"Following her parent's divorce, everything in Makayla Summers's life seems to fall out of place. When her happy-go-lucky father decides to move to Philadelphia, it's just the beginning of the worst. Or so she believes.
Starting afresh in a new hig...
When we set step through Leo's door again, we both let go of each others hands at the same time but Amy must have seen it in a millisecond as she shot me a carnivorous grin that bordered on insane.
"I see you two are back," she mused, stroking her chin like a joker. I shot her a pointed look to drop it. What exactly? I, myself, didn't know but whatever was happening between Leo and I should stay between just us. If Damien or Nick found out...I didn't even want to consider the possibility of how bonkers they might go (over something that may or may not even exist).
"What took you so long?" Damien asked.
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He was sat near the fire place, plaid jacket thrown off on the bed displaying his white collared shirt beneath. He was rubbing his palms together, plopped down on the ground and occasionally tending to the fire.
"Yeah. Did something...happen?" Nick asked, his forehead creasing as he looked between Leo and I. "With your famil-"
"Everything went fine," I spoke up. "Just fine." There was no tint of bitterness in my voice as one might have guessed but the kind of tone that told Nick to just drop it and not worry himself. He was quick to pick up on that as he gave a firm nod in my direction and went back to focusing on Damien. The way it looked, it was like Nick and Amy were playing mommy and daddy as they babysat Damien who highly resembled a kid on sugar.
"May! Sit with me," he said, a wide smile on his face as he patted the spot next to him. "It's warmer here."
"I think Leo's jacket is warm enough for her," Amy coughed. I swear to all my Gods, if she didn't shut up-
"Can I have it back now?" Leo asked, and not in a nice way. Amy's eyes popped out of her head at the irritated way he had asked. I glanced up at him and saw him looking down at me with amusement in his eyes but only I was close enough to see that he was actually joking. He saw what Amy was playing at and was quick to shut her down. "We are back inside now. You can quit exploiting my hospitality."
"Wow, rude much, Leo?" Damien shot him a glare. "You come here May. You don't need his jacket when we've got this fire place running."
"You're right Damien," I said loudly, keeping my eyes trained on Leo's although he saw the small smile tugging at the corner of my lips. "Thank you but I no longer need your stupid jacket," I muttered, took it off and shoved it in his hands before walking away from him. Amy's eyes kept jumping back and forth between us which only meant we had done the job right. I was glad I had Leo on my side for this.
"Oh-kay," Nick said, dragging out the word. "This whole night has been extremely weird for me."
"Well, it's about to get weirder," I said with a wink at him. "I actually have something to tell you all."
Everyone turned to face me as I stood near the foot of the bed. Damien turned around, his legs crossed in front of him and his eyes fixed on me. Leo settled on the bed next to Amy and Nick and they all nodded to let me know that they were listening.
