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After cleaning Lilah up,Leo dressed her up in her night wear and placed her gently on the bed, after making sure she was completely comfortable he sat by her bed and starred at her as she peacefully slept ,he was about to touch her head when her room door opened and Xavier walked in with worries plastered on his face," is she still sleeping?" Xavier silently questioned Leo before moving close to her bed side , Xavier looked at her again and he could tell she was in pain,he slowly slide under the covers and positioned himself Infront of her and before he could wrap her hand around himself she already hugged him tightly and he closed his eyes in her arms,Leo could only smile at the sight of this. Those two, Lilah and Xavier were like the only family Leo had he couldn't help but feel free that Lilah was found in one piece,he already concluded that what ever the consequences for her actions today were he wasn't going to let her face it alone,Leo watched as Xavier and Lilah slept peacefully besides each other, he gently patted their heads and planted gently kisses on their foreheads, he then turned off the lights and left.

Rover walked to the front of Lilah's room and opened the door gently he walked in only to meet Lilah and Xavier coiled up together his lips curved up in to a smile, Rover looked at them,he couldn't help but feel like he wasn't doing enough to protect all three of them and it broke him but he knew he had to push even harder not just for Lilah but also Xavier and Leo .

††††††† The next morning ††††††††

Lilah woke up to find Xavier sleeping peacefully next to her it made her smile she slowly tried to pull her hand from under his body so he could sleep fine but he pulled her hand back, Lilah couldn't help but lye back down as she slowly caress his face and hair, just then she noticed the black dye he used on his scalp so people won't think his hair was really as red as Lilah's, her expression changed almost immediately because she felt Xavier didn't want to be like her , just then he woke and slowly turned around to meet Lilah wine blazing eyes,he was one of the only people who felt warmth and comfort in those eyes of her, Lilah widen her hands calling him for a morning hug and Xavier jumped into them like he did when he was little," did you sleep fine?" Lilah asked him still squeezing him in her arms " lilahhhhh..." Xavier yelled as Lilah suffocated him in her arm " what!?" Lilah asked acting oblivious of her actions,she eventually freed him and Xavier jumped off the bed trying to catch his breath " morning to you too...." Xavier said as he dusted him self, " get out of here,go get ready for college" Lilah said with a bright smile on her face, Xavier looked at her he could tell there was immense pain behind those smiles but he had no choice but to smile back " I'll go take a shower your dropping me off right?" " Yeah" Lilah answered even if she couldn't really remember telling him she was going to drop him off.

Lilah got ready and went downstairs where she met Leo seated playing with his phone " you look miserable" Lilah pointed out plainly since it was very rare for Leo to be on his phone in bathrobes at that time of the day " where are you going...?" Leo asked as he inspected Lilah all dressed up " well I kinda promise to drop Xavier at college today.... although I can't really remember it though but don't tell him that" ," don't tell 'who' what?" Rover asked from behind them " morning oldie?" Lilah greeted as she picked up the toast that was placed in front of Leo " keep your hands to yourself " Leo scolded as he slapped her hand away from the plate " hishhhh was up with you so fisty ,let me guess that kid dumped you" Lilah remarked with a smile hoping Leo returns the smile but he only looked up at her with a sad face," yep he got dumped by a 18 years old" Xavier chuckled mockingly from behind,Leo turned around and threw one of the toast at Xavier " you ready?" Lilah asked as she turned to Xavier,but she was shocked to see that he removed the black dye his hair was shiny and red, Lilah could feel butterflies in her tommy " hey , you took of the dye" " yep ,it was starting to damage my hair so I thought to let my hair be ,you like it?" Xavier asked cheerfully " well yes, but your hair can't get damaged " " well that's true you've got Lilah's blood in your veins I don't think your hair is capable of getting damage,so qu...." Leo said as he stuffed his mouth with toast and coffee " whatever,I'm tired of it so I took it off " "whatever, just get out of here or your gonna miss the train" Rover stated strictly " I'm not taking the train Rover" " well it's good you can take one of the cars it's safer and..." " Lilah's dropping me off today" Xavier replied to Rover who stood stunned ,Leo and Lilah just stood still looking at Rover who looked like he was going to explode " ohh yeah, Rover?" Xavier called out to Rover and Leo and Lilah turned to Xavier both anxiously waiting for what he was going to say at the same time stuffing their faces with toast " it's P.A day tomorrow and I'll like you to come I stead of Lilah" Lilah and Leo widen their eyes in awe as they turned to Rover who just stood silently "alright bye " Xavier waved as he pulled Lilah .

They were at the front door when their ride arrived,it was a red sport car , the driver parked it in front of them and he left the key with Lilah, Xavier got in and Lilah was about to enter the driver's seat when the Gates opened and two black Mercedes drove in ,they both parked in front of Lilah,a man hopped out of the driver's seat and he opened the back door, another man who looked like the boss got down he was all dressed in a grey suit dark hair,pitch black eyes, muscular, tanned skin tone,tall and also young ," Miss Dolores I'm glad I met you before you left,I'm guessing that's your kid Xavier Daniel, I've always wanted to meet him in person" the man said making Lilah realize that Xavier got out of the car,the man was about to walk towards Xavier with his hand stretched for a handshake but Lilah stepped Infront of him " Xavier get back in the car " she commanded and he obeyed "Vance?" Lilah called for the driver ,he appeared immediately,she tossed the keys to him ,"get Xavier to school" " Lilah bu.." "no buts I'll drop you off some other time Vance will take you today" Lilah said strictly, she turned to the man in front of her "unless you came to meet my kid; let's go in , well that's if you came on business".