Jessica had started a really bad habit that she couldn't seem to break. It is an affliction that seems to strike the minds of every one who has siblings. The need was to tease and it was strong inside of her.
Now Jessica was just beginning to scratch the surface when it came to finding out about the depth of love and how far it could go, but she couldn't help giggling at Gabriela's trance like state when she walked nowadays. Gabriela had explained it to her the whole story in small doses so that the poor girl wouldn't get too overwhelmed when it got more graphic in detail. However, it wasn't just the story that made Jessica want to tease her but it was her new affection for chocolate and more specially, Hershey chocolate.
"I can't believe you would eat someone else's chocolate when you are in Will's factory!" Jessica said one day when she had found her in her bedroom eating Hershey Kisses.
"The very idea of eating the chocolate from the factory you're in sounds so cliché Jess. It's like sitting down to the dinner table with a plate of chicken. I mean, it seems obvious to eat the chicken because it's there but it's so deliciously unexpected when a person will get up from the table and go to the kitchen to select…oh I don't know…a bunch of grapes for example. I'm doing the unexpected." Gabriela explained.
"What you're doing is eating fifty kisses per minute. Do you realize the calories in this stuff will make you blow up like a balloon? The factory is quite large but do you really think they could accommodate a whale?"
"Are you trying to say I'm fat? I thought you were family!" Gabriela answered, though she put the rest of kisses under her bed.
"Well I guess you have to ask yourself if your boyfriend would like spending time with a jelly filled doughnut." Jessica said with a smirk beginning to play on her face.
Gabriela opened her mouth to speak but was too outraged to argue. It took a long dragged out second but finally she managed to squeak out,
"He's not my boyfriend."
"Really?" Jessica began, sitting down on Gabriela's dressing table and crossing her arms.
"You see I was under the impression that you on occasion sleep in the same room in the same bed together. However, you have opened my eyes and I see now that the act is just being friendly. Very friendly by your graphic detail."
"It's none of your business!" Gabriela said but before Jessica even started to argue it was too late. Gabriela was looking behind Jessica and smirking.
"What are…?" Jessica began and turned around to see with a start, the very person the conversation was revolved around.
"Well howdy there Will. You know if weren't a candy maker I would suggest that you become a magician. That move is completely Houdini." Jessica said.
There was a pause.
"Would you look at the time? I have to go and do…stuff. Bye!" Jessica said in a rush and darted past Will, slamming the door shut.
"We were just talking. We…"
Will did not speak. He merely produced a purple velvet box from his coat pocket and put it on the dresser before leaving, closing the door more gently than Jessica did.
Gabriela stared at the object for quite some time. It was as small as a ring box which immediately made her hold her breath. She slowly crossed the room, every footstep on the plush carpeting echoing in her ears. Then with what felt like years, she picked up the box and opened it.
The first thing to catch her eye was a slip of folded paper that was perched onto of something. The paper was thin and it looked like there was writing inside. Just when she went to unfold it however, her eyes caught sight of a beautiful object.
A beautiful diamond ring with a rather large violet diamond set in the centre.
In case you were wondering, violet diamonds do exist. I actually looked it up and found out that there are even orange diamonds. Tomorrow I'm going to the Hershey Chocolate Factory so I'm hoping to get some new story ideas there.