Blue Rose

Chapter 8

Stella

I wake up as the sunlight hit my face. Its 9.00 already. I get off the bed with a dizzy head. Oh God!! It's hurting. I walked into washroom splash lots of cold water on my face. It feels good. Putting on a t-shirt and shorts I head for the kitchen. As I enter I found Sam, Jake and Alex talking in a low voice with serious face.

"Morning guys!" Opening the fridge I take the orange juice, grab a glass and join them in the counter. As I pour the juice I found three pair of eyes staring at me. That's weird. I took a sip. Still they are staring... I checked my clothes; rub my face... what's wrong? I asked myself and start drinking and suddenly it hits me, last night's conversation with Samantha is the reason of these stares. I am doomed. I jumped off my tool and sprint for my room but I was taken down by Alex mid-way.

"Let me go" I screamed.

"No Alex. Hold her there." Sam said running toward us. They pulled me to the living room and Settle me down in a couch, guarding so that I can't run again.

"Stella! You want to leave us?" Jake asked.

"No... I don't."

"Then why you said that to Sam last night?" Alex charged.

"I have no other way!"

"Really???" They said in unison

"Do I have?" I challenged

"Yes. Of course you have. You are working there for a long time and he hasn't found it out yet."

"But I think, he has a doubt now. And he said that he is searching."

"Why he is still looking for Rose by the way?" Alex asked

"I don't know."

"Okay, then let's first find out why he is searching, What's his motive?" Samantha suggests.

"What will I do learning that? And it's impossible to find out. He won't tell me and if I asked too much about it he will doubt more."

"Listen El. I don't know why, but I got a feeling that there is more of the story we don't know."

"What? What story?"

"About what happened eight years ago...."

"I told you everything." I exclaimed

"Honey... we are not saying that you have hid from us. We are saying that we which includes you too, don't know the whole thing. Few pieces are missing. We need the story of his side." Jake explains to me which kind of make some sense.

"But how will we find out? And what if he still wants to harm?"

"I don't think so El, but we will find it later. For the time being, we already have thought about how to hide you without letting you go." Sam winked at me.

"What are you gonna do?"

"Nothing much just changes your look."

"What? How?"

"It's easy. You have already changed a lot from your eight years ago self, so just a few changes."

"Like?"

"Like if you cut you hair short...." Sam couldn't finish.

"No way." I and Jake screamed together. I have long hair which almost touches my knee and I don't want to cut them short.

"Please, look at her, she has some beautiful hair. Why are you trying to ruined them you jealous bitch!" Jake snapped at Samy.

Sam narrowed her eyes, "Oh really? As a good hairstylist you know very well how a haircut can change once look and above all Ed is well known with Rose's hair which will take a few seconds for him to recognize her." Sam literally screamed at Jake.

"Well, as a great hair stylist I also know few other ways to change the look beside simply chopping them off." Jake growled.

"Okay, okay. Let Ella decide what she wants." Alex finally suggests.

"Yeah that's fair. What's say El? You need to cut them off to change the look don't you?" Sam glared at me.

I gulped and looked at her then Jake. "Jay, can you really change my look without cutting them short?"

"Yeah of course." Jake smiled at me

"Then I don't want them short." I looked at Sam who is giving me a look of murder at the moment.

Jake clapped happily and said, "Let's start."