So as you may know, this is the name of my chat story. I decided to turn it into a novel. This is just for fun. Of course there will be more detail since this is a novel and it requires more words than a chat story. I don’t know how this will turn out.. if it turns out good then great. If it turns out bad then oh well. It was for fun anyway. Diamond is the female lead (FL) and she has many options as to choose who she wants to be with.. I think I will cut my book into 2. I want Garden of Butterflies to have a sequel.. it would only be righteous. You never end a romance book vaguely 🌚you know? But anyway. Let’s see how this goes. I’ll always appreciate feedback and criticism. I wouldn’t like for it to be nasty. Always keep it professional & clean and ask for a follow if you wanna critique me in depth. You’d have to follow me back of course so we can chat.. but here we go!!

**Update:I will be combining chapters to make them longer since this is an actual novel. The bright side to that is that it will be faster and longer. The not so bright side is that I’m still going to be updating this book a little slowly because I have 3 other works to finish. (GoB chat story, Raised by My Alpha, & Adultery is a Sin) So thank you for sticking with me. I have been very slow to update both the chat story & novel so I’m going to release 4 chapters all at once. I knowwww !! So many words but oh well. I better get to it for you lovelies!!❤️

See y’all later!! Fly high butterflies 🦋

—Diamond’s POV—***

*Note: represents inner thoughts. Story will contain multiple perspectives that involves all characters. Enjoy.

It was in a beautiful, luscious garden on the day of April second when I was 6 years old. I was fascinated with butterflies at this age as was any other girl my age..

I was admiring this gorgeous butterfly when all of a sudden I heard a soft cry. It was a girl ,younger than I, coming up to me and she tugged on my shirt.

Her name was Shay & she told me how she was upset that she couldn’t find her brother. So naturally, I helped to look for him.

Luckily we found him under a tree reading a book, and I thought he was cute to be a boy—but I found it strange he had gray hair.

It was odd for a boy our age to have gray hair, so I just stared at it. I was so entranced that I didn’t hear Shay say thank you, nor did I hear her trying to introduce me.

She tugged me, “Sis, this is my brother Brandon and bro this is ummmm... what’s your name?” Shay tapped me again, but I was staring at her brother so she just laughed lightly.

“I can introduce myself Shay and my goodness where have you been this whole time & why on earth did you bring an odd stranger this way?” *Brandon’s inner thoughts: She’s totally staring at my hair.*

“Bro don’t be so mean. She helped me find you,” I said while smiling a big one

“I was staring cause I think the color of your hair is strange mister. I just wanted to help Shay, but now that it’s done, I should get going so mom won’t be mad.” I said.

“Oh well sis thank you. Maybe we can play next time.” Shay said.

*Brandon’s inner thoughts: Now that I think about it, she is cute. I wonder if she’s my age. She looks like she could be. I was staring and didn’t hear any of the words being exchanged between those two. I saw her smile though.*

“By the way, my name is Diamond. And I would love to play next time.” I waved goodbye and started to walk off when suddenly her brother said something .

“Well thanks for helping my sister.” He rubbed the back of his neck while saying so.

He looked so shy while rubbing his neck and it was so cute. I just wanted to laugh so I giggled a little. “How old are you?” I asked.

Brandon’s inner thoughts: Why was she laughing. I don’t understand.* She asked our ages, “I’m 6 & she’s 3.”

“Oooo I’m 6 too & next time don’t wander too far from your sister.” I ran away wondering maybe if I’d see them any other time. I stopped to look at the butterflies once again before I left.

To my surprise there was a boy holding a butterfly on his index finger.

*Damon’s inner thoughts: I’d seen a very pretty girl walking up to me. I could tell she was interested in the butterfly on my finger and curious to know how.*

“Hi” He said to me.

“Hello I haven’t seen you before.” I replied.

He also had strange hair. I was wondering what was going on today. His hair was blue. “what’s your name?” I asked.

“I’m Damon Crass & I’m new around here. We just moved here actually around the corner and I wanted to explore my new surroundings. What’s your name?” He responded.

He sounded so smart . “I’m Diamond and I live around the corner too. I think this garden is so pretty and the butterflies too. They make me happy.”

“I was on my way home and wanted to see the garden before I left . I’ll be on my way now. See you around, Damon.”

I was in for a little news now after but that’s how this all started.

Chapter 2

•still kids•

Two days have passed. Inside Centry Hill Apartments, Damon was talking to his father.

“Hey, Dad. Can I go to the park?” He asked his dad.

“Sure, kid. The only rule is to come back before nightfall. We will be leaving out earlier than normal in the morning.” He replied.

“Okay. See you later,” Damon said. He proceeded to walk out the door, stepping outside. He wondered if Diamond would be at the park today. He was fascinated with her. She was so beautiful and unique. She had green hair which made him like her even more. He had weird hair and she did too. All he could think about was if he was going to see Diamond today.

*3 blocks over @ the same time*

“Mom, I’m going to the park now. I’ll me sure to be back before supper,” said Brandon.

“Okay, honey. I’ll see you later,” said his mother. Her name was Linda Hall.

Brandon ran out the door. He was running so fast that he bumped into a kid blue hair outside.

“Ouch,” said the kid. He rubbed his head and wondered why that kid had gray hair.

“Sorry bro & I have gray hair because I was born like this. Why do you have blue hair, huh?” Asked Brandon.

The other kid couldn’t believe that it slipped out of his mouth. “Sorry. Just watch where you’re going next time bro.”

“Yea you got it,” said Brandon.

They kept walking. Both were quietly on their way to the park but they didn’t know that.

“Are you following me, kid?” asked Brandon.

He replied, “What? No way. I’m on my way to the park. Aren’t you following me?”

“No. But hey since we’re both going to the park, we might as well get know each other. I’m Brandon Hall. What about you?” Said Brandon.

“I’m Damon Crass. I just moved here to Centry Hill Apartments.” Said Damon.

Brandon: “Oh, cool. So I guess that means I’ll be seeing you more often. We should hang out.”

Damon: “Yeah. You lost definitely will and sure.”

They both arrived at the park and found Diamond staring at the butterflies. They both took steps towards her at the same time. They noticed that they were going in the same direction so they stopped to look at each other. In unison, they both asked each other, “Do you know her?” Then they answered in unison, “Yes.” The competition started from there, at such an early age. I don’t know what makes boys so competitive but they raced to Diamond. They thought it couldn’t be true that that they arrived to her at the same time. Diamond was shocked when she saw those two weird haired boys run up to her. She laughed lightly.

Diamond: “Hello you two. Brandon and Damon, isn’t it?”

They both nodded to her question.

Diamond: “Where’s your sister today? You didn’t wander off on her again, did you?” She was about to stand up but sat back down at his reply.

Brandon laughed and stated that he was alone today.

Damon coughed to interrupt their conversation, “So I noticed that you like butterflies. Does that mean you come here often?”

Diamond: “Yes I do. I love butterflies. They are so beautiful & it keeps me busy since dad is busy working and mom is occupied with cleaning.” She smiled while answering.

In unison, they both said, “I do too.”

The competition may have started before but this is where it officially began.

Diamond laughed and said, “Okay. That’s great. We can all be friends now. Maybe even best friends.”

*Note: I’ll try to include the pictures of what they looked like if it will let me. -**Thanks*🦋