TJL#13# Fire Girl

Meant To Be Together

Leonardo's POV

" Do you really want to know about it?" I asked her.

" Of course. Do I look like I am joking?" She asked me.

" Still you won't like it." I tried to state the fact.

" I want to know, Leo. Start over." She said.

" Well, if you are asking about that serious kind of relationship I never ever had one. I didn't like to be fake honestly but for movie promotion some time I was compelled to go on a date with co-stars. But it wasn't at all like romantic lovey dovey thing. Cause I never felt this strong feeling towards someone before and except you. I might go on dates but I never fall in love. Trust me when I say I love you, I do with all of mine. To be exact, I am not a Playboy like you thought about me and it hurt me a lot. But I will let it slip as I have you now and you are not going anywhere. You are stuck with me forever." I said honestly.

" You never fall in love with anyone before me?" She asked me. I smiled as she asked it. I bend over her and kissed on her nose.

" That's what I said." I replied smilingly.

" That's true?" She asked.

" True, Babe. It's true. Trust me. Will you?" I asked her. She nodded.

" Tell me if any girl try to hit on you? After all you were always in the center of the attention." She said. Is she jealous again!!!

" Are you jealous now?" I asked her.

" I am curious." She said and I laughed. She glared at me.

" Curiosity kills the cat." I said smirkingly.

" Bloody annoying you are. I just wanted to.... urrrghh!!!" She said and I laughed.

" Wanted to kiss me? Sure babe." I said and bend over her.

" Get off me." She glared at me but I kissed on her cheeks.

" You're so adorable." I said to her. She rolled her eyes.

" Don't roll your eyes, Babe. They will stuck in a awkward position." I said and laughed.

" Leo!!!" She wanted to shoot fire at me.

" Ok, ok, Babe. I will tell you." I said and took a deep breath. " When I was in highschool I was already a famous star. I always wanted to be a normal guy not the famous one in the school. It always annoyed me that I was not like my friends ordinary guy." I said.

" Did you become alone?" She asked.

" Yeah, though there was always people around but I was lost in fake love, fake concerns, fake friendships. Everything around me was just so much fake. I was too lost to find out about my real self. I was was tired of fake things around me. I wanted to escape these things. I started to feel suffocating. I needed space from everyone, from everything and from being famous. I decided to spend time with my family and with my friends on the shoot. I was in a very odd situation having mental stress." I said.

" I can understand the situation." She said.

" That time for reducing the stress I used to go on blind dates some time. Until one day umm... Can we skip this?" I asked her.

" Nah, we can't." She said. " Start over." She said coldly glaring at me.

" Well." I took a deep breath. " Until one day someone entered in my life." I said and closed my eyes tightly.

" And who is it?" She asked.

" She was my classmate and they shifted to our nextdoor." I said to her looking at her.

" Then? Why are you giving non-stop stoppages? I don't like to push the car time to time. Drive properly." She said and I laughed.

" What happened was, I was alone so I needed a friend who will truly support me." I said.

" So, she became your friend?" She asked me.

" Interesting story here." I said and she turned to me.

" What is it?" She asked.

" So, the girl's name was Leila Lazzini." I said.

" Then?" She asked.

" Leila was a nerd. She was very brilliant student. Most of the time she used to be in the library cause she used to get bullied by others for being a nerd. But she never looked a bit bothered about it." He said.

" How did you become her friend?" She asked.

" So, to avoid the crowd around me I use to be in the library. Cause you know library is a place you can't do whatever you want. One day I noticed Leila cause my teacher put us in the same group for a presentation. She was just a normal girl but she was brilliant. She helped me a lot. We became friends. Really good friends actually. Leila was an orphan. She used to live with her uncle and aunty. Her aunty had a brother who had a bad intentions on her. She never spoke up until one night she almost got raped by him. That night Rafe, Pedro and I were at home watching soccer late night. My parents were not at home. My grandma was already slept. We suddenly heard some noise from her room which was just opposite of the living room. We hurriedly reached her home but no one opened the door after knocking continuously. We called cops and they rescued her that day." I said.

" Hmm, continue." She said.

" The next day at school Leila told me something shocking." I said.

" What was that?" She asked.

" She asked me to pretend to be her boyfriend so that she can convince her family to go and live LA and win her dream. I decided to help her. I helped her until she reaches LA. But then she demanded for something which I could never give her." I said.

" What?" She asked.

" She wanted to be my girlfriend for real. But I never felt that for her. I only liked her as my friend. But then she started to threaten me that if I don't take her back she will tell the cops that I was with the guy who tried to rape her. I was stunned by her act. But I was that time saved as the cops knew my Dad and he explained everything. I cut all my relation with her. After this I stopped getting close to girls barely went on dates but they didn't work for my trust issues." I said.

" Then why did you trust me?" She asked looking at me.

" Cause, my heart and brain both says that we are meant to be together." I said and smiled.