I don't know what comes over me when I utter two comforting words to Leon as he stands there, still completely offended and pissed by what Phoebe had just said about me. But I say the words. Because I feel like it.
"It's okay."
They come out in a whisper and I'm not sure Leon would have heard me without his heightened senses. But he does hear me. And turns around to stare at me.
I swallow and look away, all around the room. Trying to remember how to breathe.
He runs a hand through his hair, looking almost bashful. "I...I just get really angry when people disrespect you. I can't always control it."
Oh. Wow. I'm not sure what to say to that. Instead of answering, I sit. I plop myself down into the chair Jerak had been sitting in when I arrived and took a deep breath. Today has been..
