"She is something else."
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Everything seems to be unusually quiet at home and at school for Leo, in the days leading up to the prom. After the promise of Jojo coming over to fix The PT, he has not been around, with Enzo also being uncharacteristically quiet, with Leo getting shut down, each time he tries to broach the subject.
"Just leave it Leo." Is all he gets, with a slam of a door in his face. Leo goes to his room spilling out his worries to a non responsive tutor. "...I worry about him Cameron, I mean something must have happened between them, but he won't tell me. I don't want him to be like me Cameron, to hide and be afraid." The PT stares blankly back, like it always does.
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In a blink of an eye, Thursday comes around. He has so far managed to avoid Anna, but it seems that the running streak of luck is about to come to an end.
"Oh Leo...."
Leo and Yan look over to the person calling his name to see Anna walking across the canteen, with a carrier bag in her hand. Leo looks back at his lunch, wanting to ignore the interruption.
She places the bag next to his lunch plate forcing him to look up. "What's this?" He asks, peeking into the top of the bag.
"This is what you will wear tomorrow at the prom. I have the dress to match." She replies.
Leo now opens the bag wider and pulls out a blazer, cream in colour with fake diamante sequins sporadically attached to it. His eyes widened at the garment. "It's a bit...um..." Leo glances over to Yan who was trying his best to keep a burst of laughter from escaping his lips.
"We will look amazing." Anna squeezes Leo's arm as he holds the garment up. "It's all part of the plan." She adds.
Leo quickly lowers the blazer, looking at Anna confused. "Plan? What plan?"
"Prom king and queen of course." She replies as if it were obvious. "With your handsome face and my beauty, we are bound to win.''
"So, that was your plan all along." Leo says, feeling a little disheartened, he didn't know why, it wasn't as if he even wanted to go with her in the first place, but to think she really only saw him as a means to her own ends was hard to hear.
"Of course. You don't think I actually like you do you?" She laughs as if it's the most ridiculous thing she has ever heard.
Leo shoves the blazer back in the bag, not caring if the odd diamante gets detached. "I swear once this is over, I don't want to speak to you ever again." He adds.
"Likewise babe." Anna replies, kissing Leo on the cheek before walking away.
"She is something else." Yan comments, slightly taken aback being witness to what he had just seen.
"Yeah." Leo sighs, his shoulders slouching slightly over his chicken salad, as he stabs it with a fork. "Well, soon it will all be over."
***
"Please talk to me." Leo says, literally nose to nose with The PT. "I miss you, I need you. I have to take Anna to the prom tomorrow and I don't want to, but I have to do it.... Please... I need your words, your advice, I need you Cameron."
He takes a hand to The PT's cheek, rubbing his thumb over the soft skin. The thumb moves over the face towards the lips, they feel much softer in comparison. "Hey...if I kiss you, will you come back to me?" He half chuckles. But his smile soon drops, when he contemplates the idea for real.
He gazes onto the The PT's still mouth, wetting his own lips a little with his tongue, his own heart racing a little at what he was about to do. This kiss meant so much more than the others because the driving force behind it was so much more powerful, he wanted to bring Cameron to life.
As his lips press against those of The PT's, Leo gives it his all. He channels his heart and soul into that kiss, almost kissing feverishly, but eventually pulls away, when he gets no response in return. He looks again at The PT with sad eyes, just about managing a sad smile. "Well, it was worth a try.'' He rests his forehead on his tutor's shoulder and breaths out a tired sigh. But he misses it....he doesn't see the flicker of brown shine through the glassy eyes, just for a second, just a split second before the eyes become vacant once more.
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RomanceSCIENCE-FANTASY/ROMANCE In the near future, if you need help with your studies, you can purchase a tutor. A synthetic teacher to help with your studies. When Leo is given a PT by his parents for his 18th birthday he is less than impressed, but what...
