Julia Lelieveld and the fifth element

~20~

I looked around expectantly. The first to respond was Pete.

"Yeah, when we went to Dynamic a few months ago, we ran into them. Really really nice. But they come from a different direction than us and it is more than an hour and a half drive to see them. So that's why we occasionally meet in Dynamic. We have agreed that we are actually friends, but when we see each other there is always a spark." And he gave me a wink, with a big smile on his lips.

I smiled back, typical guys.

"And Peet, how is she?"

He sighed briefly.

"She's beautiful," he said, swooning. "She has beautiful dark skin, long braids and light eyes. And she kisses as well as she dances."

I think he was in love. "And you Eddie?"

He glanced at me from the front seat. "Her name is Yvonne. We haven't seen each other that often." And he shrugged nonchalantly. Okay, so he didn't want to dwell too much on it. I looked at Bas questioningly. He reacted just like Eddie. He said her name was Zoe. He also said she's cute. I wondered why Bas suddenly reacted so absently.

"Well, I hope to meet them."

"Oh, that will certainly happen", Peet replied enthusiastically.

The boys then talked about the football match that would take place tomorrow. I kind of half-listened. I didn't care much for football. It's one of the most popular sports here in the Netherlands, but I never cared much about it.

After the boys had spoken about football, I didn't think this was possible, there was silence for a while. Until Peet suddenly asked me. "Say Julia, do you actually have a boyfriend?" He looked at me curiously. I noticed that Eddie and Bas were also looking at me curiously. I had to laugh to myself for a moment, at such a moment they are just like women.

I thought about my answer for a moment. No, I didn't have a boyfriend. Matthijs and I had once been boyfriend and girlfriend, but that had actually turned into friends. Although we sometimes had a "spark", as Peet had described it. Besides Matthijs I had really only had two boyfriends. Klaas, I had met him a year and a half ago during a festival near us. I did meet up with him every now and then, but that quickly faded. And then of course we had Sam. I really had fun with him. I met him during the autumn break last year. My parents and I were at a holiday park in Limburg. He was also there with his family and it was love at first sight. We were inseparable that week, but then broke up as friends. But to come back to Peet's question, no I didn't have a boyfriend. There were, of course, plenty of beautiful boys at school. But since Mama died, I hadn't really needed it. I really lived in a haze. That haze was now slowly disappearing.

"No, I don't have a boyfriend," I said to him with a laugh.

"That's a shame too, such a beautiful girl like you." He said it more to himself than directly to me.

"I'll take that as a compliment." I looked at him surprised.

"Yeah, you should." And he winked again. I looked outside Bas and saw that we were in town, it wouldn't be long before we would be there. And with that thought, I saw that we stopped along the sidewalk at a large black building. There was a small line outside that ended at a large steel door in front of a very bloated bouncer. Above the door hung a large black sign with the name "Dynamic" in neon blue letters.

It looked impressive. I was curious what it looked like inside. With the same thoughts, I doubted whether we could enter. Many discotheques require you to be eighteen to enter. Then they didn't have to ask for ID at the bar if you wanted liquor. Eddie probably saw me looking at the bouncer. "Do not worry. Goof is a member of my father's gym. He'll let us in."