Helanie:
"I'll spend some time and then they'll drop me at the mansion before they go back to the academy," I said to Maximus, trying to keep my hands to myself while he kept staring at my face like he had never seen it before. "And stop staring."
I looked at my friends and gave them an awkward smile before hissing at Maximus.
"I can't believe we're finally together. I don't ever want to mess it up," he muttered, his voice full of emotion.
"You won't. Now go." I badly wanted to push him away playfully, but my friends were watching, and I felt shy around them.
"Okay, kids, drop her at the mansion safely," Maximus told my friends, calling them kids when he wasn't that much older himself. But they all nodded politely, and the minute I shut the door, I heard my friends start to chuckle.
