𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟

Chapter 13 - Katherine

Katherine's POV

I woke up in a bed instead of a chair. Thank Satan. I looked to my side to see Gale kneeling next to my bed with his arm draped over my waist. His face was buried in the bed sheets while he slept.

So peaceful... I thought as I ran my hand through his hair. I wondered what the hell I was doing before I took my hand away from his hair.

"Gale..." I whispered. He replied with a sleepy groan that was muffled but the bed sheets. "Gale... I need to get up..."

He lifted his head, his eyes half closed. "You're awake." His voice was deep. It made me feel warm in all the right places.

"I need to get up." I whispered when I looked up and saw that Elanor was sleeping in her bed. Luna wasn't in the room at all.

"But I thought you wanted me on you?" He mumbled.

"What do you mean?" I asked, my cheeks warmer.

"You don't remember last night?" He asked, his eyes more open than they were before. My eyes widened. Fuck, what did we do last night that I don't remember.

"No?" I replied nervously.

"Well, you used up your first favor." He said.

"What was it?"

"For me to stay with you last night." He replied.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah, you were all like, "Gale, please stay with me tonight." and I was like, "Only if it's one of your favors." And you were like, "Whatever, just stay with me..." I thought it was cute to be honest." He grinned.

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever, just get your heavy arm off me." I whispered. "I need to go to the bathroom."

He lifted his arm off of me and I walked in the direction of the bathroom quickly. Before stepping through the door, I turned around to look at Gale. "Not gonna follow me this time Mr. Sawyer?" I teased before he stood up and walked towards me. I walked inside of the bathroom and closed the door before he could get in.

"Tease." Gale muttered and I heard his footsteps leave.

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I walked out of the bathroom with a towel around my body and another towel around my wet hair.

Gale was sitting in my bed. He stared at me, wide-eyed as he looked me up and down. "I need to change." I said as I walked to my dresser.

"Ok." Gale said, still staring at me.

"Can you get out for a sec?" I asked, watching him as he snapped out of it.

"Oh, right." He said as he stood up from my bed, opening the dorm door and stepping out.

Once I heard the door click shut, I opened one of my dresser drawers and grabbed some clothes.

"Where's Luna?" I asked Elanor who was reading an old looking book while sitting on her bed.

"She slept in The boys' room last night. She said she was scared to sleep in the same room as a..." She paused.

"A what?"

"A monster..." She replied sadly, as if what Luna said had hurt her too.

I paused for a moment before I continued to change. "She's not wrong... She has a right to feel that way." I muttered.

"Katherine, you're not a monster-" She started before I interrupted her.

"Then what am I?" I asked as I slipped my shirt on. I sat on my bed and slipped some socks on before sitting against the bed frame and hugging my knees to my chest. Elanor sat silent on her bed as she thought of an answer. "Exactly."