Gael's POV
Ellie was avoiding me. Not that I blamed her after what happened, but it still hurt. To make matters worse, Charlie, who didn't have the full story, was blaming me for Ellie's new mood since I was with her last and was supposed to keep her safe and happy.
Only one of those things got accomplished and, unfortunately, I doubted she felt very safe around us, let alone me.
When we woke up that morning and came out of the room it was as if everything made sense, as if some barrier or door had loosened or opened and she was just there in high definition, crystal clarity, whatever poetic crap Missael would probably recount it as.
It wasn't that moment of meeting gazes or brushing hands accompanied by fireworks and whatnot, but the end result was the same. It was small moments build
