As sunlight streamed into the room, Greenlee sleepily reached across Leo's side of the bed to turn off the blaring alarm clock. She gasped as her arm barely touched the covers, and she sat up instantly. His side of the bed was perfectly made up with no evidence that someone had slept there the previous night! It was just as it had been for the past eight months! Turning the alarm off, she sighed and layed back on her side of the bed.
"I knew it was too good to be true." Greenlee said dejectedly, as the bedroom door flew open. Leo, who was carrying a tray of food, walked in.
"Room service for one Mrs. Greenlee du Pres." he said, sitting down by the stunned Greenlee.
"You made me breakfast?" Greenlee gasped.
"Yeah." Leo said, before realizing, "Oh! Don't worry! My cooking has gotten A LOT better than from what you remember."
"I can see that." Greenlee nodded with a smile, "Everything's not black and smoking."
"My father's chefs were nice enough to give me lessons." Leo replied.
"I thought it was all a dream when I woke up this morning." Greenlee admitted, taking a sip of coffee, "I thought that you were still somewhere far away from me."
"I thought the same thing." Leo sighed, thinking about his own dream for a moment, "You know, it was the seperation from you that nearly killed me. Not the actual fall itself."
"I know what you mean." Greenlee said depressed.
"Hey." Leo said, deciding to switch subjects, "I already called Guy this morning."
"Don't you mean your father?"
"Yeah."
"It's taking you awhile to get used to that." Greenlee noticed.
"Well," Leo shrugged, "I've gone so long without a father that I guess that I'm not used to referring to someone as that. Of course, it's the first time in my life that I've really had any sort of parent to speak of."
"You sure have changed." Greenlee observed, looking at him, "What happened to the Leo that first came to Pine Valley? The one who always stook up for his mommy?"
"That depends." Leo retorted with a grin, "What happened to the selfish, loud-mouthed, bitchy girl that I somehow fell in love with? Oh, wait..."
"Hey!" Greenlee said as she playfully smacked him in the arm, "So, what's on your agenda for the day?"
"I might get lunch with Bianca." Leo said, "but I definitely have to see Trey and Maggie as I didn't get to see them yesterday."
The doorbell suddenly rang, causing Greenlee to grab her date-book. After flipping to the day's date, she sighed heavily.
"Damn." she said, laying back in bed, "I forgot about Lysistrata!"
"Liz-a-what-a?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My therapist." Greenlee answered, getting up quickly as the doorbell rang again, "Throw a shirt on, will you?"
"That's probably a good idea." Leo agreed, also getting up.
Shutting the bedroom door behind her, Greenlee made her way over to the front door. A woman with short, blond hair was waiting on the other side.
"Did I wake you up?" Lysistrata asked, walking in quickly.
"No." Greenlee lied happily.
"Okay," Lysistrata stated, sitting down on the couch, "What happened?"
"What are you talking about?" Greenlee wondered, finally shutting the front door.
"Your voice is giving you away, Greenlee." Lysistrata replied, looking at Greenlee suspiciously, "You sound far happier than you have in months. Obviously, something major happened to you."
"Leo happened." Greenlee answered, "He's been alive this whole time, and he returned to me yesterday."
"That's wonderful." Lysistrata said, as Leo wandered into the room, "So, I'm going to assume that you're Leo."
"I'm assuming you're..." Leo started before pausing, "What did you say her name was, Greens?"
"Lysistrata Schwartz." Greenlee replied, looking to her therapist, "I swear that Leo can't remember his own name half of the time."
"I swear that Leo just heard that." Leo remarked, turning to Lysistrata, "Can I get you coffee or anything?"
"I'm fine, thanks." Lysistrata declined, standing up, "I was going to make this short since this is Greenlee's last session for now, and she has to get to work. You'll call me if anything develops, right?"
"Yeah." Greenlee replied, also standing.
"And as for you," Lysistrata said, turning to Leo and handing him a card, "from what Greenlee has told me, you have some major parental issues to work out. Call me sometime?"
"Uh..." Leo stammered, "Okay."
"Later, Greenlee." Lysistrata said as she left the loft, "Leo."
After shutting the door behind the woman, Greenlee turned back to face Leo, who was still staring at the business card. The dumbfounded look on his face caused Greenlee to chuckle.
"What?" Leo asked, noticing Greenlee's reaction.
"Nothing." Greenlee replied, stifling her laughter, "Don't take it personally, Leo. If she had her way, the whole town would be seeing Lysistrata."
"I think most of this town needs to, sometimes." Leo commented, putting the business card in his back pocket.
"Oh." Greenlee sighed, falling back on the couch, "Did I mention just how much I do not want to go to work today?"
"Good!" Leo said, before jumping on top of Greenlee, "I don't want you to go either!"
"Leo!" Greenlee laughed, trying to push him off as he started kissing her neck, "Get off of me!"
"Aw." Leo whined, looking into her eyes, "Are you sure that we can't just stay here forever and ever?"
"I'd love to." Greenlee said, "But one of us needs to go make money, and besides, you're squishing me!"
"Good points." Leo admitted, getting to his feet. "And Fusion can't survive without all of its workers now, can it?"
"How'd you know about Fusion?" Greenlee asked as Leo helped her up, "I never told you..."
"France isn't a third world country." Leo replied with a shrug, "You can get the trade magazines there."
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"So," Leo asked as he and Anna walked down the halls of Statesville Prison, "what exactly is Trey in here for again?"
"Arson." Anna replied as she led Leo to the right cell block. The cells were all deserted except for Trey's, "I'm sorry, but I can only give you a few minutes."
"More than enough." Leo assured as he walked in.
At the sound of footsteps, Trey, whose real name was Ben Shepherd, lifted his head. As Leo came into view, he stared in amazement.
"No way." Trey whispered overjoyed, rising from the bunk he was sitting on, "Leo?"
"Hey. I think this is the cell they kept threatening to throw me and David into." Leo greeted, looking around, "Although, I can't remember which one of us has the record for being threatened with it the most times. I'm sorry, little bro, but orange just isn't your color!"
"I know it's not." Trey laughed, still amazed, "Where in the hell have you been all of these months, you punk?"
"Somewhere and yet nowhere." Leo replied, grabbing Trey's hand through the bars, "So, I see someone is finally paying for his mistakes. How long are you in for?"
"Three years with good behavior." Trey replied, causing Leo to wince.
"Damn!" Leo remarked, shaking his head, "I'll try to remember to come by and say hi every once in awhile. Hey, thanks for saving Greenlee at Miller's Falls."
"She told you about that." Trey noticed, as Leo nodded.
"We talked about it." Leo confirmed.
"Hey, Leo."
"Hmm?"
"Since I did you a favor there," Trey requested, "could you do one for me now?"
"I'd do anything for my baby brother..." Leo granted before eyeing Trey suspiciously, "as long as it's legal."
"Oh, so you only do the illegal ones for our older brother?" Trey asked in mock offense, "And I thought that you cared about me! Seriously though, could you keep an eye on Kendall for me?"
"Kendall?" Leo repeated, "Kendall Hart?"
"The same one." Trey confirmed with a nod, "I know that you personally don't really like her, but she's my sister and I want to make sure that she's okay."
"I understand." Leo said with a nod, "You've got yourself a deal."
"Thanks, man." Trey said with a smile.
To be continued....
"I knew it was too good to be true." Greenlee said dejectedly, as the bedroom door flew open. Leo, who was carrying a tray of food, walked in.
"Room service for one Mrs. Greenlee du Pres." he said, sitting down by the stunned Greenlee.
"You made me breakfast?" Greenlee gasped.
"Yeah." Leo said, before realizing, "Oh! Don't worry! My cooking has gotten A LOT better than from what you remember."
"I can see that." Greenlee nodded with a smile, "Everything's not black and smoking."
"My father's chefs were nice enough to give me lessons." Leo replied.
"I thought it was all a dream when I woke up this morning." Greenlee admitted, taking a sip of coffee, "I thought that you were still somewhere far away from me."
"I thought the same thing." Leo sighed, thinking about his own dream for a moment, "You know, it was the seperation from you that nearly killed me. Not the actual fall itself."
"I know what you mean." Greenlee said depressed.
"Hey." Leo said, deciding to switch subjects, "I already called Guy this morning."
"Don't you mean your father?"
"Yeah."
"It's taking you awhile to get used to that." Greenlee noticed.
"Well," Leo shrugged, "I've gone so long without a father that I guess that I'm not used to referring to someone as that. Of course, it's the first time in my life that I've really had any sort of parent to speak of."
"You sure have changed." Greenlee observed, looking at him, "What happened to the Leo that first came to Pine Valley? The one who always stook up for his mommy?"
"That depends." Leo retorted with a grin, "What happened to the selfish, loud-mouthed, bitchy girl that I somehow fell in love with? Oh, wait..."
"Hey!" Greenlee said as she playfully smacked him in the arm, "So, what's on your agenda for the day?"
"I might get lunch with Bianca." Leo said, "but I definitely have to see Trey and Maggie as I didn't get to see them yesterday."
The doorbell suddenly rang, causing Greenlee to grab her date-book. After flipping to the day's date, she sighed heavily.
"Damn." she said, laying back in bed, "I forgot about Lysistrata!"
"Liz-a-what-a?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow.
"My therapist." Greenlee answered, getting up quickly as the doorbell rang again, "Throw a shirt on, will you?"
"That's probably a good idea." Leo agreed, also getting up.
Shutting the bedroom door behind her, Greenlee made her way over to the front door. A woman with short, blond hair was waiting on the other side.
"Did I wake you up?" Lysistrata asked, walking in quickly.
"No." Greenlee lied happily.
"Okay," Lysistrata stated, sitting down on the couch, "What happened?"
"What are you talking about?" Greenlee wondered, finally shutting the front door.
"Your voice is giving you away, Greenlee." Lysistrata replied, looking at Greenlee suspiciously, "You sound far happier than you have in months. Obviously, something major happened to you."
"Leo happened." Greenlee answered, "He's been alive this whole time, and he returned to me yesterday."
"That's wonderful." Lysistrata said, as Leo wandered into the room, "So, I'm going to assume that you're Leo."
"I'm assuming you're..." Leo started before pausing, "What did you say her name was, Greens?"
"Lysistrata Schwartz." Greenlee replied, looking to her therapist, "I swear that Leo can't remember his own name half of the time."
"I swear that Leo just heard that." Leo remarked, turning to Lysistrata, "Can I get you coffee or anything?"
"I'm fine, thanks." Lysistrata declined, standing up, "I was going to make this short since this is Greenlee's last session for now, and she has to get to work. You'll call me if anything develops, right?"
"Yeah." Greenlee replied, also standing.
"And as for you," Lysistrata said, turning to Leo and handing him a card, "from what Greenlee has told me, you have some major parental issues to work out. Call me sometime?"
"Uh..." Leo stammered, "Okay."
"Later, Greenlee." Lysistrata said as she left the loft, "Leo."
After shutting the door behind the woman, Greenlee turned back to face Leo, who was still staring at the business card. The dumbfounded look on his face caused Greenlee to chuckle.
"What?" Leo asked, noticing Greenlee's reaction.
"Nothing." Greenlee replied, stifling her laughter, "Don't take it personally, Leo. If she had her way, the whole town would be seeing Lysistrata."
"I think most of this town needs to, sometimes." Leo commented, putting the business card in his back pocket.
"Oh." Greenlee sighed, falling back on the couch, "Did I mention just how much I do not want to go to work today?"
"Good!" Leo said, before jumping on top of Greenlee, "I don't want you to go either!"
"Leo!" Greenlee laughed, trying to push him off as he started kissing her neck, "Get off of me!"
"Aw." Leo whined, looking into her eyes, "Are you sure that we can't just stay here forever and ever?"
"I'd love to." Greenlee said, "But one of us needs to go make money, and besides, you're squishing me!"
"Good points." Leo admitted, getting to his feet. "And Fusion can't survive without all of its workers now, can it?"
"How'd you know about Fusion?" Greenlee asked as Leo helped her up, "I never told you..."
"France isn't a third world country." Leo replied with a shrug, "You can get the trade magazines there."
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"So," Leo asked as he and Anna walked down the halls of Statesville Prison, "what exactly is Trey in here for again?"
"Arson." Anna replied as she led Leo to the right cell block. The cells were all deserted except for Trey's, "I'm sorry, but I can only give you a few minutes."
"More than enough." Leo assured as he walked in.
At the sound of footsteps, Trey, whose real name was Ben Shepherd, lifted his head. As Leo came into view, he stared in amazement.
"No way." Trey whispered overjoyed, rising from the bunk he was sitting on, "Leo?"
"Hey. I think this is the cell they kept threatening to throw me and David into." Leo greeted, looking around, "Although, I can't remember which one of us has the record for being threatened with it the most times. I'm sorry, little bro, but orange just isn't your color!"
"I know it's not." Trey laughed, still amazed, "Where in the hell have you been all of these months, you punk?"
"Somewhere and yet nowhere." Leo replied, grabbing Trey's hand through the bars, "So, I see someone is finally paying for his mistakes. How long are you in for?"
"Three years with good behavior." Trey replied, causing Leo to wince.
"Damn!" Leo remarked, shaking his head, "I'll try to remember to come by and say hi every once in awhile. Hey, thanks for saving Greenlee at Miller's Falls."
"She told you about that." Trey noticed, as Leo nodded.
"We talked about it." Leo confirmed.
"Hey, Leo."
"Hmm?"
"Since I did you a favor there," Trey requested, "could you do one for me now?"
"I'd do anything for my baby brother..." Leo granted before eyeing Trey suspiciously, "as long as it's legal."
"Oh, so you only do the illegal ones for our older brother?" Trey asked in mock offense, "And I thought that you cared about me! Seriously though, could you keep an eye on Kendall for me?"
"Kendall?" Leo repeated, "Kendall Hart?"
"The same one." Trey confirmed with a nod, "I know that you personally don't really like her, but she's my sister and I want to make sure that she's okay."
"I understand." Leo said with a nod, "You've got yourself a deal."
"Thanks, man." Trey said with a smile.
To be continued....