Leico- I've Known You My Whole Life (Ch. 4)

Leo:
After a year or so of Nico gone, he just pushed the thought of his best friend out of his mind and decide to take up things, like he began working with his mother at the mechanics shop, and he began tinkering with things. Even though he was a natural at it. Eventually he forgot about how upset he was about Nico leaving, and he even made a couple friends, He went through Middle school with minor problems.
During his eighth grade year crazy things started happening to him, he’d tell his mother but she’d think nothing about it, but sometimes things would get worse. Sometimes he’d set his homework on fire and other times something, well someone would try to attack him.
Esperanza finally had enough so she picked up the phone and called Maria, the two women conversed for a few moments, and Leo’s mother did something she never thought she’d have to result to: she begged for Maria to come back, because at this point she had no idea what to about Leo anymore.
There was silence on Maria’s end of the phone, so Esperanza stood there in the kitchen with her phone pressed, and in the living room Leo sat there listening to his mother, he was kind of shocked that she even still have Nico’s mothers phone number. Standing up quickly he moved and walked into the kitchen, looking at his mother with a strange face that he couldn’t quite comprehend, instantly he held out his hand “momma I want to talk to Nico.”
Esperanza stood there for a moment looking at her son with complete shock, then she shook her head quickly “I don’t think Nico’s home, mi hijo” suddenly she heard Maria speak once more, she cleared her throat slightly “What did you say, Maria?”
“I said, Nico is home, he’s upstairs”
“Can Leo speak with him?”
There was a slight pause in her words until there could be a shuffling heard, then Maria called for Nico, who came bounding down the stairs quickly. “Yeah mom?” Nico’s mother stared at him for a moment “Leo wants to talk to you” Nico scowled a bit and shook his head, everything could be heard by the Valdez’s. “I don’t want to talk to him! Mom! Last time we talked he said he hated me”
Esperanza’s eyes flashed to her son, who ducked his head in response, both the mothers stayed quiet for a moment, as if they couldn’t believe the two boys had actually fought. After a few minutes of the blank stares there mothers shook their heads and went back to their conversations.
“So Maria, can you visit? Please?”
“Sure, my next week off I’ll come and visit”
“Will Nico and Bianca be joining you?”
Maria looked at her son for a moment and let out a small breath “Bianca might, I’m not sure about Nico..”
“Convince him, Leo misses him” Esperanza looked at her sons face that was filled with hurt, then she shifted a bit “I’ll talk to you later, Adiós” they both hung up and then, Leo’s mother looked at her son with a small frown.
“You told Nico you hated him?” Leo sucked in a breath and then looked down quickly, shuffling his feet some “momma, I didn’t mean I hate him! I was mad! He left me! He said he’d be here with me!” he huffed and moved away from his mother and returned to the living room to plop down on their couch, annoyance filled the air around him. Sighing, Esperanza moved and sat beside him, wrapping her arms around him in a comforting way. Leo buried his face into her shoulder, as small tears came from him. He gripped her shirt as she began whispering comforting things in his ear, in spanish.
After a few minutes of sitting like that he pushed away from his mother and smiled slightly, tilting his head to the side some “do you think Nico will come with his mom...?” Esperanza’s lips twitched into a small smile.
“I don’t know, maybe.”
Leo glanced down and moved off the couch and headed to his bedroom, “I’m going to take a nap..if that’s alright..”
“It is, sleep well mi hijo”
“night mama.” With that said he walked into his room and laid down in his bed and let out a small sigh, before drifting to sleep.