My Queen, My Terror

CHAPTER 3

I woke up the next day with a sudden feeling to paint my mom. She never agreed to my doing that when she was alive, and I also didn't feel the need for it. It dawned on me the saying that you never feel the need for someone or the need to do something until the person's gone or the activity becomes pressing.

I picked up my brush and painted her. I never saw how much Zephyr looked like her until I painted her. She's just a younger version of my mom and a weight unknown brought tears to my eyes. I made that my project as something I'll display in remembrance of her which was in a couple of months.

I left the house to get some colors that had run out. I was just about to enter the shop when a bully, right from when we were kids, attempted to remove my glasses.

"Yo Sylvester, seems you never grew up. I can see that. Don't really know if you 'can' " he said with emphasis on the last word, to provoke me, which is something I've never fallen for because it really is childish.

"And you've really not changed from being the beggar you are. I mean, want some bills? Here's 10 for you,10 for your mom and 10 for your w***e of a sister" I said and threw $30 in his face.

"When you get that cash gathered, you will return it and I won't say it twice" a female voice said confidently behind me and I turned to see Roxanne. Strangely, he gathered it, handed it to me and left.

She was wearing brown leather pants, black T-shirt and black jacket with black boots which was quite an amazing match for her figure.

"Nice outfit. Bike's cool too" I said and took her outstretched hand.

"Thanks. Seems you had some issues with him" she said and dropped her helmet on her bike.

"Dating some while back, it's a long story. Short actually, but it's not a tale I wanna tell. What brings you here and what's with the puppy like obedience from Ghost?

"Long story also, and I came to visit a colleague. You?"

"Came to purchase some stuff. You're a doctor, aren't you?"

"Well yeah, scientist precisely"

"I see. Hope I see you around again, Roxanne" I said and turned. Then I turned facing her again

"Thanks for the save. It's forever remembered" I said and finally walked into the shop.

When I was done purchasing what I needed, I went home to meet Zephyr with a piece of paper

"Not willing to follow your heart?" she asked as I walked in

"What do you mean, Zeph?" I asked confused and walked closer to her and noticed it was the painting of Roxanne I'd disposed some time earlier

"She's pretty. Real or some fictional stuff?" she asked as I snatched the paper from her.

"Second option and no snooping around my area missy" I said and she was just cleaning dirt out of her nails nonchalantly.

"Hmm, I doubt mister. Something fictional is not worth that aggressive save"

"Objection overruled"

"Objection sustained with joy, mister Sylv" she said with a chuckle

"Whatever miss, but I'll put you in a freezer and leave you there if you snoop around my stuff again. Got it huh, got it?" I asked amidst tickling her.

"Where did you go by the way?"

"Went to get some paint. Working on something"

"Oh, I thought it was to visit your very " fictional" character" she said and wheeled herself away from me while laughing

"That's not a chase you know, even if I give you a 10 minute headstart" I told her with a fake yawn

"Ouch. Well we have somewhere to be later. Hope you do remember"

"Aha! Just remembered, the bathroom date" I said to annoy her. I didn't even wait for her next move before I ran up the stairs.

I got to my room and collapsed on my bed, thinking of what happened at the shop.

"She's quite a confident one" I said after a while and stood up.

"She really is, for a fictional person" Roxanne said from the door.

"I'll deactivate the stairs if you keep doing that" I said, recovering from the shock.

"Blah blah blah. I'm going to shower. You should too" she said and wheeled herself away

"Gosh Zeph, it's 2pm for f**k's sake. Shouldn't it be in the evening?"

"I can't stop my excitement, I just want it now" she said to my hearing before she shut the door.

I couldn't help but hit my forehead with my palm and rolling my eyes at that moment.

When it was 6pm, I went to her room to tell her to get ready for departure, only for me to see the over excited butterfly of earlier, sleeping soundly. Excuse me,ma'am, how could your mouth produce "I want ice cream" when your brain is going "I want to sleep" for heaven's sake?

I decided to wait till she wakes up herself,which was a brutal hour later. Don't usually like disturbing her rest as she needs it at any time possible.

"Sylvester! It's dark, did you get the ice cream?" she asked as she came out of her room

"I went by myself dearie.Sadly,you missed the evening stroll. Wheel, actually" I said sarcastically.

"You can do better than being sarcastic right now. You've seriously gone there and come back?" she asked, quite sadly

"Well, I can arrange another ice cream date if you're ready in 10 minutes, tesoro" I said and squatted to her level.

And man, you needed to see how she almost stood out of her chair in excitement, forgetting that she couldn't. I quickly caught her and we both laughed so hard for a while before I wheeled her into her room.

She came out in a black flowered gown with silver sandals on her feet.

"Zeph, can you try and make a photo work? If it'll stress you so much, you can leave it" I asked her, wanting to take a picture of the both of us, but not in her chair.

"I'll see what I can do" she said with a sigh.

I arranged the area and set the camera timer. While it was counting, I gently raised her to her feet, used my leg to kick the chair away from the camera's view and held her to myself. The shutter clicked and I quickly carried her to the couch, while I set her chair in order and time to breathe.

"Hey, you did real good. Thank you so much" I said with tears choking my words and hugging her. Couldn't help but feel that I'd stressed her and put her in pain

"It's fine, I'm not so useless after all. Point proven or not?" she said with an eyebrow up and I laughed on her shoulder.

"Come on, Zeph, let's head out" I said and placed her in her chair and wheeled her outside.