Cibele hated some of the human attitudes towards animals, I remember how sad she found the fish in the aquarium, and bought several fish that were for sale in those bags, only to return them to the sea.
You were free and you wanted everyone to be free too.
I remember you used to say that we would be forever. But, honey, in the end, we don't even know each other anymore, we are not even a shadow of who we were.
I guess college swallowed you up, and my job took care of pushing us apart, that's what everyone says "that's life."
Now I'm looking for a way to move on, taking what our love gave me the most beautiful thing, our friendship....
But Cibele, your rosy face in the late afternoon, your breathless breathing, your dark skin becoming golden reflected by the sun, and your kiss, will be in my memory forever...
Apollo thought (Text written by me)
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3 weeks go by...
And around 1:00 Apolo passes by Cybele's house.
He knocks on the door and she comes to open.
She raised her hand in greeting. - Hi, how are you?" Cybele asks with her hands on the door.
- Fine, fine! - He presses his lips together. - And you? Wow, you're getting huge! - He touches her belly. - Is Athena here? - He glances inside the house.
- Yes, well, well! - She bows her head. - And no, she's watching the completion of her house - he points to the street. - But why does she want to? - She brushes her hair out of her face.
- Well, I'm going to the mall to buy a suit, or something fancy for a charity event! - He gives her a wry smile.
She widens her eyes. - What? Are you going to get rid of that dinosaur? - She brings her hands to her cheeks. - I can't believe it," she shakes her head.
- Ah ah, funny, he's not even that old. - He looks at her with a wry smile and a raised eyebrow.
Her jaw dropped, and she opened her mouth. - Apollo, you've had that suit on since we graduated from high school. - She giggles. - And you were 17!
He shrugs. - Oh come on, I just like to put things away," he scratches his beard and grimaces, "but, I'll be back later! - He turns around.
- No, can I come with you? I mean if you want, if you want! -she murmured, looking up at him.
He recoiled in a grunt. - Yeah, sure, why not? - He put his left hand against the blue door.
She releases the door, and picks up a large glass with a straw.
- Will you hold it for me? - she said, handing the glass to him. She picked up a big blue bottle. - I'm ready!
- Gee, what's all this for? -He asks raising his eyebrows.
- Ah, I had some problems with hydration, my doctor told me to drink as much water as I can.
She puts her hand on her stomach and as she leaves she frowns, feeling the cold in her body.
She shivers. Wrapping her arms around herself.
- Wow, how cold is that! - she pouted.
- It's been like this for a week, he laughs, how long since you've been out?
She looks around. - Too long I'd say!
- Go on, I'll wait for you to put on a coat! - He nods, pointing to his house.
She puts on her coat and together they go to the mall.
Once there, they walk around looking at the store while Cybele eats some popcorn.
- How have your weeks been? -He asks walking beside her, with his hands in his pockets.
- Good, I'd say! I've been working as a model, I never thought I'd say this but I'm tired of taking pictures. - She puts her hands to her forehead. - But what about yours? - She rolls her eyes, "No more popcorn!
- You? Tired of taking pictures? But you love taking pictures. - He puts his hands on her shoulders must look great, he gives her a wide smile and scratches his head.
- Huuummm! - She frowns, who is she, she rolls her shoulders and looks up with a wide smile.
-Who is she? What are you talking about? - He lowers his head with a wry smile.
He frowns. - Oh come on, there must be someone behind all this shopping today.
- Okay, you win, her name is Alice, and let's meet at this event. - He throws his hands in the air. - But I put on my suit for my mother to mend, and she said no mending.
She laughs, loudly.
He straightens his red choir in front of her, someone walks through the crowd at the mall and pushes him forward, causing their faces to come closer together, their eyes to meet.
Their breaths quickened, they had never been this close before. The blond's blue eyes stare at her, she pulls away.
And Apollo's heart, can't contain itself, he closes his eyes, and she says:
- About the suit, of course it had no patch, but I'm glad you met someone! Really. - She closes her hands, giving him a light punch on the shoulder.
- Yes! I met her in the school lab, and I'll tell you, she's really nice! -He scratches the side of his head. - And you and Pietro? How are you and Pietro? He raises his eyebrow.
- Apollo, no! We don't need to talk about it. - she shakes her head, looking around.
- It's no big deal, friends, remember? -He raises his eyebrows.
- Oh, we haven't spoken in weeks, I asked him to give me a break, you know -She lowers her head -I don't know what to say, I want him back, to what we were, I can't explain what I feel when I'm lost ... - She lowers her head in embarrassment, and shakes it. - But at the same time I'm afraid that he will do... Well you don't know what he did but...
Cybele puts her hands in her pockets.
He interrupts her and speaks: - No I do know, he presses his lips together and holds back his laughter, - Your sister told Paolo. - He presses his lips together and shakes his head.
Her jaw drops, Cybele snorts with anger - Everyone on this island knows everyone else's business. - she laughs.
- Well, sometimes I think Paolo is learning from his aunt! - He raises his eyebrows, and laughs slowly
- Well, sometimes I think Paolo is learning from his aunt! - He raises his eyebrows, and laughs slowly.
And she looks at him from the side and takes his face.
- My goodness! How I miss laughing like that with you. -she looks at him and her mouth curves into a smile.
He frowns, "Oh, no! I know you really missed my little dances. -He shrugged his shoulders and made a funny face, while moving his legs.
It was Apollo's strange way of dancing. Cybele lets out a laugh, and everyone looks around, she quickly puts her hand on the popcorn bag and throws in a smile as she looks at the blonde.
Cybele lets out a laugh, and everyone looks around, she quickly puts her hand on the bag of popcorn and throws it in her mouth smiling as she looks at the blonde
Cybele draws her eyebrows together and scratches her hair. - I'd forgotten what a lousy dancer you are!
He puts his hands to his beard. - I'm as good a dancer as you are a singer! - The blond man's eyes widen and he quickly sticks out his tongue.
His expression closes hard, and she retracts her head back. - Ándras, that hurt! - She starts laughing uncontrollably, with her hands on her stomach.
(Translation: Ándras = Poxa, in Greek)
He twitches his jaw and smiles and shakes his head in a positive sign
He twitches his jaw and smiles and shakes his head in a positive sign. - But seriously, if you feel that's what you want go to him and say it, you know Belle denying what you feel is to walk away from yourself, so if you like it say it, if you want to try again forgive, love takes a certain courage. - He puts his hands in the pockets of his black coat.
His eyes widen. - Really? You're telling me to stay with Pietro," she frowns, and picks up her bottle, putting her mouth through the straw and sucking on the water.
- No! I'm telling you to follow your heart, it's not worth torturing yourself with what you feel, but sure, if that's what your heart wants, go ahead. - He taps her forehead lightly and presses their lips together.
- Thank you, Apollo, for everything! For being part of my life. - She presses her lips together, bringing them together. He rubs his hands over his nose, and looks up into her shining eyes.
- Oh no! You're not going to cry, are you? - He chuckles, "Come here, you pain in the ass! -He hugs her and wraps his arms around her.
She closes her eyes with tears in her eyes. Cybele was emotional, last week she had cried with a trade of absorbent, imagine with Apollo being her friend?
And his advice definitely made her think...
They walk off when she points over his shoulder to the store I found, comes she takes his hands and walks over to it among the crowd.
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Meanwhile Atena was with her mother in her new home.
- Mom, everything's going wrong! -She puts her hands on her shoulders,-The sink is clogged, the room is leaking and Sebastian won't stop working. - Atena throws herself on the sofa, furrowing her eyebrows.
Julia bites her lips nervously, not knowing what to say to help.
- Bed, dear! - She sits down beside her daughter, and her phone rings in her pocket.
- Aren't you going to answer it, mom? - Atena asks with narrowed eyes.
Julia disguises but soon picks up her cell phone and sees Giovanni's number, which by then she recognized from all the calls he made. She gets stressed and her blood boils and throws the cell phone on the floor.
- Mom! - Athena is startled, retracting her feet backwards, "Why did you do that?
- Ah, Ah. - She puts her fingers together. - I needed a new phone anyway. - She gives a half smile, looking up at the ceiling.
Athena retracts her head back, frowning. - Oh, Mom, I'll tell you, you're acting really weird these days. - The redhead puts her hand on her waist and stands up. -She raised an eyebrow.
- I just happen to need a new phone, that's all, there's nothing to worry about. - She puts her hands in the rings and rests her other arm on the sofa, avoiding to look at her daughter.
- Oh, Miss Julia, if I didn't know better I might believe it! - She rolls her eyes and before she can open her mouth her speech is interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone.
Julia looks at the cell phone on the floor and looks at Atena, takes a deep breath and goes to pick it up. She picks up the cell phone and hangs up.
- It's probably a charge. - She gives a forced and wide smile, "Honey, I'm going to see if your grandma needs help at the restaurant! - She grabs her purse from the couch and walks away.
Athena turns around and shouts. - You won't get away with this conversation, Ms. Julia! - She says as she sees her mother leaving.
All this makes Athena apprehensive, what was going on? She paces back and forth determined to find out.
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The one who also wanted to escape a conversation was Paolo, weeks of hiding from Alexia the girl was insistent, but still he kept his distance. What intrigued the girl!
Paolo was in his room trying to concentrate on his studies for the chemistry test.
When his mother knocks on the door.
- Honey, Alexia is there and wants to talk to you! - She says loudly without opening the door.
- No, Mom," he widens his eyes, "Please tell her I can't talk, I have a stomach ache," his lips turn into a line, he puts his book to his face.
- Too late she has already entered. - Her mother opens the door to her room for Alexia, who is standing behind her.
The girl enters like a hurricane and excuses herself by closing the door.
- Okay, I need to know what's going on. - She crosses her arms looking at him lying on the bed, You've been ignoring me all week, she opens her arms.
He scratches the back of his neck, and sits up in his bed.
- Of course not. - He snorts. - I was just busy, that's all! We don't have to stick together all the time, Lexi! He turns his eyes back to the book.
-It's not about sticking together! - She says, rolling her eyes, "It's about you ignoring me," she relaxes her shoulders, "What's going on?
- Alexia, I'll be direct! -He swallows dryly, his throat burning, "I like you, like, like. - He raises an eyebrow and bites his lower lip lightly.
The brunette's heart fluttered, and she held back from smiling.
Wait, is this serious? - She points her index finger at him firmly. -Because if this is another prank," she pressed her lips together.
- I'm serious, and I know it's weird! And I don't want anything to change between us. - He gets up from the bed and takes her hand. - But I honestly don't know how to hide what I feel. - He shakes his head.
- I don't know what to say, what to say I like you. - You're a good friend, you make me laugh!
She smiled slowly and stared at him closely. - I like that about you, you always make me laugh. Not just smiles, but laughs. And I didn't do that much, remember how tense I was as a child?
She tried to change the subject. Alexia was good at that when it came to talking about her feelings.
- Tense? No, no, you were scary! Everyone was afraid of you. - He scratches the back of his neck, and his cheeks are red.
- Well, everyone was afraid of you. - She looks around the room, and continues gesturing. -Paolo I don't want to ruin any of this, it's if we were like Ross and Rachel, I say that because they were 'friends' Then everything went wrong. - She makes an exploding bomb with her hands and looks at him, sitting down on the bed.
He rolls his eyes and remembers how much he hates Alexia's references, the way she changes the subject quickly, and the way she is afraid to talk about her feelings.
He crosses his arms and raises his eyebrows - What? Alexia, please, I would never betray you; I am talking about something serious. - He walks over and sits down in his chair facing the computer.
- Me too ué ! - She gives a smile, and rolls her eyes, - They are one. Examples of friends who dated and it didn't work out so well! -She gestures with her hands throwing herself on the bed. - And by the way Ross didn't cheat on Rachel! - she said, looking up at the ceiling.
- I know, Alexia! - Her fingers touch the computer's space keyboard. - Now you can excuse me, if you don't want to talk about it I have a science test to take! -He pursed his lips together and shook his head.
He turns his chair to face the bed, and the girl stands up and twists her mouth. And there is a silence that is quickly broken.
- So, that's it? Look, I really don't know what to say, you know how I am, and you come and drop this bomb in my lap! - She licks her lips and plays with the strap of her red shirt.
- I guess I was too hasty in telling you! - He purses his lips together and looks down at her. - But you know, Lexi, just don't pretend you don't know what to say, because just tell me how you feel about it.
She pulled the strap down tightly and widened her eyes. - I don't know if I like you like this, she puts her hands in the pockets of her black pants and stands up. - I don't want us to end up hurting each other, look at Cybele and Apollo, they don't even speak anymore.
He shakes his head. - What? Apollo sent me an SMS saying he would not have lunch because he was shopping with his sister, but you know what, Alexia, it's okay. - She threw her hands up in the air, I have a lot to do!
She twisted her mouth, and walked to the door. She opened it and looked at him, she didn't have anything else to say although her heart was frozen with fear, fear of losing her friend, fear of it not working out, fear of something new...
She walks out the door.
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Cibele arrives home from a great afternoon with Apolo. She entered the house full of bags, which was the result of a "Cibele only buy and don't buy" but she bought, almost bursting the card! She bought to avoid her thoughts, but they were still there.
No wonder her favorite book was Becky Bloom's Delusions of Consumption. Great book, she thought.
But she knew a decision had to be made...
She goes to the kitchen and finds Iris who has come up behind her panting.
She picked up her mother, Iris' hands were cold and sweaty, Cybele feels it.
- Little sister, you won't believe who called me out! - She breathes breathlessly, with a smile on her face that Cybele had only seen when Iris had passed college.
She frowns. - Geez, calm down! I laugh, looking at her cousin. Who deserves all this happiness? -She raises her eyebrows.
- Stefan Demetrius, she leaps forward and cousin, he saw me at my job as a tourist guide, we talked for hours, and now he will take me on a dinner and tomorrow a speedboat ride.
Ah Stefan Demetrius the richest man in Santorini, reserved! Known by all to have a good heart, more like a heart unattainable to anyone, never married, always single.
Cibele frowned and put a hand on her waist, - But what? Well, it's good to see you like this! - Just be careful, okay, he's known for not wanting anything serious with anyone, I worry about you, I don't want you to get hurt.
She makes a sign of the cross and blesses herself in front of her cousin with her wide eyes. And she smiled, unable to wipe a smile off her face, sitting at the table.
And she smiled, she couldn't keep a smile off her face, sitting at the table
- I know, little cousin, you can relax. - She gives a smile, - Now I'm going to get ready. - She puts her hands on Cybele's arms, rocking her together with her.
- I'm glad you're happy, I thought you'd try it with Apollo. - She turns her head to the side and smiles, turning toward the stairs going up to her bedroom door.
Iris comes up behind her, untying the yellow apron from around her waist.
- No, Apollo is eternally yours! -she pressed her lips together, and gave a half smile. - And no one can compete with that. - She crossed her arms in front of her cousin's door.
- Nonsense, Iris, he's a single man now! - She stared at her cousin. - And he's even going out with a woman today, and he seemed excited!
Iris raised her eyebrows, her eyes narrowed. - Hmm, that could be!
Cybele enters and throws herself on the bed, with the groceries in her hands, she leaves them on the bed and lets her hair down. Iris leans against the wall in front of her room.
- But what about you and Pietro? What have you decided, just friends? - Iris bites her lips, looking at her cousin.
- No, actually," Cybele scratches behind her ear. - I'll call Amanda right now and go see him today, and if everything works out, I guess we'll go back.
She put her hands together in front of her body and gave a wide smile with wide eyes.
- Anw, I'm so happy for you little sister! I really hope this time it works out. - Iris says with a smile on her face and walks over to her cousin and hugs her.
She takes a deep breath, - Me too, me too! She presses her lips together and pulls out of the hug.
Cybele calls Amanda asking if she can talk to Pietro, her heart flutters with happiness while her stomach turns, she was sick but fine! She looks around and walks back and forth leaving a message with Iris and leaves to the nearest train.