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Wishing For Snow by Shelly
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Please, Leon! Can we go?" she pleaded. No, no, she kept saying over and over. Not like this. Not like this!
"Morgan, I don't see why you're in such a hurry all of a sudden to leave," he pointed out, becoming worried at her frantic behavior.
"It's because she's done something she doesn't want you to know about," a voice slithered up to them.
Leon eyed the girl in surprise then glanced back at Morgan. "Do you know her?" he asked.
Morgan shook her head, her whole body trembling as she wished that something would happen so that this nightmare would end soon. "I have no idea who she is."
The girl laughed. "Oh, what a convenient little lie. One lie to cover up another."
"Look, I don't know who you are, but I suggest you leave Morgan alone. If she says she doesn't know you, then I believe her. Besides, it's obvious you've been drinking a little too much, so why don't you just go sleep it off and stop causing trouble?"
"Well, then if you won't believe me then why don't you just go ask your friends? They'll tell you everything, and I guarantee you two won't be holding hands after that. See ya!" she called as she walked off, her steps a little unsteady.
Leon watched her leave, his expression cloudy as he thought things over. He hoped that there was no truth to her words, hoped that she was lying with all his heart as he couldn't take it if Morgan had done something to betray him. But as the girl said there was one way to find out, and he continued walking over to Brad just in time to see Bit and Leena following an exhausted Jamie back towards them as well.
Morgan could almost feel the noose tightening around her neck as she saw the look Bit cast her way, a look filled with distrust, and she knew that if anyone would tell on her it would be him. Then she realized that if she had any chance of saving herself in Leon's eyes then he had to hear it from her instead of someone else.
Taking a deep breath, she stopped before they came too near them, and she saw Leena's worried gaze on her as she smiled reassuringly at Leon's sister.
He looked back at her, his heart nearly breaking at the silent submission in her eyes. "Morgan?"
She gave his hand one final squeeze before releasing it altogether. "There is something I need to tell you, Leon, before we go any further. I don't know what this will mean for the two of us, but do know that I love you and I always will for as long as I live."
He turned towards her, looking for all the world like a scared little boy. "Morgan, you're scaring me. You mean to tell me you knew that girl after all?"
"Well, I wouldn't exactly say that I knew her, but we crossed paths earlier today and our meeting did not go well," she began.
"What do you mean?" he asked, unable to comprehend what was happening as he felt as if his whole world was about to come crashing down around him. She looked so scared standing there, and he wanted to tell her to stop and not say anything as he felt it best he not know what she was going to say. But part of him wanted to know before things went any further between them, not that he wasn't hurting enough already.
"Leena and I went inside a shop this afternoon, and when we came out that girl was throwing herself all over Brad, and he seemed uncomfortable with how to handle the situation. So I decided to give him a hand and try to make her go away by acting as if I was his girlfriend. I said a few things in a way that suggested we were together, but she refused to go away until she had certain proof."
He turned cold all of a sudden like he had lost all feeling inside. His emotions were cut off as all he wanted now was to hear from her what had happened. "What kind of proof," he asked, his voice flat. "What happened?"
Tears filled her eyes. "Leon, please," she whispered, unable to say the words that would drive a wedge in between them and create a rift between them that could never be healed.
"What happened?" he demanded a little more forcefully.
"Go ahead and say it, Morgan," Bit called. "Tell him that you kissed Brad."
"Bit!" both she and Leena cried, Leena kicking him in the shins.
Leon's face drained of all color as he heard the one thing he had not ever wanted to hear in his whole life as his heart busted into a million pieces. "Morgan, tell me it isn't true," he pleaded. But her tear-filled eyes so full of apology told him all he wanted to hear, and all of a sudden all he could see was red as anger surged forth to cover the pain of her betrayal. The last thing he wanted to do was to take it out on her, but he needed a physical outlet to his anger, and as his eyes fixed on the one person he had never thought would betray their friendship, he growled deep in his throat and lunged straight for Brad. "You bastard!" he cried, swinging a right hook and connecting with the mercenary's jaw.
Brad fell to the ground but didn't get up as he knew that Leon was only venting his anger as he just as quickly walked away from them. He immediately forgave his friend as he knew he would've done the same thing had he been in his shoes, but he knew that Leon would never forgive him.
"Leon!" Leena cried as she knelt down by Brad's side to see if he was okay, not receiving an answer from her brother as she watched him walk away. "Bit, how could you!"
"Hey, she brought it on herself," he replied, looking over at Morgan without sympathy as he still believed her to be part of the enemy.
Tears flowed down Morgan's cheeks as she heard Bit's words, knowing they were right but still feeling hurt at what had happened. Then she felt Leon brush against her roughly, a sure sign that he was pushing her away, and she placed her hand on his arm to try and stop him one last time. "Leon, please, I'm sorry," she began, but he yanked her hand off of him and pushed her back away from him, not caring that she stumbled to the ground near Brad.
"Whatever you have to say, don't. There's no way I can forgive you for betraying my trust, Morgan. I thought you loved me, but I guess I was wrong. And you know something? The snow melts just like my love has, and I seriously doubt it will ever come back. Goodbye, Morgan." Then he turned and walked away from her and out of her life, not wanting her to see the tears that ran down his cheeks as well.
Seeing his retreating back, she saw her life walking away from her as well, and she struggled to her knees with a cry of protest before feeling hands on her shoulders pulling her back down. "Leon!" she sobbed, feeling herself held against a hard chest with strong arms comforting her, and she knew without looking that it was Brad that was holding her. "Leon," she whispered as she turned her head into his shirt and cried like she had never cried before.
Leena looked down on them both with tears in her own eyes, finally having to turn them away before she broke down as well. And as she saw Bit standing there with a self-satisfied smirk on his face, she was quick to rise to anger. "I can't believe you would be so selfish, Bit," she spat in contempt. "The one chance Leon had to be happy, and you destroyed that for him. Do you feel better now? Did you ever stop to think of how he would feel? He was the one who saw what little potential you had, and he left the team because he believed in that so that you could develop it. And how did you repay him? You destroyed his heart. If there was ever a time when I hated you, Bit Cloud, it is now." Then she walked in the same direction Leon had gone, Jamie following her as he cast an angered glance towards Bit as well.
Bit glanced over at Morgan only to receive the same glare from Brad, and he turned away with a sigh as he followed the others.
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Oh, Bit and his big mouth. But she was going to tell him anyway, Bit just sped up the progress a little. How many people think Morgan should go after Bit in the Blade Liger? Hee-hee! You people are mean! ^_~ If I was her, I'd do it, too!
If you wanna read an excellent fic, there's one called "Nothing I've Ever Known" by Zinou. It's a Brad/Naomi/Leon pairing with the two guys fighting over Naomi. And what's better it's written in first person which is awesome!
Okay, Thomas, I'm glad you're happy in your cage. And that you got the girl. *sniff* But I will soon be starting your fic, probably after I finish this one. I'll stop bothering you now.
Thanks everyone for reading! C-ya!
Wishing For Snow by Shelly
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Please, Leon! Can we go?" she pleaded. No, no, she kept saying over and over. Not like this. Not like this!
"Morgan, I don't see why you're in such a hurry all of a sudden to leave," he pointed out, becoming worried at her frantic behavior.
"It's because she's done something she doesn't want you to know about," a voice slithered up to them.
Leon eyed the girl in surprise then glanced back at Morgan. "Do you know her?" he asked.
Morgan shook her head, her whole body trembling as she wished that something would happen so that this nightmare would end soon. "I have no idea who she is."
The girl laughed. "Oh, what a convenient little lie. One lie to cover up another."
"Look, I don't know who you are, but I suggest you leave Morgan alone. If she says she doesn't know you, then I believe her. Besides, it's obvious you've been drinking a little too much, so why don't you just go sleep it off and stop causing trouble?"
"Well, then if you won't believe me then why don't you just go ask your friends? They'll tell you everything, and I guarantee you two won't be holding hands after that. See ya!" she called as she walked off, her steps a little unsteady.
Leon watched her leave, his expression cloudy as he thought things over. He hoped that there was no truth to her words, hoped that she was lying with all his heart as he couldn't take it if Morgan had done something to betray him. But as the girl said there was one way to find out, and he continued walking over to Brad just in time to see Bit and Leena following an exhausted Jamie back towards them as well.
Morgan could almost feel the noose tightening around her neck as she saw the look Bit cast her way, a look filled with distrust, and she knew that if anyone would tell on her it would be him. Then she realized that if she had any chance of saving herself in Leon's eyes then he had to hear it from her instead of someone else.
Taking a deep breath, she stopped before they came too near them, and she saw Leena's worried gaze on her as she smiled reassuringly at Leon's sister.
He looked back at her, his heart nearly breaking at the silent submission in her eyes. "Morgan?"
She gave his hand one final squeeze before releasing it altogether. "There is something I need to tell you, Leon, before we go any further. I don't know what this will mean for the two of us, but do know that I love you and I always will for as long as I live."
He turned towards her, looking for all the world like a scared little boy. "Morgan, you're scaring me. You mean to tell me you knew that girl after all?"
"Well, I wouldn't exactly say that I knew her, but we crossed paths earlier today and our meeting did not go well," she began.
"What do you mean?" he asked, unable to comprehend what was happening as he felt as if his whole world was about to come crashing down around him. She looked so scared standing there, and he wanted to tell her to stop and not say anything as he felt it best he not know what she was going to say. But part of him wanted to know before things went any further between them, not that he wasn't hurting enough already.
"Leena and I went inside a shop this afternoon, and when we came out that girl was throwing herself all over Brad, and he seemed uncomfortable with how to handle the situation. So I decided to give him a hand and try to make her go away by acting as if I was his girlfriend. I said a few things in a way that suggested we were together, but she refused to go away until she had certain proof."
He turned cold all of a sudden like he had lost all feeling inside. His emotions were cut off as all he wanted now was to hear from her what had happened. "What kind of proof," he asked, his voice flat. "What happened?"
Tears filled her eyes. "Leon, please," she whispered, unable to say the words that would drive a wedge in between them and create a rift between them that could never be healed.
"What happened?" he demanded a little more forcefully.
"Go ahead and say it, Morgan," Bit called. "Tell him that you kissed Brad."
"Bit!" both she and Leena cried, Leena kicking him in the shins.
Leon's face drained of all color as he heard the one thing he had not ever wanted to hear in his whole life as his heart busted into a million pieces. "Morgan, tell me it isn't true," he pleaded. But her tear-filled eyes so full of apology told him all he wanted to hear, and all of a sudden all he could see was red as anger surged forth to cover the pain of her betrayal. The last thing he wanted to do was to take it out on her, but he needed a physical outlet to his anger, and as his eyes fixed on the one person he had never thought would betray their friendship, he growled deep in his throat and lunged straight for Brad. "You bastard!" he cried, swinging a right hook and connecting with the mercenary's jaw.
Brad fell to the ground but didn't get up as he knew that Leon was only venting his anger as he just as quickly walked away from them. He immediately forgave his friend as he knew he would've done the same thing had he been in his shoes, but he knew that Leon would never forgive him.
"Leon!" Leena cried as she knelt down by Brad's side to see if he was okay, not receiving an answer from her brother as she watched him walk away. "Bit, how could you!"
"Hey, she brought it on herself," he replied, looking over at Morgan without sympathy as he still believed her to be part of the enemy.
Tears flowed down Morgan's cheeks as she heard Bit's words, knowing they were right but still feeling hurt at what had happened. Then she felt Leon brush against her roughly, a sure sign that he was pushing her away, and she placed her hand on his arm to try and stop him one last time. "Leon, please, I'm sorry," she began, but he yanked her hand off of him and pushed her back away from him, not caring that she stumbled to the ground near Brad.
"Whatever you have to say, don't. There's no way I can forgive you for betraying my trust, Morgan. I thought you loved me, but I guess I was wrong. And you know something? The snow melts just like my love has, and I seriously doubt it will ever come back. Goodbye, Morgan." Then he turned and walked away from her and out of her life, not wanting her to see the tears that ran down his cheeks as well.
Seeing his retreating back, she saw her life walking away from her as well, and she struggled to her knees with a cry of protest before feeling hands on her shoulders pulling her back down. "Leon!" she sobbed, feeling herself held against a hard chest with strong arms comforting her, and she knew without looking that it was Brad that was holding her. "Leon," she whispered as she turned her head into his shirt and cried like she had never cried before.
Leena looked down on them both with tears in her own eyes, finally having to turn them away before she broke down as well. And as she saw Bit standing there with a self-satisfied smirk on his face, she was quick to rise to anger. "I can't believe you would be so selfish, Bit," she spat in contempt. "The one chance Leon had to be happy, and you destroyed that for him. Do you feel better now? Did you ever stop to think of how he would feel? He was the one who saw what little potential you had, and he left the team because he believed in that so that you could develop it. And how did you repay him? You destroyed his heart. If there was ever a time when I hated you, Bit Cloud, it is now." Then she walked in the same direction Leon had gone, Jamie following her as he cast an angered glance towards Bit as well.
Bit glanced over at Morgan only to receive the same glare from Brad, and he turned away with a sigh as he followed the others.
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Oh, Bit and his big mouth. But she was going to tell him anyway, Bit just sped up the progress a little. How many people think Morgan should go after Bit in the Blade Liger? Hee-hee! You people are mean! ^_~ If I was her, I'd do it, too!
If you wanna read an excellent fic, there's one called "Nothing I've Ever Known" by Zinou. It's a Brad/Naomi/Leon pairing with the two guys fighting over Naomi. And what's better it's written in first person which is awesome!
Okay, Thomas, I'm glad you're happy in your cage. And that you got the girl. *sniff* But I will soon be starting your fic, probably after I finish this one. I'll stop bothering you now.
Thanks everyone for reading! C-ya!