Chapter four

 “Oh,” Nathania squeaked and quickly cleared her throat before saying in her deep voice, “didn’t see you there.”

 “Of course you didn’t,” the boy answered. He stared at the boy in his room with furrowed brows, he could swear that he had heard him speak with a lighter voice and all of a second, his voice was deep. He stood by the bathroom door, watching him, waiting to hear what he has to say as the reason he was in his room.

 “Um,” Nathania cleared her throat once more and pointed at the bedroom door. “The door was opened and um…I normally stay here whenever I visit Teri. With the door open and the music playing, I thought she was here, you know, with her knowing that I’m coming and all that.”

 “Mm,” the boy answered and finally step into the bedroom with another towel in his hand which he used to dry his hair. “Well, she is not here, shouldn’t you be leaving?”

 “Huh?” Nathania asked, she had been lost staring at his really smooth and strong back and when he turned to her then, her eyes landed on his chest as she involuntarily gulped. What did he say? She wondered and had to blink to stop herself from staring too much. Get it together, get it together, she screamed at herself in her mind. “Oh yes, leave, yeah, I’m about doing that. I’m Oliver,” she said, stretching out her hand for a handshake, “Teresa’s boyfriend.”

 “Mm,” the boy nodded and turned to continue wiping his hair.

 Rude much? Nathania frowned and awkwardly shake her own hand. “Well, I will assume you are her cousin, Xavier?”

 If he heard her, he didn’t show it, he just dropped the wet towel on his bed and reached to the dresser and got a hair oil which he started applying on his hair. Nathania stood there awkwardly and she knew the best thing to do would be to leave his room and give him time to dress up but she found herself lost at admiring him. He wasn’t bulky or too muscular, he was just athletic and it suits him, making him look so mouthwatering. Her eyes trailed down his back to the towel hanging loosely on his waist and she found herself gulping once more and imagining on a crazy scenario that the towel would come loose and give her a clear view of those perfectly round buttocks.

 “Are you bi?” she heard and her eyes sprang up to see that he was now staring at her. She found herself praying for the ground to open up and swallow her when she understood the meaning of his question.

 “What? Hell no,” she shook her head, telling herself to play it cool. “I was just thinking about something that was definitely not related to you.”

 “Mm,” Xavier answered and backed her again. “Teresa is in her room, close the door on your way out.” And with that, he walked past her to the wardrobe on the other side and it wasn’t until he did that did she noticed he was tall, taller than her.

 “You are tall!” she found herself exclaiming and that gained her his interest again.

 “6’2, what’s wrong with it?”

 “Nothing, absolutely nothing, just that not everyone is that tall around here and I am considered part of the few tall people in school,” she cleared her throat.

 Xavier stared at the boy in his room once more with a raised eyebrow, he was acting odd and he doesn’t want to look into it. It’s not his business after all and so he turned back to his wardrobe. “This room would be occupied in a long while so don’t bother coming to check for Teresa again. And with that, I am going to have to ask you to leave. I don’t like dressing with people around.”

 “Oh yes, sorry, sorry,” she rushed to say and then finally force her legs to move. Getting to the door, she asked, “you drive that BMW power bike right?”

 “What’s with it?”

 “Nothing, just that the slot you always park in school is mine and I would appreciate if you would stop taking it.”

 “I didn’t see your name on it,” he turned to her with his arms crossed on his chest.

 Nathania had to force herself not to notice how his muscles flexed with his movement, “well, I’m just telling you. Everybody knows it’s mine.”

 “I’m not everybody.”

 What? Nathania was getting slightly annoyed, “well it’s mine, you can ask your cousin.”

 “The first to come takes it,” Xavier said. He watched the boy, he could see how his nose was about turning red with his flaring anger and he doesn’t know why he actually found that cute. He frowned at his thought and cleared his throat. “Shut the door on your way out,” he turned back to his wardrobe.

 Nathania was really angry now and she did shut the door —more like slammed it— on her way out. As she made her way to Teresa’s room, she kept cursing him on her way out and even his perfect body and beautiful hair with purple tips. When she pushed open Teresa’s room, the girl was surprised to see her and quickly jumped in her arms but she was so lost in cursing her sexy cousin that she forgot to catch her and she slumped on the floor, butt first. “What the hell, Oliver,” she cursed.

 “Oh, sorry, so sorry,” Nathania bent over to help her up.

 “Where was your mind?” Teresa asked annoyed as she got up.

 “I’m really sorry. I just bumped into your cousin and let’s just say that he wasn’t that great to talk to.”

 “Told you he is the worst,” Teresa replied and walked back to the bed. “But dad said he would be staying her for as much as he wants, so…there is nothing I can do about it.” She shrugged and picked up the exercise book on the bed, “now come help me with this, I have been waiting for you.”