Remember Me, Paradise (Completed)

VI: Us

"The concept of pain is unbearable. But what one can't handle well is the idea of You and Me can never ever be..."

VI:  Us

"Where have you gone beautiful?" Rolf asked smiling wierdly.

"Stop calling me beautiful. I might believe it " I was slightly annoyed.

"So why I am needed so bad I was rushed?!" I cocked my head to his side.

"Let's go celebrate.." he smiled like a fool.

"What? why?"

"Gena's dating me again.. "

"Again? wow.. good for you ", this pinching sensation in my stomach needs to stop.

"By the way.. Where's Gena?" I looked around inside the car.

"She said she's going somewhere. I offered her a ride but she said you need a lift "

"So you will just leave me alone there with Drew? Rolf how could you?!

"You're here aren't you? stop complaining Dice."

Dead silence passed.

1..2..3..

"Whose Drew?"

"My new friend"

"Oh my little Paradise is flirting with a guy now.." he pinched my cheek teasing me while driving.

"Stop it Rolf. I will flirt whenever I want.. so stop "

"Describe this Drew for me.. I wanna inculcate his face in my mind so I can keep a picture in case he.. "

"Rolf stop it. You sound silly. And besides.. inculcate? what are you from sixties?"

"Dice.. " he leaned so close I smelled his cologne.

"What?"

"Describe him for me will you?"

He is so stubborn but protective in  a way. I like it that way.

"He is smart looking. He has misty gray eyes. he is a foot taller than  me. He wears a bonnet. He is handsome I swear he is.." I looked outside the car's window feeling dreamy and weird.

"Paradise Heathers you flirty beautiful girl.. you.."  he looked right through my eyes.

"You should guard your feelings..." I shook my head in disbelief. Rolf is weird and cheesy sometimes it makes my heart palpitate.

No one spoke for minutes. Awkwardness blazed inside the car.

"It's so funny that you don't like me dating in the public library but you met your fling there " he broke the ice between us.

"Whatever.." my face smugged.

"You little hypocrit.." he chuckles as he pulled as to an icecream parlor.

We got inside and sat on a nice sofa in  the corner. Rolf got me this chocolate dipped almond icecream while he got himself a vanilla sugar free yogurt.

"Really? the sugar free?"

"I believe I'm health conscious now woman.. and besides this hot body don't mess with sugar " gesturing his hands around his six packs. Yup. He has them unfortunately.

An hour passed with Rolf bragging how he did it with Gena and how'd he date her again over and over. My eyes rolled a few times they're already tired. He won't stop talking about how they mingle and giggle while flirting so much.

"She is so hot Dice.." he sucked his lip as he described Gena my other good friend.

I didn't bother to analyse what he just said but something caught my attention. I cupped Rolf's face looking worried at him.

"what?"

"Your face.."

"What about it?" he answered with a smirk.

"It has a rash.."

"Yeah.. the butterfly one, cool huh.. they got highlightened or something.." he looked down.

"Come on let's go home.. you need to take a rest and I need a proper shower and a massage "

And then he noticed something in my forehead.

"You have a bruise Dice " he looked worried now.

"Oh yeah thanks to you moron.. now get up and let's go "

The rest of the evening went well. Rolf drove me home and he head home as well. I wondered if he is okay since I saw the rash. The butterfly rash that constantly reminds us he's seriously ill even with all the healthy facade.

As I went upstairs I heard dad is talking to someone whose voice was familiar. I took the route to the kitchen and was surprised finding my long lost sister (who is not really lost but more of so busy at her current work in New York that she's gone for almost two years ) holding a tea cup and greeted me with amusement.

"Hey sea lion! " she hugged me tight. We're not the best of siblings but we missed each other so much.

"Erin! Oh I missed you!"

"how are you Dice? still kicking hard?" she'd ask me with the widest grin.

"I'm good.. dad doesn't coach me anymore coz he's busy too but I'm still good.. oh I missed you!" I hugged her agai. Dad is just standing there smiling.

"You two are the most beautiful girls in my life.. you have grown so much " dad hugged us caught in between sobs.

"Dad is crying like a baby " Erin chuckled.

"Okay I'm gonna cook something delicious you two catch up " dad went to the fridge digging something to cook.

"So how are you Dice? did you and Rolf finally hooked up?"

Erin, going to New York made her brain rotten.

"Erin! that's gross.." I made a disgusted face.

"What?! all I am saying is that you two should hook up.. Clearly what you have is more than being bestfriends "  she doesn't even make sense.

"Rolf and me, us, is a concept that is non romantic. And I can't even imagine me and him kiss.. eww " the point I made is merely a denial.

"Whatever.. I just feel something sparkly about you two " Erin insisted.

Erin won't stop pushing the idea about Rolf and I keep on antagonizing her. We also talked about random things such as her life in NY.

We ate dinner like a normal happy family. We haven't ate together pretty much for so long. Dad was about to comment on something when the kitchen phone rang. To my instinct I jumped on my toes and grabbed the phone.

"Heather's.. Hello?"

"Dice? is that you?"

I immediately recognized Andria's voice, Rolf's mom.

"Hey Mrs. Summers"

I greeted her smiling like she could see me.

"Dice.. I need..to.." she broke between the lines.

"What's the matter Mrs. Summers? is Rolf okay?" automatically my instinct asked.

And there's that feeling again. Anxiety, worry, worried what might happened to Rolf.