章 34: CHAPTER 34
XAVIER'S POV
"Do you know anything about Nicole's husband?"
We could get Nicole's new work location from him. I looked at Ophelia questioningly as she sat next to me on the couch. She was playing with Olivia, as Olivia babbled about things she wanted to do with Ophelia. Looking at her, anyone could tell she was going to be a great mother some day.
There was a kind of softness in her eyes that would warm you up. Her wavy auburn hair framed her face as she smiled the most beautiful smiles known to a man. I couldn't believe, the events of today.
We first skip school and try meeting Nicole, then kiss in the rain and we even started dating. I wasn't really involved with girls before, so Ophelia was the first girl I had paid any interest in.
She was the first girl that I liked. And I was scared that I would fuck this up too.
"Nicole didn't post anything about her husband or her wedding in any social media. Don't worry, I'll try finding more information about her tonight."
She smiled at me and got up. This meant, that even her husband was out of the picture.
"Any way, I'll get going now. Luna must be waiting for me."
Just as she turned away to leave, I got up and grabbed her wrist. A gasp left her mouth as she turned around. I looked into her eyes, as shock lurked on her face.
"What happened, Xa-"
I leaned in slowly and kissed her forehead. My lips lingered for a few seconds before I pulled back. A blush, as red as a rose and as warm as her heart, covered her cheeks.
"Don't stress yourself with Nicole and her whereabouts. You didn't sleep yesterday. So, go to bed early, okay?"
She smiled at me once again and nodded. She wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly.
"Hold on there, Xavier."
She whispered these words in my right ear and left. I stared at her retreating figure. I knew what she meant. I chuckled to myself thinking about how she could read my mind so easily.
I guess, I gotta hold on, huh?
"Xavy! Play with me!"
OPHELIA'S POV
Oh my god!
I can't believe it.
Oh my god!
The kiss in the rain was romantic, surely it was. But Xavier's kiss on my forehead was the sweetest thing ever. His cool lips touched my warm head while I swayed in my bliss.
I drove back home in no time. The roads were usually clear at this time, so there was no traffic. I searched for the key to my house in my bag and unlocked the door once I found it.
Luna was in the kitchen having an apple. My parents were probably off to work.
"Hey, Luna. No classes?"
I tried to keep my voice leveled. Luna was a keen observer. She would notice the slightest rise in my pitch when I was excited.
"Nah, no classes. How was school?"
She was probably bunking, too.
"It was okay. I'm gonna go to my room. I wanna take a nap."
She nodded and got busy on her phone, again. I quickly climbed the stairs and reached my room. I shut the door and changed into my pj's. I didn't want to take a shower because I was exhausted.
I was just going to jump into my bed when a cloud of white smoke appeared out of nowhere. Light flashed in front of my eyes and the cloud disappeared. And in place of the cloud, stood Damon.
He did not look happy.
At all.
"I asked you to convince Xavier to stay alive! Not to fall in love with him."
His face was turning redder by the second. A prominent vein in his forehead began to throb as his jaw kept clenching and unclenching.
"I'm not in love with him Da-"
"Don't give me that crap, Ophelia. I know what happened today. Two sad idiots in love. I should have known you weren't cut out for this."
He knew? I was pretty sure my face couldn't turn any redder.
"You have 16 days left. And instead of finding his sister, you're going around kissing that boy? There are consequences for your actions, Ophelia. You might think, he's gonna live now. But, what if you two break up? What happens, then?"
That pissed me off. How could he have the nerve to insinuate that I wasting my days.
"I'm trying, okay? I'm trying my best. Do you know how hard it is for me to do this? But you don't see me complaining, do you? I didn't even choose to do this. And just because, it took him 21 days to decide this, 21 days are too short and I'm trying everything I can."
My shoulders were shaking violently by the time I stopped speaking as angry tears gushed out of my eyes.
"I-I know it's hard, Ophelia. I wasn't suggesting that you were wasting time. I'm just worried about his life, right now. He is barely hanging by a thread and I wasn't sure you getting together with him would be a good idea-"
"You're aren't sure about that? Well, that's too damn bad, Damon! I'm not sure about anything, okay? And I'm still going on."
Regret immediately spread through Damon's face. He tried to apologize but I was tired.
I was tired of having so much on my shoulders.
I was tired of feeling this empty.
I was tired of breathing.
"Save it, Damon."
He sighed and disappeared into thin air.
Not knowing about the damage he had done.
I knew my head was barely above water when I was trying to get Xavier to talk.
But today.
Today, I felt my shoulders relax for the first time. Being with Xavier made things lighter.
So much lighter.
But Damon pulled me out of the heaven Xavier and I'd made.
And I was back to the hell I was living in.
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