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Back at the packhouse Axel went straight to his room and didn’t eat dinner. I didn’t know what his problem was but I was too nice for my own good. I needed to stand up for myself, even if it was in a nice way. If he was pissed at me all the time, I didn’t have to sleep in his bed just because he said so.
I was going to wait until actual bedtime but I was too anxious. I had been playing a board game with Aaron and Andrew. Once we finished I didn’t say anything and marched myself right over to Axel’s room. I didn’t knock.
He was sitting in his swivel chair in the dark with his head in his hands. Was he okay? My first instinct was to ask him what was wrong and comfort him but I had a mission.
He looked up at me in alarm seeing as I didn’t knock but then he calmed and sat up straig
