Greek Runaway

Είκοσι εννέα(Twenty Nine)

Larry's POV

Everyone loves Katalina, and she's the big talk. Including the visitors who come, people are now coming just to see her. But at night, she and Ahkmenrah spend a lot of time alone. Not in a bad way, they just lay with each other and talk usually. I decided tonight there could be another party and everyone went. Except Ahk and Katalina.

"Hey, Dad, where's Ahkmenrah?" Nicky asked walking towards me.

"Probably the security office with Katalina."

"The Greek Runaway?" I nodded my head. "Okay, thanks, dad." He said and walked off to find Ahkmenrah.

Nicky's POV

"...but I am, besides the little guys, I am the smallest here." I heard a girl's voice as I walked in. Then I saw Ahkmenrah and Katalina. Ahkmenrah laughed a little.

"You're afraid of being too small?" Ahkmenrah looked over and saw me. "Nicky is smaller than you." He gestured to me.

"This is very true." She said looking over at me. She then stood up and came over to me. "I do not think I know you yet."

"I haven't met you yet. I'm Nicky, Larry's son."

"I am Katalina, The Greek Runaway," I nodded at her.

"Ahkmenrah, there's a party going on."

"Oh, is there. Come on Katalina, let's go. We can dance." Then they left me alone in the room.

Ahkmenrah's POV

Katalina and I were dancing together, slowly to a fast song, and talking. That's when I had a thought,

"Katalina?" I asked to get her attention. And she hummed in response. "What if we finally got married here?"

"Here in the museum?" She asked looking up at me.

"Yes. Does your chest have the wedding dress in it?" I asked. She shrugged.

"I am not sure of what's in it." I took her hand and we went to the chest and found that it was locked. With a combination. She went over to it and unlocked it and started to look through it. "It is right here." She said lifting it up.

"Let's go talk to Larry," I said and we went over to Larry who was watching over everything.

"Hey guys, what can I do for you two?" He asked us.

"Can we have a wedding? Here. For us?" I asked him holding Katalina's hand. "We were originally going to be married, but we weren't." He thought about it.

"I am okay with it, but how are we going to do it?" He asked. I looked at Katalina for an answer and she thought for a moment.

"Well, if we are being really very honest, nobody else is going to try and marry either of us, so it does not matter if you lead it or if Jedediah leads it, it is just that I-we have waited for this moment for literally thousands of years. All I want is to able to call Ahkmenrah my husband," She said. I was a little taken by the fact that she was this open, she hasn't really been since she's come here. Especially with Larry.

"Ahkmenrah, what are your thoughts," Larry asked me. Katalina looked up at me.

"I think it is a wonderful idea. Tomorrow night we can make more preparations?" I asked both of them and in return, both nodded.

"But wait, in two days you want this to happen?" Larry asked. I nodded. He nodded back.

Larry's POV

So now I have to put on a wedding. Okay. And I guess we will be talking more about it tomorrow. Okay. Katalina and Ahkmenrah walked away and I continued to watch over the party, I have to make sure nothing too bad happens.

They never stop, it's been 2 hours and everything is still in full swing and they're dancing and playing soccer. Earlier Katalina tried to play soccer. I don't think she liked it very much. As I watched I heard someone come and stand next to me. I looked over and to my surprise it was Katalina, she's usually always with Ahkmenrah. They're inseparable when they are together. I looked down and saw Ahkmenrah talking with Attila.

"May I ask you some things?" Katalina asked me finally starting the conversation.

"As long as I can ask you some things." She smiled.

"I am okay with that. But while we were in the security office there were pictures, what is Christmas?" She asked. These weren't the questions I was truly expecting.

"It's a holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ."

"So like a birthday."

"Kind of."

"Okay, now you ask a question." I chuckled to myself at her statement.

"I learned about you in school..."

"You learned about me in your school?" I nodded. "Why? I am not that great."

"Katalina, what you did is amazing. Plus it was so long ago that with little technology that was a great accomplishment. And all that happened before the Greek government took over Egypt."

"I knew they were going to. I told Ahkmenrah. I heard the men talking and they wanted more land." She said. I don't even have to ask questions to learn about her history.

"Can I hear your story. From when you were little until your death?" I asked her. She hesitated and then finally nodded her head.

"My parents did something never allowed by the government. They fell in love. You were supposed to be assigned someone to marry, but my parents loved each other. They convinced my grandparents to marry them together and they agreed. I had one older brother. And as we grew up he liked me less and less. I never knew why but he did not like me. But when I was born they never registered me to the government. They wanted the same for me as they had. Very little happened while I grew up and they were never questioned. The only big thing that happened was that we moved from Athens to Sparta. It was like they knew war was to happen. But I had just turned 24 and my brother left the house to join the military of Athens. And my father to join Sparta. They then were coming to the house but I got out of the window and ran to where they had an escape boat. I took the boat and floated to Crete, it is an island between Greece and Egypt. I stayed one night in Crete and left again and finally made it in Egypt. That is where Ahkmenrah's brother found me and took me. I was just happy Ahkmenrah chose to spare my life.

"I had been living there for a few months and Ahkmenrah asked me to marry him. At first, I was very scared so I ran away. Ahkmenrah found me the next day passed out in the sand with a cut on my cheek. I then agreed to marry him and we set the wedding for three days later. A lot of work went into that wedding and finally, the day had arrived. I was taken out of Ahkmenrah's room early to get my dress and after it was done I heard Ahkmenrah cry out in pain. I ran to him to find a knife in his stomach and blood everywhere. I only lived 7 days after he did. Something was wrong with my heart but no one believed me." She said.

"Wow."

"Yes."

"So do you actually love him or did you feel bad for him?" I asked her as we watched him talk.

"I do. I love him very much."