CHAPTER 8

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CHAPTER 8

Lucy woke up to a bright and sunny morning. Stirring awake, and rubbing her eyes to see clearly, she silently yawned. Her right hand covering her mouth. She sat up on the bed and looked around lazily, for she still felt tired, but she felt like she slept for over 12 hours, and she did. She stretched both her arms up to the ceiling. After stretching she looked around the room once again. She slowly stretched her legs out to the side of the bed and made her way to the window. Opening the curtains even more, she was blinded by the morning sun that was out. Covering her eyes with her hands, she adjusted to the light. Lucy opened the window and looked at the vast field full of many different flowers.

Looking around from the window, she noticed no other houses or residents. It was as quiet as dead silent, a field of flowers could be seen with the sun rising up.

"Beautiful." Lucy said silently. 'Where am I though?' she asked herself. Lucy then heard a knock at the door, hearing the door open, she herself slowly turned around and saw Rogue in jeans and a white t-shirt. 'He looks so nice. I could see his body muscles.' She thought in her mind. She shook her head no saying bad Lucy.

"Good morning." Lucy said as she went and sat at the table where Rogue went to sit at. Rogue only nodded.

Lucy looked around once more and started recalling what happened yesterday, that last night Rogue said he was going to bring her to his villa. Lucy looked at the table and saw eggs with rice and bacon with toast and a glass of orange juice.

"Thank you." Lucy said, Rogue only watched her eat. She looked so calm and comfortable at the moment. He was savoring every movement she made but soon shook his head. He got up and opened the curtain all the way, the bright sun burning through glass window and emitting a bright and warm light. After Lucy finished eating, Rogue sat across from her and simply just looked at her. Her chocolate eyes now back to their warm color and her pale skin now showed color to it. He smiled.

"We will be staying here until you feel like going back. Don't worry about work either." Rogue simply said to Lucy. She didn't dare to look up at him, even though she had an urge to want to look up, her mind refused to though. "Whenever you feel like coming down, I will be in the living room waiting. I will show you around. First go take a shower, you must be dying for a nice bath. Here are my clothes. They might be a bit big on you, but they should work for now. I will see you later." Rogue finished talking. He sat there for another minute.

Lucy so wanted to go and hug him as he spoke. She wanted to thank him for getting her away from the city and into the country. She wanted to thank him for not making her tell him her story. For not judging her. He comforted her in a way that no one else could. He was different. Lucy wanted so bad to touch him, feel his touch against her skin.

Rogue got up and Lucy looked up immediately. Her eyes followed him til he was only a few feet away from the door. She wanted to stop him and just keep him here, with her. She wanted to be selfish for once.

Lucy bit her upper lips and clenched her teeth. Right when Rogue was about to twist the doorknob, Lucy abruptly got up from her seat and ran to Rogue. As soon as she reached him, she snaked her arms around his waist and buried her head into his back. Her arms tightened around him. Yes, she was going to selfish for once and keep what she wants with her.

Rogue felt her arms snake around him and froze right on the spot. He came back to his sense after a few seconds and released his hand from the doorknob. He sighed and put his hand on top of Lucy's hand.

"I was afraid that you weren't going to stop me." Rogue said. "Thank goodness you did." He said. He turned around and hugged her. What the hell was he doing? Even he didn't know himself.

"Go take your shower. I will be waiting here for you." Rogue pushed her to the bathroom with his clothes in her hands.

After pushing her into the bathroom, Rogue turned and went to the table and sat. After sitting down and looking at the door to the bathroom he breathed out heavily and leaned his head back, closing his eyes.

After waiting for a while, Lucy came out of the shower. Her skin so white and pale, her golden locks wet but almost dried. Rogue looked her up and down, his clothes sticking so close to her bare skin. Lucy blushed as Rogue looked her up and down, she slowly made her way to where Rogue was sitting and pulled at his shirt. Rogue snapped out of his day dreaming of Lucy in his clothes and gave her hum.

"Let's go out. Somewhere." Lucy said meekly. Rogue smiled and grab her hand, he walked passed her and she followed him with their hand still intertwined.

Rogue led her out of the room, down the stairs and through the living room, walking pass by the dining hall and through the back door. Lucy gasped as she was led through the back door, what she saw amazed her, a garden of flowers, all types of flowers. Rogue plucked a pink rose from the garden and handed the rose to Lucy. She accepted it with a smile, a real smile. He then led her through the garden. It took a while to get to the destination of where he wanted to take her. He led her to a barn, it was quiet and no one was there.

Once Rogue led her through the door of the barn, he led her to the second floor. The second floor was full of hay and you had to climb a ladder to get to the second floor. On the second floor was a small desk and a stool, on that desk was papers and books with pictures hung up on the wall. Lucy was amazed at how beautifully set the second floor was. She went to the desk and looked at the pictures. There were many pictures of a little blonde boy and a black haired boy smiling widely. Another one with the two and two other women whose hair was blonde and black.

"Those are pictures of Sting and I. The other one is one of our mothers, who were still alive." Rogue said coming up behind Lucy, she slowly nodded, feeling bad about bringing back the memories.

"Rogue…" Lucy whispered. Rogue just shook his head, she turned around and Rogue had already started walking away.

"It's okay, come one. Let's go." he said. Lucy dropped the conversation and followed Rogue down.

"This is my horse." Rogue said patting a black horse. "He likes almost anyone if he is familiar with them." Lucy nodded in fascination.

"It's not like I have never seen a horse before, but for some reason this is one magnificent horse. He is beautiful." Lucy said touching the horse.

"Want to give him a ride?" Rogue said. Lucy nodded, and thus Rogue went to get his saddle.

After returning from getting the saddle, Rogue helped Lucy mount the horse. He than got on after her, sitting behind her. He grab the reins and off the horse started to gallop.

After galloping for a while, they came to a stop near a lake filled with white clear water. As Lucy got off the saddle, she immediately headed for the lake. It was so nice and clean and bright. The sun was reflecting off the lake's surface. She slowly took off her shoes and stepped onto the green grass and into the lake. She sat down onto the green grass, her feet still in the water. Lucy closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of the outside air, the nature. She could feel the bright warm sun on her skin. She could hear the whistling and howling but soft wind blow past her. She could feel the cold and gentle water at the tip of her feet. She could hear the gentle waves of the lake hitting the sand on the other side of the lake.

She felt free, like she could do whatever she wanted. If there was anything she ever wanted, it was just to live here, near a lake, with the sun shining so bright. No one around to hear or see what she does.

While Rogue was tying the reins of the horse to a tree branch, he looked to see where Lucy was. When he spotted her, he saw an angel. An angel who lost her wings but didn't give a care about it. It looked like she was already in heaven. The scenery of an angel who descended from heaven and doesn't know a thing about this land. A scenery of an angel who looks like she is seeing heaven for the first time. Rogue smiled as he saw Lucy smile. He started walking to her.

As he got closer and closer, Lucy could hear his footsteps, soft and slow footsteps. Getting closer and closer to her. She opened her eyes and looked at him, he was smiling. The warm smile from a loved one.

Was she in love with him? Did she hold any feelings for him? When? Why? How? Something she didn't want to answer, but already knows the answer herself, she read too many romance books to know. So of course she knew her own feelings. She should right?

When Rogue sat down next to her, Lucy noticed the big gap between them. She felt a little hurt, because of the fact that they were sitting so close to each other while riding the horse. She felt the warmth he was radiating from his body. She wanted to feel it again. So she slid closer to Rogue.

"Can I use your shoulder?" She asked suddenly as she slowly scoot over to him. He turned to look at her and she wasn't smiling. She needed warmth from him, comfort from him. So instead of saying anything, he took her right hand and held onto her, making her move very close to him.

At that Lucy blushed, but complied. When she moved next to him, she felt the same radiating heat she felt from him as when she was riding the horse with him behind her. She smiled.

"Thank you." She said and laid her head onto Rogue's left shoulder. Rogue did not say a thing, only squeezing Lucy's hand.

"We should get going, it's getting late and you're probably hungry." Rogue said. They sat there for an hour and a half without moving an inch, just exchanging some talks about themselves. Lucy nodded and moved her head from Rogue's shoulder. She looked at the intertwined hand on her lap. She didn't want to let go yet, not the warmth of his hand. Rogue noticing their hand still interlocked got up first, dragging Lucy along with him to stand.

"Let's get going." He said smiling. Without waiting for her reply, Rogue led the way back to the horse. Their hands still interlocked, not wanting to let go just yet. Lucy smiled as she walked bare foot behind Rogue. On their way to the horse, Rogue bend down to gather Lucy's shoes for her.

Was this what it felt to grasp happiness? They both thought and smiled. Yes, it was happiness that they were feeling.

~TO BE CONTINUED...~

I'M SO SORRY FOR BEING GONE FOREVER! Ever since school started, I have been getting so much homework everyday and I had some family issues. Yes, yes. Excuses. I know. But this was a short chapter! I hope you at least enjoy this chapter for now and let me thank you to everyone who is still reading this!

I promise next chapter will at least be longer than this one. Hope you like the new chapter! &&&

HAPPY NEW YEAR! LET'S WELCOME 2016 WITH LARGE OPEN ARMS! :D

PEACE~

~J~