08~ First Kiss

OLIVIA

"Mummy?" Zendaya called. "I can't sleep."

I dropped my phone, turning to look at her. "Why?" I asked. "Are you scared?"

She shook her head. "No. I just couldn't sleep."

"What about your brother, Zender?"

She rolled her eyes. "He couldn't even pet me to sleep, he just dozed off."

I refrained myself from laughing or she'd end up getting more annoyed than she already was. "Well, since your dad isn't ready to sleep, why don't you join me instead?"

Her face brightened with a smile as she nodded her head, then jumped on the bed to join me. "Thanks, mom."

I tapped her by the back, gently rubbing her hair. Zendaya and her brother were only twelve, and they looked more like they were fifteen. I was looking more like a liar to people when I told them their age.

But then... Who cares what they think?

When I noticed she had slept off, I quietly walked out of the room to Raven's office where he'd been busily working on the countless paperwork. I had asked him a million times to teach me how