Reaching for Hope Book 2

Chapter 2

He looked only a few years older than us, Maybe a senior. I took a good look around looking for an easy exit if anything went wrong. I pulled Ashley into the bathroom and told her that I noticed him following us. "There is a guy out there and he has been following us the whole time we've been here."

"Leo? Yeah, I noticed him too. He's mostly been looking at you though."

"So you know him but didn't say anything."

"I didn't think I had to." she let out a small laugh," He's also Aaron cousin."

"So he's the Leo that took everything from him?"

"I guess you can say that, I mean they didn't get along all that well. We should talk to him."

"Why would I want to do that he's being a stalker."

"Just be nice, act like Aaron hasn't said anything about there childhood," Ashley said pulling me out the bathrooms. "Hey Leo," She said waving,"Sorry about Grace, she thought you were a stalker."

"I can assure you that I'm not a stalker." Leo chuckled," Nice to meet you." he held out his out for a handshake and I took it an nodded.

"Grace is a bit shy around new people, she'll come around."

"I hope so, I'm in my last year of school and I hate to have someone have a bad impression about me." He cocked his head to one side,"I'm guessing your friends with my cuz Aaron, and he told you about when we were kids?"

"Yeah, we are. I personally think they love each other. They just won't admit it."

"I'm right here you know," I said.

"We know Hun," Leo smirked

"Don't call me that." I gave him my death glare.

"Nice to see your talking. Anyway, to clear things up with you, why don't I take you girls to the cafe down the street."

"that sound fun." Ashley looked directly at me, "You know you can have a one-sided opinion about someone just because your lover said his side."

"Aaron is not my lover."

"I never said, Aaron. Now let's go."

As we walked to the cafe I couldn't help but both hate and love Ashley. Although I may not act like is, she is smart and always she ways to get what she wants. That's both a good and bad thing. Leo was talking to Ashley about Aaron, it turns out Leo cares for Aaron a lot. He thinks of him as a little brother. He thought they were really close until they had a fight, after that I stopped listening.

The cafe had a sweet home like feeling. There were a few tables in the center with four chairs each, by the windows there were booths that looked like they could fit six people. The whole place has soft pinks and purples and a wood wall on the far side. Leo lead us to a booth on the far side away from the door, he said it had the best temperature.

I sat next to the wall and Ashley sat next to me, while Leo sat across from us." so why did you want to take us here?"

"My mom used to take Aaron and I here when were would visit our grandparents."

"That's so sweet," Ashley leaned forward over the table," She sounds like a very sweet person."

"She was, she tried her hardest for me. When she got sick when I was five, she had sent me to like with Aaron and his parents." He took a breath and stretched. "I miss her all the time, but the past is meant to stay in the past."

"Grace lost her mom too, she was only just a baby." Ashley lean back again waiting for me to say something else.

"He doesn't need to know my story, all I know is I look like her."

"Do you miss her," Leo asked.

I let out a soft sigh,"Its hard to miss someone you've never meat."

"I have to go to the bathroom real quick, ill be back," Ashley said walking off.

"Past, Present, and Future. That's really cool."

I stared at him with a blank face, not comprehending what was happening."What?"

"I can read minds and go through memories, and you can see any point in time whenever you want. Possibly go there as well, you've done it before."

"How did you find about about that? And I didn't go there I sent a version of my self, I couldn't feel anything." I wasn't sure how to feel, was he like the Eve's, or did Aaron tell him?

"You have a strong Aura, I'm sure even some humans can feel it at times. It really depends on what you're doing though." He cocked his head.

"OK, but let's not talk about this hear there are too many people around."

He leaned closer t me and whispered,"I can change all of there memories, I can say anything and they would never know." I was going to say something, but Ashley has a way of cutting me off.

~Authors Note~

This is the second chapter of the launch day of Reaching for Hope sophomore year. I'm spending a lot of time on this book. I hope you guess are enjoying it, also let me know what you think of Leo so far. I have a lot planned for Grace and him.

Also check out my other books, 'Missing', 'Natures medicine', and 'A Different Love Story', which will be resuming a few weeks after I get this out.

Love

Hannah A. Williams