A/N: I AM BACK. Did you miss me? Even if I was gone for a day/night-ish? Well I missed this, so let's begin. - Bianca(:
"Listen, Hazel, I just wanted to- for you-" This was when Frank should have been honest with her. 'I'm jealous.' Or 'I love you.' but he was never good at that. He was defensive. "Just leave it, okay? It's not your problem anymore!" He half-shouted at Hazel. She didn't seem to surprised. It was like she was waiting for him to break. Instead of reacting, she just stood there, studying Frank.
"Well, say something, then." He said, wishing he wasn't so nervous around her. All Hazel did was shake her head. He could tell she was going to cry once she got back to Leo. Leo. The name was bitter in his mind.
"I just thought you would be better than that. You know -" Hazel stopped. She didn't want to continue the sentence. She didn't even know how to. Hazel stood speechless. Now it was two people she cared about. What next? The two camps come together and go on a treasure hunt for them?
"Never mind." Frank turned angrier as Hazel started walking away. Why didn't she care for him as she cared for Leo?
"Wait." Hazel turned. Her golden eyes were darker than usual.
"Why?"
"Why what?" Hazel pursed her lips and crossed her arms. She looked just about ready to leave.
"Why do you care for Leo so much, but you don't for me? You're my girlfriend, Hazel." Hazel sighed heavily.
"No." She bit her lip. "I - You're... You're different now." She paused to look at his reaction. Frank didn't seem moved. "I still care for you, it's just that, you -" She had to think of the right word. "Difficult." Doubt of the word made its way into the word. "Leo's simple. Sometimes I feel like I have to be careful around you. It wasn't like this before. I used to.. I used to really like you, Frank. Now I just feel obligated to act right around you. With Leo, I-" She wasn't answering his question. Avoiding it suspiciously, even.
""It's because you're not you anymore, Frank. You've changed. Alot. I feel like -" She stopped once more. "I feel like I owe it to Leo, because of Sammy." She looked at him again, her eyes pulling away from the ground. He was crying.
"No, Frank, I didn't mean it like that!" Hazel shouted. But you did. That's when Leo appeared.
"I heard shouting. Are you alright?" He grabbed onto Hazel's arm defensively, then looked over at Frank. He shook his head at Hazel.
"Leave him to calm down, Hazel. Trust me, I know what it feels like." Leo started pulling Hazel the way he came from.
"No, you don't know what it feels like, Valdez, and you never will. You know why she likes you?" He shot a glare at Hazel. "Because of Sammy. 'She feels like she owes it to you'" He said in a singsong voice, mocking Hazel.
"It's just because of Sammy! Someone she actually loved! Not you." Frank said, spit flying from his mouth down onto the floor as he said it. Leo looked over at Hazel.
"I - I-" I didn't mean it. But she words died down in her mouth and all of them were in an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes, until Leo broke it.
"Frank, you will leave Hazel alone. And you will leave me alone. And until Hazel or I choose to talk to you, you will stay away from us." Hazel didn't think Leo would react this way. Mad, confused, disgusted. Not affection or calmness.
"Are you okay?" Leo hadn't said anything for a while. It was already around midnight, and the two were wandering around the deck, side by side, in silence.
"Not really." Leo had been vague with her for the rest of the day. No jokes, no smiles, no hugging or holding hands or anything. He was just there.
"Oh. What's wrong?" Leo laughed at her comment.
"Have you not been paying attention to what has happened today?" He looked down at her. She nodded, but her neck felt horrible. As if someone had just stood on it for the remainder of the day.
"I was - it's just... Did you believe Frank? About what he said, about... Sammy." She choked on the name. It still made her feel sad, even though he was long gone.
"Yeah. I did." Leo said plainly. Hazel couldn't say anything. She was barely able to keep walking.
"So..." Hazel paused to look up at Leo, who was now looking at the moon. How cliche. She thought to herself. "Do you hate me?" She said it quickly. She wasn't even sure if Leo had heard her, since he kept quiet. She was about to ask again, when he finally spoke.
"No."
"Are you going to talk to me?"
"I'm talking now, aren't I?" Hazel sighed. She hated seeing Leo like this.
"I guess." Hazel said, even quieter then before. She was almost positive that Leo hadn't heard her.
"We should sit down."
"Okay." Was Hazel's reply. She didn't know how to speak to Leo at this moment in time. Maybe he was beginning to act like Frank. Maybe he'd end up like Frank. He might never say anything to her without making her even mildly upset. Leo will not do that. She scolded herself.
Once the two sat down on the deck, their legs out in front of eachother and their shoulders touching, hair tangled together, Hazel felt like she shouldn't speak. Something at the back of her mind was screaming out, yet she couldn't hear it over her heavy breathing.
"Kiss me." She felt as surprised as Leo looked at her own words. She looked at him and then back down at the floor. "Sorry." Hazel knew it was too soon. Plus, why would she just blurt it out? Stupid, stupid, stupid. She repeated to herself.
"No, I was just..." Leo smiled at her. He bent his head down to kiss her. His kisses were sweet. They were also very delicate, as if she was something that would break. She bit his lip playfully, and laughed. He laughed too, and kissed her with more force.
This was extremely fun to write! It took me a while to think of stuff though! Anyway, rate, review and all that stuff(:
