Another Chance

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"Now see what you have done Missy Smart Shoes! Why did you have to turn your clock one hour slower?!" shouted Joshua as he ran as fast as he could towards the direction of school. Fortunately for him, he jogs on a regular basis to keep up his stamina. Unfortunately though, Rosette doesn't.

"It's..Huff... my clock...Huff... isn't it?!...Huff... Huff... I can decide what time I want...Huff... to set my clock to! Huff Huff... What does my clock ... Huff... being slower by one hour... Huff... Huff... have to do with you anyway? Huff...We don't even share Huff...Huff...clocks or bedroom! Huff..." Rosette retorted with a miserable attempt at a fierce tone as her panting overtook her ability of speech.

"I can look at whichever clock I want! I have my rights! This is a free country!" retorted Joshua.

"Why you Huff... Huff...little pes--" "Will the two of you Huff... Huff... please stop Huff...Huff...this quarrel of yours? Huff...We are running Huff...quite late..." said Azmaria in an attempt to stop the quarrel and narrowly missed being hit down by a car as she caught up with them.

"But Azzy! He--Ahhh!!" Rosette scaremed as she almost ran straight into a limosine that stopped in front of them.

"Who is this inconsiderate driver?? Here we are rushing to school and they just stop in the middle of the road! " shouted Rosette infrustration. Her face was already turning red with anger when the door of the limosine opened to reveal a tall boy -more of adult looking really- in Mary Magdalene High School's uniform.

"What are you doing here?" asked Rosette with narrowed eyes as she found herself starring into Chrno's maroon eyes. 'Somehow his eyes has this hypnotising effect which makes one wants to drown in them... Wait, what are you thinking, Rosette Christopher? He is NOT someone whom you want to drown yourself into. He is a stuck-up fellow who thinks that every single girl in the school falls head over tail for him! Which to a certain extent is true... BUT it doesn't include you, Rosette! Wake up!' Rosette tried to shake herself out of her non-sensical conversation with herself and focus on the handsome-'NO! He is not handsome, Rosette! Wake up!'- boy in front of her.

"Well, I just wanted to offer a ride seeing that you three seem to be running a bit late."

"And HOW would you know that we are running late?" Rosette's eyes were fast turning into a thin line as she narrowed her eyes even more.

"I just happen to past by on my way to school." Chrno answered with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Well, we don't need your sympathy. Bye." said Rosette as she turned-in the wrong direction-to leave.

"Um. Rosette? You're going the wrong way. And we might actually make it to school on time if we took up on his offer..." Azmaria spoke up as she glanced at her watch again.

Rosette stopped short in her path. 'We only have five minutes to rush to school and even if we attempt to run all the way to school, there's still practically no chance that we'll make it in time. Maybe I should take him up on his offer...' Rosette started to relent and was about to accept Chrno's invitation when a voice in her head spoke up. 'Hey, you might be late. But it is still better than succumbing to this proud boy who thinks way too highly of himself. Have some pride and self-respect girl!' Rosette thought again. 'Maybe I should give in just this once. It's not only me who's getting late. Both Azmaria and Joshua too...'

Suddenly, Rosette made up her mind and turned to Chrno. "Ok, fine. We'll take you up on the offer. But I'm only doing this because of Joshua and Azmaria." Chrno answered with a smile and opened the door for them.


'The nightmares are getting worse.' thought Chrno as the car continued on its way to school after Rosette, Joshua and Azmaria got onto the car. 'It seems that until now, Rosette still hasn't recovered her memories. There must be something I can do... Offering her a ride was a step in progress. Luckily I got Jonah, my trusted driver and friend, to help me check out her habits and found that she is always late for school and he even found out the route she takes too. Now what should my next step be?' Chrno frowned in concentration as he tried to think of a new way to revive Rosette's memory.

Rosette stole a glimpse at Chrno and quickly turned back to face the window before anyone noticed. 'Stop looking at him! Ok, he might be handsome but he is not the only handsome or cute guy in the world. Stop looking!' Rosette scolded herself mentally. 'He looks as if he is concentrating very hard on something though. Wonder what it is? ' Rosette stole another glimpse at Chrno. Suddenly a thought occured to Rosette. 'Could he be having the same dreams as me?'

Flashback

"Do... Do you...doyoubelieveinreincarnation?" asked Chrno nervously at a fast pace.

"Huh? What?" asked Rosette confused.

"I said, do you believe in..reincarnation?" this time, Chrno was mumbling out the last few syllabus.

"I can't hear you. Can't you just say it at a loud and clear voice and also at a normal pace?!"

"Alright, alright. I said, DO YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION?" Chrno fairly shouted before his courage gave up on him.

End of flashback

'That's right! When I bumped into him the other time, he was going out of his way to be polite to me and was even stammering! He even asked that ridiculous question on reincarnation too! Suck a ridiculous fell- wait. reincarnation? Could it be linked to my dreams? I mean my dreams seemed so real as if they were memories from a past life! He must have found out something about this... But should I ask him?' Rosette stole another glance at Chrno only to find him smiling as he looked out the window.


Chrno smiled to himself. He was trying to think of a way to help speed Rosette up on her way to reviving her memory but apparently her sub-consciousness was already laying out his work for him-he caught her stealing glances at him thrice from the reflection in the window. He chuckled to himself. 'She might not know it but her sub-consciousness seems to push her towards me. Interesting how the human mind works. Wait. Scratch that. Interesting how Rosette's mind works.'

Suddenly the limosine pulled to a stop. Chrno looked out of the window to see that they have arrived at the school.

"Alright. We've arrived." Chrno smiled and opened the door for the rest to alight from the limosine. He was about to wish them good day when he stopped dead in his tracks. A gentleman had just walked past him. He was wearing a white cotton blouse and black trousers. Has a handsome face to go with it too. But Chrno registered none of that. What he DID register was that his enemy is back.


AU: I'm sorry it took me so long to post this chapter. Hope you will review on this chapter. It'll be much appreciated especially since the story plot I had of it is pretty dusty by now.

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