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Chapter 28:
All emotions swept across Maxon's face in less than a second before he put on a formal mask. "I am glad you could make it Miss Celeste." Maxon said, bowing stiffly. "Nice you could make it. May I see you in my office in about 15 minutes?" Celeste curtsied, and smiled. "Of course your majesty." she said before leaving. Turning back to me, Maxon's mask slid off. "I am sorry that our reunion was cut short, but I have to go see the kids before I go and tend to Celeste." I nodded as Maxon put me down. Waiting for me, I ushered him inside. "You go while I grab my stuff." I said and Maxon walked off to find the kids.
My pencil landed by where Maxon was standing, but I couldn't find my sketch pad. I searched around the tree until I spotted it among the bushes. I walked over and heard Celeste on the phone. Again, I only caught the end of the conversation. "They will never see it coming." Celeste said before hanging up and walking away. I hid behind the tall hedges from Celeste, waiting to retrieve my sketchbook once she was gone. As I walked back into the palace, I replayed the exchange between Maxon and her before. And I realized, the only emotions that never crossed Maxon's face was surprise and disgust.
I left the sketchbook on the bed before walking through my closet into my music room. I pulled out the notebook and added a few extra lines down to a song that I had been working on. I sighed, playing one key with my finger. I kind of missed the Selection days, for there always something going on that I didn't always have to plan. I cleared my throat and played the key again, starting to sing.
"Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I'm trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Now I know that I'm not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let's raise a toast
'Cause I found someone to carry me home
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
The moon is on my side (Nananananana)
I have no reason to run (Nananananana)
So will someone come and carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
The angels never arrived (Nananananana)
But I can hear the choir (Nananananana)
So will someone come and carry me home (Nananananana)
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home tonight"
I looked down at the piano satisfied. I heard shuffling feet go through my closet and I knew that could only mean one thing. And before I knew it, I was pinned to the ground, by my two sons. "Hello." I said, trying to get up, their weight my back. Suddenly, one boy was gone and then another. I looked up to find Maxon extending me a hand to help me off the ground, serious.
"how about you go see if Marlee would like to go and play cards." I told Damien and Wyatt who rushed off to find Marlee. "Yes?" Maxon just stared at me, disapprovingly. "Why?" he asked. "We do you need to be so nasty to Celeste? She came here because she is a very famous model and photographer and I hired her to teach the photography class. What did you say. Since what I heard was quite despicable."
I was taken aback. "Would I really need to bring someone like Celeste down?" I asked. "Would it make me feel any better?" I walked around Maxon to the door, only to be stopped. "Tell me what you said." growled Maxon. Yanking my arm free, I stumbled into the wall. I was about to tell him what Celeste had said, but then remembered her warning. "Nothing." I said in a forceful whisper. "I don't have to answer to you anyway." I now walked away without getting held back.
I looked back at Maxon who had returned tired only to find problems at home. As he left the music room, I stopped him before he entered the bedroom. "You go get some sleep. I can leave so I don't disturb you." I said walking away. But Maxon had other ideas. He grabbed my waist and pulled me over to the bed, laying him down next to him. "I don't know why." he said, falling asleep. "But you calm me instead."
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