Ch. 13 Confusion
Flashback
Mike and Leona sat quietly in the office. Mike was checking the cameras, while Leona was in deep thought. Her brown eyes remained connected to the ring on her finger, the pearl seeming to taut her. "Done with the cameras!" Mike shouted not paying attention to his cousin. "I'm going to go play cards with Foxy!" the security yelled running to Pirate's Cove.
Leona stayed in the office thinking about her dilemma. The last thing she expected at her party was Bonnie's proposal. It was a very sweet and romantic gesture, but the problem was that she didn't love Bonnie. Better yet, Leona was unaware Bonnie feelings ran so deeply for her. Bonnie did constantly flirt with the security guard, but Leona thought it was playful batter.
She reclined in her chair with a soft sigh. Leona didn't have the heart to refuse the bunny's proposal, but then again she didn't want to be stuck marrying someone she could never love romantically. "The ring is beautiful. Agh, not the right reason to get married!" Leona yelled leaving her chair to walk into the hallway
She groaned holding her head. Leona didn't want to hurt Bonnie's feelings, but the woman couldn't see them together in the future. In addition, Leona was in her twenties and she didn't want to get married not now anyway. Besides the right guy had yet to come into her life or maybe he was already in her life and she just didn't notice?
Leona was unsure as she scanned the dimmed halls. A distance laugh echoed in her mind and immediately her eyes widened. "Freddy." She whispered looking around. The security guard hadn't seen the bear since her party. Leona began searching the halls, remaining quiet to hear his faint footsteps. Freddy was her best friend, why wasn't he around? Was the animatronic avoiding her?
Leona walked deeper into the darkness of the hall, she couldn't see the office any more. Her eyes were adjusted to the dark, she recognized the party rooms and knew exactly where she was. The security guard paused in her steps when she heard footsteps retreating down the hall.
Leona ran following the heavy steps. "Freddy Fazbear I know that is you!" the woman shouted increasing speed. She eventually found his silhouette and leaped into the air bringing them down to the floor. The animatronic let out a growl, his head twitched as his large paws covered his ringing ears. Leona groaned rubbing her shoulder, tackling not a good idea.
She looked to Freddy and their eyes met for a moment before, he stood taking Leona with him. He set Leona on her feet, making sure she wasn't hurt after the stunt she pulled. "There you are." The woman said catching her breath. Freddy frowned his blue eyes glowing in the darkness. "That was incautious, Leona. Be more careful." The animatronic said turning to leave.
Leona moved in front of the bear stopping him. "Freddy are you avoiding me?" the security guard asked. "No, I'm not." The animatronic moved to pass her, but she blocked his path. "If you weren't you wouldn't be trying to get away or avoiding my gaze." Freddy's ears flattened against his head at her stern tone.
The woman sighed, taking his paw in her hand. "Freddy we are best friends we tell each other everything. Surely you can tell me what's bothering you?" Leona said noticing his gaze on the ring Bonnie had given her. Freddy backed away growling at the object. "Freddy Fazbear do you have a problem with the ring?" Leona asked trying to put things together.
"It's not the ring. It's that darn rabbit proposal! I could have stopped him from doing that if I had known he loved you! I blame myself for seeing through his flirtations!" The bear yelled twitching, his mechanisms going haywire as he moved his attention to Leona. "Are you going to accept his proposal?" Freddy asked his voice quiet.
"I don't know." Leona whispered as the animatronic positioned himself in front of her, faces inches apart. "Why don't you know? Just give him the ring back! It's obvious you don't feel the same for him!" The animatronic declared. The security guard glared at the bear grabbing his bow tie. "I don't want to hurt him! And why would you care, Freddy? This proposal is between me and Bonnie! Besides he is the only one who admires me as far as I'm concerned!" Leona as Freddy closed his eyes, what came next was not what Leona expected.
Freddy grabbed Leona's wrist and held her close. His paws buried in her long blond strands and eyes connected with hers. "Once again, you are mistaken." Freddy crashed his lips onto hers, a deep growl rumbled from his throat. She stared shocked at Freddy's actions and thousands of questions rushed through her head. The questions were eventually silenced and Leona slowly gave into the kiss.
She didn't know how long her and Freddy kissed, but long enough for her feel weak in the knees. They pulled from one another surprised when Leona was pressed against the wall, hovering at eye level with the animatronic. He gently set her down and disappeared into the darkness before either one could ask what had happened between them.
Leona's heart hammered in her chest while her mind went back to the kiss. She was nearly breathless from it. The woman looked from the place Freddy disappeared then to the ring. Leona knew then and there she couldn't marry Bonnie.