Chapter 8: Chapter 8
Rosetta
"Are you okay? Oh my God, honey, you're shivering." Chris said. I looked at her with so many swirling emotions flying in my mind.
"What just happened to me?" I asked. Chris stays silent, it's like she doesn't know that too.
"Rose, I don't know what just happened to him. But now, you're shivering very badly, come on you need some hot chocolate and a warm place to relax." I went inside with Chris; she gave me a mug of hot chocolate and her warm jacket. She sat next to me silently. I looked at my arm, the bruise of his red fingers stamped on my arm. Chris takes my hand gently and squeezes it softly.
Chris sighed, "Rose what happened today was..... I am sorry. I apologize to you. My brother…. He's..... Angry but not bad, trust me?" I glanced at her, didn't know what to say except say to her…. "It's okay."
Chris hugs me, it's a big friendly, and sweet hug, it's like she really cares about me. I hug her back with the same sweetness and friendliness. "You okay?" Chris asked.
I smiled, "yeah, I'm okay don't worry." The way he threw me into the pool was... Not what I expected. I was just stopping him but he —
I sighed. I don't want to think about it but my mind is not letting me forget anything that just happened to me a few minutes ago. I'm still shivering; I think I'm getting sick. My cheeks are burning.
Chris placed her hand on my head, "Oh honey, you're burning."
"I think my fever is in a mood?" Chris starts laughing, "Yeah it looks like. I'm worried about you Rose, my brother….. Well, he didn't mean to hurt you. He.. he was just angry and brainless at that time." I giggle at the word brainless. Chris starts laughing too. "It's okay Chris, I know he was upset and I don't mind but yeah I agree with you he is totally brainless."
"Absolutely," Chris added.
"Chris?" She looks at me, "Yeah," she replied with such perfect strawberry lips. "I'm okay, don't worry I think you should check your brother now, he was upset?" Chris narrows her eyes with a naughty smirk, "oh someone is worrying about my brother?"
"What? No, I'm just—"
"Worried," Chris added as I looked at her. She's still laughing and it makes my cheeks blush.
"Aww, you look so cute when you blush." I arched an eyebrow, "Chris—"
"Okay, okay I was just teasing you but you should admit it?"
"Admit what?" I asked.
"That you worried about my brainless weirdo Dracula brother." My mouth drops open when she mentions the word ''Dracula'' as memories of those funny bus scenes flash into my mind.
"How do you know that?" I asked her but I can't stop laughing.
Chris is laughing as she's telling me how Drake told them that a three-year-old kid called him ''Dracula'' and it makes me and Andrew laugh too hard even though our stomach starts hurting.
"Ah… Well... I forgot his name that day and I was confused between Drake and Dracula but hey… Is he calling me a three-year-old kid?" Chris put her fingers on her lips to stop laughing but failed. "Yes, he's calling you a kid." I nodded. "I tell him later how he's a kid too?" I said. Chris went to see him. Seriously that weirdo calling me a kid the truth is he himself is a kid.
Drake
I'm so embarrassed today and angry. The way I threw her was very bad. But I admit when she gets wet, she looks incredibly beautiful and hot. Yes, she's hot and attractive and I'm into her already but again, I should stay away from her. She's a human and I am—
I sighed, looking at Andrew who was grabbing a first aid kit for me. I'm worried about her, is she okay?
"Hah," Andrew takes a deep breath and looks at me with a soft smile Drake, "are you feeling better?"
I looked at Andrew, "yeah I'm fine." Andrew is applying medicine on my hands and I'm thinking about her. Why do I care about her? "Drake?" Yeah, I answered.
"What happened to you today? Chris and I do our best to convince you to leave that ghoulie and you didn't even listen to us but..... When Rose..... When she placed her hand on your shoulder you just.... You throw her in that deadly cold pool. What's wrong with you that time?"
"Yes Drake, I want to know too?" Andrew and I turned around to look at the corridor, it was Chris. She slowly came closer to us and sat next to Andrew. I'm looking at both of them and they are looking at me. I sighed and closed my eyes.
"I know what I did today was absolutely what she never deserved but—"
"But what?" Chris asks softly.
"But... She wore a... Jesus necklace."
Andrew and Chris looked at each other and remained speechless.
"You both know... We can't….. We, unfortunately, can't touch any Holy thing. We can't. When she touched me, my heart stopped beating and there was only anger in me. I know I was out of control and I threw her into the pool but trust me that wasn't my intention.
That wasn't me? It was my inner De—" I stop myself to say that word. "I was... Out of my own control and angry so I did that."
"Hey, brother now we know why you did that? It's completely okay." Chris said as she squeezed her hand with mine.
"Chris is right, that was just a minor accident, don't think about it, Drake."
"I know Andrew, but still I should apologize to her. She doesn't deserve that... after all." I glance at Chris. "Where is she?" I asked. Chris smiled and pointed to the next section. "Drake!" I turned around to see her. "Yeah," I said when Chris called my name.
"She didn't say that but she's worried about you too."
"After everything, I did to her?" I asked with shocking, amusing emotions swirling into my mind and a devilish smirk on my lips. "Yes after everything… She's still worried about you and a little angry because I told her that you named her a kid."
"Chris? What did you do? She's gonna beat me for that." Oh no, Rose is such an angry bird. "Well, brother, have fun!" I narrow my eyes.
"You and Andrew?" Chris smiles, and I smile back as I stand and walk away. After a few minutes, I'm finally here where she is. I entered the section room but I didn't see her. Chris told me that she is here but she is not anymore. I think she left. I shut my eyes, again warm and intense feeling, same sensation and again my heart is racing.
"She's here, somewhere?" The cold wind is tickling behind my neck. I went out to see her. My gaze sweeps over that big section before it falls onto her. She's here, standing but..... She looks worried and she's talking to someone on her phone. But she's worried?
What happened to her? I'm going closer to her, wondering why she is worried and standing outside with still little wet clothes, wet red hair, and without any jacket. Is she mad, she's gonna get sick if she keeps standing there like this. I speed up my walking and stand behind her. Her voice... It looks like she cried a few seconds ago. Is she talking to a prosecutor? But... Why?
"I don't know… prosecutor? But I saw him again; he's here in Winchester and still finding me. What? Are you saying that I should calm down? After he tried to kill me the seventh time, really prosecutor? Thank you so much for your service."
My mouth dropped open when I heard her talking to the prosecutor and about to get killed the seventh time. Seriously, who is he? Why is he chasing her? I was drowned in my thoughts and didn't notice that Rose already turned around and looked at me with her Goddamn sapphire eyes.
"Drake? Drake?"
"Yeah," I looked at her. "Yes?" I asked. "What are you doing here?" She asked softly. Oh, no I completely forgot what I was exactly here for. That phone call makes me forget what brings me here actually?
"I... I'm here to say sorry. But you were busy with..... Prosecutor so I don't want to disturb you." She narrowed her eyes with arms folded. "Rose? Who's trying to kill you?" She's looking at me silently but didn't say anything. She looked away, "it was nothing."
"It was nothing? Really, Rose? Someone tried to kill you seven times and you are saying it was nothing? Really?"
"Drake, I... I don't want to talk about it, I don't." She looks up at the sky full of fog. I know she's upset and it's completely okay if she doesn't want to talk about it now but I need to find that monster who wants to kill Rose. Rose is shivering with cold, Chris told me that she's burning with fever and she is.
Her checks are pure red and beautiful as always. I move my hand to touch her shoulder but then I remember that she wears a Jesus necklace and I can't touch her. I slowly open my backpack and take out my black leather gloves and wear it. After I finish wearing it I grab her hand and start walking.
"Where are we going?" Rose asked. I didn't say anything but just grab her hand and walk. I'm in love with that beautiful additive sensation; it's tickling my neck from behind.
I don't know why that's always happening to me. But I love it! After a few miles, we are here inside the warm section. I take off my warm jacket and place it on her shoulders. We are sitting next to the fireplace with another mug of hot chocolate. She bites inside of her lip and keeps rubbing her nose.
I smirked; she's a complete baby girl, a sweet and funny baby girl. The memory of today's accident comes into my mind again as I look at her and she's staring at the fireplace.
"Rose?" I call her name softly with gentleness in my voice. She looked at me.
It's hard, really hard for boys to apologize especially to a girl, it's in our nature but I have to.
"I'm sorry, Rose. I'm really sorry I didn't mean that. I know what I did to you was..... A complete mess and I'm sorry truly.
I was angry at ghoulies and I let out my anger on you. I'm sorry Rose, please." She remains silent for a moment but then speaks up. "It's okay, don't apologize."
"You... You're not angry at me? I mean you can throw a tantrum on me or you can yell at me. Anything?" She laughs as she tugs her stray hair behind her back.
"No, it's okay and I'm not lying. Drake? I was standing far from that pool; I don't know what you guys were talking about but... I heard a ghoulie saying... Mom and it makes you angry. I don't know what he just said to you. But it's okay, I understand you were angry that time."
I open my mouth to say something but the words? It's like my wordings are not enough to describe how incredible and amazing Rose is.
How beautiful her mind is. She understands my anger, she understands me. She's... Wonderful. I smirked and looked at her with amusement in my eyes.
"Rose... You're right he was talking about... Our mother. He said something very bad and made me angry. I can't listen… any single word about my family." She smiled but didn't say anything.
"Anyway, Rose you look hot in that wet dress and I'm not lying, really." She starts blushing at the word hot. "Are you flirting with a kid Drake Snow?" I let out a big laugh, "maybe."
"Well, thanks for the compliment but I know I'm hot, beautiful, intelligent....."
"Stop stop," I cut her off. "I know you are Rose. You girls are seriously so obsessed with yourselves." She's smiling and so am I.
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