Baggage

Ember's POV

My hands shook softly but I maintained a calm composure.

"Huh?" I asked nonchalantly, making sure that my face tallied with my words.

"You were talking to someone, yelling over the phone, I ask who was that."

I stared at him, he was acting like he knew everything that was going on but I didn't want to just expose myself. Damn you, Xander for getting on my nerves.

"It was no one." I smiled at him tentatively

"Is there anything that you want to tell me? You're back quite early." I changed the subject, looking him up and down, noticing his skewed tie.

"Why is your tie skewed? Did you see someone else?" I couldn't stop myself from asking. I didn't want to contract any infection from him so I needed to know what it was.

"I have not been able to fix it back after removing it before."

"Oh, yeah... Let me help you with that." I offered, evading the topic at hand. "I thought that you were with someone else."

He leaned and pecked me which I gladly returned. "why should I? When