Fear and Pain pt. 7

Hello, hope you are having a good day. This is the second part of the flashback.

Mia and Fred helped Leo as he coughed. Leo covered his mouth with his hand. When he was done coughing after several minutes, Fred saw that he had a bit of blood on his hand.

"Leo, are you ok?" Fred asked.

"Tired." Leo answered before passing out.

"He's tired. Let's just hope that he doesn't cough up anymore blood. Coughing must have worn him out." Mia explained. They all nodded. Max looked at Leo and all agreed to move. They walked around trying to find a place to stay. Every once in a while, Leo would wake up but was usually very tired so he went back to sleep. That afternoon, Leo woke shivering a bit.

"Cold." Leo moaned.

"Leo, can you try to get dressed?" Mia wondered. Leo nodded. So they went into one of the buildings. "Max, can you and Fred take Leo to the bathroom to get changed?"

"Ok." Max answered. Fred put Leo down and helped him walk. Leo's knees buckled a few times. Max grabbed Leo's clothes and the 3 boys went to the bathroom. Max gave Leo his clothes. Leo went into one of the stalls and closed the door.

"Leo, are you ok?" Fred asked.

"Yes." Leo replied. Then Morgan came out of one of the stalls.

"Your brother in there?" Morgan wondered.

"Yes. He's been having a hard time walking around." Fred answered.

"So you too have take care of him?"

"Yes."

Then Leo came out.

"You 3 can come to my office. I have something that I think Leo would like."

"Leo, would you like that?" Max wondered as he put Leo's old clothes in the bag. Leo nodded. So they went to Morgan's office. Morgan have him a small car.

"I've had this for a while and have been trying to find a boy to give it to so I think you should have it." Morgan said while giving it to Leo.

"Why me?" Leo stammered.

"Because you look like you've been through a lot. And every little boy like you needs something special."

"Thank you."

"Your welcome Leo."

"Thank you..." Fred thanked.

"My name's Derek." Derek replied.

"Thank you, Derek. He has been through a lot. Both of his parents died a year ago."

"I'm sorry. I lost my father when I was Leo's age. It wasn't easy."

Then Leo, Max, and Fred left. Fred helped Leo walk. When they got back to the girls, Leo sat down.

"What took so long? And why does Leo have a toy?" Niska asked.

"We were in the bathroom when a man named Derek saw us. He saw that Leo looked like he had been through a lot. He asked if we wanted to come to his office. We asked Leo and he said yes. Derek gave the car saying that every boy needs something special." Fred explained. Mia sat down next to Leo.

"Leo, do you want to try and eat something?" Mia wondered. Leo nodded. Mia got Leo a small container of raspberries. Leo ate. Mia tried to take the toy but Leo wouldn't let her. "I think Leo likes the car. He's going to have that for a while." When Leo was done eating, Mia opened a bottle of water. She gave it to Leo who drank as much as he could. When he was done, Max went to him.

"Hey, Leo, do you want to walk around a bit?" Max asked. Leo nodded. So Max help Leo up and they walked around a bit. They had to be slow though because Leo was still very weak. After half an hour, Leo clinched Max's arm very hard.

"Want to sit." Leo stuttered. So they went back to the others. Leo sat down and curled in a ball in a corner and played with his new toy car.

"Leo, can you describe your toy car?" Mia asked.

"Blue." Leo stammered quietly.

"Good. What colors are the stripes?"

"Yellow n green."

"It's ok. Take your time. You're going very good."

Then Leo wiped his nose. When he looked at his hand, he saw blood.

TBC

Ok, so the reason why Leo is having a hard talking is because the trauma that he went through for the past year. Leo has a hard time walking for the same reason but he will get better.