Sweet Reverie || Michael Jackson (Completed)

8 - Deal

Everything happened in a flash.

Samantha blinked her eyes multiple times, trying to adjust her sight from the morning light. She enjoyed the aroma of flowers but she remained lying on the bed. Her body is tired even though she didn't do anything for the past eight hours.

And the incident happened involving Nico? It is a blur too. It didn't happen last night. It happened two weeks ago.

That fast.

It is so fast that even Michael and Samantha are moving fast.

They are always excited to see each other. Everyday. In the forest park. Where they can talk in peace and no one can bother them. It is just the two of them. And nothing else matters. Just them.

They have a real connection that just by staring at each other's eyes, they already know what it means. The darkness in their hearts made it possible. Samantha found the escape that she is looking for. The thought of her father who is no longer with her is drowning her but Michael is there to save her.

And she is so willing to let him save her.

Samantha glanced towards the open window where the sunlight is striking from above. A sweet smile painted on her lips when she saw a bouquet of sunflowers resting on the window frame. She stood up and walked towards the window.

The sweet scent of sunflowers danced inside the room. It is bright enough to bring a smile on her lips. There is a letter too, dancing in between the flowers.

Whatever happens, stay.

When she let the bouquet hugged her arms, some petals started to scatter on the floor. The petals are like sending a message to her and there, she saw on the floor, a shoeprint.

He's been there. 

Michael visited her and left the sunflowers for her to enjoy.

A new set of sweet and genuine smile escaped from her lips as she glanced over the window. She doesn't know how but Michael managed to surprise her even though her room is on the second floor.

How he did that? She has no idea.

In her mind, it doesn't matter. She just want to cherish that her mornings are now different. Before, everytime she wakes up, everything is dark. Nothing in her life is bright. But now, it is starting to have a light but only when she is thinking about Michael.

And that's what happened in the past few days. She is just spending time with Michael and no one else.

Like today, she is looking forward for another day with Michael. As soon as she prepared herself, she went down to the kitchen where her mother is baking. It is her mother's little business. A pastry shop.

The baking kitchen is different from their original kitchen. The place is detached from the main house and it is ventilated enough to make baking fun and cool.

"Are my snacks ready?" Samantha greeted as soon as she stepped inside the open kitchen.

"Yes! Here!" Christie answered with the same energy. She grabbed the opportunity to interact with a happy and cheerful Samantha.

"Perfect." Samantha smiled and put the packed snacks inside her bag. "I'll go now. Bye!" 

Samantha wasted no time and left the place after saying goodbye to her mother and to her little sister who is playing randomly in the kitchen.

While Samantha is jumping her way out because she is excited to see Michael, Christie noticed something different about her daughter. Samantha looked cheerful in contrast to her usual self. Also, she looked pale. Christie just shrugged the thoughts away and just convinced herself that maybe, Samantha is now living her life and possibly, in love.