She'd been worrying that he wouldn't come, he ditched her. Maybe he thought this would be a great prank on her, maybe it was just to laugh in her face and see her hurt? She wouldn't know. The entire time spent waiting was lasting forever and a day, the clock wouldn't move fast enough so she could feel like 'she tried'.

Suddenly, the sound of singing forced her head to lift from her knees, noticing the boy in front of her. Alecto's eyes appraised him, staring down at him hoping for some kind of joke to suddenly jump out and tell her it was all a dream. The boy was serenading her and all she could think of was how stupid she must be to allowing herself to be sucked into it.

Taking a gasp, she scowled,"Are you trying to bewilder me?"