The door clicked as it locked and Nicholas walked over to them at the dining“Hey Nicholas,” Nathan said, extending his arm for a handshake. “What’s good?”“I’m good,” Nicholas said. He received the hand shake and took seat beside Nathan.“Cayden,” Nicholas called out.“Yeah man, what took you so long?” Cayden said.“I was with Rose ,” Nicholas said, abruptly.It had crossed Nathan’s mind that he might be with her.“With who? Doing what?” Cayden asked.“Wait.. you guys didn’t expect me to leave her in that state, after hearing all she heard, to be by herself and go home by herself?” Nicholas asked.“Well…..” Cayden said, swinging his hand in the air, agreeing that Nicholas had a point.“Exactly,” Nicholas said. “Everyone left and she was really hurt. I had to talk to her a while, help her stabilize. And then I drove her home before coming home since she didn’t come with any driver.”“That was thoughtful,” Nathan said, trying as much as possible not to create a topic of discussion conc
Nathan cracked his neck bones and went back into the office.When he entered Mr. Swack was on a call while Nicholas and Cayden roamed their eyes around the office, discussing the things that intrigues them.Taking his seat he heard them discussing the excellent paint color choice used in every area of the mansions, particularly the office in which they were seated. Well, they hadn’t been to up to ten percent of the mansion.The door behind Mr. Swack creaked, then opened, and Rose emerged.Mr. Swack turned to look at who it was. “I need to attend to something, I’ll call you back in a bit.” Mr. Swack said to the person he was on the line with.Rose was on a yellow A-lined, quite simply designed gown. She was wearing a very dark large shade that covered her eyes and she let her hair loose.She walked over to her dad and bent slightly beside him, giving him a kiss on the cheek.She whispered in his ear for a while before he pat her on the shoulder and she left.”Be safe and let Donovan g
He picked his phone, navigating to his most recent call log and dialing Kaylee’s number.It rang until it stopped and she didn’t pick up. He tried it again and she didn’t pick.He tried it again the third time and after what seemed to be forever she picked, her voice rather calm as she spoke.“Nathan,” She said.“Kaylee..” Nathan said, rather unsure of what to say. “I didn’t pick up your initial calls because I wanted to get settled. I hate picking up calls when standing, or doing something. So I went to lay on my bed.”“Alright, so you’re on on your bed as we speak. I guess you intend to talk for a long while.” Nathan said.“Yeah, are you still busy?” Kaylee asked. “I mean, you can call me whenever you’re less busy.”“No.. not like that. It’s just kind of amazing that you headed to your bed to speak to me,” Nathan said.“Don’t let it get to your head. I do it for anyone I consider important.” Kaylee said.“Exactly, that’s what I’m driving at,” Nathan said then chuckled“You’re so fu
***********It was a blissful start.Nathan woke up to a bright early morning, the sun peeking through the blinds of his bedroom window. He sat up on his bed, stretching his arms and legs before swinging them off the bed. As he stood up, he felt an unusual sense of energy coursing through him. He could feel a spark of excitement inside him, which was quite unusual for him in the morning.He went to the bathroom, showered, and then sprayed on some cologne, carefully choosing the one that would match his outfit. Nathan then got dressed in a nice black jeans and a white T-shirt, along with a black leather jacket that he had not worn before. Actually he couldn’t remember wearing it so he assumed he had not worn it yet.He put on his wristwatch, a sleek and expensive gilded one, and then ruffled his hair, admiring his reflection in the mirror.Nathan went down to the living room and found Cayden already dressed, waiting for him and also for Nicholas to arrive.“Homie,” Nathan said, getting
She turned around, and gave him two brief kisses on his lips before interlocking her tongue with his.The cafeteria turned upside down with another uproar of endless cheering, screaming.They were like movie stars surrounded by a swarm of paparazzi, lights flickering from almost phone’s cameras at almost every angle.She crossed her legs leaning inward towards Nathan, while he clutched her waist and a clap sound started from a corner of the crowd. It went on, increasing in its loudness and speeding, setting the mass of the air in the room into a vibration.Nathan and Rose slowly withdrew from each other’s arms. Rose grabbed all her flowers, holding them tightly to her bosom- proudly.Nathan held her hand and without hesitating, Rose interlocked their arms like a couple.“Let’s go,” Nathan said. As much as he loved the scene the students were making, he was getting somewhat uncomfortable with the paparazzi.The lights, plus he wasn’t really the modern generation guy who enjoyed being at
“Are you happy now?” Nathan asked jokingly.“Certainly,” Rose said, then got into the car. “See you later.”Nathan stood in ecstasy for a while watching her drive off. She honked her horn twice for a final goodbye.Nathan turned and headed back to Nicholas and Cayden.“Congrats on having your girlfriend back.” Cayden said.“It couldn’t have happened without the help of you guys,” Nathan said, gratefully.“Somehow, I wish you had more time to suffer the consequences of your actions and maybe you’d have learnt a lesson.” Nicholas said.“Look guys, if you look at what happened without sentiments you’d figure out that I didn't do anything that bad.” Nathan said. “I mean, all I did was visit Letha.”“Then lie that you were sick and you had to go home,” Nicholas interjected.“When you say it like that,” Nicholas said.“Let’s get going already,” Cayden said, falling in behind.Nathan got in front with Nicholas sitting in the passenger seat.Nathan started the engine, feeling relieved and hap
What is right?Nathan clearly didn’t know which route to take. Every possible contingency he played out in his head to keep his friendship with Letha led to him ineluctably losing Rose; that was a nightmare he didn’t want to go through.First he loved her and then he valued his relationship with her dad. He had entrusted everything about her to him. The safety of her body and also her heart. If he claimed to be her protector he had to guard her from every form of danger, external and internal.Messing with her heart will break her, making him a form of danger to her heart. And when her head is left unguarded, she’ll naturally run to someone else to protect it. And it might just be the dude’s son who Nathan had begun to spite for no concrete reason.His mind drifted to the sad possibility of him and Rose going back to the way they were when they first met. The regular bodyguard and his warden relationship. He snapped out of the thought, it was the worst that could happen, and then swa
"Arrrggggh" Nathan exclaimed with frustration because no guard was at the glass check point. "You think there's no one in?" Cayden said as they all observed the well lit mansion. "The lights are on dude, are you too daft to see that?" Nicholas said and Nathan chuckled. "Shut up. I know" Cayden said. Soon enough a steward came to the rescue and pulled the gates open, a cranking sound echoing into the night. "Pheww, finally" Nathan said as Nicholas accelerated the throttle. As they drove slowly past, Nicholas paused as Nathan instructed him to do so. Nathan slid the window down and peered at the steward in a black and white apron. "What of the guards?""They are on leave sir, for the meantime."The steward said. "And why Is that?" The man shrugged. "I have no idea Sir" "Great" Nathan sighed, relaxing back into his seat as Nicholas continued into the mansion. They parked in one of the available parking lot when they noticed a yellow Limousine drive in as well. Nathan and the