I Will Be Your Knight

Chapter 9

The date with Ivan couldn’t have gone any better. It was probably one of the happiest days of your life, if not the happiest. Everything went perfectly, and you get a goofy grin on your face every time you think about that kiss. Remembering the feeling of his warm lips on yours is enough to give you goose bumps. You giggle to yourself happily as you replay the moment in your mind. You jump a little in surprise as your phone buzzes. It’s the day after the date, and you’ve been waiting for Ivan to text you all day. You grab your phone and open the text.

It’s from Ivan, and it reads:

(Y/n), I’m sorry, but something has come up and I won’t be able to see you for a while. I don’t know for how long, but don’t come by my house, whatever you do. Don’t respond to this either. You have to trust me.

You let your phone fall out of your hand. Your brain can’t compute what just happened. It sounds like Ivan doesn’t want to see you anymore, but the date was amazing. He said you looked pretty and everything. He even kissed you for crying out loud! You don’t do that to someone you don’t want to see anymore. You pick up your phone and read the message again. The last line catches your eye. ‘Trust me’ it says. You start to feel a little better. He expects you to trust him, which means he’s not ditching you or anything like that. At least you hope.

You set your phone down on your bed where it was resting before. You’re not sure what to do anymore. Today’s your day off, and you had kind of been counting on Ivan to rescue you from your boredom. You think about his message some more. Whatever has come up must be really important if he can’t see you, but he specifically warned you not to go to his house. That makes you suspicious, but you decide to trust Ivan like he asks. You lay down on your bed with a sigh. He better have a good explanation for this.

It’s been a few weeks since you got that text from Ivan, and you still haven’t seen him. You’ve kept yourself busy by going to classes, doing homework, going to work, and spending time with your friends. It’s Thursday, your day off from lectures, so you’re on your way to work. The only other person at the store when you get there is Arthur. You throw your stuff in a locker and punch in. The bagger must be outside, you think, because both you, and Arthur, don’t have one.

“(Y/n),” Arthur says turning to you.

“Arthur,” you respond curtly without looking up.

“Look, I’m sorry for what I said.” You look up in surprise. Ever since the two of you had had that argument several weeks ago, you haven’t talked. “I was just trying to look out for you, but that didn’t give me the right to yell at you.” You could tell he was sincere in what he said. Even though it upset you when he questioned your choices, you know enough is enough.

“I’m sorry too,” you tell him. “I shouldn’t have questioned your gentlemanlyness,” you say starting to smile. “Friends?” you ask extending your hand.

“Friends,” he agrees shaking it.

The two of you talk in between customers, and you fill him in on what’s been going on with you and Ivan. You go into great detail when describing your date, but you leave out the part with the kiss. You figure Arthur wouldn’t want to hear about that, and you probably couldn’t tell him without blushing like crazy. You also tell him about the text you got as well.

“Well I admit he sounds like a gentleman,” Arthur says almost grudgingly. “But I would still be careful if I were you. Even if there’s nothing terribly wrong with him, you can bet that there’s someone around him that’s the actual whack job. Aura’s like his tend to attract people with similar auras.”

“Again with the mumbo jumbo?” you ask rolling your eyes.

“Trust me, I’m usually not wrong about this kind of stuff.”