"This is your room, Rose" Artemis opens the door.

"My room?" She asks in confusion.

"Yes, from now on it will be yours" He clears her doubt.

"How could you decide that I will be staying here with you?"

"We are not staying in one room, but in separate" He chuckles.

"Any how, it will be same. Whether we are staying in a single room or not!" she yells.

"Why are you yelling?" He sees the surroundings, grabs her hand and takes her into the room.

"Leave me, Artemis" She tries to remove his grip.

"I am sorry for that, you need to listen to me alright? you have no family except you and your friends in your flat. You came to me for the help and I am taking care of things" He releases the grip.

"I don't want any sympathy from you, Artemis" She says on his face.

"Oh really, then why did you come here?" He asks.

"I came here because..." She thinks to cover the actual reason.

"Because you know I am the only one who can take care of you" He completes the sentence.

"I can't Artemis" She tries to leave the room.

He stops her by holding her hand.

She turns back.

"If I didn't help you, I will be a loser" He says in a worried tone.

"What?"

"Yes, I wanted to help you. Take care of you" He says in a concerned tone.

"Why? you are my friend. I met you like 2 days before?"

"Friendship bond doesn't relate with timeline, Rose!"

"Then why do you care so much about me?"

"Because..." He stops in frustration.

"Because?" She encourages him to continue.

"Because you are the only closest friend of mine and I don't want to lose you"

Rose controls the tears in her eyes.

"Okay, I will stay here only for one day then I will leave to my place"

"It's your wish, Rose! You will be well taken care of by me in all ways" He assures her and leaves the room.

"Artemis?" 

He stops walking and turns towards her.

She slowly walks towards him.

There is a few-inch gap between them.

"I didn't expect that you would take care of me in a proper way. I mean, we have known each other for 2 days and you have become like a guardian angel to me" She smiles.

He smiles.

"Are you for real?"

"What?" He confused.

"You are so kind and well-mannered"

He smiles again.

"Take rest" He kisses her hand and leaves.

While getting down the stairs, He meets Uncle David.

"Uncle David, I am coming to your room to discuss her health condition"

"Yeah, I was coming to your room for that purpose only. Come on, there is a lot to discuss about her" Uncle David keeps his hand on Artemis's shoulder.

They both go to the garden area.

Uncle David describes the entire therapy session to Artemis in a detailed way.

"So, Alex is the reason for this" Uncle David concludes the story.

"No, It's her mistake"

They both sat on the bench.

"How come?" Dr. Bee turns towards him.

"I meant, it's not only him but she's too. It's all about individual thinking also"

"you mean to say, she shouldn't think about that man?"

"I mean, he didn't do any harm to her. It's all done in their dreams so what I am saying is she should do some yoga or exercises to get relief"

"Yes, your point of view is also correct. But this PTSD will happen to a few people and we cannot say that it's their mistake. It's all about the events which trigger them and also it deals with how much they are affected by them"

"Yes, I understand that Uncle David. Past is Past, right? So what I am gonna do is I will let her do the yoga and have some fun with me" He gets up.

"What kind of fun?" Dr. Bee smiles.

"You know about me, right? I can do anything for her to make smile" He goes into the mansion.

KNOCK KNOCK

Rose opens the door.

"Good evening, Miss Amatore! Mr. Vanderbilt is calling you, he is in the study room" Mrs. Bunman says.

"Okay" She nods.

"Artemis?" Rose knocks on Artemis's study room.

"Come in, it's open"

She opens the door and sees Artemis who is writing something on the book.

"You called me?"

"Yes, have a seat"

She sits down on the chair.

"I spoke to Uncle David" He keeps the pen and notebook aside and focuses on her.

"Oh, okay"

"I can understand what you are going through right now and from tomorrow onwards you will be smiling all the time, Trust me" He says confidently.

"What?"

"Yes, you heard it correctly! I made a simple plan for you to follow then everything will be sorted out" He hands her the book.

"What is it?" She takes the book.

"Read it" He says.

She starts to read every bullet point on the first point and stops in the middle.

"I am not understanding these" She closes the book.

"Okay then, come with me" He gets up from the chair and extends his hand.

He holds her hand and goes to the terrace.

"Why are we here?" She asks and removes her hand from his grip.

"See that stars over there" He looks at the sky.

"Yeah, it's so beautiful!" She smiles like a child.

"Can you do me a favor?" He asks while looking at her.

"Yeah" She looks at him.

"Can you count how many stars over there?"

"What? Are you insane?"

"No, really. Will you do that?"

"I will try" She tries to count the stars.

After sometime

"I am done, Artemis! I can't" She smiles.

"See, at least you have tried to count" He responds.

"What do you mean?" 

"Even though you are not sure about the thing whether you will succeed or not, you gave it a try. So, Why are you pushing yourself backwards to achieve a great thing"

"I mean, Artemis..."

"Shush, I am speaking and let me do it"

She nods.

"All I want to tell is, you did so much to me and I should return you the same thing" He holds her both hands close to his heart.

"Me? What did I do?"

"Teaching how beautiful life is"

"What? Are you drunk or what? When I taught you about this?"

 He smiles and kisses her cheeks.

"Now go and take a rest, and tomorrow you will wake up at 5.30 am, come to my room" 

"Why?"

"We have something to do"

"And what is it?" She widens her eyes.

"Good night, Miss Amatore" He smiles and leaves.

"Please, tell me for what?!" She whines like a child.

"Why does he want me to wake up early morning?" Rose thinks, lying on the bed and facing the window side.

"I hope, she wakes up early tomorrow or else I should take action on her" Artemis thinks, lying on the bed while seeing Rose's picture by holding.

ALARM...ALARM...ALARM

"Argh! I don't want to wake up" Rose whines like a 4 year child.

"Hey, sleepy head! Come on wake up" A familiar voice tries to wake her up.

"No, Why should I? I need some rest" She covers her face with a blanket.

"Yes, you should. Not only for the physical but mental health too" He uncovers the blanket from her body.

"What do you want me to do?" She finally wakes up from the bed.

"Get ready, I will be waiting for you downstairs"

"I asked you something?" She tries to expect an answer from him.

"We are going to the party" He says in an excited tone.

"Wait, What?" 

"Yes, we are going to the party"

"Who arrange the party at this hour?"

"Then, people what would do at this hour?" He tries his best to stop laughing at this point.

"I understand, give me a few minutes" She gets down from the bed.

"Sure" He leaves the room.

"Shall we?" She asks him in the hall, after getting ready.

"Yeah"

"Where are we heading to, first?" She asks while rubbing her hands to generate heat from her palms.

"We will go jogging for 30 minutes and I will tell you the rest after that" He starts jogging.

"Hey, wait!" She gives company to him.

"Will you do this every day?" She asks.

"Yes, I need to"

"Why?"

"I need to look good, feel good. Fit and healthy you know?"

"Yeah, sounds good"

"Don't worry, from now on you will also do this with me" He winks.

Rose stops in the middle of the park.

"What?" He smiles.

"I said, I will be with you for one day and I am leaving this morning" She says in a concerned tone.

"Why are you wasting your time? Let's walk and talk" He continues the jogging.

"I can't, Artemis! Why won't you understand?" She tries to explain.

"I am not understanding? do you really think like that? I am taking care of you like a child and I want the best for you"  

"I said I am going to my home after one day and you agreed to that" She says in angry tone.

"Well, After speaking to Dr. Bee. I have changed my mind"

"You cannot take control of my life, Artemis!"

"Yes I know, But I can take control of your actions that lead to a healthy life" He stops near a bench and sits.

"That's a very good idea, but I live far from your house and I have a job" She sits beside him.

"I know, that's why I want you to stay with me till you are fine. You can take leave for a few days as long as you are staying here to improve your mental health or else you can ask your manager to give permission for work from home?"

"I don't think so"

"I expected this answer from you, so that is the reason I've contacted to your manager about permission to work from home"

"Since when did you start interfering in my professional life?" She gasps.

"Why are you being so rude to me, Rose? I am doing what is best for you as a close friend" He seems disappointed.

Rose sees his slightly disappointment face and understands his concerns towards her.

"Okay, shall we continue what we left?" She says.

He gets up from his seat and continues jogging without saying anything.

"Sorry, Artemis! Wait, please" She runs after him.

"How was the first experience?" He asks her taking the bottle from the fridge.

"It was fun actually. I am thinking of doing some stretching" She takes the glass from the cupboard and pours the water.

"Yeah, you should. Mrs. Bunman will show you the special room where you can do this kind of thing" 

"Yes, Ma'am! Please follow me" Mrs. Bunman smiles.

"This is the room where you can do yoga, exercises and all stuff" Mrs. Bunman opens the door.

"Oh, okay. What about him?"

"Mr. Vanderbilt will be in the gym, which is exactly opposite to this room"

"Okay" She nods.

Mrs. Bunman leaves.

After doing a little yoga, and exercises. Rose opens the door to take a shower. Her clothes became wet due to the activities which she had done in the morning.

She had a cold shower and took the white tee top and denim jeans. A high ponytail and applied a red tinted lip balm.

"Wow, I am looking like a doll" Rose chuckles, seeing herself in the mirror.

"Hello, ma'am. Here is your lemon water" Mrs. Bunman comes to her with a lemon water.

"You remembered?" Rose gasps.

"Yes, Ma'am. How can I forget" She handovers the glass to her.

"Thank you" She gulps it one go.

"Why did you come upstairs, I am coming down to meet you only" She keeps the glass on the tray.

"It's okay ma'am, Breakfast is ready" Mrs. Bunman takes the tray.

"Coming" Rose smiles.

She is getting down the stairs and suddenly remembers the scene in the park.

"I shouldn't have behaved like that. I must apologize to him right now" She heads towards his bedroom.

"Artemis?" She gently knocks.

No response

"I think, he is in his room. Maybe showering?" She thinks.

Again she knocks.

 No response.

"Should I go or not?" She thinks.

Suddenly Artemis opens the door and sees Rose in confusion.

"You want something?" He asks her.

"Yeah, I want to apologize for my behavior in the early morning at the park" She lowers her gaze.

"It's okay, I am used to your child's behavior" He winks.

She smiles like a child and says "Thank you so much, once again"

"Mention not, Rose" He closes his bedroom door and heads towards the stairs.

"So, What is the next thing to do?" She follows him.

"Have some breakfast and your belongings such as phone, and laptop in your workspace"

"Workspace?"

"Yes, I will show you the room after we have breakfast"

She nods.

Breakfast is Oatmeal and Whole-grain toast.

"It tastes so yummy, Mrs. Bunman" Artemis says to Mrs. Bunman while chewing.

"Hope you enjoy it, Mr. Vanderbilt" She smiles.

"Where is Dr. Bee? I didn't see him anywhere" Rose asks.

"He left yesterday night" 

"Oh okay, But he didn't tell me the how much should I pay for my therapy" She sees his face to expect an answer.

He gives a death stare to her.

"Never mind" She understands and continues eating.