Divine Falls

Chapter 14: An Angel Keeper

For the rest of the school day we spent it in detention in separate rooms. I didn't get in as much trouble as I thought I would but I still had to suffer some type of consequences. Seeing Pierce like that was scary because I didn't know if his demon side would take over. I'm heartbroken and what annoys me more is that he's the only one who can mend it. I won't let him but even I don't believe that to be true. I'm tired of being back and forth on the subject.

I text that Vee I will come by her house later after I leave Xavier's. We're in his car driving to his house now. He's holding an ice pack on his jaw. He says he's fine and promised he won't make it worse but I'm learning that men don't listen.  I'm in my own little mental world forgetting where I am until Xavier laces his fingers in mine. "Hey you okay over there?"

"Yeah I'm fine." I tell him. He pats my hand to comfort me. I didn't know he could be this sweet. Is it too good to be true though?

 We pull up to his house and it's exactly what I expect it to look like. It's a huge modern home with a gated and stone tan driveway leading to the house. The bushes are neatly trimmed with the most beautiful flower garden out front. It's a house fit for a spoiled football jock who gets everything they want in life. He opens the car door for me and leads me inside. It's so clean and put together and looks way bigger inside. Everything has a set place almost like no one touches anything in here.

"Your parents' home?" I ask him. It's too quiet. I'm expecting his mother to come out with an expensive robe and kiss both sides of my cheek with a big welcome.

"Nope. It's just you and me." He closes the door with a smile. My nerves kick in at the thought of us being alone. I mean I was with Pierce alone but that was different because I have, I mean had feelings for him. I don't feel as comfortable with Xavier which is shocking because I was crushing on him way before I met Pierce. 

Xavier goes into the living room and I continue to look all around the huge house. His parents are probably never home. I be sad to spend my days alone all the time...like Pierce...ugh

"Sorry about what happened with Pierce today. I tried to control the situation but I didn't know he's that hotheaded." I say. I sit down on the sofa and notice a picture of Xavier and a little girl on a table next to the TV. She has freckles and the prettiest ginger hair I have ever seen.

"It's not your fault the guy doesn't know when to leave my girl alone." I wish he stop calling me his girl. He smiles as he comes back with two cups of what I am hoping is water. I never had alcohol a day in my life and I don't plan on starting now.

"Who is that?" I point at the picture of him and the girl. He sits down next to me

"That's my sister." He shuffles uncomfortably. Is this a touchy subject for him?

"Oh, I didn't know you have a sister." I say. I don't know Xavier like that but I did grow up with him and knew him most of my life. If he has a sister I would have known it by this time.

"Had a sister. She died when I was six, that was before I moved here. She was really sick." Damn I can't keep my mouth shut for anything. I grab his hand to make sure he's okay. I don't completely know how it feels to lose a sibling but I got close to it. And that was his younger sister so I'm sure he still feels some type of way about it. I can't even imagine losing Skylar though she gets on my very last nerve.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that."

"It's alright. Neveah was tough. She fought as long as she could." He looks at me and smiles. I smile back upset that I'm all in his business. I have a feeling he never told anybody that before. Wanting to change the subject I awkwardly dig inside my bookbag to grab my chemistry book.