Another Chance
Disclaimer: Chrono Crusade and it's characters do not belong to me.. etc...etc..etc...
What a fine day it is, thought Chrono. He could have spent the entire day at the beach if it wasn't for school. Luckily today school ends early and he managed to escape from that huge group of girls who followed him everywhere thanks to Lucifer, his driver, arriving just in time to save him if not- Chrono's thoughts were interrupted by someone bumping into him.
He looked down to see who it was. He was surprised to see that it was actually the girl from the day before. What was her name? He remembered that her name has something to do with a type of flower... Ah yes, she introduced herself as Rosette Christopher. Chrono stared at the girl as she picked up her books and got up from the ground.
"Geez, can't you even help a girl up and help to pick up her books when you are the one who knocked her down?" asked Rosette, annoyed with Chrono for standing there, staring at her and doing nothing to help.
"If my memory serves me, I seem to remember that YOU were the one who ran into me." retorted Chrono.
" But YOU were the one standing in my path."
"So you won't admit that you are in the wrong?" asked Chrono as he raised an eye brow.
'He looks so cute when he does that' thought Rosette. 'Wait, did I just think that he was cute?' Rosette felt her face heating up.
Mistaking Rosette's blush for another angry outburst, Chrono asked,"Apparently not, judging from your face colour. Some people are just hopeless freaks."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A FREAK?"
"Yea yea well, I'm not going to quarrel with you." said Chrono with a shrug. "It's a plain waste of my time so why don't you just go use the time to do something useful?"asked Chrono as he walked away.
Rosette stared after him in shock. She expected him to shout back an angry retort or something like that but this was definitely not what she had in mind. He was weird. Next time, she had better look out for him just in case he did something even weirder.
"May I have all your attention please." said Ms Kate, the school's principle,from the school hall's stage, addressing the school. "One month from now, we will be organising a Halloween party for everyone to attend. Again,this party is sponsored by the parents of one of our students, Chrono Anderson, and so the event is free of charge. For this party, you can dress up in any sort of clothing. But when I said any sort of clothing, I didn't mean that you can come in your birthday suit (A/N: wearing your birthday suit means to go naked) and embarrass our school's good name. I repeat, DO NOT" as she glared at a group of infamous pranksters laughing heartily while sitting at a corner of the hall. "come in your birthday suits."
"There will be a prom King and Queen in this party so please put more effort into your costume and dress up properly unlike some people last time," she shot a look at Joshua and his gang a look," who decided to come in their underwear."
"Now, you are dismissed."
"Wow, we are going to have a party!" said Azmaria excitedly as she skipped alongside Rosette on their way home as their homes are in the same direction.
"Yup. Wonder what we are going to wear..." said Rosette as she caught up with the excitement.
"Yeah.. What should we go as? A fairy? A witch?A pixie?A princess?" said Azmaria as she counted out all their options with her fingers.
"A pixie? Leave it up to Joshua. Anyway, he's already a pixie himself. A witch?Nah... We tried it last year and it didn't work, remember? A fairy? No way! Do I look like some old fairy godmother to you?"
"Um.. no, Rosette you don't." answered Azmaria as she mumbled, "but you do act like one."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, AMZARIA!"
"Uh oh. I have a feeling that if I don't run now, I will face my death earlier than I should." said Azmaria as she turned around and ran for her dear life while she was chased after by the blonde who practically has smoke coming out of her ears.
"I'm sorry, Rosette! I didn't mean for you to hear it!"
"But you meant what you said!" said the blonde as her face got even redder if that's at all possible.
"You mean the part where I said you acted like an old fairy godmother?"
"I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU EVEN DARED TO MENTION IT AGAIN. COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT, AZMARIA!"
"NO WAY! I've got to rush home now. Bye!" said Azmaria as she disappeared from sight in a cloud of dirt.
"That girl is just as bad as my brother. No wait, Joshua is worst than her." muttered Rosette as she continued on her walk home alone.
BEEP
SCREEEEEEEEEECH
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Rosette as the car managed to stop right in front of her, almost knocking her down. She knew deep down that she really should have checked the road for cars before crossing the road, but she was so angry with Azmaria that she forgot to do so, almost costing her life
"Are you alright, Miss?" asked the driver as he got out of the car.
The passenger of the car also got off the car to see if anything was the matter. Rosette was almost speechless when she saw who the passenger was.
"Chrono Anderson! Just the last person I will like to see in a situation like this. Why must I have such bad luck?" groaned Rosette inwardly.
"Is that you, Miss Rosette Christopher? Are you alright?"
" Yes, it's me, Mr Chrono Anderson and I'm alright."
"That's good. It feels odd when you call me by my full name actually. Please call me Chrono. "
"Uh... ok. Whatever you say, uh.. Chrono."
"Can I call you Rosette?"
"No."
"Aw.. come on. It's not fair that you get to call me by my given name while I have to call you by your full name. Anyway, do you need a ride somewhere?"
"I did not request to call you by your given name, you know. Besides, you don't have to call me by my full name-" Chrono smiled at that, "you only have to call me Miss Christopher and," she turned her nose up in indignation while Chrono scowled at her, "that's a definite no to the ride. I am not going to get myself into a situation where I will be in your debt."
"Fine then, Miss Christopher, have a safe journey home." said Chrono in a sarcastic tone and with that he got on the car, slammed the door and after Lucifer got onto the car, they sped off.
"Pathetic jerk." muttered Rosette as she mind moved on to happier thoughts of dropping by the ice cream store to cheer herself up.
"Ack..." cried out a frustrated Chrono as for the fifth night in a row, he had fell asleep, dreaming of a girl, whom he couldn't see the face, crying while he left and fought a guy called Aion, whoever he was. But every time when the dream ended at the part where he was standing in front Aion, he woke up with a searing pain in his head. Not only that, the dreams felt real. It's almost as if they came from my memory, thought Chrono groggily in his sleepy state. But they couldn't be, could they?
This dream had only started since he met Rosette Christopher. He wondered whether the dreams have anything to do with her. Nah, couldn't be. He hardly knew the girl. With that, Chrono went back into a deep slumber,dreaming this time, of him and the girl from his dream fighting demons together.
At the Christophers' home the same night...
"No! You can't leave me like this!" shouted Rosette as she woke up from her nightmare. She had dreamt of a guy, with long purple hair whom she couldn't see the face,who was going to leave her behind while he faced the enemy, the demon called Aion. Rosette didn't know who was Aion and neither did she know where that name came she knew was that from the day since she first met that Chrono guy, she started to have the same nightmare every night. Not only that, but she also had a nagging feeling that she has forgotten something. Something important to her. But however hard she thought, she still couldn't recall anything that fits into this strange mystery.
"Does it have anything to do with that Chrono jerk? It's strange how I only started to have these strange dreams only after I met him. Not only one night but every night. It's also strange how I feel so... safe when I am with him. All this just doesn't make sense!" She cried out in frustration.
"Are you alright, sweetheart? asked her mother from the door as she stepped into Rosette's room. "I heard you shouting in your sleep so I came to check on you."
"I'm fine, Mum. It's just a nightmare."
"Do you want to tell me about it?" comforted her mother as she rubbed Rosette's back.
Should she tell her mum about the dream? Would she feel better if she did?
But then again, her mother might just laugh at her and tell her that she is acting silly.
But the dream had felt so real...thought Rosette.
She shook her head and said," No, Mum. It's alright. It's just a bad dream."
"Are you sure?" asked her mother worriedly, looking at her.
"Yes, I'm sure. Go ahead. Go back to sleep."
"Alright. But tell me if you don't feel well, alright?"
"Yes, Mum."
As her mother left her room, Rosette thought to herself. What if the dreams are true? Does it matter to my present life? And who is this purple haired boy whom I dreams of? Is he a friend or foe?
Oh well, I better get some sleep now. I have school the next day. It's just a nightmare. Should I really pay so much attention to it? Nah, besides I'm already old enough to know that there are no such thing as demons in this world, right? Hopefully the nightmares will stop coming tomorrow and I would be able to have a peaceful night.
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