Chapter 4! Please Review! I don't own Yugioh 5D's.
Leo was still walking up the stairs thinking about what just had happened. The more he thought about it the darker his blush got. He started to hear some footsteps from the bottom of the stairs. So he started to speed up the stairs. He saw the bathroom, but he went back to Ashley's room. He went to go get some clothes he packed in his bag. He saw his bag and it was on the floor. When he came close to it, he picked it up. Something fell out of it though. He kneeled down to pick it up and it was a picture frame. It was a little dusty so he dusted it off. When he finally saw the picture, tears started to fall down his face. Little did he know that Ashley was watching the whole time.
"Leo, are you crying?" Ashley asked
Leo wiped his tears away quickly and stuffed the photo in his bag.
"No, I was just looking for my clothes." Leo said
"Are you sure? I thought I saw you-"
"Yeah, i'm fine. I just need a bath." Leo said before leaving the room
"But Leo I …." Ashley was short on words
She looked at his bag and thought. What was he looking at to make him cry?
She kneeled down to his bag and she opened it. She started looking through it until…
"Ashley, what are you doing?"
Ashley jumped up and turned around to see Mandy. She sighed in relief "It's just you Mandy."
"What are you doing with Leo's bag?" Mandy asked
"Listen, don't tell Leo about this." Ashley said
"Okay, I won't tell unless you tell me what you're doing with his bag." Mandy said
"Well you see I was coming up the stairs to go to my room. When I came to my room, I saw Leo on the ground with his bag. For some reason, I just waited outside the door. I saw him pick it up and something fell out of it. He picked it up and I noticed it was a picture frame. It seemed like he dusted it off and as soon as he saw the picture he started crying." Ashley explained
"So basically you're looking for the photo." Mandy said
"Yeah" Ashley said
"Okay bye" Mandy said about to leave
"You don't want to help me find it?" Ashley asked
"You like him not me. Bye." She said leaving the room
"I do not like him!" She yelled then covered her mouth blushing slightly
Meanwhile with Akiza and her group…..
"We… made…. it." Akiza panted
"Who know….. you could… walk so fast….. Luna." Amanda panted
Luna just rolled her eyes and turned around to the apartment building. After Akiza and Amanda finished panting they looked at the building too.
"You and Leo live here! Wow!" Amanda yelled amazed "I thought only the richest of people could live here!"
Luna remembered the day they met Yusei and Leo told Yusei the same thing. A tear fell out of her eyes. She wiped them away before Akiza and Amanda could see.
"Amanda, their parents are rich. They live on the top floor." Akiza told her
"Cool! They must be really rich!" Amanda exclaimed
"Do you know you act like a child sometimes?" Akiza giggled
Amanda smiled and said "I know. People tell me that a lot. Sometimes when I am a little too excited, I start to act like a little kid."
Luna rolled her eyes again and this time Akiza noticed it.
"Luna, what's the matter with you?" Akiza asked "You're not really the type to roll your eyes when someone says something."
Luna turned around to face Akiza and said "Nothing is wrong."
"It's Leo, right?" Akiza asked
Luna felt tears in her eyes so she turned away from Akiza. She looked at the sky trying to keep the tears from falling, but Amanda already knew. She went up to Luna and hugged Luna.
"It's okay Luna. Just let it all out." Amanda said
Luna cried into her and hugged Amanda back.
"I'm sure he's okay Luna." Amanda said
Luna just continued to cry and Amanda continued to hug her. Akiza just sighed and turned back to the building. Akiza felt Luna's pain. Luna's one and only brother went missing again, but this time she didn't know where he was. Akiza could see why Luna was so concerned. Akiza looked at a clock on the outside of the building and it was now eleven ten. Then she remembered about Crow and Yusei.
"Where are they?" Akiza asked to herself, but Amanda heard her.
"Who?" Amanda asked still hugging Luna who was still crying
"What?" Akiza asked
"You said where are they and i'm asking who they are." Amanda said
"Oh well you see we're not the only ones looking for Leo. Do you remember the two other guys who were at the hospital with us when Leo was there?" Akiza asked
Amanda thought about it and then said "I thought there were three guys. The blond guy-"
"Don't worry about him. He won't help us. Do you remember the other guys?" Akiza asked
"Yeah I do" Amanda said
"They are helping us look for him." Akiza said
"What are their names again?" Amanda asked
"Yusei and Crow"
"Oh right" Amanda said "Are we waiting for them?"
"Yeah" Akiza answered "They were supposed to be here ten minutes ago."
"Why are we waiting for them?" Amanda asked
"We've been searching for Leo every since nine o' clock so we're gonna go eat something." Akiza said "Do you want to come along?"
Amanda shrugged her shoulders "If you want me to."
"I do want you to."
"I'll come then"
Then a sniffle came from Luna. They both looked at her. They had not noticed she stopped crying.
"Are you okay now Luna?" Amanda asked pulling her off and looking at her face
Luna nodded and let one more tear fall.
"Please stop crying Luna. Here, take this." Amanda said pulling out a handkerchief
Luna took the handkerchief and wiped her face. After she was done, she offered it back to Amanda.
Amanda shook her head "You keep it"
Luna put the handkerchief in her pocket and smiled at Amanda.
"Thank you" Luna said
Amanda smiled back at her "Your welcome"
Akiza couldn't help, but smile too.
"Are we going inside or are we waiting out here?" Amanda asked Akiza
"We're waiting out here. As soon as they get here, we're leaving." Akiza said
"Where are we going anyway?" Amanda asked
"Lucky Village" Luna answered
"Isn't that Leo's favorite restaurant?" Amanda asked
"How did you know that?" Akiza asked
"Leo told me while he was still in the hospital." Amanda said
"Typical Leo. He doesn't keep anything to himself." Luna said
"Yeah" Akiza said and looked back at the clock. It was now eleven twenty.
"Where are they?" Akiza asked again
Meanwhile with Yusei and Crow…
Yusei looked at his clock again while he was running. Crow was running too.
"Crow, we're late." Yusei said
"I know, but we have just one more corner to turn." Crow said
"Yeah" Yusei said as they turned the corner
They saw the building and their friends at the front. To their surprise Amanda was there too. They were finally where their friends were. Akiza gave a look and it wasn't a nice one.
"We know we're late." Yusei said
"We're really sorry." Crow said
"Hey guys" Amanda greeted
"Hey Amanda, what are you doing here?" Yusei asked
"I wanted to help find Leo." Amanda said
"What about the hospital?" Crow asked
"I have the day off." Amanda said
"Awesome for you" Crow said "So are we going to go eat something now?"
"Yeah" Yusei said "Amanda, you want to go eat with us?"
"Okay" Amanda said
"Let's go then" Yusei said as they followed him
Back with Ashley….
Ashley looked out of the door to see if someone was coming. Since no one was coming, she continued to look through his bag. She finally came across a picture frame and she could barely see it. She touched it and it was dusty. She wiped across the whole frame, but she still could barely see the picture. She looked around her room for something to wipe the frame with. She finally found a tissue and then she heard the bathroom door open. Before Leo came in the room, she hid the photo under her bed. Then Leo came in the room wearing blue jeans, and a white shirt. He made a face at Ashley. It wasn't a mean face. It was more of a confused face.
"Ashley, why are you breathing so hard?" Leo asked
Ashley didn't even notice she was breathing so hard until he asked.
"Oh no reason" Ashley lied
"But-"
"I am going to go take a bath alright! Bye!" Ashley said running out of the room
"Wait!" Leo said about to run after her until he heard the bathroom door slam "No use"
Leo laid down on Ashley's bed and kept on thinking the same things over and over again.
Why was she so nice to me? Why did she offer me a place to stay? Why did she lie for me? Why did she care about what happened to me? Why? Why? Why?
He just couldn't figure it all out. He wanted to know so badly. The main thing he wanted to know was why she took him off the streets. She could have just told her parents he was running away from home. He also couldn't figure out why his friends and sister left him out of the fun all of a sudden. That was also something he couldn't get out of his head. He wished he could get that out of his head and move on with his life, but he just couldn't. Leo wished he could figure everything out, but he didn't understand anything.
"Good morning Leo"
Leo sat up straight and saw Ashley's dad.
"Good morning sir" Leo greeted back
"How are you this morning?" Ashley's dad asked
"Fine and you?" Leo asked
"I am just fine. Thanks for asking." Ashley's dad said "Why are you in here all alone?"
"Ashley is taking a bath so I was just laying on her bed thinking about things." Leo said
"What kind of things?" Ashley's dad asked sitting on the bed with Leo
"Things that have been happening to me these past several weeks." Leo told him
"What things have been happening to you?" Ashley's dad asked
Leo told him everything except about his friends, his sister, and of course him running away.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that Leo." Ashley's dad said
"Everyone says that when I tell them what happened to me, but I don't really think they mean it." Leo said with a very sad expression on his face
"I mean it when I say it." Ashley's dad said
"Sure you do." Leo said
"I do. Just cheer up. Smile." Ashley's dad said, but Leo still kept a sad expression on his face. So he started to tickle Leo until he was in a fit of laughter.
"Please….stop…it!" Leo said in between laughs
Ashley's dad stopped tickling him, but he kept laughing for a minute or two. After he done laughing, all he could do was smile.
"See that's the smile I was looking for." Ashley's dad said pleased
"Is this father and son bonding time or something?" Ashley said coming inside the door. She was wearing blue jeans just like Leo. She was wearing a baby blue shirt with blue and white sneakers. She also had her hair in a ponytail.
"Oh Ashley, I was about to leave. Come down the stairs when you are done up here. Bye Leo." Ashley's dad said leaving the room
Ashley sat next to Leo on her bed and said "What were you two talking-"
Leo had his head down with his hands on his face.
"Leo, what's wrong?" Ashley asked
He looked up at her and sighed "What you said."
"What about what I said?" Ashley asked
"I don't remember the last time I bonded with my father." Leo answered
"Oh i'm sorry. I didn't know." Ashley apologized "Is he dead?"
Leo let out a small laugh.
"What's so funny?" Ashley asked
"He's not dead."
"Then why don't you ever bond with him?"
"He's always away on a business trip. So is my mom. "
"They are? So I wasn't exactly lying yesterday when I was convincing my parents to let you stay here. Who takes care of you if they're not around?" Ashley asked
"We lived in a hotel so the hotel manager took care of us."
"Us?" Ashley said
"Me and my sister" Leo said
"Oh" Ashley said "How can you live like that?"
"I just lived with it." Leo said getting off the bed "I'm going down stairs. You coming?"
"O-" Then Ashley remembered the photo "No, i'll be down in a minute or two."
"Okay bye then" Leo said leaving
As soon as Leo left the room, Ashley closed the door and locked it. She took the photo from under her bed. She wiped the frame with the tissue she found earlier. Then she could finally see the picture clearly. She saw two green haired kids. One of them was a girl and the other one was a boy. She also saw a boy with black and yellow hair, a blond boy, an orange headed boy, and a girl with red shoulder length hair with two bangs in the front. They had all goofy faces on except the blond boy. He had a very serious face on. The green haired kids had the silliest faces of all. The green haired girl had her mouth very wide with her fingers hooking the side of her mouth, and the green haired boy had his tongue sticking out of his mouth in the silliest way looking like he was going to fall back wards. The black and yellow haired boy was beside the green haired girl with his eyes far away from each other making them pop out of his head. He also had the biggest smile ever on his face. The orange headed boy was behind the green haired boy with his hands up so the boy would fall. He also had one side of his mouth up and the other side was down. The red headed girl had her eyes very close together and put peace sighs across her face. Ashley couldn't help, but laugh. It was one of the funniest things she seen in a while. It looked like they were having so much fun.
"This is Leo. I guess this is his sister." Ashley guessed "I don't see why Leo was crying though. He looked like he was having fun with these people. Unless these people… were his friends who left him of fun all time. I need to find out."
"Ashley, are you coming?" Ashley's mom yelled from down the stairs
"Yes mom. I'll be right down!" Ashley yelled back
She put the photo back in Leo's bag and then she went down the stairs. She was about to open a cabinet when someone patted her shoulder. She turned around to see her mother.
"You need something mom?" Ashley asked
"We're not eating here Ashley. We're going to a restaurant." Her mom said
"Why?" Ashley asked
"What do you mean why? We want Leo to feel welcome." Her mom said
"Oh" Ashley said looking at Leo who was just sitting down in a chair looking as bored as ever "Maybe we should leave soon."
"Why" Her mom asked
"Look at him" Her mom looked at Leo "He looks so bored."
"I think you're right." Her mom said
"Hey honey, are you ready to go?" Ashley's dad said coming over to them
"Yeah i'm ready" Ashley's mom said "Kids, go get a jacket."
"Why" Mandy asked
"We're going to a restaurant." Ashley's mom said
"Why? In honor of Ashley's new boyfriend." Mandy smirked
"He is not my boyfriend!" Ashley yelled
"You sure act like it though." Mandy said
"What do you mean?" Ashley asked narrowing her eyes
"Don't worry about it." Mandy said going up the stairs
"Leo, are you going to go-" Ashley was saying until she saw Leo was just looking at the ceiling not even paying attention.
"Leo!" Ashley yelled
Leo fell out of the chair and said "Ow!"
"Go get a jacket." Ashley said
"Why" Leo asked
"Weren't you listening at all?" Ashley asked
"No"
"We're going to a restaurant."
"Why"
"Since you're going to be staying with us, we wanted you to feel welcome. So we have to go get our jackets."
"What's wrong with eating here?"
"Nothing just go get a jacket."
"Okay" He said
They both went up the stairs. When they both got to Ashley's room, Leo went through his bag to look for the jacket he had packed. As he was looking for it something fell out of his bag. It was the picture he found earlier. It looked cleaner then before. He was suspicious at first, but then he shrugged the feeling off. He got his hoody out of his bag and went down the stairs. Leo waited about five minutes and Ashley came downstairs with her jacket on. Her jacket was blue, but it had the diva written all over it in different styles.
"Nice jacket" Leo complemented
"Thanks" Ashley said with a slight blush
"Okay, is everyone ready?" Ashley's mom asked
"Yeah" They all yelled
"Alright let's go" Ashley's dad said
"Which restaurant are we going to?" Mandy asked
"Lucky Village" Ashley's mom answered
"Yes!" Leo yelled
"You like that place?" Ashley asked
"It's my favorite restaurant of all time." Leo said
"That makes it even better that we are going." Ashley's dad said
"Isn't Lucky Village a little far from here?" Ashley asked
Leo's happiness started to disappear and it was showing on his face.
"I didn't mean it like that. I meant it might take a while for us to get there. That all." Ashley said
"Don't upset him. He might break up with you." Mandy said
"Will you just stop with that already?" Ashley yelled
"I won't until you admit it's true." Mandy said
"It's not true!" Ashley yelled
"Will you two stop arguing?" Ashley's dad yelled
They both got quiet.
"Don't worry Leo we'll get there no matter how long it takes." Ashley's mom said
"How long does it take to get there from here?" Leo asked
"About an hour" Ashley's dad said
"What?" Leo yelled
"Got ya!" Ashley's dad laughed
Leo sighed in relief.
"You should have seen your face!" Ashley's dad laughed even more
"It actually takes twenty minutes swee- I mean Leo." She corrected herself
"Oh" Leo said not noticing the thing she almost said
"Let's go then" Ashley's dad said going to the front door
"You're done laughing?" Ashley's mom asked
"Pretty much" Ashley's dad said opening the door
They all walked out of the door. Leo saw a blue car with the words Kia motors on it. It was in very good condition. It was a very nice car. It also had blu6 on the license plate (Sorry for the bad description).
"Cool! Is this your car?" Leo asked
"Yeah" Ashley's dad said "Do you like it?"
"Yeah" Leo said
"Okay everyone get in." Ashley's dad commanded
Everyone got in the car. Leo was in the back of the car along with Mandy and Ashley. Leo was sitting on the left hand side, Mandy was in the middle, and Ashley was on the right hand side. They all put on their seatbelts.
"Is everyone ready to go?" Ashley's dad asked
"Yes!" They all said
"Alright" Ashley's dad said starting the car
Leo just looked out of the window smiling. He was so happy unaware of what was going to happen at the restaurant.
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