Lost in California (Leo Howard FanFic)

Chapter 4: Positive Thinking

"What are you doing here?" I ask with such great force, then he says in response, "It's a public beach everyone is welcomed here." My mind already knew that and for a comeback I say in return, "No I thought you were in school. Plus why would you want to talk to me in public?" The question gave Leo an Expression that I would only think of in my dreams. Leo says nonchalantly, "School get out at 2 and it's 3 now. And the reason I'm talking to you in public is because I wanted to know if you were alright. I saw you leaving campus and I just wanted to make sure you were ok." As speechless as I am, I'm not touched. "I'm fine!" My tone was harsh, everytime I see him I can see her; "Maybe next time you should control your girlfriend and stop giving other girls free kisses too," I added. Leo steps closer to me then my heart begins to race. "Let's get one thing straight Olivia is NOT my girlfriend. And besides, why are you getting mad at me all I am trying to do if be a friend. After all I am into brunettes not blondes." He then looks down at my lips and back up to my eyes. While my heart tends to race a little faster my eyes wandered to his lips, then chest and broad shoulders, back to lips then into his eyes. "Well since we cleared that up everything should go back to the way things were." "What do you mean back to the way things were", he looked so confused. "Well you and Olivia are not a thing and I won't ever have to see that school again." My voice seemed relief, "So after one bad day you are just going to stop going to school." Leo seems more confused then before, "It's not because I had one bad day. Leo, do you honestly think I could make any friends; everyone ignores me but the staff. They think that I am some crazed fan who one a contest or an undercover reporter trying to get an insight story of the school. Face it, I was never going to fit into that school." "If you'd try! Your acting is good and you surprised everyone in class when you knew what improvisation was. And Luke, Zendaya, Ross, Laura, Dove and I would be your friends, but you got to give us a chance." I took a mintue of silence to think about Leo's plan, then in return I said, "Even if I can sing, dance, model, and act I still won't be able to impress everyone. It's not like I was going to stay there all year anyways. By second semester I would transfer to one of the public schools." Afterwards seeing Leo's face was an expression of anger that I did not plan on. "I just thought you were the kind of person that didn't give up without a fight." Before he started walking away my last words to him were, "I stopped fighting a lone time ago" , in almost a whisper. I packed up my camera set and left the beach in tears. All the way home I thought about my mom and how much I really missed her.

When I reached the house I was so upset that I went straight to my room. Then a knock approached my door, but I didn't have a desire to answer. My aunt then turned the door knob and walked into my room; and just as she saw my stream of tears down my face she asks me, "Eli are you okay? Did something happen at school today?" As much as I dislike my aunt she is the only person I have left in this world. I didn't want to talk about my vulnerability but I knew my aunt Grace wasn't going anywhere until she heard the whole story. "I just... I just really miss my mom right now", then I instantly cried in her arms. "Eli, I miss her too." She slowly rubs the top of my head and holds me with comfort. When I first moved in with her I had no idea that we would ever have a moment like this; but I'm glad I opened up to her or I don't know what else I would've done. As my nerves calmed down I began to ask her questions that I was dying to ask, "Why did you stop visiting us?" For a while she said nothing and then she began to explain, " I found out some secrets about your father and I was trying to tell your mother. She didn't want to believe me and then we would get into arguments. I didn't like how your motehr choose your father over me and so I just didn't bother talking to your mother or ever visiting. But just because I stopped contacting you guys didn't mean I don't love you, your mother and I would never see eye to eye we simply stopped talking over the years. Although I do regret not being there to say sorry or good bye when she passed." I looked at her then commented, " Well you don't seem like you do." She then explained to me, "Well that's because I forgiven her and myself. Forgiveness is to relieve all anger and issues between two people and move on in life. If I stayed mad forever my life and myself would not be happy." Never once did I knew my dad had secrets, but then again what kind of secrets. "Hey so for dinner I was thinking chinese. What do you think?" "Chinese is good." "Ok I will pick up the food and come right back ok." Then my aunt left and I was going to find out my dad's secrets.