Chapter Sixteen
I froze. We were collapsed in a heap. I quickly spun myself around just as he sat up. He leaned on one arm and rubbed his head with the other.
"Cal?" I hissed. "That better not be you!"
"W…what? What are you doing here?" he grumbled.
Oh god, Juniper did tell him, right?
"Don't you know?" I asked. "They ran out of rooms."
He scoffed. "So you were the last to go huh?"
"Ugh! No, of course not! Unlike you, I had a choice."
He raised his eyebrow. "And you chose this? Well…" he raised his arm up to his heart in a clumsy way, "I'm quite flattered…."
"Oh please! I'm just here to sleep all right?" It was my turn to grumble. I looked at us, still on the floor and I got up, straightening myself out.
"Yea, well you can't."
"What?" I asked in disbelief. "I can very well do what I…"
"Juniper wants…"
"I don't care! I've not gotten a good sleep since I came into your group and I can do whatever I bloody well please!"
Ok, so it was extremely pouty but I needed to sleep and it seemed like I wasn't getting it any other way. "It can't be more important than my sanity!" I hissed at him. "I'm sure it's not so important that it can't wait one more…"
"Actually," Juniper interrupted in the door way. I turned to find her standing there with a smile on her face, "it can't." I shut my mouth, tight. Juniper sighed and looked over at us. She did not seem angry or offended. "Raina, I apologize for your inconvenience. I merely hope you will attend this to inform you of something of importance," She smiled encouragingly. "It's not too long," she added.
I looked over at Cal. "I'm going," he growled.
I folded my arms and walked over to Juniper. Goodness I was really acting childish tonight. "Then I shall join you as well, Juniper."