A/N: 2 chapters in 1 day! Yay! I was on a roll and since I've been terrible about updating lately I wanted to give you guys a little something extra. I hope you enjoy it! I'm finally working into the plot I'd planned on when I FIRST got the idea for the story. I love the characters so much and am anxiously awaiting new episodes but I'm excited to get more into my own story. I hope you enjoy it!


He refused to tell me where we were going but as soon as he opened the doors I thought I had it figured out. It was the pediatric ward of the hospital. As soon as he set foot into the common room there were children surrounding him and hollering his name. He smiled and reached down and picked up one of the littler girls. She couldn't have been older than five. He turned to face me.

"Everybody, this is my very special friend April. Why don't you say hello."

Within seconds there were children surrounding her and she knelt down to talk with them. The little girl Leo had held in his arms was tugging the sleeve of her sweater. "Hello," I said. "My name is April. What's your name?"

"My name is Lexie. You have no hair like me," she said sweetly.

"That's true. The medicine I need to make me better made my hair go away."

"Mine, too," she said sweetly. "I have lots of hats to keep my head warm. Would you like to see them?"

"I would! How about you show them to me?"

Lexie grabbed my hand and led me to her room to see her hat collection. She even offered to give me one. She was such a sweet little girl.

When we made our way back to the common room Leo was coloring with the kids on the floor and they were all laughing. Lexie ran up to him and jumped on his back and he smiled.

I sat down on a bean bag next to him and he looked at me and smiled as he took my hand in his.

After coloring the kids were all begging for a movie so he let them choose one. I finally understood when they hit play, and Frozen began, how he knew every word to the movie.

After the movie was over we said goodbye to the kids and promised to come back and visit soon.

"Why didn't I know that you loved kids so much?" I asked him as we walked back to my room.

"I imagine there are a lot of things you have yet to learn about me," he said as he leaned over and kissed my forehead.

"I've noticed," I said with a smile.

"So have you been able to do much writing for the paper since you've been in?" he asked.

"Not much. Lawrence gave me free reign to write whatever and send him pieces but I haven't found anything that really called to me."

When we got back to our floor he dropped me off at my room. "My parents will be here in just a little bit to go over all the test results but I'd like to see you again once they're gone."

"I'd really like that." I was a little excited to have some free time to myself. I had snapped a few pictures of Leo with the kids that afternoon and I finally had something that I wanted to write about.

Everyone knew about 'bad boy, Leo' but very few people ever got to see the kind and sensitive side of him that colored with children and sang Disney songs with them. I'd never given much thought to being a parent until I saw how Leo handled all those children. I'd be lying if I said it didn't put ideas in my head.

I was just putting the final touches on my article when my mom, grandmother, sister, and Beth walked in. I finished it up, attached the photos, and emailed the piece to Lawrence.

I heard a gasp from the doorway and I looked up to see my mom with her hand to her mouth and a smile spreading across her face.

"I saved you a lock of hair, mom," I teased. "I thought you may want it for a scrap book or something."

She started laughing as I handed her the clear bag with a lock of my hair inside and gave me a hug. Brenna's first response was to approach me and rub my head.

"I kind of love it!" Beth said.

I smiled at everyone. "Thanks for not freaking out, guys. I didn't want to make a big deal about it but I noticed more and more was coming out so I had Leo come over and help me shave it all off this morning."

"Speaking of Leo," Beth began. "How are things going with you two?"

"I love him. I know it's unconventional and maybe not realistic at all but I love him and I love spending time with him. Even with being stuck in the hospital and attached to IVs 24/7 he makes me forget about all of that and I just feel like me. The me from before my diagnosis."

They all smiled. We had a great evening and they all ate dinner with me in my room. I pulled a trick from the Leo Playbook and ordered from the café which they appreciated. I think we'd all had enough hospital food to last a lifetime.

We did a lot of laughing as we browsed some current tabloids and discussed some of the wig options that we saw online including some pink ones.

I was exhausted when they decided it was time to go home. I was a little sad that I wasn't going with them but the majority of that subsided when I felt a soft knock on my door.

"How are you this evening?" he asked as he sat on my bed and pulled me into his arms.

"I'm pretty good. Tired, but it was nice to see my family. How was your time with your family?" I asked.

"Pretty much the same as always. They want things for me that I don't really want so it's a lot of 'agree to disagree' type conversations. The test results came back though and they've officially classified me as in remission so that's a positive."

"Leo, that's great!"

"Yeah, now we just have to make sure we get you all better," he said with a smile.

"I'm down with that plan. Will you stay with me until I fall asleep tonight?" I asked.

"Of course I will. Then tomorrow we get to start planning out our travels," he said with a smile.

He kissed me softly on the lips and pulled me into his arms. The feeling of being in his arms never got old. I was going to miss him when he gets released but I planned on enjoying the time while I had it and worry about it later.