Köhler (Book 9 of the Köhler Series)

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Xavier couldn't believe Xylia had gotten herself pregnant. In a way, Xavier thought she did it on purpose to draw attention off of him to on to her, but now she was in danger, and he couldn't let anything happen to her. If this was true, it was a dumb move because Maddi wasn't going to stop at anything until she had his sister's baby in her arms. It didn't help that their mom was on a war path and their dad had to stop her from killing Xylia and Henry, who she had already stabbed twice in the leg.

"Earth to Xavier!" Shanice waved her hand in front of him as they sat in the lunchroom of the university. He guessed they had been speaking to him, but he hadn't heard a single word. Zavier's mind was elsewhere, and it certainly wasn't at school at the moment.

"Ja."

"Ava asked for your help, and you promised to give me a German lesson today. Unless you changed your mind."

"Ava can get Elias to help her; he understands math as well as I do. That's the least his crazy ass can do, and yeah, let's go. I kinda wanted to show you something...."

"I bet y'all nasty asses going somewhere to fuck." Elias spoke, making Xavier give him the finger. After he pulled Shanice out to his car, which he was happy to get back, and from there, they made their way to a museum. It wasn't the ideal place to learn German, but Xavier thought maybe it would help.

"A museum...."

"Ja, Ein Museum." He spoke, taking Shy's hand as he led her inside, stopping at a picture and asking her to describe what she saw in German. Shanice did pretty well, leading Xavier to think her problem was learning with the others around. It had to be the fear of messing up in front of them. The whole time she was able to describe things to him with a few mistakes. To Xavier, this was good.

"Was hat dir heute am besten gefallen? (What was your favorite part about today?)."

"I only understood the words was, your, favorite, and today."

"You can speak German but cannot understand it." He spoke, scratching his head. "What was your favorite part about today?" Xavier asked in English, making Shanice nod her while he walked them to a secluded part of the museum where he had them a dinner setup. She was always doing something for him. Zavier figured it was time to return the favor. 

"Spending...."

"In German, Shanice. The more you speak it, the more you understand it." Xavier explained, making the girl sigh stopping to think of the words before speaking. He knew it was a hard language to learn, but the rest would come easily once she could speak it.

"Why must you be such a hard ass about things? Die Zeit, die ich mit Ihnen verbringen (the time I spend with you.) Did I say that correctly?"

"Weil ich dich mag und will, dass du Erfolg hast. Dass du Baby gemacht hast (Because I like you and I want you to be successful. That you did, baby.)." He smiled as she looked at him like he had lost his mind. Either Shanice didn't understand a damn word he said, or she did and was in shock that he called her his baby.

"Oh, My! What is all this."

"You are always doing something for me, planning all of our dates, so I decided to plan one for you. Something from the heart, and I also hired a cook... well, I paid Uncle Elijah and Auntie. After he talked shit for an hour straight, my dad laughed about it. Don't get me wrong; I can cook too, but....." He shrugged as he waved for the waiter to bring the food and drinks. Shanice's eyes lit up, seeing the dish he placed in front of her before smiling and looking back at Xavier.

"MY FAVORITE! Oops, that was loud, but this is my fucking favorite. How the hell did you find this out?"

"Your mom. You talk a lot but never of yourself unless I ask. I wanted to surprise you, so I called your mom and asked her your favorite food and a few more things for Christmas." He said, taking a bite of his food as she followed, doing a little dance as she tasted it. It reminded him of his mom when she was happy about something his dad cooked that she loved.