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She felt grumpy even before she woke up. She felt so grouchy and grumpy like the grinch on Christmas.

She squinted her eyes at the face that was beside her. "What are you doing?" She grumbled to Xavier who was reading a book.

He closed the book slightly and read the name before narrating it out to her, "It's called The Alchemist."

She blinked at him before looking away and covering herself up with a blanket.

That made Xavier frowned at her and he tapped her shoulder, "why are you so grouchy? I thought humans were alright travelling via air?"

She huffed.

Xavier nodded. "Will it make a difference if I had McDonald's brought in from the human world?"

The blanket was thrown down by her as she appeared to look at him with wide eyes. " McDonald's? Here?"

He nodded with twinkling eyes filled with happiness. "Yes, would you like to have some? I have broad fries, cheeseburgers and coke."

She nodded immediately and he got up to move outside the room. Which was when I really noticed that they were inside a bedroom in the plane.

She smelled it before he came in. She turned her nose up in the air and sniffed the sweet scent of McDonalds food.

Xavier chuckled at the antics of his made before handing her a plate and then the bag filled with McDonalds junk.

Adeline immediately placed the fries on the plate along with tomato ketchup before unwrapping the burger and chomping on it. "How did you find it here? Do you have this in this land?" She spoke with her mouth full.

Xavier felt himself being pulled into a familiar trance. This was not the first time that Adeline had talked to him with her mouth full while they were on a date or simply eating together. She had it countless times and he never felt disgusted by it, taking it as a cute habit of hers because truth to be told, he had never seen her do this with her friends.

This was something that she did only with him.

She shook out of it as you remember that he still had to answer the question, "now we do not have a McDonald's here. People here I prefer to eat. . " He waved his hand around slightly uncomfortable, "we do not have any fast food restaurants from your world. If anyone wants to make anything they can start from scratch. Most of the produce is available."

Adeline nodded, putting a fry in her mouth she asked her next question, " then how did you get this here?"

"There are portals that we used to enter different realms. I had entered one briefly before coming here to make sure that you had something interesting to eat during the flight." He then realised that she did not know much about that topic. He offered, "Do you want to know more about them?"

She nodded almost instantly. Curiosity shone brightly in those eyes.

Xavier smiled and started to talk about the subject. "The saying about portals is that not everyone has access to them and it uses a great amount of energy. We only have it open for entrance and exit over the weekends which means it opens only once a week for people to travel. People are given priority under different circumstances. Those are categorised. Family, work, fun and how frequently the person needs to go."

He took a tissue and wiped the corner of her mouth where the buffalo sauce was and then continued, "as a member of the royal family I do have access to it all the time." He revealed only to be given a sly look by Adaline.

"Knew it," she muttered under her breath.

He narrowed his eyes on her, "do you like it or not?" She nodded. "Then shut up and eat it."

She did. She was not sacrificing McDonald's food.

"Portals can be open to any world if necessary. Usually it is done with permission but at times of emergency, within given reasons, one can arrive without permission." He completed, "Any questions regarding this?"

She nodded and swallowed the bite before asking, "you went there before coming to me this morning?"

He nodded, "I did. Yes,"

"Why?" She asked out of curiosity.

He stared into her eyes making her slightly blush before answering, "I know you are not happy with us making the trip up north to the snowy mountains. This was just something I thought would uplift your spirit slightly, if possible."

Adeline looked down at her burger. Her cheeks burned slightly. Did he really have to say that?

But he did not have to do so much to try to lift her spirits when he was not even sure about it. Still she could not let go of the fact that he had done so much for her.

"Thank you," she thanked him with a small smile on her face, "thank you so much for your efforts."

He would continue to do this for his entire life if need be. "Don't mention it," he said instead. He did not want to overwhelm her. If they had begun to talk in civil terms, he would do anything to not spoil it.

Adeline slipped on her coke. It has been a long time since she had eaten junk food because quite frankly her uncle preferred to have fresh vegetables and meat. A staple in every shift household.

She was aware of his eyes on her before she picked up a book and started reading The Alchemist again.

Even though they had spent a movement without fighting it did not leave Adeline's mind that she had the choice to remain uncivil. Somehow she still felt the bitterness inside of what he had done. There was a path inside her that was thirsty for revenge.

She sighed as she nibbled on a fry. Since she was on the way to the temples that Javier had mentioned she really hope that it would bring her some answers.