Crystal Bella (10 page)

The music played on medium level
and it was a band Ethan had not heard before but it was 80’s with a darker edge than normal.

A
s they sat down and Elisabeth was pouring the red wine Johnny rocked up. It was like he had just come from nowhere. His dark hair falling over his face, a long trench coat to magnify his appearance. Ethan thought the same thing as his mom when she first saw him,
where the fucks your sword?
Ethan’s first feeling was that he was cool, different and he always liked that.

The evening was divine, it was a
Thursday and it was one of those random nights that Elisabeth would deliver. Johnny seemed to be a character that had just formed a moment ago and entered in to tell some tales and at the end of the night would return to his dark night and manifest somewhere else. But that was how the dinners flowed with Elisabeth, heightened allurement with touches of love everywhere. They were edgy, delicate, homely, delicious and sometimes simple. What was meant to be would happen was the general theme and a lot of love put into it.

At the end of the evening Ethan went upstair
s to his bedroom with Natasha, up the wooden staircase that went in a circular direction, with his Goth princess. Ethan knew he would be seeing her naked tonight and the anticipation of that was a feeling of serene bliss.

That
evening had been exquisite, the build up and then he faced his princess right before him in his room. His small balcony door was open, the curtain was half pulled with the wind gently blowing it around. The near full moon shined onto his Juliet balcony and he looked at Natasha. They were free in this moment of anything, no past, nothing but the now. The power of Ethan had channeled Natasha’s soul and only that. She was, at this moment, free of her past and mind. The beauty of the evening had also brought out her own beauty and as Ethan looked at her he couldn’t help but transform himself.

They jumped on
to the bed. Ethan on top of her, he could feel her bare legs and her dress pulling up above her thighs, she fitted so perfectly. Then he looked at her and just stared. He wanted to just stare at this beautiful woman for a moment and take it in. Natasha stared back. Ethan’s stare looked so intense, it was the way he was looking at her. He looked different.

“You can’t look at me like that,
” Natasha said.

Ethan kept looking
and then he kissed her. To him he was only staring closely, free of any thoughts, but his feelings made him look different. Later Natasha said she wanted to look away as it was so intense but she knew she couldn’t. Her soul had to face the beauty, or her beauty reflected back to her from Ethan. Ethan looked at her with love, pure love. No one had ever looked at Natasha in that way before and when she said you cannot look at me like that, she looked highly pristine and angelic to Ethan. There was this vulnerability when she said it, it was like the purity of her soul had emerged and for the first time in this human form she was looking back with pure love that was now new, but ancient from a long time before. It was the elements of the night, with the look of an angel, the love from a past, manifested the untainted love.

They were the perfect match, until Ethan was not in her presence
. Then she would return to her past, back into her mind and let her fear sabotage the beauty they shared.

Natasha just couldn’t accept what she had. She had never had a sensitive, loving male before. She was not used it.
She was used to hard, tough, rough males. That was what she knew. With Ethan being sensitive and loving she just couldn’t accept it and she refused it. Deeply, she rejected what they had, without really being conscious of it all.

~~~~

Ethan was in bed fast asleep, his alarm had not gone off.  He realized he was late for class as he awoke. He jumped out of bed and rushed around talking to himself,

“I can’t believe my alarm didn’t go off.”
He grabbed his alarm, looked at it, “what is wrong with you?”

Ethan was
rushing around his room. He tried an outfit on, looked in the mirror. He decided it looked a little drab, conservative, so he threw on another top, it looked better but…“Not quite.” He quickly changed again, this time he looked cool, edgy and a smidgen pretty all in one. He looked into the mirror…“That’s it.”

H
e ran to the bathroom. He quickly applied some eyeliner, smudged it in places and applied gel to his hair. It was a huge amount, done within two seconds and looked as if a new texture had entered his hair, industrial almost. He ran outside, jumped through the door like a five year old child going to a birthday party.                                                                                                    

A couple of bays over
Kali Guinevere had also slept in. She lay there with a serene look on her face. Her hair over flowed onto her pillow and the eight hours of sleep, with her soul away for the night had made her look pretty beauteous. She looked up at the ceiling, feeling the peace within her, then she remembered,
class!
She looked at her clock and realized she was late and jumped out of bed.

She r
an around her room trying to get ready. She tried a couple of tops on, changed her mind and then finally got the outfit she loved, looked in the mirror.

“Perfect.”

She left her home
, closed the door and walked to her car with her legs slightly moving out of the split in her dress as she walked. She had her glasses on. Even as she rushed around, she looked exquisite in the grace that bestowed her. She was innocent and had an untouched feel about her. The subtle split in her dress (there for practical reasons) seemed to reveal her subtle edges within the woman of all she was. She smelt delicious with a perfume that was sweet but intoxicating. Her skin texture with this perfume emanated a scent that highlighted her beauty and gave her a smell that would only enter someone’s world once in a blue moon, that kind of distinctive match. She had straightened her hair from the night before. She flowed to her car. She walked but it was like she was on skates.

She drove out of her drive
way and headed towards the college. There was traffic everywhere, far more than normal. She decided to take a slight detour to get away from it all, but it seemed to follow her. She was late for her lecture and knew it wouldn’t be a good look to be late for her new job.

Ethan was driving and having the same problems
. A car in front of him was going really slow. He went to overtake but another car was coming. Then the build up just got worst. He looked at his watch and realized he was so late for his class. He kept on driving and then he came to some road works.

“My alarm, now this…what the fuck?” he said to himself.

Kali was having the same issues. Everything seemed to
be blocking her. Everything.

“I’m not going to make it,” she said.

Ethan realized everything was in h
is way and then he surrendered.

“
I’m not going to make it... who cares,” he said to himself.

Kali
surrendered.

“
Who cares,” she said.

It was more important for her to get to class than Ethan as she was the professor. They were not going to the same class, but their classes were scheduled for the same time.

Ethan decided to pull over. He realized he wouldn’t make it in time for class and decided to look for a place where he could have a coffee and relax. It was nearly amusing to see where he was. The traffic, the road works and his decision to get away from it all had sent him quite a bit off track. He got out of his car and started walking. He saw an advertising billboard, with a lot of sevens in it. He had a key ring that had the number seven on it. Seven had always been his favorite number. He decided to keep walking, maybe the billboard was a sign so he headed in the direction where the billboard was. As he continued walking the sunlight came out from behind some trees and shined right into Ethan’s face. He glinted at the light from the sun as it shined on his face, he followed the light. Something seemed to say,
follow the light, Ethan.
Always follow the light.
A few moments later he saw a cafe that he had never seen before.
Perfect just what I need
and he walked in.                                                                                           

Kali
was not too far away from Ethan now. She got out of her car and started walking. She had given up on class and like Ethan had decided to find a coffee. She was walking the other way. Away from where Ethan was and she kept walking.

She was wearing dark clothes
today as she felt deep and black seemed the tone she needed.

As Kali walked further away from where Ethan was a man nearly bumped into her. Then some foreigners were on the footpath talking very loudly just ahead and more roadwork’s followed. She was in touch with her senses and turned around and headed back towards where Ethan was.

Ethan walked
into the cafe. It was palatial with a lot of light, high stud and very roomy. It was up market and elegant. There were not many tables left but he found one. He sat down, admiring the place. It was busy and tasteful in its look, very abundant without a touch of pretentiousness. Ethan felt so good, the universe had brought him here to this wonderful cafe, restaurant. Again he felt blessed with the surprises that his soul brought him. He thanked the universe.

Ethan sat there, looking
around. He felt cool today, it was the charm of the day and just being in a place with a cool vibe. After a few minutes with the waitress’s being very busy and missing him, he decided to get up. He also wanted to have a look around and admire the new place he had found. Ethan walked to the counter, nearly bumping into a couple of people on the way through. He glided his way past. Nothing could touch Ethan Christie when he was in this zone, like magic within, to magic on the outside. It was an electric current that emanated from within and that light could change the outside reality. The people he walked past could feel it.

As Kali walked down the foot
path she saw the same cafe where Ethan was. She was attracted by its white exterior and wooden features of an old classic building. It seemed to radiate its own energy and she knew she had to go in. She felt excited. She was on an unknown path, perhaps only on it for a coffee but it felt enchanting all the same.

When she we
nt through the front door a small breeze from somewhere hit her and made her hair move. The guests in the cafe noticed. She stood there taking a breath. She looked in that moment as girly as she had ever been.

Every table was taken, but one. So she walked to the empty table. She loved the place.
It was humming and busy and it made her feel excited. The ambient feel had the right mix between sophistication and warmth, with a zip in its feel. It was cool and she was about to find the perfect seat, the perfect table really, by the window which had an outlook of greenery, a tree, some buildings and deep down the path of the long street she could see the blue water in the distance. It was also Ethan’s table.

She sat down
and decided to face slightly away from the window so she would not have her back to the cafe, but on a slight angle where she could see both the view and the heart of the cafe.                                           

Kali noticed the key ring that Ethan had left on th
e table. It had the number seven on it. How cool she liked that number. It didn’t actually occur to her that someone may be sitting there, until Ethan turned up.

Ethan returned to his seat
and he saw Kali. It was all so sudden and unexpected that he didn’t have time to be nervous. His soul emerged and the beauty of Kali brought the best out in him. He looked at Kali in a powerful way. Almost like two big cats, a male and female lion coming together for the first time. There was power in Ethan’s eyes and Kali could see it. She opened her mouth, she almost felt shy. She wanted to say,
It’s you, who are you? You’re beautiful!’
But she remained quiet as Ethan walked up.

“Hi
,” Ethan said.

“
Hi, did I take your seat?” Kali asked, politely in a shy way.

“
Yes.” Still like two lions coming together.

“
What to do?”                                                                  

“
Considering the view that follows behind you, the light that shines right now, I feel you are exactly where you’re meant to be.”

The view was amazing but it was like a back drop of Kali’s beauty, it simply had to be there, like a match. Then Ethan’s intensity shifted and he became lighter.

“
Though I will have to sit with you. Are you by yourself?”

“Yes I am.”
Kali said.

Ethan sat
down, looking at Kali.

“
Perfect place really,” he said. “you chose your seat well. You see, we can both see the view and the space of the cafe, both. Because we’re on a slight angle, it makes me sit in the perfect, correct angle too.”