D.O.L.L. (BoyXBoy)

Chapter Fifteen

I drop my horse off at the stables and see Diagr off.

He smiles at me gratefully before running off, the bundle against his back.

I'm gonna have to ask Dad about that.

"R-Rowan..."

I turn around. "Oh, Xavier," I say, smiling. I will not allow earlier to affect me. "What's up?"

Xavier looks confused and worried. "Where did you go?"

I shake my head. "That's not exactly your business."

"Yes it is," he says stubbornly. "I'm your robot and you're my master. I have a right to know."

My smile disappears and I look at him coldly. Looks like he just doesn't know how to stop. "That's none of your business," I snap. "Don't bother me."

He looks taken aback but then says, "Rowan, look, I'm sorry about earlier! I didn't mean it! it came out of accident!" Then he freezes.

I agree.

That was the wrong thing to say.

I exhale. "So you really do think that," I say coldly. When he doesn't answer, I walk away, not saying another word.

He has Sil and Ali now. He has people who actually want him.

What about me?

I open my bedroom door. Okay, I admit, I got fond of him. In that short amount of time, I got used to him.

I hate this.

My chest hurts.

I may have to talk to Sebastian again.

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Silvia knocks on my foot. "Rowan? Hey, open up, right now! I need to talk to you!" she pounds on the door hard.

I adjust my hat. "Go away."

"Like heck I will. Open up, Row."

I take a sip of coffee and make a face. Black coffee was as always disgusting and bitter. "Go away or I'll call the guards."

"Don't pull the little rich boy act on me now of all times. Open the crappy door."

"I'll call the guards to arrest you," I say. "And I mean it. Now go away."

"You won't do that to me."

Would I?

Yep.

She picked a bad time to do this.

The handle jiggles and I wonder if she has the strength to break the door down. "Rowan," she growls. "Open the stupid, crappy, mother--"

I throw a shoe at the door. "Guards!" I call loudly. "Arrest the maniac at my door!"

"Maniac?! Rowan, you are so dead! Get the he--"

I laugh. "So you can kill me? You know I don't care about life that much anymore, right?"

I hear her satisfying silence before I hear a guard say, "Silvia Julyie, you are under arrest for threatening to kill Sir Rowan and disturbing him. Hold out your hands please."

The click of the cuffs made me sigh softly and I take another sip of coffee.

Ugh, the stuff really was gross.

~~~

There was another knock on my door.

I groan inwardly. "Who is it?"

"Me. Can I come in?"

My voice fails me.

It's Xavier.

I wave my hand an the lock clicks open. I hear a creak as the door opens and he comes in.

"You here to apologize?" I presume, sitting up.

"If you'll let me," a quiet voice answers. "But I highly doubt it."

I bite my lip and face him. His hair was more disheveled than usual and his hoodie was rumpled. He was fiddling with the edges of his sleeves.

"Go on," I say, the coldness in my vice fading. "Say what you want to say."

Xavier takes a deep breath, and I vaguely remember thinking:

Can robots get nervous?

"I'm really, really sorry. It was just a joke. I didn't mean it. I was caught up in the moment."

As he continues rambling on and on, I suddenly feel nostalgic.

Where have I seen this before?

Oh yeah. I remember this now.

I laugh softly.

When Sebastian and I would get into fights, he would always pretend it didn't bother him while I was busy trying to apologize. Then after a while, he would listen to me and when I was done, he would pat my head, ruffling my hair. Sebastian would put a big smile on his face and say, "It was both of our faults so let's just forget about it, okay?"

And now our roles were reversed.

Xavier stops mid-ramble and frowns. "Rowan," he says. "Why are you smiling?"

I blink and touch my face; I really was smiling. I shake my head. "No reason," I say. But I can feel a smile creeping back onto my face.

"So... are we good?" Xavier asks tentatively. "Are we better now?"

I reach for his head and ruffle his hair. "We're good," I say, smiling. "We're completely fine."

Sebastian appears everywhere with this robot.

How hilarious.

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Okay I updated again!!!!!

We are nearin the end of this book....

Psyche.

Maybe about ten more chaps?

No pic this time!

Enjoy!

Aryniss