The Girl Who Lived Next Floor

Leo/Emma AU

The Tiny Girl With The Large Pizza

Leo Roth was fine if anything was wrong it was the fact that he was going to have no money after his date with Ellie that night. That was their third date together with the intentions of asking her to homecoming which was taking place the following week present. Leo ran his fingers through his curly brown hair wanting to figure out a way to get money without having to ask his parents for it , if there was one thing he hated it was asking his parents for money. Which wasn't because of guilt of asking because they didn't have a lot , in fact it was quite the opposite. His family was more than well off , his parents opened and ran their own restaurant together for the past couple decades.

The reason why he hated it was because then he would have to owe them something. For most kids his age it would be chores or maybe not going out on the weekend. With them it was working at the restaurant and paying the money back with interest. The twenty bucks he could ask for could easily turn into working back 30 or 50 if he put it off long enough. His mother who he barely saw apart from her usual home hours during the week, was the stricter parent between the both of his parents. It's not like he has never unloved but he hasn't ever felt extremely loved either. His relationship with his parents was like the one he had with his grandparents he knew they loved him but he never got the opportunity to see it because they were never there.

Leo sat and thought of other ways he could get money that didn't involve his parents . He could always mow a lawn or something . It wouldn't take him more than three hours and then he could spend an hour getting ready. There were certainly enough houses off the top of his head that needed it. A kid on the JV soccer team was talking just last week about how he went to houses a few blocks over from him and mowed their lawns once a week. Leo could easily ask if he could take one of his houses. But then again he would look a little weird just asking someone he didn't know the first name of for their job. Maybe he could just work in the restaurant for a couple hours and then he could get twenty dollars. That might be enough if he takes Ellie to the movies or maybe out to dinner at a cheap diner.

Deciding on that option Leo called the restaurant to tell them that he was going to work a short shift for thirty bucks and that he would do the afternoon deliveries if he got paid for the gas and he got 50 instead since he knew how much everyone hated doing deliveries when it was Jordi's day off. Then his parents wouldn't be mad at him for taking their money and he didn't need to be at the restaraunt for three agonizing hours.

Getting into his car Leo raced off to work and before he knew it two and a half hours passed by with only one delivery to go before he went home to start getting ready. He recognized the last delivery as one that Jordi always did on Fridays at 6:00 pm. Jordi had said before that the girl who lived in the house always answered to door to get the pizza for her family because he thought she had a crush on him. The Chota family were always regulars at the restaurant. They usually got their Friday pizza before Jordi started delivering it . They usually came in twice a month according to his parents and they were always friendly. Leo knew that whenever the family hosted a reunion that the restaurant would cater it.

Looking at the clock he saw that he had ten minutes to deliver the pizza. Following the gps directions on his phone he parked outside of a modestly sized house. He had never been to that part of town before but it was nice looking. Not extravagant or anything of that sort but it was a good size for a middle class family. Getting out of the car Leo grabbed the pizza and put on his best smile. Walking up to the front door he rang the doorbell and waited a moment. He heard scurrying behind the door and a girl said that she would get it.

The door swung open and before him stood the girl from the library from a couple months ago. Leo hadn't seen her since that day and never really bothered to ask around about her since she was probably just a freshman but even still Leo never saw her in the cafeteria or the library when he rarely visited it. She looked at him like she knew who he was too. He guessed that she probably wondered who he was too.

"I have a pizza for Emma." Leo said with a smirk and she looked around for Jordi he guessed since she wasn't used to seeing him.

"Thats me. You're not the usual guy." She said as she took the pizza from Leo.

"Well he is on a trip visiting his grandmother in Mexico until next Wednesday." Leo informed her and she nodded her head.

"Oh"

"Yeah." Leo nodded his head too not knowing what to do.

"Would you like to come in? I have the money in the house. Jordi usually stays for a couple minutes. " She said and Leo took a second look at her. She was wearing another sweater again that was three sizes too big on her. This one was purple with a silver flower on her shoulders . She had on some make-up like she was trying to look nice for him thought he knew she wasn't trying to look nice for him. She was trying to look nice for Jordi.

"Sure but I can't stay too long . I have tickets to see a movie in an hour." Leo entered the house and noted that it looked nice like it had on the outside. It was well decorated and felt like a warm and supported place to live in.

As Leo waited for a minute as she disappeared down the hall to a kitchen he assumed. He got the first look at Emma Chota's life. Unknown to him at the time at that moment in Mexico Jordi Palacios was reuniting with his mother and making plans to live with her and move to Vegas. Jordi Palacios wasn't going to return to work and because of the one time need for money Leo Roth was going to start taking the Friday afternoon shifts until his parents found a replacement. And even though he didn't know it at the time this was how Leo Roth was going to FIRST fall in love with the Girl Next Floor.

So I decided that I am going to try to upload every Wednesday or Thursday so that it will be written on a managed schedule. Leo and Emma will kind of have a relationship like they are always aware that this is a meeting by chance and not what should happen, I know a lot of you are curious of how the hospital will come into effect and I promise that it may be in a way that you are not going to expect... well possibly. I would like 5 positive reviews before I continue this please. Thanks for reading!