Leo woke up, wondering what had happened. Then she remembered everything; William Ridley, the beating and the ambulance.
Leo decided to wear a short black skirt, ripped skinny jeans and a multi-coloured shirt. She walked out of her attic room and went to eat breakfast. She was an only child and lived in a rather big estate with her parents.
'So,' her father said. 'I heard a boy was sent to hospital yesterday.'
'Yeah, William Ridley,' right after Leo said it, she regretted it.
'A Ridley? Stay away from him, Leona.'
Leo bent her head and looked away.
Today Leo decided to walk to school; it wasn't that far so she wouldn't get lost. She walked out her door and turned left. Samoan Green, her neighbour, caught up with her, she also went to SVA.
'Hey, Samoan,' Leo greeted the blonde girl.
'Hey, Leona,' Samoan responded. 'You know William Ridley, the new guy? Well, he's my mom's patient, so she told me what's wrong with him. Apparently he has contusions to the head and will have blackouts for a few days, but he'll be back at school tomorrow.'
'That's good,' Leo said as they arrived at the school.
Samoan walked the other way as Dan and Sam came up to her.
'William will be back tomorrow,' Leo informed them.
'Oh, already on a first name basis, are you?' Sam nudged her.
Leo rolled her eyes.
'I think,' Dan said, while they were walking. 'That tomorrow you should ask the three of them if they want to sit with us.'
'Ok,' Leo replied nervously.
They continued their day and very soon it was at an end.
Leo was about to walk off when Principal McGowan stopped her.
'Uh, Leona, can I speak to you for a moment?' the principal asked.
'Sure,' Leo replied uneasily.
'Well, the Ridley's want you to go to the hospital to thank you for what you did for Mr. Ridley yesterday. They insisted you come. You wouldn't mind if you just took a slight detour on your way home from school today?'
The mention of her family's enemies so often made her queasy, but she nodded.
Leo arrived at the hospital a few minutes later. A nurse directed her to William's ward and she soon was standing next to Mr and Mrs. Ridley.
'We just wanted to say thank you to you, for helping our son,' Mrs. Ridley said.
'Well, I couldn't just leave him there,' Leo said simply.
'He wants to speak to you.'
'He does?'
The woman nodded.
Leo walked inside the little room; it had a bathroom, a small table and a bed next to it. William was lying on the bed, looking weak as ever.
'Hey,' Leo said.
'Hey,' the handsome guy replied, sitting up and taking off his oxygen mask as Leo came closer.
'I wanted to say thank you for helping me back there.'
'No problem.'
He gave her a dazzling smile that made her weak at the knees. William gently took her hand and pressed his lips to it, not taking his eyes off her face.
Leo stood there, shocked and blushing. She was about to leave when she said, 'Tomorrow, do you and your friends want to come sit with me, Samantha and Daniela?'
It was William's turn to blush now. 'Sure, I'll ask Edward and Benjamin.'
Leona nodded, turned and walked out, still blushing.