Delicate Rose

Care

Rose 
clutched her favourite blanket closed to her chest, scared expression on her face, looking around shivering, as she walked up the dark stairs.

She knocked on the large mahogany door
"Mama"
"Dada"

The door to the room opened revealing her mama, looking at her with a knowing smile on her face.

"Did you brothers made you watch scary movie again",asked her mother with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes mama"Rose whined and pouted.

"Come on pumpkin, jump on",called her father.

Rose entered the room and saw her father working on his laptop.
She went near and jumped in the middle of the bed giggling, turned bright red when her parents laughed at her.

"Dada blanket"She murmured with eyes close.

She felt blanket on her skin and two kisses placed on her forehead by her mom and dad.
She mumbled a 'good night' falling asleep in her parents embrace.

***

She woke up next day to birds chirping and sliver of sunrays falling on her face.
She rubbed her eyes with her fist, stretching her body. Gathering her blanket she slugishly walked towards her bedroom.

She reached kitchen, after a shower smelling like chocolate and grapes.

She saw her dad making breakfast and her mother making orange juice. She kissed them both.

"Where are Drew and Rian?",she asked.

"Still sleeping"

She jumped with excitement, running towards her brothers rooms.
"Don't run pumpkin you will hurt yourself"But those words fell on deaf ears.

She went into Andrian's room and saw him sleeping on the stomach snoaring loudly. Giggling she tiptoed towards him and stood besides his bed near his head. She dunked her finger in the glass of water kept on his side table and the placed her finger in his ears. Andrew jumped up startled, rubbing his ears violently. He snapped his head towards a giggling Rose.

"You little devil",Rose yelped and ran from his room with him running behind her.

She stopped before Adrian's door,
She looked behind and saw a smirking Andrew. She shushed him and lightly pushed the door ajar, looking at him with one eye. There he was standing before the mirror holding his hairbrush in his hand singing loudly swinging his butt.

She moved back and let Andrew see him. He fished out his mobile from his pants and recorded him.
They both barged in his room making Adrian squeal like a girl and dropping his brush.

They both laughed loudly at him smacking their palms on their knees. Andrian stood their with red face looking at them with fake anger.

"Wow! I could blackmail you for lifetime with this video",Andrew waved his mobile in air laughing loudly.

"You better delete the video Andrew", He threatened.

"No",yelled both the siblings and bolted out of his room. They reached their kitchen laughing and joking. The both boys gagged when they saw their parents kissing with her mom sitting on his dad's lap. Rose looked and her parents and gushed internally about how cute they both look together.

"Oh please"groaned the both boys.

Jane stood up straight blushing bright straightening her dress, putting her hairs in its place and Richard sat on the chair smirking towards his two boys.

"Come on kids, your dad made your favourite breakfast"announced their Jane.

"Grilled cheese"yelled the three sibblings, rushing towards their designated chairs and digged into their breakfast.

"Kid, your grandfather is going to visit us today"Informed her mother looking at her with worried expression.

Rose looked at his family alarmed.
She always loved her grandparents, her grandmother was a sweat lady, but her grandfather for some reasons never liked her. He would always shower his love to Andrew and Adrian. Gifts only for them both when they were kids. It ofcourse hurt Rose. But she made sure to never show it before her father. Because it would cause her father to always argue or make him go away and her grandfather to hate her more. She knows it from experience.

"Pumpkin",Richard snapped her out her thoughts.

"Yes dada",She asked with a small smile.

"Do you want me to tell him not to come?"he asked.

"No dada, Its okay I want to meet grandmother. I missed her",She said with a bright smile that her family very well know was fake.

***

Maximillion
kept looking at the celling deep in thoughts, the house was eerie silent. Like death. He hated staying at home. His home always made him feel lonely. He feels like his demons chasing him. It sometimes feels a little better when his two dorky friends visit him and messes his place.

Sleep was not for him. His nightmares drowns him. His nightmares makes his skin still stings eventhough the scars are years old.

Though now whenever he thinks about his little lady. His hearts warms up. He know he belongs to her. He knows she is going to make this place a home. A place where he feels safe and happy. A place where he would come to a happy face waiting for him and not to a place full of darkness.

Just two more days and he could meet his babygirl.

With her in his mind he slept a nightmareless night.

His security guard at his gates woke him up next day saying he has visitors. He know who was here to visit him.
Because his friends never need permission to neet him. He took his sweat time to shower and eat his breakfast.

"Sir, your Mr. And Mrs. Gutiérrez are here to visit you",informed his butler.

He went in his living room to meet his so-called visitors. And he was right, there sat his parents on his sofa talking to each other in hushed voice.

"What do you both need?"his voice boomed throughout the living area.

They snapped their attention to him.
"Max"
Exclaimed his mom happily and walked towards him to hug him.

He abruptly took a step back and growled at his mother.
"Do not touch me"he snapped and looked at his watch.

"What do you both need?, I don't have time for your bullshit?",he sneered at his father.

"You are getting married in six months",his father informed.
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