"Hermes, I need to go. Still have this thing for Agent Oceanus. I will deal with my case after this. Bye." I said.
"Ok. Bye." Hermes said.
From the agency, I went to the university to mentor a painting class. I went inside the room Stella told me and saw 30-40 students with their easels and paint brushes ready to paint. And one of those students was Ryan, the car kid. He was surprised to see me.
"Excuse me everyone. This is Ms. Athena. She'd be the mentor for this painting class. Ms. Athena the floor is yours." Stella said.
"Thank you Stella. As she said I'd be your mentor for today. Honestly, I am not a painter by profession but I am passionate about painting. Because as cheesy as it may seem, painting is 1% talent and 99% heart. That's why in painting you use your heart. You paint what it is you are feeling or what message you want to convey to people. So for this class, we'll paint my way. No particular theme or topic. It's up to you. You can ask yourself maybe what you are feeling to today or what do I want to say that you can't seem to say. And after that, you'll show everyone what you painted. So, you may start. Don't worry. I'd be painting too and I'm gonna show it to all of you also." I said.
With the use of my iPod and speakers, just like any painting session I do, I played some of Chopin's masterpieces while I painted.
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"Time's up! Is everybody done?" I said.
"Yes." they all said.
I showed my painting. It was a painting of girl at the edge of a cliff on top of an ocean looking at the sky with clouds that resembles a face of a guy.
"Wow." they all said.
"It's your turn." I told the students.
I looked at each and everyone's painting. They were beautiful. These people don't need to learn painting from me anymore. They're better than me. But a painting catches my attention.
"Tell me about your painting." I told Ryan.
His painting was a guy in darkness opening a door to lightness.
"It's a painting about hope. As cliché as it may seem, it tells the message that after the dark there's light. But it's still our choice if we go to the light or not." Ryan said.
"Interesting. Nice job. You all did a wonderful job. You guys are even better than me actually. Just keep it up. Learn more. It doesn't mean that painting is 99% heart you will no longer learn. There's always room for learning. I always say to people taking fine arts or any arts courses. You are lucky. Use that luck to dream big and achieve that dream. Well, the time is up. Thank you for time. And for the guy who has the painting about hope. Please stay behind." I told them.
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"You didn't tell me you are mentor here in the university." Ryan told me.
"Guest mentor. This is just a favor for someone. Anyways, kid you got potential. Never give up painting even though they say you'll just starve. Here." I said as I gave him my painting.
He looked at it closely and saw my signature.
"S. Javier. You are S. Javier?"
"I told you you'll meet S. Javier one of these days kid. I'll go ahead."
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I went out of the room and there was Caleb waiting for me.
"Great class. I didn't know you'd be a good teacher." Caleb said.
I ignored him.
"Please Athena. Don't ignore me. I need to talk to you."
"Fine. But not here." I said.
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"About what happened in Korea.." Caleb said.
"I told what happened in Korea stays in Korea." I told Caleb.
"That can't happen Athena. You can't tell a person not to love. You can't stop a person's feelings. What happened in Korea, I don't know what it is exactly but I know it was real. I felt that we had a connection. That maybe I'm falling.."
"Stop it right there Caleb. How cheesy can you get? What happened in Korea, it's nothing. It was all because of vodka."
"Look right straight into my eyes and tell me that what happened in Korea was nothing. That you don't have any special feelings for me."
"This is nonsense. I still have things to do Caleb. I need to go."
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How dumb and mean can I get? I'm turning into this cold heartless person. I never thought about really what happened that night in Korea. I realized Caleb was right. Caleb and I, we had a connection. It was fun being with him. I like being with him. I miss being with him. I'm starting to like him too. That night in Korea, I want it to happen again. But I'm afraid that I will love him so much that I will not know what to do if I lost him. Sometimes love is just isn't enough.
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The next day after going to the university, I saw a bouquet of flowers on top of my car. There's a card in it.
I won't give up. - C
It says.
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