For once, I was relaxed before my opportunity to interview a specialist. No lame prince was calling for me, and I could just relax and think over my questions for Helia. I couldn't screw things up this time, and I was sure that it wouldn't turn out catastrophic as long as Saladine's grandson didn't have an unknown personality problem. He entered the room silently and sat down on the floor.
"You can sit on the couch if you want," I said to the man with long blue hair, "I take it you are Helia."
"That is correct," he said calmly as he pulled out his sketchpad and started drawing a picture of a tree outside the round window.
"So you are Saladine's grandson, correct?" I asked actually wanting to start a conversation otherwise I was going to be bored out of my mind.
"That is also correct," Helia said as he shaded in the bark of the tree on his paper.
"I take it you like to draw," I said quietly. He was interesting by being boring in a sense. "Who taught you how to draw?"
"My father before he died," he answered emotionlessly. I really didn't understand this male at all. I thought artists were more emotional than others, but I could have been stereotyping them.
"I'm so sorry," I replied softly as he watched a bird land on the tree's largest branch and began to add that to his artwork. I was entertained by watching him draw.
"It's fine," he replied softly. He looked back at me as if knowing I was going to ask something slightly over-the-top personal.
I asked sweetly, "What do you tend to draw the most?" A smile formed on his lips as he brushed some of his long blue hair from his eyes. How come he wasn't a total ladies' man with those simple gestures?
"Birds, plants-mainly flowers, and my girlfriend," he said quietly. He wasn't much of a talker, was he? I actually didn't know he even had a girlfriend, but I wasn't shocked at all. He watched my pen as I wrote down his response. His eyes made me nervous somehow.
"Who's your girlfriend?" I inquired expecting an obvious answer. His eyes didn't glow with the same excitement Brandon had when he spoke of Stella or mentioned Musa. Maybe Helia had an emotion complex where he couldn't show it except maybe around his girlfriend.
"Her name is Flora," he replied making sure I wrote everything down. Personally, he was a boring guy to talk to, but I had to interview him so Jared wouldn't freak out.
"What do you like about her?" I asked hoping to get some energy from him otherwise I had a long thirty minutes of trying to get him to talk about his life.
"She's sensitive, kind, loving, and passionate about animals and plants, she likes art, and she is absolutely wonderful at whatever she sets her heart and soul to," he stated making me grin. Not only was that the sweetest thing I have actually heard, but he was emotionally loyal to her which made my day. He seemed to relax as he spoke those words about Flora.
"That's fantastic," I exclaimed almost dropping my notebook, "That's so cool that you can draw her. Do you draw pictures of her friends?"
"They aren't much to draw," he replied coolly, "I mean they are pretty, but their natural beauty doesn't astound me as much as Flora's beauty does."
"That's sweet," I said writing everything down, "So what do you think of her friends and of your friends? I won't write anything you tell me not to." His eyes never met mine so I could not detect any trace of guilt or passion in his eyes.
"Don't write this down but Tecna is rather boring. Just say she is very intelligent. Timmy is nice and smart, but I think he could do better than Tecna. Don't write the latter of the statement," he said making sure I had written that down. I was in shock though. I never expected him to actually say any of that.
"Okay Tecna is smart and Timmy is smart and kind," I responded making sure I had my so called facts straight, "Please, continue."
"Stella is fashionable but cares too much about the crown, and her boyfriend does well at Red Fountain. Musa is just…I don't know. I honestly don't know her well enough, but her boyfriend Riven is a jerk, and you can keep that in. Other than that, I don't exactly have an opinion on the others," he replied calmly as I tried hard not to laugh. I never met anyone so perfectly honest in my whole life, and it was worth the first half hour of complete boredom.
"Wow," I said in response as I finished jotting his comments down, "What about Bloom, Sky, and Layla?"
"I don't know them well enough," he responded, "I know that Bloom and Flora were roommates when they were at Alfea."
"Oh that sounds like fun," I said sarcastically realizing I let it slip in my tone that I actually hated Bloom, princess of the dead planet of Sparx, but he didn't make a comment.
"Did you room with Sky?" I asked knowing the obvious answer, but I needed something to talk about.
"No," he replied simply, "but being in his room brings back unpleasant memories."
"Of what?" I inquired curiously.
"It's nothing you need to know about," he replied leaving an awkward silence between us that seemed to linger.
"Okay," I said attempting to break the tension, "Why did you join Red Fountain?"
"Although I dislike fighting, I wanted to get to know Flora better. I was curious," he replied looking at the clock, "Well, I must be going. I am going to an opening of an art exhibit tonight, and I need to get ready. Goodbye, Delilah," he stated putting his sketchbook and sketch pencils in his bag and leaving.
After he closed the door, I looked at my notes wondering if I had actually gotten anything out of the interview. I sighed wondering if my job was really worth this, but I could say without hesitation that it was. I smiled as I looked at the list. Timmy was next, and I knew I could have some fun with that.
Author's note: Two more chapters! (Although nobody reads this because it is far too OOC, but that was how I chose to make this.) So, I hoped you liked Helia's interview although I doubt it.