Eddie Ross (Eros)
Eddie woke up to music, he turned over and noticed that his new friend was already up. He stood, stretched and made his way towards his living room/kitchen were his baby grand sat. His piano was being played, and it was Chopin surprisingly.
"Psyche? Are you playing Valse?" he called out not quite sure if he was awake or not. She nodded her head and started to speed up. He smiled and turned on the coffee. He was glad to know she wasn't still traumatized. He slid his chair up next to the piano and watched her play.
"You smile when you play," he said when she finished and graciously accepted the coffee, "you should minor in music." She laughed and pulled her hair back off her neck in a fluid motion, not fast enough he noticed the scar. It was a small raised line on the back her neck, "curious," he thought.
"So do you have class today?" she asked fingering the keys sipping her coffee (fucking amazing coffee, she was very impressed) She glanced up and noticed he didn't have a shirt on, he was running his hands through his hair which made his yummy arms even more pronounce. "Damn," she thought mentally thinking what it would be like to kiss him.
"Class, uh nope well actually I have a class at five but thats just an art/music composition class so I don't even have to go, you"
"None I normally take my Saturdays off, but I would love to go get breakfast now. I raided your fridge and all you have is Ramon noodles and cold cereal I mean how can you live off of this stuff?" she asked giggling obviously still not completely awake yet. The clock read 8:30 am so breakfast was definitely needed.
"Yes, I am starved, oh I hate to ask but Venus crashed here to she has clothes you can borrow if you want?" Eddie suggested pulling on a black t shirt that was pretty much either too small or on backwards, Psyche laughed and went off to find Venus. Being asleep when she arrived, and to fascinated by the piano to explore she had not been able to fathom just how rich his family had to be. His"apartment"was actually a loft in one of the most exclusive buildings on the upper east side, Psyche could only imagine what Venus must think of her now, but considering the weird family history it couldn't be that bad, could it?
Eddie smiled as he watched her walk away, "oh shit," he thought, Venus isn't actually here.
"Hey Psyche, she had to run errands I think,but pick anything out she has plenty!" he yelled walking back to his room. He turned the corner and walked into a very spacious bedroom, he was about to shower when a ruby light filled the room.
"Eddie, what is a mortal doing in your apartment?" the stranger hissed.
"Well Mother if you must know she is a girl who I saved from a mental breakdown while being stuck yesterday." he said in a stretched hushed voice, "and thank you for pretending to be my sister, now if she ever meets you our entire family tree will be fucked up!" Venus was taken aback.
"You do not speak to your mother that way, and please tell me you didn't sleep with this baby mortal, how old is she 12? Isn't that a federal offense here on earth?" she asked incredulously, "I must be going baby, but you must know your father and I are not very happy with this." and with that she was gone. He took his shower alone, but in the back of his mind he couldn't help but think about what it would be like to shower with Psyche, his thoughts were quite descriptive. If he wasn't already taking a shower he would want one now.
"EDDIE?" she called out walking into the room she thought she had woken up in, who knows, and walked back to a closet area. She heard a shower turn off and walked into the room not thinking of the repercussions of this act until she walked almost all the way in on a naked man. Eddie was after all not a boy, Not a boy indeed.
"Shit, sorry bathroom" he said quickly grabbing a towel wrapping it around his hips in a practiced motion.
"Uh, I, I just wanted to know where more towels are,"she said wrapped in her towel hair dripping wet on his ceramic tile floors.
"Yeah yea, of course, um I think I have some right here," he said going around her pulling a towel from a closet hidden behind her. She took the towel said thanks and turned around to leave.
"Wait," he said grabbing her arm and spinning her around, this kind of annoyed her a bit, "You know what I just realized?"
"What?" she said rather tersely.
"That you have red hair," he said smiling, "and you are actually really pretty, in the dark you looked different, and you were terribly scared so my perception was put off. Without make up though wow!" Eddie glanced at the floor when he said this, and Psyche turned a very bright pink, and then he looked up. She had moved closer and when he looked back up their faces were inches apart. They both felt the electricity and then...
"I am gonna," they both said at the same time gesturing to the towels and backed away slowly, each with a very big smile on their face. "Almost," she thought walking back to Venus' room. The smiles stayed on their faces all the way to breakfast.
"Were are we going?"
"Oh you will see," he said as she looped her arm in his, "its a little diner I know they have the best waffles." They walked swiftly down the sidewalk and as they turned toward the subway Psyche flinched and pulled him to hail a cab. "I have never seen a girl able to whistle like that." he thought laughing and chasing after her. The taxi stopped at the curb a couple seconds later, but this was the power of a beautiful girl. They climbed in the back and laughed when Eddie's head hit the roof when the door closed the cabbie asked,
"Where to lovebirds?"
"Oh? Well we aren't really a couple." She said confused hiding a smile.
"385 Avenue of the Americas, Waverly's" They pulled away from the curb and they drove in comfortable silence for about 5 minutes. Psyche sat and smiled out of the windows, a great thing about New York is the people! They are all so unique wanting to go different places, all moving at the same time in a chaotic grace. Eddie watched her put her hair in a ponytail, the scar was there again.
"How'd you get that," he asked while tracing it with his forefinger, it was a half moon print that was raised and at the back of her neck, almost concealed by the hairline.
"I was born with it, I used to call it a birth mark but the doctors said most likely a bone or something that an extra vertebrae." she said pulling her hand up to touch it, their hands touched and he gently clasped it and pulled her hand into his lap, she smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"We are here," the cabbie called, "that is $12.43"
"Here, Visa." they climbed out of the back still holding hands, and he bent his head and then she noticed on the back of his head he had a scar too, it was a half moon opposite to hers except it had a line through it though. "Wierd," she thought rubbing the back of her neck with a free hand. He pulled her inside to 'Waverly's' a pretty retro diner in West Village.
"I love it."
"I knew you would," he said as they sat themselves in a window booth. He raised his hand for a server, they were sitting on the same mind was racing a million miles an hour, "What do I do?, How do I act?, is there a simple way to make him kiss me?" she was getting so nervous that her glass of water was shaking. No, thats my hand! She quickly sat the glass down and thought herself into a calm. Eddie just chuckled.
"I really wanna kiss you right now?"
"You do?"
"I do what?"
"Want to kiss me?"
"Uhmm," he cleared his throat, "How did she hear that?"
"Hear what?", Psyche looked up at him confused, "Oh shit, not again."
