Rose willed herself to square her shoulders and took confident steps towards the office which read 'Dr. Juniper' even though inside she was a complete nervous wreck . She knocked softly on the door and pushed it open after hearing a low 'come in '.
She entered in a spacious office with a large white table and the walls painted a subtle turquoise. The front wall was replaced by glass which gave a view of the lawn at the back and a large bookcase adorned the wall at the back of the table covering the whole wall .
A man probably in his early 40s with brown shaggy hair and similar kind gentle eyes looked up , a warm smile lighting up his face.Rose smiled politely already feeling at ease in his company, until her eyes fell on the person sitting in front on his table who had just turned to look at her .
There in all his glory was sitting none other than Jordan River, the last person she expected to meet here , scratch that , he was not even on the list .Her eyes widened just merely but the smile remained taut on her face before she recomposed herself .
" Good morning Dr. Juniper . I'm Rose Wilder. "
"Oh ! A very good morning dear . I had been waiting for you ."
Confusion contorted on her face as she glanced down at her watch to check the time . It was 9:01 a.m. , the time her meeting was scheduled. She glanced up again . The doctor laughed a bit before adding
" I guess I forgot to add 'since the time I came to know about your unique yet excellent idea ' to my sentence. My apologies."
He laughed again , a warm deep one easing the tension in her shoulders a bit as she smiled at him gratefully.She glanced at Jordan who was looking at the doctor with a light smile on his face shaking his head at his childish antics . He looked up and locked eyes with her looking at those marvels which had been filling his thoughts all the week .
He sent her a small smile which melted her completely. She couldn't help but smile back when all the events of the concert came running back to her memory and she blushed looking away ..
She just prayed that he didn't remember her .
' Why would he remember me , I'm just overthinking. After all he is the Jordan River . Why would he remember a crazy bratty girl from his concert ? Yeah! That's right ! He wouldn't remember me .'
She finalised while glancing at Dr. Juniper making sure she doesn't seem as distracted as she was .
But Jordan could see it in the slight pout of her lips and the slight contortion of her eyebrows. She was thinking , hard. He had come to his father's physician and his best friend who had been taking care of him until his death .Louis Juniper was family to his father and also to him since he could remember remembering anything . He was like a second dad to him .
He had decided to spend some time of the two weeks holiday he had taken before his world tour would start here in Calgary , his hometown where his father grew up . He however lived in Edmonton a few hours from here by road .
When he thought of visiting Louis Juniper , he never thought he would meet her here . No never. Rose , it suited her well he mused , especially after seeing that blush .He chuckled a bit causing Louis to arc an eyebrow at him .
" So Miss Rose , I absolutely loved your proposition. So I sincerely hope you clear this exam so that we could work on it together. I'll be looking forward to it "
Jordan was shocked yet impressed to know that the girl about whom his uncle had been rambling on for the past half an hour was Rose . He had praised her idea and her brains and her heart to have thought about it and practically everything a person could praise about before meeting them. He was amused but patiently listened to him . It was nice to talk about things other than your supposed dates with celebrities or your upcoming album or world tours or. Well you pretty much got the idea .
He loved music with passion but to worship it he had to come with this extra baggage which he was ready to carry but sometimes it was exhausting, a lot. He had been pretty amused at the girl in the concert ,who he now knew was called Rose. It suited her . He was eager to see this professional side of her after seeing the wild Rose at the concert .
Louis never introduced the two , he knew both knew each other. Jordan was famous itself and Rose , well she had been the topic of discussion all this Monday morning.
Louis signalled her to sit on the couch in his office and make herself comfortable . He told her that the test would last for exactly 2 hours and the results will be given within 15 minutes . Apparently he was much more excited to put the thing into action as compared to Rose herself . He was literally bouncing in his seat while explaining every rule to her .
Jordan being used to his antics preferred to stare at the girl in front trying to decipher how could she give up her time to do extra studies and duties when she could easily live her youth partying around , travelling , learning a new hobby or anything for that matter . But no , she chose to study more and do internship ahead of time for what ? To help others she has never met or will never meet in future . Wow!!
She could have waited another few years easily . But Rose knew better . She didn't want to waste even a single second of her life. She knew it's importance, better than anyone .
He didn't realise that he had been staring at her all this while. Rose was practically squirming under his gaze thinking that he might have recognised her . Jordan broke out of his train of thoughts when Louis threw a pen directly at his head mastering it .
He threw a glare in Louis' direction and got up putting his hands in his pocket . Jordan loved white on her , it made her more angelic if that was even possible .
Rose had to force herself to look at Louis to stop staring at him in his white low cut shirt , his signature metal chain which had the engraving 'family' on it jangling from his neck and blue faded jeans .
'He is hell hot ! Wait what am I thinking ? Stop stop stop Rosey Rose . Stop '
Jordan strutted out throwing a ' I'll be back soon ' over his shoulder but stopped by Rose.. Looking back to ensure his uncle was busy in some papers , he bent down close to her ear and whispered causing her breath to hitch
" You have got quite the moves little Rose . I must admit I was quite impressed " he smirked and moved out without even a glance back , satisfied by the almost inaudible gasp .
Rose's skin heated up as she blushed hard . Trying to focus on her footsteps she scurried over to the couch . Taking a deep breath and murmuring a small prayer she blocked out all the thoughts .
The task at hand was more important than being embarrassed. And so she blocked out all her thoughts and began with her test focusing hard on her paper.
Louis had a small smile and pleased look on his face while he looked at the girl focusing solely at her goal.He hadn't missed the small exchange but decided to play cool. He already liked the sweet angel , he just had to confirm she had the brains and will power he wanted .
So he sat patiently waiting for 2 hours to get over .