Becoming the Luna

Having Virgil around while I'm trying to clean up is even more devastating than getting kissed and I almost wished he had just kissed me and made his way out.

I manage to survive and I blow dry my hair and finger comb it, giving the normally wavy look a curly look.

"Now that you're done eyeing me can we go eat?" I ask sarcastically.

"Huh? What did I do?" He blinks and I want to throw something at him - scratch that I actually do but he catches the powder puff effortlessly.

"Nothing." I say with a faint blush dusting my cheeks. "Let's go eat, we should probably wake Dale up first." I say already moving towards the door.

I don't get far, again - I eyeroll - there's more of that wall slamming, his hands caging me on both sides.

"You all can just call my name like sane people." I complain, looking up at him, my eyes widen at the dark look in his eyes.

"No, no." I wave a finger in his face. "You're not going to stop me from going to Dale." I say even though I know it's not the wisest thing to do.

"I never said that." Virgil says with an innocent smile. "I just want to open the door for you plus, I'll escort you to Dale's room." He says with a serious expression.

The thing with Virgil is that he's ridiculously unpredictable, I mean I've known him all my live and yet I keep seeing new actions and behaviors that stun me.

Dale might be a little intense but it's something I'm getting used too but Virgil was just too random.

As soon as we step into the dining room Yanis walks up to me, Dale hadn't taken it lightly to waking up and finding me gone from his side and instead standing with Virgil over his bed but he's going to have to suck it up.

Yanis pulls me into a hug, a shuttered expression on his face. "How are you?" He asks softly, hands on my shoulders.

I give him a wide smile. "Just fine." I had chosen a shirt that hid almost all of the hickies, I wasn't about to give endless explanations about something so mortifying.

"Yanis says he wants to come and spend the rest of the holidays with you." My mom says when breakfast is over and we're all just floating around in the living room.

"What?" We all exclaim but strangely only mine has excitement laced through it.

"We've been together all day and you didn't say anything." I accuse him, we truly have, he's been holding my hand ever since breakfast like he thinks that if he let's go someone is going to jump out of thin air and try to stab me.

Paranoid much?

Okay, I have to admit I was scarily getting used to terrifying situations but that meant I'm more likely to survive them.

"I didn't think it was that important." He mumurs and I let it slide, too excited to think too much about that.

"Really?" I prompt my mom.

"Yup!" She says happily. "Mrs. Nolan says he deserves a break plus she knows the both of you would love to spend some time together before he goes back to Greece for the winter semester."

I sadden slightly at the thought of not seeing him for an indefinite amount of time but the coming weeks that he would spend with me should suffice.

The car ride is a little tense but I'm too occupied with chatting happily to Yanis to pay it much mind.

"I almost forgot." Yanis says when we're almost at the beach house. "I bought some novels for you." He says and I smile blissfully.

The beach house feels distant like we had left it a month ago, as opposed to the couple days that we actually spent away from it, it's blissfully quiet and I just collect the books Yanis had bought me with plans of reading for the rest of the day.

Dale had said that he had to meet his parents today, Virgil said he had some things to do too which left just Shana and Yanis.

Apple had been left back at my Grammy's place because my Grammy fell in love with the baby cat and it's also much better for her to remain there so she wouldn't run the risk of getting neglected, my mom would bring her back home.

I take a quick shower when I get up to my room, it's the middle of summer and still very hot.

I don't want to wear shorts but still I don't want to lie around without them, it's too much of a risk to take with everyone around.

I search through the wardrobe that Shana had helped me set up and somehow I'm not surprised to find my thigh high socks at the back of the wardrobe.

I drop it like it's hot and just decide to wear the shorts anyway, I would have to look for something more comfortable and smaller but what?

I'm in the mood for something cold so I bundle out and down the stairs to get some fruit juice or something.

"I don't want Hayden anywhere any of… what do I even refer to you as?" I hear Yanis saying with something like disgust in his voice and I halt my steps.

What's going on?

"We would never willing put him in danger, you know that, Bowl head." I hear Shana saying in a strangely subdued voice.

"But how long can you do that?"

"Is something wrong?"  I step into the living room and narrow my eyes when they flinch and immediately hide their expressions.

"Everything is fine." Shana says in a tight voice. "Do you need something?"

"I, um, just wanted to get some juice, do you want any?" I ask absently, engrossed in watching Yanis turn his eyes guiltily away from mine.

He's hiding something.

"None for me, thanks." Shana says quickly.

"What about you, Yani?" I ask lightly, my eyes watching his every move.

He gulps inaudibly, mussing his dark hair. "I'm good."

I don't like to eavesdrop even though it hurts a little that they're not telling me whatever is happening, I might have not minded because they were allowed to keep secrets but I had heard my name so it had to do with me, right?"

They remain quiet even after I get my juice and walk back, the TV is on and Yanis is watching some random movie while Shana is tapping on her phone.

I shrug and make my way up the stairs, maybe Yanis is blaming them for what Nicole tried to do, if that was what's wrong, then I would need to have a talk with him.