BLACK ROSE

HUMANITY

Greg went to the kitchen in David's house to find snacks, he was soaking wet and only in shorts, he walked to the cabinet, but he could not find any finished product, or eatable treats, for him the cook walked in to help him, she told him that all the snacks were on the dinning table, Greg thanked her and went to the dining room, he found Isabella just coming out of the a door, she rolled her eyes when she saw him and he chose to ignore her, he picked a bowl popcorn, as he was about to leave, Isabella was also about to leave, she was at his front so he had to be patient with her for she walked gracefully as if she calculated her steps, unfortunately for her she slipped on the wet floor and fell backwards luckily for her Greg was at her back, he let go of the bowl of popcorn and grabbed her from her waist, she was so shocked, she kept on panting and was lost in his arms, she kept on looking at the person that saved her ass, meanwhile Greg's eyes were on the popcorn scattered on the floor, after mourning the popcorn in his head, he came back to reality

"Are you okay?" He asked Isabella, his question stopped her incessant pants

"Uhn?..Ye..yes, I am" she released herself from his firm grip

"Be careful next time Miss" he said and turned back to clean the mess on the floor

"I was, I slipped on the water dripping on your wet body, also I am Isabella not Miss" she corrected

"Sorry Isabella, but I prefer calling you miss, because it helps me to remember you whenever I see you, also thank you will be okay, instead of apportioning blames, I just save your ass you know", Isabella rolled her eyes, He bent down to pick the popcorn and she frowned

"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I am saving the servants stress for the trouble you caused, also the popcorn in the bowl is still good Nd okay but the one on the wet floor is not"

"But isn't that what the servants were paid for? To clean and do whatever you are doing?"

"Miss is there anything wrong in helping? Besides you caused it, you should be cleaning it"

"I wasn't the one that dropped the bowl" she retorted

"Really? Then I should have not answered humanity call, I should have listened to that of hunger then we would see whose ass would be on the floor"

"Ah, humanity, so stupid" she smirked

"Excuse me?" He stood up and dropped the dirty popcorn in his hands back to the floor. "Who did you call stupid?" He raised a brow

"You ", "because of your stupid humanity, you should have let me go so I will fall and hurt myself, you should have insulted me like I am doing to you, I am angry at everyone, the world, that stupid family, those couples, I am mad, so mad, I can't take it anymore, so you are stupid, they are stupid, humanity makes one miserable, so you are stupid, got it, so so so so STUPID" tears rolled down from her eyes after speaking, Greg was utterly stunned, he stood for a while like a statue trying to process everything that just happened, after a While he thought of a good question to ask, when he looked up she was no longer there, he sighed and went to get the vaccum cleaner and a mop to clean the floor.

***

The boys won, the girls 3 times while the girls won 2 times, the boys were the winner, they all came out of the pool and after drying their bodies, they sat down on the mat

Just then Greg walked to them and sat down with another bowl of popcorn, time for the punishment amd reward

"So now it's time for the punishment, the girls will have to sing for their boyfriends, and the reward is that the boys will have to hear their girlfriends sing for them, cool right?"

They all nodded. The girls walk out to sing, Cece is the first person to sing

"Skidinmadinkadin ka din, skidi ma din Ka do, I love you

Oh oh ski din ma din Ka din Ka din skindimadin Ka do, I love you,

I love you in the morning and in the afternoon, I love you in the evening and underneath the moon oh skindimadin Ka din Ka din skindimadin Ka do, I love you." Cece sang a lullaby for David. But to them it was like the world paused and they were the Only one playing. After her song, they all clapped for her

"I tried so hard, I kept on running away

Just so my fear won't come to pass,

But you're like a magnet connected to my iron heart

You are the fire that melted my iron heart

Ohhh I just cannot help but loving you

I just cannot stop, stop loving you

I just cannot risk, risk losing you

For only you owns my heart

Only you, on my mind..."

Williams heart was melted, he knew that the song to him was the opposite, he is the one that tried not to bring her into his dangerous world, but she is like a magnet connected to only his iron heart, he at the end of the day brought her in and now he cannot stop loving her nor can he bear the risk of loosing her.

Rose sang the song from the bottom of her heart, the song was the only way she could express her feelings. Her voice was like melody to Williams ears, he didn't want her to stop.

Unfortunately for him she stopped

"I composed it, what do you think about it?" Rose asked gleaming happily

"It's beautiful"

"I love it" they all praised her, and she bowed to them saying thank you

"I love you" Williams said unknowingly, he stood up and walked up to Rose Rose felt her heart racing, is he trying to seduce me? She asked herself

Williams held her hands and kissed her knuckles

"Did you compose the song for me?" He asked

"Nope, I didn't" she lied

"Oh, I expected more" he said obviously disappointed

"Oh come on Williams, of course I composed it for you, silly" she hugged his back happily

Williams gave a satisfied and triumphant smile

"You are cold Rose" her body felt cold, she felt cold, he turned back to see her face, then he wrapped his arms around her

"Okay, lemme go and change then" she said in his embrace

"Don't worry, my arms will keep you warm" he said not ready to let her go, Sophie, David and Cece laughed except for Greg who was still thinking about Isabella and the incident that took place in the dining room earlier, he wondered where she was

"Nice play Williams, Cece I you're also cold"

Cece laughed at David, before he could hug her, she stood up and ran inside, Williams laughed at David

"Guess you have to catch her now" Williams smirked

"Oh I am born ready " he stood up with enthusiasm and ran to catch Cece.

Under Williams embrace, Rose felt warmth, she hugged him back and rubbed his back

"Follow me to my house tonight, I plan to tell you everything about me there" normally Rose would have refused but her curiosity got the better of her she nodded in affirmation.

In the evening when the party was over, Rose told her friends that she wouldn't be going with them. Greg looked around to check if he would find Isabella but he didn't

"Hey has anyone seen Williams sister, Miss, I mean erm ...Isabella?" Greg asked looking as though he wasn't curious to know where she went

Just then Isabella walked out of the house already dressed in her graceful clothes no longer wearing a swimsuit she let her long curls down and walked gracefully to them although she had a bored look on her face, but Greg knew it wasn't boredom

"Did you enjoy your self today miss?" Greg asked playfully

"Again, it's not Miss, Mr, Isabella is my name"she said in utter annoyance

"Okay I will stop calling you miss, if you call me Greg" he smirked, "ahhh" Isabella sighed and placed her forehead on her palm, "Greg, now stop calling me miss" Isabella said and everyone was shocked including Greg he had anticipated her to snub him or argue further

"Wow Miss you really called my name, well, my name does sound good when you call it right?" Greg smiled display his perfect white teeth

Isabella rolled her eyes and walked away to her car

"Goodnight everyone" she said

"Stay out of trouble ISA" Williams and David said at the same time, Isabella rolled her eyes and grunted, then she zoomed off.

"I will drive" Greg said, everyone looked at him, "hey I can drive I drive in Nigeria just that I don't have a license that's all." He said

"Nope Greg, I am driving, I can't let you all fall into the hands of the cops it won't be good " David said, "most especially, it would be stressful for my Sweetheart" David said and opened the car door for Cece...