Nocte 2 – Nicky
After one hour in class, Caleb changes his classroom and once again, he bumped into Phaedra.
"Hi!" Caleb says to her with a wide smile on his face. Phaedra's face lights up at the sight of him.
"Hi Caleb!" she said to him, and Caleb's heart soared.
"What are you doing here?" Caleb asks her. "This is Biology Level 3 class…"
"Well, I am currently taking Biology Level 3. I've already studied some of the chapters back at my school, Winchester Academy of Arts-"
"Winchester Academy of Arts!?" Caleb said his surprise. "Winchester Academy of Arts!? Are you kidding me?"
"What? What is it?" Phaedra asks him.
"That is the coolest thing you've ever done, Phaedra. That school is way cool…" Caleb said to her, and she flushes up in embarrassment.
"Really? Well, my mother went to that school, and she is my Alma meter. So I went there for a while until my father calls me back here to study. I just count it as taking remedial classes since I've already studied chapter 4 and 5."
"You studied till which chapter?" Caleb asks her, and she pointed the number on the book to him.
"Are you kidding me? Chapter15?! That is way crazy!" Caleb again, exclaims.
"No kidding. My school teaches things fast. So we had to catch it up ourselves pretty quickly…" Phaedra said to him and tucked another strand of hair into the back of her ear.
"Alright. You got to teach me some of your tricks here. I am way behind my studies due to some events and I am hospitalized for a while. So I missed out on some of the chapters, and I don't ever get why this happens…" Caleb shows her the page that has the recipe for one of the brewing of acid.
"This is pretty easy once you get the hang of it… I'll teach you if you want," Phaedra said to him, and he smiles up at her.
"Thanks! You just saved my ass…" Caleb said to her.
They went into their class together and there, Caleb sees her schedule and finds that most of her classes are in conjunction with his classes.
"Hey, you're in my classes!" Caleb said to her, and Phaedra laughed. To Caleb, it was the most beautiful laugh ever to grace his ears. It sounded beautiful, like the sound of glass knocking together…
"It would seem that way!" Phaedra said to him with a wide smile, and continues to scan for other classes.
"The only classes we are not in the same are Arts and Music…" Phaedra said to him, and leans in closer to Caleb.
For that one moment, Caleb smelled something exotic from her. It was the scent of lilies, and orchids, and it smelled sublime. He wanted to bottle it up and smell it forever if he could, and he savors the moment when she is leaning over him.
"You take swimming classes as well?" Caleb asks her, and she blushes shyly.
"Actually, I don't know how to swim. I'm a sinking rock. I just wanna learn, if it is possible…"
"Well, you gotta learn from the nationwide state champion…"Caleb said, and pretended to puff up his chest in pride.
Phaedra laughed and hits his chest. Caleb laughs as well. "Seriously," Phaedra said to him.
"I mean serious business, my lady. I am a champion in the state nationwide…" Caleb said to her in all seriousness. Phaedra was stunned.
"You? Champion swimmer Danvers? Caleb Danvers? The Caleb Danvers!?" Phaedra said in disbelief.
"The one and only," Caleb shakes his head and smiles blindingly charming at her.
"Oh, teach me teach me teach me teach me teach me!" Phaedra begged him adorably and bounced in her seat. Her hair bounced behind her, and Caleb saw that some of the girl students behind her stare at her jealously.
"Alright, alright," Caleb agrees to her, and she smiles and gave a small triumphant scream.
After school finishes, Caleb bids Phaedra farewell. She shyly smiles at him and gets into her car.
"Now, who is that fair lady with the flaming red hair?" his friends came and hugged him. Caleb laughs and playfully punches his friend on the shoulder.
"She's Phaedra Sterling," Caleb said to Pogue. "Guess who she is, man?"
"Sterling?" Pogue said in a surprised tone. "Don't tell me…"
"Yeah, that's her…" Caleb smiles to himself. "She's the daughter of the Director of this school…"
"Wow!" Pogue patted Caleb's back. "Congrats man! And hell, she is one hell of a bombshell. Be careful of bobby traps now okay?"
"Yeah, and she is innocent enough okay?" Caleb said to her.
"And I somehow heard the name 'Nicky' hanging in the air here…" Pogue teased him, and Caleb hit him on the shoulder again.
"Yeah right. 7p.m, and don't ruin it for me okay?" Caleb said seriously, and Pogue laughed out loud.
"Alright, I'll leave you lovebirds alone, alright?" Pogue said, striding away and got on his scrambler with his girlfriend.
That night, Caleb drove up to the Director's house. The Director opens the door and Caleb saw him sitting in a wheelchair.
The Director looks young, but he looks worn out and tired as well. He is a handsome man in his late 30-ies, and he has on a stern looking face and an elegant swept back hair.
"So, Caleb. Didn't know you had it in you to seduce my baby daughter…" the Director glared at him and snapped at him. Caleb stood his grounds.
"Good evening, Director Sterling. I came to ask… uh… your daughter out?" Caleb said steadily, clearing his throat in an awkward silence. The Director stared at him with his eyes and lips set in a thin line.
"You better not try anything funny here boy," the Director said to him. "If my baby daughter so much as screams, then I'll have your head pinned to my bedroom door!"
"Caleb!" a familiar bell-like voice calls from behind the Director. Immediately, the Director changes his expression to a happy man.
"My little baby princess…" the Director calls her, clapping his hands together and cocked his head to the side to make himself look innocent and silly.
"Father, don't call me that name… I am not a baby anymore…" Phaedra said to him, flaming up in embarrassment.
"Oh, my Phaedra, my baby Phaedra is growing up, and she doesn't want me anymore…" the Director cries, and begun to wept sadly into his sleeves. Phaedra panicked and consoles her father.
"Father… I love you. I'll just be out for a while. I'll be back by 11p.m okay?"
"Okay," her father wept sadly. "Be back soon, coz your father is dying!" her father calls out to her, and Phaedra smiles back and waves at him.
"Come on, Caleb, let's go," she said to him.
Caleb, on the other hand, is so stunned with her beauty that he stopped talking or moving, and just stares at her. She waves one hand in front of his face, and he felt the world slows down in everything.
"Caleb?" Phaedra calls. "Caleb, are you alright?" Phaedra waves her hand in front of his face. He remains stunned.
Phaedra is dressed in a mini emerald dress that reaches up to half of her thigh. There is no makeup or jewelries to don her neck, but she looks fabulous in that simple dress. On her small feet is a pair of black stilettos, complete with ribbons at the back of her ankles. Her hair is done up in an elegant low chignon with lots and lots of braids.
She patted his face, and then he awakens.
"What? Yeah? What is it?" Caleb mumbles, and he blinked his eyes in front of him a few times.
The Director stares at him in a cold icy glare.
"Oh, alright, we'll best be going then. Bye Director!" Caleb said his goodbye, and he shivers involuntarily when the Director gave him another icy glare.
"I apologize for my father's behavior…" Phaedra said to him. "He used to do this to stop me from leaving home with my mother… but that didn't work anymore…"
"Your father is kinda protective of you, doesn't he?" Caleb said, opening the door of his car for her. Phaedra smiles as a token of thanks for him.
"As soon as mom and he divorced, and he fails to keep me on the law's behalf, he is heartbroken. Until mom dies a while ago, he rejoices at the prospect of seeing me again and taking me under his custody," Phaedra explains to him, and Caleb is silent.
"What's wrong?" Phaedra asks him for the sudden silence.
"Oh, it's nothing…" Caleb said to her. "I guess we're on the same boat. My father left me last year… and now it's just my mother and her thirst for more wine and alcohol to drown her sorrow…"
"Oh…" Phaedra said to him. "I'm so sorry…" Phaedra said, one hand going to touch his shoulder.
"It's alright. I'm used to not feeling him around anymore. He's not that much fond of me anyway…" Caleb said to her, and parked his car by the side of the road.
"Here we are," Caleb said to her. "Nicky's!"
"I miss this place…" Phaedra said with a small nostalgic smile on her face. She looks absolutely beautiful in this way.
Caleb opens the door for her, and they walk into Nicky with her arm slung over his arm like a gentleman.
"Two set of Nicky's please…" Caleb said to Nicky.
"Make it three please," Phaedra said to Nicky, and Nicky's face lights up.
"Phaedra!" Nicky exclaims. "Phaedra the Queen of Greek! You're back!"
"I'm back here for good, Nicky. Come on up with the Nicky set. I'm hungry!" Phaedra said to Nicky, and Nicky chuckles and went on to serve them their food.
"Three sets?" Caleb chuckles. "And what's with the Queen of Greek thing?"
"Well, first of all, I am starving. I used to take two sets of Nicky's back in the days. It's not uncommon for me to eat it all, and the Queen of Greek thing is… well, he used to ask me stuff about Greek, and I could always answer his question…" Phaedra said, sipping on her newly arrived coke float.
"This is truly sublime!" Phaedra said, and taking more sips of the coke float. Caleb laughs at her and eats his food.
After they are done, they went over to have a dance on the dance floor. Caleb invites her, but she shyly rejects him.
"I… well…" Phaedra stutters.
"Come on, it'll be fun!" Caleb said to her, and he spotted his ex girlfriend, Sarah, at the corner of Nicky's staring at him, surprise on her face.
"Oh… I don't know…" Phaedra said, contemplating to reject and to dance with him.
Caleb ignores her and carries her bridal styled to the dance floor. She screams.
"Caleb!" Phaedra screamed, and she is set down on the dance floor.
"Show me how you burlesque…" Caleb said to her, and turns on the song of Christina Aguilera…
Phaedra smiles to herself, and started to follow the beat of the song. To Caleb's surprise, she sings along with the song. The song has no singer, and when she sings, everyone stopped eating and watches her. She hits her notes perfectly, and it was such a sexy act that Caleb stares at her for a long moment.
Underneath the city lights
There is a world few know about
Where rules don't apply, no
And you can't keep a good girl down
It was then she gave a naughty glare at Caleb, and he smiles at her. There is a pole in the middle of the dance floor, newly installed by Nicky, and she held it as she bends backward, and her legs are lifted up into the air.
Then, she started to dance.
She shakes her hips, and with it, she follows the beat of the song and sings.
She going through the club looking for a good time
Gonna make that
Shake that
Money on the dime
Don't need a sugga daddy
She can work it just fine
Up on the table
She'll be dancing all night (hee-eey)
She moves around and held a chair in front of her, dancing with the chair in such sexy acts that Caleb couldn't stop staring at her. She is so beautiful and sexy, and her skirt rids up her thigh in such a way that made him feel… hell… he wanted her…
Babydoll just come alive
Under the spotlight
All the girls wanna fall in line
We say, He-eh-eh-ey
Here come the ladies bout to give a little show
He-eh-eh-ey
Here go the boys we gonna show a little more
She waves her hands around on top of her and lifts up her legs. Dancing around, she sings and dance, all the while keeping her eyes on Caleb. She whipped her hair around, and her skirt swirled around her.
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
A little bit of naughty is a little bit nice
She's a whole lot of glam, sweat, sugar, sex, spice
Go shimmy, shimmy, strut, strut
Give a little work, what?
Up on the table
We'll be dancing all night (hee-eey)
Everybody just come to life
Under the spotlight
All the boys wanna fall behind
He-eh-eh-ey
Here come the ladies bout to give a little show
He-eh-eh-ey
Here go the boys we gonna show a little more
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
She clicked her fingers together and made the sound according to the music. Standing up on a chair, she had everyone's attention, and she is sublimely beautiful under the spotlight.
Okay girls, lets show how its done
It ain't over till we say
And we've only just began
Lemme' hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Say yeaah, yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeaah
Say yeaah yeah yeah
She moves her body and shakes her breast according to the music. Moving to the sides, she picks up a rose flower and dances with it around in her mouth, and slips it into her hair. She twirls and twirls and twirls, and lastly she came to Caleb's arms.
"For you, my dear prince," she said to Caleb, giving him the rose and she twirls out of his arms.
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
Hit it up, get it up,
Won't let you rest
Hit it up, get it up,
This is not a test,
Hit it up, get it up,
Gotta give me your best
So get your ass up
Show me how you burlesque
Everyone clapped their hands together and formed a loud chorus of cheers. Everyone cheers at her and said that she is wonderful.
"Bravo Bella!" one of the rich customers shouted to her, standing up and clapping his hands enthusiastically. "Bravo!"
"Beautiful, ma Cherie," another rich customer said loudly. "Simply too beautiful!"
"We'll give you a big tip!" one male customer said loudly. "You've earned them! Well done, beautiful!"
Unable to speak anything else, Phaedra smiles widely at all the applauding customers and bows gratefully to them for appreciating her dancing talents.
"Wow," Caleb said to her. "Wow…"
"I used to do ice skating dance back at my academy… so I'm used to dancing…" Phaedra said to him, and Caleb smiles widely at her.
"Beautiful… one of a kind of a beautiful… I am speechless…" Caleb chuckles, and invites her to a slow dance.
"Would you dance with me, beautiful?" Caleb said to her sweetly, and she smiles up at him.
"You're inviting me to a dance, Caleb?" Phaedra said to him with a graceful smile on her lips. Caleb smiles at her and gently grasps her hand.
"Do me the honor… would you my sweet?" Caleb said to her, and kisses the back of her hand. He gently pulls her to the dance floor, and Caleb held her in his arms gently and softly, like a gentleman.
"You're good at dancing…" Phaedra said to him with a small smile. She likes how he smell. Pure male, and very dominating. He smelled of fresh pine and the smell after rain falls, and is cool and pleasant.
"I used to do dancing at school… tango… so I'm used to dancing…" Caleb said to her, and heard her laugh when she realizes that he had copied what she had said earlier and told her the same thing.
"But seriously, it's true. I do tango, and other romantic Brazilian dance as well…" Caleb said to her, and heard her laugh in response.
"I do like to spend time with you, Caleb…" Phaedra said to him shyly. Caleb kisses the top of her head and whispers to her.
"Me too…" Caleb said to her. "You're so fascinating. Everything you do fascinate me to no end, and I'd love to ask you out again soon…"
"Really?" Phaedra said to him, detaching herself slightly from him, but still remains within distance of dancing. Caleb twirled her around, and spins her back into his arms. Caleb kisses her neck and breaths out his reply.
"From the bottom of my heart…" Caleb said to her.
Spinning her out again, Caleb brought her back to him and do their slow dance again.
"Do you do this to all the other girls as well?" Phaedra said to him, asking him one question with her head cocked to the sides.
Truly, she is so adorable…
"Nop…" Caleb told her, spinning her out again once more. "I knew you won't believe it, but I only do this to you…"
And just then, Sarah appears in his view. She smiles brightly at Phaedra and stopped them from dancing.
"Hi Caleb!" Sarah calls him. Caleb returns her gesture out of courtesy.
"Sarah," Caleb said to her.
"Hi… you must be Phaedra… I'm Sarah, Caleb's ex girlfriend…" Sarah introduces herself to Phaedra, and Phaedra smiles back at her brightly.
"Oh, so you're the one that he dumped last summer? Oh, nice to meet you, finally," Phaedra laughed at Sarah, and Sarah's face changed.
"What?" Sarah retorted angrily.
"Oh, don't you worry. Everybody knows you're dumped by Caleb. It's not great news, but everyone knows it…" Phaedra said to her.
Sarah huffed and storms out of Nicky's restaurant and lounge. Caleb laughed out loud and he had stomach cramps.
"Am I good?" Phaedra said to him with a snickering smile.
"Very…" Caleb said to her, laughing still.
That night, they had fun. Caleb sends Phaedra back to her home, and Phaedra gave Caleb a small shy kiss on his cheek.
"Goodnight, Caleb…" she said shyly, flaming up in embarrassment. "I had fun today. See you tomorrow…"
"Yeah… sure…" Caleb said to her, and watches as she ran back to her house and closes the door behind her with a shy smile on her lips.
He never knew such an innocent kiss could draw up such a passionate feeling inside him. Hell, he thinks he's in love with her already. He touches the place where she has kisses him, and smiles to himself.
What a cute little innocent darling… he thought to himself. She is a beautiful creature, with her flaming red hair and those wisps of gold in them. And her eyes. Gods above, her eyes are so enchanting he thought he could drown in them forever. There is just so much wonders and charm in her that he felt that she is those little charming princesses that had came to the city from afar in a fairytale. She is too good and perfect to be true. Too perfect.
And too beautiful.
Caleb drives home singing off tune to a song on the radio, happy and feeling wonderful from within. He got a kiss from Phaedra, and he is a happy man!