Forever Love | Xavier Thorpe

Chapter 4

Blair stood in front of the mirror, analysing herself.

"You okay?" Enid asked.

"I feel... like something is missing." Blair told her, her head slightly tilted to the right, thinking of what could be missing. Enid walked up behind her and rested her head of her left shoulder.

"You're missing your eye candy." Enid joked as she referred to Xavier. A knock was heard at the door.

"Maybe." Blair muttered as Enid went to answer. It was Xavier and Lucas.

"Boys. Welcome." Enid smiled as she welcomed the boys into their dorm.

"You look amazing Enid." Lucas complimented.

"Thank you." Enid thanked.

Xavier walked to Blair, who was still standing in front of a mirror. "You okay?" He asked her.

"Stand here." Blair demanded and pointed to her left. Xavier moved to her left, she wrapped her arm around his and looked at themselves in the mirror.

Just to remind everyone, I replaced the old Xavier, with Dylan O'Brien. Also, I added a peti coat (if that is what you call it, its the black bit on top of his shirt).

"Everything okay?" He asked again.

She looked at him and smiled. "Everything's perfect."

Xavier smiled. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you. You look very handsome."

"Interesting decorations." Blair heard Lucas comment.

"It's half Enid half my sister and me." Blair told him. "We ready?"

"Ready." They all said and made their way to the Rave'N dance.

***

"You look gorgeous! So gorgeous! Welcome to this year's Rave'N!" Miss Thornhill smiled as the students walked into the hall.

***

"Yo, check it out. Wednesday totally busted out of her cocoon." AJ said as Wednesday walked in with her date... Tyler Galpin. Blair smiled at the sight of her sister, she really did look beautiful.

"You look beautiful when you smile, you know?" Xavier whispered to her.

"Do you see Bianca's face?" She whispered.

"She's not going to be happy." Xavier laughed.

"Enid." Blair gestured to Wednesday, Lucas and Xavier went to get punch while their dates went to talk to Wednesday.

"OMG! I love the look!" Evie smiled. "Interesting choice of date though." She gestured to Tyler.

"I could say the same." Wednesday hinted to Lucas. "Blair, I'm happy that you were able to salvage the date with Xavier."

"Thank you, sister."

"It's not what it looks like." Enid defended herself.

"Good, because that pilgrim already has two strikes in my book." Wednesday said, as annoying as she could be, she didn't want Enid to get hurt.

"Lucas is trying to make his ex jealous. I'm trying to make Ajax jealous. It's a win-win." Enid shrugged.

"Wednesday, I come in peace." Lucas said, raising the drinks in his hand as surrender as he and Xavier walked back to them.

"That's a shame. I brought my pocket mace. The medieval kind." She threatened.

***

"He beat me up last year, freaks don't belong in Jericho. The town that has always hated freaks." Xavier words echoed in her mind, and in an attempt to cool her emotions and not murder the Galpin boy, left the dance. But that sooner disappeared when Tyler walked out.

"Was it the thin mountain air or the Yeti-tinis that got to you?" Tyler asked as he walked towards Blair. He thought this could be an opportunity to bond with Wednesday's sister.

"Xavier told me what you did last year. How you and your friends assaulted him and destroyed his mural on Outreach Day." Tyler's smile disappeared. No bonding this time he guessed.

"I guess that was inevitable. Look, I... I wish I could say that it was an accident, or that it wasn't half as bad as it sounds, but I'd be lying. And he could have made things a lot worse for me, but he didn't."

"Why'd you do it?"

"I mean, I could give you a million excuses, but... the truth is I'm still trying to figure that out." Tyler sighed as he sat down next to her. "I got sent away to this boot camp and realized that's not the version of myself I want to be. A bitter townie that blames everyone else for the shitty hand he's been dealt. Look, I did a terrible thing, but I swear I'm not a terrible person."

"For some reason, my sister likes you. She wouldn't judge you for a lousy prank... she would judge for a pathetic attempt. She would have taken it further."

"Like putting piranhas in a swimming pool? I may have done a little digging on you after we met."

"You're an interesting person Tyler Galpin. But if you ever hurt my sister in any capacity. I will take it much further than piranhas. I will destroy you." She threaten him, her face close to his as she whispered the last sentence. Then, she left him there, sitting scared as she returned to Xavier.