Chester swung Callia’s arm back and forth. “Once I’m all grown up, I’ll find someone better than Xavier for you.”

Callia laughed. “But I’ve known Xavier since young and we grew up together. We have a strong bond as childhood friends and other people can’t measure up to that. What then?”

She knew how Xavier felt about her, and she did not hate him. She did not have very deep romantic feelings for him right now either, but they were childhood friends, and it meant enough to her that she was will