Chapter ninety-six: "Lake Louise"
I wouldn't want to admit it but it was fun having Cloud chase me because he is held back by pulling both of our luggage, He didn't look tired, and yet there were drops of sweat falling down his face.
My hand went to my mouth to muffle down my uncontrollable giggle
"I can hear you giggling Angel!" He yelled at me through the corridors, he was a few feet away from me and he picked up the pace to catch up
I finally found our room then I quickly inserted the key, he finally arrived at the door once I was sitting on the bed. He was heaving as he used the door frame to balance himself since I feel a bit nice right now I put our luggage at the corner of the hotel room
I have my back facing him so I didn't notice he crept up behind me then slammed my body on the bed, the bed was extremely soft and it saved me from cracking a bone but Cloud was cracking his knuckles as his eyes glow from the sunlight that enters the room. He took long strides toward me to tackle me on the bed
"Wait Cloud!" I yelled out as I try to escape from him but he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me back on the bed near him
After a long and hard struggle, I failed miserably. Cloud was on top of me while his short wavy hair was now a mess, we were tired from the play fight and I can see his chest rise and fall as he breathes deeply "You are making me tired"
"You took my luggage it was never your job to pull it here"
"I was trying to be a gentleman"
I cackled out loud like a witch ready to poison a princess "A gentleman? REALLY!?"
After cackling I look at him with a straight face "You obviously don't look like a gentleman to me, I don't associate the word gentle to you Cloud"
He smirked at me "How about I'll be gentle for you for tonight?" He rubbed the palm of my right hand that he pinned down on the bed, I rolled my eyes before I kick him in the stomach them pushed him off of the bed
"The moment you tried to make a move on me like you did at the train, you better get your coat cause I'm gonna kick you out of the room"
"That's a bit harsh don't you think" he got up and dusted himself before leaning to my ear and his warm breath once again hits my skin "You did enjoy it though" he chuckled lowly
"How about you do it with Abby I'm sure she will cry tears of joy if you do it with her!" I retorted
"Wait, are you jealous?" He sounded amused and was interested in that fact, I crossed my arms and look away facing the window that shows you the mountain view outside. The reunion will start tomorrow but I'm sure If I explore the hotel I can find my other family members
"I'm not, if you excuse me I'm gonna walk around"
With Aiden of course, he did send me his room number and I will quote what he told me "If ever Cloud is becoming annoying I can just go to him"
I left Cloud alone in the room then I leaned at the wall beside the door, I can feel my heart race again. This is bad.
Memories of last night are flooding in my brain the moment he mentions it, his arms around me felt like he doesn't want to let go but if I didn't push him back we might've done something that I might hit myself for. I'm not like Abby and I don't want to lose it because I can't control myself
I walked down the corridors to Aiden's room and along the way I admired the interior of the hotel, the hotel might be a palace but why I feel like it is creepy at the same time. Like I have to watch my back every minute because of the chill up at my spine
Could it be a ghost? Nah
Or is it?
I'm scaring myself and I do not like it, I did try to tell myself that ghosts are not real but the feeling won't go away so I just did that awkward run-walk thing so I wouldn't make a noise in the silent corridors. When I saw Aiden's room number I quickly knocked on it and it revealed Aiden in his button-up shirt but with all the buttons not together revealing his ripped body
Holy fuck, he works out too
Oh my God Penelope, you are embarrassing yourself. Girl drink some water!
"Hey, Aiden wanna go for a walk?"
He smiled down at me "Sure! Come in, I have to change my clothes for a moment" he lets me into his room and I sat in a chair while waiting for him to change into something warmer for the walk. I pulled out my phone to keep my attention away from Aiden who was changing his shirt
I did see a glimpse of his back and it never fails to surprise me how Aiden and Cloud work out so hard to earn their bodies, I snapped back to look down on my phone
"I'm done, let's go Pip" he gave me his hand and I accepted it so he can pull me up from the chair, Aiden gives off this calming aura that always makes me laid back
Cloud on the other hand makes me be on edge every time but not in a bad way, he is always doing stuff out of the blue that sometimes I was not prepared for. In short, he is full of surprises
Me and Aiden started walking around the hotel and I am always blown away by the different views that I see at the windows, the weather was cold so I shoved both of my hands to Cloud's coat
Wait a minute...Cloud's coat?
I look down at the coat that I am using and it turns out it did belong to Cloud that he used to get here, I must have been excited to leave and to explore the hotel that I grabbed the wrong coat
It is very warm though and huge so It's nice for a cold day like this
I'll return the coat to him once I'm done exploring
After walking around and admiring everything we found the outside pool so we walked to the place next to the pool and sat at the sunbed, the mountain view looks like it is neverending and the sun looks like it is setting slowly revealing the bright colors of the forest
"I love you"
I think I hear Aiden say "I love you" but I think I was getting ahead of myself so I said "Excuse me?"
He turned red "I meant I love view, like I love the view, get it?" He lets out a nervous laugh
He always act like this even when we were younger
Before I could question him further I can hear my name being called out "Angel there you are!"
I turned around to see Cloud wearing another coat, he looks at me first before moving his eyes to Aiden. He walked up to me in a relaxed manner
"You look good in my coat" he glanced at me before giving a smug look to Aiden
Aiden looks pissed "What are you doing here?"
"What? can't I walk around like a free human being?"
"I mean what are you doing here, we were walking around just the two of us"
The tension between them is getting heavy so I stood up and walked away "Hey where are you going?" Aiden asked me
"Walking, you guys can make out or whatever because it looks like you two will have a long talk. Don't mind me!" I said to them loudly because I was now walking farther and farther away from them
I was finally alone and there were other people that I meet as I walks around more making me feel at ease, there was this one view where I saw a lake and I asked the old lady next to me who happens to also admire the lake from the same window
"Hello miss but do you happen to know the name of the lake?"
Even though she aged, her youth was shining brightly in her eyes as she gave me a smile that shows her wrinkles "It's called lake Louise"
"I see, thank you" I gave her a small nod and she returned it
I walked around some more before I can see a familiar back "Aunt Holly?" I asked out loud and the person turned around and it was her
"Penelope...OH MY GOSH!" She squealed loudly then ran to me, when she finally reaches me she gave me the tightest bear hug she could muster
Yup this is Aunt Holly alright, she is family after all