Chapter 4

Okay, she wants us to get cleaned up after this Xavier thought looking at Willow. While he knew this was a golden opportunity he wasn't ready to take his clothes off like that again. It took a lot to just bathe in the waterfalls and rivers that they passed. From the look Willow was giving she wasn't having any of this either. While they sat there trying to decide how to get out of this their hands brushed lightly together. Both of them got this little zap from it, it was an odd feeling, but not one that would make them move their hand away from each other. As Xavier got braver he turned his hand over and began holding it, he was now holding her hand and not because they had to stay together or so they wouldn't get lost or anything, he was just holding her hand. He halfway expected her to pull away, but Willow didn't instead she did the same to his hand. Just this action caused them both to start breathing fast and to heat up. What was wrong with them? Xavier had suddenly gotten an odd thought in his mind it was one that he had many times-he wanted to touch her hair-he knew it was covered in dirt and grime, but he could remember its color very well. She had hair that could hypnotize you a red-black mix. It didn't matter how long they were out it was still that color, which meant it was all hers. So he could be entranced by the color without her having to do anything but just play with it a bit with his fingers that is the something that he was wanting and thinking about at that moment. Not that he didn't do it regularly it was something that he just couldn't stop sometimes and it was something that he liked, those girls who were always changing their hair color just looked all wrong to him. All he had to do was reach out with his hand and he could finger one of her dark crimson curls. But before he could, Anna came back, bringing towels and soap, she also had a man with her.

"Crap you left them by themselves?!?!" he shouted and he started to separate the two of them. This left everyone confused as they looked around. "Okay, let me help you guys out, these guys can blow this whole building up if we are not careful. I thought they were supposed to be getting cleaned up," he said almost shouting. "and I thought you would at least be smarter than that." he yelled at Anna.

"Umm ...about that, Willow....me and Willow don't really want to...to be in the shower," Xavier said, looking down at his feet, he couldn't get the sentence out clearly. He was hoping that nobody saw how red he was. However, Willow had been just as red and looking down so it didn't matter. "It's just ...just there isn't a lock on the door, and..."Xavier was about to finish when the adults stopped him.

"That's how you guys found out, isn't it," Anna asked. "Who walked in on who?"

"Some of my friends pranked Willow. They pushed her into the locker room and caused the power to go out. She tried to get out, but they had locked the door and thought it was some J.V. guy in there taking a shower, not me, but when she got to where I was, our eyes started to glow and the pipes blew up," Xavier said still looking down at the ground. "After that it was like...."

"You needed her to survive, but didn't know why? Well, I will admit that has to be the funniest one I have heard to date" the man said trying to hold back a laugh.

"Okay, okay will it help if one of us was in there?" Anna asked, "This way you guys can get cleaned up and be separated at the same time." Willow slowly nodded. It was Xavier who wasn't so sure about the whole thing. "Xavier, okay? I am going to take Willow to get a shower besides the leaves and dirt in your hair I am sure you have enough dirt and grime to confuse CCTV cameras. Why not talk to my friend here while she gets cleaned up? He came to help us and I hope you two will get along well," Xavier nodded as some of the tension left as he watched Willow get up to leave.