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“You’ve been looking sad the entire time since we got here.”

I pulled my head up to hear Sebastian’s voice. He smiles calmly but I wasn’t in the mood to join the others. We’re all here now and everybody seems to be merry.

“It’s Christmas.” He says as he sits next to me.

I half-smiled.

“And everyone’s downstairs. Why you’re here alone in the library?” he asks.

“it’s warmer here. And… I wanted to see how many books they have.” I reasoned.

Sebastian smiles. “Come on, everyone’s looking for you.”

If everyone includes Benedict then I would be downstairs joining but he’s skipping this get-together because he needed to be there for his dad and mom. Bethany isn’t here too which makes things awfully quieter. I sigh inwardly and I have never talked to them since that day. It’s been almost three days since Benedict and I talked. I could still remember how beautiful that day was yet how we left things undone.

I stand from my seat and Sebastian’s face lit up. “Now you want to party.” He