A Kiss Under The Mistletoe

Chapter 11: Whoops, Johnny!

"Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen."
— Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

"Where are we off to now?" I asked Luke when I noticed that we kept walking in circles after telling him that my favorite character from The Ghost Bird Series, Kota Lee, taught me how to punch like that. We actually went in a ridiculous small chat about me having so many favorite characters from different favorite books. When he said it, I laughed so hard, I almost sobbed.

"Division One." He simply said, swinging his arms.

I looked around my surroundings while we were walking, we passed this hallway three times now. "Do you know where it is?"

He stopped walking abruptly and faced me, looking offended. "Of course I do." He said, controlling his voice. He continued to walk to nowhere.

"Well, aren't you a temper." I joked, trying to lighten up the mood.

"Luke, stop." I told him and he stops walking.
I rolled my eyes and a small giggle escaped from me. "Division One is that way." I raised my left arm and I pointed out backwards.

The walk towards Division One was a blur, I babbled for awhile because of the awkward silence but then Luke assured me that the silence wasn't that awkward so we walked together in silence.

"I'm thirsty!" I complained hoarsely.

"I think we passed by a drinking fountain, come on." He told me, turning back.

"If only I'm a daughter of Poseidon.. I can command water to come near me." I muttered to myself. "Or if I'm a daughter of Athena, I could probably think of a way out of here." But I had to be a daughter of Aphrodite which doesn't make any sense. I would've suspected I'm a daughter of Ares or Athena. I snickered bitterly.

"What did you say?" I heard Luke when he was in front of me.

"How many hours has it been?" I asked him, forgetting about my thirst of water.

"Ahh.." He thinks and looked at his wrist watch.

"You know, if I'm reading right now and you asked me that question, I would've answered, half a book ago. Get it?" I humored myself.

He faced me and frowned at my knitted his eyebrows. "Almost three hours, Gwen."
He added, "you still thirsty?"

"Wanna know a secret, Luke?" I asked him, lowering my eyebrows, being serious.

"I guess?" He replied, unsure.

I stood closer to him and let my mouth near his ear. "I'm a half-blood, witch, shadowhunter, victor, and a divergent." I whispered to him softly and laughed  out loud when I was far away from his ear.
I continued my nonsense talk, "I'm born candor and transferred to dauntless."

"What is happening to you?" He asked rhetorically, holding my shoulders, making me face his face, his eyes. Oh his eyes. Those violet-grey eyes. They're so charming yet lonely, it's so captivating.
"Gwen!" Luke called out my name, making me snap out of my thoughts.

"Yes?" I asked reflexively, rubbing my forehead. "How many hours did you say have we been stuck here?" I asked him again since I wasn't stable the first time. I shrugged his hands off me and went near the water fountain.

"About three hours." I heard him answer me whilst I'm drinking. When I was done, I wiped my mouth.

"My mom's gonna kill me." I informed him. I felt him frown at me so I explained, "remember I said that I'm here because of this," I walked towards him and gets the envelope from his hand, "stupid envelope?"
He nodded in reply. "And I said that this holds my sister's future? Well it does. It's for her college, and she's going to send this paper tonight."