Chapter 287 Home Will Always Be Home

  Xylie's point of view.....

     Rory and I appeared in my parents home at the outskirts of the town. why dad chose to live here with us lies with him. I had asked him severally why he would not want us to live at the ancestral home but he gave me no answer.

    I only lived ten years of my life here and it seems like it was just yesterday when the tragedy that took their lives occurred.

    I could not come back home because the memories haunted me for so many years and each time I think about it, I get mad not just with the Glamorous but with myself because I feel that if I was home that day, what happened would not have happened.

    I know that blaming myself would not turn the hand of the time yet it never stopped me from doing so. I was the shadow of myself for many years, seeking for redemption of my soul. The painful part was the fact that I did not take care of my sis for the fear of the enemy coming after her life. I knew better than not to try because I was not only going to endanger her but I would had japardarzes the fate of the south as well. I was not that selfish. I took it all down and I am glad that after hundred and fifty years, the prophecy was fulfilled.

   I know mom and dad will be glad to know that their beloved son never gave up on doing the right thing.

    I felt Rory stare at me and I looked at her to see her scanning me.

    "Xylie you seem so far away. it shows that you have a lot of memories built here?"

    She said and she was not far from the truth.

   "Memories that can never be forgotten. pleasant and non pleasant"

I replied and looked ahead.

    "No matter how far we go, home will always be home. No one can ever outgrow home. There is a sweet feeling when you think about home even if the people you once shared memories with are no more but it will not stop the fact that it is home."

   "I understand Xylie, there is no place like home. Sometimes home is not just the physical part of the building. Home has to do with the people who you love and those who love you. Memories are precious whether pleasant or not."

    She said compassionately. She has a sense of understanding that's beyond my comprehension and I like her for that. Rory being childish does not stop her from being mature when she needs to. This few hours that I have spent with her drew me closer to her and I would be a fool to let go of a gem like her

    "Thanks Rory, you bring warmth to my soul"

I said and her face creeped all red.

   "You sure have ways with your words and I am foolishly falling for you. I hope you don't break this my fragile heart"

   she said dramatically and I must commend her sense of humour.

    "Your poor heart is safe because I am not a heartbreaker. Fall as you want and I will always catch you"

       I kind of meant what I said but what happens to witches and metas. I don't believe that Rory and I could ever be but like I always say, life is scripted. it's just our duty to act on it .

    She sighed and looked away from me.

"I just pray that my short leave will grant me the happiness I deserve. I might just have a few days to spend and hopefully, I will make something out of it."

   She said sadly. I don't know if something happened that made her transform. I feel like questioning her about it but will not be prying into her life. She is a friend and friends are meant to look out for each other. Maybe later I would ask her as it is now, I don't want her to be more downcast as she is already.

     "Rory I would make it worthwhile, just count on me meanwhile I want to take you somewhere"

   My last statement made her eyes glow and she jumped happily.

     "Where could that be? Please take me there."

     She said, tagging on my cloak, I love the happiness I saw in her eyes and I hope it stays there, rather while she is around I would be able to keep it there.

     "Easy princess but that would be on one condition"

    I said and her face fell.

       "I don't like conditions but since it's coming from you, no problem. So state it, what's your condition?"

    "On the condition that you would kiss me"

The words left my lips before I could stop it. I saw the look of shock in her eyes and I regretted saying that. She was frozen in place and it was left for me to take back my words but before I could do the needful, She crushed her lips on mine and my world stopped functioning.