Purple Roses

GROWTH SPURT

My eyes snap open when I hear a really high pitched voice scream coming from downstairs.

"What!" I get up and race out my room to the sound of danger. I see when I run downstairs I'm not the only one, Syris and the gang are right behind me. We all reach where we heard the scream and it leads us to the kitchen. "What happened?" Syris calls out but we all freeze when we see a girl who looks about 9 years old standing by the microwave and looking at herself using its reflective surface. She is taller than Rosie though.

"Who is she?" Eden asks behind me. I sniff the air and it's sweet. She turns around to look at us and my eyes widen in shock. "Parker!" she yells and comes racing to me at a ridiculous speed. I expected Syris to stand before me but he opened the way for her to jump on me. "Oof!" I say as we both collide to the floor.

"Parker!" she starts crying, her tears making my t-shirt, where she buries her face, damp. "Rosie?" Malcolm gasps from above us. She doesn't respond and continues crying. I'm just lying there in great shock. Rosie grew? I blink my eyes and tilt my face so that I can have a closer look at her. Her hair is still the same but fuller and longer. She's even heavier than yesterday. "Rosie." I tap her shoulder so that she looks up at me.

My mind couldn't prepare me more enough for what I'm seeing right now. The girls' big round orbs, pupils brown with a red layer around it, looks up at me with tears in her eyes. "Parker." She sniffles and blinks her eyes. "Fuck." I hear Syris say, well more like yell. I glare at him. Who's teaching her how to swear now.

"Rosie dear, come here." Syris claps his hands and Rosie gets up from me and runs to Syris's arms. I sit up still in shock. "Come on man." Henry holds out a hand for me to grasp so that I can get back up. I take it and get back on my feet and look at a panicking Syris and Rosie. Syris seems to be panicking more than Rosie. "What happened?" he keeps asking her and Rosie keeps crying.

"Could it be the venom?" Cameron asks me, eyes glued on Rosie. "It must be the venom but how?" Frank asks, eyes also glued to Rosie. "I've watched enough Twilight to know that when injected with venom you become a vampire instantaneously but Rosie is still werewolf, well almost. So... nope I lied. I have no idea what's going on." Cameron shakes his head, eyes also glued to Rosie.

Everyone is in shock and staring at Rosie. "Rosie." I call her and she turns to look at me. I open my mouth to say something but I couldn't think of anything. This is really shitty. "I don't know what happened. I woke up when my body felt all tingly and restless. So I got up to go make myself something to eat but since I couldn't find myself anything decent to eat I decided to make myself cereal. And when I pass by the microwave I saw myself and I panicked." She says wiping her tears.

I look at her. Her clothes seem a bit too tight and small on her. She needs to get new clothes. "Syris, Rosie needs new clothes. Jordan, Malcolm and Eden accompany them to the shops. I have someone I need to meet." I say and start making my way back to my room. "Who are you going to meet?" Syris yells up to me. I don't respond and lock the door behind me so that no one bothers me.