Author's note: Here it is. You can probably guess by the chapter title what happens in this chapter. And again thank you for reviewing ^.^
Chapter Six~ dirty little secret
Walking down the stone floors with the distant echo of the music from the ball behind them Alex felt nothing less than contempt. They passed a few other couples as they went further and further away from the hall and the odd person in pajamas who didn't bother going.
'You look so beautiful in zat dress you know.' Léon lifted her mask off.
'Its not that big of a deal.'
'No, ma chérie, everything about you is a big deal. You are so amazing.' he looked deep into her eyes.
'As amazing as you? Like that's possible.' Alex lifted his mask off of him too.
'When I see you, and I'm with you I just think about nothing else. I forget about all ze trouble I had in France.'
'It doesn't matter because whatever happened in France is all over now.'
Léon mumbled something that didn't reach Alex's ears but he just looked up and nodded and they began to walk down the corridors again. It was Léon who noticed her hiding in a classroom with red eyes and sniffing.
'Isn't zat your friend Jodie?' he asked gesturing towards the room where she was sitting.
Alex realized that it was and immediately ran in to comfort her. 'Oh my god Jo! What's wrong?'
'What's right?' Jo sighed. 'I don't know how I can deal with it any longer...'
Alex looked up to see Léon hovering in the doorway and beckoned him to come in. Jo either didn't notice or didn't care. 'It'll get better, I promise you that much.' Alex placed her hand on Jo's arm.
'I just miss him.' she sniffed. 'It hurts so bad that it's not even funny pain.'
'You'll get over him. Who needs dickheads like him anyway?'
Jo didn't answer the question. 'I'm not so sure...'
'Jo listen to me; everything will be okay in the end. If it isn't okay it means it isn't the end.'
'Yeah...' Jo wiped her eyes with her sleeve and Alex handed her a tissue. 'Yeah I guess you're right.'
'I know I'm right.' Alex smirked. 'Just think that...' she was cut off by a cough from the doorway. They looked up to see a boy with poker straight light brown hair and brown eyes who was wearing navy dress robes.
'Liam...' Jo said quietly standing up.
'I wanted to talk to you...' he began.
'Oh really?' she sat down again.
'I was stupid before...' Liam looked at Léon and Alex then turned to Jo again. 'I'd kinda like a private talk...'
'Its alright. We were just leaving...' said Alex, walking out of the door followed by Léon.
'Let's go down here.' Léon suggested so they went down a flight of stairs and sat on the bottom step. He put is arm around her and she rested her head on his shoulder and they just sat there for a while in silence but it wasn't awkward it was nice.
'Léon,' Alex started. 'Earlier you said something that I didn't quite get... You were mumbling again.'
'Oh I... Uh...' he looked down.
'It was just after we were saying how whatever happened in France is all over now.'
'Yeah... Zats the thing. It's here too...' he said quietly but not mumbling.
'What do you mean?'
'I mean... It's complicated and it's not something I can escape...' he turned and faced Alex. 'I...'
'You what?' Alex was concerned now and it could obviously show in her face.
'I'm going to tell you the truth. Just because I owe it to you and you deserve that much...'
'Its alright.' Alex looked up at him.
'You can't tell anyone. Ever!'
'I won't. Léon you can trust me; your secret is safe with me.'
'Peenky promise?' he held out his pinky finger, his blue eyes wide with fear.
'I pinky promise.' Alex shook pinkies with him and then squeezed his hand reassuringly. 'Honestly I do.'
Léon took a deep breath and took off the blazer and then rolled up his sleeve. A gust of eerily cold air swept past them and the sky outside the window seemed to get the tiniest bit darker. On Léon's arm where he had rolled up his sleeve was a huge scar as if dots had made up a crescent shape. He leaned in close to Alex and he had to force the words out of his mouth as he whispered in her ear; '..I-I'm a werewolf...'