The sun emerged an hour and a half later and Rose was still sitting at the edge of the pool when Xander walked out to the backyard. She was sitting with her knees up and her arms hugging them.
He was wearing only summer shorts and walked around the pool to where she was.
“Rose? How long have you been out here?” He asked, startling her. She didn’t notice him. He looked down at the pool and saw the phone at the bottom.
“Only thirty minutes. Melissa called… I didn’t want to wake you up so I came out here,” she chuckled lightly and he ran his hand through his messy hair.
“Her? She couldn’t have waited until morning?” he asked, resting his hands on her shoulders to help her stand up.
“She’s flying off on her honeymoon with Jace. It was either now or after a while,” she said. There was some
