Chapter 2

I wonder who wants to cause trouble this early in heaven.

"Maybe I should contact the angels and report this trouble maker." I thought out loud. Seriously, what is wrong with some souls?

"I see that the fall you had yesterday was pretty bad. Mother was so worried about you and it seems she was right to worry. You have officially gone crazy." Replied the voice.

"Crazy? Crazy?" I thought angrily as I huffed and flared my nostrils, replaying what the soul said and I froze.

Mum? She's ok?

Yesterday? Yesterday, I was poisoned and knocked down. What is that entity talking about?

"Your brain isn't functioning well. Maybe I should call mother and have her check your head." Said the person again having me bolt up from bed and having my vision obstructed by a mass of black. I was shocked!

I slowly reached out and pushed it out and I came into view with a mirror that had me almost losing my mind.

Looking into the mirror, I realized that my hair was long again. Long like how it was before I cut it short because of that jerk. I was so happy that I was practically hugging it. I had totally forgotten about the idiot who had disrupted my sleep. My whole focus was on my hair. I was so happy that God had let it grow back in death.

"Gee, you really have lost it. You are even hugging your hair! Sheesh, don't rub it in that you have longer hair than the rest of us! Let Adrew come back, I'll tell him of this and see how he reacts!" Came the voice and I felt the whole world shatter like glass.

"Wait," I thought, "Long hair, speaking of mother and Adrew. Am I not dead?" I added. What really was going on? As I pondered, I immediately caught sight of my reflection in the mirror. Earlier, I had only minded my hair and now I got the chance to actually look in the mirror.

The person who looked back at me had phoenix eyes that were emerald green, a small button nose, a heart shaped face and thin lips. I was shocked at this person because that was me at 17!!

My gaze jumped all over the place making me realize that this was my room, three years before I got married to Adrian! Looking to my side, I saw someone lean against my window lazily and stare back at me with the same set of eyes, a trait common with the Prim-Roses.

"Now you finally realize that it's me, huh? I wonder what's wrong with this sister of mine?!" Said the guy, boy, man.

This was Ale Fenin Prim-Rose, my cousin. His parents had died in a car crash when he was younger and my parents were the only relatives of his willing to take him in from both sides. In my previous life, he had died just because he offended all the mafia lords around. Yes, he was one but when someone paid them to kill me, he didn't let it happen. Like a good brother, he fought to the bitter end for me.

"Previous life?" I thought, scared at my own presumptions. How was it possible that I had been reborn? It was too much for me to ask.

"Dearest sister, won't you give me a hug now that you are fully awake?" He asked with a smirk, looking every bit a handsome and devilish lad. I got off the bed and dashed to him, with my hair trailing after me in the morning breeze. With the cherry blossoms flooding in because of the wind, it was a sight to behold.

I jumped into his embrace and inhaled his woody scent, giving me assurance that he was alright, alive. Still not believing though, I pinched his arm that had him screaming.

"Aiya, little girl. Why would you pinch me?" He asked as he pulled me out of his embrace. I saw his startled face that quickly turned to worry. He carefully pulled me back into his embrace will slowly patting my back.

"Don't cry An. Everything will be alright." He said in a soothing voice that brought more tears to my eyes and I wailed. See, this is family. They don't have to ask questions even if it is itching them. They are always there for you no matter what.

I cried, I cried so hard that I got hiccups. But he didn't tell me to stop or taunt me and call me names. He patiently waited until my emotions were settled and he was sure that I wasn't going to cry anymore before pulling me out of his embrace.

Caressing me cheeks, he asked, "An, are you ok?" And I looked back to him, pitiful.

"Has someone bullied you? Tell me who he is. I'll go beat him until he bleeds." He said, looking at me worriedly.

I just sniffled and stared at him while trying to come to terms with what has happened. I had really been reborn. Ale was standing in front of me like the big brother he was, alright and alive. Thank whatever deity did this.

"Ale, I want chocolate chips." I said in a whiny tone. Ale would always have a choco chip on him because he knew I was an addict to chocolate. Not sweets, just chocolate.

"Humph, some sister you are. Always treating me like a bank of chocolate!" He mock complained with a smirk, while shuffling his pockets searching for one. He finally found one in his shirt pocket and he gave it to me.

A banana grin graced my lips as I clung to his one arm and ate the cookie. He patiently waited for me to be done and then he helped me bundle up my almost as-tall-as-me hair with me teary eyed. I missed this. Ale was a good big brother, even though he was only older than me by two years. We were in the same age range so we clicked more than with Adrew.

"I dreamt that you guys were all dead and that we separated and that we had trouble and....and...And..." I said all of a sudden with tears flowing down my face a fresh. This will forever be a mental block for me. He spun me around from the stool and hugged me. I cried even more in his embrace.

"Don't worry, don't worry little Andre. We will be alright. We have mama, papa, Adrew and all those other people who love you, me and us around. We will be ok." He said trying to cheer up.

I looked up to him and I felt that he was right and nodded to him while trying to stop my nose from leaking out. He chuckled at what I would consider a cute action. As I tried to calm my emotions down, we were both shocked to see the first snowflake slowly glide into my room.

"It's already time for winter?" I asked, shocked. If memory serves right, this all happened during the summer not the winter. Did my rebirth, perhaps somehow change things?

Anyway, it's to be expected as there is an equal reaction for every action. The snowflake glided over, guided by the wind, and settled on the top of my nose. Me and Ale both looked to each other and walked towards the window.

Though the sun was still up, there were snowflakes already littering our lush backyard making it look beautiful. I suddenly got the urge to draw something to relate to this and freeze it in time.

As we admired the backyard, my door was slammed open and someone immediately shouted out.

"Can you imagine? I send you to call your sister and you instead dilly dally and sit to watch the snow with her! Do you know what workload we have?"

I swerved around, scrambling to my feet. Coming face to face with someone we nicknamed auntzilla as kids after my rebirth was quite strange. Before, she had something against me and would always scold me for my shortcomings. For her to actually skip me and immediately tug at Ale's ears was rather surprising.

Ayayayaya! Just how much had changed?