A Garden of Rose and Happiness

Chrysanthemums symbolize death

'here, there is a garden, a rose garden, full of memories of the past, a past filled with laughter, sadness, grief, joy, happiness.'

As the sun's rays meet with my window, I woke up from my slumber

I thought, 'damn i partied way too much yesterday and now I'm stuck with this hangover even though all i did was cry and drink coke.

"Nak, kakain na! May school ka pa" my mom called, I went downstairs as soon as she called and sat at the chair across from my dad who's reading the daily newspaper and I thought 'people still read newspapers?' and thought about it while eating.

As soon as I finished eating breakfast, I went upstairs and prepared for school. "Mom, ill go now, bye!" i said as i exit the house and went to the school bus waiting by the gate and got on.

I arrived at school just fine, although i did see a dog which made my day already good. I sat on my desk, beside my best friend Harold, Harold is weird and mysterious but he's fun to be with, he is a bit immature but it's alright. "Morning lad" he greeted, he's British and white makes it a bit intimidating when he greets me, I greet him back, "Say, Mrs. Pam said that a new student is joining us, she's rich too!" he said, I look at him and nodded "Would be nice if she's charming," I said.

"Alright, settle down students!" the teacher shouted as he entered our bustling classroom, the students sat properly and silently. "Great, now as you know that there will be a new student joining us, Asukka, come in darling". A lady walked confidently into the room, her hair is as white as the snow that falls on a winter night, her eyes dark as the endless void, and she's taller than any girl in our room. "Hi! my name is Asukka Adelaide Zimmerman, you can call me Asukka!" she said as she waved her hand at us, the men cheered and woo-ed very loudly as if they won the lottery "woo, finally! a cute girl!" said one "she's so cute!" said another, why are these men so easily swayed by one woman when we have like 15 in our room, Asukka just smiled at them, "Boys settle down! tsk, you men never learn proper manners-" and the teacher continued with her sermon.

After school ended the teacher asked me to tour Asukka around, I tried to refuse but the teacher said she'll add more points to my project earlier so I couldn't refuse, that witch knows how to persuade me. "Hi, I'm Asukka!" she extends her hand to me, i held it and shook it "Hi my name is Accius Clyde Allocer, call me Ace," I said "Fancy name you get there Sir Ace, hehe" she laughed awkwardly and I smiled at her "You have a beautiful name too Ms. Zimmerman," I said, "anyway shall we go on with the tour?" I showed her around the school to the pool and the library, the last place we visited in the garden, no one hangs out here and the gardener that was supposed to take care of this garden had quit, "What a sad garden" Asukka said, "Mr. Ace, can I take care of this garden?" she asked, "Uhm, yeah sure just ask the teacher and get a permit" I answered, she smiled and went to get the broom near the broken shed, "Well, let's get to work!" she said as she extends a broom to me, "Uhm, Asukka we- uhhh-" I stuttered, her expression darkened "Fine! I-ill do it, jeez" I said, she cheered and jumped a lot, "Thank you Ace!" she smiled, I smiled back at her. Huh, strange, this scene feels familiar