Hidden Secret

Chapter Five: Manya

After dinner Mike gave me a hug and kiss on the cheek, leaving me alone with Ace. I poke at the food on my plate not sure what to say. He broke the silence though. "Is it okay if I walk you to your room?" I looked at him shocked, that was the last thing I figured he would say. "Uh, yeah, that's fine." I smile to myself but I know he sees it. "Hey, it's going to be okay." I look up at Ace still latched onto Mike's arm. "Everyone is going to love you Manya, this is where we are from." I look up at Mike now, but dont let go." I stand up and grab my dishes. "What are you doing?" "Taking my dishes to the sink..." He lets out a bellowing laugh that makes me happy. "You don't have to take your dishes to the sink, we have servants for that." "Oh.." I set the plates back on the table. "Yeah, come on." He takes off walking to a different set of doors." "Wait...I thought that my room was this way?" I ask. "It is but, this is a different way, and you can see some of the house." He smiles at me and I follow him. We walk through the kitchen and he introduces me to all the kitchen staff. They are super nice. As we walk through he reaches and grabs my hand. I am reluctant to keep my hand there but I do, and Ace looks back at me and smiles. We walk around after he shows me the kitchen and we just talk. I learn that his dad died a couple years back and he had to be the man of the family.

After walking around for what seemed like forever we went through a set of doors that led to the garden that I seen from my balcony. We walk over to a bench and sit down. My hand is buzzing where he is holding it and it warms my whole body. "Why did you hug me earlier?" he looks at me and I blush. "I, uh, I'm not sure. I just, I wanted to."  "Can I tell you something?" I look up at him. "Yeah.." "When we touch.." He looks down at our hands, "It feels like electricity is just moving through me, and it, it feels amazing, but I can't explain it." I look up at him. "I thought I was the only one who felt that." He shakes his head. "I really, really like you Manya, I feel like I need to be around you." He looks down. I squeeze his hand and he looks at me. "We better get you to bed, I have a long day planned for you." He smiles at me. We stand up and walk back to my room. "Thank you for walking with me." "You're welcome." "I've wanted to tell you how I felt since I met you in the store that first day." He looks down. "I knew there was something special about you." He stands there for a minute. I make a split second decision. I stand up on my tip toes and kiss him on the cheek. He looks up really quick. Then out of nowhere, he kisses me on the lips. His hand slides into my hair and he deepens the kiss. Then out of nowhere it stops and he pulls away. "I'm.....sorry.." He says out of breath. "It's okay.." I look down and blush. "Goodnight." Is all he says as he turns and walks away.

"Wake up! Ace is going to be here any moment and you are still asleep!" Rosa shakes me. "Aaaaghhhh." "Come on the whole house is buzzing with rumors that you and Ace kissed! Is it true?!" "Mmmmm." "Get. Up." Rosa says pulling on my arm. I roll over and pull a pillow over my head. "Get up Manya! Get up!" She keeps pulling my arm and finally she pulls me to the floor. When I fall the blanket falls with me, so I just curl up in it. "You have to be the hardest person to wake up!" She huffs. I groan and roll over. I look up and Rosa is staring down at me. "What time is it?" I ask. "It's 7:30 and Ace is going to be here at 7:45! So get up!" I stand up and stretch and I realize how much taller I am than Rosa. I look down at her. "When did I get this much taller than you?" I ask. She looks at me questionably and just ignores me as she shoves me into the bathroom. "Get a shower!" I roll my eyes but she can't see and I get a shower. As soon as I step out tho I am met with a very exciting looking Rosa. "Okay I picked out your outfit, so put it on and I will start doing your hair." I do as she says because I don't think arguing with her will make and difference. So finally at 8 o'clock I am finished and match up to Rosas standards. 

I walk out of the bathroom to see a very nervous Ace sitting on the bed, but as soon as he sees me he stands up. "You, you look great." He smiles ear to ear at me. I look down and blush. When I look up again Ace is right in front of me. I look up at him and he leans in like he is about to kiss me but then, "look at you two kids! You even match!" We both snatch back and look at a very smug Rosa. I blush and look down again. "Thanks Rosa, we should get going yeah?" Ace asks me and I nod. We walk out of the room and as soon as the door shuts behind us, it is the most awkward thing I have ever be apart of.  I follow Ace a little ways before he stops and turns to me. "Okay, so outside I bought you a surprise, and I mean I bought it not your brother he doesn't even know," he chuckles a little bit, " Okay so I better get a hug or something when you see this." I look at him and then nod and he leads me outside. As soon as the door opens tho I gasp. Sitting in front of the door is a brand new corvette, it is a matte black with lime green accents. I look at Ace the back to the car, I do this several times before I throw myself at Ace and give him the biggest hug ever. Then I think of something. I let go of Ace a little and pull back some, when he looks at me I stand up on my toes and kiss him. I have never kissed a guy before so I'm not sure if I'm doing okay or not but by the way he wrapped his arms around me I figure I'm doing okay. Ace deepens the kiss and pulls me closer to him, but as soon as it starts it stops. I squeeze Ace into another hug after the kiss because I can't let things be awkward again. He hugs me back and I feel a small electric jolt when our skin meets, but I ignore it. "Okay are you ready to head into town?" "YES!" We get into my new corvette but I let Ace drive because I'm sure he is better than me at driving anyway. 

After a 10 minute drive we finally roll into town. The windows on the corvette are tinted so no one can see who is in it but everyone sure is looking. We pull up to  this store that is labeled “Stacey's”, and we get out. "Ace! Is that you? My goodness are you good looking or what?!" I don't know where the voice is coming from till I see a older lady walking our way. I relax a little, but I don't even know why I tensed up. She walks over and gives Ace a hug. "Thank you ma'am." He smiles and hugs her back. I walk around the car towards Ace not trying to interrupt anything. "I thought Michael had you in the states watching his sister?" "He did." Ace says smiling. "And I thought you couldn't come home until she did?" The lady sounds confused. "Well I could come home anytime I wanted but I wanted to stay and watch over her." "Oh, well then now that your back who is thi-" her eyes get wide as realization hits her. "Oh. My. God." "Mrs. Lynch I'd like you to meet Manya King."  I do a small wave but can barely get my hand down before she grabs me in a hug. "Oh you look just like your mother, my god how pretty you are, just look at you..." She rambles more kind things then pulls me in for a hug. "I'm sorry I just can't believe it is you." I'm not sure what to say so I look at Ace for help. "Well we are going to go buy her some new clothes real quick I will bring her by later to visit." She accepts this and let's me go. "It was good to see you again hun." "It was good to see you too." She lets me go and starts walking away waving. "She is the town doctor," Ace laughs." "Ohh." I say and look back at her walking away. Ace just laughs again and walks into the store and I follow him. I look at a lot of different clothes but this place is so expensive. "Are you finding anything you like?" Ace whispers in my ear. I smile and turn around to face him. "Everything is too expensive here." I say and look around. "Manya, your brother gave me a credit card, just for you and said for me to tell you to get you anything you want price is not a problem okay? And if you don't I'll start picking out clothes." Ace does what I assume is a evil grin and grabs a ugly shirt that is like 6 sizes too small. "What about this one?" He asks. I look at him horrified and start looking at clothes again.