Chapter 14.
It was easier for Chrono to wake Rosette up the next morning. She hurrily took a shower and then ate breakfast.
"Chrono?" the blonde called before she left.
"Mmm?" he replied lazily and looked over at her.
"I'm going now"
He smiled and walked over to her "Have a nice day sweetest" he smiled and gave her a chaste kiss on her lips "Want me to come pick you up? We could go out later" he asked.
She smiled up at him and hugged him "Sounds good" she replied and felt him kiss her forehead lovingly "I'll see you then" he said and released her.
"Bye Chrono" she called and exited through the door. Outside her door though she came face to face with Satella. The red head glared, but turned her head away, only saying "Good morning Miss Hothead"
"Grrrr... good morning Miss Snob" Rosette replied scowling "It would have been better if you hadn't been here though" Satella huffed.
Oh Yeah? Well-" the little conversation turned into a quarrel, it ended after about fifteen minutes. Rosette didn't want to get late, so she told her she would love to continue the fight, but had better things to do. Then they parted.
It was a nice weather that day and it was a nice trip to the Orphanage. She knew that she would get a helper today and was wondering if he would be greeted in the same way as she was.
The children were outside playing when she arrived. When they saw her they greeted her with loud hellos' and so on. She met Miss Jean and a young man with thick brown hair. Miss Jean smiled "Good day Rosette" she greeted "May I introduce you to our new helper, this is Leon le'one"
Leon smiled at the young blonde and took her hand "Very nice to meet you" he whispered and kissed her hand. Rosette's eyes widened "Oh uh, yes, nice to meet you too" she stammered and retreated her hand.
Miss Jean smiled "I hope you'll do well with the children, I'll begin making lunch" she told them and headed for the kitchen.
Rosette turned and walked outside to the children that were playing there "Hello kids" she called and her smile widened when she got a glimpse of Joshua lying in a hammock reading a book. She hurried over to him "Hello Joshua" she greeted, making the boy look up with a big grin "Hello sis" he said and reached out his arms for a hug. Rosette smiled and hugged him tightly.
"How are you today Joshua?" she asked "I see you've come outside?"
"Yes, Miss Jean said it would be good for me to get out into the fresh air" he replied "And reading out here is very relaxing... the others even talk to me without being told to first"
"Is there room for one more?" she asked, making Joshua grin "Sure" he answered and scooted over a bit so she could lay down beside him "Hey, it really is relaxing" she commented. Joshua laughed "Told you so"
After about fifteen minutes Miss Jean called them because it was lunch time. All the children hurried inside on their regular seats.
Rosette and Joshua walked there together.
Rosette was met by a smiling Leon "I haven't seen you for a while, where were you?" he asked
"I was just hanging around" she replied "With my little brother"
"You have a bro? What is he doing here? Can't your olds take care of him?"
"He isn't my real brother" Rosette sighed "He's my little friend and at the same time my brother" she explained and then sat down next to Joshua.
Leon looked confused for a little while "Aha"
After lunch something strange happened. A little girl around three-years-old popped up in front of Rosette with a grinning face "I can mimic a chicken" she told her.
"Oh, that's nice sweets... can you say like one?" Rosette asked smiling.
"No" the girl replied sweetly.
"Well... can you walk like one?" Rosette asked again.
"No" the girl repeated.
"Then what can you do?" Rosette asked at last.
"I ate a worm" the girl grinned proudly.
"YOU DID WHAT? OH MY GAWD, HURRY INTO THE BATHROOM WITH ME" Rosette burst panicked and dragged the little girl off into the house to Miss Jean. The older woman reacted just the same way and dragged the little confused thing into the bathroom.
Rosette sighed when she came back out "Damn children and their curiosity..." she grumbled.
Leon came walking towards her with long steps "Hello there" he said and placed himself next to her "So, I wanted to ask if you were-"
"WAAAAAHHHH, BILLY THREW SAND AT ME" a little boy wailed, making Rosette and Leon look up immediately.
"NO I DIDN'T, IT'S A DELICIOUS CAKE, I WANTED YOU TO EAT IT" Billy defended himself with a pout.
Leon hurried over and pulled the sanded boy out of the sandbox "Now now, it will be all okay" he comforted.
"Rosette, look at me, I'm a pirate" a boy about the six years called proudly "Look at me" he had a red scarf wrapped around his head and had painted on his face with- "I used the black marker pen on Miss Jeans desk" he grinned.
"YOU DID WHAT? OFF WITH YOU INTO THE BATHROOM" Rosette yelled and made the little boy hurry off into the house.
So it went on all day long. One time Rosette had to save a little boy from crawling into the lake near the Orphanage, then there was a little girl that had dropped a whole bottle of milk on the kitchen floor because she had been thirsty and a whole lot of other things.
Rosette was totally exhausted when the time came for her to go home.
Leon was just as exhausted as she was. He had his hands on his knees and was breathing heavily "No more... please..." he panted.
Suddenly Rosette heard a familiar voice in the distance "Hello love" Chrono smiled and walked up to her "So? How was your day?" he asked and pulled her into a hug.
"I am beaten" she replied and leaned on him heavily "I just wanna go somewhere far away from those kids"
Chrono chuckled and lift her chin to kiss her "I know the best place for that" he whispered.
"Really? That sounds good" she smiled "But I want you to meet my little brother first" she added and pulled him towards Joshua's room. Joshua had gone inside and was looking out his window.
"Hello little fellow" Chrono greeted as he entered
"Hello Sir" Joshua grinned
Chrono and Joshua chatted for a long while, at sometime they were whispering about something Rosette couldn't hear as well until it was time to leave.
On their way Chrono smiled "What are you so happy about?" Rosette asked after a while.
"Oh nothing love" he said "But I do say that the guy behind us doesn't like me much" he added "He is glaring at me" he meant Leon that was trudging off about five metres behind them.
Rosette leaned up and kissed his cheek "I think he is only jealous at your looks" she joked.
Chrono smirked "Who isn't?"
He led her through town and pulled her into all the romantic places "We missed out on our dancing evening didn't we?" he grinned.
"Oh, I remember that" she chuckled.
The evening was simply relaxing and funny. It was the best evening she had had in a long time.
AN: I just had to get this chapter over with -.- I know it isn't very good.
Anyway, I'll update next chapter as soon as I can.
