Lorenzo Berkshire/ 3 Words 8 Letters

chapter 8

~some time~

*Maria*

After class I felt exhausted. Today was a good day. I made a few friends, Fred and George are the funniest guys I've met.

I also made friends with a very kind hearted boy named Neville. He was kind enough to help me out with one of my assignments. So far I'd say him and Luna are the sweetest people I've ever met.

I decided to head back to the dorms and take a nap. I felt so drained, my legs feel like they were gonna fall off.

I ran into Blaise and Lorenzo on the way "Hey Maria" blaise says kindly. "Hey guys"

"So how was the first day?" Blaise asks.

"I'd say it was pretty nice" Blaise nods shooting me a smile.

"Well I better get going. I'll see you guys tomorrow" he looks between me and Enzo before he heads off.

"Where are you headed to darling" Lorenzo asks.

"The dorms I'm pretty exhausted" I let out a yawn.

"Well get your quick beauty rest and meet me at the astronomy tower at 4:30pm" he whispers excitedly.

"As a date?" I question with a grin. "Well um no but if-" he stutters scratching his neck. "I'm joking Lorenzo" I let a small giggle.

"I'll be there!" I say happily.

"Perfect I'll see you than" he gives a wink.

"Wait um how do I dress for the occasion?" I question as he's walking off.

"I thought this wasn't a date Mikaleson?" He teases. Yup that was expected. "Casual is fine" he replies. "Unless you want to get all dolled up for me" he bites his lip with a grin.

"Don't make me change my mind" I threaten feeling my cheeks heat up.

I planned on taking a nap but after Lorenzo asked to see me later I no longer felt tired. The time was 3:00pm and I had no idea what to wear.

why do I even care? It's not like it's a date anyways.

I ended up wearing a lace top with a jean jacket incase it gets cold. Simple but cute. I sprayed my favorite fragrance and headed out.

When I made way to the astronomy tower I seen lorenzo standing with a bag and huge smile on his face.

"I wanted to show you a few things" he says eagerly patting me a seat next to him with a pillow on the ground.

He grabs his bag and takes out each item. "Open it" he hands me a purple and gold box. "It's a wizard treat"

I think I know where this is going but I decided to open it anyways. I open the box and something jumps out. I let out a gasp and throw the box as lorenzo catches the frog.

"Were you trying to give me a heart attack?" I breathe while he laughs.

He has a nice laugh.

He hands me the frog "try it"

"Are you serious? Is it alive" i scrunch my nose

"No just try it" he urges

He stays eyeing me while I take a bite. "What do you think?"

"I've had chocolate before" I say with a grin

"But you haven't had a chocolate frog before" he adds with a grin.

After like 10 minutes of trying wizard candy I felt like I was going to be sick. Lorenzo kept trying to give me more until I told him another time. My stomach could only handle so much.

We left the astronomy tower and started walking towards the field. "Close your eyes" he says with a smile.

"Um what if I fall" I say nervously.

"I would never let a pretty girl fall. What kind of man do you think I am?" His way with words is something I'm not used to.

"Open your eyes!" I look and see a broom on the floor.

He picks it up and gets on. "Well are you just going to stand there?!" He says gesturing me to get on.

"I don't think it's a good idea" I say nervously. I've never been one to enjoy heights, its definitely one of my fears. "Come one, don't tell me you're chickening out Mikaleson"

"I don't chicken out Berkshire" I say sternly as I climb on the broom. I take a deep breath rethinking my decision. "Go eas-" before I had time to finish my conversation we were already in the air. I held on lorenzo for dearlife. "See fun ain't it" he smiles as the wind flaps his hair.

"I think I'm going to be sick" he was right though, the view up here was beautiful.

"I knew you'd like it mikaleson" he notices my smile. When I held on lorenzo tightly it felt reassuring, everything felt right.

Once we got off we laid in the grass staring at the sky. "What was all that for Berkshire" I break the silence. He turns and faces me "I wanted you to experience the full wizard life" he smiles.

Him doing this all for me made me feel something. It made me feel.. happy. A feeling I haven't felt in awhile.

"Well thank you. I had a good time" I smile at him.

"Well I'm glad darling" we go back to staring at the sky.

"Hey, can I call you mari? Maria is too boring" he says. I smiled and nodded my head.

"Well I'm going to be calling you enzo. Lorenzo's to formal" I say still looking at the sky.

He laughs "formal huh?"

"To be fair you called my name boring" I responded

My eyes started to get heavy.

"I think I should get back" I sit up my hair all messy.

"I did really have a good time and I really appreciate you doing this" i say as Enzo sits up.

"You know, I think me and you could be good friends" the boy says as I smile. He was about to say something else until I pulled him in a hug.

He looked taken back but melted right in my arms and held me tighter. I could smell the cinnamon and cologne right off him. His embrace was warm and strong. It felt like he needed that hug as much as me.

"I mean it. I haven't been this happy in a while" I say as I pull away.

"I'm glad you had fun love" he smiles.