When it was afternoon. Bellezza went outside the house to wait for Erebos. She stood under the tree seven minutes to two, which was the exact time he left yesterday. She was afraid that he might disappoint her by not showing up.
Erebos was a handsome guy if one will ask her. She had never felt this attracted to a man before. Bellezza was twenty but she had never thought of having a boyfriend. Relationship was not on her mind all these years. But when she met Erebos few weeks ago everything changed for good.
Lately, Bellezza hardly sleep at night. Most of the times , she wrote messages on her phone which she never sent to him because there was no such phone number with the name " Erebos" on her cell phone.
Peep peep
A car horned. Bellezza was backing it but she felt that the sound was coming from Erebos 'car. She was surprised that she could differentiate between his cars and others, that was so stupid to hear.
She was still lost in her thoughts when he tapped her shoulder gently. Bellezza smiled. This was the best thing that have ever happened to her this month. Love!
"What's wrong Belle" Erebos asked.
Bellezza knew the familiarity of that voice. It was truly Erebos, she wanted to face him but she became shy all of a sudden.
" Should I go back?" he asked. This time the tone was serious than she thought. Bellezza had no choice but turned around.
"Hi" was all she could say, with her head bent.
" Can we go or you changed your mind?"
"No...oooooo" Bellezza screamed, immediately regretting why she did so in the first place. Being foolish was a normal thing to her but now, that Erebos was with her. Things were not going to be the same. She had to work on some of her dirty behavior.
Together, they got into the car and drove to a nearby town. The car stopped in front of a beautiful garden, it was more of a city garden looking beautiful from the outside. The trees were well trimmed and the flowers looked fresh.
They came down and entered the garden. Bellezza was eager to know why he brought her here or was he feeling the same way she was? No! She was in love not him. The guy besides her didn't look like he was going to fall any time Sooner.
"I usually come here when am lonely" he finally broke the silence.
"You stay alone?" that was a stupid question to asked but she did. One could feel lonely even when people were around, everything depends on the circumstance in which you find yourself.
"Nope, I have a little brother. He is my only family right" he replied.
"Am sorry about lost" she said.
"Lost? I don't get it" he narrowed his brow in confusion.
"I thought the rest are dead" .
"No, they are alive but I don't know where they are. My hope is to find my mother first, she will help find the rest" Erebos explained.
"Am sorry about that. Bellezza wished she could withdrew her statement. "Have you been able to reach her?"
"Not yet, Still searching. Swilleview is my next target"
"Target?" was swilleview a target?
"I mean the next place to search, don't mind my choice of words" he said. There was a flower, that looked weak and it root was kinda of out. Erebos bent down and fixed it back by adding enough sands to it's sides. Bellezza stood and watched this, the guy could care for plants too. This act of his interested her the most.
"Okay, can I help?" she squatted next to him.
"With what exactly"
"Searching for your mother in swilleview. At Least I know this town better than you" she said.
"Okay, if you want. But what about school? Your family?"
"Am not going to spend the whole day searching for your mother. I will help when I can "
"Okay, clever idea."
"Do you have a picture of your grandmother?" He changed the topic.
"Nope. Grandma never liked pictures, so we avoided that" she said. Bellezza felt like she was talking to much. Erebos might think that family was damaged just like her.
"didn't you tell her just a photo won't hurt. All these are memory records. Is good to keep them"
"Do you have a photo of your family?"
"Yes, but it's in my box at home" he stood up and continued with his walk. Bellezza noticed that he was wearing black today again, which she found quite strange. Black was a fine color but wearing it everyday made her to become suspicious of him. Black was evil and meant for criminals like her. People who blew up their friends in school.
Erebos noticed that she wasn't following up. She just stood there half way lost in her thoughts. He went back to her and asked " is there a problem, Belle?"
"Nope, you are wearing black today too" she said.
"Are you a fan of my dress?" He asked looking down as if there was a mirror on the grass.
"Fan? Never!" she said. Leaving him at the spot. If only he knew how she feels, he won't asked her that question. She loved everything about him.
The way he smelled. His black hair, the tuxedo he normally wore. His footsteps fascinated her the most. She was in love with a stranger and yet there was no apologies for these act.