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$)hy...% began ui, softly. $)hy did you put it there+%
Leon's heart began crashing about inside his chest as he opened
his mouth to confess. Helooked into her eyes, before his bravery
left him, and he stared down to his toes.
$ecause - love you...% Leon whispered, barely audible to him
above the sound ofhis heart thrashing about inside his chest.
Leon stood for what seemed like a lifetime, watching his feet
become more and morecovered by the falling snow, before he heard a
noise that chilled his beating heart.
The sound of a girl crying.
He looked up in shock. What had he done? Was she crying ecause
of him? Had he hurt
her?s his gaze came across her face, he instantly knew he was
wrong. She was smiling.
She was blushing. She was so very happy.
$ou don't know how long -'ve waited for you to say that.% ui
replied, smiling at
Leon through her wet eyes.
$-'ve waited so very, very long for you to say that...% She
whispered, looking at
Leon with possessive eyes.
$So... you feel the same way+% Leon asked, bashfully.
$-'ve felt the same way since we met, Leon. -'ve wanted you
since that day, threeyears ago.% ui declared.
Three years ago? He hadn't met her ack then" He was still in the
tenth grade ack then"&he hadn't gone to his school, so forget
love, how did she even know him ack then?
Leon returned from his thoughts, with a #uestion in mind $we
only met last year,how could you have felt that way about me for
three years+%
ui kept looking at him, but now she cocked her head, with a
baffled look on her
face, $)e met three years ago, don't you remember+%
Leon shook his head, confused.
$- was on my way home from school when a group of girls started
harassing me.
They said such mean things, and pulled my hair, and hurt me.% ui
kept smiling at Leon,
obviously not bothered by this abuse any more.
$ut then you came you arrived and got them away from me. ou took
me away
and gave me money for a train home and -'ve loved you ever
since/ That's why - came to
this college/ - found out you were going here by going through
your college
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ui's eyes shot open and she covered her mouth with both her
hands as she let the secretslip. Leon's heart began to race, and
the shock of this new&found knowledge must have
shown on his face, as ui pulled away, hands held timidly to her
chest, with a hurt look
on her face.
$- wasn't supposed to tell you that...% ui began timidly, before
Leon cut in,
angrily.
$ou've been going through my mail+% He said with disgust, his
voice growing
louder.
$0o/ - mean yes/ - mean no/ - sort of have. - only did it when -
couldn't be around
to follow you...% ui blurted out, panicking, before realising
what she had said, and
drawing further away from Leon, shuffling awkwardly back towards
the treeline.
$ou've been following me+ 1or how long+% Leon shouted, a hint of
fear coming
into his voice.
ui refused to look at him, staring at naught but the snowy
ground at her feet, before
turning around to dash towards the treeline, running from him as
fast as possible.
Leon stood, stunned into silence from what he had learnt from
the girl he had fancied
since what he had thought had been their first meeting, last
year. Three years? &he's een
following me all this time? (oing through my mail whenever she
could, who knows whatelse she's een doing!
Leon watched ui enter the treeline, and stop for a moment,
before looking back with amournful look on her face. Leon caught a
glimpse of her face as she turned back towards
the forest. ll he could focus on was her wet, red eyes, before
she disappeared amongst
the trees.
Leon turned away, trudging back towards the snowy footpath, face
turned down and
unreadable. He was shivering, suddenly affected by the cold
weather. He stopped by the
corner of the gym, the corner where he had minutes ago looked
around with anticipationat the girl he loved. His limp hands became
fists, before he slammed his fist into the wall
repeatedly, in time with his screams of frustration.
$*amn/ *amn/ *amn/% He shouted, a mi" of sadness and anger
reaching into his
voice as he attacked the wall. $*amn it all/%
He left his bloodied hand against the bricks of the wall, as he
placed his head ne"t to it,
beginning to cry over his face contorted with rage.
s he began to sob, one last thought flitted through his mind
before he succumbed to his
