Chapter 24: Black and Gold

"I want it" I announced all of a sudden

Gabriel smirked at my response and patted my head

"Good, but your gonna have to get it from my sisters claws"

I looked at Gabriel patting my head, which caused him to realize what he did and he retracted his hand quickly

I just stared at him for a second before I walked confidently to Grace and the fight

I stood in front of the two girls and snatched the purse with incredible speed

Grace reacted quickly and whipped her head in my direction with a scowl

She was about to say something, but when she saw it was me she calmed down and fixed her appearance 

"Jasmine, thanks for getting it for me" Grace smiled happily and stretched her hand out for me to hand over the purse

I stood there looking into Grace's eyes

"Mine" I said turning around and hugged the purse to my chest making my way back to Gabriel, who had clear amusement written on his face

Grace was left speechless with her hand still outstretched

"Hey you bitch that's my purse. I saw it first!" The woman said making her way over to me

I stood still and peeked over my shoulder and stared down the woman. All of a sudden she froze from sudden fear and felt like she was about to be devoured by the depths of my blood red eyes.  

"Jasmine! What do you mean it's yours" Grace rushed over finally breaking from the shock

"Mine" I simply repeated and turned around to face her beside Gabriel

Gabriel brought his eyes back and forth between the girls who were staring each other down with such fierceness. He was trying to contain a laugh from the hilarious scene.

'Grace may adore Jasmine, but she has an obsession with purses.' Gabriel thought bringing a hand up to cover his mouth when Grace threw him a glare for finding amusement in this

"Jasmine, darling. There are so many other purses here. Why don't we look for a different one for you. Preferably not the one your holding" Grace smiled sweetly with a tinge of threat behind it, trying to coax me into handing the purse over

"No"

"No?" Grace's smile twitched dangerously 

"Yeah"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"No"

"Yes"

My eyes shone with satisfaction when Grace realized her slip up, and Gabriel finally couldn't contain it anymore and bursted out laughing holding his stomach

"Haha, sh-she got you" Gabriel managed to say in between chuckles

Grace grabbed her brother by the collar in leaned in with a threatening smirk

"What did you say brother?" Grace tilted her head

"Haha" Gabriel laughed good naturally and put his hands up in defense, " nothing dear sister"

"Hmph, that's what I thought" Grace said turning her attention back to me

"Jasmine why do you even want this purse"

I tilted my head and said,

"Because you like it. I like what Grace likes"

Gabriel and Grace look at me with a little concern

'Why are they looking at me like that' I thought

"Jasmine, you don't need to force yourself to like something simply because I like it. Determine the things you like on your own." Grace tried to explain to me

I furrowed my brows confused by what's she's implying

Gabriel noticed my look. He just smiled and explained to me

" hm, Jasmine for example, tell us why you like this purse"

I glanced down at the green purse that was shaped like a have circle, but with a flat bottom. A thin green hand grip that had the edges attached to the purse with golden chains. It was simple but nice.

'I don't really like green that much' I thought absentmindedly 

"Jasmine? Hey, you in there" Grace waved a hand in front of my face

I stopped observing the purse and looked back up at the two

"Well?" Gabriel asked

"I don't really like green that much" I said my thoughts

"Okay, what colors do you like then?" Grace asked

"Black and Gold" I said thinking back to a blurry memory of my mom wearing a beautiful black dress with golden accessories

"Great!" Grace chirped happily and grabbed my hand, " let's look for a bag with those colors than"

Gabriel stared at her sisters hand on my arm

"Grace" He said

"Yes?" Grace answered back innocently not turning around

"You're not going to try and grab the purse out of Jasmine's arms now, are you?" Gabriel said accusingly 

"What! Pfft, nooo. Why would I do such a thing " Grace waved off her brothers accusing stare with her hand, turning around to face him

"Surrre-, I completely believe you" Gabriel said sarcastically 

"Hey!, how dare you accuse me" Grace said back with a fuming face

Gabriel smirked

I watched the siblings bicker back and forth, and I suddenly realized how comfortable and at peace I felt.

"Come on you two" I said grabbing their wrist and pulled them along with a smile on my face

Meanwhile

"Those jerks forgot about me" The angry purse lady fumed