"Leonardo!? Leonardo are you home? Leonardo!? Oh, the newspaper!" Edward noticed as he opened Leonardo's door and took the paper inside.

"Hey, sorry I didn't hear you come in." Leonardo said as he greeted Edward with a wet head. He still had a towel over his shoulders from where he had been in the shower.

"I got the hiking maps for our trip today. I found them at that travel place in town. Here's your paper." Edward flopped the newspaper on the coffee table. "So, I'm trying to decide if I should take all summer clothes or all winter clothes. It's cooler in the mountains." Edward said.

"Why not take a combination there, genius?" Leonardo said teasingly. Edward snapped his fingers.

"That's exactly what I'll do! I'll take some long sleeves and short sleeves. I'll pack some long pants and some shorts…then somehow…I'll end up wearing your clothes like I always do when we go somewhere." Edward said smiling. "Here, you can pack the maps. Knowing me, these won't make it to my suitcase." Edward said laying them on the coffee table. "Guess what? Mia is getting to be a really good cook thanks to everything Noelle has been teaching her the past four months. She doesn't burn anything!" Edward said excitedly. Leonardo laughed.

"I'm very glad to hear that." Leonardo said laughing. "Now, she can cook for herself instead of eating a sandwich for pretty much every meal."

"Speaking of which, are we going to buy our groceries when we get to the cabin?" Edward asked.

"I think that would be best. That way we aren't hauling a lot of extra weight around. We can buy whatever we need there in town. Hey would you do something for me? Go in my bedroom and there is a list on my dresser of things we need to take with us that I don't want to forget. Will you go get that and go over it with me to see if I've left something out?" Leonardo asked examining the maps that Edward had brought.

"Yeah, hold on." He left the room to retrieve this list. Once in Leonardo's bedroom he found the list exactly where Leonardo had instructed him to find it. But he also noticed an open book on Leonardo's bed. He went over and picked it up. He started reading the page but he could feel the color fall from his face as he got toward the bottom of the page. He slowly made his way back into the living room where Leonardo was with this book hanging limp in his hand at his side. Edward was speechless as he stood in the arch way of the hall.

"Did you find it?" Leonardo asked not turning around to see Edward's shocked condition.

"Yeah…yeah…I…I found it…and…and I….I found…that…stupid book…thing…you keep…" Edward stumbled over his words. Now Leonardo could feel his face go pale. He had been writing down his life in journals for the past five years now. Leonardo was precisely on page 107 of his seventh journal. During the war, he would even let Edward write some of the pages. He knew Edward read everything he wrote all the time, especially when the country was at war. He was never careful with what he said and he never had anything bad to write. Edward used read it every night that Leonardo wrote something in it during the war. He never even asked so this moment right now was nothing new. The problem with this moment right now was…well…there were a lot of problems with this moment right now.

"Edward….you know that I've never cared that you read what I write…but oh my god Edward did you read page 107!?" It was a stupid question but Leonardo couldn't think right now. Of course Edward read page 107!

"When were you going to tell me!?" Edward said rushing back over to the couch, dropping the book on the table and grabbing Leonardo's shoulders. "It happened yesterday!? How!? When!? Here!? I didn't read the whole page hold on…" Edward said picking the book up again releasing Leonardo's shoulders.

"Edward…" Leonardo couldn't go anywhere with that sentence.

"OH MY GOD! WHOA…NOOOOOOO WAY…I've gotta turn this page!" Edward's voice had gotten all high and squeaky.

"Edward, you don't have to read I could just…" Leonardo was much more relaxed now.

"Three times!? Is that even possible!?" Edward whispered holding the book against his chest.

"Edward it wasn't…" Once again talking to Edward was impossible right now.

"I…I don't know what to say..." Edward said putting the book down on the table. He closed it this time. Leonardo looked at Edward with nervous eyes.

"Are you mad?" Leonardo wondered, his voice full of apprehension.

"Am….am I…am I MAD!? No! No! No! No! I'm not mad! My god you haven't even had a chance to tell me yet! I was just getting your list and I found out before I had even been here ten minutes! Edward said. "Come here…" Edward opened up his arms and threw them around Leonardo. "I always knew you'd be first." Leonardo felt a sense of relief. He had no idea how the hell Edward would react. He also realized he had not covered his tracks well.

"So…um…I have to ask…" Edward started. "Do you…feel different?" Edward had to know. Leonardo smiled and shifted his eyes toward the floor.

"Yeah…yeah I do…feel different. But I can't really explain how…I just do." Leonardo said. He looked up at Edward. "The look in her eyes… I don't think I'll ever forget that. She was um…it hurt…her…a lot." Edward studied him carefully.

"You love her…don't you?" Edward asked seriously. Leonardo smiled.

"What do you think?" he asked.

"I think I know you well enough to say that you must really love her. You've had so many opportunities to sleep with any woman you wanted with no strings attached…but you never did…you never even thought about it for a minute…because you're better than that. She must mean the world to you. You just fell apart a little bit when you said it hurt her. In fact, you must love her…" Edward shook his head. "…in a way that I can't even begin to imagine." Leonardo laughed.

"You know me too well, Edward." He admitted.

"You do realize that you can never tell Sothe about this right? I mean, unless you never, ever, ever want him to shut up." Edward said laughing. Leonardo laughed at Edward.

"Oh god…Sothe…I'm pretty sure Sothe will love me forever if ever he learns of this…which he will it's inevitable. I can hear him now…in his seductive voice that uses on me from time to time in the most inappropriate situation…a blue eyed blond virgin is hard to resist Leo…can I call you Leo?" Leonardo said picturing Sothe going through his act. Edward laughed hard.

"Leonardo! You're funny. You sound just like him when you do that! So…what were we doing before I found out what you've been doing? Oh yeah…this list. You wanted to go over this list." Edward remembered what their original intent had been. Edward looked at the list but he was still sidetracked.

"I think we should take an extra lantern just in case." Leonardo said.

"Yeah…a lantern is a good idea…lantern…so how many details are you going to share with me before I start prying them out of you?" Edward asked.

"Well, what exactly are you wanting to know?" Leonardo asked.

"EVERYTHING!" Edward yelled excitedly. The look on his face was a combination of pure anticipation and zeal. Leonardo laughed at him.

"Edward, as much as you think you do…I'm sure you don't want to know EVERYTHING." Leonardo reminded him.

"No! No, that's where you're wrong! I DO want to know EVERYTHING? Do you have a hammock on this list? That's a good idea!" Edward was so wound up.

"Yes, yes a hammock is a great idea. I'm glad you think so too. Do you want something to drink? I have iced tea. I should warn you though I put a lot of sugar in it and something tells me you don't really need sugar right now."

"Of course I want some tea! Oh and could you maybe put some more sugar in it? Just for good measure! So um…how did…I mean…what did you…did you just ask Noelle if she wanted to have sex with you!? How does that conversation even work!? And weren't you nervous? What the hell!? Did you even know what you were doing!? What if I would have come over!? You know how I'm always just showing up unannounced! Oh my god…I'm going to have to start announcing myself aren't I? Or, do you want to just come up with a code word right now? Make it something simple and preferably one syllable." Edward was flipping out. Leonardo handed over a glass of iced tea to Edward.

"Here, take this tea, take a couple breaths, blink a few times and lean back on my couch because you're going to be here for a while." Leonardo told him. But Edward didn't lean back. Instead, he sat on the edge of the couch nearly leaping in the air.

"Are you seriously going to tell me everything? Should I close the windows? There are kids outside playing like two houses down!" Edward whispered. Leonardo sighed and gave him the look that he always gave Edward when Edward just wouldn't freaking calm the hell down! "Okay, okay I'm leaning back and getting comfortable. I'll even take my shoes off." Edward said. "Wait…Noelle's going to kill you if you tell me!"

"No she won't. You obviously don't know her the way I know her." Leonardo said reassuring him.

"Well of course I don't know her the way you know her! If I did….we would have a MAJOR problem! Okay, I'm ready to calm down and listen. If you say she won't care then you must be right." Edward said relaxing into the back of Leonardo's couch.

"This all started in her eyes…" Leonardo began.