XENIA
“Great job today, guys. I’m confident that we can bag the winning trophy with this progress,” Mrs. Rose smiled as she handed our marked quizzes back to us.
“However, I’d appreciate it if you both worked on the two questions you got wrong so that no stone is left unturned,” she added, already gathering her things to leave, “the competition comes up in less than a week and we can’t afford to lose.”
“Yes ma’am,” Matteo and I chorused.
“Are you attending the ball that’s coming up in two days?” Matteo asked immediately Mrs. Rose was out of ear shot.
“Oh, yeah. I’m going with Hades,” I smiled as the memory of how sweetly he’d asked me to be his date flashed through my mind’s eye.
Noticeably, Matteo’s expression dampened and he looked away from me for a few seconds as though he needed
