Ares Collin
"Hey mom.." I hugged my mom tightly and kissed her cheek.
"Hey dad." I gave him a brief hug too.
"When did you arrive here, mom?" I asked her as I sat down beside her.
"Yesterday, darling. So.. how's your job?" She asked as she patted my hand. My mom is a famous designer and she just got back from Paris for fashion week there. She loves her job so much that she almost work everyday.
"It's okay, mom. So.. should we order now? I'm starving." I said.
"Actually my friend will come here to join us, will it be okay? They will be here in 2 minutes maybe." My dad asked.
"Of course, I don't mind." I said.
"Your dad said that you will move here for good?" My mom asked.
"Yes.. maybe next month. I will go back to San Francisco in 2 days to settle up a few things before moving back here." I said and she smiled. She pinched my cheek and she patted my hand again.
"Good.. that's good." She said and suddenly my dad got up from his seat. Me and my mom automatically got up and I turned to see.. what?!
It's Thomas West and Roseanne.
My eyes landed on her completely shocked and she just looked at me normally like we never met or even slept together before. She was wearing a black leather jacket with black turtleneck and black ripped jeans. All black really defines her vibe right now. Cold and dark. My dad hugged Thomas tightly and my mom hugged him briefly too.
"Thomas, this is my son, Ares. Ares, this is my close friend since highschool, Thomas West." My dad introduced me and I shook his hand. I turned to Roseanne who hugged my dad and my mom. My mom said that it's been a long time since she saw her.
Roseanne turned to me and she just gave me a brief smile instead of shaking my hand. Thomas sat beside my dad and Roseanne said beside me. It's a small circled table which makes me and Roseanne sit so close to each other.
"Honey.. this is Ares, Carl's son. He's an architect." Her dad said and she turned to me.
"Nice to meet you, Ares." She said normally but her eyes looked at me coldly.
"Rosie, it's been a long time since we've seen you and you look so stunning as always." My mom said.
"Thankyou so much, it's been 2 years maybe." Roseanne or Rosie said.
"So.. what's your occupation?" I asked and she turned to me right away.
"I don't work. I just follow my dad around." She said smiling to me. So she's a spoiled child, huh?
"Should we order now?" My dad asked and I looked at the menu. Suddenly her phone rang and she excused herself to go outside taking the phone call.
"Sorry if Rosie a little cold towards you, Ares. She's not good with men." That's what she mentioned last week.
"Did she have a trauma or something? I mean I don't bite." I said in a careful tone.
"She changed ever since her mom died. She shuts people away and she barely have any friends so I was hoping maybe you could be her friend." Thomas said.
"She's a really sweet girl but it's just difficult for her to socialize." My mom added.
"You should try to be friends with her." My dad added but I don't really want that. I don't want to deal with girls like her, it gives me a headache.
"I think she will shove me away." I said and Thomas sighed.
"I want her to find someone who can love her and care for her because I'm not getting younger and her brother can't take care of her all the time even though she's independent by herself." Independent? She said she followed her dad around?
"So.. what did I miss?" Rosie came inside again and we all tried to act normal by ordering our food. I turned my eyes to Rosie and she just looked at the table blankly instead of trying to make a conversation with others. My parents and Thomas were busy talking while me and her just.. in our own world.
"Hobbies?" I asked.
"Shopping and swipe my dad's card." She said without any emotion.
"Do you like working out?" I asked.
"No.. I'm on my way getting fat." Liar. She's far from that. She has muscles on her stomach.
"Really? Me too! We should go eat around together." I said and her eyes widen. She turned to me disbelief and looked at me in disgust.
"You should do that, pumpkin. You do need to gain weight." Thomas said to his daughter.
"Yes.. let's exchange our phone numbers so we can go around New York and fund delicious food." I smirked as I put my phone in front of her.
"My phone number is not available for men." She smiled sweetly at me which made me a little taken back.
"Rosie.." Her dad warned.
"I'm outta here. I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Collin.. I have to go." She said as she got up from her seat.
"Rosie.. don't." Her dad warned.
"I don't need you to set me up to make friends or to have a boyfriend, dad. I'm capable living on my own and I don't talk to men like him." She turned to me glaring and walked out from the restaurant.
"I'm sorry for that, she-"
"We understand it, don't worry. Ares will go after her." My mom said and my eyes widen. I turned to her confuse and she forced me to get up and run after Rosie. I walked out from the restaurant and looked to the right and left to find her.
I saw her walking away and I ran after her quickly. I caught her hand and she turned to me trying to pull her hand from my grip.
"You shouldn't treat and talk to your dad like that. He wants the best for you."
"Listen.. you're no one to me so even though you try to lecture me with your wise words, I won't listen. So go back there and have a little chit chat with everyone." She said coldly but I kept holding on to her hand.
"No.. you listen to me. If you're trying to push people away by acting that cold and bitchy, it's working, but your dad is working so hard for you to change and that's why he's introducing you to me. If you keep acting like this, you will lose your dad sooner or later for giving him a damn headache because his daughter doesn't want to socialize and act proper in front of people! He worried sick about you that he felt he's getting older and older these days! Can you at least cooperate with him for once? I won't even contact you if I have your number because I'm not interested to talk or to hangout with a cold woman." I bursted angrily and she pulled her hands from my grip.
"Nice lecture but.. he knows that I don't need them. He knows that I'm capable living by myself. That's his problem if he kept trying because it won't work." She hissed.
"Fine.. you're capable of living by yourself then have you succeeded in finding your necklace yet?" I asked and her eyes widened.
"Give it back to me!"
"Uh.. Why do you think I will give it back to you? I bet it's a cheap necklace that you picked out from the street." I said as I put my hands into my pockets and turned my body around.
"It's my mother's." She said and I just ignored her. I kept walking towards the restaurant completely confident that she will follow me back.
"Ares." She called me and I smirked completely knowing that I won this battle.
"Yes, Rosie?"
"Give me my necklace back." She said.
"Why should I?"
"It's my mom's and my dad gave it to me for my birthday."
"Ah.. the night that we had sex? That's your birthday right?" I asked and she looked at me coldly.
"Don't give me that cold eyes, Rosie. I might sell that necklace or maybe throw it away." I said smirking completely hoping that she will surrender completely to me by begging but I was wrong.
"Name your price?" She said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"It doesn't work that way, beautiful. You have to beg and ask me nicely." I said and she rolled her eyes.
"Don't even roll your eyes on me, Roseanne." I said her full name and she looked at me bored.
"Can you please give me back my necklace?" She said nicely but her eyes doesn't lie. She hates it.
"No." I said and I walked back to the restaurant. I turned to see Roseanne following me inside which means I win. Thomas looked at me completely impress and amuse that Roseanne can comeback to the restaurant. My parents even shocked to see that happened which means her walking away on people was a usual thing to do.
"Sorry, if I walked on you all." Rosie said and I smiled to her. She glared at me coldly and I bet she was ready to kill me.
Roseanne WestI've been so stress lately looking for my necklace. It was the necklace that my dad gave me for my birthday. I searched everywhere inside my house and even asked the hotel's staff for it because I'm willing to pay big time if someone finds that necklace and it ended up with Ares, the guy who I slept with last week."Do you want me to feed your or you want to feed yourself?" I turned to Ares coldly and I took my fork right away. I stabbed the french fries with the work and look at Ares ready to kill him.I ate my fish and chips slowly that it looks like I only took a bite out of it. I gave half of it to my dad and just looked at the other half blankly."Do you want to order something else, Rosie?" Mrs. Collin asked and I smiled politely to her and said
Ares Collin"Fine.. strip!" I said as I gestured to her body but before she could do that. Someone rang the doorbell and I heard Mason's voice. Shit! I got up and quickly pulled Roseanne towards my room."Stay here and never come out.""Why should I? I'm not-""Just do it or else you will get into trouble." I said and I left her inside my room. I walked towards the door and opened the door to see Mason and Josh."What are you guys doing here?""Oh come on.. we miss you already and besides we have to celebrate that we fully move to New York." Mason said and my eyes widen."Yes.. let's celebrate." Josh smirked as he showed me a pizza box and s
Roseanne WestI sat awkwardly on Ares' sofa and I kept feeling nervous. I kept trying to act normal but I can't. I can't believe that I just agree to this deal. I hate it.. I really hate it."Here you go." He said as he gave me a glass of water. I nodded and took it from him. I drank it and turned to the TV calming myself down."What do you want to watch?" He asked."You pick." I said."Can you come and sit closer? You're sitting on the edge of the sofa. I don't bite, Rosie." He said as he patted the spot right beside him. I looked at him and slowly move closer."You only move an inch." He said flatly."I'm comfortable this way." I said and
Ares CollinI went off to work completely with zero mood. Someone decided to ruin my god damn mood last night. Thanks to her, nothing worked for me since this morning. Fuckin' hell.I threw my bag to my chair and I pulled my tie off because I can't breath. We just started and she's already pissing me off. What kind of species is she? Is this a curse or what?"Wow.. what's with the mood today?" Josh asked as he brought me a cup coffee."Don't start, Josh. I can punch you in the face right here right now.""Who pushed your button? Oh.. and you owned me some explanations because I helped you yesterday." He said as he sat in front of me."Is Mason here?" I asked as I sat down on my chai
Roseanne West"I can't believe you drag me here again. I have other things to do." Stefan hissed as we walked into costco. I ignored him and I took one trolley for us to put things inside. I walked to the cereal section and bought 7 packs of cookie crips because it's my favorite."You need to stop eating cereal only, Rosie. It's not good for your body, you need to have a proper meal." Stefan said and I just gestured him to shut up.I walked to the frozen food section and bought a lot of chicken nuggets and french fries. I dragged Stefan to the cake section too because I want cheesecake so bad."I always wonder why haven't you die yet because you always eat junk food.." Stefan hissed and I glared at him."Shut up." I said an
Ares CollinI walked to the door when I heard the doorbell rings. I opened it and saw Rosie standing in front of my door. She's wearing denim shorts and a grey tank top revealing some skins. What kind of test is this?"Why so early?" She asked coldly. What a great way to start my morning? I was greeted by an ice princess."Come in." I said and I quickly ran back to the kitchen to check on my eggs. I turned off the stove and put the eggs on the plate. I put a plate full of eggs and bacon in front of Rosie and she looked at me with questioning eyes."Eat it.. we'll go out after this.""I never agree to go out, Ares. I hate being surrounded by people." She said coldly and I sighed."Ca
Roseanne WestWhen Ares was busy with his camera, I decided to put my earpods on and turned on some music. I put my attention to the waves and closed my eyes feeling the wind blowing through my face. I took a really deep breath and let it out slowly. I hate to say this but.. I quite enjoy spending time out here.I opened my eyes and turned to find Ares but he was nowhere so be found. I got up immediately and started to look for him. I gulped nervously when I can't see him around me. I ran back to the car but he's not there.I started to panic and my blood started to rush quickly all over my body. I kept running around to look for him but still there's no sign of him. When I was walking and running around to find him, there were a bunch of men walking towards me.I
Ares CollinWhen our food came, I turned to Rosie to see her happy face seeing her food. I don't know why but seeing her smile even though a little bit, makes me feel calmer. She started to eat and I know this is not my first time seeing her eat but she sure is a monster when she's hungry."I don't like it when someone is looking at me when I'm eating so can you just eat?" I got back to my senses when she suddenly said that. I took my phone and started to dig into my beef curry with chicken karaage and mozzarella cheese.Suddenly I want Rosie to try mine so she has to know that staying in her comfort zone is boring. I started to make a spoonful of everything on my plate and put it in front of her. She looked at me suspiciously."Try it.. you will experience heaven.
Roseanne West"Are you ready for my vows?" Ares asked and I looked at him suspicious. I nodded and I turned to the priest nervously because I'm so afraid that Ares will say something stupid."Honey.. baby.. my love.. my beautiful lovely Roseanne West.. We met in a really crazy way at first. I don't need to tell the details to all of the people in the church especially in front of Jesus." He said and everyone laughed. I face palmed myself completely embarrassed."We started our relationship roughly and then I started to fall for you each day even though you hella cold and act like I'm a deadly virus. After that, we started to share our journey together through up and down and man.. at last I got you on my palm." He smirked and I chuckled looking at his expression."
Ares Collin"I do." I said in front of the mirror."I do." And again.."I do." Again for the 150 times or maybe more.."Yes, I do." I practiced again."I, Ares Collin accept Roseanne West to be-""Honey, you've been practicing that all day long." Rosie walked into the bathroom and I looked at her flatly."I'm practicing so I won't be nervous tomorrow." I said and Rosie slipped her arms around my hips from the back."You're cute." She said as she smiled at me through the mirror."I do." I said in singing it and Rosie laughed.
Roseanne West"Hey.. you'll do great." Ares smiled at me and I nodded nervously. It's less than a minute before the MC will call me out. Ares gave me a kiss on my cheek and at the same time the MC called me to go on stage."Goodluck honey." Ares said and I nodded. I walked to the stage and my eyes widen to see a lot of people coming. I smiled widely and waved my hands to them. I turned on the mic and the MC asked me to sit down."Good afternoon, everyone!" I greeted them and they all cheered for me. I'm so touched and so.. happy. I'm so glad that I decided to do this. My dad, my brother, Carrie and Ares' parents came too and they were all so supportive towards me."Please introduce yourself." The MC said, smiling at me and she gestured to me to see the audience.
Roseanne West10 months later.."Babe.. have you seen my harddisk?" I asked Ares because I couldn't find it."Have you check your laptop bag or maybe your work bag?" He answered from the room. I quickly walked to the kitchen because I put my bag there earlier when I got home. I checked my bag and I found it.I just got home from an important meeting. Just like I said around 10 months ago that I promised that I will reveal myself if I'm done writing my new book. Tomorrow will be the publishing day and they already prepared a meet and greet.I was so nervous and they gave me all the details into my harddisk so I need to go all of that tonight. Ares still don't know that I'm Elena Parker and I'm planning to drag him t
Roseanne WestNever in my life.. I've even thought that someone will successfully break all my walls. I made this invisible walls around me to protect myself from being hurt. People come and go.. and that's reality, I know that but.. I never imagined that it would be so easy to break it.This is why I always avoid people trying to get close to me because I know there's a possibility that they can break my walls easily and then leave me.Now, I'm sitting in front of Ares and telling him that I'm giving up. I'm done trying to keep my walls up, I'm done trying to protect myself and I'm surrendering my heart to him. It seems so fast for him but.. he's just everything. He made me happy, he made me feel special, he made me love myself and he helped me move on even though I always hate that idea.
Roseanne WestAfter I packed my small bag for another extra clothes to go to the beach, Ares called me telling me to go up to his apartment. I dropped everything and went up right away. I pressed his doorbell and he opened the door for me."Is everything okay?" I asked and he nodded. He gestured to me go inside and he got the dogs back. I kneeled down and the dogs ran towards me. I was so excited to see them. I can't believe he kept his dogs at his parents house because he's not finished moving in fully but now he is."Oh my god.." I turned to Ares and he smiled."For you." He suddenly gave me a bouquet of flowers. I got up and took the flower."Thankyou.." I said."Ready to go to t
Roseanne WestWhen Ares slowly turned his body away from me, I turned on the lamp beside my side of the bed. I took my iPad from the table and started to continue to write my book.Break up.What if.. maybe in the future.. we break up? Will I be okay? Will he be okay? Will everything be the same or I will have the same breakdown?I hate to think about it but.. it's something that I have to.. risk in the future. Saying yes to date him was a really big deal to me.I kept writing and writing my book when suddenly Ares turned his body facing me. I smiled looking at him. He surprised me by coming early and even came to the set to be with me. I caressed his head and kissed his forehead.H
Ares CollinRosie is currently staring at my hand and looking at it like she's observing it for some reason. She suddenly put his hand slowly on mine and then she intertwined her fingers with mine. I chuckled seeing her being so curious and just trying to express her feelings."Aren't you tired?" She asked me suddenly as she put the left over crust to the empty pizza box."Yeah." I answered honestly and I turned to her. She's already looking at me and she smiled."Take a shower and go to sleep.. I'll take this out." She said as she tried to pull her hand away from mine. I held her hand tightly making her confused and she tried again but I shook my head."You're tired.. your e
Roseanne WestAfter eating real quick, we walked back towards the building. We walked inside and guest what? Bryan bumped into us at the front door."Hi, you must be Rosie's boyfriend." Bryan started the conversation."Yes, I am. You are?" Ares answered in a cold tone but still manage to be polite."I'm Bryan Rodes, the producer here and Rosie's uhmm we knew each other." Bryan said nervously."Everyone, let's continue!" Sarah called us in."I have to go.. you'll wait here right?" I asked Ares and he nodded."Okay.. go in there." Ares smiled to me and gave me a peck on my lips. I walked inside the auditioning room again and sat next beside John. Bryan