Chapter 03

“ You’ve grown up to be a beautiful lady, princess!” Ethan complimented while looking at Lauren who is brushing her hair in front of her vanity mirror. They are now 13 years old and will enter as freshmen in high school.

Lauren rolled her almond shape eyes at what Ethan said and continue brushing her long silky black hair. Her mother requested to keep her hair long because it will make her look like her.

“ Whoa! I didn’t know that a princess can roll her eyes like that!” Ethan teased her making her blushed. It was the first time that she did something like that because she wants to imitate her classmates and she didn’t think that it will fit her.

“ I-Is it bad?” she asked Ethan looking at her reflection in the mirror. His eyes are tantalizing and mysterious but more importantly, it looks real and genuine. She watched him as his lips formed into a smile.

“ You can do that, you can roll your eyes every time you want!” he said before holding her chin making her looked at herself in the mirror. If before she was both cute and pretty, now she became beautiful and hot in Ethan’s eyes. His childhood friend is growing faster and becoming a real lady. He cannot deny the fact that he can saw changes in her body and it makes him think of so many sins but he will not do anything to her because he loves her.

“ M-My mom said I am going to a private high school..” Lauren said making Ethan stopped in his tracks. If what his thinking is right, that school is so expensive and he cannot afford to lose Lauren on his sight.

“ I will be away with you,” she said pouting while looking deep into his eyes. Her looks are to die for right now because Ethan is holding her chin, he can saw her face in a much closer position. Her lips look delicious because of its redness and her innocent eyes are also enticing him making his shorts tighter.

“ I think I am in love with you.”

Ethan said before leaning down and kissing Lauren who responded to his kisses.

“ I love you too,” she said and deepening the kiss. Although they are young, they didn’t mind these things since they saw some of their classmates kiss in front of them.

“ Let’s stop,” Ethan said sighing heavily and controlling himself from going further. Lauren nods, she feels sleepy all of a sudden.

“ Does that mean, you’re my boyfriend now?” she asked him and looked into his eyes, asking a very important question. Lauren knows that she really love Ethan and she developed feeling through the years that they are together.

It was just an adoration but every time that they are together her heart told her things. Ethan makes her feel things and it is love. 

“ Yup, babe!” he said before planting another kiss and looking at her phone because her dad is calling her. She answered the phone and put it on a loudspeaker to let Ethan hear what they are going to talk about.

“ I’ve already enrolled you, princess! You can start your schooling next week!”

Her father said which maker her sad looking at her now-boyfriend. She doesn’t want to be away from him but she doesn’t have any choice because it is her parent's decision.

“ So, you really are going to study away from me, huh?” Ethan said before walking to her bed and sitting there. He looks at his shoes thinking if how he can afford to study in that school. His mother is just a part-timer and he knows for sure that she cannot afford to send him to that expensive school.

“ Don’t worry, I will not cheat on you,” Lauren whispers to his ears making him shiver out of excitement. He can feel her breath touching his face and it smells good too.

“ I know you silly girl!” he responded because Lauren is too innocent to do such things. She will never cheat on her, that wasn’t his concern. His concern is her looks because he knows that boys his age will surely fall for her looks. She is too beautiful at her age and her innocence is too charming. He is afraid that someone will take an interest in her.

“ A-And don't cheat on me, okay?” she said looking at him with fierce eyes. He laughed because she is too cute doing that thing. Her voice still sounds so soft and sweet even when she is threatening him.

“ I’m serious!” she whined at him and stomped her feet. He smirks at her and pulled her hand towards him causing her to land in his lap. That was an awkward position but he didn’t mind at all. He watched her get a little nervous and blushed while looking at their position.

He will never be content seeing this kind of face. He touches her red cheeks while looking straight into her eyes. He is really in love with her, that is what he thought because of how fast his heart is beating for her. He never thought that he will enter a relationship at this age and take it too seriously but with her, he is willing to risk everything because that’s how he loves her.

This is the girl whom he saw looking down at her when he was at his lowest and on the verge of death. He thought she was an angel waiting for him but truthfully she is an angel who saved him from death and misery. He will always be thankful because she saved him that night and even if he is young, he knows for sure that he will be going to marry her in the future, and just like that he imagined her as a full-grown woman wearing a white dress and walking down the aisle while he is staring and waiting for her in the altar in front of the world. 

“ What are you thinking?” she asked in a sweet voice while her soft hands touch his hand placed on her cheeks. She feels so soft like silk that's what Ethan is thinking feeling her little hand. 

“ I love you,” he said wholeheartedly before placing a kiss at the top of her head which maker her giggle.