As they ate dinner in silence, they had come back to reality. Back to the future. Leo was upset that he couldn't see his, because he didn't know it would turn out like that.
"I'm glad to see you found Breena." Isabelle begun shoving some potatoes with steak in her mouth.
"I agree," Alex put in, he was leaning back on his chair. Raising his eyebrow in the direction of Breena, Leo guessed that they've never met before.
"You're a good cook Isabelle," Leo also put in, next to Alex's comment. The girl said nothing, he needed to find out his name.
"I'm usually not cooking for demons," Isabelle was first notified before we left that Breena was a demon. And she wasn't happy about it, she was a Huntress, she killed demons.
Breena's lip moved up but then stopped. She clenched her jaw then said, "Well from a demon to a Huntress, it's very good."
"Very cute, it's like you mean that." She crossed her arms, she was so mad her face was red.
The girl pushed her chair out and left, she was probably mad too. The demon, Hunter, Huntress and a seventeen year old kid were left at the table.
"Isabelle, please stop." Alex concluded.
"Alex, it's a free country." She turned and sneered.
"Go," Breena whispered to Leo.
Leo stood, "Excuse me."
"Go ahead, I have some steam to burn." Isabelle said as she faced Breena her jaw clenched.
Leo nodded and walked up the stairs where the girl walked up, Breena blared up and the conversation went into full blast. All Leo heard was yelling. He noticed a small draft and turn the corner onto the second level, he saw a window open.
He walked towards it and saw the girl looking up at the stars with her feet hanging off the roof.
"I won't bite." She said as Leo felt her smile, as she patted the roof next to her.
Leo climbed out the window and sat next to the part where the girl patted. "Why did you leave? Not like you took a bite of your meal."
She sighed, "I wish the world wasn't made up of fighting. I wish it was made up of peace."
"From what I've learned, same." Leo smiled, the stars shinned no brighter than they were in the past. Maybe a few more appeared tonight, than in the last place.
She gave out a quiet laugh, she put her head on his shoulder. And all of his body flared.
"What happened in the past?" it was a tricky question to ask, but Leo needed to know now. He knew her past, but needed to know it clearly. "I mean at that pond."
She sighed again, this time, white smoke made of pure coldness formed. "Look, I'm someone who would take a bullet for anyone. And that's exactly what I did. I took a bullet when I was nine, right in the heart, for a werewolf. A demon. I didn't care, she was different from the others. Way different, if you got to meet her. You would too. Isabelle doesn't understand, not all demons are bad. I fell into that pond, I died. I remember a feather sinking with me, then I lost my breath. Then I felt myself breath, not in water but on surface. I was alive.
"Breena, though, thought what happened to me was all her fault. I took a bullet, she blamed herself. She thought she should've took it, and it stayed with her even if I'm alive. It scared her, deep. She wanted to change the past, but she can't. That's why I'm always being hunted, because I don't fit inside this world, or the other one. I have my own, separate, world. She wanted to take the bullet, to end her life but I couldn't let that happen. That would change the existence of life, the entire world." She was looking at her hands, Leo knew the entire story now. Of how she took a bullet for friendship, how she sacrificed herself, not once but twice, to save someone she cared about.
Leo wrapped his arm around the girl's shoulders, "I would take a bullet for you."
"I would take two," she looked up at him and smiled. Leo did the same back.
"Hey you two," he heard a voice that almost sent Leo off the building. The snow had started to fall, and Leo just noticed.
The girl didn't flinch, the voice didn't even scare her. "Yes, Alex?
"The battle down stairs if heating up, I tried to stop them but it's only getting worse." Alex said as he scratched his forehead and held his hand out for the girl.
She nodded and took it, and he helped her off the roof. Alex gave a small nod to Leo and continued his way down the hallway and down the corner.
The girl smiled and walked down the hallway with Leo, she still had her jacket zipped up and her hair was in a ponytail. Her navy eyes shining bright as she walked down the stairs.
She whispered to Leo, "Watch this." She cleared her throat, "SHUT UP!"
The entire house rattled under his voice, Leo crossed his arms and smiled. Both girls stopped howling at each other and withdrew back to their seats.
"That's better," muttered Alex and walked into the room with the fireplace, TV, and sofa. He sat down and turned it on, he wanted none of his business with this fight.
"Now," the girl sat down, "what's you two's problems?"
Leo followed and sat next to Isabelle, her nostrils flared. Her face was red with anger, Breena's was almost the same, maybe a little brighter.
"I don't want a demon inside of my house!" Isabelle yelled, Breena growled.
"I don't appreciate an immature Huntress calling me a demon!" Breena said with anger, she wanted to win this fight so bad. Leo just knew it.
"Immature?" Isabelle bolted to her feet, and threw a dagger at Breena.
The girl whipped her hand over and caught it, just where the blade was about to meet Breena's face. Her mouth dropped, the girl swung her hand down and the blade went into the table. And deep.
"Isabelle!" the girl yelled, "That's enough! You never act like this! What's wrong with you?"
Isabelle muttered, "I don't appreciate her tone."
"Nor do I." the girl said, "Now, I'm going to stick up for both of you. Solve this, and you two will be happy with the decision. Get it?" the girl whispered to Leo, "Go to the other room where Alex is, I think a cat fight is about to start."
Leo let out a small laugh, and got shot a look from Breena. He left no more words, but with a smile on his face.
