Welcome to my new story: remind me to forget. Before you start, I want to tell that this chapter isn't my best piece of work, but I promise it would be better next time. Hope you as it thought.
Aelita got off the plane two hours later than planned. The airport was huge and overcrowded. She could barely walk, she even sometimes had to push people slightly to pass. If she hadn't been there before, surely she would be already lost.
Memories started to float back to her mind. She remembered being at kadic academy, the place that she called home not so long ago, and her friends, who were her family, they were everything to her. In the past.
She didn't expect to be this sentimental when returning to France.
While she was waiting for her luggage in front of the conveyor, she looked around. Lot's of people were giving hugs to each other, to their families, friends that were returning for Christmas to their home. She used to love this festive, but now it only remembered her of how alone she was.
Twenty minutes passed, and her luggage still didn't appear. Most of the people had already left, probably to their homes. She stood up cursing under her breath. For now, this could easily be one of the worst days of her life.
-Excuse me- She said to one girl behind the counter. She was beautiful. Her dark hair fell gently through her back, her face: perfect. Aelita touched her hair almost instinctively. It was in an undone bun. Small pink hairs covered her face.
-Yes?- She asked. She tried to put a small smile on her face, but it ended up being a serious one.
-My luggage hasn't appeared yet.- Aelita said as much politely as possible.
-Aha- The girl frowned. She seemed tired.
-Well, what I should do?- Aelita asked losing her patience. That woman was there to help her, and she couldn't even do her job?
-Look, your bags have surely gone lost. Leave me a phone number. We will contact you when they appear.- The girl said.
-What do you mean by they have gone lost?- Aelita asked. She was now half screaming. All her objects were there. Everything was there!
-I mean they have gone lost.- She smiled.
Aelita looked at her and took several breaths.
-Thank you.- She said and went away. What was she supposed to do now? She could go to her hotel, but, without her luggage?
She got out of the airport, went to the nearest bus stop and sat down. A thick fog covered de streets giving them a creepy look, the dark sky assumed a grayish color, and Aelita wondered if it was going to rain soon. Aelita took her mobile phone in an attempt of distracting herself.
Minutes later, without any sign of the bus, another person sat on the bench. Aelita didn't look upon her phone, but she looked at him with the corner of her eye. The only thing she could see was that he was carrying a sandwich of meatballs.
When the boy was eating, he spilled some of the meatballs sauce on his pants, and, while he stood up, his sandwich fell to the ground.
Aelita giggled and looked at him to give him a kleenex, but she stopped when he saw the boy. He was tall, almost a head taller than her, he was strong but not too much, the boy was wearing a suit with a purple tie and his blonde hair (with a small purple spot on it) was carefully combed back.
When the man looked at him, he had the same reaction as her. His dark eyes looked directly at her green ones, and after several seconds, a small smile appeared on his face.
-Aelita?- He asked. -It can't be true.- He said smiling more than before.
-Odd?- She simply said.
Aelita brought her hands to her mouth in both, surprise and shooked. From all the people she could have crossed, she had crossed paths with him: The great Odd Della Robbia.
He took a big step forward and hugged her by her waist, then he lifted her from the ground and rolled several times, Aelita wrapped her legs around his waist and just let herself go.
She buried her face on his neck and smelled the same cheap colony that he used to use back in Kadic, and found herself remembering all the memories by his side.
He finally let her on the ground and looked at her with his particular grin. He hasn't changed once a bit apart from his body.
-You're beautiful princess.- He said.
Aelita opened so much her eyes that she was afraid that they were going to come out. "Princess." She had missed so much that nickname.
-You too Odd, you're not…-
-Scrawny?- He offered.
Aelita giggled. -Yes, and you are much taller than I remembered- She said surprised.
-Well, princess, people tend to grow, you know?- He said. -How much time have passed since the last time?- He continued, but now his grin fell a bit.
-Five years?- She said awkwardly. She didn't want to talk about it.
-Yes, by the way, how is your career of Dj?- He asked. She couldn't tell if he was happy or angry.
-Good. And you? How is your life?-
-Same old, same old.- He answered.
They stood there, smiling at each other, in a surprisingly not awkward silence. Minutes later a bus came, but it was not Aelita's, it was Odd's. He took the bouquet of roses that she didn't know he had until now, and walked until the door of the bus. He stopped and looked again to the roses.
-For you.- He said with a smile. -And also take this card, it has my new number on it, so we keep in touch.- Aelita got lost of words. She didn't have anything for him.
-Thank you.- She smiled at him.
After one last hug, he got on the bus. Aelita looked at it until it got lost on the fog.
It didn't take long for her bus to appear, after half an hour on it she finally arrived at her hotel. She hasn't been more grateful in her life. Between the two-hour delay of the airplane, the loss of her luggage and that final trip on the bus, it got until past midnight. She just wanted to sleep.
When she got inside the hotel, she found herself disgusted. The wooden floor made a weird noise every time she took a step, one of the lights was fused, and the best adjective to describe the place was: dirty. But it was the only thing that she could afford.
-Good night.- Aelita said with her best smile. She let Odd's flowers on the counter and pushed away some little hairs that were on her face.
-Good night.- The man said. He was much more kind than the other woman from the airport.
-I booked a room here at the name of Aelita Cooper.-
The man typed on the computer and frowned.
-We don't have any rooms booked at that name.- He said. It almost seemed like he was sorry.
-What do you mean? I'm sure you haven't search well. Look another time.- She told him while pointing at the computer and leaning towards it.
-I'm sorry madame there's nothing here.-
Aelita took several breaths before talking.
-Do you have any room left?- She asked.
-No-
-No?- She shouted.
-No- The man told her smiling.
-Thank you!- She shouted and then got out. She didn't know what she was going to do. She could go to the nearest cafe and wait, but she doubted there was going to be one open at that hour.
A drop fell on her coat, and then another one followed by millions more. It was raining.
Could the day get any worse? She thought.
After thinking for a while she finally knew what to do, she took her phone and just hoped for the best.
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Odd arrived home with a grinned on his face, lay on his sofa without saying anything and got lost in his little world called imagination.
-Hey buddy, how did it go? Ulrich asked coming out from his room, but Odd never answered, he just stood there. It seemed like he was dead or something.
-Odd!- Ulrich shouted on his ear, but he barely moved.
-Yes?- He asked grinning. Ulrich wondered if he had been taking drugs.
-You'll never guess what happened to me.- He said jumping from his position.
-What?-
-I came across Aelita.- He finally said. Ulrich didn't answer. He needed to blink several times to realize what his friend just told him.
Odd's mobile sounded through the silent room, and he immediately answered to the message. He grinned more.
-Who is it?- Ulrich asked coming out from his shook.
-Is Aelita, and she's asking if she can stay here.-
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End of the first chapter. I don't really like the outcome, but I just wanted to get something published. Before I get any comments mentioning it, I know Aelita's surname is Sheaffer. After saying this, hope you all are having a great holiday.