❝Your heartbeat is like a lullaby❞ he mumbled
𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵
I grabbed the duvet that was tossed at the side of the bed and I put it on top of both of us
❝Is it really like a lullaby?❞
He nodded ❝A slow lullaby...
"I don't have any plans" I said casually. "She'll always be a lazy person" Cloud mocked me and I stomped on his foot under the table, he hid his pain from the stomp and shot me an angry grin
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I was waiting for the van at the entrance of the school when suddenly I felt someone tap my shoulder. "Will?" I saw his cute dimple smile, grey eyes and dark hair
He sat beside me at the entrance stairs. "So you really didn't have any plans?" He raised a brow at me
I chuckled at him and his curiousness. "To be honest.." I couldn't continue with my absurd goal since it might make him laugh
He was waiting for me to finish my sentence and I sighed and look away "My goal was to graduate with Honors this year" I was waiting for him to ask me why and how on earth am I gonna achieve that kind of goal based on my standing right now, I glanced to see what his reaction would be
His face has that smile. "Anything else?" He asked me and I was left speechless. "You're not gonna ask me why?" I questioned him and he patted my head
"I know you can reach that goal" his eyes were looking straight into mine and a smile formed on my lips. "Thanks Will" I said and he was still staring at me. I heard a honk and the van was now in front of us
I saw Natalie at the driver's seat as she open the passenger seat door. "Hey Penelope, wie läuft die Schule?" (Hey Penelope, how's school going?) She asked me. I swear when she talks German her tone is like a gangster
"Natalie, warum sprichst du gerade Deutsch?" (Natalie, why are you speaking German right now?) I replied her from her question and she rolled her eyes at me
"Aunt Laborè will be visiting us today, I got a call from dad" she threw me her phone and I read the conversation, I gave my sister an annoyed look. "ok gut, wir können ein kleines Aufwärmen für die deutsche Sprache machen" (ok, fine, we can do a little warm-up for the German language)
"That's the spirit Penelope" I forgot one thing while I was talking to Natalie, I was with Will and I don't think Will has heard me speak any language except English before
I turned to look at him and he looked at me with shock and amusement "Woah" he let out, I felt a bit awkward now so I patted him on the shoulder and waved him goodbye
"See you tomorrow Will" I said to him and closed the passenger seat door
"So tell me why the heck didn't Aunt Laborè give us a heads up about her visit?" I asked Natalie as I put my hands on my eyes and rub them, I slept so much at school that my eyes are a bit blurry from waking up right after the last period
"She just followed her boss here Penelope" she turned the van around a curb. "You mean that famous designer Sophia?" I asked. "Yup"
I didn't know that Aunt Laborè was working for a famous designer. I only heard this from Mom a few days ago that she works for a designer but I didn't know it was a famous one. I should've known she was going to visit us. As we got closer to our house I could see a Mercedes Benz in the parking. "Oh wow" I said breathlessly as I got out of the car
"Wow indeed, Aunt Laborè did get a high salary from her boss" Natalie put on her body bag as soon as she finished parking the car and went out. I jogged into the house and I saw a petite woman with Bob grey hair and icy blue eyes. "Aunt Laborè!" I greeted her with a hug
"Hello Adeline" she said. "It's Penelope Aunt Laborè" I corrected her and she gave me a hearty laugh. "ah, natürlich albern ich" (ah, of course silly me)
"Also, wie war die Reise nach New York, hast du etwas für mich besorgt?" (So how was the trip to New York, did you get something for me?) I asked her with puppy eyes
"Penelope you don't have to speak full German with me if you want, English is also my second language too you know" she said smoothly and she grabbed something from her bag
"While I was in New York I don't know what I should get you as a souvenir because I forgot to ask you so I just asked my boss and she recommended me this" she gave me a small blue velvet box
"She designed it by the way. it was in her jewelry season collection, you could open it later since your sisters got their presents" she whispered then winked at me
I saw my sisters squeal in delight at their presents from Aunt Laborè, I was curious to see mine so I went up into my room to see what's inside the blue velvet box
I closed the door and put my bag on my desk as I slammed my body on my bed, I sat up cross-legged and open the box slowly. What I saw was a silver ring. I was confused so I pulled it out of the box
There was a red string engraved inside the silver ring, a red string?
I tried it on my thumb, index finger, middle finger and even ring finger but it wouldn't fit. The only finger that it fit though was my pinky finger, I guess that should be ok too.
I walked down and asked Aunt Laborè about the ring. "The ring was supposed to be on your pinky finger Penelope, my boss said she designed it based on a Japanese myth when she visited Japan" she grinned at me as she held my hand to admire the ring that was in my pinky finger
"A Japanese Myth?" I repeated it in a quiet voice to myself as Aunt Laborè passed by me to help Wendy in her new dress
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