A Picnic

After breakfast Alara tried on the cloths Barbara had got her ,and amazingly they all fit.

When she came out , Rae couldnot stop staring.

"Is it me or did your chest get bigger " he blinked.

Alara pushed his face away , "I will poke your eyes out if you look at my chest again "

Barbara moved closer to her and whispered.

"Am sorry for I might be out of line saying this , but I think you might be pregnant " she said.

Alara smiled nodding.

"I am".

"Oh my congratulations and does the young master know ?"

"Yes he does ".

Barbara beamed , "Am happy for both of you " .

"Thank you Barbara".

"Be careful on the horses ,your not supposed to ride them in your condition " she advised.

Alara smiled.

"Trustw I had done worse in this state and the baby is still okay " she assured her.

"As you wish " she stood aside .

Rae came in with the horses , one black Friesian horse and an Arabian horse.

She ran to the black one careful placing her hand on its head. It seemed to like her too .

They got on and slowly tracked up the fields , she was queit calmly gazing out into the large stretching green fields.

"Are you okay ?" She heard him asked.

"Am just thinking , I caused trouble for alot of people and ran away . Am here enjoying this beautiful field while they face the consequences of what I did "

He moved closer to her.

"Have you heard anyone complain or point fingers at you ?" he asked.

"No".

"Then let us do what we can to help you . Once in your life let others show how much they care for you through helping " he said.

"But it was the mess I created , I should be obligated to clean it up ".

"And you did what you could so let us do the rest " he told her.

"Do you think Sally hates me ?....it's my fault she is dead "

"We both know it's not your fault so you shouldn't blame your self " he said.

She sighed raising the ruins on her horse and rode off. He followed her closely moving around the fields.

When they got back , Barbara had prepared them a picnic basket to enjoy. So they choose a nice shade spot by the huge tree on the field and sat down.

She was lost in thought when his hand moved to her head, pulling off the hairband holding her hair. It feels down on her back.

Her eyes met his with question .

"Your hair looks good when you let it down " he said.

The wind blew through it ringing a sense of freedom through her .

"After I joined the organisation at ten , I never let it down . For it would get in the way during training and my missions " she explained.

"It became a habit , even when am not doing any I still hold it up " she added.

His fingers ran through it as she closed her eyes.

"Want to lay down ?" He asked tapping his lap .

She scoffed but laid back down on him looking up at the blue sky.

"I wanted to cut it but mom wouldn't let me . She claimed it was the only thing that still made me look like her daughter " she gulped.

"I loved the bangs too" he said.

She chuckled , closing her eyes. His fingers still in her hair ,playful holding onto it.

"You must have been scared " he said.

She knew what he was talking about.

"I was the first time , but after I found out that they would kill my mother and baby sister I knew I had to put the fear aside and do what they told me " she let out.

I got to see mother and sister a month after my training everytime. And since I was my mother's replacement I had to keep up to her reputation . But it got harder when I started my mission and I would get punished if I failed .

Back then it was easier , I was still a child . I did those horrible things so I could go home and see my family, but when I got older the nightmares and questions of what I was doing started to haunt me .

Was it right or wrong ? I would keep asking myself . But then it hit me, it was too late for me to start repenting for I had killed too many people and was still doing it.

Mom said it would get better with time but it never did. So I let it drown me and blindly do what they wanted until they would get tired of me and throw me away.

Her eyes opened to his handsome face. The sun was bright shinning wondering on him.

He blinked gazing back .

Then she met him , a target who instead of raising alarm of being attacked instead took her in offered clean dry clothes and treated her like a woman.

What had he been thinking that night to do all that. He says he loves her but what if he took changed after he finds out what she was really capable of.

Should she kill him and let her life go back to normal again. She breathed looking away.

"It won't not with all that has happened ,and she would not be cruel enough to deny her child the right of having a father , not like her.

"Let's get married " she said .

"Huh?".

"I won't say it again"

"Married , really?".

"It's the only way I can match up to there power " she let out.

He laughed .

"I don't care about the reason ,am just glad you accepted ".bending down he kissed her.

Even if she wanted to use him to get back at the organisation he still didn't care , his eyes sparkled with happiness and his lips couldn't leave hers.

He was genuinely happy that she couldn't hold back her smile pushing him aside as she sat up.

"Aren't you alittle too excited" she let out.

Rae shook his head trapping her lips again ,this time it was deeper and passionate like he wanted to make her feel how much he loved her.

Slowly they leaned back on to the tree , his hand slid up to her hair holding her head while the other moved under her top. Her hands rested on his neck closing him to her.