His Sunflower

16.Like Any Un-normal Day

" Why does Jim have to be so extravagant all the time?" Jasper whispered and asked Percy, Jim's boyfriend. 

" I seriously had no idea that he would do something like this!" He chuckled humorlessly and shook his head.

The entire patio was converted into an outdoor theatre. The wooden floor was covered with thin mattresses and blankets. Huge pillows were thrown over a corner and exactly opposite to it, was a huge white screen and a projector. Bowls of popcorn, candies, and pretzels were set onto a tray.

" Hey, guys! Hope you got your PJ's" Jim said as he dashed into Percy hugging him and planting a kiss on his lips.

" Jim, why do you have to be so, uh, extra about everything?" Jasper asked looking in the direction where his car was parked, looking for Romalda.

Romalda came running into the patio and her eyes widened and she gasped," You should be a party planner Jim. This place is so lit!"

She dropped her glittery bag and roamed around and lingered at the pool area beside the huge oak tree. Soon, they heard another car stopping in the driveway.

" Jim, this is so extra! We brought some pizza by the way!" Archer said as he came from the driveway to the patio. He carried three boxes of pizza and two bags with him. Behind him came Elara, with her usual poker face. No one could read her expressions, but it was obvious that Archer had done something stupid.

" Okay Elara, you are polluting the vibe in here, Archer what did you do?" Romalda asked, certainly pissed off.

" Wha-Why do you think I did something Rommy?" He asked accusingly and tilting his head at Romalda.

" Because you did ask me to not pick her up so that you could." Percy explained and Elara rolled her eyes and her face grew colder. Archer threw daggers at Percy for revealing the truth but just got a shrug in reply.

" We do not waste time, Jasper just start with season one already!" Romalda roared at him as he hurriedly put the disc into the DVD player.

Season one started, they all watched in silence with a couple of laughs and comments. When on episode ten, Archer felt something heavy on his chest, he looked down to see Elara snoring lightly. She looked so relaxed, her hand was snaked around his torso as she hugged him even tighter and snuggled into him. He smiled looking at her and kissed her head lightly. Today was all about her, yet she chooses to sleep. He looked at Romalda smiling looking at them, Archer gave her a small nod, and then she looked away.

" Archer?" Elara said in her small voice full of sleep. She lifted her head off his chest and looked at his icy eyes looking down at her.

" Yes, love?" He asked smiling at her combing her hair with his fingertips, she held his hand and stopped him, and sat up a bit. Archer pulled her on his lap and she held his face close to her," You know, no matter how much I try, I can't be angry at you."

" What can I say- I am so-" She cut him off by kissing his lips and his hands went around her waist. They pulled away when they heard Jasper say, "Get a room you two!"

" You should go back to sleep love." Archer said massaging her scalp and she turned to him," Love, no more sunflower?" She asked, still sleepy.

" Yes, love. You'll always be my Sunflower, now sleep, love." He kissed her head as she again leaned into him drifting off.

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" Good morning Mr. Waller, I'm Elara Curtis." She greeted Jim's father as she stepped into the living room after taking a shower and getting ready.

" Nova, right ?" He questioned unfolding the rolled newspaper.

" Oh, yes. It's my middle name. Jim called me that. You have a nice house, sir." She complimented as the others joined her and his father in the living room.

" I heard of your App launch, I have to say I'm impressed. Good to see Jim with the right company." He said and Elara nodded awkwardly.

They had breakfast as quickly as possible and escaped to school.

" I like your bag Rommy, the glitter is so blinding! I would like to flash it in Elara's eyes." A voice commented, which belonged to Mellisa and the rest two members of the bitchy gang started laughing. Everyone kept walking but Elara stopped and turned to face her," Can I interest you in a literal punch? I would love to break your face off!" Elara sassed and turned back on her heels, totally ignoring the lot of bitches.

It was the fifth period when Elara felt a tug on her arm which dragged her near the cleaning supply closet.

" Skylar-what the-"

" Shh, keep it low. I wanted to talk to you." Skylar said hesitantly fiddling with a pen in her hand.

" Oh yeah, that must take a lot more than swallowing your very real pride? Oh, and yeah, pun intended." Elara spat at her totally uninterested.

" Listen, it's obvious, we don't like each other but I want to do this for Adnes. She wanted me to ask you for dinner." She begged with her eyes and Elara gave in and said," Okay, but if you dare to hurt her, I will break your acrylic nails and skin you alive." 

Skylar's face lit up and she hugged Elara and thanked her before disappearing into thin air radiating happily.

" No, we are not there yet Skylar." She mumbled to herself as she saw Skylar fading into the crowd. She walked to her next class which was Advanced Science.

" Where were you, I-scream-machine just assigned us another homework!" Archer whispered looking at Elara who sneaked in while the teacher went outside of the class.

" Complicated. What do you mean another? " She asked him setting her bag down.

" Two assignments due in a week with a quiz test on next Friday." He said back to her as she slammed her head into the table and mumbled something.

The teacher came back in started to teach in his extremely bad handwriting. Somehow the day went by and Elara finally checked her phone. There were three text messages and two missed calls from Adnes and she deiced to call her back.

" How's my favorite bitch?" Adnes screamed into the phone and Elara scrunched her face.

" Adnes, It's not Skylar, It's me Elara." She joked into the phone.

" Ha-ha, very funny...."