So This Is Where You Have Been...

The poem read:

"Lost in longing without you…

I counted the hours.

Then the days.

Then the weeks…

Then the months…

I don't know if I have enough strength to count the years."

Selena then walked up the stairs with her book and poem in one hand. She wondered if Cass had written such a beautiful note for Oriana. She decided to give it back to her in the morning. For now, she wanted to go to bed and get some rest.

Selena opened her bedroom door and saw her little fluffy Rai, she squealed in excitement. Closing her bedroom door she then threw herself on the bed and hugged him to her chest. She then sat up and set him on her knee and fluffed up his hair on his head.

Selena loved how soft his fur was, "Why didn't you come down for dinner? Are you not hungry?" She asked little Rai.

Rai knew his master was downstairs, earlier when he smelt her cooking he got hungry, he had come down to get a taste but when he saw Xavier's back leaning against the kitchen door he quickly scurried back up to the safety of Selena's bedroom, knowing the greater demon wouldn't come up there.

Not getting any response she set him on the bed and gathered her pyjamas and walked into her bathroom.

Selena did her night time routine and got changed into her pyjamas. She glanced at her bed and saw Rai curled up in a ball sleeping, she smiled at him. As she was distracted she walked straight into the edge of the chest of drawers beside her bed.

"Ouch!" She groaned out in pain. "Why am I so clumsy…?" She muttered to herself.

Selena rubbed her sore knee, she was sure it would leave a bruise tomorrow. She had always been clumsy and easily bruised in the past.

Rai jumped up at her yell and tilted his head as he assessed the situation. He then leaned forward and licked her head as she bent over rubbing her leg.

She smiled at Rai's action, "Aww thank you." She pets his small fluffy head and he went back to the bottom of the bed to sleep.

Selena lay down in bed, covering herself with her thick duvet and picked up the book. But instead of reading the book she reread the poem again and left the book on the nightstand. After reading it through a couple more times she couldn't help but smile.

She thought whoever wrote it was very romantic and found it full of melancholy. She then placed it safely back into the cover of the book and turned over to sleep.

As she lay in bed trying to sleep, a certain charismatic man's eyes and smile filled her head making her unable to drift off, she tossed and turned a while, her cheeks became flushed and red.

As she continued to think about Xavier, she got flustered and she ended up having to remove her fluffy socks and pyjama trousers in order to cool down.

She now felt cooler and she lay back in bed now only wearing her long t-shirt. She reached out for Rai, who was curled up at the bottom of her bed and pulled him up to sleep beside her in her arms.

Her mind calmed and after a while, she was able to drift off asleep with Xavier still running through her mind as she slept.

Once Xavier left Cass's home he slowly walked around the front of the house and into the back yard. His greater demon hearing was impeccable and he could hear Selena talking to herself and walking around her bedroom getting ready for bed.

He leaned against a cherry blossom tree and closed his eyes. He was lost in thought of what may have happened and was incredibly grateful for this second chance at love. Although he was curious he didn't want to dig into her past, he wanted to hear it from her when she was ready.

Xavier closed his eyes and a smile graced his usually stoic face. Her gentle voice gave him a sense of peace. The pink cherry blossom's fluttered in the wind and fell surrounding him. He found her talking to herself to be quite endearing.

He suddenly heard a bang and he stood ready to race up to her bedroom to save her, but it was quickly followed by a small 'Ouch' and a groan. He laughed and leaned back against the tree surmising that she must have been clumsy and bumped into something.

After a short while, he could no longer hear any noises from her room. He glanced at her closed bedroom window before using his magic to enter her room.

Arriving in her room, he glanced around. He could hear her shallow breathing as she slept. She had her back to him and was curled up underneath a large duvet. He slowly walked around the bed.

But to his surprise he saw Rai curled up against her chest, he frowned in resentment at his familiar.

"So this is where you have been." Xavier quietly whispered, a hint of warning in his tone.

Rai's fur instantly stood up on end. How had his demon master found him so quickly he thought. He didn't dare move, while he was wrapped in Selena's arms he was safe from his demon masters fury.

"If you don't teleport yourself back to the office within five seconds, I swear no one will be able to save you from me." Xavier's voice was low and stern.

Rai thought about his choices for a moment, he knew he was dealing with a very pissed off Xavier right now so he had to make the right choice. As he thought about his options he heard his master start to count.

"Five… Four… Three..." Xavier was losing patience. Rai and Cass had found Selena before him and they had both hogged her attention for long enough.

Rai sighed and with a regretful look, he teleported himself back to X Tower and into Xavier's office. As he walked to his red fluffy bed he cursed his master for being greedy.