Plato's Theory

chapter 6

a/n

I'm so sorry! It's been ages since I've uploaded! I'm truly sorry! 

But well, I'm busy. Very busy. Do you guys really want me to go on with this story? Or doesn't it matter? I don't know if you care anymore. Let me know.

love you, guys!

****************************************************************************************************************

‘Are you finished?’ the waiter asks.

‘Yes, it was awesome.’ Cas says unfocused, not even looking at the waiter. He’s looking at me.

‘It was a lovely dinner! Thank you so much!’ I say enthusiastic. The waiter leaves with a big smile on his face.

‘How about an evening-walk?’ And Cas gets my coat. It’s not very cold outside and we walk through an empty city. 

‘So, you had a great time, I guess?’ he asks.

‘Yes, I had. The food was delicious and it was nice with you too.’ It’s silent for a moment. ‘I was wondering, Cas, how much do you believe from everything Plato said? Do you believe in his World of Ideas for example?’

‘It’s complicated. My mom passed away when I was six years old. And my dad had a very hard time, that’s when he became interested in Plato. He found out that he had been a wonderful man with great theories. He joined a special group, when we became older we joined in too.’

‘Oh Cas, I’m so sorry for your mom! Do you miss her very much?’ I ask shocked.

‘Of course I miss her, but I’m feeling quite right about it at the moment. I’m feeling like I can handle it, you know? I didn’t do so much with her being dead. It’s life and you move on. Because my dad stimulate me in this, it wasn’t very hard to handle. My brother was very angry about it in the beginning, he said it was like mom never existed for us. But I disagree, I think it was a smart thing to do it like this.’

Maybe he disagreed, but I agree, I think this brother is a smart kid. You have to deal with someone’s death, not just forget about it. I’m afraid once he realizes his mom is dead, it will hit him in the face very hard..

‘What did you brother do?’ I ask softly.

‘He cried very much, and cursed so much. But after that he became very silent and started drinking and stuff. My aunt signed up for therapy. It helped him, I guess. But my dad was furious. After those sessions he felt better, but he put distance between his life and ours. He thought my dad raised us in an irresponsible way. He said we started to be obsessed with Plato’s Theories and that this would end badly. My dad was furious again and kicked him out of the house. William is twenty now and lives in his apartment in Utrecht. My little sister, Catherine, is twelve and lives with me and my dad. We haven’t see William in a very long time.’ Says Cas sighing.

That’s a heavy story. Would his brother be right about this? I would fancy a talk with this guy. Started to be obsessed with Plato’s Theories, huh? Interesting.

‘Are you ok?’ I ask careful.

‘Yes! I’m fine! My grades a high like the empire state building and I found my Other Half!’ he says happy. So happy I don’t dare to disagree or say something else. Sigh. What the hell should I do? I feel sorry about all this.

‘What about that special group you talked about earlier?’ Changing subject. This group reminds me of the Holy Grail, The Da Vinci Code and all that weird stuff.

‘Every Thursday we come together and talk about things.’ He says vaguely.

‘About what?’

‘Can’t tell you. It’s a secret. But if we’re a couple we’ll go together, it’s going to be great!’ it seems like he has forgotten our conversation about his brother. My god, his moods changes so freaking fast!

Then we walk along an ice-shop. I start smiling again. ‘Cas? What about an ice cream?’

While licking my vanille ice cream I start thinking about an evil plan. Is this worth losing and ice cream? Yes, of course it is! And I smash the vanille on his nose.

I start running but unfortunately he does too. I look back at him, my god! What a muscles! I didn’t notice before, but he has a six-pack! And now he’s running you can see it very clearly. Oh my-

That’s when I stumble and  fall on the grass in the park. The grass is soft, I didn’t hurt myself. But Cas couldn’t stop at that moment so he falls right on top of me. On my back. He quickly rolls on the other side, we lie next to each other now. I laugh and  carefully stroke the ice from his face, I’d rather snog it off, but that’s kind of inappropriate... I'm sorry, I can't help it!  He is handsome. Very handsome. I like his hair, it’s so… whoosh. It’s black and has that just-out-of-bed-style. But the tresses on his forehead are different, they’re playfully, funny, free. It’s so beautiful. I have the urge to touch his hair, but  I don’t. Man, I’m weird.

‘Sophie, you know you are beautiful and amazing, right?’ and he strokes and lock of hair behind my ear. I smile.  I get up and take his hands.

‘Come on, Cas, let’s discover the world together!’ I sing and we start running hand in hand. After the running I start dancing, and he joins me. We waltz. The street is silent and it all reminds me of The Notebook. In the movie Allie and Noah lie on the road, that’s one of my favorite parts and after that they dance on the streets. What a wonderful movie.

I am tired after all the dancing and we start walking again. But I get behind. Cas walks faster than me. And I get pissed. Why does he walk so fast, when I am tired? He walks six foot for me. But then he stops and bows. I run towards him and jump on his back, like he expected. It’s weird, Cas and I are so different, but at some point we are so alike. Unbelievable.  

Sitting on Cas’ back is awesome. I love smelling his body and his warmth. His strong arms round my legs and my arms round his neck. Very comfortable. It felt like we’ve did this like a thousand times. And his six-pack, my god!

The feeling of his heart beat reminds me of two things. A) Tangled. In the movie wraps Rapunzel herself around Flynn Rider when she’s afraid of –what turns out to be- a rabbit. And b) In 500 days of Summer is an awesome song that’s called You Make My Dreams. And the best sentence of the song is definitely ‘Wrap yourself around me.’ And in the film that’s exactly what they do. My thoughts get distracted. My god, I can feel his abs! Sorry, I’m sorry, but the temptation is huge!

When we turn around the corner Cas hits a boy who comes from the opposite direction. For a very short moment their heads touch and Cas and I fall on the ground. The boy takes a few steps back and besides him appears a girl. Crap, my head hurts! After I rubbed my head for awhile, I look at the boy and girl and that’s when I recognize them.

‘Jared! Eva!’