machine was blinking. She pressed a button and a prerecorded voice told her that she had three new messages.

"Hey Leo, it's Greed. Just wondering what you're up to I haven't heard from you in a few weeks. Something wrong? Give me a call or I'm going to have to come there to make sure you aren't dead or something."

"Good to know he cares…" she chuckled to herself before listening to the second message.

"Guesss whooooo? Hi, Leo it's Maes. Guess what! I've been transferred to the East. My wonderful family and I get there next week. Gimmie a call."

The last message was just someone hanging up. She shrugged it off and went back to the living room. Despite Leo's messy way of living she was actually very well off. She had more than enough money to hire a maid but preferred her "organized" chaos. With nothing more to pay for other than her cat she had bought this apartment. It was at the top floor of the building with a beautiful view of the city. Polished wood floors, a enormous kitchen, which she never used; and a balcony. The place would have been perfect for parties, but she preferred the peace and quite after work.

She grabbed a book and went back to her room. It was not long until she fell back asleep.

Leo found herself standing outside her aunt and uncles inn. From inside she could hear arguing. She went under the window of the kitchen and could hear the adults inside.

"Ann why can't you take her? Central is busy we don't have time for a child." Leo's mother was sitting at the kitchen table while Leo's aunt was doing the dishes.

"Well, you should have thought about that. The poor girl hardly knows you! Why don't you act like a responsible parent for once Maria."

"Don't talk to me about responsibility Ann. She doesn't do what she's told and I have much more important things to be worrying about." Her mother's tone was indifferent, as if she was talking about business.

"You always were spoiled; you treat your own daughter like a dog you've grown bored with. Once you get sick of taking care of it you try to dump it on me!" Leo's small hands wiped the tears from her eyes and her feet carried her down the dirt road. Her foot caught a bump in the road and she fell on her face. With a sob she sat up and wrapped her arms around her legs.

"Hey, little girl? Why are you crying?" With a jump Leo looked up into a boy several years older than her. He was wearing rectangle glasses and had messy black hair. A few feet behind him stood a boy, similar in age to the first boy, who seemed somewhat annoyed that his friend had abandoned him to console some crying little girl. The boy with the glasses helped her stand up and she brushed the dirt of herself.

"You're bleeding…" Noticed the second boy, who had now ventured closer.

"It's nothing." Leo said sticking her nose in the air and trying to act as if it did not hurt.

"I'll go get a bandage!" The first boy said before running down the street.

"You should be more careful." Leo glared at the second boy and the two stood in silence while they waited the return of the 1ts boy.

"My name is Leo." She said to her four-eyed friend as he helped her clean off her scuffed up arm.
"My name is ---- and my friend ---, we're from central."

"What are you doing here in the middle of nowhere?" She asked but they did not get the chance to reply because her mother was storming down the road shrieking at Leo.

"Young lady what do you think you're doing!?!?!" The boys watched wide-eyed as Leo's mother dragged her off by the ear.

Leo woke up and stared at the ceiling. For a moment she tried to recall the name of those two boys. Every year or so they came for a vacation in that middle of nowhere town, but the last time she had seen them she had been about 10 and they were too busy being teenagers to spend any large amount of time with her.

A/N: It should not be hard to figure out.