Eternally Yours

Prologue

I woke up in my bedroom and on my bed and sat up on the bed looking at the open window with its curtains pulled back showing the woods behind our house to see that it’s still dark out which told me that it’s between four or five in the morning and I got off of the bed to make it and walked off to my wardrobe getting dressed in comfortable sports bra, white thick strapped, loose tank top, black pair of running yoga shorts, white pair of socks and black pair of running shoes with a white hooded jacket as I could feel the familiar coolness of the weather hitting my half naked figure to walk out of the room heading off downstairs to make oatmeal with almond milk, chai seeds, sliced banana, and blueberries, a cup of iced tea with mint leaves and a teaspoon and a half of sugar, and a cold glass of water so I could take my breakfast and put it on the counter sitting down on the stool…

I finished eating and drinking my breakfast in complete silence and sighed wishing that the entire day would be like this because I’ll have my first day of school tomorrow…

I shivered at the thought of being a stranger at another school in another country and stood up from the stool to pick my dishes from the counter and put them in sink cleaning and putting them away where I got them then walked to the restroom that is on the ground floor so I could do my usual business, wash my pale skinned hands and my oval shaped head that has sapphire blue eyes, heart shaped lips, slightly pointed ears with cold water to remove any more tiredness from my eyes and just to freshen up then warm water and soap to remove the dirt and dust that I might have gotten through the night and from what I had for breakfast, brushed my teeth and my chest length, layered raven black hair with red shades highlight, ends, stands, and a little bit of roots to give a beautiful shade and look to my hair, put coconut oil and braided my hair into two braids from the roots to the ends...

I walked out of the restroom heading off to my bedroom to see my sister rummaging through my wardrobe but then dropped what she’s looking for when I walked in and she looked at me with wide eyes “Hi sis” she greeted me with a smile and I sighed walking towards her pushing her away from my things to put my things back where I put them in my wardrobe to lock it up but not before pulling out my black duffle bag ready for my running and workout to walk out of the room heading off to the front yard getting the mail from the mail box and caught the newspaper from the newspaper boy on a bike nodding my head towards him and he waved at me before I walked back inside the house to put the mail on the counter of the kitchen with the newspaper on the coffee table in front of the big screen TV then walked back out of the house to water and tend to the plants close to the building and the short fence of my house and looked up when I heard our neighbor’s front door open to see a man walking out dressed in just a pair of boxers making my eyes widen, before looking down with a blush on my cheeks continuing what I was doing “Good morning neighbor” I heard an Italian, deep accent greet me and I looked up at the man with a smile “Morning sir, how are you?” I greeted him and he nodded with a shrug “Alright, I guess” he told me with a smile “What about you kid?” the man asked me and I act shocked with my hands on my chest, mouth slightly open, and my eyes widened “Kid, I’m offended” I told him and he chuckled “For your information I’m seventeen and that’s a teenager not a kid” I informed him which made him look at me with a raised eyebrow and his arms crossed “Oh really?” he asked and I nodded then looked down at a silver necklace with what looks like a broken gold rings…

“What happened to those rings?” I asked him and he looked down to look at it “Long story, but I made it as a necklace instead” he told me with a faint tone of sadness in his tone “You know, I can recreate it for you” I suggested and he looked at me with a sad smile shaking his head telling me that he like the design “I didn’t mean redesign it, sorry. What I mean is that I can make a ring similar to them, all you have to do is give me a picture on how it looked like and I’ll get it done in three days” I rephrase my words and he looked at me with confusion, so I pulled a small, silky, blossom tree patterned, drawstring bag from my bag to throw it towards him “I have liquid metal in a workshop not that far away from here” I told him watching him catch the bag and open it before letting everything inside it fall out and he looked at the rings I made when I lived with my grandparents “You made these?” he asked and I nodded looking at him with a smile and he looked at the rings with a smile then he put all the rings back but two “You just got what I have” he told me showing me the rings he still has with him “Keep them, they’re just samples I give my new clients” I smiled at the man and he nodded giving me back the bag to replace the ones he has on the necklace then put the original in his pocket “Thanks” he smiled...

“Oh, how rude of me. My name is Eve, Evangeline Smith” I introduced myself to the man who smiled “Victor, Victor Rodriguez” he told me with a smile getting a nod from me then lowered down the big scissors I was holding putting my small bag in my purse “Eva” I heard the familiar voice of my dad call my name from the porch and I turned around to look at dad's familiar figure that has dark green eyes, muscular shaped, seven foot five feet tall figure with slightly pale skinned body dressed in his dark blue short sleeved pajama shirt and dark blue paid pair of pajama pants with black slippers and grey robe with a smile “Morning dad” I greeted him and he greeted me back then his eyes landed on the man I’m talking to “Oh, good morning sir” dad greeted the man who smiled nodding his head at him “Morning Mr. Smith” Victor greeted dad “Dad meet our new next door neighbor, Victor Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez, meet my dad, Jones” I introduced the two men to each other and dad came to stand next to me shaking hands with our neighbor with a proper greeting “Well, I’m going to leave you two to have your type of fun. If you need anything, just holler, not literally” I excused myself and dad pushed me away telling me to just go while V looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a smile and I grinned which made him laugh leaving me walk to the other plants…

I finished working on the front and backyard plants, harvesting all that we need in our kitchen or to decorate our house with lively plants, flowers, and herbs and walked in to put the groceries away then filled the vase with water to put the decorative plants in them to walk towards the kitchen making fluffy, chopped pancakes with blueberry and some berries, put some strawberry jam in a small bowl, made some dark coffee for dad and filled  a glass with cold water for dad to have as his breakfast then walked out of the house putting dad’s breakfast on the round side table in the front porch with my house keys before walk to the fridge in the kitchen to get my water bottle putting it in the middle pocket of my duffle bag so I could walk back out of the house and looked at the place where I put dad’s breakfast in to see him sitting with Victor talking about who knows what “I need to head out, do you guys want anything?” I told the two men and they shook their head “Eve, we might need to talk about a few things when you come back” dad told me and I nodded “You can come with me to the mall to get a few things for the house and the others” I told him and he nodded “I’ll see you in three hours then” he told me getting a nod from me “It’s a pleasure to meet you Mr. Rodriguez. Can’t wait to see you again sir” I smiled at the man sitting next to dad and he nodded telling me that the pleasure is all his then thanked me for the rings “Don’t mention it, if you need in anything, anything at all. I’m always around to help” I nodded…

I slowed down to a walk the closer I got to the front door of my house with my jacket wrapped around my waist, my bag over my shoulder to ring the bell twice and the door opened showing mom’s figure that has a five foot seven feet tall figure, brunette shoulder length hair, oval shaped head with ocean blue eyes, heart shaped lips, tanned, hourglass body shape dressed in a black long sleeved, high – neck, knitted sweatshirt, black and white plaid knitted thigh – high skirt, black over the knee high pair of heels boots with a black leather jacket and a black 'Michael Kors' handbag over her shoulder and I smiled at her “Hey honey” she greeted me getting a greeting back from me “Dad told you?” I asked her as I walked inside the building and she nodded telling me that all of us are going “Alright then, let me just get cleaned up and dressed in something else then we’ll go” I excused myself and she nodded smiling at me leaving me walk to my bedroom...

I walked off to my wardrobe pulling out a comfortable bra, black tank top, black and white pair of high – waist leggings with tribal patterns and lace and white comfortable T – strap flats, and white knitted, oversized sweater with my black 'Michael Kors' handbag getting it ready for the grocery and clothes shopping so I could walk out and go to the restroom with the things that picked putting them in between the two sinks and took off my clothes loosening my hair and put my hair tie on the new clothes while the ones I had on in a laundry basket that we have in the restroom then got in the bathtub..

I got out of the tub wet from my shower and pulled two towels from the hamper wrapping one around my body and under my armpits hiding it from any naked eye of whoever is in the restroom and the cold air that is coming from the open restroom window and lowered my head down letting my hair fall over my head and I push the rest of my hair forward to wrap the other towel around my hair drying it naturally to put everything I used where I got them just in time for the bathroom door to open making me turn around to see my sister walking in dressed in her oversized pink, stripped dress pajama shirt with no slippers on and she looked at my figure from top to bottom then she looked at me with a smile “Morning sis” she greeted me and I hummed putting on a body moisturizer on my body and dry brushing my arms, legs, stomach and back to let get my blood pumping…

I got my skincare products from the cabinet behind the mirror getting a thin thread, tweezer and eyebrow brush to fix and clean my eyebrows, used an electric face shaver to remove the peach fuzz off of my face even my neck and the nap of my neck, side burns and upper lip, done my usual skincare to make sure that it stays healthy and pulled my hair from the towel squeezing the towel off to remove any remaining water my hair might still have so I could brush my hair with my wet hair comb putting on a CC hair cream to protect my hair from the heat and keep it hydrated and let my hair loose for the rest of the day just to give it some time to relax from the tight hold I always put it in and to not get any strands cut or ripped off of my head then brushed my lips to let it become this beautiful cherry colored lips to walk take the towel off of my body putting on the clothes that I picked out pulling my hair from inside my sweater and tank top...

I looked at my sister who was already done doing her business and doing the same skincare routine but with her own products “Eve, Anna, are you girls ready?” I heard dad call out to us my sister opened the door to the restroom smiling at dad who was standing on the other side and I picked my dirty stuff putting them in the laundry basket before walking out of the restroom kissing dad’s cheek with a smile and he smiled back at me as I walked to my bedroom sitting on the makeup desk chair to put a soft makeup…

I looked up once I’m done with putting my makeup when I heard click on the wooden floor and my bedroom door open to see my sister’s five foot four feet tall, tanned figured body with shoulder length brunette hair and dark green eyes is dressed in a pink turtle-neck, knitted sweatshirt, white skinny jean pair of pants and nude over – the – knee high pair of heel boots as she held a nude 'Louis Vittore' bag over her shoulder and I stood up picking my bag an walk out of the room closing and locking the windows, curtains and bedroom door on my way down the stairs "Natalie, change" dad ordered mom being the overprotective and possessive man she married and she looked at him in shock asking him why would she do that "Big mistake" I mumbled walking towards dad who was glaring at mom’s shorts watching as the old man walked to my mom telling her because he said so "It's my body and my choice of clothes, Jones, you have no right" mom argued with him and dad was about to say that he has the right because he's her husband if I didn't call his name "What?!" he snapped with anger "We need to be back before seven" I told him making him close his eyes to breath in and out calming himself down but then nodded me telling me that he can't let her go out looking like this "If anyone dares to do anything, their d**k is off before they could say sorry" I told him casually and dad choked on his laugh before pulling me closer to him with an arm over my shoulders "I love you baby girl" he told me with a smile "Love you too dad" I told him walking with the three to the garage getting in dad’s navy blue Hyundai car so I could open the backdoor for my sister while dad opened the other door for mom and dad closed the door walking to the other side and getting in the driver’s seat while I got in after my sister...

I arrived back home with my family and dad parked the car in the garage next to my sister’s pink BMW car to let us get out of the car and I walked around opening the trunk door while my sister pulled her bags and ran inside “I’m going to go get her” dad told us and we nodded leaving me walk in the building while mom and I got the other bags to take them inside so mom could start working on dinner while I put the other things away as I could hear dad have a heated conversation with my sister…

I finished putting the things that we got from the mall and a few other stores outside the mall where they should be in our house with dad’s help while my sister was punished and her phone was taken away from her for an entire week with no hangouts for an entire week to walk in my bedroom pulling out a long sleeved, white, cotton nightgown for me to wear with my white slippers putting my other pajamas in the laundry room and go the other laundry baskets, the clothes, fabrics, rugs, pillow cases, covers, bed sheets and curtains that need to be cleaned in the rooms to take them to the laundry room filling the washer with the clothes first just to get rid of them before we work on the other things then walked out of the room and inside the restroom to do my usual business, remove my makeup, do my nighttime skin, and put my hair in a low braid once I put a coconut oil cream so I could walk out of the restroom heading off downstairs to sit on the couch next to dad who smiled at me pulling me closer to him…

Jones’ POV:

            I looked down when I felt a head rest on my shoulder with Evangeline’s body going limp and saw that my daughter fell asleep on me and thankfully there is no makeup on her face or that her hair is loose because I know she hates sleeping with her hair loose to smile at her pushing the strands away from her face and kissed her head “Sweet dreams angel” I whispered to her and put my arm under her knees with the other one behind her back picking her up as I stood up then walked towards my wife kissing her lips when she turned around about to put the food on the table but then stopped putting the food on the counter while kissing me back with  a smile and pulled back when she felt something or someone keeping her away from me to look down at Eve “Long day?” she asked no one in particular and I nodded smiling as she kissed her youngest daughter’s cheeks “Sweet dreams Evie” she whispered to the sleeping girl then looked back up at me “Take your time, we’ll start eating” she told me and I nodded pecking her lips then walked towards Eve’s bedroom pulling the covers off of the bed to lie the little girl down on the bed removing her slippers and put the covers on her figure with another kiss to the forehead “I love you baby girl” I whispered to her then walked to the windows unlocking them and pulling the curtains back for the night knowing how paranoid she gets in closed spaces…