Lost But Was It Found?

chapter 4

EDEN'S POV

I heard my name being called out, so I looked up from the brochures and saw Ivy and Kia sitting across from me, Ivy's eyes expecting my reply while Kia's eyes going everywhere away from mine.

Some force definitely existed between us, I could bet on it, the moment I thought about it she saw me and once again our gaze was stuck on each other.

A few seconds later I stood up in all my glory ready to cast my charm on the two girls, when suddenly my face met the floor.

WHAT???

"What the hell Jacob?" was all I could manage while the rest of my friends and the girls laughed.

Even Kia had a small smile on her face though worry could be seen in her eyes too.

‘Way to go champ! , at least now you can say sometime in the future that you really FELL for her'.

Huh? Were those my thoughts nagging me? Wow that's a first, I thought.

Removing the creases on my tee, I walked up to Ivy and Kia, after a few minutes of teasing we got talking, where mostly Ivy and I were talking while Kia was merely nodding time and again.

Up close I could clearly notice Kia's delicate features.

She had dirty blonde hair with natural brown streaks, light brown eyes with a cute smile which when genuine made her eyes twinkle, she had a natural tan which suited her perfectly, as my eyes locked on her lips I couldn't help but wonder how would....oh god I need to stop.

What am I some pervert?

'Umm, no comments’

Great, just great, now not only did I talk in my thoughts, my thoughts talked back to me. Who else feels the time for a visit to a psychiatrist had come? Anyone?

After a while of talking with everyone we heard the announcement saying Termini station would be the next stop and so the boys and me took our leave to gather our things. In the last hour or so that we had met, our whole trip had been re-planned as a group, so now I could be with Kia the whole time. Wow, who would have thought our guys trip would turn out so interesting, '

and you could find out why and in what all ways does a certain someone's presence affect you? if you know what I mean'.

Go away you pervert me, I shoved my thoughts away.

Almost an hour later we were standing in front of Hotel Gea di Vulcano, I wondered if there was anything close to a volcano in the hotel, may be the rooms had paintings of flowing lava on the walls.

After all Rome was famous for its artists too, 'or maybe there were hot lava drinks, cakes, cookies, etc. served here'.

My useless ramblings within my head came to a stop when the staff of the hotel came to collect our luggage, they were kind and very helpful.

We decided to freshen up before going out for sightseeing, our rooms were of a decent size and the view of the busy streets didn’t actually bother me, going to the balcony I saw Kia standing in the adjoining balcony of her room and was busy taking pictures of the view of the street and the restaurant down the lane.

I didn't want to disturb her,

'huh, more like didn't want to make her blush and run away, don't hide the fact mister, you are so falling for her' ,said my thoughts, weird right?.

But this time my thoughts were right, I really wanted to talk to her and if lady luck was on my side I wanted a lot of alone time with her,

' wistful thinking' chided my thought.

"Can you stop cutting off each other? You both are thoughts after all", Kia turned around surprised at the sound.

Oh no, out of all the amazing lines I could have used to finally talk to her one on one and alone, I had to be seen talking to myself,

' scolding yourself', I was corrected, yeah whatever.

She smiled looking at me and finally I could shove all my thoughts away, she was a little difficult to understand, with so many emotions constantly crossing her face it was very amusing to look at her and guess what she was thinking, one thing was sure, she definitely liked my eyes. This I noticed right from the start, she could never look away from them,

‘just like now', yes.

"Did you say something to me?" she asked,

'wow that voice would sound hotter when..',

"Oh shut up", I scolded my unwanted thoughts.

And here I go again, with weird things coming in my mind, and me blurting nonsense in front of her sure I would seem so sane,

' now you are right for the first time, well done' I wanted to roll my eyes at my own thoughts, but thankfully stopped in time.

She looked taken aback but I hurriedly told her some story about not paying attention,

'ha ha you sounded so lame with you stories’.

I mean seriously was something really wrong with my brain or did some lonely soul take refuge in my body the moment I entered Rome? Having thoughts is one thing, but why were my thoughts talking back to me? I definitely need to speak to someone about this, maybe Jacob. He was the one always lost in thoughts, he would surely know what to do,

'or maybe he is in love with someone, don't ignore your friend, think about it.'  Why not? I would think about things if you would let me, my overactive useless brain!

"So, you like photography I take?" was all I could manage when I finally took out time away from my thoughts to talk to her,

"Not really, these are for my parents back home, they are the ones who are actually fond of photographs and memories and they wanted me to take as many pics I could" she replied,

"Oh how nice of them",

'wow what a witty thing to say'.

Shaking my head, I decided it was better to end this unfortunate first meeting and told her to get ready and tell the rest to meet us in the lobby.

And you, stupid extra, unwanted thoughts, you should go too, you’re not helping at all, instead you're making me lose my confidence and sanity.

'GREAT now you are talking back to me,thanks'  was Iactually talking to my own thoughts?

I wished this problem would leave me as soon as I stood under cool water, hoping for the best I walked towards the bathroom. I saw Troy head the same way and hurriedly pushed him out of my way, where he fell on the couch in a weird position looking surprised, I laughed and ran before he could enter the bathroom and I gave him a grin shouting,

"Aye boy, never let your guard down".

Chuckling to myself I heard Troy mumble from behind me, which sure sounded something about his dad not being here for the holidays so I should better not bring his words here. 

*Author's note*

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