Maya...the Goddess

Maya...who are thou?

Maya, Anton had called up to ask if you could meet him sometime this week?

Oh, did he say why Neil?

I think he tried calling you but you din't answer. Is everything fine ?

All is well Neil don't worry Maya is a big girl and you don't need to be her bodyguard.

Rhea, I am just worried I know Anton is a gentlemen but I have seen how he sees Maya and I just...

Neil seriously of all the people I get a lecture from you !!! That, that Casanova friend of yours is prying on me and you of all the people in the world is worried for me...if I should remind you it was your bloody party in the first place that introduced us and then it was your idea making him the lead architect of my dream project. You had bloody no rights to decide but you did it then and now you are worried!!! Talk about being a hypocrite...

Maya, please calm down you know how Neil is And I am sure he was just teasing you he did not want to push you into anything.

Rhea, I am sure he had all his intentions clear and if you may... please excuse me I think I am full and I will retire for the day...

I stormed out of the room to my bed but I could hardly sleep. I put on a shirt over my jeans and boots while walked out towards the garage for long ride to someplace where I could think.

While the weather was warm enough to walk I preferred my car and went towards the place where I lived. It was a small town near with hardly many residents as it was a deserted one...people had no opportunity of earning and only women and children lived back.

As I reached oshire I could see my school and the emply playground with rustic slides and swings. I had never imagined myself out of this place but it was Jeff who had always desired of moving to bigger towns and cities for making money and living the high life.

Tears flooded my eyes as I remembered how fool I was to believe that he loved me and he would be with me forever. Though he did want me to be with him but how could I???

I stooped at my favorite place of the town. The great oak tree circle which we all called as the circle of knowledge. I sat down placing my hands on knees and wept till my eyes went dry. I hadn't cried for so long but now it was all I could do in my alone time.

Anton had done nothing but behave like a gentleman. I was the one who must have hurt him. I was too afraid to give in coz if I did then he'd know that I can only bring in bad luck.

It was in my nature to trust and then ruin a relationship, to not care for the other person's dream but it was even more crucial for me to end this...

I tried calming myself with deep breaths... Inhale and exhale, but with each breath I was only able to concentrate on how I missed Anton's strong arms around me... How he had held me so close that night in the dark so I couldn't run. I was a fool to introduce him to my world of vampire's and mermaids but he looked so seductive that I could not think of anything else.

I have only been able to give myself to Jeff after which I never allowed myself to feel anything for anyone. He seeped within the cracks of broken walls which I had shielded with pretentious life full of work and smiles.

I was lost in my thought when a faint voice called out to me. I tried listening and I realised it was him.

Maya, please tell me if you are here. We need to talk please I know you are here.

Anton, I called him out and then I saw him running towards me. He caught me and swooped me in his arms , hugging me as if it was the end of this world.

Both our hearts beating in a pace that matched our rhythm and burned us in the desire to be even more close.

Tightening the grip on him I let myself be with him for that moment as I too missed him more than I could have imagined myself.

Goddess, you shall be the death of me! Why did you have to run away from me? You know I love you.

I froze, as I could not believe what he said. I know he fantasized me as some goddess of his debauched worlds, but love? Am I imagining things?

I tried moving out of his grip but he didn't let me go.

Stay, please stay let me feel you if that is the last thing you want me doing with you.

And then we stayed there in each others arms...

As the first ray of sunlight broke from the clouds of dawn, I saw his face. That was the first image that fell into my eyes. His long lustruous silky hair covering his brow. His closed eyes showed me his tenderness and vulnerability that I never noticed. His hands engilfing my hands in a protective grip . He raided into my thoughts, my mind my soul , but to give him my heart...i wasnt prepared for that!

I tried running and his embrace tightened as if reading my thought he murmured... Don't go I love you...

Panicking, I shook him and asked him that I had to show him something before any conclusion.

He gazed at me still trying to figure if I was real or just a dream.

Anton, wake up I am real and I need to show you something if...if

Maya, I don't meet to see anything but only the love that is in my heart in your eyes.

Please Anton, let's not run ahead of our league here but you know nothing of me and I am just not a good person...I am bad like a black cat.

Maya, you are mine and I am ready to breathe my last breath if I get to be yours and you as mine.

Still, let's go...I will drive.