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"I just wanted to ask you that." Sandy came walking to us. Her hair was hanging in a loose tail over her shoulder and she wore that white summer dress I loved so much. "Sorry to disturb you but Marcus said that it was time for a new check." She looked from me to John and back. In her eyes, I recognized look she got when she looked at John. Scared. She was afraid of John.

"San come here." I pulled her on my lap. "Be honest. John is the calmest of my brothers and you don't have to be afraid of him. I see it immediately when you lie. Told one of my brothers you that you're not welcome? "

To my surprise it wasn't Sandy who answered but my brother. "We all did." Said he looking at the ground. "Dad didn't believe that you're engaged without his permission, Scott made it clear that he doesn't want her to sit at your bedside, Virgil find it ridiculous that they know you more medical background than he, Gordon can't believe that you find a woman earlier than he and I was perhaps not nice either. I let TB5 run a background check and told everything about her past mistakes."

I looked with a sour smile to Sandy and kissed her cheek. "Do you now understand why I never introduced you to my brothers?"

"I get it." She said with the same smile.

"Remember what I said about the acceptance of my brothers," I said. She nodded once and got a smile on her face.

"You'll paint each birds pink and make pink uniforms and do something complicated with their computers. Then we leave and make our own lives. Free from family."

"That rhymes." I kissed Sandy's cheek again. "Love you." I whispered. "John knows that now. We have each other, and it doesn't matter if they accept us or not. Their loss isn't it?"

"Are we really going to live close to Marcus?" She whined. "If you're freed from your family, why can't I?"

"I've already bought the place. We'll see what happens. Besides you love your brother." I laughed. "So you're were sent out by your brother? To check on us? Did he think that we would kill each other or something like that."

"Yes, he just doesn't want to lose his best costumer." She said sarcastic. "No off course not." She took something out of her pocket. "Look my prince. Test strips, insulin, medication and in a moment I'll take you down for a special dinner consisting of the oh so delicious hospital food. "

"Delicious." I said sarcastically. "John do you want to join us?" My brother looked surprised at that. "I would like you to get to know San before you make an opinion about her." I turned myself to Sandy. "If you don't mind, me amor?"

"I would love to know more about the mysterious astronaut of TB 5. Shall I book a table for three in the cafeteria?"

John looked at her with a smile. "That would be great, thank you." He said.

"Ten minutes otherwise a day no kisses for you, my prince." She tapped my nose, stood up, gave me a quick kiss on my lips and hopped back inside. Once the door was closed, John fell on the ground in the laughter.

"Okay." He grinned. "I never seen you like this. But I really like her and I'm sure she's good for you. If the rest has calmed down they will also realize that. I have just one question. I saw that you both wore a silver ring around your finger besides the engagement ring of Sandy? What are those for?"

"Promise rings. That, I think I haven't told you yet. When I was sixteen, James took me to church. I'm now officially religious, been baptized and have my communion and confirmation done, I know you're not seeing it the same way as me but it helps me. The rings that James and I carried mean that we don't have sex until marriage. I gave her the same ring when we were dating for two years. Sandy is also religious so she was quite happy with it. We love each other but can wait until we can be sure that we are ready for it. Another reason why James had never been with a girl longer than a few weeks."

"That would make dad happy. He believes too. And my faith. I'm also religious, but not baptized or something. If you look at the stars day after day, you don't get a choice but believe in a higher power. I think Mom is waiting somewhere for us and watching over us in the meantime. I believe that the work that we do, the people we don't save go to a better place, the people we do save get another chance. I support you."

"Thanks." I pricked my finger, submitted the necessary insulin and looked at John. "Can we go. I really don't get kisses for a day if I'm late."

"Then let's go fast my prince." Laughed John and he pushed the wheelchair through the door.

"Are you frightened of some things that I've told you today?" I asked curiously.

"Yes. Actually. I had understood that there were a few things that we knew nothing about at home. You're of course at school for the most part and vacation you spent there and sometimes with friends. I knew you had a social life where you told nothing about. But that you're the owner of a computer games company, you are the mysterious Lucan, you are engaged. The rest is waiting for a big surprise, I don't think anyone will expect this. I really don't want to lose and get a second chance to make things right, if I get the chance."

I turned around in my seat" Can you forgive me for excluding you?"

John looked at me with raised eyebrows. "Of course."

We drove into the cafeteria. Sandy waved and pointed to a table with three trays.
"Then we just forget and forgive everything. Deal? "I raised my hand and John took him.

"Deal." Agreed John.

Sandy and John were getting along just fine. Not that it really surprised me, they have the same humor and personality.

"So that´s why he´s so protective of his hair." Laughed Sandy.

"yeah. We still tend to mess with him by rubbing them but nowadays he´s way too fast."

"Well… He is English running champion. Did you know when Alan was on stage, he pulled James up with him. James pushed him aside to get to the girl with the flowers. It´s still a youtube hit. Alan is on the floor, laughing, James is hitting on the girl and queen stands on the side, no idea what to do and who she had to congratulate. Alan eventually took the gold medal in his hands and James silver. They began to sing the national anthem and so pure that the queen stole a tear away. I don´t know what they said to her after that but she began to laugh."

"That is something I really want to see." Laughed John and I saw red with shame. We had said to her majesty that we would sing at the Olympics if she would sing with us. She would do it but unfortunately we didn´t win so no duet with the queen.

There sounded gunshots through the cafeteria and John immediately pulled me and Sandy under the table.

People screaming, footsteps.

I grabbed Sandy´s hand and looked at John who looked back with scared eye´s.

I´ll update again as fast as I can but the problem is that I´m going back to school full time. Just one week than it will be vacation. But till than... I hope I can update as much and fast as I can...

xoxo Flora