"Like torturing yourself, Leo?" a man asked from behind him. Upon recognizing the voice, Leo stood immediately and spun around. An older, black-haired man stood behind him. A compassionate look in his brown eyes, but a cocky look about him. He crossed his arms across his chest as Leo simply stared in amazement at him.

"David?" Leo questioned, taking a few steps forward. "But how…"

"Well," David said, thinking. "I can't be sure, but I think I'm here because you're in need of advice." He shrugged. "This is your dream, little brother. You know better than I do why I'm here."

"Just because it's my dream doesn't mean I can control it." Leo pointed out, "I mean, think about it, David. Why would I choose to be here of all places?"

"I'm going to go with David's first theory." a voice answered from behind Leo. A brown-haired, glasses wearing man slightly younger than Leo emerged from out of nowhere. "You have some masochistic side to your personality."

"Oh God." Leo sighed, seeing the newcomer. "Not you too, Trey."

"I can't let David have all of the fun." Trey shrugged as he stood at his oldest brother's side. He looked around at the scenery before looking again at Leo. "Geeze, man. Could you have picked a more miserable place to have this little reunion at?"

"Like I was telling him," Leo said, gesturing at David. "I didn't choose to be here. Why would I?"

"You should be asking yourself that question." David replied frankly, "If you're dreaming about this, little bro, then at least some part of you wants to be here."

"Oh, for…" Leo exclaimed, putting a hand to his forehead. "How many times do I have to say it?" He looked at David and Trey. "I do not want to be here! No part of me does!" He sighed heavily and turned away from them. "You two don't understand how it felt to watch my own father walk away from me." He looked up at the sky. "The one man who could have given me everything I dreamed about for so long."

"That's why you've been coming back to this place." David realized, putting a hand on Leo's shoulder. Had he not known for a fact that the real David was miles away, Leo could swear that the one he was dreaming about was the real McCoy. "You're afraid that you're going to lose your father, just like you've lost everybody else." Hayward shook his head. "Our mother really did a number on you, Leo."

"Tell me something I don't know." Leo remarked with a half-hearted smile.

"That you're unbelievable." Trey replied with a chuckle. Both David and Leo turned to look at their younger brother, who was laughing. "After everything that Count du Pres has done for you, you still think that he's just going to walk away?"

"Not walk away exactly…" Leo stammered as Trey continued laughing. Anger appeared in Leo's eyes as he watched his younger brother. "What in the hell is so funny?"

"You and your needless insecurities." Trey replied as Leo growled in anger.

"Shut up!" Leo exclaimed, throwing a left punch directly at Trey. The hit never connected as the scenery around Leo changed instantly. The ski lodge, David and Trey had all vanished. Now, he found himself in a dilapidated, dirty boathouse on the shore of some lake. As he looked around, a stunned look appeared on his face. Could it possibly be that boathouse?

"Trey's always been a bit of an asshole, hasn't he?" a female voice remarked, causing Leo to turn around as fast as he could. A petite, brown-haired, brown-eyed woman stood in the doorway to the building. Still stunned, a huge grin appeared on Leo's face.

"Greenlee!" Leo exclaimed happily as he ran forward.

To be continued...