HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN!!!

Previously on Avenging Angels

Rosaline meets Ray after a long period of separation. He was quick to know her motives behind being a maid at the Bladderwort's mansion and he warns her to be careful.

SIXTEEN

I watch him leave before I decide to go back into the house because the weather isn't actually friendly.

As I was walking back into the backdoor, I see yet another familiar face.

Justin.

Uncle Ray has only a child and that child is a boy whose name is Justin Castle. He is the same age as me but we never got along since the moment we met.

He was very fond of playing pranks on us when we were staying at his house but the pranks were especially directed at me.

Lily always made fun of me saying he had a crush on me that's why he likes to annoy me by pranking me, I still shove her the finger each time she reminds me of that.

He is the reason I have a scar on my knee, after he fooled me in teaching me how to ride a bicycle and left me to fall on it.

Let's just say my revenge was very 'accidently' pushing him into the pool, innocent right?

I lower my head as I attempt to walk past him but a grip on my arm stopped me.

Oh, Mother.

"Hey there , pretty one, I seem to have lost my way in this enormous castle. Mind showing me the way back? Or even better, to your room?" He draws me close enough to smell his alcoholic breath.

His dark blonde hair still looks as messy as it did ten years ago and his brown eyes is still filled with mischief, his once skinny body has changed into lean muscles and he stands at a striking height of about 6'4.

I would be lying if I said I didn't miss this asshole and his cheeky pranks because intentionally or not, his pranks always made me forget that I was an orphan, they made me feel like just any other kid. He didn't see me as a glass that was too fragile to even touch, he saw me as any other kid our age.

Mind I remind you that he is engaged to Regina Bladderwort. Bitch and Asshole, they really are a perfect match.

I roll my eyes and remove his large hands from my arm.

"I wouldn't mind showing you the way out" I smile a very visibly exaggerated smile.

"Playing hard to get, huh? You don't seem to know who I am yet. Let me introduce myself, I am-" He smirked as his ego seemed to have grown larger than his head.

"You may be the President of France for all I care" I was about to leave when he grabbed me again and it took me great self-control to not knock him down right there.

"Have we met before? You seem familiar, you hav-" he stared at me closely, trying to figure out who I am.

"Nice try, dude but it's not working" I avoid his eye contact because even though his personality is sewage, he was still the top in class and I know that it won't be hard for him to recognise me.

And his mouth is as big as an elephant's.

"Is there a problem here?" I hear a hard voice and I turn to see Christian staring at Justin with steel cold eyes.

Justin seemed to have felt it as he let me go and moved away from me.

"Of course not, Bro. We were just having a little chat, right?" he gave him an easygoing smile but that didn't seemed to move Christian at all.

"Why don't you go back inside? You seemed to have overstayed your welcome, Justin" Christian replied with the same hard voice.

"S-sure, see ya later" he slapped Christian's back and left us alone.

"Are you okay?" Christian asked in concern.

"I am fine" I hugged myself because of the chilly weather.

"Are you feeling cold? Here-" he was about to take off his jacket when I stopped him.

"It's okay, we aren't in a silly chick flick that when a girl is feeling cold, the guy gives up his jacket for her" I rolled my eyes.

"Your imagination is really exceptional. Do you know how many girl die to get a glimpse of me not to talk of wearing my jacket?" He smirked.

"And do I look like someone who would do that?" I gave him a deadpan look and he sighed.

"No" he shook his head.

"Exactly. Now, if you would excuse me, I have gat work to do" I slapped his back as I left him alone in the garden but I didn't miss the grin that escaped from his lips.

*****

I drag the bag of seeds that they brought early this morning into the garden. I am about to plant new flowers in the garden, to say I am excited is an understatement.

Gardening has always been my favourite hobby, I don't know why but each time I plant a flower and watch it grow and die, it gives me a sense of accomplishment.

Back in the small village we lived in, Father had a huge hectare of land just for me to plant as much flowers as I wished, instead of going to playgrounds with my friends, I preferred staying in my garden to take care of my flowers.

He said that Mother also loved gardening as much as I did, that she was actually the one who introduced him to gardening in the first place.

Her favourite flower was roses just like mine. I took out my necklace from my uniform and stare at it longingly.

The shining rose stared back at me and I placed a kiss on it. This was my first and only gift from my mother.

Father told me she had it since her childhood, her mother gave it to her and she never took it off since then. It was an apology that she couldn't be there for me like she was for my sisters.

I set the bags on the floor and get my tool's box out then I look out at the fresh soil which I have to dig and grinned.

"Someone might say you went nuts by the way you are grinning at absolutely nothing" I looked to my right to see Christian leaning against the backdoor's frame.

He is sporting a simple black t-shirt and jeans short but he seems to make it look like a runaway, his blonde hair is as messy as it always is.

"Can't I just have a day without having to see or talk to you?" I huffed and opened the bag to get the things out.

"Are those flower seeds?" He asked and I rolled my eyes at him.

"No, it's my breakfast. Want a bite?" I replied sarcastically.

"Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed" he hummed and I chose to ignore him for the better.

"Want a hand? I don't really suck at planting" he said after  a few moments of silence.

"Thanks but I am fine on my own" I answered without sparing him a glance.

"Just wanted to help" he muttered and moved to go back inside.

Then my inner conscience slapped me in the face for turning down a polite offer in the most ungentle way and I sighed and called him back.

"Hey"

"I guess.....I would love a helping hand" I shrugged and his wide smile mirrored mine.

"I fell flat on my face and the entire school laughed at me. That was seriously the most embarrassing moment in my life" he exclaimed and I held my stomach from laughter.

For what seemed like an hour now, Christian and I have been revealing the most embarrassing moment in our life and he seemed to be the master of embarrassment.

He wasn't lying when he said he didn't suck at gardening but I still had to wack his head with a trowel several times for trying to flood my babies.

I have been literally on the floor for a few minutes as I couldn't hold my laughter anymore.

"Your laugh is breathtaking" he said and I suddenly stopped laughing and straightened up.

"Then why are you still breathing?" I asked in an attempt to kill the tense mood.

"So that I can capture everytime you smile at me in my heart" he moved forward and I realised that we were closer than society deemed comfortable.

"Um.... I am out of water, let me just go fill-" I was about to stand up when he held my hand and no, my heart did not just skip a beat.

"Why do you always run away from me? I want to know more about you. I want to be there each time you need a shoulder to cry on. I just want to be with you. Allow me" he pleaded with his desperate voice and I suddenly lose control of myself.

Before I realised what I was doing, I moved even closer and used my nose to touch his, I could feel his hot breath all over my face as his blue eyes met mine.

"You wouldn't like what would happen if I did" I stood up and went back inside the house without a single look back.