"Maddy deep inside I couldn't hate you even if I wanted to
But that doesn't mean what you did, didn't hurt...."

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"You know i think one day we should make our own movie or something." Lexi says taking a sip from Leon's juice. He trys to slap her hand away which she simply moves away quickly smiling smugly at him. "Like it could be really cool and talks about us but without our names and like obvious stuff you know?"

"Yeah i guess so but maybe something small but enough for us. Short film, play, one man show. That kinda stuff." Leon agrees.

"What the fuck are you guys talking about?" Rue asked looking between them.

"Movies." Leon and Lexi say in an obvious tone making Rue flip them off. Leon stops the car. "Okay you guys stay I'll be back in a while okay?" Both girls nod as Leon grabs a large brown bag filled with Alcohol and gets out of the car. It was Lexi's first time going on a delivery run and she was a bit curious and decided to tag along, and when Rue had told her that every time she went they always got food and ice cream so Lexi definitely wanted to come.

"So how much money does he make from this?" She asks looking back at Rue.

"Look in the glove compartment." Rue simply responds. Lexi opens it and sees a lot of money her eyes widen and she looks back at Rue who had an amused face and was nodding.

"Wow..." she mumbles. Leon comes in the car and hands Lexi the money. She looks at him and he nods his head towards the glove compartment.

"Leave 120 out please." He tells her. He pulls out the driveway and glances at Rue. "Anything you wanna eat? You Lex?"

"Im good with anything." Lexi leans her chair back.

"Oh that one Mexican restaurant with fucking amazing food, Lex you have to try that." Rue gushes smiling widely.

"Ok Lets go I guess."

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"They're gonna fuck." Leon states taking one list bite from his taco. Lexi glares at him while Rue agrees. "I mean new sheets come on they are gonna have sex in the bathroom."

"Leo he wouldn't do that to her, he didn't like the way Seth talked about her so what makes you think they're gonna sleep with each other." Lexi asks.

"Because Lexi they might have been drunk at the party but that doesn't mean they didn't want it. He wanted to fuck her and she wants to fuck him." Rue claps as Leon bows as his stupid point was proven. "But you gotta admit...it was a pretty good movie?"

"Yeah your right. So were you Rue this Mexican food is amazing." Lexi hums as she eats her food.

"I told you, Lexi something you should know about Lee and I is we are fuckin geniuses." Rue implies getting up from her bed. "Okay whats next guys?"

"I dont know Lee?" Both girls turn to Leon who was thinking.

"Wanna paint?" He asks both girls. They shrugged and nodded.

"Sure." They both said.

"Bobby." He turns to Lexi. "Go put on your show. But first we need to go to the store."
The three teens went to the store an bought a lot of paint supplies and canvases. They also decided to get some fave afros and went back to Rue's house. Gia, Leslie And Bailey were at a party Bailey was invited to so they were left alone at the house. They set up at the living room and began to paint occasionally trying to sabotage one another.

"So how did we do?" They pause the finish look for Bob Ross painting and compared theirs. Rue's was far from close and looked like s child could do way better so Lexi and Leon laughed when they saw her's making her flip them off. When they looked at Leon's they saw that it was barely finished but not as bad a Rue's so they just moved on to Lexi's, Lexi's looked close enough so she won the victory prize which was the last Taco which was already cold but was still good.

"Okay well I guess we're not cut out for painting-" Leon got a notification and pulls out his phone.

Unknown Number: Can we Please talk

                -Maddy

He sighs and puts his phone away leaving her on read before he gets another.

Unknown Number: Leon I know i fucked up but Please i need to
Talk to you.

Leon: fine where

Unknown Number: the diner near the school 10 minutes

He doesn't reply and looks at his friends that were trying to find another Bob Ross episode. Leon knew he wasn't gonna lie to them. "Guys?"

"Yeah." They looked over at him.

"Maddy wants to meet." Leon shows them the texts Rue looks at him sympathetically as Lexi raises her eyebrow.

"Are you gonna go?" She asks handing him back his phone.

"I think so...i mean it might be pathetic and i might be coming back crying like a little bitch but maybe I should hear her out. I mean lets be honest being mad at her and avoiding her isn't gonna make me gain anything." He runs his hands through his hair.

"I mean Lee thats your choice if you wanna hear her out go ahead just know im here." Rue smiles.

"Me too Lee." Lexi says. Leon puts his phone away and looks up at them. "Good luck."

"Thanks."

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Leon walks in the Diner and makes his way towards a booth. Maddy wasn't there yet and he was debating weather or not he should make a run for it and get high. Something he hasn't done in a minute but then he came face to face with Maddy.

"Hi Leon." Maddy mumbles trying to get him to look at her in the eye. He didn't respond so she talks. "How've you been?" Again no answer but this time she didn't speak. They stayed silent for awhile before Leon talks.

"So your back with you manipulating, psychotic, abusive fucker you call a boyfriend?" He asks bluntly, Maddy looked at him shocked before he laughs. "What you didn't think I'd find out, the detective told me honestly Maddy really? Nate Jacobs?"

"Im not here to talk about Nate-"

"Isn't he the reason you and i broke up?" Leon leans back before he laughs. "Maddy honestly what was the point in dating me when you were gonna get back together with him?" He hums questionably.

"Leon I really like you and being with you was amazing i made a mistake and i dont see why this affected us so bad?" Her voice cracks as he tries to reach for his hand which he pulls back.

"One mistake...no actually there were more. I got clean you didn't ask for me to get clean but i did Because I thought drugs were worth giving up for you, the party you pushed me away and lashed out on me 4 fucking times....but you didn't stop there you took drugs Maddy! Drugs! In case you forget im an addict. You made me think i did something wrong i went home after 2 miserable hours. And to top it all off you cheated on me, i get you were drunk and high but Maddy none of that would have happened if you just told me what was wrong."

"Really? How am I supposed to tell you that my ex choked me I couldn't even tell the cops they cuffed me and ripped my shirt Leon." Maddy raises her voice. The diner was pretty empty but the worker were listening.

"Okay I'll give you that. Im sure its hard, but did you think giving up drugs was easy? Fuck no i cried in agony...i tried so hard for you i had to lock myself in my bathroom and sleep on the floor so I wouldn't take any drug and dont get me started on the withdrawals."

"I didn't know that." Maddy says sadly looking at him.

"Because i kept it from you. I made you the center of my attention Maddy. I didn't care if i got hurt because I thought as long as you were okay nothing was wrong. But deep down i was miserable I thought I could be happy clean but i wasn't, I thought you and i were gonna have each other's back but we didn't." He finally looks at her in the eyes with nothing but pain. "Im just a broken kid Maddy..." his voice cracks. "Im not Mad that you cheated, i dont care if you loved me or not but when you got back together with Nate it hurt badly...I would have rather gotten beaten to death by my horrible parents then to see you with him and be happy and act like nothing happened."

Leon gets up as Maddy tries to catch up quickly. "Leon im sorry I really am...I promise you if i could go back in time and fix the fucked up shit i did to you I promise i would. I love you and I understand that you hate m-" she wipes her tears looking at Leon.

"Maddy deep inside I couldn't hate you even if I wanted to
But that doesn't mean what you did, didn't hurt...." He walks away.

Leon knew that forgiveness was the key to rebuild the happiness he once had. But he just wanted Maddy to know that there was hope...it was small but it was there.

Maddy: can i come over?

Nate: sure