XYRA
I was by the back stage curtains, trying to catch my breath during a ten-minute break from practice when Stephanie grabbed my arm and pulled me aside.
She had this look on her face, the kind that said she knew something was up. We stopped at a corner, and she looked around to be sure that no one was watching. "Woah, Xyra, I know you've been trying to avoid him,” she gestured towards Astor, “but now that you're both in practice, that doesn't seem so possible anymore."
I let out a sigh, for the first time, feeling the extent of my own stupidity. "Steph, I…” I stammered, “actually kissed him," I confessed, the words tumbling out like a guilty secret I couldn't hold in.
"It happened the day after I told you he didn't want things to be complicated. I was so stupid!"
Stephanie's eyes
