Always and forever Logs

Falling

Elijah looked at his watch.

"Come on, EG-"- he muttered as the woman he was waiting for was obviously running late.

Elijah Mikaelson had been meeting this woman for couple of months now, every thursday. It was a cold winter night, as she walked in the cafe, nearly completly drenched, having missed her train. She ordered tea as she walked by the owner, who obviously knew her very well, and went straight up the stairs to the rest room. The moment he saw her it was as if he saw a star had fallen from the skies.

Now Elena walked in the cafe and smiled as she saw Elijah sitting in the booth. Her heart jumped up seeing him. He had missed his train on purpose or he was running late as well. He waved to her as he saw her and she walked to him.

"Hello. You are still here?!"-she said trying to act surprised.
"Ah, yes. Imissed the train. It doesn't matter- I don't need to get back on. Hayley is away- hunting some antique armchair."

He could see that she was slightly nervous as if she was hiding something.
"You- if you don't mind me asking- seem to be destraught- is everything fine?"

"No- yes- but it's nothing. Ah, got a definite no about the illustrations I had for a book"- she lied.

As she got up that morning and as she does every day, she made herself coffee and checked her daily schedule and then she had the strange feeling overcome her, the same she felt the other day when he thought of thursday coming. And she couldn't explain how and why she started feeling the strange anxiety set, that felt like sweet butterlies inside of her roaming around.

Flashback

She said to her friend Caroline- on the phone that morning when she was on the train-

"I can't wait to see him. and- he is just someone I met on the train station. and we got talking- and we took the same train back  and we had the same book on the train-and then we started talking about it- and then I saw him again- and then he invited me for coffee."

"And you have your private book-club thing- and he is this famous architect- and a nice guy-and you fell for him"- Caroline said.

"What do you mean I fell???"- Elena said.

"You fell in love with him!!"- Caroline said.

"No! Really?!- but- he told me straight away about his fiance-  and everything- them redecorating the house, and moving to the country-  I know he is not available"

"Still-you have all the symptoms!"- Caroline said.

"And- I decided to quit it. I will be travelling for a while. Probably a long while"-Elena  now continued.

"You are?!"- Elijah said with a whif of shock. He then added-"that is great- so what is your first destination?"

"I don't have a firm plan,  yet. But I know my first place is Barcelona. And then I will decide where to go afterwards."

"So...this is it?!"-he then muttered.

"Sorry?"-she said hoping he would say something more.

"Oh, I mean- I really enjoyed our thursday meetings, talking about-everything"-he said-" I rarely have someone discussing the way of the world and reading nearly the same books as I am."

"Yeah"- Elena made a silent sigh.

They waiter served her tea now. Stirring it, she then had a thought and shared it with Elijah-

"I was thinking of writing a blog- as I travel"

"Oh, this great. I will sure be reading it. You have one follower already."- he said enthusiastically.

"I think of naming it EG musings. Something like that- I don't know"

Till that moment they didn't think of exchanging phone numbers, or e-mails, as it was only something that happened casually. Like it was a secretive meetings they both kept hidden from the rest of the world. Something that is just their special thing.

They chatted a little bit longer about an upcoming new writer and then it was time to get their trains.

Each left in the opposite direction, without saying any particular goodbye, just a wave and a silent

'see you'