Chapter 2
A strange morning
I'm sitting in my new kitchen, eating my favorite Coco Pops and I just can't stop thinking about that boy I met almost a week ago. He was so nice and handsome and a bit strange. I visited the park one or two times with Caesar but I never met him again. What a shame! I kind of liked him and I don't even know his name.
"It's your fault Caesar! Now I won't be able to concentrate."
He looks at me with his sheepish blank look. Sometimes I swear he understands everything I say but some other times he looks so stupid. Like now, I am talking to him and he keeps sniffing around our apartment's door near the kitchen table. I think he wants a walk.
"Not today Caesar, sorry."
It's the first day since I learnt about it that I feel really sick. I have a killing headache, my bones feel sore and the only thing I want to do is sleep the whole day.
He stopped sniffing and now he just stares at the door. I'm putting away my half eaten bowl of cereal when I hear a reluctant knock on my door. Caesar keeps staring without barking. This dog will make me crazy some day! He always barks when someone knocks on the door. I curiously open it and just outside my apartment is a boy. The boy! Oh no! I'm a mess....
"Good morning!" He says cheerfully. "I came to welcome my new neighbor".
Caesar whimpers.
"And her fantastic dog of course".
When he hears that he lunges at him for kisses and they are playing ignoring me. Great! It doesn't matter I'm a mess.
"Look what I got for you" he says to Caesar and he pulls a really big dog, bone shaped, biscuit out of his jacket.
"I'm leaving you two to catch up" I say and turn around.
"Wait!" He says. "May I come in?"
I hesitate. I don't even know his name but Caesar is so happy around him, how harmful could he be?
"Yeah, why not? Caesar's friends come here to play every day but I warn you if you break anything you have to explain it to my mother".
"Deal!" he says.
I carefully go and sit on the nearest chair. I feel so weak today. He follows and sits opposite me on the other chair. I look at him.
"Aren't you going to play?"
"Nah, I think my friend is a bit occupied right now". I look at him as he greedily chews his biscuit.
"Besides, I brought something for you too" he says and then he pulls out from his jacket's inner pocket the greatest chocolate of all times and of course my favorite. I actually drool while he places it on the table near me.
"Clever!" I manage to say. "You bribe the master, too".
He just smiles.
"So I guess now that Caesar has other things to do and you are forced to sit with me, you would like a coffee, right?"
"No, thank you". Well I might said it a little sharply.
"Are you sure? I have flavors!" I'm trying to save the situation and thankfully he gets my attempt quickly.
"What flavors?" he asks.
"I don't know. Let me check" I say as I almost agonise to get up out of my chair and go towards the cupboards.
While searching I tell him that I don't really drink coffee so I don't notice what my mother buys. He asks me curiously why -like everyone does when they hear about it- and as always I tell him that I don't like the taste of it. Naturally the next question is what do I drink and when I tell him he says he would like a hot cocoa after all. I turn the boiler on to prepare us both cocoa – I can't make it and not drink it-. I feel his gaze on me and I can't help but wonder if the stonkereness I'm feeling is noticeable. Then someone knocks on my door again.
What now? I think annoyed but I'm starting to move to see who it might be this time when the boy grabs my arm. He makes me look into his eyes and then he warns me.
"I am NOT here".
"O-Ok" I say puzzled. Why would anyone ask for him in my house?
But when I open the door there is a bearded man outside who asks politely if he could speak to Kyran Alden. I vaguely hear the boy, Kyran I assume now, whisper something to my dog and Caesar immediately comes near me and growls warningly.
"I'm sorry sir but there is no one Kyran whatever you said here". "Good day" I add while closing the door but his hand quickly stops me.
"Are you sure?" He asks and he intensely looks into my eyes.
He has mesmerizing grey-blue eyes and a really intense stare. Caesar starts barking loudly near me and he pretends to attack him but without getting out of the door. Suddenly I feel proud for my dog. Usually I would have to hold him, if I didn't want him eating the man. But now I'm afraid that if I leave the door, the man might see the boy.
"Yes. I don't even know anyone with this name". He kept looking in my eyes but I wasn't going to look away first.
"I'm really sorry for bothering you then" he says after what seemed forever and eventually he takes his hand from my door. "Have a nice day" he adds and he makes a small bow taking off his hat.
"You too" I mumble while he walks away and finally I close the door.
I'm wondering how people keep getting inside the building, I would have to check the front door. Then I turn and look at the boy and my dog. Caesar keeps staring the door in a tense posture but has stopped all the aggressive barking. The boy is gripping the table and he is still sitting but only half of him. He sits as far back from the door as he could get. It seems to me as though he would be in the fridge behind him if he could. He is scared. No scratch that. Terrified.
"What happened to you?" I ask looking from him to my dog and back.
"Nothing" he says and he sits normally again like he just realized his strange reaction.
"If you say so" I mumble and take our cups from the counter to the table. I notice Caesar has not moved from his tense posture near the door.
"Caesar" I call him but he doesn't come. Something is really strange over here.
"Caesar go play" I hear the boy say and MY dog – I emphasize the word my here - immediately changes his posture and returns to the half chewed biscuit. I feel my mouth gaping but I'm still too tired to deal with it. So I turn to the boy asking :
"So your name is Kyran, right?"
"Yes that's my name".
"I'm Melia by the way".
"Oh! I forgot we haven't introduced ourselves properly".
What does he mean properly? We haven't introduced at all.
I drink my chocolate.
"Melia. Nice name. Unique".
"Thank you! It's from the Greek Melina. My father is from Greece and that was my grandma's name but I shortened it to match the culture here".
When someone asks me something I can't keep my mouth shut. I have the bad habit to babble. But now it shouldn't be one of these times. Everything feels strange and I need answers.
"Well Kyran, why was that man asking for you in my apartment?"
"He must be befuddled".
"What do you mean?"
"Melia" he says and gets up "I live next door".
"What!?"
"I live next to you, at the adjacent apartment".
"Really?" I still can't believe him.
"Yes, but I have to go now". He seems to be at his previous cheerful mood again.
"Ok" I say but I'm still confused.
"I'll see you again" he says and he winks at me.
"Bye Caesar" he pets his head and then he is gone.
Ok! That is impossible! I didn't have the time to process what he said or why that man was looking for him at my apartment but I managed to understand the important things.. He lives next door? I can't believe it! The quiet almost always out of town family, is this boy's family? And he didn't even touch his cocoa. I think while I clean the table. I have to talk to Sara. She will be crazy jealous. But first I need to sleep. I feel exhausted!
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Hello again! The 2nd chapter is here!!! I finally translated it. Well tell me what you thing!!! Now we know the boy's name. Remember him he is going to be important. And what about the bearded guy? Who do you think he is? I would love to see yourguesses!
Unfortunately Melia is getting sicker but we are going to learn what her sickness is at the next chapter.
Thank you for reading and please Vote & Comment! Cu!