Chapter 6

Xavier didn’t come back until night landed like a plane over Celeste’s head, but nevertheless, she had been patient despite the little ache that had been tormenting her head. She sat by his room door, and only moved when she was going to the bathroom or going to eat.

Now as Xavier approached his room or in her eyes ‘her’ nothing but excitement filled her chest. She jumped up from her sitting position and grinned cheekily at him. “You’ve been gone all day, I thought you weren’t going to come back.”

“I had business to take care of…” He walked past her, pushing his door open. “Were you here all day? Gabriel told me that you’ve been waiting for me?”

Celeste nodded. “I wanted to see you…to talk about last night…”

Xavier looked away, stepping into his room. “I’m not in the mood to talk about that right now…my pride is still too low for me to keep my calm around you. Go back to your room…I’ll talk to you tomorrow.”

Celeste swallowed the saliva that had settled