"I did not expect the roses to grow so fast,"
An awkward little chuckle accompanied Arabella's attempt at diffusing the… Awkwardness.
As neither one of them seemed keen on discussing the reason they left the garden in a hurry, a stifling wave of silence had claimed the air around them.
The young woman was only thankful Ada was human and thus unable to read her emotions like a vampire could, well aware her heart would divulge much more than she'd be comfortable with.
"It is only natural that they do around this period of the year more than any other," Ada started, sounding a tad more vivid all of the sudden, "See, the spring Equinox is almost upon us," she smiled.
"Oh dear! That is right! Ostara[1] starts in three days from now," the little look of surprise on her faded quickly for her furrowed eyebrows to take over, "Gardening has never been my field, but does that mean that flowers in general grow faster when Ostara comes?"
