Heh trying to write a chapter, while school is killing me, is hard but it isn´t killing me anymore so I can write. Hope you liked the last chapter. I do not own the Soulfinder Series. Joss Stirling has all Rights.
Chapter 6
Maria´s Point of View
What the hell did I do? I don´t want a boyfriend! But seriously what the hell came over me? That can never happen again! Luckily I didn´t feel anything, or did I? There was a pull towards him wasn´t there? No, no, no way, that was absolutely nothing! But maybe he felt something? No, why should he have felt anything? He´s just a friend! Nothing more, just simply a friend! Hey why am I even thinking about this! I should be getting ready for the interview. So I started getting dressed, good I took the clothes with me. If I had left them with Brian like I intended, I wouldn´t make it in time for the interview. I took the black skinny jeans, red T-shirt and a black cardigan. I took my bag and started to walk back to the living room, when I heard singing.
Hey,
I see a secret in your face
Did someone steal you away?
Is there someone else in my place
I don't like this game
I, I can see the death in your hands
Cause I know the way that you dance
It´s one of my favorite songs and Uri is singing it! I walked to the kitchen and he stopped singing. He has a good voice but I won´t tell him that. "I got to go so, I´ll see ya´ later!"
"So our meeting at one o´clock is still on?"
"Why shouldn´t it be?"
"No reason. I think you should hurry now!"
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
I went out of Uri´s apartment and ran towards the café, on the way there I saw a tall boy who looked like Uriel. Maybe his brother was in town? Of course if he had a brother.
I reached the café and went right to the counter and said: "Hello I´m here for the waitress job." "Hello!" She replied cheerily "Right this way." She led me to the second floor of the café where there seemed to be like meeting rooms and stuff. It was nice, in the corridor there was a red, long carpet on the floor and there were mahogany tables with flower vases all over the place. For some reason it all seemed so familiar to me… Oh crap my foreseeing had the red carpet and a mahogany table! Ok keep it cool! Many places can have a mahogany table and a red carpet. And dad did say that it seemed like a dream.
We reached a glass door, behind it was a big round table there and every seat but one was taken. The woman closest to me told me to sit and I did.
"Hello Maria my name is Rita, I´m the owner of the Black Cat." said the woman sitting opposite to me.
"Hello, I guess you know I´m Maria Grey."
"Yes we do. So you want the waitress spot? Do you have any previous experience?"
"Yes, I think you should maybe read my CV?"
"No need for that, you seem trustworthy enough."
"Alright then, yes I have had previous experience, I worked in a restaurant in Africa."
"That´s exotic, but you had a lot of stress there I guess."
"Well I can´t exactly say it was peaceful, so yeah a lot of stress."
"Did you handle it well?"
"I didn´t have any breakdowns, I think I handled it well."
"That´s good, I think you can get the spot but we have to discuss it a bit. You can go for now."
"Thank you very much, should I leave my phone number?"
"Yes, leave it to Lucy, the one that led you here." I exited the room and went downstairs again. I wrote my number on a piece of paper and gave it to Lucy. I had 45 minutes till I had to meet Uri so I went to check up on Bri. He just got his lunch break and came to meet me in front of the restaurant. "Wow-za! So dressed up for an interview? How did it go?"
"Well… I seemed to go great and I hope to get the job but nothing is certain. And one more thing; do you think there might be a connection between my dream/vision and the mahogany table and a red carpet that were there in the café."
"I seriously have no idea. By the way have you found out if your tall friend, umm Uriel, is a Savant?" oh I have totally forgotten about that. "No, I should call dad and find out." I took my bag and remembered I left the bag where my clothes are at Uri´s place and so my phone was there too. "Crap! I left my phone at Uriel´s place."
"What?! A little rewind please! You, left your phone at that boys place who you met yesterday? And went to the gym with today?"
"Yeah, so what, were just friends!"
"Oh, just friends, are you sure? Maybe he wants something more from you?"
"Hey I think I can predict "something more" from happening, I can defend myself you know!"
"I know, but I´m your brother, so I just get worried!"
"Yes, yes I forgive you for that!"
"I guess you just have to call dad later, ´cause I don´t have a phone anymore."
"What happened to it?" he had it this morning, when I walked here with him.
"Gabrielle happened." Oh god that´s one of his ex-girlfriends. Those can be really annoying. He continued talking: "She just came here, saw me and my phone was gone."
"What did you do to her?"
"I broke up with her."
"So?"
"She has this stupid record of no one breaking up with her. She always breaks up with boys so she got mad at me for breaking up with her." I started laughing. That was the funniest thing I have heard in days. And of course he looked at me weirdly, that was normal, I´m not really the laughing type. If I do laugh I laugh at the jokes nobody else understands.
"Yeah laugh all you want, that´s not going to get me a new phone."
"You ask dad some money and then you go buy a new one." I said while still quietly giggling. We sat there a bit and talked about his job. Then Brian looked at his watch and announced his lunch break was over. I still had about 25 minutes to waste but I thought maybe I can show up at Uri´s place earlier. I hope he won´t mind.
I started walking and reached the apartment building. What was the apartment number? Oh right, I can ask the doorman. "Hello can you please tell me in which apartment does Uriel Benedict live. I left my things at his place and forgot the apartment number." He was nice enough to tell me the number was 2D. So I went there. When I got to the door I heard muffled voices from inside. I didn´t want to eavesdrop so I knocked on the door letting them know someone was at the door. Uri came to open the door. "Hey I thought maybe…"Then I saw a man and a woman looking at me and continued: "I left my bag here earlier so may I have it back?" The man was the one I had seen earlier on the street. I guess he was Uri´s brother, or somebody else to him.
"Yeah sure, wait here please!" He looked at me for a moment to see if I understood and I nodded. When he came back with my bag I asked: "Is our meeting still on or do you have to cancel?" I said seeing that he wasn´t finished talking with his visitors.
"No I´ll come to the café by one, don´t worry."
Uriel´s Point of View
After Maria left I made something to eat for Xav and Crystal and then read a bit. When the time was 12.25 Xav called to announce they were here. They came to the apartment and I offered them some food. They ate and then Xav asked: "So how have you been bro´?"
"Good, lazy, bored. So why are you here?" Xav looked at Crystal and she started speaking: "Well I wanted to know how you have been and is everything fine in the Soulfinder department. You don´t seem depressed, so is it all okay?" She sounded like she was my sister, who in some way she was, and I didn´t want to be rude so I answered her: "I´m absolutely fine, thanks for asking. Now about the Soulfinder thing; I want to finish my studies before I go searching for her. So I could have something to rely on when I don´t find her." That last part seemed too tough but I had to say it. Then Xav spoke up again: "Hey, come on, you are definitely going to find her. We have Crystal here!"
"But if she´s dead or has a husband and kids then Crystal can´t help! I don´t mean to insult you Crystal but if that is the case, you can´t help can you?" I was getting a little wind up but managed to keep my voice on a calm level. Suddenly I heard a knock on the door. Who the hell is here now? Better put my nice face on. I went to the door and when I opened it Maria was there.
"Hey I thought maybe…" she started and then I guess Xav and Crystal came to see who´s here. And then she continued: "I left my bag here earlier so may I have it back?" I guess it´s not what she wanted to say before. I didn´t want her to come in. I just had enough of Xav giving me tips how to win her over so he didn´t need to see her.
"Yeah sure, wait here please!" I looked at her for a moment to see if she understood and she nodded. I went to get her bag and said: "Just a friend, don´t get any ideas." to Xav. When I handed her the bag she asked if our café date, well not a date in that way, was still on. I didn´t want to cancel it so I told her not to worry, I will come to the café. She left and I went back to talking with Xav. He immediately asked: "She a Savant?"
"I don´t know haven´t checked yet."
"Well you should, she seems your age."
"And she also seems very nice." Crystal stepped in. "What´s her name?"
"Maria Grey" I answered her. "Well let´s check out now!"
"Alright, I´ll get my laptop."
"No need for that. Yves made an app so we can see the Savant Net in our phones, it makes things easier." Well I have been away from home too long then, haven´t I? Crystal took out her phone and typed in Maria´s name.
"No results. But maybe they don´t want to make themselves public in the Savant world or something? We can ask Saul, he might know better."
"Okay, who makes the call?" Xav asked. "Cause´ if I call him he will think that I´m in trouble again or something like that."
"Calm down brother, she´s my friend I´ll make the call." I took my phone from the kitchen and typed in dad´s number. It started calling and after two beeps dad answered. "Hello Uriel, how are you."
"I´m good, thanks for asking but I have a question about the Savant Net to you."
"What kind of question?"
"Do you know if there is anyone named Grey in it?"
"Oh the Grey´s. Of course but they asked to be removed from the list."
"Why?"
"They have seven kids. Probably the seventh is powerful and they want to keep it a secret from others."
"Is there a Maria Grey in that family?"
"Yes she is the seventh child. Why do you even want to know all this?"
"Maria Grey is my friend and I wanted to know if she is a Savant or not."
"Well she certainly is one so you should let her know that you are a Savant too. Maybe she is your Soulfinder?"
"Okay, I´ll do that though I seriously doubt that she is my Soulfinder."
"Well you won´t know before you talk to her."
"Alright dad thanks, bye!"
"Goodbye Uriel, behave nicely!" And with that he ended the call. I went back to the living room and looked at Xav and Crystal. They were talking to each other normally. I guess it was a big effort not to hug and kiss your Soulfinder all the time. And I appreciate them for not being all lovey-dovey around me. I think Crystal has a big part in that, she thought for years that she can´t find her Soulfinder because she can´t talk telepathically, she must still remember that feeling. They notice me and I smile: "She´s a Savant!" Then I look at the clock and it´s 12.55. I´m going to be late unless I start going now!
"Hey I got to go meet Maria, are you guys staying here or do you want to leave?"
"We´ll stay here for a bit and rest, if you don´t mind. And we didn´t get to finish that talk too so, we´ll be waiting for you." I said bye to them and started going. I reached the Black Cat and saw Maria from the window. She looked a bit distant, like she´s far away somewhere. I went in and sat down.
Maria´s Point of View
I left his apartment building and decided to go to the café. I can wait there and gather some tips about working there. And when I sat down I suddenly remembered to call dad. So I took out my phone and found his number. Well if he isn´t a Savant I won´t lose anything, we´ll still be friends. But if he is, I have to check if he might be my Soulfinder. It wouldn´t be the end of the world, I mean he is cute and polite and… No, no, no I have to call dad now!
"Maria! Is everything okay? Did something happen?"
"No nothing happened, I just have a question to you about the Savant Net. Do you still have access to it?"
"Yes what do you need from there? If you want me to get us back to that list, that won´t happen! You and your siblings are too powerful to set you in such danger. Maybe someone evil will see your names and powers and then would like to kidnap all of you. That won´t be any better, will it?"
"Dad, calm down, I just wanted to ask about a name. Uriel Benedict, does that ring a bell?"
"Benedict, where did you hear that name?"
"He´s my friend and he studies on the same course as I."
"Well he is from a big family of Savants. He has six brothers. That's all I know."
"Do they have a bad reputation or a good one?"
"Well the Benedicts have a good reputation among the Savants but the people close to them always seem to get in trouble. The youngest son´s Soulfinder was kidnapped in LA and there was an incident involving the second youngest son´s Soulfinder in London. The list goes on."
"Wow troublemakers, that´s cool."
"No it isn´t, you should not communicate with him!"
"What if he´s my Soulfinder, should I communicate with him then?"
"Then yes, but if he isn´t you should stay away from him!"
"I´ll be careful alright! Bye dad." I hung up before he had time to say anything else. And then I saw Uriel from the window. At the same time I felt a buzzing against my shields. Not the buzzing of somebody wanting to talk with me but the buzzing of someone having a conversation telepathically. I checked in for a moment and it seemed to be the owner of the café Rita talking with somebody.
"When she comes to work tomorrow we have to take care of it!"
"No way! Their family is too powerful! They´ll have us sued or locked up!"
"I have to stop talking, we´ll discuss this later. I have a feeling somebody is spying on me."
The conversation ended and I was curious about who were they talking about? Then I noticed Uri sitting opposite to me and waving his hand in front of my face. I snapped out of my thoughts and he put his hand down. "Hey you were pretty far somewhere." He said, I smiled at him and thought to test something.
"Well yeah if I had to wait for you here. I just got lost in my thoughts." And in the middle of that sentence I sent to his mind his eyes got big but he didn´t say anything except: "Can we go somewhere else? Somewhere less crowded?"
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