Warmth, I felt that warm fuzzy feeling that he keeps giving me whenever he was near me. He stroked my hair as he hugged me ever so tightly.
"Rose" Jake said gently
I looked up to him and my smile was getting bigger "Yes?"
"I love you" he said as he continued to stroke the my blond hair..
"Great" I said to myself when I woke up from my dream. It was more than that, it really happened. I got home late and tired from the battle with the Dark Dragon just last night and all that BLAH. I smiled at myself but it immediately frowned. Glad that I got my memories back of all about hunts clan, Jake, school, etc. but sad at the thought of not seeing Jake anymore. I sighed then headed for the bathroom.
A dream, the perfect dream that brought me excitement and happiness nobody could ever ruin this, I felt her blush when I held her hand. The moon was glowing in the dark sky. The perfect night.
"That sucks" I said to myself as I rose up from my bed and went to the balcony just outside our hotel room. Next to it, I saw my two friends Trixie and Spud were in the whirling hot tub, sleeping.
"What happened to you guys?" I eyed suspiciously, crossing my arms against my chest "Y'all looks like you haven't gotten any sleep last night"
"While you were sleepin' like a baby dreaming 'bout Rose, Spud and I were tired, we hardly got any sleep" Trixie said as the both of them got out of the tub and put on their robes
"So we were thinking the hot tub was the solution to cool down our nerves!" Spud said wiping his hair with a towel. I looked at my watch it's already 8 am.
"Good, you're all up, everybody, we've gotta be at the airport before 10 so get ready!" my mom said just came out from the shower. I headed for the bathroom
Finally ready, we fixed our suitcases and checked out of the hotel.
We exited out the doors then we heard a loud car honk. Rose and her family inside the silver Fortuner car, her dad driving next to him, her mom, next to Rose was her sister.
"Hey!" she said popping her head out the back seat window letting out a grin on her creamy white face "Need a lift?"
"I don't think—"
"That's a great idea!" My dad said cutting me off
"Well hop in the back seat, we've got plenty of room" Rose's dad said "You must be "Jacob Luke Long"
"Yes sir, but you can call me Jake instead"
We all boarded in the car surprisingly we all fit inside
"Are you sure this is ok?" my mom asked
"Yes, absolutely besides Jake is an old friend of Rose" Rose's mom replied
2 hours passed finally reaching the airport, parking near the departure parking sign. All of us got out and started unloading our suitcases out of the trunk.
"Well, thanks for the ride" My dad said shaking hands with Rose's dad
"Sure thing"
"Have a safe trip back in New York" Rose's mom waved bye
the rest of her family boarded back into the car.
"Rose, we're just going to get something ok? We'll be back, stay here"
"Ok mom" she replied as the car drove off and she turned to me
"Jake we'll be inside" My mom said all of the others followed
"I'll miss you" I said wiping the tear that crept down her cheek
"I'll miss you too" she smiled
It really pains me to see her cry and then leave. After what all we've been through, I couldn't leave. She's the only girl that I could never ever forget, not even in a million years.
"Hey, Rose" I pinched her chin upwards to face me, her beautiful sapphire eyes looking at my dark brown eyes "We'll see each other again"
"That's what I'm afraid of" she said "When? When is that? You're on the other side of the world" She bowed down her head. I didn't know what to say, she right, this was hard to accept for me as much it is for her.
"Here" I said handing her a small rectangular box wrapped in silver paper with a big red ribbon on top. She immediately titled her head upwards, looking at me with a puzzled expression.
"What is this?"
"Just a gift for you" I said handing her the box
Her fingers tapped on the box then carefully took off the ribbon and wrapping paper. She hesitated for a moment but then opened the lid off the box. I saw in her expression turn into a warm smile and I couldn't help but to smile back.
"How?...how….where did you get this?" she said her voice filled with a happier, excited tone, her fingers tracing the dream charm bracelet inside
"Well, let's just say Fu Dog got me the last two back in New York"
"Last two?"
"Ta da!" I said showing her another bracelet worn around my wrist "We could meet up in our dreams and since you 'lost' yours, I got a new ones for the both of us"
"Yeah, but Jake, I can't believe… I really appreciate this, thank you" she immediately hugged me, her head resting on my chest. I placed my chin on top of her head.
When our hug broke, I placed my hands on the sides of her face. Inching forward to her, seeing tiny sparkles in the irises of her crystal blue eyes. I brushed my lips against hers.
"Goodbye" I said when our kiss broke.
I turned around, our hands slowly separating suddenly Rose pulled me and hugged me much tighter and longer this time.
"I'll miss you" she said letting go of me, a sad expression spread across her face "Don't forget me"
"Rose, please me? Forget ? Never… We'll meet again, someday"
She nodded in response.
We both walked away into a different direction with heavy hearts. I went into the airport. I looked back at what I hope, wasn't my last look of perfection, she boarded inside her family's car and it sped off out of plain sight.
.SIGH. I hate seeing Jake leave for New York, wishing that it wasn't true. Alarmed at the car honk that pulled me back to reality. I opened the car door and hopped inside the back seat.
"Hey, woah.. that bad?" My sister Elizabeth frowning at me
I looked at her with a --Uh, hello?? Duhh-- expression
"Hey! Easy!" she said when I punched her playfully on the arm
Silence kicked in as dad started to drive back home.
"Rose, Elizabeth" My mom said "I'm going to England actually Massachusetts for fashion week"
"What? I thought that Massachusetts was in America??" Elizabeth said
"It's a state in the northeastern U.S., on the Atlantic coast, one of the six New England state. You can search it online. We'll leave tomorrow, and your father's coming with me"
"Me and Rose aren't coming?? Uh hellooo!! Massachusetts! a perfect time to shop till we drop"
"Eliz, As much as we all 'want to shop till we drop' sweetie, I'm needed at the fashion show"
"Pleaaase mom, we're already finished with school, it's summer!"
"Pleeeeasse??" Elizabeth and I pleaded
"Fine, but please behave and when we get to our apartment, the both of you pack all of your stuff"
"All?"
"Yes, we're going to bring all of it"
"On the plane?" I said incredulously
"On our private plane"
"Yesss!!! MASSACHUSETTS HERE WE COME!!" obviously my sister and I couldn't wait to get there
UGH!!!! My back is definitely messed up. The flight from Hong Kong to New York was NOT PLEASANT. It was both tiring and LOOONG like you couldn't imagine. No doubt that I miss Rose, real badly. While I was asleep whole flight Rose and I we were spending time in the dream realm thanks to our dream charms and because of that I woke up with a bad headache. I think I'm going to have a brain hemorrhage.
Finally arrived in New York City and we took a cab, still a long way to get back home. I looked at the faces of my family and friends, yep, they were definitely tired and seemingly cranky as I am. After about 2 and a half hours later we reached our house.
"We're HOME!!!" Haley exclaimed as she got out of the cab and grabbed her bejeweled/bedazzled suitcase from the trunk. The rest of us followed as we got out, grabbed our stuff and went inside our house.
"I can't BELIEVE how long that flight was!!" Trixie said as she jumped and laid on the couch.
"You said it!!" Spud said as he stretched his arms.
I sat next to Trixie, grabbed the remote and turned on the TV.
Crap, I kept changing the channels because it kept showing movies and shows about love. SiGH it just makes me miss and think more and more about Rose
I grabbed my Blackberry from my pocket. I decided to text her, seeing if she was awake.
"Hey, what's up?" –Jake
a few moment later
"Hey! I miss U!! I'm going 2 Massachusetts!" she texted back
"Really?? At least UR in the U.S. now"
"Haha, yeah"
"How long are U going to stay there?"
"Dunno, actually"
"I miss U"
"Yeah, I miss U 2, sorry Jake I'll txt you later I'm tired & I need 2 sleep"
"I'm guessing UR already on UR plane"
"Yes, U guessed ryt. I'm already headed there. So Good Morning to you & Goodnight to me :D IMY"
"I LOVE YOU. Text u later" I texted back before shoved my cell back into my jacket pocket
I sighed thinking of Jake next thing I knew, I drifted off into a silent slumber.
Weird, the dream I was hoping to see turned out to be an unexpecting outcome. Instead of dreaming about my boyfriend, I dreamt about some guy. He looked like any other, but to my surprise he had powers that only existed in my wildest dreams. I immediately woke up realizing me and my family already arrived at our destination.
"THAT WAS A LONG TRIP!!!" Elizabeth yawned
We walked down from our private plane and headed for the cherry red Mercedes car. Mom brought her car from New York then to Hong Kong and then here. Dad turned the key and the car roared to life, we boarded inside the vehicle.
The car stopped in front of a beautifully structured house.
"What are we doing here" I said not taking my eyes off the house
"Actually, Rose, Elizabeth, Your father and I agreed to move here. My mom said my mouth dropping in shock
"WHAT??!" My sister and I exclaimed
"You heard me, we're not going to live in Hong Kong anymore"
"And for how long are we palnning to stay here?" I said crossing my arms
"We" she said "Are going to be here for a while not sure how long but please, try to comply with us"
"We could've been ok with it if you just told us sooner" Elizabeth frowned half angry with the sudden change of plans.
"We're sorry but please try to understand. We're not sure for how long but--" My dad said
"But nothing! because of both of your jobs, we've had a never ending flight from here to there! When are we actually going to live somewhere we can actually stay there permanently??" I said proving my point
"We're sorry if the both of you feel that way and sorry we've been dragging you all over the world. Please give it a chance, for now can we please live in Massachusetts? in peace?
"Fine" Eliz and I finally said breaking the silence
"Alright then, let's go inside our new house, shall we?" my mom said and we all got out of the car and headed inside
"You guys bought a house?" Elizabeth and I eyed the enormous house when we walked inside. The ceiling had a gorgeous cream color with walls glittered in gold and intricate designs everywhere. I recognized some of our belongings, already moved here and arranged before we got here.
"Well, It's a friend's house and she said I could borrow it as long as I needed, because she never really uses it anyways" Mom replied "Let's get settled then, grab your own stuff and you could pick any room you like now go!"
This was going to be one interesting summer :D