Chapter 135 - Hah, You Wish!

"So, you plan on telling me what happened and what you and Briar talked about?"

Madeline bopped him on the nose, "You wish."

Xavier pouted,  "Can't even give me a hint, pup?"

Pausing, Madeline realised it had been quite a while since he had last called her that.

Xavier noticed her reaction to him calling her pup, pausing to ask, "Was it something I said?"

Madeline admitted, "I'm fine, I just haven't been called that in a while."

She looked at her lap, missing the olden days where she and Xavier would bicker and he would call her pup. Hmm, what had happened since then? 

For one, there was Rosalynn in her life, as well as Emilio and Indiana. It was great to have them, as much as Madeline tried not to admit. 

The best reminder in her life as of the current moment was that she had someone by her side no matter what happened. Through thick and thin, her friends were by her side. Her family as well. 

As time passed, Xavier began teaching Madeline how to use her powers, and how to use just the right amount and not too much at one time. He didn't want her to summon a huge energy blast with nothing to do about it, after all. That'd be highly dangerous. Also since no one was sure of what powers Madeline had. 

Did she have one power? Two? Four? Eight?

It was still kept a mystery. 

Moving on from Madeline and onto Xavier, he was having trouble focusing on the lesson he was giving Madeline. 

For some reason, he kept on imagining Madeline on him and getting to know her on a more intimate level, starting with her soft, kissable lips. 

'I can't be thinking this,' Xavier told himself, reminding himself this was so, so wrong. 

He couldn't be thinking like this, he was simply trying to teach her how to use her powers! 

Xavier forced himself to think of something else. 

Perhaps… Thinking about Indiana would change things… After all, Madeline had just discussed Indiana with Briar, no? He could easily shift the topic in his mind to what she was discussing with her friend instead of her herself. 

Speaking of Indiana… Just as she was about to head to Rosalynn's room to talk to her about something, she felt a tap on her shoulder. 

Astonished to hear someone calling her name that wasn't Madeline, Briar or even Rosalynn… Indiana whirled around, seeing a tall gentleman looking at her. 

"Hello there," she greeted him, managing a smile.

"Hello, Ms Indiana," he greeted, scratching the back of his neck nervously as he tried gathering up the courage to tell her something. Unfortunately, all that had managed to exit his mouth were a couple of stutters and mutters as he couldn't even form a single sentence. 

"Woah, slow down," Indiana told him, placing a hand on his back. 

Asking him point-blank, she questioned, blinking ever so innocently at him, "What was it that you were trying to tell me?"

Indiana had no idea why he had decided to talk to her. She wouldn't thought he was crazy if he admitted it. Everyone else had warned him not to come in close proximity with her. After all, she had gotten demoted and being seen talking to Indiana would not sit well with Xavier.

However, he'd take the risk. 

"My name is Jonathan. I'm an omega here," he started off by telling her, telling her next, "I just wanted to say I think you're an amazing person." 

Blinking, Indiana asked, "Come again?"

She didn't purposely want him to repeat his kind words, Indiana was asking because she didn't get to hear what he had just said. What was someone like him being around someone like her? That'd only ruin his reputation. It was like touching a sand castle. It looked pretty at first, but once you touched it, it would crumble into sand and be nothing more. 

Omega Jonathan cleared his throat once Indiana asked him to repeat himself. More and more he felt his energy and courage draining. However, it was now or never! 

"I-I just wanted to say I think you're an amazing person."

Once Indiana actually got to hear what Jonathan had to say, she blinked. 

Really? Had he actually just told her that? Or was she hearing things now?

Indiana thought to herself whether or not keeping secrets really turned into hearing things now.

Had she succumbed to the guilt she felt? Was this her consequence from keeping that one secret from Madeline?

'Alright, in all fairness it isn't the only secret I'm keeping from Madeline,' Indiana reasoned with herself. 

"M-Me? You're telling me this? And you're not… Joking?"

Jonathan shook his head, "I'm not joking, I'm not, I swear!" 

'This Jonathan fellow is adorable when he's nervous,' Indiana noted, chuckling. 

Although his intentions with her were unknown, Indiana felt like he was being sincere. Like he had no secret intentions and actually just decided to go up to her and tell her this. 

Had he been wanting to do it for a while? Why was he so nervous? And why hadn't he not listened to the warnings if he really had been warned by the others?

"Thank you for your kind words," Indiana said to him, trying not to seem too surprised and too happy by it even though those words alone had made her day. Finally, she added, "But, just a word of advice. I think it'd be best to stay away from me."

Jonathan seemed surprised by her words.

"Stay away from you?" He inquired, wondering why that was even necessary in the first place. He asked Indiana again, "Why would I want to stay away from you?"

Indiana answered, "Because the others wouldn't be so happy with you even talking to me."

Jonathan stared at her. 

Throughout his entire time at Eudora, that was the very first time someone had told him to stay away from them.. And coincidentally, this person happened to be the woman he had been harbouring feelings for for the past couple of months.