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55.
Xavier's P.O.V.
"Oh sorry." She speaks.
I think it's Semira, she looks like the person who fell into the bathroom.
"Semira?" I ask.
She stares at me for a moment, fighting her own thoughts. Finally she gives in and nods, a small sniffle follows.
I needed to take this moment. I needed to redeem myself.
"Hal and I aren't together." I blurt out. "He was just helping me. I promise." I say with intensity.
She saunters to a nearby set of lockers and sits down, her back against them and her elbows resting on her tired knees.
"Hal's right. I do doubt myself too much. Look at where it's gotten me." She softly says, head hanging. In this moment I noticed she had similar hair to Hal, brown and curly.
"Wait, you heard everythin
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