1 Chapter 1

She glared from her window covered in raindrops, looking at the glistening morning sun. As the morning light shines onto her floor, she smiles as she picks up her favorite book "Awaken by P.C Cast + Kristin Cast". She stares at the book mesmerized by the wonderful images it creates in her mind. She sits on the window sill wearing a long oversized soft sweater and silk shorts. A slight knock on her red wooden door comes to notice, she gets up and her long thick brunette hair gently lays on her back as she walks towards the door. When she opens the door, she sees her little brother standing there wiping his eye with one hand and in the other he has his favorite stuffed animal named Chewy.

She smiles, lets him come in and he gets into her bed covered up with her satin silk sheets with a warm cover and falls right back to sleep. She softly sings him a song and pushes his hair out of his face before pulling the covers over his shoulders so he wouldn't get cold. After she notices that he is finally asleep, she goes back to her book and continues to read; while it's taking her on the journey of a lifetime. She reads and reads until she gets to the last page and closes the book with the satisfied facial expression. She quietly gets up from the window sill and grabs some clothes and sneaks out of her room.

Walking to the shower, she realizes her mother is awake and wants to go say hi to her mother. Into the kitchen saying "Hello mother. What a wonderful morning.". Her mother turns around from making coffee to look at her daughter with a smile on her face "Hey Jasmine, yes it is. The fog just cleared up about an hour ago."She says, glancing at the time realizing it's only 6:45 am.

Jasmine runs up the stairs, her pace slowing as she reaches the top. She glances at the exquisite paintings that cover the walls to the bathroom, but pays no mind to them. entering the bathroom decorated with rose gold tile walls, fluffy pink toilet cover, rose gold counter, a sleek bathtub, and last but not least a shower that is big enough for two. While in the shower, the bathroom fills with steam covering the mirror with a thick fog. Once out;she wipes the mirror clear and starts her morning, Drying off and tossing her hair into the microfiber towel before putting it up to dry.

Once done, she grabs her favorite toothbrush and starts brushing her teeth putting on some music (but not so loud). Dancing around the bathroom while still brushing her teeth, she runs into the wall and accidentally stubbs her toe. Jasmine, who is having too much fun, shakes off the pain and returns to the sink where she finishes her proper hygiene. Putting on a black charcoal face mask and tossing on her robe she decides to finish her paragraph from the book she is writing. "To whom has ended the war against our nations we and the gods thank you." she ends her paragraph. Upon finishing she looks up at the clock to see thirty minute have passed. She nods, content with the time before heading back to the bathroom to remove the mask, wash her face, and add her daily moisturizer.

She pulls her hair out of its secured place on her head, allowing a scattering of water droplets shower the floor. She stares at her reflection for a moment before glancing over at the clothes she picked out for the day. Jasmine puts heat protection on her hair and starts to blow dry it which takes about an hour and a half because her hair is mid-thigh length. Once her hair is dry she decides to curl it, but only enough to make soft waves in her hair. After what feels like an eternity, Jasmine finishes running her fingers through her loose curls. Her arms exhausted from the two and a half hour process.

Putting on her normal necessities, a plain white t-shirt and tossing on a maroon, red, black, and white plaid flannel; then some worn out blue jeans. She leaves the bathroom tossing her dirty clothes in the hamper scampering to her room to put on her boots and cowgirl hat. With a smile on her face; Jasmine runs downstairs shouting to her mom that she loves her before she bolts to the barn to take her horse out for a morning dart. Jasmine always loved horses, training them, of course riding them.

Jasmine's horse was a beautiful brown with unique black spots, one spot on her back having the appearance of a smaller, more grey heart in the middle. Jasmine called her horse " The Queen of Hearts", but "Hearts" for short. The horse came into her life when she was four years old, it's been thirteen years since then. Jasmine takes her horse out for a scurry for about an hour and returns her back to the barn to brush her, feed her, and give her water.

Horses aren't the only animal she has to take care of, also nourishing the cows, the chickens because her dad owns a famous chicken egg company. Usually takes only about two hours to milk all the cows, while the chickens take about an hour to do. She made bowls for each one of the chickens; labeling them with their given names. She decorated the barn the way she always wanted to, rodeo theme, horse shoes on the wall by two cowboy hats and a wheelbarrow on one certain side of the wall. The walls were painted a deep trunk brown and everything was southern style, just the way she liked it.

After her morning chores were done she would go help her mom make breakfast, it would be 9:30 am by the time she would finish. She would cook her favorite meal with her mother, eggs: sunny side up with french toast, pancakes on the side, oranges with sausage , and a nice cold glass of milk. That was a tradition for her mom and her to make that meal every Monday morning for the family. Finally after making breakfast, she would run up the stairs to wake up her older and younger brothers for breakfast.

Having a hard time waking up her older brother she doesn't realize that her boyfriend is calling her for his daily good morning conversation. Soon after Jackson is awake, she finally goes to wake up her little brother Christopher. But once entering the room she realizesChristopher is already down stairs with her parents. Taking a big sigh of relief she checks her phone and starts freaking out that she missed five calls and has thirty messages from her boyfriend. Going to her mother to vent saying "I missed five calls from Castiel!".

Her mother Rosa gently giggled and walked to her daughter, grabbing her hands for assurance. Then looking into her eyes she says "Calm down, go up to your room and call him back don't worry". Looking at her mother with a slight grin, she grabs her breakfast and runs up the stairs to her room calmly shutting her door. Dialing his number she paces frantically across her floor, waiting for an answer. Finally waiting after four rings Castiel picks up the phone in a generous manner sighing in a relieved manner "I thought for once you probably slept in." He says. She smiles with a sigh and slightly giggles "I'm sorry I had to wake up my brothers this morning and it took a little longer to feed the chickens". Castiel laughed and spoken "Can I come over around 11:30ish?" Jasmine blushed and jumped around her room excited to see her lover after 3 months of him being in a different state; "yeah sure"she forenamed. Trying to play it off as if she didn't just dance around like a little girl wanting cotton candy.

Castiel smiles knowing Jasmine was just jumping around, he then aforesaid "I'll be around in about an hour and a half." Jasmine's heart races, she smiles then spoken "Okay! I love you my angel." Castiel then spoken "I love you too baby girl." He hangs up to get ready, anxiously looking in his closet wondering what to wear knowing she is gonna look naturally beautiful as always. He can't decide if he wants to go with plaid or something more plain, so he walks out of his room towards the living room to ask his mother what he should wear.

Castiel nervously says "M-om shouldI wear plaid or should a plain white T over to Jasmine's house?" His mother smiles gently while taking a sip of her morning tea before saying " Hun, just be yourself and she will love you the same". She grins realizing he is still wondering what to wear. She laughs slightly "Wear the plaid flannel with the white T and worn out blue jeans". Sighing in relief Castiel says "Thanks mom you're the best!" Running towards his room his older sister sticks out her foot in an attempt to trip him, but with how excited he is, he easily jumps over her foot and says "Not today!".

Castiel looks at the time seeing its thirty minutes til just noticing its 11:00am. He grabs his black leather jacket running out the door yelling "I love you mom!" He gets into his 1967 Chevrolet Impala and the smooth engine roars and starts driving towards Jasmine's place. 15 minutes out he stops by a little convenient store, he pulls in grabbing the closest parking spot by the door. Getting out of his car he runs inside to grab roses and sour patches for his love; knowing it's her favorite candy. Bolts back to his car and sees that someone is selling husky-shepherd mixed puppies on the side of the store, "Looking for a safe home!" He walks over to ask how old they are and how much for one.

The lady grins and says "$40 each they have papers and shots, they are also 10 weeks old."Castiel's grin widened causing his cheeks to ache he says "I'll take two." The lady smiles and gets up quick asking "Which two would you like to have?" Leaning down, Castiel looks at all six puppies grinning, determining which ones to take. Looking at all of them seeing the different patterns of the puppies, he sees one that instantly catches his eye, in the back is a fluffy little runt . The puppy is grey with brown and black spots covering her with two distinctive brown spots right above her eyes that have the appearance of eyebrows.

He knew that puppy would be perfect for Jasmine. Castiel says "First I'll take the runt in the back with the cute eyebrows." Looking for his own puppy , he spots a bigger dog that is brown and black with a little bit of white on its chest. He is a little bit fluffier and scruffier than the others with a semi-erect.. Castiel knew he wanted that one. "I would like the one with the left turn signal ear." The lady smiled and spoke "Okay that will be $50". Confused, Castiel looks at her and says "I thought it was $40 a piece?". The lady smiles and says "I can tell that one of these is for a very special lady, so I won't charge as much for them, I know they are going to a good home."

Castiel, having lost track of time with the puppies, runs back into the store to grab leashes, food, and dog beds for the pups. It's already 11:20am, rushing to get to Jasmine's house he gets there a little late. Jasmine runs outside when she sees Castiel get out of his car. She hugs Castiel tightly feeling his skin against hers, her face flushes with redness. Castiel gives her a kiss on the forehead and grabs her hands calmly, looking into Jasmine's eyes "There is something I want to show you." Heart racing Jasmine nods her head and closes her eyes. Castiel guides her toward the car where he opens the door slowly and then Jasmine hears a little yawn. She smiles at the thought of maybe it is a puppy.

Castiel says "Okay, you can open your eyes." Jasmine looks and sees the puppy sitting in the passenger seat, instantly she is excited "No way!? This isn't happening?! You got me a puppy!?" Jasmine smiling hard the puppy runs into Jasmine's arms licking her face, Castiel says " They were being sold at a convenient store about twenty five minutes away from here." She smiles, tears falling down her face "You didn't have to babe." Smiling Castiel says "I had to get you and I miss you gift, duh." Her older brother Jackson comes outside to see why his sister has been out for so long , seeing the puppy. Jackson runs over and grabs the puppy running into the house, fangirling over the pup, all while showing it off to everyone Jasmine runs inside, Castiel at her heels, and snatches the puppy back. Castiel chuckles slightly wrapping his arm around Jasmine.

Castiel pauses, his heart dropping a little remembering that his puppy is in the back seat. his heart racing while running to his car. Castiel slid to a halt before ripping open the car door. His heart hammering against his chest. It's then he notices the puppy is fast asleep. He exhales heavily, wiping the sweat from his brow. His expression changed from one of fear to that of relief.