I tossed and turned in my bed, unable to sleep. Kevin's words clung to my mind, warding off sleep as if some sort of sand-man keep-away. I had concluded that this was just another one of his absurd plots to keep me interested, the part I hated was that it was working. I couldn't get his words out of my head, I kept replaying them over and over, looking for sarcasm, anything that would warrant me brushing him off as not serious, but I couldn't find anything. Instead I lay awake; pondering what he was plotting and what he had meant behind his words. Finally sun began to pour into my room, reaffirming my notion that sleep was not coming.

"Hey. Sleeping Beauty. Time to wake up." I heard a deep voice whisper.

I groaned and rolled over, annoyed at this disturbance after finally dozing off, even if just slightly.

In the distance somewhere I could hear someone inhale deeply, and then I jolted out of bed as a cool breeze blew the back of my neck and sent tingles down my spine. I hit the ground with a thud as I literally fell out of bed from the shock.

Looking up from the ground I saw Kevin peering down at me with his trademark impish grin. He was clearly quite satisfied with himself after shocking me awake with his cold breath on the back of my neck. I opened my mouth to retort when the incident from last night flew into my mind and I snapped it shut again without saying a word.

"What? No witty comeback?" Kevin said sarcastically, clearly content with himself. "No even a good morning?"

A chuckle escaped his throat and I could tell by his strained expression that he was desperately trying not to break into laughter.

"No," I stated trying to keep calm in his presence with last night flashing in my head. "I've decided that I'm not going to play into your little games."

"Now Gwendolyn, we both know the real reason behind it." He oozed superiority. "My roguish charm is simply beginning to take affect."

I rolled my eyes and walked away, leaving him standing in my room alone as I headed for the shower.

The warm water of the shower was just what I needed after a night with little sleep. It trickled over me like a waterfall, warming me up and erasing all remnants of Kevin's cold breath on my neck. I ended up standing under the warm water for moments, just letting it wash over me and clear my head. To my joy, I had forgotten all about Kevin and any other unpleasantness that had kept me up that night or woken me up this morning by the time I got out of the shower. I stepped out, dripping wet, only then realizing that I had no idea where towels were kept in this oversized bathroom. I hobbled around the bathroom in search of a towel, the cool morning air nipping at my wet body and making me shiver. After moments of searching with no results I decided to check in my room to see if any were kept there. I opened the door to the bathroom and stepped into my room in search of a towel.

"I didn't know you felt that way." I heard a voice chuckle from the bed. "I'm honored."

I turned, still dripping wet, to see Kevin sitting on my bed as sarcastic as ever. My eyes widened as I realized I hadn't yet found a towel and I froze, shocked and desperately wanting to escape his blazing gaze. He looked me over, my face turning a deeper shade of red with every moment his eyes traced me, until his gaze met my eyes. I could see a spark of content in them along with his usual mysterious glow.

"I…ugh…I, have to go." I stuttered, rushing back into the bathroom and slamming the door behind me to escape his gaze, finally able to gain control of my legs.

I collapsed to my knees on the bathroom floor, my face bright red, and found myself warm without the need of a towel. I stayed there for a minute, until I felt it was safe for me to stand then got to my feet once more, completely dry from the air now.

I rushed around the bathroom, getting dressed in the clothes I found beside the tub (how they could stock clothes but forget towel is beyond me) and brushing my hair. I needed some fresh air, and I knew just who to see to get my mind off of Kevin.

I opened the bathroom door, now fully clothed, and bolted for the hall. Behind me I could hear Kevin's at ease calls as I ran:
"What's the matter Gwen? Falling for me after just one kiss?"

My face turned even redder as I recalled the kiss once more from yesterday. But I never looked back, afraid that my feet would object after seeing Kevin's face and not allow me to visit someone else. I left Kevin behind and rushed towards the chambers of the only person who seemed to dislike Kevin as much as I did right now, Aleron. I knew Kevin would hate it, but that just gave me even more incentive to visit him. Kevin's game wouldn't suck me in, the kiss, the shower, none of it mattered because as soon as I reached Aleron, I would forget all about the childish Kevin and fall into the world of adults.