The Secrets Behind the Heart

Chapter 21

Tuesday morning felt like a lazy morning. I was feeling a bit sick to go anywhere, and so I did. For some apparent reason, I woke up with Simon by my side. He looked wide awake but a little day dreaming. I didn't make such a big deal out of it

"Good morning!", he kissed my forehead. I grabbed his nose softly and got up. I brushed my teeth and splashed some water on my face. I wasn't feeling so well, but I managed to hide it.

I grabbed a purple cheetah print full body bathing suit and slipped it on. I grabbed some easy breakfast and ate quietly.

"What are we planning to do today?", Simon asked me. I munched on some bacon and shrugged my shoulders.

"Are you okay?", he asked, worried.

"Yea, im fine. Not feeling too well though.

Simon smiled. I had absolutely no idea what he was thinking about. "I know what will turn your frown upside down. Put on some shorts and sneakers and meet me outside." He walked out the door and left me completely curious.

I grabbed my old P.E shorts, black converse, shades, and picked my hair up. I walked outside and found Simon sitting on the staircase with something in his hand.

"Im here. Where are we going?"

Simon quickly stood up and hid something behind his back.

I chuckled. "What are you hiding?"

I stand in shock when I see Simon give out a bouquet of flowers. I placed my hands on my face and smiled widely.

"Oh my gosh, thank you!", I took the bouquet and played with a rose. The rose stands out most out of all the entire bouquet. It was a pure red rose and its leaves were thick and light green. It was my favorite.

I looked up at Simon, see him smiling with glee.

"It's beautiful! Thank you.", I hugged him tightly, still with the bouquet in my hand. I felt him run my back and I got tons of butterflies wandering around in my tummy, trying to escape.

He whispers in my ear. "You're welcome."

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When I finished placing the bouquet in a vase of lukewarm temperature water, I took Simon's hand and he led me to the tent of the bicycles we had went before. The man with the Jamaican accent was there again, writing some details into his clipboard.

"Hello, sir. We would like two layback bikes for one hour please.", Simon was such a gentleman.

He looked up from what he was doing to attend us. In no time, we payed the man and gave him Simon's, dad's ID.

It was super hard for me to get the bike moving. The pedals was too hard to move. My hands went on these handles and you needed to use your body to turn.

"Simon! Can you help me with the pedals?"

"Just keep on trying. No matter what happens, don't give up."

I got the hang of it. I rode behind Simon so I would keep in touch with him. Everyone kept staring at us. Simon and I just followed an entire group of people riding yellow layback bikes.

As everyone separated from the group, I didn't see Simon. "Simon?", no answer. I got worried.

I went back to the tent, hoping he was waiting for me there. No Simon. I glanced at my wrist watch. We only had twenty minutes left.

When twenty minutes passed, I went back to the bicycle place, seeing if Simon would appear. I tried to remember Simon's dad's name. "Excuse me has my brother retrieved my father's ID?", I tried to make it sound true. "No, no one has retrieved it.", the jamaican man answered.

"Well, I came to claim it but I don't know where my brother is."

The man checked his clipboard. "There's supposed to be TWO bikes. There's only one."

Oh my gosh. I had lost Simon.