Is It Love?Nicolae Bartholy

It's Him

...I can't explain why the possibility of seeing him again on a regular basis makes my heart beat faster...Between our meetings and dreams. Nicolae has aroused my curiosity...and the good news is that he is not all like Drogo!

Later when I go down to the dinning room, a sumptuous dinner is waiting for me .It's very welcome after cleaning my room .I help myself starving. The Bartholys don't have a cook I wonder who prepared this for me. The previous meal too...Every evening a meal has awaited me,without me knowing who prepared it,something is going on. They must be a logical explanation .It's not because they don't eat with me that they don't know how to cook!To pass the time .I send a text to Sarah to give her the news.

"I was right the boy in the locket...He is the third brother: Nicolae."

"I knew it but...I didn't want to worry you"

"????"

I don't understand what Sarah mean by that...

"We would talk about it tomorrow at school,have a good evening"

Once again she leaves me in the dark .I finished my meal quickly and go back to my room. There is no noise in the manor. I wonder where they went for their family meeting...I don't want to linger alone into the corridors of this house...Once in my room I turn on the computer and decide to watch a show .But very quickly I get bored and stop watching. It has to be said that with the short night I had,I don't really feel like it. A good night sleep will do me good. But I feel like my brain is boiling all over!I've finally met the last member of this strange family. And what a member. Between his resemblance to the portrait and his reaction to the sound of my name. Nicolae Bartholy seems to be mystery in itself .I imagine a multitude of scenarios to try to understand the feeling he inspires in me...My room is plunged into darkness,now that I have switched off my lamp,and it seems to favour my imagination running wild...Only the room cast into light giving the room a weird atmosphere .I just like to fall asleep to atop imaging wild stories and give my brain a rest. It's no use I can't sleep,May as well switch the light on and read a book!My eyes get heavier as I read the lines...

But without me having the time to understand and wherefore,I found my self in the courtyard of the university in London. Ludwig is standing before me,slightly out of breath.

Ludwig: I taught I'd never make it here on time.

Ludwig grab my hand and places it on the crook of his arm and pull me of with him. We pass some students who seems to be looking at us enviously .There is no doubt we make a beautiful duo .I say to myself when I catch a glimpses of reflection on one of the window .Ludwig really is handsome. He has a very manly step .Self assured. his jacket highlight his stone carved build .As fore my long skirt and bodice hive me an harmonious and elegant silhouette. Ludwig draws me closer to him and place kiss on my cheek I feel his stubble caress my face.

Allison: How do you see your future?

Ludwig: Since I have met you,I imagine spending my life at your side and enjoying your beautiful eyes and your beautiful smile. I blush at his compliment,even if ,very quickly,Ludwig become serious again.

Ludwig: More seriously I which I could help others, science is important to me,and one day I hope I make a great discovery .I would like to see myself changing the face of the world .Defeating the diseases finding remedies... Later,I would be an important research scientist.

I lap up every of his word. He seems so sure of himself and the life that awaits him,I admire him,although I think he doesn't have room for adventure. Ludwig is a young man full of self conviction and I like that. I'm lost in thought when I see a young man heading towards us,in fact I notice him a while ago,this young man wandering confident through the park. The closer he get,the more I'm sure I've seen him somewhere,but impossible to know where.

This stranger seems to come from another world...his approach is like that of a dancer,performing his way through the park as light as a feather. As he get closer,I hear whistling and I recognized the tune of popular song...When he reaches us he stop whistling and gives me a big smile before bowing and raising his hat which makes me laugh .He is holding several cards in his hands. He's twiddling them between his fingers .His brown hair fall over his shoulders and his eyes are magnetic. This charming young man totally disabilizes me and suddenly I feel a little uncomfortable. He stares at the book that I'm holding on my lap.

Nicolae: Poetry interesting,"Milton Blake"or the scandalous "Lord Bryon" perhaps?

With a charming smile he hand me the book he is holding.

Nicolae: My poetry is a little more captivating...more...magical.

I take the book he gives me,it's title is "The great treaties of magic through the ages".

Allison: It sound exciting...

Nicolae: It doesn't just sound it...and I will be willing to give you a demonstration miss

As he utter this word,he pull a white rose from nowhere which he hands me with a broad smile .At the side Ludwig who I'd almost forgotten glare at the apprentice magician. He absolutely doesn't appreciate the interruption,nor the person who is at the origin of it. He glares at him with somewhat aggressive look even though nothing in particular happened. Ludwig doesn't seems to see it that way. He takes my hand.

Ludwig: Common Allison we'II be late for theater I don't want to miss this play in any circumstances. You should forget all about the scoundrel, I have seen him hang around here... before he thinks he's a magician,but its just a sham.

I don't appreciate Ludwig been jealous and aggressive. There is no harm in me speaking with other people especially when they are polite .The magician stares at us both with a both mischievous smile.

Ludwig: lets get a move on Allison

Ludwig jealousy annoys me .I don't like being told what to do .I'm an independent young woman and I can speak with whom I want. Ludwig needs to understand that right away.

Ludwig:If you can't make up your mind I'm leaving without you,I told you I don't want to be late.

I'm very surprised that Ludwig takes it like that. I'm not used to him behaving like this. As I look at him furiously I feel two warm lips rest on my hand...I shiver at this unexpected contact.

Nicolae: That's the beauty of magic: it's not because we see nothing,that nothing happens.

I don't have time to respond before the stranger disappears .I can just perceive the soft whistling of the tune he was humming as he came near me .I hasten to catch up with Ludwig who is already almost at the park gates .Fortunately he didn't see what happened...The simple gesture... so delicate...I can't deny that it has an effect on me .The young man has made an impression on me.