This place

9.

I was sound asleep on Raphael's back.The journey took longer than I thought so I just passed out.

"Opal,Opal!"
Then suddenly I smelled cheese and old socks.
"Argggh!" I screamed
"I just had to use it."
"Do you wanna kill me?"
"No I just wanted to say that we're here.We've reached our destination"
"Finally ." I said while getting off Ferrari,still fresh from sleep.

Raphael patted Ferrari's head.
"Good boy.You've done an excellent job." he said while giving Ferrari a blood red,juicy apple.

We were in some garden.It was the very definition of beautiful.I moved slowly and I looked around.

I saw fruit trees in their different varieties.From apple trees,peach trees,apricot trees and even raspberry bushes.You name it.
I grabbed a peach from a peach tree.It looked juicy and fresh.It looked like my breakfast...

I took one bite.Slowly savouring the moment.Its juice dripped down my cheeks.

"You must've been hungry."Raph said before wiping the juice off my cheeks

I slowly took his finger away.I felt so uncomfortable.

"I never knew that fruit could taste so good!" I said forgetting that I was talking with my mouth open
"Eww Opal." Raph said
"Pardon my manners." I said while tucking my hair behind my ear
"Apology accepted.You don't even have to apologize,it's pretty clear that you were crazy hungry."

I looked at Raphael closely.I looked at his beautiful hazel brown eyes. I looked at his smile.
I looked at his hair (man how I envied it!).He looked good,but there was something else behind that face.
I was gonna find out what it was...

"Earth to Opal!" Raph said while waving his hand in my face.
"Sorry I was just lost in my thoughts.Anyway can we have breakfast now?"
"Yeah let me just get Ferrari some food too."

He headed straight to Ferrari.He compiled some juicy red apples and he laid some hay in front of him.

Ferrari gobbled it up.I guess he was hungry too.

Raphael fixed his ebony black hair as he came up to me.

"So let's eat." Raph said
"Now you're talking." I said as I rubbed my hands together
*
Raph and I helped each other while compiling the food.We got everything there was to eat.I laid a green fleece blanket on the green grass.I put the fruit nicely on the blanket,as if I was decorating.

"We're gonna eat it Opal not stare at it!" Raph shouted as he came up to me with some water.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness Raphael" I said while exaggerating his name
"No it's not.Humility is."
I smiled.

*
After a long time of compiling everything up,we finally finished up.After a long time I was gonna get my grub...

We sat upright looking at Ferrari while we ate.

"Happy now Opal?"
"You don't know!" I said while putting my hands up in the air.It was childish, but you had no idea how hungry I was.

We remained silent for a while.

"I want to know more about you Miss McAthy.For some reason you amuse me." Raph said while looking at me shyly
"Yeah you told me that the day we met.Why do I amuse you Mr. Saleem?" I said while eating a banana

"This is gonna take a while,because I have alot of reasons."
"Get straight to the point then,Silly." I said in a sing-song voice

"You are unique.So different.So versatile,"
"Stop using ambiguity Raph" I said while smiling
"Smart."
I chuckled.
"A go-getter.Crazy.Active and absolutely beautiful." Raph said while looking down at the floor

Beautiful.He called me beautiful...

No man had ever said anything like that to me.They used words like:hot,gorgeous and others I hated and I knew they never meant them.
I never considered myself as beautiful though.I never gave any attention to my looks that much.
What's in the inside is better than the outside,because looks fade,but character is evergreen.

"Thanks Raph."
"Anyway let's read that book."
"Yeah,we gotta work.No more chit-chat."

He got up with power.Man that guy looked,acted and seemed like royalty,yet he was so,so humble.

He arrived with the book.
"Let's get going." Raph said
"Of course."

I opened the first page.

"This book belongs to:
James Gilden"

Then I turned to the next page.Then I started reading it out loud.

"Day 1

I just arrived here.In this peculiar place.I have absolutely no idea where I am.I just woke up and suddenly,I found myself in this strange isolated place.Nobody was here.Nobody;but me.Despite my fears.I noticed its beauty and splendour,but actually something was odd.I had no idea what I'm doing here.No idea..."

This James Gilden and I had the same story,but he had nobody.I had someone beside me.
My back started to ache then I gave the book to Raph so he could continue reading it to me.

"May you please carry it on,my back really aches."I said while lying on my back.I felt relieved.

Raphael didn't answer me.

"Raph?"
He remained silent.
"Please Raph."
He looked anxious and scared.

"Are you okay?"
All he did was drink some water.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead.Something was up.

He looked at me.His face was tense.He looked stressed.

"Opal."
"Yes Raph."
"I need to tell you something."

I nodded my head.

"I can't read that book,because I'm..."

Sorry guys...
Anyway depend on God and not on your own strength or might,because your strength is LIMITED,but His will never cease to remain...