Rose Heaven.
By the Darkness and the Light.
Chapter 3
In the last Chapter…"Who in the hell, are you!"
"Ughe…A very bad sleeper?"
Mansion's kitchen, 03:19 A.M.
Darien stared at the girl before him, she looked scared, so to not scare her anymore he decided to help her up, giving her his hand, the only thing she did was to stare at the hand before her.
"Look I am sorry I yelled at you, let me help you."
He bended down and tried to take her hand, he gasped as his hand went through her smaller one, she looked up at him, her eyes glittering with tears.
"What the…what are you!"
Darien looked at her with shocked expression, her throat escaped a sob and she started to shake, in order to comfort her he laid his hand on her shoulder or there her shoulder should be, the feeling was as like you caressing the warm wind.
"Well, I would volunteer to be a shoulder to cry on, but seems that you have a little problem."
With that the girl started to cry even harder.
"Oh, please don't cry, I don't know what to do in situations like that."
She stopped crying and stared at him, her bottom lip slightly trembling, That's better. thought Darien, now he could somehow deal with it.
"So…who are you?"
"I am Serenity Tsukino, you?"
"I am Darien Shields, the owner of the mansion."
"Sorry for waking you up, I couldn't sleep and I thought that a night snack would be good for me."
"Can ghosts eat!"
"What weirdo are you!"
"What weirdo ARE you!"
"I am not a ghost, I am a spirit!"
She said proudly, while she got up from the floor, dusting her sundress she looked at him, still up, because she wasn't…tall.
"What the difference!"
"The difference is very big, ghost are bad, very bad and spirits can do anything that people can do , just we need a little practise, and we are good."
"I can't believe it, that I am standing here and talking to a ghost…"
"Spirit!"
"Whatever! And arguing with it."
"Her!"
"Stop correcting me! I am a logical person, I don't believe at ghosts, if I don't believe at them they don't exist, so I just will close my eyes and count till ten and you will disappear."
He pointed at her, and then with mumble closed his eyes and started to count. One…two…three…four…
"Hey, you can't just ignore me!" yelled Serenity, not opening his eyes Darien answered "Of course I can, I am doing it right now!"
…five…six…seven…eight…Aught! in the kitchen was heard a loud smack, Darien's eyes popped open and he grabbed the back of his head.
"Are you crazy why did you do that!"
"I did it, so you would believe that I am very real! And don't dare to ignore me again like that. And I am a spirit."
"Ok, just stop yelling at me like that, my head hurts, 'spirit'."
"I think we made a bad start."
"Yeah, I think we did."
"So, you are the new owner of the 'Rose Heaven'. Never thought that I will live until the day then my father will sale it…"
"Well, technically you are not alive, remember you died a year ago?"
"Whatever you say, I can't imagine how Beryl convinced my father to sale it. It was his favourite house."
"Why she wanted him to sale it?"
"She saw me and fainted."
"I can't imagine why."
"Oh, stop it can you be serious for a second, I am dead for God's sake, you should have a little respect."
"Well, if dead are behaving like you I don't think I will respect them anymore."
Another smack echoed in the kitchen.
"I don't get it every time I am saying something you are hitting me, what would you do if I wasn't saying anything, you should behave like a lady, don't anyone learned you this."
"Well, you should saying something nice, and I don't know…you are drawing out the worst in me."
"I have agree with you in this, I will try to act more like…"
"A gentleman?"
"Yes, like a gentleman."
"Well, don't try, there is not a chance for you."
"Ok, I will not."
"I think you should get some sleep, may be then you are more lenient, you will be more…pleasant."
"Everything is better than talk to a 'spirit'."
"What room did you took?"
"The biggest in the house, who had it before?"
"Beryl."
"She likes the red color."
"I know, I lived with her…are comfortable in there?"
"It is strange that you ask, well nothing is strange then you talk to a spirit, but no I can't sleep there, I am everything but comfortable there."
"I thought so, take another room, take the one on third store, the last in the hall on left, I think it will do for you."
"Thanks."
Darien went out from the kitchen and managed to the stairs, but then he suddenly turned Serenity was still behind him, he looked at her.
"Can you go in front of me it is kind of creepy then you are behind me."
Serenity went in front of him and started a happy chatter, the only react Darien didn't expect from himself was to smile.
"Sure, I would love to, you the first person I am talking to, after Beryl fainted, I didn't dare to talked to someone else, before I bumped in to you, I even don't know how it happened I can touch things then I concentrate on it really hard, and then you just walk in the kitchen and bump into me, I was sure that you had some kind of psychic power, but then you yelled at me I understood that you even don't have an idea who I am, I know that the only person who can touch me and do not scare of me is Rei, she is my cousin and she is a Hikawa priestess, do you know about them? They have a real psychic powers, they can tell you a future or curse you, or make an exorcism, well I never believed her before but now that I am in situation like this, I believe in her more than ever."
They already reached the third floor and were walking down the hallway, then they reached the end of it serenity turned on left and gestured to Darien to enter the room.
"Then why don't we call her she will arrive here and deal with you by herself, and you will leave me in my peace."
"Can't do this."
"And why not?"
He tried the handle of the door but the door didn't opened, he sighed and looked at Serenity query, she sighed with discourage.
"Don't look at me like that, open it."
"Apparently I can't, I don't have the key."
"Oh, men and their little problems."
She passed through the door, and in few seconds it opened slowly reviling smiling Serenity. She giggled nervously.
"I closed the door from inside, silly me."
She looked at him apologetically, Darien frowned, and entered the room, it was a small room if you compare it the room he was. In the room was nothing less than that needed a person, a king-sized bed with white silk sheets, a bedside table, a dresser with big mirror and a door which for sure was leading to the bathroom, and a glass door leading on the balcony.
"It is very nice, whoever was living in here had a nice taste, very simple and…"
"Cosy?"
"Yes it is exactly what I had in mind. Cosy."
"Well, thank you for complimenting my taste, it is very nice of you. This room has the most beautiful view of the garden."
"It was your room?"
"Yes. What? Do you afraid to take a room of a 'ghost'?"
"Spirit you mean, no I am not afraid."
"If you will feel better, I didn't died in this room, so don't worry."
"I know that, your godfather told me."
"Mr. Chaseco? I didn't knew he was in the town. How do you know him?"
"He is the sales-man who sold me this house."
"Are you kidding me? He never was a sales-man, he hated the job."
"Apparently he changed his mind."
"You don't know him at all."
"I agree, but why we don't talk tomorrow about it. I am tired."
"You should be, it is four o'clock in the morning, and to be honest I am exhausted too, so Good night."
"Wait, why are you here?"
"It is my home."
"No, I mean that doesn't spirits have an purpose to stay on Earth."
"Yea, I have an reason, I have a mission I must find out why somebody would wanted to kill me before my birthday, but for that I must find the killer."
"So you don't know who it is?"
"No, I not quiet remember it at all."
"And when is your birthday?"
"On 30th June."
"That's a week from now, you don't have so much of the time, do you?"
"No, the worst part is if I don't complete the 'mission' of mine, I will stay here forever."
"I am sure we will think something about it."
"You will help me?"
"Yes, of course, I don't want a haunted house, do I?"
He chuckled and Serenity smiled.
"Thank you, thank you."
"You welcome."
"Well, then I leave you alone, cause I don't want to tire the person who will help me to death. Good night."
"Night."
The mansion, "Rose Heaven", 10:00 A.M.
Darien yawned and turned around in the bed, opening slowly his eyes. Sapphire-blue met sky-blue eyes, there before Darien was laying a girl staring at him.
"Good morning."
"Agh!"
Darien jerked and fall on the floor, he didn't realize he was laying on the edge of the bed. Laying on the ground he remembered slowly what had happened last night. Serenity looked at him from the bed worriedly.
"Are you ok?"
"No I am not, don't do that again, you scared the beJesus out of me!"
"Sorry. But you just wouldn't wake up."
"It is ok, just don't do this again…And good morning to you too."
"So what is the plan for today?"
He looked at her confused, she stared angrily at him.
"You don't remember, do you?"
He shook his hand.
"You said you will help me."
"Ah, yea, sorry but you hit me really hard on the head yesterday, I will help you, just give me time to take a shower."
"You are right, you look very bad, you look like that all the mornings."
"No, only then in the night I will talk with a ghost and promise to her to help her."
"Well, you are really smart, Einstein, now go and take that shower, may be it will help to your jokes to be more funny!"
"Whatever you want princess."
He got up and went to the bathroom in few minutes Serenity heard the sound of water running, then a muffled voice, a really bad reproduction of Ricky Martin's song. Serenity looked at her reflection in the balcony door.
"What is it with the men and singing in the shower?"
To be continued…
The end of the third chapter.
Well I hope you wasn't disappointed with this chapter, I actually forced my self to write it, I didn't felt like writing, well anyway. Did you liked it? Or not liked it? Feel disappointment with the 'mystery girl'? Tell me. Ideas? Questions? Threats? Thanks for reading the story, please review cause I need really badly a feedback. So R&R.
Kisses,
Hugs,
Lots of Love,
Truly yours,
The Darkness and the Light.