Chapter 5 The Flower of Evil

The next day, Rowena woke up and wondered why her white rose was missing.

She searched for it, thinking she might have misplaced it. When she couldn't find it, she asked her mother if she had entered her room, but her mother hadn't.

"Is there something missing?" Her mother asks.

"Nothing much, it's just a flower" Rowena answered.

"A flower?" Her mother was puzzled. "You have a boyfriend?" Her mom asks again.

"No, not like that" she said.

"But it's ok for me if you got a boyfriend." Her mom told her.

"But I really don't have a boyfriend yet" Rowena said.

"Ok, I believe you, so where did you got that flower?"

"It's a long story" Rowena replied.

"Then, shorten it" said her mom.

"It's from my teacher's stalker. She don't care about it so I took it." Rowena explained.

"So why is the flower gone now. No one has ever come inside your room yet." Her mom told her.

"I don't know, I think I was holding it till I fall asleep"

She look under her bed his drawers and cabinets but it was nowhere to be found. It was gone.

"You should prepare your things now, you are getting late to school. Hurry up and time is on the run." Yelled her mother in the kitchen this time.

Rowena just taught to herself, "I just have to asks another flower from teacher Jessa since she don't like it, maybe that flower has the same effect as before."

At school, things were the same as usual. There was a white rose on Jessa's desk that greeted her as soon as she opened the door. Jessa noticed it but didn't touch it.

"Ma'am, can I have that white rose? I noticed you're not paying attention to it, and white roses are my favorite," Rowena politely requested.

"Okay," Jessa replied. Rowena promptly picked up the flower from the teacher's desk.

Then the bell rang for the flag ceremony. Rowena wrapped the flower in a paper bag and clipped the stem to the zipper of her bag pocket. She left it on her chair.

While attending the flag ceremony Rowena can't help herself from watching their room. She told one of her classmate who was standing next to her that she see someone inside there room.

"But, Rowena I don't see anything. There is no one in our classroom" Abegail replied.

"Maybe I'm just thinking things" Rowena taught.

After the flag ceremony, Jessa was surprised to see the white rose back on her desk.

"Why is it still here? Didn't I give this to you?" Jessa asked, reaching for the flower and handing it to Rowena.

Rowena glanced at her bag, and indeed, the flower was no longer there. She accepted the white rose without saying a word. She thinks that someone was really inside the room during the flag ceremony. As Jessa was walking back to her table Rowena muttered.

"Ma'am I just saw someone inside our class during the flag ceremony. Maybe he is the one responsible for it." Rowena told her teacher.

"I thought so,but I don't care." Answered Jessa coldly.

Nobody knows that Rowena was seeing a ghost.

During the flag ceremony it was Romnick that pick the flower from Rowena's bag and lay it back on Jessa's table but then just after the flag ceremony Jessa gave it back to Rowena. It makes Romnick angry that all molecules in the sorounding almost become particles of his soul. If he did not control himself on time, the whole class will be seeing a ghost. If that happens it will affect Jessa's job and Romnick can't afford to see Jessa sad for losing a job because of him.

Unlikely during the flag ceremony, Romnick was so angry that he lost control of himself. He really thought some one had stolen the flower he had given for Jessa.

"Dude I can't help laughing"

Jefferson suddenly appeared insulting Romnick to make him loss control.

"Shut up! Do you want some more beating?" Romnick answered him.

They are both infront of the class but no one is seeing them. Then they went to another space not part of this world to talk things over.

"Dude, it's not a regular flower, how did you able to get it?" Asked Jefferson.

"I don't know, I just think about it. I have it ever since I was young. I never thought I could have it even in death." Romnick explained.

"Dude you are amazing" Jefferson can't help but praise him.

"What? Are you becoming a fan of me now?" Romnick asked.

"It's not like that, I mean since you can summon things from the underworld,can you summon the scythe of the Reaper for me?" Jefferson explained.

"The scythe of the Death Reaper?" Asked Romnick for confirmation.

"Exactly" Jefferson answered.

"Hahahahaha!" Romnick just laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing for? Do you see I'm serious"Jefferson told him.

"I'm not a fool and I'm not that powerful to summon the things of the Reaper." He answered.

"But why do you have that flower of evil since you were a child?" Jefferson asked. He is so confuse of the very being of Romnick now. During high school days he taught of knowing him and now he suddenly become an unsolved mystery. What kind of monster is this who summons things from the underworld?

"What kind of monster are you?"

Romnick responded just by staring at him but did not see any single word.

"It's no wonder I cannot defeat you. You are more evil" Jefferson continued.

"It's just that I die first that is why I am stronger" Romnick stated his reason.

"Those words will be no longer effective today. The real reason is already right infront of me. But I won't give up till I become stronger than you. Then I will summon the Scythe of the Reaper of Death and beat you." Jefferson said.

"Idiot" muttered Romnick before he was gone in that space.

Back in class, Jessa was discussing while Rowena caught a whiff of the white rose and started daydreaming. She imagined a man personally giving her a white rose, confessing to her how special she is,how he cared for her and love her with deepest sincerity and then he was about to kiss her. Rowena closes her eyes waiting for the time there both lips will meet each other. Just then, their teacher called Rowena's name, interrupting her thoughts.

"Rowena! Are you listening?" Jessa shouted. She was really furious like a lion who is about to devour a prey.

Rowena was about to respond when suddenly the trash can tipped over spilling garbage everywhere. The students quickly moved to clean up the mess. They thought it was done by there teacher who got angry because Rowena was not listening. She was just one foot away from the garbage can so they think there teacher kicked the trash. They don't know even Rowena was puzzled. She was even afraid of the inccedent that took place and was reminded by the words of her lovers before they died that she is haunted and there are two ghosts that is always beside her.

Jessa took a deep breath to relax herself and control her emotions and temperament.

Unknown to them, that it was Romnick who kicked the trash. He was also puzzled why he did it like being controled or manipulated. He really did not mean to do it. His feet just suddenly move. He just realize that Jessa is a dangerous woman. He can be her puppet if Jessa only realize her talent. As Jessa was furious she wanted to kicked the garbage can but she did not do it but Romnick was the one being force to do it.

"Now I understand" Romnick said to himself.

"So that' s how it is" he sighed.