Authors note: This takes place long after Forever Rose. Sarah and Saffron took off to see Europe after University, Leaving a heart broken Indigo. But Sarah returns for him and this is what happened to Saffy after Sarah went home to England.
•Saffy•
Saffron Casson had messed up. For the first time in her life she had done something sincerely stupid. And now she didn't know what to do. All she knew was that she couldn't go home, not because she was afraid of admitting it to her family, after all they were not that judgemental (except for Rose who never had sympathy for anyone) but because she was afraid of admitting it to herself, she was supposed to be the smart one, for crying out loud!
Saffy thought of this as she stood there by the penthouse door, waiting for the one person she knew would never judge her. She had never been here before, she had taken a cab to the address she found online, but it made sense that he lived here. He had always loved attics.
"Saffy?" He said, in a I-can't-believe-it what-are-you-doing-here kind of voice and then gave her a great bear hug, before quickly letting go as if he suddenly remembered that she hated his hugs. There was an awkward silence before she spoke.
"Hi David , how have you been?" She sounded like she was here every other day instead of never. He understood that it meant that he should not ask questions. So instead he said
"Come in" and lifted her small suitcase, carrying it into the hall. She followed and closed the door behind her.
"Thank you, wow this place is huge." Saffy said, momentarily shocked. The hall lead into a living room with gorgeous big windows, a wine-red drum set and a sofa group, a door lead to what must be the kitchen and two closed doors indicated the bedrooms. Very Posh. But it was the walls you noticed first. They were white , or had been anyway, but now colorful sketches covered almost everyone of them. She turned to face him.
"Rose?" She asked. He nodded and grinned a little.
It surprised her how different the man in front of her was to the huffing,puffing boy who had showed up at the Banana house so many years before. He was quite fit now, rather tall, with a thinner face. He seemed more confident and a bit smarter, considering how quickly he had caught on to her not wanting to talk about why she was there.
"First thing she said when she came here was the walls are too same day she started the big one in there" He pointed towards the living room. Saffy went to admire it as soon as she had hung her coat up and taken her shoes of.
A huge picture of the Banana house garden. There she was sunbathing with Sarah in matching bikinis, Indigo and Tom were playing their guitars in a corner, Eve was asleep on a picnic blanket, Bill talking to Michael, who was holding the sleeping twins, Caddy was combing Maddy's hair while Maddy was smearing paint on an unsuspecting Bills shoe. Rose herself was listening to Tom and David was playing football with Buttercup.
"We look like a real family" Saffy commented to herself. A huge, messed up, not-exactly-related family, but a family nonetheless.
Another wall had Caddys wedding, The whole family with Tom,David and Sarah cheering as Caddy and Michael ran out of the church, laughing. Buttercup was sitting on David's shoulders. All the walls had the same kind of pictures, all of them laughing and David was always there in the midst of the family, laughing, talking, cooking, or playing the drums (Rose was wearing headphones in that picture, but the rest of the family seemed to be enjoying themselves.)
Rose had made him a part of the family through her pictures. Clever old Rose.
