Chapter 1

MEN IN ACTION 5: ROCK HORRISON

Gracey was depressed as she watched Ashton and Tracey dance in the middle of the dance floor. He sighed violently. Her eyes widened as she looked up at her cousin Tracey. She knew that she wanted Ashton... But Tracey still managed to snatch the one she loved the most. She was frustrated while drinking alcohol. Why did she even go to the engagement party of the two? She seems to be a masochist or just a stupid and a fool. She focused her eyes on Ashton's back. Her best friend who made her heart beat.

A mischievous smile appeared on her lips. She suddenly developed a plan. But, she needed an intense courage. Her plan: stole a kiss from Ashton in front of the audience. That must have been a good reward for her flirtatious cousin Tracey. She laughed softly and was shaken by her evil intentions.

"You're really crazy, Gracey." she smiled to herself.

She drank alcohol and she no longer knew how many times she had swallowed.

Meanwhile, Rock was shaken when his friend Ashton approached him. He shook it.

"Are you sure about your plan, huh?" he asked.

Ashton took a deep breath and hesitated to smile.

“I have to take the responsibility. The oven has the bun."

"Oh..."

Rock's reaction. That's why the two of them need to get married right away. He folded his arms and shook. He does not know if he will be happy for his friend or more accurately say he feels sorry.

"Just enjoy, man. I'll leave you here first because my fiancée will introduce me to her high school friends." Ashton said goodbye.

"Okay. But just wait, I have my jacket. I'll be home later."

Ashton struggled against him.

"I thought, I will arbour it from you. It's just mine."

"Just buy a jacket like this. You have a lot of money."

Ashton finally took off the jacket and handed it to Rock. The latter immediately put it on. After Ashton left, Rock faced the bottle of beer he had been drinking and having a kiss on its lips. It was already in half and after he consumed it he will go home. He continued drinking his beer. His boss will definitely scold at him again when he comes home. Hopefully, it sleeps soundly.

Meanwhile, Gracey has accumulated great courage and thickness of face. Now, all she has to do is to look for is her victim. She looked around. Her gaze stopped at the table near her. It was in the corner and the man who was drinking beer alone turned around. She knew that jacket.

"Alright! This is it, Gracey. It's all or nothing!" she said boldly.

She got up and walked slowly towards her target. And as she walked, she took a deep breath so as not to remove the intense thickness of the face she had accumulated. When she finally got close to her target, she gently tapped it on the right shoulder. The man turn around.

And exactly when he faced her, she stretched out to give it a kiss and she immediately closed her eyes firmly when her lips landed on its lips. The man was obviously surprised at what she did. She pressed her lips even harder against him and she pressed her body even closer.

Rock was very surprised by what the woman he did not know did. But her lips was making him weak and thinking nothing but to endure the kiss. He grabbed her tightly around the waist and hugged it. After that he gave what it wanted. A kiss with an extreme bliss.

Gracey was slightly taken aback when the man covered her lips and gave her as easily as she wanted. He clung to his neck because she seemed to melt in its embrace and seemed to faint with the sweetness of the kiss. He tastes the beer he drinks with minty hotness. She does not think that it feels so good when you kiss the person you love and like. She savoured every moment she had its lips and she was confined in its arms. It doesn't matter what everyone might think. She feels, her world is spinning slowly and they are the only two there. If she could just stop this moment she would...

They slowly released each other's lips and after that Gracey slowly opened her eyes. Her vision is still a bit blurred because she is already a bit resistant to the alcohols she drank. And when she finally saw the face of the man who gave her a delicious kiss...

"OH MY GOSH!" her language was terrified.

The man was surprised by her reaction. Ashton is not the one she kissed slash, the one who kissed her! she stole a kiss from a different man! Like her, the man was also stunned because he was so surprised by her reaction. She first recovered from the shock.

"Sorry! This is a mistake! I-I made a mistake!" Gracey's confused language.

And before the man could react to her revelation, she quickly sped away. Come what may! Come what may! Rock blinked when the woman who stole his kiss quickly left him. It did that to him and say it was wrong?! He looked around and saw people staring at him. He had never been ashamed of this in his whole life. He clenched his fists tightly.

"What are you looking at?! I hope you enjoy the scene." his sarcastic language to everyone.

After that he walked out. He left the hotel. He was very angr about what happened. He was the one who stole the kiss, he was the one who was embarrassed! He touched his lip, as if he could still feel the soft lips of that woman. He was stunned by what he was thinking and rebuked himself. He continued walking until he reached the parking lot where his car was.

"That woman will pay me! I will charge her!" his language frustrated.

He immediately got on his motorbike, started it and he drove his car hard. When he arrived at his house he carefully opened the door. He was careful to make noise. When he finally got inside he went straight to the living room and slumped down on the sofa.

"What's wrong there?" his language is still frustrating.

He could not accept the humiliation the woman had inflicted on him. He closed his eyes tightly and rubbed his forehead. He breathed violently.

"Why are you sleeping there?"

Rock smiled sparingly when he heard that cute voice. He slowly opened his eyes and he saw a girl. Its shoulder-length hair is straight with bangs, with blue eyes like him and but her skin complexion is white. It inherited its beautiful complexion from its late Mother. His Angela was only four years old and this child was very active.

"I'm not sleeping, I'm just resting." he replied to his daughter.

"Really? Why do you smell bad? Are you drunk, Papa?"

He laughed at Angela's awkwardness. As he can imagine, his own daughter is investigating him. He finally got up and sat down.

"I'm not drunk, honey. Papa just drank a little. Why are you still awake, huh?"

"I'm waiting for you. I can't sleep."

"Why?"

The girl climbed on his lap and looked intently at his face. He was a little nervous at his daughter's stare. It seems to like and not lightly.

"Why are you looking at me that way?" he asked curiously.

Angela smiled at him. He was infected by her cute smile. Lighten his feeling that earlier was so bad.

"I want to ask a wish from you, Papa. Can you grant it?" excited this question.

"Anything for you, honey. What is it? Tell me your wish, I will grant it." he smiled.

"Can you give me a baby?" Angela asked excitedly.

He was stunned by his daughter's answer. He scratched his neck very hard and hesitated to smile at it.

"Where did you get that idea ?!" he exclaimed.

His daughter stepped aside and accused him of staring at his face.

"You said, you will grant my wish."

He laughed heartily.

"Yes, I said that. But I'm asking you why do you want a baby and where did you get that idea?"

"If I answer you, are you going to give me a baby huh?"

Rock looked up at the ceiling. It will not stop him when he says more things. His daughter thought that the baby was being bought just like a stuff toy. Now, what he wants to know... Who give his daughter that idea?!

"Yes, so please... Answer me, honey."

"Is that a promise?"

"Of course!"

Excited his daughter smiled and hugged him. After that she kissed him on the cheek. It loosened its grip on him and leaned forward on his body.

"I played with baby EJ and baby Cleric this day and I heard that Ninong Ervine and Ninang Ashley was having a baby again. I saw Ninang Ashley's tummy and it was so big and round. She told me that the baby was inside of her tummy. I ask her, if she ate the baby. She laugh. Then, she said that the baby was growing inside her tummy and when the time comes ... The baby will come out. She let me touch her tummy and I felt the baby's kick! It was so amazing, Papa."

(Ninong- Godfather, Ninang-Godmother)

He laughed at its story. That is the root of everything. But his daughter's story is still lacking. (EJ-Ervine John-son of Ervine & Ashley)

"Then, what else happened? Why did you want a baby?"

"Baby Cleric was learning how to walk. And I'm his teacher. Uncle Aeon told me that I'm going to be a very good sister. Papa, I want to be a good sister!"

(Baby Cleric was the son of Aeon and Crimson)

He messed up his daughter's hair.

"Honey, you are a good sister to baby Cleric and baby EJ. Isn't it enough, huh?"

"Yeah, but I want our own baby. My own little sister or brother. They told me that, it will happen if you will find a Mommy for me."

Rock laughed and rubbed his forehead. 'I'm fed up with it... They're crazy, ah? What have they taught on my daughter! I was given a headache...'

"Papa, you need to find a Mommy soon. I want a baby very bad!" Angela added.

Rock raised his hands as a sign of surrender to it. He picked it up and then he stood up.

"Okay, I will find a Mommy soon. But first thing's first, honey. It is already late at night, you need to sleep so you can grow up and not be stunted and Papa, will also go to sleep because he needs rest so that he has the strength to find the perfect Mom, right?"

"Right!"

He then kissed his daughter on the cheek. She hugged him and leaned on his shoulder. He took it to her room and put it to sleep. Then he went to his room, showered and then lay down. But drowsiness does not visit him because his daughter's request is playing on his brain. Then, the face of the woman who stole the kiss and embarrassed him suddenly entered his eyes. He rubbed his lip and he smiled spontaneously. An idea entered his brain. His going to have his sweet revenge. A very sweet revenge, indeed!