Afterlife Of Ember And Rhea

Chapter 69: Just Trust The Process

"There he is!" Jessica said and called Rhea at the entrance of the house. She hurried downstairs with her suitcase as Noor ran after her.

"Why are you so early?" Rhea asked, catching her breath.

"Why are you so late?" Said Loraine, standing behind Ember.

"We're going to miss the flight. Come on."

Rhea put on her shoes, kept an extra pair and set out, waving at her cousin and brother.

"Take care of my sister!" Noor said.

"As if you care about her while she's around you," Jessica joked as they watched the car they were in drive away.

Ember sat close to her on the private jet when she slept and put on a blanket on her.

"Oh Rhea, why did you agree to come with me? Was it only because of yourself?" He whispered to her. "Or was it for me? Be honest." He smiled as her sleepy fingers made their way to find his hand and intertwined with each other.

Maple passed by smirking at them and a pair of hands pulled him away.

"What?"

"Why do you disturb people?"

"Well, Mr. Green-Eyes, you're disturbing ME! I was having a nice little walk around in the airplane." Maple complained.

"And you Hazel eyes kiddo, you're disturbing their privacy," Loraine laughed.

"There are so many seats in here yet they're sharing one. What does it mean?" Maple scaned the two of them sitting close.

"They...are best friends," he coughed.

"Two best friends in a room, they might kiss," He grinned.

"No, they won't?"

"Well, they might."

Rhea's eyes opened and the first thing she witnessed was a locket hanging out of the shirt as Ember tried to close the window beside her. Their eyes met as he settled down in his seat. He acted nervous when she kept staring at him.

"Are you...still sleepy?"

As she nodded her head to say yes, she lost the balance of her head and was about to collide with Ember's.

"THEY MIGHT KISS!" Maple shouted and threw an empty plastic bottle at Loraine.

"NO THEY WON'T!" Loraine aggressively grabbed the bottle and tore it apart with bare hands.

Both Rhea and Ember got startled watching them throwing stuff at each other and uttering weird words. Like, what? Kiss? What's that?

Rhea called Ember near, looked up to his eyes and said, "are your brothers...?" And pointed at the side of her head with her index finger and rolled it in the air(sign language for saying 'mentally disabled')

He chuckled. "No, but they're actually crazy." They laughed.

"THEY MIGHT KISS!!!" Maple said while Loraine had taped his mouth with his hand.

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It was a long flight of 16 hours, or even more. Arorhea was ready for the challenges along the way. Or at least Ember tried to make her believe about that. No one had any clue about their next step.

"Let's go, Rhea." Ember smiled as they alighted from the jet.

Loraine & Maple got down first to make way for the two of them. And as they walked out of the airport, they received the news that Charles had already called a ride from Nason. The driver left the car to Charles. Ember, Rhea & Maple sat in the back, passengers' seat while Loraine sat beside Charles in the front.