MEDI "I suppose I will leave that with you then," Leonardo said. "Bring the dishes to my office later. Really, I don't generally like people taking food around the house, so if you return them to the kitchen yourself, they may chastise you. If I am not there, leave them outside the door and I will deal with them. I shall leave you to it." "You don't have to go!" Why did I say that? "You can if you want to, of course, you're free to do whatever you want, I just mean that if you want to stay, you can. But you don't have to. Just if you wanted to stay. You could." Stop rambling! Leonardo looked ... amused. I could almost see a smirk playing on his lips. He moved to the side and sat down on the floor, leaning his back against a bookshelf. I was grateful for the space between us. He looks

