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16.Night

W I N T E R

We are currently in Xavier's car — Xavier driving us home and me humming like we just haven't escaped from a lion's den. Well… not literally.

We just got out from that suffocating hell after some interrogation conducted by the cops and a woman with a clipboard in her hand. They also informed our parents what had happened through phone.

My parents insisted on coming to the scene to pick me up, but I told them not. Well… Xavier told me he wanted to drop me, so he can explain what happened, to my parents. I thought it should be the other way around, but right now I didn't care. I just want to go to my bed and pretend what happened tonight is just a nightmare.

It feels strange when you realize that you have done something heroic. But something overpowered the feeling of 'em. Proudness is burning in my veins right now.

Xavier told me that Becky was a fool to trust him. Neither way, it wouldn't have happened if she wouldn't have trusted Xavier. Xavier called the police when he excused himself to go to the washroom, which Becky didn't really suspect on that. Xavier had to make excuse to wait here for the cops to arrive, which was taking a long time.

“Oh! Xavier, I forgot to ask how did you make Becky wait here till the cops arrived?” I ask, feeling stupid for not asking that earlier. Tonight has taken a toll out of me.

“Well… I just had to do some *cough* physical things to distract her,” Xavier says, making me want to facepalm, but something over power that feeling. I feel overpowering anger surging through me.

“You did that?” I ask, hoping he will say that he is joking. But deep down, I know he isn't joking.

“Well… you know I'm not joking right now. It was just meant to happen,”

“Excuse me! Did you really have to do that? You could have done other stuffs to wait for the cops to come but no, you freakin' didn't,” I continue, feeling the growing anger piling up. “You just needed an excuse to touch her -to touch someone!”

Xavier has clenched his jaw and seems to be taking a deep breath. He avoids looking towards me. “You think of me like that?”

“No!” I quickly reply when I see that I have hurt him. “I just got angry. I am sorry, I just didn't think and shouted at you, just because I can be so impulsive.”

Xavier mutters something under his breath, but I only picked up one word. “You think I am jealous?” I ask him.

“What do you think you can call your reaction as? Does a friend get angry just because a friend of her decides to touch someone?”

“I am not jealous!” I continue feeling embarrassed that I have now realized I was jealous. “I was just angry.”

“Yup. Angry for what?” Xavier ask now getting back to his cocky personality.

“Angry because… because I am not happy that you touched Becky just before you betrayed her,” Xavier again has clenched his jaw.

“I didn't betray Becky. I just fooled her. She was the one who betrayed both of us,” Xavier says in a warning tone. “You need to learn to think before you say anything, Winter. I am not going to tolerate it every time.”

I feel anger surging through me, but this time the hurt overpowers it. I just don't like it when Xavier calls me Winter. I feel silly right now thinking it, but it's the sad truth. Like they say, 'Sad but true.' But right now I can only think that as a sad and silly but true.

“What are you going to do then?” My voice cracks and I can feel my eyes watering. Now, I hate being a Pisces. I just hate it now. I hate when I'm so sensitive.

Xavier looks at my direction with a clenched jaw. He stares at me with so intensity that I forgot to breathe. I turn the other direction, avoiding his gaze.

“What do you see me as?” Xavier asks. “I don't hurt girls physically, and you -hell no!”

“Huh! Just drive.” The growing lump in my throat has now started to hurt like hell.

“Okay,” Xavier turns the other direction and stares out of the window a little and now starts to pay attention to the driving. If the road wasn't empty at this time, then we must have already been in an accident by now.

After feeling like we've been driving for hours, we finally park in front of my home. My parents are both outside the house impatiently waiting for me to step out of the car.

“You can go,” I say slowly to Xavier. Xavier being Xavier doesn't listen to me and step out of the car. He comes toward my direction to open my side of the car door, but I beat him to it. I step out of the car after taking a deep breath.

My parents both immediately engulf me in a warm hug. I feel the tears threatening to come out of my eyes, but I succeed in controlling it.

“I was so worried,” My mother breaks the silence. I hug them both tighter. I see Xavier looking at me with a small smile. I unknowingly smile back.

We all step into our house after the hour lasting hug, which I gladly didn't mind. Xavier walks in too with a strange look.

“You both going to tell us what really happened,” Dad speaks with a stern voice.

“Well…,” Xavier looks toward my direction before he starts explaining what really happened tonight, not leaving behind any important details.

“Gosh!” Mom exclaims. “Why would she do that to you, guys? Just to get you, Xavier? Gosh, this girl might be crazier than me.”

I look towards the short staircase which leads to my room. I have only two plans today; one, take a hot bath and two sleep. Simple and decided.

“Mom Dad now that you both know everything…,” I started. “Can I go to my bed?”

“No,” Mom shakes her head.

“But why?” I roll my eyes, knowing very well that she has a reason against it.

“Well because first you should take a bath,” Well I was going to, anyway.

“I was going to Mom. I wasn't going to tell you in detail,” I start walking towards the stairs and when I reach towards the first steps I turn and nods toward Xavier. “Goodnight.”

I walk upstairs and open the door to my bedroom. Hmm… at last. My bed calls me to lie on it, but like I said I need to really take a hot bath first. I take a deep breath and walks toward my bathroom.

Well, tonight has been a hella long and adventurous night.

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