After spent an hour together at Coffee Shop, both Merlin and Frisca keep approaching each other. For it means Frisca must leave her friends for a while. Her friends are getting suspicious with Frisca. It's a rare occasion for Frisca goes out Department. She usually just around department, but now it's a bit hard finding Frisca around. It's because of Merlin.

Merlin who gets lesser friends than Frisca is safe for there's no one bother his disappear or perhaps there is, Professor Bin and his project mate, Marry. They usually will find Merlin easily in library but now he seems hidden far away. Actually, he's not so far away. Merlin and Frisca often spend their time together at Bristol Central Library. Being senior year means they just take lesser class than any other younger students, it gives them time for just together. They don't go there every day, just every Thursday and Friday when they have no class schedule. They usually take the end corner of discussion room where no one will pass their seats. It will give them more private. Besides, they can spend their entire day there and no security will drive them off except it's already 5 PM. At that time, they will back to their own or some time gets dinner together.

This entire October and November was great for Merlin. He finally has a friend and he glad Frisca will never found out who he is. Frisca just never puts any suspicious about who he is. And today, it's just a usual bright cold Friday in the end November when Frisca and Merlin just work on their own assignment at library.

"Yes, finally I did it." Frisca cheers for she finally finished her simulation of reverse a DNA sequence. Frisca is in the middle of her thesis research, although she still in 7th term she insist to start her research earlier because she know she can't make it in time if she start next term. Her research is about finding novel bacteria to produce crude oil. She thought it will be very useful for the world because the availability of crude oil has been decreased these years. Existed research has not been found this kind of bacteria, it just found bacteria strain to degradation crude oil spill in sea or soil. Frisca was in confusion before because she never found bacteria with criteria she wanted to. Then, Frsica talked with Merlin and Merlin suggested to just reverse DNA sequence of existed bacteria which degrades crude oil and adds the sequence into those bacteria, and this is it. Bacteria encoding gene degrades crude oil and produce crude oil in the same living organisms. Then, it just needs timing to activate one of those genes. When bacteria are surrounded by crude oil, it will be degrade it. When bacteria are surrounded by normal environment, it will produce the crude oil again. Then Frisca simulated it in a software and she made it. Frisca just never think about it, she just think of founding new bacteria.

"Come on, take a look." Frisca added and insist Merlin.

"Orrh, you know whatever you show me I won't understand. Just go on, I'm glad you made it." Merlin tries to be not interested and goes on with his project.

"Stop pretending you're not interested, Emmet. You suggested it to me. I know you care the world more than me. Imagine it if we can recycle crude oil when it's already spilled. It's amazing, right." Frisca said.

"You are.. eehh overestimate me. I'm just a student who dwells on the past. I can't move on. That's why I take this major in the first place." Merlin is still pretending.

"Move on? hahaha you can't move on from something you weren't there. I mean, you learn history over hundreds even thousands years ago. You're not even there." Frisca tried to say logically.

"You might be surprised." Merlin replied.

"Then you don't want to take a look. Fine. My own friend doesn't even want to look my job, how about the world. You messed it up, I don't know what to do after graduation. Pleasee." Frisca is a way too much to talk.

"You're really exaggerated, Frisca. The world is not me, of course they want to take a look your job. And if you don't know what to do after graduation, you can follow me." Merlin said with serious intonation.

"Where will you go?"

"Dwell on the past, the very past." Merlin's teasing Frisca. Then both of them just laugh. Then someone stops their laugh by coming to their seats and hitting the table

"Oh I'm sorry, I thought this seats isn't occupied. You're covered with the border." A man said.

"It doesn't matter." Merlin said and smile to the man. The man's just doing his first step when Frisca recognizes this man.

"Fred? You seldom come here recently." Frisca said. Apparently, this man is Freya's friends. He seems awkward with this situation, moreover when Frisca's talking to him. Also it's really obvious that Frisca's regretting called this man in the first place.

"Some important things to do. I need peace and quiet so I come here. I'm better off, then." He said and walks away. Frisca just let the man named Fred walks away as he wishes. It lefts a harder heart beat in Frisca's.

"Your friend?" Merlin asked.

"Yes. He found these seats years ago and showed to me."

"No wonder he came here right away he arrived." Frisca just nods and silent comes between them. It gives Merlin a suspicious. "Not a regular friend, I suppose." Merlin said and clasps his mouth immediately after talking. He knows he might offend something inside her. Frisca just rolls her eyes. "Well, I consider it as 'yes'." He said. "So what happened between you and him?"

"Arrgh, why do you just continue your project?" Frisca is really offended by Merlin now.
"I'm just asking. Well, I'll back to mine." Merlin now back to his laptop and pretending to type.

"Why is it always like this?" Frisca finally comes up with her mind. "He just came around and it's ruined my mind, messed my mind and my heart. I just can't concentrate again. Why?" Frisca's waiting Merlin's respond. "Now you're ignoring me. Great."

Merlin succeeds make Frisca angry. "Owh, no lady. I'm just continuing my project." He continues typing and Frisca punch his arm. "Awh, it's hurt. You're rude, just like .." He stops because he intended to say she just like Arthur who punched him for fun. He can't continue with these words so he just stops. "I'm kidding, hey. How could it be? He just appeared and he messed up your mind."

"Because of his existence. Bring back any memories." Frisca actually shames with her confession. "Forget it, Emmet."

"Noo of course not. You know about Freya, it's not fair if I don't know about Fred. Come on, tell me. You never mentioned him all these time." Merlin's teasing Frisca and pushes her to say. "Come on."

"Because I thing I've finally moved on. The fact is I haven't. Not mention him is the best way of behaving." Frisca stops. Merlin chuckles to see how frustrated she is with him. "You make fun of me. arrghh."

"Nooo." Merlin still chuckles. "OOhh Teenager." He just remembers when Arthur enchanted by King Alined's jester and got insecure immediately when Vivian didn't respond him, and worse, rejected him. Until the jester also enchanted Vivian. Love spell is a silly thing. He glad these days no one could possess such love spell so no one will get high skill enchantment which hard to break. Although in fact, there's a person who still possess it, himself.

"You seem thinking. What are you thinking about?" Frisca gets Merlin on her nerve. Merlin just shakes his head and chuckles again. "And you mocked me teenager. We are in the same age. arrgh." Frisca stops and starts again. "Fred and I just a regular friend, if you really want to know. We just spent more time together than we spent to our other friend. Then I came up with silly thing. Since it, I barely talked to him."

"Well, I will never come up with silly thing so we will talk forever." Merlin is teasing her.

"OOhh shut up, Emmet. I just want to us be normal again like before. It seems it never happened." Frisca said. "And yes you're right. You better never come up with silly thing." She treats Merlin. "I have you now. Who needs Fred now? Right, Emmet?"

"You have me, Lady. You can take me for granted, of course." Merlin said and there's a promise in his word. They just laugh again and continue their own work. Merlin feels he just come in time, he doesn't know what will happen if he meet this Freya's face girl when she still with Fred. He really glad because it gives him a real happiness when he and Freya together. He will never come up with silly things.

"I like the way you called me Lady." Frisca said.

"I hope it's not silly thing, Frisca." Merlin said.

"Of course not." She fakes a smile, a wide one.

Merlin starts change their topic because he doesn't want to know more about this Fred. "Ehm hey, Professor Bin will hold a winter party in his house two weeks later. He holds this sort of party every year to closer the bond among people inside department." Merlin stops.

"You ask me go with you to the party, right?" Asked Frisca, Merlin nods. "I don't hear any invitation words, in your sentences. Next time you better straight to the point."

"You will come with me?" Merlin can't believe it will be this easy, he's already kept this thing for two weeks for he worried Frisca will reject him this time.

"I took your offering to Coffee Shop and I got answered about my research. Perhaps I will find something bigger than that. A truth, probably." Frisca said. Merlin just smile, he doesn't understand what the girl means.

Merlin thinks this year is the best years after thousands years wandering around England. Merlin never showed up in Professor Bin's party with mentioning a lot of fake reason. He just didn't want to more socialize with people. It hurts him. However, this year anything is a way different after he met Frisca. He still regards Frisca is Freya, although he keeps telling himself she is not.

Tonight, he will pick up Frisca in her flat to Professor Bin's house. The party is tonight. Some seconds after Merlin knocked her flat, Frisca shows up there. Frisca completely different tonight, she puts away her pony and pins it to her side hair. She adds curly impression to her lower hair. She's wearing maroon dress, this one really look like Freya's dress when Merlin met her in the very past. However, there's no any rip and pierce there. It's look like new dress. Merlin can't resist, she's totally Freya.

"You look wonderful." Merlin adores her.

"Well, Cinderella is ready. You better used you magic to enchant a pumpkin. Go on." Frisca said.

Merlin chuckles. "We won't go with a pumpkin, we'll go with a way more modern. With your car." Both are laughing.

The party is great. There's a lot of food there. Professor Bin glad Merlin finally come to his party and he thanks Frisca because Professor Bin believe, it's Frisca's doing Merlin wants to come to his party. Merlin and Frisca eat and drink anything until their stomach full. Until, the night's going late but it still too early to go home. They both go out to balcony.

They both are sitting in balcony with beautiful backyard scenery, trying to avoid the crowds and choosing spend the rest party just two of them. Frisca seems quite tonight and Merlin couldn't understand why. After all, she looks just happy in the party. "You seem quite. The beauty and the noise seem like in the same portion in you." Merlin started talking.

Frisca smile and she just shake her head. There's silent again. Until Frisca replied, "Are you trying to say that I'm usually more noise and less beautiful?" Now, Merlin is bewildered how to explain it. He doesn't mean that. He's just downing his beverage and giving a time for Frisca to talk again. "I know you're not. Don't panic, Emmet."

"You read me like a book." Merlin and Frisca are laughing. Actually, there's no great deal to laugh about but they just want it.

"Of course, I do."

"What is it Frisca?"

Frisca adjust her sit position and now she's sitting face Merlin. Merlin's shocked, he keeps looking the Professor's backyard. He doesn't know what this girl might be done. He never prepares for it. "I'm waiting you to say it." Frisca finally answered it.

"You want me to say what?" Merlin gets more shocked. He completely doesn't understand the situation. He's an old man, he doesn't know what a young man might be said in this situation. He can barely guessing. He just keeps starring the backyard.

"Come on, Emmet. Admit it!" Frisca said which more like begging than asking. "Fine. Stay in your silent! I'll talk first." Frisca seems like taking deep breath before she's continuing. "Say something about my dress!" she ordered Merlin.

"Owwh, yeah." Merlin's relieved a bit and starts talking. "Your dress … is nice. The color really suits you fine." This girl just wants to know his opinion about her dress.

"Yes, the color is maroon. Is it a bit similar to anything related to you?"

"No." Merlin answered in haste. Then, horror comes into his nerve. He barely says anything. He just looks into Frisca's eyes. Of course, he now realizes what she wants him to say. It's Freya's dress color.

A long with Merlin said it in his mind, Frisca come up with it, "It's Freya's dress color when she died, she never got lung cancer. She died because the mighty King Arthur struck her with his sword."

"What? You talk nonsense." Merlin keeps denying it, it's not the time to reveal himself. Not in Professor's house. "What are you trying to say? Why must King Arthur be in my story with Freya?" He stopped. "He died long, really long time ago."

"I search Freya in google search, then I found that it's her dress color when she first time met a young boy who then helped her. Freya is a rare name for people in recent generation. You got no photo of hers. You're too wise for your old. You possess magic like it's your daily routine. You don't have childhood picture. You keep visiting Glastonbury Tor just like waiting miracle. You keep calling me 'Lady'. You're strange." Frisca talked without any flaw.

"So, you still think I'm a criminal. One of the gangster and world mafia wants to take over the world." Merlin tried a joke. Perhaps, it can change the topic.

"Or, you are an immortal man. You can't die because your duty in this world hasn't done yet. You can't pass to the other world. Then, twist of fate unites you with a girl whose face resemble to your old love, Freya. A cursed girl." She stopped a while. "I'm not a fool, when you said you're thousand years old in Coffee Shop. It gave me suspicious then you suggested me to reverse the DNA code of bacterial. Until you said it, I didn't even know it can be done." Merlin still keeps in silent. "You can't deny it again. I have a lot of proves. You are him. You are not Emmet. You are Emrys, Merlin. The Great Warlock" Silent comes between them for a few minutes.

"Since mankind invented a searcher machine such as Google, My worried has already begun. Moreover, a lot of historian started writing a blog about any ancient story in internet. Someday somewhat, someone will reveal who I am. That's why I never get attached too long to someone. But, I can't resist when I met you. And tonight you are Freya. Perhaps, deep inside you, there's Freya there." Merlin finally revealed himself.

"And have you already found her in me?"

"Not at all, you're completely a different person. I'm sorry." Merlin has to stop talking.

"You don't know her, you didn't even spend a fully day with her. You just helped her and then both of you were falling in love each other. Even after centuries you never get over her. I admire you that way." She stopped, Merlin smile and still staring backyard which isn't interesting anymore. "You know I will give anything to get back my beautiful friendship with Fred. No wonder you break your wall and started making a friend. Just for get the feeling being with Freya again. I understand. I'm Freya. It doesn't matter. You should tell me earlier."

Merlin laughs.

"You know what, you can't fool me and do not ever think that you can fool the professor. He might be known. He just doesn't tell you. Not yet." Horror back again to Merlin's nerve.