Crystal Bella (16 page)

“How did it go?” Christian asked.

“I didn’t really get the chance to say too much. She said she might go to the party tonight. At the end I was like, do I ask for her number for you? But it was too sudden. She is gorgeous and a sudden movement like that….well, it could just be no, and you would blow your chances. Truth is, Christian if you can be with her, that would be an amazing catch. But I’d say a lot of guys would like her.”

“It’s cool
, Ethan thanks for trying, maybe next time I’ll just go up and chat and see where it leads too.”

“That’s all you can do
man and who knows what will happen, a lesson learnt? A rejection? A beautiful friend? Or the ultimate romance?..Ahh life and the excitement of love.” Ethan looked at his watch, “we need to get to class.”

Ethan jumped up
, they followed suit and walked away. Amelia looked over as they walked away, she saw the spark in their group and was attracted to it.

They arrived at
their lecture and sat near the back. Kali arrived and it gave Ethan such a thrill to see her.

She spoke and walk
ed along the stage. She looked so elegant to Ethan. He found it funny to watch her, as he did from a distance, as she was professional and so untouchable in the way she walked and talked.
She was delightful, too ethereal, no one could have her!
She looked professional looking, eloquent with so much reassurance and charm.
The man to have her would have to be special, he would have to have special powers. He would have to be a warrior!
Ethan just glowed as all these thoughts ran through his head.

Class ended and Ethan told Christian and
Carl he had to see Kali. They had made arrangements for the party tonight and Carl and Christian would find their own way home and later in the evening Ethan would pick them up and take them to the heaven, hell party.

Ethan went to the door where he knew Kali would
be. It was for staff only so he waited outside. While he waited he started to get inpatient and decided to enter. He opened the door and walked in. It was all quite different in there. It was calm and it was quite intriguing to walk through these unknown chambers. He walked around wondering where these chambers would take him. Another house he was entering again, then he heard some footsteps from around the corner.
Should I hide or pretend to be a teacher and play it serious?
He was wondering what to do, he could hear the heels hitting the wooden floor coming towards him. The noise sounded sexual almost, somehow it did, being in this new chamber, the unknown and the footsteps of a woman in heels in the academics of San Francisco. Then Ethan saw the woman, it was Kali. Everything she did felt sensual to Ethan now.

“You aren’t
meant to be here,” she said.

“
I thought I might be able to pass as a professor.”

“If you wore glasses and se
wed those ripped jeans maybe,” she put her hands on Ethan, “but don’t, never, you are perfect the way you are.”

“Thank you.”

“I could feel you staring at me before...during the lecture. I could just feel it.”

“You were very professional.”
You look so delicious
was what he wanted to say. He was finding it hard to think straight, he just wanted to stare at her, for hours. “Is this the hidden chambers?” he asked.

“
It’s my get away, it’s often quite empty and quiet, until today where I’ve found you here.”

Kali was becoming more
at one with her beauty. Since meeting Ethan she had really started to spark. Men had started looking at her more and her confidence was going through the roof. She didn’t mind the attention from the young men, but she didn’t care either, there was only one man she desired.

They walked
towards the main corridor. The corridor in the chamber came to a narrow path and their bodies came together, she purposely bumped Ethan into the wall and gave him no room and he went into Kali. Their hips briefly joined and he felt the side of her bum touch his, and her arm gently entangled into his own. Ethan wanted to feel her skin on his legs but he was not wearing shorts, he rarely did, but today he wished he was 10 again wearing his school uniform shorts. All of this happened in a two second collision which sent sparks through Ethan’s body.
She was becoming so assertive
. She was sweet, delicate and a goddess warrior and with all this beauty unfolding and rippling out into Ethan he knew he could match her, he had to. They were becoming two playful, spiritual creatures, they were getting to know one another and their beauty and power was bringing the best out of them both.

They came out of the chamber, into the main
corridor and headed towards their cars. Ethan wanted to hold her hand, it felt nearly unnatural not too. They both wanted too, but knew they had to wait. The more they both got to know each other, the more they wanted to touch. It was beginning to feel too difficult not too, just the pull, the attraction. It was starting to feel like gravity and it was pulling him in, she was pulling him in. It was like her body had its own magnetic field and was bringing him in closer.

Ethan asked Kali if she was going tonight.

“Of course,” she said, “I hope you are?”

“Yes I am. It just seemed to slip and I hadn’t brought it up
, but yes.”

“That’s good. I might not ha
ve turned up if you weren’t there.”

“I was going to lea
ve early if you weren’t there,” Ethan said, matching her.
They kept walking and Kali looked at Ethan, she looked at him right in the eyes. If it was another time Ethan would have had to look away. She looked at him with so much power, just shining and he knew her beauty was being enhanced by him and every time she went higher so did he. Every time he saw her essence, her gorgeous self, he had to see it in himself. It was like he could only love her as much as he loved himself and it was all building up.

They kept walking saying hi to the odd acquaintance that passed by. Everyone see
med to look, they could notice something different about them and they stood out. She was the beautiful, young professor, and Ethan the rebellious, free spirited student but there was something else that they noticed. There was something in them that made others look, pulled in by the mystery that was painted on them.
What is it with those two?
They all seemed to say. It was the twin flame infused between two souls that made others look. They were soul mates and that energy gave out an unknown quality of depth that their minds couldn’t read.

They came to Ethan’s car first and he quickly unlocked his bike and placed it in
to his car.

“I’ll walk you to your car,” he
said.

I want to be with you in your car and bike
.
Kali’s car was parked just a few parks down.

“
This is me,” she said.

“
I’ll see you there around seven.”

“Okay
.”

It b
ecame an interesting moment dropping off Kali. That moment before they departed, it was getting bigger and bigger every time, like how long before I truly hold you was the feeling, and that undercurrent played with them both. She looked at Ethan with that look again, but this time it was more girly. A girly smile and all Ethan could do was smile and then he quietly giggled. He had to try and not allow his eyes to water but they were. Her beauty, her soul, was making him cry almost. Kali giggled back, they were like two children now. Then Ethan remembered, at the back of the class, he had noticed something and it was confirmed when he saw her in the staff room chamber.

“
No ring today?” he said.

“
I had to take it off.” Her stare was strong.

“
First thing I noticed when I saw you today.”

“
Pretty good eyesight.”

“I was just staring.”

It went quiet where they could both hear each other’s breath. Kali opened her mouth just slightly, then caressed her lips together. It was a motion that just flowed, just matching how she was feeling and it made Ethan look at her in that way again, and it made her stare back in the same manner. Ethan leaned forward like he may kiss her.

“I
will see you tonight,” and he leaned in and gave her the softest kiss on her cheek. When he did it, he opened his mouth slightly and he was slow and felt her soft skin, her breath, close to him and as he leaned back he knew the time had come to be more than friends. His desire for her was becoming insatiable and he needed her. His heart was speaking to him and his heart needed to touch her.

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CHAPTER ELEVEN ~

HEAVEN AND HELL

Carl was at Christian’s place. T
hey were dressing up for the party. It was a heaven, hell theme and they were looking forward to the night. It was going to be a big night. It just had that feel and they were looking forward to it so much.

Christian was in his bedroom
getting ready for the party. He had his costume all ready. He had found it the previous weekend at a garage sale. It was one of those unusual gems that he had found. He remembered going into the place where the garage sale was at. The couple there were ultra friendly and helpful. They had greeted him like an old time friend. Christian knew he may need a costume that could fully disguise him and he had found it.

It was a bird costume, l
ots of feathers with a head that could be pulled over and attached, a bit like a helmet. It had a long beak and it was cute looking. Christian loved it and had purchased it. They were selling two of them and he was keen to buy the other, but he only needed one and didn’t really need to spend his money on something unnecessary. Christian remembered handing the couple their money and they looked so happy for him. He left and thought, man they are so friendly and nice. They had a funny accent, the way they said certain words, it made him laugh, who were these people and where did they come from? They had a similar accent to how Ethan sounded when he first returned from New Zealand after going there for two years as a teenager.

Christian now had the
bird suit on and he put the head on to show Carl his look.

“What do you think?” h
e asked Carl.

He had a
n echo in his voice, slightly muffled from having the bird’s head on. It didn’t match the look of the bird, it made him sound like a mean bird.

“I like it, but the voic
e doesn’t match the bird,” Carl said. Christian pulled the head off and looked as if he had just surfaced from the water from a deep dive.

“I
can’t help it. It just makes that sound when you have the head on.”

Fair
enough they thought and Carl continued getting his gears on. He had a skinny, hugging outfit. It had a skeleton on it. He had gone really Goth with the extra pieces, black eyeliner, a few chunky chains, some rings.

“What do you think?” h
e asked Christian.

“Very cool. You just need to gel up the hair
though. You look good but then you have the fluffy hair, it looks half done.”

“Fair enough,
” Carl said and headed to the bathroom. He went crazy with the gel and found his hair going straight up in the air with the application. It straightened his curls out a little. He then he returned to Christian’s bedroom and they were now both finished and ready for their big night.

A few
neighborhood’s over Ethan was getting done up. His theme was a future, 90’s angel. He had wings on, he had his usual eyeliner but he was far more heavy than usual and had mascara on too. He also had rep lipstick, a pair of cool pants and a skirt wrapped around it.

Ethan was feeling nervous about the night. It was going to be huge, he could feel it.
He grabbed a bottle of beer from the fridge. He gave his mother a soft kiss on the cheek trying not to smudge his lipstick and headed out the door.                                        

Ethan
jumped into his car, blasted some music and headed into the night. He arrived at Christian’s place, knocked on the door and Christian’s mom answered.

“Hello
, Ethan come on in I think they’re all ready.”

“Thanks
Mrs. Amy,” Ethan said and entered the lounge where they all were.

“You look pretty cool
, Ethan,” Christian’s younger sister Talia said.

“Thanks
, Talia. In a couple of years you’ll be going to a party like this.”

“I already go to some cool
parties, Ethan.”

“I’m sure you do. I sounded quite old when I said that
didn’t I? I didn’t mean too. Yeah I bet your friends are cooler than us.”

“Just a wee bit
,” she said confidently, “we could hang out sometime but if any of my friends saw us I would have to say you are a friend of my mothers.”

Ethan
laughed. He had known Talia since she was a child and now she was a confident 16 year old girl and enjoying that male attention. Ethan knew Christian wouldn’t want to hear it but she was turning into quite a looker and she would be getting a lot of attention from guys.

The
y all kept talking in the lounge with Talia purposely making conversation with Ethan, enjoying all the attention he gave her. Mrs. Amy asked Ethan about his studies and was her usual sweet self and a concerning, caring mom telling Ethan to drive safely.

The
y eventually got going and walked to the door. They all said bye but Talia wanted a more direct acknowledgment and stood there in a coy fashion and defiantly said, “Bye, Ethan.”

Ethan smil
ed.

“Bye
, Talia.”

She wanted to come, she wanted more attention.

They jumped into the car. The roof was down. They all decided to drive with the roof down and didn’t mind the wind messing up their hair a little. They all had their beers in hand, they put on their favorite sounds, had it loud and Ethan applied the accelerator a little harder than usual and off they went into the night. Ethan turned the volume down a bit so he could speak to Christian, who was next to him in the front seat.

“
I love your costume, Christian, heaven perhaps?”

“
I know what you’re getting at, heaven, hell and a bird.”

“
Kinda cute, so could be heaven.”

“
I just liked it, a good camouflage and surprisingly I’m very flexible in it.”

“
Where did you score it from?”

“
I got it from a garage sale from this really nice couple who were ultra friendly with these funny accents. There were actually two outfits and I did consider getting both of them, one for me, one for you, but what about Carl? He would be the odd one out, so I just got the one bird suit.”

“
Thanks for thinking about me,” Carl said, “you could’ve got it and given it to your sister, then she could come with us under camouflage.”

She would look pretty hot in
a bird’s suit,
Ethan thought, but was more diplomatic with his words.

“
That wouldn’t work. Christian might get hit on, in a mix up.”

T
hat was the closest they got to the conversation about Christian’s little sister becoming attractive, just one of those subjects that could never really be entered into. Ethan found it funny, he could tell how it made Christian uncomfortable when someone noticed his little sister’s attractive looks.

~~~~

They arrived at the college campus and headed to the party. It was in one of those old looking buildings, Goth like inside, especially with how they had arranged it. As they opened the door to the hall the music hit them and they were in heaven. It was a party with all unusual types floating around. 

They
walked through and headed to the bar. There were a few people dancing, it had dim light and the hall was filled with a few angels, a lot of vampires and some others that were hard to describe with their crazy looks, but were in the theme of heaven and hell.

They got through the dance f
loor and Ethan ordered their beers. He got three cans. He passed them over, they opened them up and they all said cheers to the night.

They drunk their beers and faced one another and knew life was good like this. The buz
z of the drink, the night, the venue, it was like putting venom into a mix but the venom didn’t sting, this night had that kind of edge; sweet venom. Christian kept his birds head on, mainly because he knew what would happen tonight. He needed a disguise. He was still in a party mode but the chance of picking up a girl tonight was looking slim. He could take the head off but he needed to be unrecognizable tonight.

Carl lit up his ro
llie and offered one to Ethan, it had been a while for him so he said yes. Christian could really feel the buzz of the place, so much so that he almost forgot his mission for the night, his purpose. He did just want to party like the rest of them and felt annoyed that he had to get on with something else, something that had plagued his mind. Ethan seemed to pick up on his thoughts.

“Just remember t
o always stay in the moment, enjoy what is, and if you have to briefly move away from that place of peace or the joy, remember to go back to the peace,” Ethan said, as he took a sip of his beer, followed by a drag on his rollie.

Ethan was right, Christian was goi
ng to party and have fun and when he had to, he would apply his plan and do it, but only then, not now. Right now he was with his two best friends and life was full, fun and so it was, for this moment at least.

The th
ree of them stood there in their group just humming with the beat of the place. The party had a heart and so did the building. They all had smiles on their faces, but of course we couldn’t see Christian’s. Ethan hopped over to the bar to get some more beers. He returned to Christian and Carl and then realized it was time to find Kali.

“
I’m going to have to leave for a little bit and find Kali.”

“All the best with that,
” Carl said.

They hit their c
ans together and away went Ethan.

Ethan walked around looki
ng for Kali. A few people came his way, a demon bumped into him but like pinball machine he moved away fast, a couple of angels went by, then a couple of people that just seemed to melt to the right and left of him and then Kali appeared, just there, like she had been waiting, moving gently towards him.

Kali wa
s in a short, dark dress, she was a vampire with vampire teeth, she looked absolutely gorgeous, fairytale like but with this outfit she looked highly sexual too. All Ethan could muster was, “Oh my.”

“I was looking for you.”

“I was looking for you.

Kali leaned in and kissed him on the cheek and
whispered in his ear.

“I love your outfit.” She looked him in the eyes
, her mouth looking so ready to kiss him.

“W
ho are you?” she asked.

“
I’m a 90’s Angel and you must be a sexy, too sexy vampire?”

“
That’s right, Ethan and I’m gonna kill or taste what I need.”

Ethan laughed
. She was growing more audacious, more divine by the hour. What would happen at midnight? Then he remembered it was also a full moon tonight, it was actually a blue moon.

The song
then just stopped for two seconds and it went quiet and they just stared at one another. She had a pouty look on her lips. She could sense how beautiful she looked in Ethan’s eyes. It was like a magical, electrical current just coming from the heavens, from her, to him and going around and around. The next song played and it was one of their favorites.

“Oh ma
n, that song,” Ethan said.

“Did you do that?
”

“
I might of.”

They were like twins now
, their thoughts were being shared. He grabbed her hand and took her to a place in the dance floor that had some people dancing. He didn’t need to tell her, she just knew, they were becoming one and they could both feel each other’s feelings and thoughts.

They started
dancing and Kali immersed herself into the rhythm. She fell effortlessly into the song, her curves and slim figure just eased into the music. She looked so cute. Ethan was in love just with the way she moved. Her smile beamed from her face as she just bobbed up and down. She flowed, she was sexy, fun.

                                         ~~~~

Back across the other side of the dance floor was Christian and Carl, enjoying their beers.

“I’ve decided I’m gonna
hurt the copper,” Christian said.

“
Really?” Carl said, slightly concerned.

“
I just need him out of my life.”

“
I understand, it’s like your own stalker.”

“
Yep…and if he’s injured, he has to recuperate, then he’s out of my life.”

“
Well, good luck…break a leg, no don’t, just sprain it.”

“Thank you
and on that note I should get going. I have to be on my own now.”

“Yeah I understand...I
might just go and talk to..” Carl looked around and over in the distance he saw Amelia and her friend, “Amelia and her friend.”