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An hour later Edward and Leah were in her trailer and the floor was littered with red towels which had originally been white before the winged woman's blood turned them crimson. The mind reader was covering the last of the wounds on her wings were handfuls of feathers had been torn out. A few of the wounds were so deep that they needed stitches which he had done after being sure to get her numb enough with Tequila to ensure she would not feel them being done. During the entire time the bronze haired male said nothing because if he were being honest with himself he was much too angry.

It wasn't Leah he was mad at, but the child and her father. It was events such as this which were causing him to lose faith in humanity. What had they been thinking? How far would they have gone if he hadn't shown up to stop them? Would they have tried cutting her wings off completely? Edward shook his head as he placed the last bandage on her left wing. It was no wonder she tended to keep to herself, especially if she got treated like this on a daily basis.

"You are all patched up." He told her spinning her chair around so that she was facing him. You could tell she was plastered from the Tequila by the goofy smile on her face. "How are you feeling? I tried to be as gentle as I could while stitching you up and I hope that I did not cause you any unneeded pain."

She sent him a tilted smile. "I didn't feel anything. I felt light as a feather. Ha! Light as a feather get it? Because I have wings and I felt light as a feather? It was funny."

Edward chuckled and shook his head at her behavior. At least she wasn't in pain and at this point that is what mattered. "I see you are feeling better than fine. Do you need anything? I would prefer you did not move about too much because I wouldn't want your stitches to come lose only to have you start bleeding all over again. Alice is going to tell Sam that you are sick so you don't have to do the second show this afternoon and I am going stay with you in case you need anything."

"Okay." Leah said softly as she stared past him and out the window. She may be buzzed and yet she could still think coherently. "I wish I could fly away. Sometimes I wish I had been born a bird so I could just pick up fly whenever I felt like it. I think I am the universes idea of a practical joke. I mean I was born with wings and yet I will never be able to fly. That is one of the worst things about having these stupid wings, knowing what I want, but never able to have it."

Edward who was still crouched down in front of her set his hand over hers. He couldn't relate to the whole flying thing and yet he did understand what she was trying to say. "The worst thing in the world is knowing you will never have what you so desperately want. I want one day where I get complete silence. I hear everything all the time even when I don't want to. I can control it better than I could, but thoughts still get passed my barrier at times. I have never known complete silence and I most likely never will so I get what you are trying to say."

"It sucks." She responded feeling her bottom lip quiver as tears threatened to fall. She did not want to seem weak though and so she did her best to keep them under check. "What is worse is when you get these people who envy you. I don't know how many times I have been told how lucky I am. It makes me want to kill someone."

"Again I know the feeling." He told her removing his hand from hers and getting to his feet. "I am going to go back to my trailer really quick and grab you some pain relievers I have. I have a little bit of everything that I use to try and get rid of my headaches and since they do not work I may as well give them to you since you are going to be sore for a while. Do you want me to grab anything else while I am heading there?"

Leah shrugged and then winced due to the pain in her back. "Well if you could find some Icy Hot that would be great actually. It will help the muscles in my back. I wouldn't mind something to eat either considering I wasn't able to enjoy lunch. Do you mind seeing if there is any salad left over? I would ask for a burger, but I know those are gone. When it comes to burgers and hot dogs it is first come first serve. I've seen fights break out over them before and it is so not worth it just so I could have a heart attack in a bun covered in mustard."

Edward nodded with a half-smile. It was good to know that her brash personality hadn't been harmed. It was one of the many things he liked about her and he would hate to see her lose that. "I will see what I can scrounge up."

"Thanks." The tanned woman told him as she again looked out the window getting ready to lose herself in her thoughts once more.

"Hey Leah?" He waited until he had her attention before going on with what he had been planning to say. "I think that you should know I would never want you to change. I like you how you are and if others cannot appreciate you then screw them. You're not normal, but these days who is? The only difference between you and everyone else is the fact your uniqueness is on the outside as well as the in. I happen to like you the way you are so don't ever change and if you have a day where you forget what makes you special come find me and I will remind you I promise."

TBC…

AN: I thought this was a cute little moment between Edward and Leah. Let me know what you all though of this chapter and what you would like to see next.

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