Maya forced a smile on her face as she held back a snide response to that. There were head phones next to him, and instead of wearing one to let Maya be, he decided just to be a meanie and stopped her from enjoying herself. ‘All right, I will be very understanding towards a petty kid, and I will not be carried away to lose my temper,

Alexander frowned. He pursed his lips, a clear sign that he did not want to talk about it. Maya laugh in his face, “What are you afraid of? All you have to do is answer in simple words to tell us why you don’t like it. To the point that Sicilia needed to almost plead with you for it...” She said, the last few words in a whisper. 

Alexander sat next to Stephany while Maya was next to Pete, both of them wrapped in a blanket, watching the reflection of the sun on the lake. Maya had always loved to look at nature like this. The orphanage where she grew up also has good scenery. Thinking about it made Maya felt nostalgic. She shook her head and decided to just enjoy the view. It was beautiful scenery if it weren’t for the cold. Maya hugged herself, then as she covered herself even more with the blanket. She then kept on blowing on her hands to make them warm.

“Want some popcorn?” he suddenly asked, his mood switching a hundred and eighty degrees. Even though he seemed more relaxed, Maya was still a little taken aback.She remained silent as she watched Alexander go to the kitchen; and he was gone for about ten minutes before he came out from the kitchen, and he was holding a very large bowl of popcorn.

“Waiting for me? Why?” Maya’s heart started pounding really harder, but she couldn’t understand why, but this whole situation wasn’t normal. She could not help but blame the bottle of alcohol that he was holding.  “You were late,” he said, looking even more upset.