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Chapter 21

The Party

Selina knitted her brow up in confusion as she reread the note again, which she found on her pillow.

The note said:

Dear Selina,

Meet me in the Grand Hall at seven and wear your best clothes.

Your lover,

Raimundo

Selina let out an angry scowl because she couldn't decipher what it meant. Kimiko knocked on the door and let herself in Selina's room. She flopped herself on Selina bed and asked, "What up?"

Selina took out the note and handed it to her. Kimiko read it and exclaimed, "How romantic!"

"Romantic? How's that romantic?" Selina asked.

"Well," Kimiko said, "It's a complete mystery what Raimundo wants, that's how it's romantic."

Selina rolled her eyes and muttered, "Whatever," under her breath.

Kimiko looked at the clock and gasped. "Oh my gosh! We need to get you ready."

"For what?"

"For whatever Raimundo wants. He did say wear your best clothes." Kimiko said as she raided Selina's closet trying to find something for her to wear. Finally after ten minutes of searching she pulled out a shimmering light blue dress with tiny white beads of flowers along the top and going down the left side. It had white two-inch straps and it narrowed at the waist only to expand at the bottom. It had silky white sheets under the dress, which could be seen on the left side as it expanded towards the bottom. White high-heeled shoes complimented the dress with gems along the front and white quarter inch gloves.

Selina gasped with delight when she saw the dress. She immediately went to the bathroom to put it on. She came out and sat dawn on a chair so Kimiko could do her hair and makeup. After an hour of sitting there patiently Kimiko finally finished. Selina had her hair in a bun with gems and rings of them around her bun. She had full red lips with a twinge of red blush on her checks and with blue eye shadow.

She left her room and looked at Kimiko nervously before saying, "Hey Kim, What do you think Raimundo wants?"

Kimiko shrugged her shoulders and said, "Who knows. Anyway I have to go check on Clay. He's supposed to make dinner tonight. See you later."

"Bye," Selina said with hardly any emotion in her voice. Once Kimiko was out of earshot she sighed and uttered, "Did everyone forget that it was my birthday today?" She fought to hold back her tears and remained where she was until she was feeling slightly better. She took a deep breath and started walking over to where the Grand Hall was. It was dark when she arrived and she feared that this would be some practical joke that Raimundo would pull on her. She slowly walked up the steps to the Grand Hall and just as she entered, she literally jumped five feet into the air.

For all the lights were thrown on and everyone at the temple yelled, "SURPRISE!" As confetti fell from the air and streamers could be seen dangling from the roof. On the far side of the room a large banner hung, which read Happy Birthday Selina! There were various tables set up all over the place with chairs surrounding them and a dance floor in the center of the Grand Hall. Everyone was dressed for the occasion.

Selina couldn't help but let out a gasp as she took it all in. Tears swelled up in her eyes when she saw all that Raimundo had done for her. Finally she ran over to him and hugged him.

As she did so, the lights slowly dimmed and soft music began to waver through the Grand Hall. Raimundo looked at Selina and said, "You look gorgeous tonight."

Selina blushed and replied, "Thank you."

Finally Raimundo looked at her and asked, "Do you want to dance?"

Selina smiled and said, "Sure."

Raimundo took her to the dance floor and the two started to dance. As they were dancing Selina realized that Raimundo was wearing a tux with a red rose pinned to his jacket. The tux that Raimundo was wearing had a white shirt with a black jacket over it, and was wearing black pants.

The two danced at least until nine before Selina dragged Raimundo to a chair so that they could rest. Raimundo leaned over to where Selina was and whispered something in her ear. She in turn smiled at him and they stealthily snuck out of the party and went to the gardens. They sat on the bench and gazed up at the night sky watched the millions of stars.

Finally Raimundo reached into his pocket inside his jacket and pulled out a long slender black box, which he handed to Selina. She looked at Raimundo and asked, "For me?" Raimundo nodded his head and waited for her to open it.

Slowly Selina opened it and gasped at what she saw inside. There lying on the bottom of the box was a small black beaded necklace with a red heart at the center of it. Selina eyes brimmed with tears when she saw it, and she immediately hugged Raimundo whispering thanks in his ear.

Raimundo only smiled as she hugged him and thanked him, when she was finally done. He took out another long slender box, except this one was blue. She took it from Raimundo's hand and opened it. Inside of it was a silver chain with a sparkling yellow lightning bolt in the center of it. Selina gasped when she saw it. Raimundo took it out of the case, got up, and put it around her neck. Selina got up and exclaimed, "Oh Raimundo it's so beautiful!"

Raimundo smiled and said, "When I saw it I immediately thought of you."

The two of them stared into each other's eyes and slowly their heads started to come closer to each other until they kissed. The moon was high in the sky and was shining on them as they kissed such a tender kiss of love. Slowly they parted lips only for Raimundo to recapture Selina's lips as he held her tenderly in his arms, while Selina had her arms around Raimundo's neck.

The two stayed out under the moonlight well past midnight. Finally the two headed for their rooms. When they got to Selina's room, Raimundo kissed her on the lips one last time before heading off to his own.