Chapter Three

I bit my bottom lip and closed the book. I went to my bedroom and put The Book Of You on my night stand table and made myself comfortable in bed.   A few hours had gone by and sleep had escaped from me. I open the drawer from my night stand table and pulled out another book and started reading. I kept getting distracted by the  book of you on my night table. I can't believe that this is happening to me. Then it dawn to me he was created to help the lonely person who own the book but what about him?.

All these years waiting for someone to open the book, to have company, to speak to someone.  Can I open that book again after I said I need sleep?. I scratched my head, laid flat on the bed pull the blankets over my head and groan. Ugh!  I hate being indecisive . I grab that damn book.

" Levi? are you awake?"

Indeed I am, trouble sleeping Keira?

" no....yes...ok yes but I was curious about something and I had to ask you. How many years since your creation?"

I was created in 1650 and it's been 363 years since I last spoke to someone.

" I'm guessing Lady Adara was the first and last person you spoke to?"

Yes, after her death I was lonely and I yearn for warmth, companion and love.

" I feel your pain, I know what it's like to yearn, so much that sometime it hurts"

What's your story Keira?

T he story that he ask for hurts me  like a knife striking my heart.

" it hurts to speak about it, it's something that I buried so long ago"

Close your eyes

" Why?"

Please, just trust me on this, close your eyes while you tell your story

I closed my eyes and I started to tell Levi my secret.

" Levi, I was never the innocent nerdy girl I put out to be. My dad was a strict parent, I loved him with every fiber in my body but we bumped heads time to time. He was from the army and he wanted me to follow his foot steps. He wanted me to join..."

I gasped, I was transported to this world that did not belong to mine. I was standing in a field of flowers, the sweet intoxicating smell caressed my nose.  The clouds danced in the bright blue skies and the soft breeze tangled in my hair. Then I heard his voice. The one from my dreams.

"Keira". The way he said my name felt like silk touching my skin. It felt so weird to see him standing in front of me. My heart skipped a beat and I'm ashamed to admit I felt butterflies in my stomach.

" Oh...Oh my god, it's..."

"Please continue with your story, don't stop....continue". Levi said while staring at me with his beautiful eyes.

" He wanted me to join the military and become a doctor and I would disagree with him, we would argue. Time passed and I noticed a change. My mom took him to places but they would never tell me where. I kept my studies for fashion and one day he lost his cool and we had the biggest argument we ever had. I walk out in the middle of the scream fest to cool off. My mom called me two hours later crying over the phone telling me to go to the hospital  because he was slipping away"

A tear ran down my cheek and Levi took a step closer to wipe it away. My skin warmed to his touch, but my spine froze.

" I....I got to the hospital as fast as I could and he was very ill, I held his hand . He spoke to me, he told me that he was wrong all along and that I needed to do what I truly desire. That he would love me no matter what, and he was proud of me. An hour later the doctor put the blanket of death over him"

" I am sorry for what happen to you and your father". 

He wrapped his arms around me and embraced me tightly, I couldn't help myself but to surrender myself to his arms and sob. Minutes later I withdrew myself from his embrace and he was smiling.

" What's with the cheesy smile?"