Madeline thought of an idea.
"What about we walk back instead?" Madeline suggested, hoping Xavier would agree to it.
"We still have a lot of time to waste, the day isn't over yet," she reasoned.
"And we can walk off the calories!"
"I have a metabolism hundreds of times faster than yours," Xavier informed her, coming off as braggy and arrogant.
"Pshhh, screw fast metabolisms," Madeline gave him the side eye, writhing with jealousy.
"We're walking back," she decided before finally deciding to ask him, "That okay with you?"
Xavier scoffed.
"I could take that route a million times and still wouldn't break a sweat."
"Alright then, walk it is," Madeline said, secretly smiling now that she wouldn't have to deal with the embarrassment of being carried all the way back to her quarters.
'You're doing this all to avoid embarrassment, how funny,' a voice in her head spoke.
