I'm not gonna lie I was surprised, but it was more of a scare surprise. Like they scared the crazy Shiz out of me. I looked around me to see if I know anyone here, but no one looked familiar. I stayed put and smiled.
"Emma!" Someone shouted. I turned around and saw my dad.
"Emma I'm so glad you're here." He said giving me a hug. Well it was mandatory, not a choice. I forced a smile and gave him a hug back.
"Look I want you to meet someone really special to me." Ouch. "Alright." I said.
We walked across the living room, heading towards a tall woman. We stopped at our tracks, and dad tapped on her shoulder.
"Honey I want you to meet my daughter Emma." He told her. "Emma this is Sophia, my wife" I clenched my fist, but let go as I breathe in and out. I had a forced smiled on my face. "Hi sophia." I said. "Oh please you can call me mom. I mean if you want." She said. I nodded not knowing what to reply.
Luckily I was saved by someone that joined our conversation. "Nice business party, Jack." An older man said to dad.
Oh. So this wasn't a surprise party for me, huh? Typical. Surprise? No.
I scoffed and walked away from my dad. I heard him call my name but ignored it.
Some how I ended up in this huge garden. It was beautiful though.
"I see you escaped the party too, huh?" An unfamiliar voice said. I turned around, and saw the most handsome face I have ever seen in my life. Ok so I might've went to far describing him but it's true.
"Take a picture darling, it'll last longer." He winked. I scoffed and turn back around. Ok, so I don't like his cocky attitude. I thought.
"So what brings you out here?" He asked. I turn back to him. Does he really want to have a convo with me?
"Liars." I told him. "Liars?" He asked. I felt him getting closer next to me. "Mhm." I said walking away from him to sit on the bench I found.
"Well, that is very interesting." He said. I continued looking at the garden being amazed by it. "You new in town?" He ask. I turned to him. "Yeah, I guess you can say that." He picks up a leaf that was on the floor and starts playing with it. "What do you mean, 'you guess'?" He asked. I just shrugged. "Looks like you don't talk much. Guess I'll leave you alone then." And starts to head back.
"Wait." I hear myself say. "Yes?" He turned around. "I'm sorry. I don't want to talk much, but I would like to have some company. If you don't mind staying with me for a while." He nods and sits next to me still with the leaf on his hand. "I'm just not in the mood of talking right now." I said to him and stared off to the garden.
"I guess we can stare at this beautiful garden.. Or we can walk around it, but of course no talking since that's what you wished" He said. He got up and extended his hand. I look at it for a sec and made up my mind. I grabbed his hand and we walked together following the steps that lead to the garden.
"I know I said 'No talking' but it is kind of getting awkward and I would also like to know your name." I said turning at him. He chuckled.
"Well sweetheart, the name's Everest. Everest Santiago." And extended his hand towards me to shake it.
"Emma. Emma Blake Jones." I shook his hand in return. "Ahh... So your middle name is Blake? I like it. Very unique." he said. I tried not to smile, but I couldn't help it.
"Yeah so do I. It has personal meaning to it." I told him. He nodded and stopped walking. I didn't realize we reached the end of garden. I felt like we can walk here forever with no ending. But where we stopped was beautiful. Mesmerizing in other words.
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"Wow." I said as I walked closer to the fountain. "Its beautiful ain't it" Everest said. I nodded my head still mesmerized by it. I took a seat on the fountain and wet my feet.
"So by the guess of it.. You like nature." Everest said, breaking my train of thought. "Yeah, always have since I was little. I remember when I was about 7yrs old I went on a field trip with my mom. We went to this beautiful garden exhibit, and surprisingly my mom knew every kind of flower there was. And from that moment on it inspired me to love the garden and to learn just like my mom did." I closed my eyes remembering that day.
I felt a hand go to my face. I opened my eyes seeing Everest wiping a tear off my cheek. I smiled, but felt a bit embarrassed.
"Emm-" He was about to say something but someone interrupted us. "Emma. There you are." Said Dayton. "You're father sent me here to look for you but I see that your with Him." Gesturing at Everest. "Hey that 'Him' has a name." He scowled. "Dayton leave me be. I don't want to see you see you right now." I told him truthfully. "And why's that?" He asked. "Well because you lied to me. EVERYONE did." Emphasizing everyone. "You guys made me believe this was a surprise for me, but I end up finding out that this is actually a business party." I said, my hands turning into a fist.
I turn to Everest. "Thank you for hanging out with me for a bit, even though I barely talked. I need to head back. See you around." I said, waving a goodbye to him. "The pleasure is all mine, Emma." He winked. I walked away passing Dayton. But I couldn't help but stop when I overhear their convo. So I quickly hid behind a tall bush.
"Everest I don't want you talking to her." I heard Dayton say. "Dayton if there is one thing you don't know about me, you would know that people telling me what to do is not something I would listen. In other words no, I won't stop talking to her. She's interesting, different, and unique. I like that." Everest said. "Look all I'm saying is that you better make sure that whatever you're involved in she will NOT be a part of it. I promise you if she is, I'll make sure to hurt you." Dayton said and heard him walked away.
I then heard Everest murmured to himself. "Believe me, she won't" and walked away. What did Dayton mean about 'being involved'? Involved in what exactly? I got up and went back to the fountain. I know they would realize that I'm actually not at the house yet. I didn't care. Just needed a moment of being by myself and to think things through.
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A/N
Hola amigos! I'm back and not dead loll but I will have to say I was having a hard time writing because a lot of things were happening in my life, and I needed some break loll
