Lilac

Chapter Six

It takes around forty minutes for the chatting to diminish and everyone to finish eating. 

Parker yawns, covering his mouth with his arm. 

"Lilac, show Mr Jordan to the guest room and his bathroom suite. Make sure he's comfortable and clean before retiring to your own chambers." My mother orders calmly, watching my brothers drift away to their bedrooms. 

I stand up, grabbing the fabric of Parker's shirt at the shoulders. I put in all the force I had to drag him out of his seat. I say nothing, so does he. When I release him, Parker fetches his backpack and rejoins me. He follows me all the way up the stairs and down the hall. 

As we pass by the many doors, I tell him who sleeps in which. It goes Mother and Father, Alexander, my oldest brother Jae, my other older brother Simon, Ellie, me and lastly the guest room. 

"So, this is where you'll be sleeping while you're here" I mumble, pushing open the door. 

"Nice house, nice rooms. Guess you have it all. Other than freedom of course." Parker comments, glancing back to me as he takes a step inside. 

"Yeah, we're opposites with that. You don't have a permanent home unless you go back to Almia, but you have all the freedom in the world. While I have a perfect house, but no freedom at all." I give Parker a small smile, faking the happiness. 

Parker just frowns, "Well, I'm heading off in a few days. But I do intend to keep my promise to you, Lilac. And that should be all the more easier since your mother has given me temporary custody of you, I'm your escort now.". 

"My mother has said for me to tell you to properly bathe." I say instead of a simple goodnight. 

I close the door on his and go off to my own bedroom. 

For a few hours, I lie awake in my bed. The blankets all piled up on the ground, it's too hot to have any on now. I draw delicate swirls and lines on my ceiling with my mind, along with a portrait of Parker's cheeky grin. In the end, his face is on my mind as my upper body turns to the side to sleep.