Valkyrie - The Vampire Princess

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 9

Some students decided to make a luau at the waterfall. I decided to go since Mirta would be there. She convinced me and I agreed to go with her.

I realized they had excluded Eros from this event.

He didn't get along with anyone. Eros was always isolated from people. That's why he hadn't been invited to the party.

Between classes, I walked to the school courtyard and I saw Eros. He was sitting on a wooden bench under a tree. His face was hidden in a book.

I approached him pretending I didn't want anything and I sat down at his side with my hands leaning on the bench.

"What are you reading?" I asked looking down at his book page. His book looked interesting.

"A book about owls," he answered looking up at my face. His gaze was cold, mysterious and seductive.

I shook my head little by little. "Do you like owls?" I couldn't avoid my surprise.

"They are the 'symbol of wisdom'." His countenance seemed arrogant. His words looked so true.

"I didn't know." I confessed, imagining owls had some power to fascinate him in fact. I sighed easily and happy, after all our conversation was just about owls and not beautiful schoolgirls.

"There are many things you don't know yet," he affirmed looking into my dark eyes. I perceived his eyes had some special brightness.

"An owl came to my bedroom window and I frightened it away," I confessed him and glanced aside.

Discreetly he smiled down at his open book. "It is a bird that does no harm to anyone." His fingers squeezed his book.

"But it is frightening... that animal has large eyes..." I said him, trying to persuade him.

He smiled at me and then he looked back at his book's paragraph. That was a way of telling me that his reading would be more interesting than my words.

We remained voiceless for a time, until I had the courage to break the silence between us again.

"There will be a luau this evening at the waterfall. Do you want to come with us?"

"I don't enjoy that kind of thing." He closed his book and glanced away.

"It'll be cool," I tried to convince him to go with us. I didn't know the why but I needed his presence at the luau.

"Who will I know if I show up?" he said, looking back at my face.

"I'll be waiting for you there." My voice sounded hopeful as I held firmly my knees, controlling silently my nervousness.

"I'm not making any promises."

He got up, walked away leaving me wondering if he would go to the luau or not. I remained seated, with no enthusiasm to face my classroom again.

In the evening, when we arrived at the waterfall, everything was so pleasant - being faced with nature's beauty. I loved it all. I felt the gentle wind biting against my cheeks. I was so excited.

We got out of the cars. The guys were looking for a suitable spot to make a bonfire. Delighted, I watched the blazing twigs for a long time.

The folks served us drinks. We sat on the ground and in front of the bonfire. I refused to drink intoxicating drinks as I remembered my mother's words.

I sipped my soda, while listening to the sound of a guitar. They were singing such a moody melody. I stood up to go for a walk around the waterfall. Mirta was talking to Christian at that moment. She looked at me while I was walking away slowly.