Hidden in the mist

deep in 'homework'...

             I quickly threw on my other top and covered my legs with a throw over blanket from the end of my bed. I was the one that broke the ice, Zan seemed lost in his own little world. “so which one is mine?” I asked with an excited tone, hoping that would snap him from his thoughts and get him in a better mood. Which it did work he gave me my coffee and we sat there enjoying our breakfast.

           We did go downstairs for a bit, we enjoyed some conversation before we made lunch, then around one he headed home. He sent messages here and there threw out the day to check on me. He did send me a cute picture of the fish, I loved those fish, I really needed to something like he has in my house. I mean, I have a tone of room to do things like that, but who would take care of them while I’m away on my trips? Oh, yeah, dumb question. Zan, of course, and if he even needed my help to care for his adorable little fish id jump to help.

       It was starting to storm again, I sat in the sunroom watching as the rain cascaded down the glass, it was relaxing. What made it even better was the coffee, with one leg folded under me and the other one pulled up to my chest and both hands on my cup of coffee, I for once felt like a normal person. I can’t even tell you when the last time was that I just sat back and relaxed and did nothing. This was bliss, I even enjoyed the moment of daydreaming about Zan being next to me with his arm around me while covered in a blanket, while looking out at the rain, just complete bliss and silence other then the sound of the calming rain.

        Speaking of Zan, I had to figure out a few things, for one I needed to ask him when a good time would be to pick up my car from the lot, seeing my leg is doing better. I was going to use the excuse of needing the car to see my doctor, which brought me to part two, I had to go back to Zan’s place while he was at work so I could contact the Cailleach again, I had to get to the bottom of that as well. Now part three, was to get downstairs to look some stuff up, this can be done now seeing no one is here and well, the other two will be a bit of work and timing is the only obstacle.

       I put my coffee down, so very glad Zan reminded me to pick it up, as well as some tasty creamers. I reached for my phone and started to text Zan.

            Hey, how is everything going?

      I wanted to see what he was up to, not only because I kind of missed him but I did so, so I could see if he was busy enough to stay where he was. I wasn’t going to risk him possibly coming by while I was down in the lower levels. He texted just a few moments after I had sent my message.

          Nothing much. Im just trying to get things all organized for the week. Im tempted to go into town and grab a bite to eat for dinner. Did you need or want anything? He was so sweet, I wasn’t hungry though, not at the moment at least.

           Thank you, but I’m good… for now at least… don’t over work yourself to much kay.  How as I going to ask him if he could take me to pick up my car? I didn’t want to call for a cab to take me tomorrow to pick up my car from the dealership, I knew if I did that, I would never hear the end of it.

          Well let me know if you need anything okay, ill try not to work to hard, but you need to rest to. Don’t over do it, okay? Have you made an appointment with your doctor yet? I’m finding its hard for me to really sit down and relax, I’m so use to running around doing things or working on something. I wasn’t going to tell that to him though, ill mention how I was sitting in the sunroom drinking coffee and watching the rain. As for the doctor part, well no I hadn’t gotten a hold of Azazael yet, I really should though, I need his help.

          Well then don’t over work, because I’m for once resting, I’m actually enjoying my time in the sunroom. Just drinking coffee and watching the rain….. no I haven’t called my doctor yet, I kind of need a way to get out to see him but I’m carless remember? Perfect! That was perfect timing and wording, maybe he wont fight me to much on taking me to go get my car. Lets hope…. He did take a while to reply back but he eventually did, in that time I made another cup of coffee and sat at my kitchen counter.

       Oh well that sounds really good right now, I wouldn’t mind a cup of coffee. The rain is coming down pretty hard over here, how about over there? Oh and, I can be there around ten to pick you up, to pick up your car, then you’ll have the means to get to your appointment. Let me know how it goes after your done okay.   Oh, thank goddess! I took a relaxed breath before I texted him back.

Uh, sure sounds good. Thank you, I will most definitely let you know how everything goes with my appointment once im out. The rain is coming down pretty bad over here as well, I hope it lets up by morning.

Hopefully that came across normal like, now that I have that settled, I knew I had to get down below and do my research and call Azzy, and then make my way over to Zan’s while he is at work. I felt bad for going there behind his back, but at least I won’t be entering his home or anything. At least I really hope I didn’t have to, that s**t would have to wait after I know him a bit better and find a really good reason to be inside either of those builds.

Good deal sounds good. I hope it does to, if not ill just leave my place a bit earlier then I planned so I can be there in time. We shall see, ill call if plans change and I have to be there earlier, kay. For now go enjoy your evening, if you need anything let me know okay.

Sounds good, ill let you know MOM! Lol ;P… now you go ahead and do your thing ill chat with you in a bit.

At that we ended the conversation, well sort of… he made some jokes in his last text because I called him mom, he mentioned how he needed to lose weight and work out because I confused him for my mother, said it was because of his moobs, I had to ask what that was, shouldn’t have. I about died laughing when he told me. Never a dull moment around him that’s for sure.

     I started toward the far end of the house were some storage rooms were, well guest rooms but I used them for storage. I opened the very last door which was an almost empty room aside from some extra bedding and a washer and dryer. I went to the wall and waved my hand in front of it to summon the secret door, it was a trick I learned from my aunt Freya, even though I’m only a water goddess didn’t mean I didn’t learn other things in my years. Water though, was my major source of magic, but I used the water to strengthen and widen my magic, once I was able to know all I could know about using my natural gifts I went in deeper, knowledge of magic wasn’t a bad thing. Spells were easy and one could do them if you knew what to tap into and how to cast properly, even that wasn’t hard.

     I made my way down the stairs to my secret layer as Azazael put it. It was massive, one of the largest libraries ever known in the world, it held many rooms of relics and weapons, also magical things. The one thing I didn’t keep down here was living things, I had a museum of dead things and sculptures to represent what those things looked like alive. I made those rooms to remind myself what is out there, to learn from the creatures, there was many and knowledge of them was better for me incase if another war broke loose.

     This place reminded me of a show I once watched, it was called warehouse 13, that show was amazing. I felt kind of ripped off though, it was like my secret place was leaked and made into a mocking show, but then again there was no way that could have ever happened. The show had once visited the very first warehouse, that was an amazing sight, I enjoyed seeing them go around in that one, I felt like they could have done more in there and maybe even have saved it. Oh, that one always got me, I love that show.

     Thinking of that show as I walked the halls of my hidden world, it made me think of one other show, sanctuary. I wanted to something like that, but in a way I did, and I’m now living in that world, well what’s left of it. So many in hiding and forced to live like slaves even, the world I helped give life to was like hell, it was a war field, I was hurt. But here, in this place, everything still lived on in some way.

     From my world or not, the old and new I collected over the years, I just want to hide down here for a few days and actually study the mass amount of things I have collected and never had the chance to study and learn. I had billions of books that ranged from spells history, to religion, there was even books and scrolls and tablets, even fragments of walls and pottery down here that I have yet to decipher.

       I needed to go to the section set aside for magic of all sources and creature related, it took me over twenty minutes to get to the area I needed to be in, then it took me almost two hours to get everything I needed to start researching. I had maps and books and artwork and so much more piled on the round table. Yes I had king authors round table in my ‘basement’ area, in all fairness it wasn’t a huge deal that I had it, I helped morgana build and enchant this damned thing in the first place, author was more then happy for me to take it off his hand before he had passed away. Morgana on the other hand, she could care less about it after what merlin did to her, she decided to curse herself and was locked away in a stone.

        Poor girl was made to be the bad guy, but she was the one who tried to save author and merlin, only to be betrayed in the end, he tried to kill her so he could find out where Avalon was. Much like the hidden land of the amazons, Avalon was well hidden from men, well all mortals really. Oh! For the record, merlin was not a wizard, he was a half breed, part demon part mortal. He so badly wanted to kill the females of Avalon because they did help his mother even though she was a loyal servant and follower of theirs. Long story short that whole area was f****d to s**t, it was all broken hearts and betrayal and war.

     Anyways back to what I was doing. I had to start somewhere, so I casted a spell to make the maps of Ireland to rise and float in the air, all in a perfect timeline, I started with the newer ones. Looking at two to four maps at a time, I compared landmarks, the town Zan lived in was there, but no name, I went threw five hundred years’ worth of maps of that area before finally finding a name. only one problem though, it was a name of a place that I’ve never once heard of. As I looked over a few other maps I saw that the name was spelled different and sometimes extra words were added.

       The older the maps got, the more interesting things got, I had no idea how much had changed over the years. Don’t get me started on the two different type of maps I had to look over, one was mortal made and the other was well, mythical, lets put it that way to sum it up easily. I cant say paranormal or magical or some other, I cant even say my kind because it wasn’t just my kind there are so many kind of being and creatures out there that mythical was the best way to sum up all species and what not.

    Finally, I got what I wanted, another two almost three hours later, I dotted down the towns names I found for Zan’s area and then I went on another twenty-minute walk back upstairs. I was beyond hungry, almost five hours later, it was just after nine and I hadn’t messaged Zan in a while. Nor have I heard from him.

        Once I was upstairs, I went toward the kitchen and I grabbed my phone from my pocket and saw nothing from Zan, so I decided to call him really fast while I looked for something simple to eat. On that twenty-minute walk I had already come up with the excuse of falling asleep for a bit, that’s why I hadn’t eaten yet. The phone rang maybe five or six times before he picked up.

         “well, hello! How are you doing lass?” I smiled at the sound of his voice, I even liked the nick name he gave me, yes it was common for Celts to say it, but it seemed more when he said it to me.

        “hello back, I’m good. I’m trying to decide what to eat for dinner, I’m starving right now.”

    “why are you eating so late?” and here it is, let’s hope he buys my lie.

        “well I took a small nap; I haven’t been up long. That’s why I haven’t called or messaged sooner, that and that’s why I’m looking at everything in my fridge cringing at everything.”

     “ah, makes sense. I was just thinking of calling you myself, just to chat and see how you were feeling. I’m glad you got some sleep, have any bad dreams?” s**t I didn’t think about that part, well what was I going to say to that? I guess say I didn’t, or say it wasn’t that bad. That was more believable.

     “nothing like the other night, thankfully. My head hurts some, but I think that’s because I need to eat, but nothing looks good right now…”

         “I hear ya, I looked over my snack stash and felt like going out on another shopping trip.”

      “I’m tempted to run to the pub and get a burger and some fries, maybe even a milk shake. Oh, and a soft drink as back up for later.” I then closed my fridge, my heart was so set on a burger now, the fries were like a siren calling out to me, with the bonus of a shake.

         “that sounds really good, but! Your ass isn’t running anywhere any time soon lass.” of course he’d get on me over a comment,

     “you know what I meant, I don’t think I could handle another step right now, my legs feel so weak.” Crap I shouldn’t have said that, he might ask why, I had just said I was napping before so why would my legs be weak? Oh, because I walked twenty-minutes threw a damn hall and up stairs and s**t…. Ya I’m not telling him all that.

     “well your legs are probably weak because you need to eat, how about you go rest and I will go pick up some dinner for us and maybe tomorrow after my classes we can go pick up some binge worthy snacks. I feel like we missed the good stuff, we didn’t get ice cream or soda, we even forgot to pick up pop corn for our next movie night.” He had a lot of valid points; we did have to go back out for another shopping trip. I think tomorrow after I’m done with some of the things I want to get done, ill make us list.

      “oh, ice cream sounds good right now, but, yeah if you want to go get dinner for us that would be great. Ill be in the lounge when you get here, we can chill there.” I was beyond ready to flop on some fluff, maybe actually get some rest before I went back to my secret work, oh! I know what im going to call the lower level now! My lady cave! I wanted to burst out laughing but at the same time I didn’t want to explain my sudden burst of laughter.

        “lounge?”

   “yeah! Oh, okay so you know that small hall just under my stairs when you first come in, well that leads to a long hall, ill be in the second room to your left.” I forgot he isn’t use to my house yet, I guess one day ill have to give him a tour. Ill keep the details of the lounge a secret, I want to see his shock when he walks in.

       “oh okay, well I’ll see you soon then. Message if you want anything else.” I wasn’t going to add anything else; he is already coming all the way back out to me for dinner.

     “okay, sounds good see you soon.”

     “see you soon Boa.” We then hung up and started toward the lounge, once I was there, I grabbed one of my blankets and rested on my heaven like floor. So, my ‘lounge’ is actually this massive room hat was covered in pillows and a few blankets rested on a rack by the door. In the center of the room was a low set table, the floors, they were the real treat, the floor was one massive pillow top bed. i designed it so there wasn’t a bunch of beds thrown into the room, it was custom made and built in this very room. I wanted a chill room that I could just get lost in pillows and blankets and roll wherever I wanted.

      There was one other reason for the floor as a bed, I wanted to be a big kid and jump across it all, it was fun trust me. Azzy and I have had a few pillow fights during our movie nights, s**t I have to call him before Zan got here. I wonder how close he was to being here, where was he coming from? Ill have to re-read his email to see if I missed some details… or, just call him. When I reached for my phone it started to ring, it was Zan.

“hello again” I said when I answered

     “hey Boa, what kind of shake and soda do you want? I forgot to ask that earlier.” Oh crap I didn’t even know, I thought for a moment only humming my thinking so he knew I was still there.

        “ ill take a strawberry banana shake and dr. pepper.”

     “okay coo, ill be there once our food is done.”

         “sounds good see you soon.”

        After I hung up I realized he was there pretty fast, maybe he had started to head there before he even mentioning he was willing to go get us dinner. Sneaky little s**t. I left that thought and started to go threw my contacts to call Azazael. The phone kept ringing, I was sure the voicemail was going to pick up, but right before it did Azazael answered.

        “well you must be antsy to see me if your calling me so soon, and at this hour.”

     “whatever, perv. And its not even that late…. Wait, where are you?”

         “oh, not all that far, I figured id come by tomorrow afternoon to take you out to lunch in between your classes…. Unless you wish me to snuggle you tonight?’ I could just tell that horn ball had an evil little grin, he was such a pain in my ass, but I loved him like a brother. I hoped he could sense my evil glare threw the phone.

       “you are horrible, you know that, right?” I scuffed out at him. “oh, I won’t be at work tomorrow, I’m actually on leave for the week. I kind of hurt my leg and had to take the week off…. Plus, a whole bunch of other crap. And besides tonight won’t be such a good idea, I haven’t informed my friend your going to be here soon, I think I need to ready him before you both meet. Ill do that tonight once he gets here with dinner.”

         “wow! Wait! Are you saying you have a boy toy coming over tonight love?” goddess! Really?!

     “NOT, a boy toy! He is my co-worker and friend, he has been…. Refreshing and very kind and helpful the past few days.”

        “is that how your leg got hurt? Was he trying to toss it behind your head, and displace your hip in a good romping?”

       “OH MY GODDESS AZZY!!!  No, we are friends not lovers or anything else. Listen he is a mortal, you know my rules, you more so should understand that part.” Of course, he did. I think that’s why he is the way he is ow, always hiding behind his perverted jokes.

         “well I can’t wait to meet him… you know we need to meet soon to talk right?”

        “yes, I know, I have things I need to talk to you about as well, I need your help as well. Actually, Azzy….”

        “what’s wrong Bobo?” I didn’t know how to explain this, more so after I brought up our rules about mortals.

        “don’t flip, please?”

      “never when you’re being this serous, what’s up Bobo?” I was fumbling and bad, verbally and with my hands.

       “well, I’m starting to have feelings for my friend Zan, there has been a lot going on over here and I really need an A and B day.”

      “oh Bobo…. Okay well ill be there in the afternoon, I’m just a few hours away, let me know when its okay to stop by okay.”

    “okay Azzy.”

       “love ya Bobo, ill talk to you in the morning okay.”

    “okay, night Azzy. See you tomorrow.” I hung up and pulled a pillow over my head, I was so lost. I can’t believe I confessed my feelings for Zan out loud. Azazael was like my brother, I know even with our rules, and our past, even with our secrets, he will be the only one I can turn to and get the truth from. He will be honest in giving me the truth and helpful on solving things, as well as support me in any and everything. As well, as be a perverted Ass.

      I laid there waiting for Zan, just watching the door that lead to the hall. In that time, I thought of a lot of things, one thing was I thinking of was Zan’s reaction to my lounge. That’s why I face the door honestly, this room was for sure not a common like room, it was also one I didn’t usually bring people to socialize in. This room was mainly made for me, and well Azazael, whenever we needed to veg out and act like some lazy goofy teens, also to have plenty of room and pass out when we have our days long of binging on things.

       Finally, Zan made it, I heard the front door open, I also heard Zan fumble with everything as he was making his way down the hall. I was getting really excited; I couldn’t wait to see his reaction! I heard some profane words come from his mouth as he made his way threw the halls….and finally! YES! As he turned the corner into the room, his eye became huge and his jaw dropped, his eye wondered the whole room, I was giggling of course. I even had to use my blanket to muffle the giggles, he did a quick once over, then he took his time looking around the room. Each time he got slower, just taking everything in, he snapped out of it quick when he realized his grip on the food and drinks were slipping.

      “holy s**t, this is a really cool room…. Oh, wait I need to take my shoes off…” he caught himself before he stepped on the ‘floor bed’, I started to get into the kneeling position to grab everything so he could take his shoes off.

       “so, I’m taking that as you like the room?” I asked before taking a drink from my cup.

      “yeah, I do, I was definitely not expecting this….’ He gestured around the room. “so is this were you took you nap earlier?”  shook my head, not just at him as an answer, but at myself for lying.

      “no, I took it on the couch. I should have wobbled my way in here though…. The only reason I came in here after my nap was because I wanted to stretch and still lay down…. I couldn’t make it to my room, I have never been so happy to have this room until now.”

     “are you kidding? I bet you have been happy before.” He chuckled and gawked.

      “not in the way I was today. I usually just chill in here and read or watch stuff. I’ll admit I’ve had my fair share of acting like a kid in here.”

       “oh, I’m sure,” he said as he was finally seated grabbing our food out. “I honestly would have made this my room, its like a dream come true.” I couldn’t help but to giggle and shake my head at him.

             We sat there eating and chatting for a while, it was nice to hang with him for a bit, he didn’t stay long this time, just over an hour. Once he was gone, I headed back down the stairs to do some more homework. The walk was a bit better this time, I don’t know why but walking seemed much better now. Once I made it to my little area I finished up with the maps I needed to go through, I jotted down some more notes from reviewing the maps. I looked threw the books next, I felt like reviewing the maps and jotting notes down would help refresh me and get me back on track.