Chapter 3

Xavier's pov

I finally summoned up the courage to confront my lover, Mia. Brushing my hair to one side and making sure to straighten out my clothes, I grabbed the bunch of flowers I picked out yesterday and headed to her house.

I decided to go to her when nobody else was at home, so I could have all of her attention to myself.

"Hey Miaaa…." I said smiling as I walked up to her in the garden and leaned over to kiss her forehead.

"Hey Xavy, come sit. I have so much to tell you…" she said happily and I tried to guess what could be so exciting but I couldn't so I just decided to let her speak.

"Well I have exciting news too, but I'll let you go first" I replied and took a seat beside her.

"Guess what happened at the lake yesterday?" She asked and clasped her palms together.

"If I could guess then, I won't be waiting for you to finish your sentence now, would I?" I asked and placed my hand on her shoulder.

"I met Hazel!" I paused for some time and tried to recall who else could be bearing that name aside from the chosen alpha king.

"Wait, hold on… by Hazel you mean the alpha king?" I asked in shock.

"Well, soon to be"

"It's the same thing, Mia! 

That's so lucky of you.. well what did he say to you? I heard he's a rude spoiled brat.." I said and moved closer to her.

"He's not as bad as everyone portrays him to be, Xavier. He's actually very nice and down to earth. He even asked me to play my flute for him but I remembered my mother had asked me to do something for her." She said and squeezed her face.

"Don't feel bad, there'll always be another opportunity. All you need to do is just wait for the right time again and you'll both meet.." I reassured and she nodded like a little child. 

Everything about her made my heart flutter and I couldn't wait to tell her how much I love her.

"One more thing Xavy, I think I might like him. He's so dreamy and handsome and humble… he offered to sit on a wet log of wood with me…"

My hopes melted and I felt my hands heating up. She just rejected me without even hearing how much I love her.

"Oh really….?" I asked hoping she would tell me that it's all a joke and that she can't be in love with someone she just met yesterday.

"I'm being serious now Xavier. I know we just met and…."

"Exactly! You just met him and you're already drooling over him.

All of a sudden you love him and you want to be with him and probably spend the rest of your life!"  I blurted out and immediately realized that I might have overreacted.

"Calm down Xavier, he doesn't bite. Plus, love at first sight really exists don't you know?" She asked and played around with my hair.

"You know what, maybe I should get someone to love you. Then you'll believe that there's something like love at first sight and it can happen to anyone anywhere…." She said and I rolled my eyes.

"No need for that Pixel, I already have someone I'm in love with." I said and immediately regretted it.

"What? 

You've had someone all this while and you didn't tell me about it?" She asked.

"Don't worry about it, I'm actually not sure about my feelings for her. Maybe I'll just have to wait for her to feel the same.

Can we not talk about it please?" I pleaded and she threw her hands in the air.

"What's with the flowers?" 

"I just felt you might like them, so I decided to bring them to you" I lied.

"That's so sweet of you. I'll keep them in my room." I nodded and smiled like everything was alright and I wasn't fighting the pain in my chest.

As if that wasn't enough, I heard the galloping noise of a horse and when I looked at where it was coming from, I saw the almighty Hazel coming towards our direction.

Mia's POV

It almost seemed as though Xavier wasn't happy that I finally decided to give love a chance. Maybe he's just trying to look out for me like he always does.

"He's different, I can feel it…" I said to myself as I went inside to drop the flowers.

"Hey, Mia right?" I turned around at that familiar voice and saw Hazel standing in my garden!

"Oh my…. I really didn't expect you here!" I muttered and dropped the flowers back on the bench.

"You're welcome, meet my best friend Xavier. I already told him so much about you.."

"Good to meet you, our alpha.." Xavier replied coldly and got up from the bench.

"I just remembered that I have work to do, I'll still stop by to see you." He said and left in a haste.

"Is he okay?" Hazel asked and I nodded even though I'm very sure he's not.

"What should I offer you?" I asked after offering him a seat.

"That won't be necessary, Mia. I just came to spend some time with you, that's all."

I lowered my head to hide my reddened face.

"What's the matter, don't you want to play for your future alpha?" He asked and I looked up immediately and excused myself to go get my flute.

"Ahhhhh!" 

I yelled into my dress as I ran into my room and shut the door.

"Hazel is really in my house!" I thought to myself and hurriedly grabbed my flute from under my pillow and ran back out with the same speed.

I sat on the floor facing him with my legs carefully crossed under my dress. I played him one of my favorite tunes with my eyes closed to avoid getting nervous by merely looking at his face.

"This is so beautiful, Mia…" he commented after a mild applause.

I felt butterflies in my belly as I blushed hard and tried to avoid his gaze.

"I'll be taking my leave now, but like I promised, I'll still come back for you.

Pleasure meeting you again, Mia…" he said and got up to leave.

"Pleasure is mine, your highness…" I replied and bowed slightly.

I waved at his receding back and watched him ride away on his horse.

"Now that he's gone, I'll have to find out what exactly is bothering Xavier." 

"Who was that?" Penny asked as I walked into the house with a broad smile on my face. Seeing my favorite dress on her body pained me even more but I just had to let go because I have better ones now.

"Nobody you should know about. He didn't come for you, mum or dad so I decide whether to tell you who it was or not." I snapped back and went into my room.

"I'm not going to let anybody spoil the rest of my day…" I whispered and fell to the bed with so much joy in my heart.