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 Faith Samantha Maxwell | | 25 | | 5'4'' | | Slim body | |
 Face Claim: Justine Skye 


spunky 25 years old born and raised in New York City. She's always had a passion for design and fashion and studied interior design in undergrad at the New York School of Interior Design. Though her heart belongs in the city, she moved away to South Carolina after graduation wanting a change. After suffering a massive heartbreak and feeling distant from her family. But after spending two years away in the South, Faith has the desire to visit home and fix broken connections. She's collected a massive amount of vacation days from her design firm and decided to use them all to come home to NYC for three weeks. Some part of her is still longing to fix her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. She's excited to see where these next few weeks will lead her.



 Likes 
➺ Purple 
➺ Doing hair | Makeup
➺ Old school Music
➺ Family 

Mother: Ava || 58 (view spoiler)[   (hide spoiler)]
Father: Owen || 60 (view spoiler)[   (hide spoiler)]
Sister: Lane || 18 (view spoiler)[   (hide spoiler)]
Brother: Levi || 18 (view spoiler)[   (hide spoiler)] 

Dislikes 
➺ Arguing 
➺ Loud people 
➺ Being fooled

Name: Lennard Stanton
Age: 26
Appearance:
Personality/History: Lennard is a sweet and open man. He's always open to helping out anyone that needs it. He has a bit of temper but not many people usually trigger his temper. The only person that did trigger his temper was his stepfather when he was beating his mother. Lennard has lived in New York City all his life but Lennard was too worried that his education at the University was too much. He got a scholarship to the University of Las Vegas Nevada for Culinary. Lennard wasn't sure if he was going to move at first but he did after he went through a harsh heartbreak. Lennard earned his Culinary Degree in Las Vegas before he started working as a Private Chef in Las Vegas. He enjoys cooking and baking and he works for some of his close friends. Even though his journey to Las Vegas has been good he has faced some hard times and has been a victim in some racial crimes which brought him to adopt Rose his small dog who has become a therapy dog for him. His sister Bella was born Deaf he communicates with her by sign language. He has been a victim many times in different robberies and shootings in the neighborhood he lives in. The trauma has affected him and causes him to become paranoid and have a diagnosis of PTSD and anxiety with panic attacks. Which is why he has his dog Rose now she is his support. He hasn't dated anyone in a long time because he's afraid of scaring them with what he goes through.

Family: Annalise (His mom)
Jon (His step father)
Bella (His sister-disabled)
Rosie (His dog)

Likes: Family
Cooking
Baking
Helping the less fortunate.

Dislikes: Racial or Discriminatory People
Abuse
Disrespectful People
Being Lied too
Seeing his family being disrespected.

Other:

Faith stood at baggage claim in the JFK airport waiting for her bags to come around the belt. She had packed quite a lot because she would be at home in New York for basically a month. She was excited to see her family who she hadn't seen in two years. The past holidays she's just spent working or hanging out with friends in Charleston, South Carolina, her new home. But she was home in her birth place, New York. She couldn't wait to go to her parents Brooklyn home, the place she had her first kiss, had birthday parties, got ready for prom, etc. She couldn't wait to pick on her little sister Lane about her high school drama and play basketball with her little brother Levi. The twins were two of her favorite people on earth.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a vibration in her pocket. It was her mother calling. "Hello? Oh, y'all are outside? Okay see you soon!" Shortly after she hung up with her mother, her bags came around the belt and she grabbed them. Faith rolled her luggage out of the airport and smiled at her parents as they got out of the car.

"Honey!! I'm so happy you're home baby." Her father said as he ran over to help her with her bags. He hugged her quickly and started loading the trunk. "Baby girl! Look at you. I missed your purple hair." Faith's mother joked. Her hair had been her signature thing since high school. It'd be weird if her hair was any other color at this point.

"Aw! I missed y'all I really did. I just had to focus on work. You know when I first moved to South Carolina I was flying home so much." Faith said as her mother let go of her. She wasn't lying. After graduation her parents helped her move to Charleston. The first few years of her being there were scary and lonely. So she flew home often. But the past two years had been super productive work wise for Faith so she just zoned in on interior design and didn't focus on her family as much. She also avoided coming home because of her ex. Her one true love, Lennared. Not knowing that he two had moved away. She had a feeling she was going to bump into him at least once while she was back.

Lennard had arrived in New York City a few days ago because his sister had her wisdom teeth surgery the day before Lennard came. Lennard knew she wasn't excited and she really hated that she looked like a cute squirrel. He also knew his mom was too stressed out that she couldn't take care of her alone. Lennard was planning on coming back home for Christmas anyways but this would give him an excuse to come home early. So he was spending nearly a month in New York with his family, he was grateful he was able to come and that he was able to bring his baby puppy Rose with him.

Lennard couldn't help but think of Faith she was his first and only girlfriend. Their break up was very messy and that scared him to see her again and open up old wounds. He knew the chances of seeing her again were very likely because they lived in the same neighborhood. Lennard prepared himself for any situation that required him to talk to his ex-girlfriend again or her family. This morning Lennard was walking towards the grocery store with Rose at his side wearing her therapy dog vest and his sister following behind them. He walked inside with her before he walked over to the sections that he needed to go too. His mom basically put him to work for dinner because she wanted him to help with every dinner up until Christmas.

It was exciting for Lennard because when he was younger and growing up he was a wreck in the kitchen. He was terrified of a stove and a knife and fire. But now he didn't hesitate to turn on his stove or oven and start to cook or bake whatever recipes his mom left out for him to make. His sister also requested for his specialty tomato soup which he knew would help her during her recovery. Lennard didn't know why she would want to come to the store with him she was recovering after surgery. But she claimed the cold wintery feel would help her, but he honestly thought she was thinking he would mess up with getting the right groceries on his list. Lennard started searching for the groceries with Rose at his side and his sister Bella pushing the cart behind them. He started to pile everything inside the cart when his sister tapped his shoulder.

He turned to her and looked at her as she signed to him while she spoke. "Do you think you will see Faith?" He was shocked that she even asked him that. He sighed softly and put the broccoli into the cart before he looked at her and signed his answer. "If God wants us to reconnect again then we will. But I'm not sure." He answered her. Bella nodded her head she was happy when Lennard was with Faith. Faith was always there when Lennard needed her during the times that their stepfather Jon was beating their mom. But Jon was now luckily in jail and serving a sentence right now but Lennard and Bella hoped that their mom and Jon would get a divorce but that hasn't happened just yet. Lennard continued to get the groceries as Bella followed him. Soon they were finished and paid before they carried the groceries home. Lennard smiled at Rose who was smiling softly his dog loved New York more than Las Vegas which was a shock to him at times.

"Sweetie we're here," Faith's mother, Ava said as the pulled in the driveway. Faith shook off the sleep from the thirty minute nap she took one the way back from the airport. As soon as dad put up the garage Lane and Levi came running out of the house. "My big sister is here! Brooklyn, my big sister Faith is here!" Levi screamed and pulled her into a tight hug. Lane giggled and joined in.

"Aw, twins I missed you so much!" Faith said kissing their foreheads. "Ugh, gross get off me!" Lane said breaking the group hug and putting her arm on their mother's shoulder. "Guys, let Faith get settled. She hasn't been home in so long. We don't want to scare her away again." Owen said as he started to unload the car. "Now, Levi help me with your sisters bags." Faith laughed and Lane grabbed her hand and led her inside.

"Girl hold on geez." Faith said as she being pulled like a rug doll. "Come on slow poke." Lane said looking back at Faith for a second before she kept running. Lane took Faith up to her room and closed her door. Faith tried to caught her breath she couldn't help to notice her little sisters room haven't change alot either. She just didn't have any dolls laying room any more. She smiled and then her eyes met with Lane's. Who was already sitting on her bed. "Why you pulled me in here?" Faith asked as she sat on the floor chris-cross applesauce style. "I want to know are you going to talk to him? I mean you know he is here.. So when are you two going to get back together." Lane said. Lane and everyone in Faith's family liked Lennared. They were probably more hurt when the two broke up then Faith and Lennared were. Faith rolled her eyes at her questions. Lane got on the floor with her sister and nodged her before she spoke. "Literally Faith you are home for a month, you need to try to reconnect with him. It's been a while since your breakup." Faith sighed and thought to herself. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, but she also doubted she was on his mind. "Look I am here for y'all I am not chasing after him anymore. I did enough of that before." She said, Faith got up and sighed before she looked down at Lane. "Come one.. Lets make some cookies" once Faith said that Lane jumped up and thry both headed out her room down the stairs.

Lennard walked to the house with Bella and Rose. Bella opened the door and helped Lennard bring in the groceries before he started unloading everything while Rose drank some water from her bowl and stretched her legs before she and Bella plaid. Lennard chuckled seeing the two connect while he unloaded all the groceries before he walked over to his mom's room. He saw she was just getting dressed after a long night at the hotel that she worked at. "Thank you for getting the groceries, honey." She said to him. "I didn't mind mom, I'm just glad to see you were able to get some sleep.," he said to her. She smiled softly, "Are you going to come to church?" She asked him. "I'm not sure yet." He admitted.

Lennard was terrified of going to church right now because it was the same church that Faith's family went too and he didn't want to really cause pain in Mass. "I'll make use some lunch." He said to his mom. She nodded her head while he left her room and went back to the kitchen. He started to cook lunch for his family while he thought of Faith. Her house wasn't far from where he used to walk over to her house to see her every day. But now he never thought he would do that again he's a changed man. But his heart hasn't stopped telling him to think of Faith and love her.

Lennard shook his head and started to clean and chop vegetables for the beef stew that he was making. Lennard went into the moment as he cooked the stew he didn't look at a recipe and he didn't need to look at the time. He always cooked this recipe by heart and he knew that if he messed it up he would be really distracted but today he wasn't distracted he was cooking smoothly and in about an hour after getting home the house smelled like a thick roast beef stew with fresh carrots, celery, and potatoes. Lennard served the stew into three bowls as he set the table and made sure everything was okay for his mom and sister. He got his sister's medication for her to take before he got his own medication to take before he fed Rose as well. Soon they were all sitting at the dining room table and eating together.

After spending a couple of hours at home with her family, Christmas was quickly approaching and Faith hadn't done any of her holiday shopping. So when her family went to cruch, she decided to go shopping. She was never really a chruch girl anyway, she only went so her mother wouldn't yell at her for not going. She called Sophia and Ruth and they picked her up to go shopping. "Ugh, it feels so good to have my baby Faith back at home!" Ruth smiled and rested his hand on her knee as he focused on the road. Whenever the three of them hung out he would drive, Faith would sit in the passenger's seat and, Sophia would be the backseat driver. This kind of flirtatious behavior was normal from Ruth. Though the three of them had been best friends since sixth grade, he always had a thing for Faith. Sophia would often get jealous, as she'd always had crush on Ruth, but she never stopped him from trying to win Faith over. If anything she hid her jealousy by encouraging Ruth to always try to flirt with Faith.

Sophia rolled her eyes when she saw his hand on Faith's knee and she leaned over the passenger seat to hug her shoulders. "I've missed my sister too! I can't believe you've spent four years away from home girl. Be honest. Do you really like it down there?" Sophia questioned as she fell back in her seat. Ruth turned down the SZA he had been blasting from his stereo to listen to Faith's response.

"I mean, I love the beaches and the people are so nice. Southern hospitality is a real thing. But the dating game out there is so whack! Everyone is already married, in college, or creepy." Faith sighed and looked out the window at the passing New York sky scrapers. "Sometimes I miss the mystery that comes with the city. I love the peacefulness of the South, don't get me wrong...but sometimes I miss being waken up by sirens or loud music from a bumping party." Faith was being honest. She had a few coworker friends from her design company, and they were sweet. But they were very family oriented. Not to say that Faith wasn't, but the only person she ever imagined building that kind of relationship with was with Lennared. And they don't even talk.

"Yeah I feel that. I mean you could always come home. You could move in with Sophia and I could visit y'all all the time. There are tons of opportunities in New York for interior design Faith." Ruth said over SZA's lyrics. He glanced over at her with his puppy dogs eyes, begging her to consider moving back to the city. "He's not wrong at all Faith. You flourished all your life here just to graduate from college and start over in the South. The beach is great yeah, but we have The Hamptons hoe. With your paycheck we could all be living in a lavish condo out there." Sophia laughed.

Faith knew that her friends were right. She really did miss home. Being around her parents and the twins made her heart hurt inside. She felt wrong for leaving them, but in actuality she left to escape Lennared. They all knew it. "We'll see. Let me figure these next couple of weeks out and get through Christmas and then I'll think about it." She said as the pulled into the parking lot of Target.

"If you're worried about Lennared, you know I'll fight him if he tries to hurt you again." Ruth joked as he put is Ranger Rover in park. Sophia fell over in the backseat laughing. "Who are you going to fight? You realize Lennared isn't scary like you are. This man stays strapped." Sophia joked. Faith covered her mouth with her freshly manicured hand trying not to make Ruth feel bad. Through broken giggles she agreed, "Ruth, you know I love you. But you fighting Lennared is a death sentence boo." She kissed his cheek and got out of the car. "Whatever man!" Ruth said slamming his car door and taking both their hands as they walked towards the entrance. "I can protect y'all. You ain't ever complained about me being weak before. Stop laughing so we can get these presents and go back to my crib." The girls let him lead the way and they laughed.

(Rose: )

Lennard finished cleaning the kitchen before he checked on his prescriptions. He did need to pick up a new prescription at the Target Pharmacy. Lennard watched his mom and sister go to church, his mom left him the car keys. He brought Rose to the car before he got inside with her. He started the car before he drove to the local target pharmacy. He was also going to get Rose a new toy since he stupidly forgot to pack one on the trip.

He parked in front before he helped Rose jump out of the car. He walked inside with her to the target. He chuckled seeing Rose sniff around he walked with her to the pharmacy. Lennard never really thought that he was going to possibly run into Faith so fast. But he did thought he saw her when he walked inside but he hid his face. Lennard felt tenser while in the store it wasn't that he didn't feel safe. It was like he felt more anxious especially since he hasn't lived in New York for so long.

Lennard waited in line as Rose looked up at him. She could tell he was becoming more anxious by the minute. Lennard smiled softly and moved his hand down to pet her gently. Lennard checked his phone when he was called over he walked over and gave them pharmacist his information about his car. He filled out the paper works before he sat down at the bench to wait for his prescription. Lennard glanced up and he did see Faith with Ruth and Sophia. He looked away worried to be seen again he took a deep breath while Rose stayed at his side.

Faith had a crate full of stuff for her family but she had to get the twins their meds. They had high blood pressure it ran in the family. Faith had the same problem, whenever she works out or get over upset. Her chest automatically starts but, she just never wanted to take her meds and she still doesn't. "Here go find a short line, I shouldn't be long." She said as she handed Ruth the crate and the money to buy everything just in case she wasn't there on time. Ruth and Sophia nodded, they turned and headed to the front of the store. They didn't see Lenneared but when Faith turned to head to the corner, she did. Fuck.. slipped out her lips but it wasn't loud. She said basically to herself. She was frozen for a minute. Unitl, the lady at the desk called for her. She cleared her throat and walked to the corner. She gave her Levi's and Lane's information. And walked away when the lady said it would be a minute. Faith sighed and sat down besided Lenneared but she kept her eyes on the floor.

Lennard froze up slightly when he saw Faith walk over. He forgot the twins had different medications to take as well. He stiffened slightly as Faith sat down next to him. He tried to relax more but Rose looked up at him she saw something was wrong. She glanced at Faith and whimpered to Lennard lightly she tried to get him to relax but he couldn't. He was practically holding his breath because he was terrified to say something to her. Lennard jumped slightly when he heard a loud crash in one of the aisles an employee must have knocked over some stuff. But Lennard's reaction was more freaked out than an average person. Rose jumped in his lap so he could pet her and calm himself down more. He finally gained the strength so he wouldn't look like an ass. "Hi Faith," He said to her in a more nervous way.

Faith was nervous just like Lennard maybe possible even more than him. Faith glanced over when they dog started whimping. She noticed they vest it had on, it was a service dog. Faith knew Lennard had some problems but she never thought that it was so bad that he needed a service dog. Faith went back to looking at the floor and playing with the end of her hair. She bit her lip when she heard Lennard's vice. He is really talking to me? she asked herself, in seconds she was looking up slightly making sure she wasnt making eye contacted with him. "Hi, Len.' She said.

Lennard gulped lightly he wasn't sure what to say to her it's been so long and he didn't want to upset her. "I didn't know you were back in New York." He said to her. Why would you know you, idiot? You haven't spoken to her in so long. Lennard said to himself as he tried not to sound awkward. Lennard was too afraid to make eye contact with Faith he was so nervous. He pets Rose gently as he tried to keep himself calm but it was harder to relax.

"Yeah, My family won't let me miss another one so." she said with a shrug. Faith glanced up at the dog and smile. "She's pretty." she said, Faith had a dog when she was young, it was a french bulldog. She loved the dog, she was dead from some sickness she got from the neighbor's dog. "How's the family?" she asked, nervous but she made sure that it couldn't be heard from her voice.

Lennard nodded. He smiled, "Thank you, her name is Rose. If you want to pet her you can." he said to her. "Um my stepfather is in prison and my mom has been working with ER at nights to pay for treatments for Bella. I'm also sending money to help her." He said to her. "How's your family?" He asked her. He was hiding the fact that he was nervous but he wouldn't admit it.

Faith petted Rose and smiled, she always wanted another dog just never thought that it was the perfected time to get one. She sighed as she pulled her hand back from behind the dog's ear, she frowned when Lennard started talking. She hadn't thought that much would change that fast but she didn't say anything. Faith bit her lip before she shrugged at Lennard's question. "Everything is pretty much the same," she said, she felt bad that she had missed so much but, she couldn't take the whole blame after all. Lennard broke up with her, she didn't want to leave New York but after their break up it just seemed like the best thing to do to clear her head. "The twins are working a the mall, my parents are now retired finally.... Umm, Oh yeah. Ruth and Sophia are being the same as well." she said, she knew Lennard didn't like Ruth. Just as much has Lennard didn't like him but he asked about her family and Ruth and Sophia are both in her family.

Rose smiled softly at Faith when she was being petted by her she started to like her. Lennard listened to her words, he felt awful that she did miss a lot but that was because he did break up with her. That was something he really regretted and he wished he hadn't done that mistake. "I'm glad that you and your family are doing well," he said to her. Lennard wasn't a fan of Ruth but he wasn't apart of Faith's life anymore so he really shouldn't care but he used to care.

The lady called for Faith, she looked back at the lady that held the twin's meds in her hand. She nodded before she looked back at Lennard and finally looked at him in the eyes. "Well it was nice seeing you again." she said softly with a slight nodded, Faith walked over to the corner and paid for the meds. She was waiting for her change back when she heard Sophia singing. Damn it she thought, knowing if her and Ruth so Lennard. They would both make a big scene and she was trying to avoid. Faith grabbed the change out of the lady's hand. She quickly apologized and with running off. She turned the corner and bumped into a crate. "Sorry." she said as she about to take off again, until Ruth grabbed her and smirked. "Girl it is your crate so relax." he said, Faith smirked and rolled her eyes. "Come on." she said as she grabbed the crate and start pulling it backwards.

Lennard nodded. "It was nice seeing you again." He said to her. After she left Lennard was called up, He got up and walked with Rose back to the counter he picked up his regular pills. "Thank you," He said to her after paying for them. He walked out of the target and headed to the car. He grabbed his water and took his anxiety medication. Lennard sighed softly as he got Rose into his car he leaned against the door lightly and closed his eyes in his head he heard the sounds of gunshots from the October First shooting. Even though he was walking home he was in that area and he was lucky to escape it. Lennard sighed softly and opened his eyes before he got into the car and started it. He could still see Faith, Sophia, and Ruth.

Ruth had put everything in the car for Faith, he was about to get into his car when he saw Lennard with some dog. Ruth frowned at the sight. Sophia whistled before she spoke. "Hello, weirdo... Can we get going?" She said, Faith was texting Lane telling her what had happened, she frowned when she heard Sophia she glanced over at Ruth. "Aint that Lennard ass?" He asked as he glanced over at Faith, one look at her. Told him what he wanted to see, Ruth smirked and started walking over to the car. "Hey, Len..",Ruth said, Faith quickly got out the car and rushed over to Ruth and got in front of him. Sophia was behind Ruth. Faith put her hands on Ruth's chest. "Not here, please." Faith said with a roll of her eyes.

Lennard looked up too fast when he hit his head on the roof of his car. "Hey, Ruth," he realized. He rubbed his head. Rose whimpered and looked up when she heard them. He really tried not to show any of his temper when he saw Ruth, then again he really didn't want a fight. Lennard wasn't as strong as he used to be against Ruth especially. He sighed softly when he stiffened up more, "I don't want any trouble." He said to Ruth. That was something different usually Lennard was prepared for any fight but he didn't want a fight he looked more exhausted and tense.

"See, he doesn't want any problems.. So stop being stupid." Faith as pushed Ruth back and he sighed and rolled his eyes. "Alright, fine.." Ruth said. Everyone was somewhat shocked at how Lennard reacted. He usually would never back down from a fight. Faith looked back at Lennard for a second before going back to the car with Sophia and Ruth. Ruth sighed and drove off. "You was with him in the store wasnt you?" Ruth asked once they were on the street. Faith stayed quite. Ruth sighed. "Look he left you, when are you going to get that through your head.. Obviously he dont want you anymore." He said, Faith held back tears but said nothing. She just stared out the window.

Lenard sighed when they left. He was really stressed out he actually felt tears slip down his face when he saw faith. He wanted so badly to be with her. He regretted breaking up with her and to be honestly he doesn’t even remember why they broke up. He felt so much guilt fill his heart as he did cry. He was so upset it even made Rose look at him and whimper. He wanted to talk to her and apologize but he knew Ruth wouldn’t want Faith to talk to him at all. Lenard sighed and wiped his tears before he drove back home with Rose. He arrived home and parked the car before he went inside with Rose. He sat in his room and looked at his old photos of him and faith. He was just crying again because he wanted to reconnect.

We don’t take two trips you know this Faith. So grab some bags and Sophia don’t stand around looking pretty boo. You better grab some bags too!” Ruth joked as he handed them target bags full of presents and wrapping paper for all of their family members. Once they were all situated they headed into his apartment building and up to the third floor on the elevator. They all tried to forget what happened at target. Not wanting to talk about it. But everyone could tell that it was hard on Faith. As Faith struggled to get the keys out of her purse she started crying. Ruth heard her whimpers and pushed passed Sophia to go check on her. “Oh, Faith it’s okay you’re ok. He’s not gonna hurt you again.” He said putting his Target bags on the ground as he started digging his keys out of his pocket. Once he found them he unlocked his apartment door and Faith pushed her way in. She dropped her purse and bags on the kitchen floor, threw her Converse off and ran in Ruth's bedroom. She slammed the door but Ruth came running in after her. He took off his jacket and shoes and put them in his closet. He crawled on the bed next to her and started rubbing her back and wiping her tears. Faith spooned up against her best friend. He never failed to make her feel better. “Ruth, I’m so sorry I brought you all into this high school drama. It’s just, Lennard was supposed to be my husband. I didn’t want to still be single at 25. We were supposed to be together, and be expecting our first kid by now.” She said, her face pressed up against Ruth's chest. “I know that y’all had this plan and it didn’t work out. But that doesn’t mean you won’t still be able to have those things. Hell I didn’t think I’d still be single by now but I am. That doesn’t mean it’s the end for us. We’ll both be okay I️ know it. Just calm down. Go to sleep if you need too Faith. I’m right here.” Ruth didn’t loosen his grip on Faith. Hearing how she still had feelings for Lennard hurt him. After all the bullshit he put her through, Faith could still talk about wanting to have his child. What about him? Ruth had always been the one to nurse her back to health when she broke down. He was the one who’d hold her at night during college when her and Lennard were off and on. They’d even messed once when Ruth came to see her one time, since she made it clear that she wasn't coming back to New York anytime soon but Faith still only saw them as friends. He never wanted to be just her friend. He wanted to be her everything. But he had to put these thoughts aside for now and be her friend regardless.

Lennard sat on his bed crying softly when Bella came in she sat down in front of him. She took a deep breath, "You saw faith?" she signed to him as she spoke those words. Lennard nodded his head but he didn't say anything. "You still miss her and have feelings for her," She said to him as she signed the words to him. He sighed softly and looked up at her as he wiped his tears away while he listened to her. "No Bella," He said to her. Bella rolled her eyes. "We both know you are lying to me and to yourself," Bella said to him. "You still love Faith and you want to be with her. I know that because after the shooting in Las Vegas when I came with mom to the hospital to see you. The doctor said you asked for Faith and when you woke up from nightmares you asked for Faith." Bella said to him. "We brought you home and when you were trying to get better you always wrote about Faith with poems, you asked for her, and you begged for her." She said to him. "But when we asked you if you wanted to call her you were too afraid because you are always afraid of breaking her heart again," Bella said to her brother. Lennard got up and wiped his eyes before he looked at her and started to sign. "Alright, yes I still love her and I regret breaking up with her. But I am terrified of asking her back, of courting her again and being surrounded by the fear of breaking her heart." He said to her. "How can I bring myself to go to her and tell her that I still love her and I want to be with her again?" He asked her. "By showing her the poems, and the love letters, and the drawings you have done," Bella said to him. She sighed. "By telling her how much you love her and want to be with her and promising her that you will never hurt her again," Bella said to him. Lennard turned away from her and sighed softly. She knew one last thing would convince him she opened his treasure drawer and grabbed a small blue box with a white ribbon wrapped around it. Bella walked over to him and handed it to him. "By showing her the ring you were going to use to propose to her." She said to him. Lennard opened the box with the ring he started to cry again because he knew his little sister was right but he was still so afraid. The night Faith and Lennard broke up was the night he wanted to propose to her and ask her to be his bride.

Sophia and Ruth wrapped presents the rest of the night in the living room while Leilani slept. They didn’t want to wake her because they knew she’d only lay around and cry constantly. So it was best if she slept it off. When they finished wrapping the gifts they separated them into piles and put them under Ruth's Christmas tree for safe keeping. They sat on the couch and talked about how worried they were about Faith. “Man, I don’t know what we’re going to do with her. She’s never going to get over him. And they won’t even talk to each other. How do we fix this?” Ruth asked laying his head on Sophia's lap. Her long black hair tickling his face. He pulled at a few strands and wrapped them around his fingers. “But see for either of them to heal they have to talk. But both of them are so stubborn no one is gonna do it first.” Sophia said laying her head back on the couch. “Maybe he’ll suck it up and call her. But we can’t just let him come back in and ruin her life. I feel like they need to ease back into whatever they had slowly or they’ll both be a hotmess.” Ruth said his eyes getting heavy. He started to doze off and Sophia shimmied out from underneath him. She turned off all the apartment lights and went to bed in his guest room. Secretly that Lennard would contact Faith so Ruth could stop focusing on her other than a friend.

Lennard was too stubborn to get off his ass and go talk to faith but Bella wasn't. Bella watched her brother fall asleep before she grabbed all the poems Lennard made for Faith when he was recovering and even after. She walked over to Faith's house even though she wasn't there her siblings were. Bella knocked on the door and Faith's mom answered. She explained what she knew and gave her all the notes and even the ring. "Please give these to faith. I know they are both having a hard time talking to each other. But I know Lennard still loves her and he's scared to hurt her again but at least if she reads these and opens this box she will hopefully come and talk to him or I can convince him to go and talk to her tomorrow." She said to Faith's mom and her sister. Bella left after they took the poems, letters, and the box with the ring before she left back home. Bella knew this was the right thing even though her brother won't agree she just hoped that Ruth wouldn't do anything to stop them from reconnecting if that did happen. Bella arrived home and helped her mom cook dinner for them to eat before she would bring a plate to Lennard. She also helped Rose eat her food before she took her out so she could go to the bathroom,

The next morning once Faith was up, she left Ruth's place and went home. Faith really didn't feel like talking, she walked in the house and everyone was trying to talk to her but she didn't want to hear it. She just went into her room and closed her door. She leaned her back on the door and closed her eyes, she opened them and pushed off the door and that's when she saw some stuff on her bed. She sat on the bed and opened one of them, without even reading it. She knew it was from Lennard, she frowned as she read a poem and then another and then another. She sat in her room and read all the poems and letters. The only thing that was left was a box, she opened it and found a ring inside. She quickly closed the box and shook her head. None of this made any sense. She got up and walked out of her room. Lane and Levi were sitting in the living room, they glanced at Faith, when she walked into the living room. Glancing around. Lane held out her hand and opened it. It was the key's to the second car. "Mom and Dad went to work, they made breakfast. It's still on the table." Levi said, Faith, nodded and grabbed the key's out her sisters hand and kissed both of them on their foreheads and walked into the dining room and grabbed some turkey bacon before she walked out the house and headed to see Lennard. He had some stuff to explain if he wanted to marry her. Why did he break up with her? It didn't make sense.

Soon Faith was parked outside Lennard's place. She got the car and walked to the door, she took a deep breath as she felt her nervous start to kick in and she didn't want to burst into tears soon she saw him. So she relaxed before she finally knocked on the door.

Lennard looked up from what he was cooking when someone knocked on the door. Lennard got up he looked awful like he was crying his eyes out. When he opened the door and he saw Faith he froze for a minute. "Faith," he said to her. "Come inside," He let her inside before he closed the door.

They were alone Bella and his mom was out and Rose was laying on the couch. Lennard wanted to ask why she was there but he had a feeling he knew why. Bella had told him she did something he could have never done. "Would you like anything to eat or drink?" he asked her. He was cooking breakfast when she came he had finished making a breakfast quiche.

He pulled out a chair for her so she could sit down. He moved his anxiety and PTSD pills away from her so she hopefully wouldn't see them. He sat down in front of her when he set down some water for both of them. "Bella dropped off the poems to you didn't she?" He asked Faith. He had no idea that Faith saw the ring he only saw the poems were missing. "I owe you an explanation," He sighed. "What do you want to know?" He asked her. He wanted to tell her exactly what she wanted he didn't want to give her any bull shit. Faith didn't deserve that at all.

She could tell that he had been crying but she didnt come to hear about his issues right now she was dealing with her own. "Water is fine." She said, she sat down once he pulled out a chair for her. She sighed when he said about Bella. She shock her head. "No she gave it to my ma and sister, I spent the night over Ruth's place." She said. Faith sighed before she leaned on the table. "If you loveED me so much like you calm, why you broke up with me.. Why buy a ring if only think you was going to do was break up with me." Faith said as she took the box out her pocket and placed it on the table. "Thats what I want to know." Shw said, thinking that they were simple questions.

Lennard sat down in front of her as he listened to her he was shocked that she had the ring. "The day we broke up it didn't go the right way, I was so hoping that I could bring you to dinner and propose to you." He said to her. "I saved up all that money for the ring, I thought it was going to be perfect. Then Jon caught me with the ring and he thought I stole the money from him. I didn't but that just started the bad temper that I had. I arrived at the church and Chrissy came and talked to me while I was waiting for you to come. She told me that she saw you and Ruth making out in his car." He said to her as he remembered their argument of Him accusing her of cheating on him with Ruth. "I told her that it wasn't true that you wouldn't have done that and she said to me that it was only about an hour ago. You were dressed in a black crop top and matching jeans and your boots." He said to her. "I didn't want to believe it but when you came in with Ruth in that exact same outfit she described, I got so mad I thought it was all true." He said to her as he started to cry. "When I saw you with Ruth my heart ripped into two I couldn't control what I was feeling I didn't have a clear head after what happened with Jon in the morning and everything Chrissy was saying. I was just so done with what was happening and it really clouded my mind and judgment," he said to her as tears fell down his face. "That's why I broke up with you, instead of proposing. I was so upset I couldn't think of anything else to do it just happened. and for once I felt a relief." He said to her. "I thought that I could go back to you after a break and apologize to you but by then I knew it was too late." He said to her. "I'm so sorry Faith," He said to her.

Faith listened to him explain himself she hated seeing him cry but Chrissy had lied her and Ruth never did anything while she was with Lennard. It was only after they broke up and she moved, that they messed around but that was only once and she felt sick to her stomach afterwards. Faith sighed and rolled her eyes, she never liked Chrissy and to now know she was the one behind it all. Faith was upset but she pushed her feelings down, at least for now. "Well, I slept with Ruth.. But it was in South Carolina.. Why after we broke up." She said with a shrug. "I never cheated on you. But thats all I wanted to know." She said as she got up, Faith gave a fake smile and started walking for the door.

Lennard wiped his tears away when he was done talking. He listened to her words he wasn't mad that was after they broke up. "Faith wait," He said to her. "I was an idiot, no I wasn't just an idiot I was an asshole. I Should have just asked you straight up with what happened that night. I shouldn't have listened to Chrissy at all." he said to her. "But what I regret the most was the night we broke up was the night I felt so much guilt that it burned a hole into my heart," he said to her. "After you moved away I went to Las Vegas I hoped I would get the courage to come back to you and ask you back. But I was too afraid too and when the Route 91 Shooting happened on the strip. When I came back to New York to recover from it the only person I ever wanted to see was you." He said to her. "I know we may not have the same strong relationship that we had before when we were dating. But I can't stay away from you and I can't lose you again. I want to be with you again Faith." He said to her. "I know I hurt you but I will do whatever I can to prove that I love you and that I will never ever hurt you again," he said to her. "But I understand if you don't want too, but please give me another chance?" he asked her.

Faith glanced at him, she listened as he talked. She honestly never thought she would hear them words come out of his mouth. "Look, I am not the same as I use to be.. If you want me back, you going to have to do more than just say it." she said, she loved Lennard but him believing someone about her loyalty just made her want to see if he actually wanted her back. And what best way than to watch him show it. Faith smirked and winked at him as she walked backward toward the door. "I am going Christmas shopping some more.. If you want to come.." she said softly. She was still hurt but, at least now she knew why he broke up with her.

He nodded his head. "I'm not the same either," Lennard said to her. He listened to her. Lennard nodded his head. He was determined to prove it to her. "I would love to come. But I hope you don't mind if Rose comes. Um, I kinda can't go out without her." He said to her. "Do you mind if I also treat you to dinner?" He asked her.