Until we meet again

Beach day

Pic of Maria and Zane😍😍

"These are beautiful Jacob!What do you call them?", Maria gushed with extreme delight and curiosity.

She smiled down at the delicate  flower that she held closely to her chest, it's vibrant colors adding a little more warmth to the cool summer afternoon. Both having nothing to do decided to clean up their back yard. It was quite small but it had sufficient space to plant a few flowers and other plants such as goat pepper and lime trees.

"Ohh that's a pink frangipani.  I planted those about two years ago," he informed her, as he continued to weed the grass.

" Where did you get them from?" She asked as she brought the flower to her nose, loving its sweet ginger fragrance.

"Uum, a friend," he answered fondly, sighing lightly he threw his head back, as if he were replaying a sweet memory in his head, a soft smile blooming to life in the process.

"Sounds like a special friend," she says as she smiled softly at him, curiosity twinkling brightly in her dark brown eyes.

"You can say that," Jacob admitted, his smile growing ever so slowly, reaching his cute dimples and revealing his pearly white teeth.

"I knew it!" She squealed as she brought her hand over her month. Jacob only chuckled at that and continued on with his work.

One of the things that Jacob rarely talked about was his love lifestyle . One would assume he didn't have one at all or he was potentially gay. But Maria knew quite well that wasn't the case, not with all the late night calls and secret sleep overs he've been having with an anonymous female lately. Their rooms were right next to each other, so it left little to imagination. His words also confirmed her inner suspicions.

"Does she like those too," she questioned him.

"They are her favorite," he replied softly, his voice dripping with love, pride filling his lungs by the mere fact that he knew such little detail about his secret lover.

" I'm not surprised. They are very pretty," she replied as she continued examining the plant. "What's that white thing? It looks like milk. Can I drink it?", she asked him as she went on to tap her index finger on the milky sap in the stem and brought it close to her mouth.

" Hey,don't do that. That milky sap is poisonous," he  cautioned her, immediately tossing the cutlass aside and walking to her. As soon as he reached her he took the flower and threw it away. "Never put it in your mouth. Never." He emphasized even more."Okay?"

" Okay okay, Mr bossy," she replied chuckling, as she wiped off her hands with her short navy blue jogging pants. He simply smiled back then ruffled her braids that was in a messy bun.

Walking back, he bent down and continued to weed. Suddenly he asked her, " So, are you excited about school?"

The smile that was on her face, slowly faded away like the sunset melting away into nightfall. Sighing heavily she asked, "Do I have to go?"

Knowing very well where their conversation was headed Jacob couldn't help but roll his eyes and sigh.

Looking back at her from his bent position he replied, "Ria honey, we talked about this."