CHAPTER 3

"Just relax! Let's buy some ice cream to cool your mouth." He gently patted my shoulder. He started the engine and stopped at 7/11.

We ate ice cream before he took me to the house and mommy and daddy were outside the house as if they were waiting for someone.

Ethan opened the door for me and even held my hand to help me get out of the car.

"You're so small, you should get tall." He said teasingly to me and I would have punched him in the stomach if he didn't He knows exactly what I will do when he teases me like that.

"Let's go!" He was behind me and held both of my shoulders. He pushed my shoulder to make me go to mum and dad.

"Thanks for bringing him, Ethan."

"Thank you very much, Ethan."

Mom said.

"Your welcome Tita, Tito!" Ethan smiled at her.

"Come on in, Heaven, it's so cold out here." He ruffled my hair and looked at me.

"Visit me here tomorrow okay?" He nodded and kissed me on the forehead before leaving.

"Heaven come here." Dad held my hand and Mom brought a towel and put it on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry for yelling earlier--" I didn't finish what Daddy was going to say.

"We'll talk about that tomorrow." I just sighed and nodded.

They took me to my room. They both kissed me on the cheek before they left my room.

It's tiring to be obedient to your parents, that type of person who can't do what you want because they dislike it and they want what they want to be obeyed because they think that's better for you. Yes, no parent wants their child to be harmed and they just want to keep us away from wrong and bad, they want us to follow the right path.

But maybe not all the time they are right, that they should be followed. They have rights because they are my parents, but what about my rights as a daughter? I also have a right to myself, don't I? I have the right to choose a man to be with me for life. And besides, I'm at the right age already, I'm not a minor.

I stopped thinking when suddenly someone texted me.

From Beshy Ethan: Go to sleep Heaven:)

I read his text and didn't reply.

From Beshy Ethan: I know, you're still awake!

I just laughed softly, he knows very well that I couldn't sleep. How can I sleep straight away anyway? Duh, I've only been in my room for a few minutes.

To Beshy Ethan: Yes, Master Ethan I'm gonna sleep now.

I text back to him.

From Beshy Ethan: I know you can't sleep.

To Beshy Ethan: You know so much! You can just be me then. I think it would be better if we were twins so I could sleep here with you.

From Beshy Ethan: No. It's better if we become siblings than I'm your older brother.

I laughed when I read his text. We texted for a few minutes until I fell asleep before I knew it.

The next day Ethan came to the house.

"Auntie, does Heaven really have to marry that man? As far as I know, that man is a playboy and a troublemaker." A while ago, Ethan was begging Mommy not to go ahead with the plan to marry me to Owen. The guy's name is Owen, I just heard from him.

"Ethan that's not true, Owen is a good boy and your Uncle and I met him one day, he's polite and his parents say he's obedient," Mommy spoke calmly.

Of course, they'll make their son good if they spoke to them. Like duh? How do they even trust those liars so easily?

Frowning as Ethan came to me and sat next to me, he leaned his head on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry Heaven, your mom really doesn't want to believe what I'm saying. Do you want us to tarnish Owen's personality?" He whispered to me at the end.

"Like we're going to make him look bad, right?" I asked softly and looked at Mom to see what she was doing now, she was just sitting and reading a newspaper. Daddy is probably in the company working.

"Yes, that's right! Are you in?"

"Yeah, but what about you? What are we going to do with the girl? Do you want me to bury her alive?" I said jokingly and he laughed.

"I haven't seen the woman's face yet but Dad mentioned her name, Nicole Rivera."

"Ohh, her name is ugly. I'm the one telling you that you two are not suitable for each other." I shook my head.

"Of course, we're going to be good, but gosh, I don't want a princess. I want a prince, like duh!"

"Besides, you are not suitable either, the man I want for you is handsome, kind, respectful, with a sense of humor! But the more important thing is, you must like the man. Then I will never allow you to marry a man you don't love!" He added.

"Me too! We were born together and we grew up together, we're like brothers and sisters so you're very important to me."

"What are you talking about??" We turned our gaze to Mom who was now staring at us.

"We were just chatting Tita," Ethan answered and smiled, Mommy smiled back.

"Mommy gossips right?" We both laughed.

***

Yesterday Ethan and I were supposed to go for a walk to do what we had planned but suddenly we were sent to a house.

"Good afternoon." Greetings to the helpers of Ethan and me.

I saw my parents and Ethan's parents too. I just raised my eyebrows when I saw that they were with someone I didn't know, they were sitting now and there was a lot of food on the long table.

What's up??

"Ethan and Heaven, come on! We're all waiting for you two." Ethan's mom muttered.

Ethan grabbed my back and patted me. "Let's go." He said so we came to them and sat in the vacant seat.

I glanced at the person next to me now, I think he was about my age. I looked at Ethan and the girl next to him.

What the fudge?!

Don't let them say that the one next to me is Owen and the one next to Ethan is Nicole??!

Sh*t! Don't tell them we're going to talk about marriage!! Why should we all still be together, they really want a double wedding to happen! Besides they're so fast, I guess they are desperate to marry get us married.

F*ck that word double wedding!