In my mind, a man is nothing without a spice of the devil in him. 
-Charlotte Brontë

"I want your version of how you guys met." Macy says, her eyes trained on me. Jack is talking quietly to Jessamine and Cal, obviously put on the task of interrogating me.

"My version?" I quickly putting the pieces together.

Shooting Xavier a look- -which he ignores because he's still mad and unable to bite me like he normally does with his mother two feet across from us- -does nothing. His hand, however, rests dangerously on my inner thigh and made me gulp when he first did it.

"He talks about me?" I ask, scrunching my face up. 

His mom had mentioned it before, but I didn't really take it to heart.

Macy, however, lights up at my question while my Wolf boy just growls softly and drops his head to bury it in my hair. 

The Devil is embarrassed and she hasn't even started talking yet. Soon, however, the mother is gushing about it and I understand why.

"All the time! For five months now! Emma this, Emma that. You won't believe how cute Emma is, she did a thing today. Emma does this." My cheeks burn at her words but then the click into place.

Five months?

We played Spinning Murder at that party three and a half months ago. 

We got together nearly a month ago.

He's been speaking about me for five months, like that.

Xavier groans softly as this information is revealed, his hold on my thigh tightens as the Devil presses his lips against my temple. "I hate this woman."

I giggle at his words, motioning for Macy to continue despite how much my boyfriend is dying beside me.

Totally worth it.

"Did you know when the first time I asked about his photography class, it being first hour of your day in what he says is hell." Fitting for the Devil, I think. "He instantly started ranting about a tiny beautiful brunette with a cute giggle."

I freeze at her words, my mind raging to piece together this.

He's...he's liked me for five months?

Holy fuck.

Nope -still not strong enough.

He always thought I was beautiful, even with how I used to look.

Even though all that's different is clothes now, I feel like a new person too.

But he's always liked me.

What? Why? 

Unbelievable. 

"And then he threatened his own brother to switch seats with him, but that wasn't very hard considering..." Macy's eyes drift to the happy Angel/Crazy couple. Crazy definitely suits her. "I couldn't believe how much that boy speaks about you, barely repeating himself. It's like you're his favorite thing to watch. And I could tell when you had a bad day, and I'm sorry you had so many, because then he'd be in a bad mood." 

Me being upset put the Devil in a bad mood?

How long has he cared?

And why was he suck a dick to me at the start.

"This boy could talk for hours about you if we let him, which I bet you he-"

"Mom." Xavier cuts her off, his voice half groan half growl. "Stop."

The Hilton mother laughs quietly, her fist muffling the sound. "Sorry Zay, you just have no idea how much you put us through with this girl."

"I think I know enough of what she put me through," He grunts, his head still buried in my hair, not letting us see his face. "I had it worse."

"Hey!" I turn to face him, making his striking features finally come out of hiding. "I didn't put you through anything."

Xavier snorts. "Yeah right. You have no idea the kind of shit you did." He squeezes my thigh, biting his lip sexily. 

"I did nothing," I huff, defending myself. "And I like to think I'm pretty self aware."

"Yeah?" He asks, rolling his eyes before meeting my gaze. "Then I suggest you think again."

With a annoyed sound and my arms crossed I lean back into the seat, sending him a small glare. "You're such a-"

"Kids, kids! Calm down, I still want that story." Macy cheers, clapping her hands.

"Huh?" I ask, having forgotten what she even needed from me in the first place.

"How you guys met, how you started. Tell me." Her head rests in her hands as she stares at me, the brown eyes digging into my own I start to squirm.

Suddenly a massive palm is resting against my stomach, making me sigh a relax as Xavier gently pushes me back into the booth -settling my nerves as I'm about to grab that hand and play with his fingers.

His mom's bouncy energy is suffocating sometimes, she's like an older Jessamine and I can barely handle the one as it is.

"I uh, I-" I stammer.

"Photography, when Jessie laughed too loud at one of Cal's terrible jokes and you started giggling at her laugh." Xavier pipes up, making my head snap over to him as it all floods back.

How does he remember that?

"Right," I clear my throat, suddenly wishing I could see his dimples and smile -I love it when he smiles, simply because it's so rare.

Don't get me wrong, he grins and smirks, and does that boyish smile after we kiss, but a full blown genuine smile is rare for the Devil.

"I looked over at him, I didn't really even know who he was at the time, but I knew that having best friends like that had to come with some exasperation. And we both shared that, they-are-so-annoying-help-me plea of a look. I guess I giggled after that, because right when I did his eyes practically got shot through with light. It so was weird," I giggle again at the thought. "But it was beautiful. So I keep looking at him, and even when I found out he was the 'Devil', which is absolute bullshit, I didn't mind." I shrug, not able to look at Xavier right now. "And we both were so tired of Jessie and Cal's on off, maybe thing, and it started from that I guess. I blame their idiocy."

She laughs while Xavier chuckles, and in sync they put their elbows on the table and lean into their hands -not even knowing they're doing in. Macy must have been with him so much when she first adopted him in order for him to pick up on her small habits like that.

I find it heart warming, and I love Xavier has a person that loves him so much in his life.

Besides me of course.

Someone cue the wink.

"And then he sat next to me, and it just stayed at that stage. Just looks and jokes. I remember he made one about Cal's angel wings, almost got kicked out of class because that jerk wouldn't help me stop laughing." I pout, the Devil intertwines our fingers making me look up at him only to scowl as I see the amusement and mischief pooling behind the vibrant blue. 

"At least we would have been kicked out together, save you from going down that road alone." He says, a smirk making it's way onto his lips.

"Right," I scoff. "Because being alone with you is so much better."

I pause as he winks, clearly insinuating more as he scans my seated figure, eyes landing on the fingers he has curled around my inner thigh. "You know it is." The Devil is.

Rolling my eyes with a thick blush on my cheeks I return my attention to Macy, who is staring at us in something close to awe. "Go on, go on! You guys are so cute." 

"I know right, hashtag OTP." Jessamine buts in before going back to her own conversation.

I look between them before groaning.

Now I have two.

Great -not.

"Well we went to a..." I trail off, raising a eyebrow at Xavier to silently ask him if his mom can know all this. He nods without a care.

I admire their relationship.

"We went to a party and played Spinning Murder, which is like Spin The Bottle, but instead of kisses games are played. It landed on me and Jessamine, being the idiot she is, decided to call out 7 Minutes In Heaven at the top of her lungs. It took a while to get past all the people deciding to be idiots, so it could just be over with. And we got to the room, no shirts were aloud so that was just fantastic." 

My sarcasm is on overload at this point. 

But living with the Devil seems to have broken her radar for that.

"And that happened, but we got into a fight I guess...I don't know what that was." I keep my eyes on the table, ignoring Xavier's burning gaze and Macy's saddened one. "A few days later or something he came over to Jessamine's for the project, but that storm came. We made up, and then started hanging out I guess, figuring things out." I gulp, my mind flashing of the night we first 'figured' things out. "Then we went to a carnival, I kicked his ass in bumper cars and got Demon, my second wolf." I smirk at this, and I know it doesn't go unnoticed by Xavier as his fingers still on my thigh for a second.

"We had another...I don't know what to call this, but we didn't really see eye to eye on something. Or at least, I thought so. And I think he was avoiding me for a bit. My cousin Cameron did something stupid, and I had a panic attack. Xavier calmed me down. I guess that got the whole, ignoring or avoiding or whatever was happening thing over." I roll my eyes. "He punched my other cousin's boyfriend, which I am completely okay with by the way." 

Both Xavier and Macy laugh at this, the Devil ending it with a smirk.

"Stupid Jessie and Cal again, and Cam, thought it would be a good idea to play Truth, Dare or Shot. Not the best game to play really," For a second I forgot I was talking to a parent and my eyes widen.

"No worries," Macy smiles at me. "As long as you're safe about drinking I'm fine, just continue please. You guys have had your ups and down."

I nearly snort at this. "You could say that." I mutter, speaking louder so I know they both hear me next time. "And Cam just asked the wrong question and Xavier decided to be stupid about it and let all his anger out. Idiot through me over his shoulder the next morning, hauled me onto his motorcycle and took me somewhere private. I let him with the promise of answers. Ones he actually gave me.

"And he told me what I needed to know, and more, I realize he's worth fighting for. He's enough for me to win any battle, I suppose." I gulp with a inward grimace, even I can hear how cheesy that sounded. Xavier reaches up and touches between his collar bones without thinking and grabs the necklace I gave him. A soft grin breaks out onto my face. "I went away for two weeks though, two weeks he could have used me, or at least a goodbye and  I gave none. But I got Olivia, and he wasn't as mad as I thought he'd be.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend the day he through me over his shoulder," Well one of the days. "Of course, I couldn't say no." At this point my smile nearly splits my cheeks. "We've been good since, despite me pawning his off for entertainment purposes." I bite the inside of my cheek at this, keeping me from laughing.

"You guys really have a great story," Macy sighs, a smile on her face. "What did you think about him at first? When it was just looks and jokes. I know how intimidating a giant like him can be."

I giggle at her, earning a small blue glare in return. "Yeah, giant's the right word."

"Just answer the question, Carter." Xavier mutters.

"On it, Wolf." I reply, sending him a wink. "I wasn't scared of him or anything, honestly I think that's impossible." The Devil grins at this, and it's feral. "Because of the mutual exasperation over our stupid best friends that happened to be in love, all I could think was 'Finally, a person who understands.' I just didn't...I just didn't know how true that would turn out to be."

At the end, I'm sure I resemble the likes of a smashed tomato.

"Aw!" Macy squeals in sync with Jessamine who I just noticed is standing at the edge of our table. 

"Bathroom bonding time." She sings, making me cringe away.

But luckily this time my best friend drags Mrs. Hilton out of her seat instead.

I put out a relieved breath and turn towards my boyfriend, who is still mad but his dad is six feet away.

No biting yet.

So I smirk.

"Five months, huh? And I am not tiny. Did you like me for that long, or was it just my giggles thing. Why did you talk about me?" I blurt in a rush. "What made me special? That's so cute Xavier, how come I didn't know about this?"

"Because I didn't know if you liked me back." Xavier admits, scratching the back of his head with the hand that was previously on my thigh.

Instantly I miss the contact.

"I am so not telling you anything." I say, my blush only deepening. His mouth parts and blue eyes narrow at me.

"That's not fair." He growls.

"It is too, it's fair and you act so adorable!" I say, reaching up to squish his cheek only to have my hands be swatted away. "Seriously Xavier, you talking about me is cute."

Then his hell fire rushes to his cheeks and the Devil blushes.