Chapter 11

At The Mall...

I couldn't feel my body.

I was still in the rain an hour after I called Wendy.

I know it's a long drive, but I don't
think I could handle this cold any longer.

A car pulled up, Brian got out of the car, "Come on."

"W…a…y…ddddoo" I was shivering so
bad I couldn't get the words out of my mouth.

He lifted me up and carried me into his jeep.

"Are you okay?" He said concern in his adorable face.

"IIIIIII ca ca can't f f f eel any any
anythi…" I let out. I know he understood most of it.

He got out of the car and put me in the back so I
could lay down.

He sighed and brushed my soaking wet hair
out of my face.

"I don't have anything to dry you off, but you lay here
and try to get warm, I'll turn on
the heat okay?" He said as the rain fell on him.

I nodded as he shut the door and ran to the driver's
seat.

I felt the car move as my body shivered.

I don't think I've ever been so cold in my life.

I tried to sleep, but I hardly ever sleep, so it was
basically useless.

But for some reason, I got to sleep, I guess, cause I felt
the car stop as Brian carried me into my apartment.

"Is she okay?" Wendy whispered.

"I think so," Brian said as I moaned. He laid me down
on the couch and got blankets to warm me up. He
started to shiver a little as well, but he
brushed it off and continued helping me.

"Th…th…thanks B…Brian," I managed to let out.

"Hey, it's okay. Get warm okay? I'll be right here
if you need anything," he said as he walked into the
kitchen.

Brian and Wendy Talk...

"She's going to be okay?" Wendy asked impatiently.

"Yeah, if we can get her warm, she might get
hypothermia if she doesn't."

"Really?"

"Well she was out in that rain for an hour."

"I'm gonna kill Ashley."

"I'm gonna kill Nick."

"Where did they go anyways?"

"I don't know, I didn't even know he was going
anywhere. Does she sleep?"

"Not much. You know the adopted thing?" He nodded.
"Well her first adopted parents died in a car crash
trying to get home, and she was sleeping and didn't
know about it. Her second parents decided to divorce
and gave her to her third when she was sleeping.
I mean they actually gave her away while she
was sleeping. She has never gotten a full days sleep
before since she was 8 years old."

"Wow. How can she do that when your body
needs sleep?"

"Well she takes these pills that give everything when
you're sleeping, but when she's awake. Her own
medicine, no one else has her disorder."

"My God."

"I know."

"Does she just not get tired?"

"I bet she does, she just won't show it. And she is
always drinking coffee or taking sleep deprivation pills.
She won't talk to anyone about it either."

"Why is that?"

"This is Leslie we're talking about. She's very capable
of taking care of herself, and she keeps to herself about
everything. Because she's so used to it. Never had
anyone to share things with and now that she does
she can't handle it, it makes her nervous, and shy.
That's why she's the way she is."

Brian sighed as her shivered again. "Oh."

"Hey...you're going to get sick if you don't change
your clothes and get into something warm."

"No it's okay, I'll be fine."

"No you won't come on." She motioned for him to
take his shirt off. Grunting, he did.

"I'll dry it for you, now go sit and I'll get you some
blankets."

"You're just so kind," Brian said grinning.

"I know, I'm used to taking care of people, I have
8 other siblings. Now go!" She said laughing.

Leslie's Coldness...

The shivering was still bad, I could start to feel things.

I saw Brian with his shirt off.

That just made my weak, I turned into butter.

"Hey, Wendy's drying my shirt for me, is she always
trying to take care of you?"

"Y…Ye...Yes." I said smiling.

"The boss Wendy told me I have to get warm, can
I sit with you?" He asked walking toward me.

I nodded as I sat up.

He got into the covers and laid down, me
on the side of him, my head on his chest.

I could hear his heat beating.

"Here's some…oh okay, nevermind." Wendy said,
she had blankets in her hands.

Brian kissed my forehead.

"I know you can't say anything, well not a whole
sentence. But today even though after the show,
during the show you did great. You were wonderful
out there. I had a girlfriend who was a model and
she never did as good as you did I hate to say."

I nodded, "Th…Thanks." I said. I looked into his
eyes as he grinned.

I laid my head back down and sighed. I could feel
my eyelids start to droop over my eyes.

"So when do you turn 18?" He asked brushing my hair
from my eyes.

"J…July 12th." I said as I laid my hand on his chest.

You couldn't tell by the loose shirts he wore he had a
muscular body.

"That's next week isn't it? We're going to be in
Canada."

"Hmm…" I said as I fell asleep.

I have never fallen asleep that fast and easy in my life.

I felt so safe in his arms…

Ashley's and Nick's dilemma...

"Okay, question I want to ask a superstar.
What's it like to be famous?" I asked him as I played
with his hands.

"I don't consider myself famous."

"Then what do you consider yourself as?"

"Someone who's doing what they love."

"Oh. I could see that." I said as we laughed. I laid
down and closed my eyes. "I'm going to sleep
okay?" He kissed me lightly as he laid behind me
and wrapped his arms around me.

Leslie's Morning...

I woke up realizing I had slept 13 hours.

I was in Brian's arms, which made me feel real good.

I was the first awake, it was 8 in the morning.

I sighed as I got up and went into the kitchen
grabbing the canister of coffee beans out of the cabinet.
I sat at the table thinking.

'Brian, the love of my life is sleeping on my couch,
I slept for a long period of time, Ashley is no
where to be found, and I…I need my pills.'

I grabbed the pills out of my cabinet and took 4.
I know...my own cabinet. But so did Ashley and
Wendy...have their own cabinet I mean.

"Hey Les," Wendy said as I dropped my pills
in my mouth.

"Hey Wendy, can you believe I got sleep?
13 hours worth."

"Yeah I saw you, Brian too. You guys looked so
cute together. If only he liked you."

"Well it's not going to happen. I'm too young,
too beautiful, too shy."

"Do you like him?"

"Actually, I think I…nevermind."

"What?"

"Nope, not going to tell."

"What?"

"NO!"

"What Leslie?"

"I think I love him okay? God! I can never keep
a secret from you or Ashley."

"I know, but you love him?"

"I think so, is it bad to?"

"Uh yeah if he doesn't love you, or even like you."

"I think he hates me."

"Why would you think that?"

"Cause I do. Why else would he push me away
like he does?"

"He doesn't push you away."

"Whatever. Maybe I should hate him too?"

"Why?"

"Cause then he wouldn't talk to me, and I wouldn't
talk to him so it wouldn't hurt whenever I talked to him."

"Why don't you tell Brian how you feel?"

"Because he would probably never talk to me again."

"How do you know?"

"I just do." I went to my room; not even
noticing Brian was awake hearing everything we said.

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