She's My Sleeping Pill

Because of this happy news, Stefan allowed the students to drink wine. He asked the bodyguards to buy some wine outside since he didn't have any stock in the house. Thankfully, the stores around the place were still open and they have good wines to sell.

Some students drank wine but there some who didn't. They still preferred fresh juice and soft drinks.

They all had fun together.

Meanwhile, Chris was getting nervous as he drove nearer to secret garden. His hands were sweating already and he can feel his heart trying to jump out of his chest.

"Mr. Dumrique is very generous."  Rissy commented while looking at the road. "Does he treat other people like this all the time?"

"Not all people." Chris answered. "He only cares for those people that make Cayenne happy or her family happy. Since Luiz is now considered as his extended family, and his happiness is Cayenne's happiness, he would do his best to be considerate and make these two people happy."

"They're both lucky to have found each other." Rissy commented. "Luiz is a very smart student and he never gave me headaches. His very responsible as well and he helps his classmates. At his young age, he's got good grasp of being a good leader. I have never worried about them until this point. All I wanted is for my students to become successful in the future and help other people, too. But I'm not sure if all of them will achieve the dreams they have in mind."

"Don't think too much about the future. They're very excellent and I'm sure they'll find the best path that suits them. Just check on them from time to time." Chris replied while slowly pulling his car over to the parking lot. "We've arrived."

"Hn. Let's go and meet them." She thought that the students and the sweet couple will be there to eat dinner with them. To her surprise, the place was rather quiet compared to what she had in mind. There was a sweet sound coming from a violin somewhere and the atmosphere was quite romantic.

"A reservation for Chris Hawkins, please." Chris told the waitress who was standing at the door.

"Right this way, sir." The waitress led them inside and walked directly to the secret door which leads to the secret garden. It was like the world in fairytale which Rissy liked so much.

"Those kids tricked me!" She exclaimed while nervously clutching on her handbag. "They're not here, right?"

"They're not. They already went back to the house after making this surprise for you." Chris answered her honestly.

Rissy took a deep breath and shrugged her shoulders. "I didn't expect you're an accomplice. So, you brought me out to distract me?"

"Hn."

"Nice plan." She said but Chris couldn't tell if she was happy with the surprise or upset that they lied to her.

They arrived at the table reserved for them which was right in the middle of the garden. There were small lights shaped into a large heart where the table and chairs stood inside it. There was a large bouquet of roses on the table and there was a small card with a note.

'Teacher, it's your time to be happy after all the worries we've caused you. Thank you so much for taking care of us. Enjoy your date!'

Rissy smiled at the note and took a picture of it. "Clarisse wrote this. I know her penmanship." She simply said as she put the note inside her wallet. It was a cute token to be appreciated. She didn't want to throw it away.

"There's more." Chris mentioned from behind her and when she turned around, she saw a huge teddy bear. "This is still from your students. They wanted you to remember them every time you look at this bear."

She felt a surging emotion from the bottom of her heart and she was so thankful that she accepted the job to teach them. She's happy that they appreciate her. She's overwhelmed with their gratefulness. Even though the students weren't around, the thought of them making this surprise for her made her so happy that she started to cry.

"I will miss them." She mumbled as she tried wiping her face. "I will surely remember them even if I don't have this bear to look into."

"I know." Chris pulled her into a hug and gently rub her back. "They will miss you, too." They hugged for a little while more before pulling away from each other. Rissy took the bear from him and placed it on the chair next to her. 

"No wonder there's an extra chair on the other side." She commented with faint laughter. "Sweet."

"That's not all." Chris picked something under the table which was a large paper bag. "These are from your students. It's a collection of their little tokens for you aside from that bear." He handed the bag which contains lots of things from her students and there were letters as well. "And this is from me." Chris gave her a small box. "It's just a little something, I hope you will accept it, too."

Rissy happily took them all and placed it on the chair beside her, together with her bag and the huge stuff toy. "I'll take my time reading them later."

Chris raised his hand and the waitress came. He only mentioned several words and the waitress already knew what to do. She started serving their food and a violinist not too far from them continued to play a romantic song.

They were surrounded with flowers and right above them was an empty space where you can see stars in the dark sky. It was truly a romantic date that she wished.

"Basically, we were having this short tour early in the morning because they were looking for a place to set this surprise, right? And they were observing me."

"Yes. Chloe was observing you all the time." Rissy just smiled after hearing these words. "Let's eat."

"Sure." The two of them started eating their dinner while chatting about different things. She also talked about what was the happiest moments for her with the students and what was the most worrying. She shared a lot of things, opening up to him her feelings and her other emotions.

Chris put down his utensils and drank a glass of water to clear his throat. "Rissy, I'm not rushing you to give your answer to me or make you have an obligation to return my feelings. We just started dating for a month now and I'm giving you time to think of our relationship carefully. At the same time, once we get back to the city, I'll let you inside my secret world and make you decide if you still want to date me."

"Hn. I'll let you see my secrets, too."