How I Met An Angel

Ombré Rose

Resto...

The night is going well so far. For the past hour we kept on laughing on the corny jokes he's telling me and some hilarious puns that are really entertaining. We shared information about each other. Even though I frequently see him in the hospital, we don't get to talk like this. Nathalie kept on teasing us that's why.

"So Nathaniel, why's the resto called Picturesque?" I was intrigue by the name right after I saw the sign outside.
"Please call me Nathan or Nathe. That's what my friends call me" he said giggling a bit. "Ok Mr.Nathe, why is it called Picturesque?" I asked again while shoving strawberry shortcake for dessert.

"I like to travel and collect photos from different places. Photography is my hobby. I do this to kill some time especially on vacation months. As a chef, you need some rest too that's why I'm in to artistic stuff. From the word it self, it is really relaxing. It simply means very pretty or charming like a painted picture telling about something in a way that makes it very easy to imagine causing someone to have a very clear mental picture of things." Nathe smiled a genuine smile. You can see he really likes his simple, yet adventurous life. Well, the pictures on the wall and the color of the place is a perfect example of "Picturesque".

We continue chatting while drinking our smoothies and eating our preferred desserts. Nathe got a slice of red velvet with strawberries on top. He mentioned that he likes strawberries that's why most of the desserts available are strawberry flavored. If not, it's topped with fresh, red strawberries just like the red velvet he's eating.

"Excuse me for a moment. I'll just go to the wash room" He then immediately stood up and walked inside the building. I was left alone wondering my eyes at the fantastic view of the city. My attention was driven by the sweet scent of roses at the resto's garden. I settled my eyes at it to see the well arranged rose bushes. It was surrounded with blood colored flowers, but in the middle there rest a single bush filled with glittering white roses.

I was mesmerized by the beauty and the uniqueness of the plant. I'm not sure if my eyes are fooling me, but the roses are really glittering as if it was sprinkled with diamonds. I was about to set my eyes off it until I noticed someone standing at the back. I looked at it closely to see who is it. I don't know, but something's pushing me to look at it carefully and watch it until that person will come out.

Not too long the person revealed himself. He looked directly into to my eyes as if he's trying to tell me something. He's wearing plane white v-neck shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans. From a distance, you can already say he's a good looking man, but something in him that sets a little spark in me.

He's holding a rose, but it's different from the others in the garden. The flower has an ombre effect, from blood red to lighter red then into a pinkish color and lastly pure white at the very edge of its petals.

Wow.. I don't even know such kind of rose exists.

"Lee. I said are you ready to go?" I was hypnotized by the flower's beauty that I didn't notice Nathe was already standing beside me, waiting for me to stand. "Sorry. I'm caught on the garden's amazing flowers especially on the only white rose bush on the middle" I apologetically said as I stood up and fixed my dress after.

"What only white rose bush are you talking about? All the bushes have red roses" Nathe said while looking in the gardens' direction, a little bit confused. When I looked back, I confirmed that he's right. I don't see some white roses even the guy, a while ago, was gone.

"You know, the one with glittering roses on it" I said explaining to him with matching hand "sparkling" movements. "You must be sleepy. Your already seeing things. Better bring you back to your place so you can have a good night sleep" Chuckling Nathe guided me to his car.
"I swear I saw it. It's even shinning." I raised my right hand than put a cross sign on my heart, to tell him I'm certain on what I saw. "It rained before we got here. Maybe the dew left on the flowers and the bright light of the place made the white and glittering effect." He said wittily while opening the door of his car for me.

"Yeh.. Maybe I'm still high from the delicious meal we had. Thanks by the way." I jokingly said. "My pleasure. Let's do it again some time" I can see him smiling on the side of his lips.

We are now hitting the road towards my condo and I'm already feeling sleepy. It's already 10:30 and it's pass my bed time, no wonder I'm ready to dose off to dream land.

Maybe what I saw back at the resto's garden was just an illusion, but that guy must be real. I felt like I know him from the past but I'm not sure when, where, why and how I knew him.

"What a wonderful night. I had fun. Thanks..." I thanked him again then let out a yawn. Before I knew it, I was already fast asleep.

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For some information people.

Meaning of the word "Picturesque" written in the chapter is actually its real meaning (except for the last word Nathe said. I changed it similar to the meaning of the original word to match the dialog. From "something" to "thing").
I searched it on the dictionary so I'm not just making up words and randomly put it as the resto's name. If you don't believe me, you can search it yourself.

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