CHAPTER FIFTEEN: ADVENTURES ROSE (2)

Neville was enjoying every moment as much as Aurora was, he didn’t want the evening to end so quickly and so the reason he planned for an after adventure. He didn’t just want them to head down to the fair, he wanted to create more moments with her, and in a way, he possessed a strong urge to just be around her; to feel the warmth of her company, to watch her smile, which shines like the star in the sky, which makes him feel uplifted each time he gets a glimpse of it.  The cable ride moved once they were relaxed, it travelled west of the hill, which wasn’t towards the fun fare. Aurora noticed this, and was not certain what was happening, in her inquisitive nature she had to confirm what was happening.

‘I thought we taking the cable that will lead East-part of the hills”, she said

‘Yes, we supposed to. But I have got something else planned”, he responded.

    The cable ride travelled down west of the hill, it went over lower hills, across valleys with thick woods below them. The wood had beautiful lightening emanating from it, it lighted up the entire valley, the trees could be liken to a treasure house, which got lots of gold and precious stones sparkling out of it, the valley gave that sense of magic. The sight from above was magnificent; Aurora was in awe, her intuition sense that the lightening was a piece of the fairy, seeing she had interacted with them in her universe. Obviously, there were no fairies in this universe, since they were forced out by the founding fathers, but it seemed they had left a piece of them in their once habitat. The view was breath taking, this definitely top her list of best location in this universe. Her reaction couldn’t be kept hidden for some long as she took a deep breath and exclaimed;

“WOW!”

“This view is magical”, she added.

Not like this was the first thing she had seen something this magical but this view in world where no magic residues made it even more magical. Neville couldn’t get his eyes off her, he stared into her soul and all he could see was her soul being likened to this view, he thought to himself. He felt like her soul radiated through her skin like the woods down below them, she was magical he thought, and so the need for him to respond,

“Yes, it is”, he said starring at her all along.

“It’s topping my list of all-time favorite view”, he added.

“Me too”, she responded.

As she turned her head over to him, she noticed he wasn’t looking at the view below them but starring at her. So could this mean he was referring to her all along, she thought? This built some sort of excitement within her, I mean she was referring to the view below and he was referring. This was a different angle of wooing, she thought, but it did get to her because of how sincere she sensed him and it came off. She had no reply to it and this was one of the few times she was ever speechless with him. Neville liked the effect her realization had on her; he held her hands tight, giving her a sign that he understood her.

    This moment was priceless for the both of them; they both sat hands intertwined talking on different subjects that came to their thought, mostly abstract far away from any business topic. The demur** screamed romantic, which they bought acknowledged and loved every moment of it. They realized they had a lot in common, from their perception of things and their possible reactions synced along. The cable rode slowly along its line, went over more little hills, large forests. It was slowly approaching the city as they saw low dense settlement scattered across the ground, they seemed to be going higher the more they approach the city. Everything looked so small but yet detailed, Aurora imagined her universe from the aerial view and thought at that moment of a cable ride could be connected. There was something about aerial views that freak her so much, considering her favorite spot in her universe is the highest point of the universe with the best aerial view in her world. At this moment she wished her gift was to be able to fly, teleporting doesn’t let her have a great view of her habitat, yes it makes movement easy on her, but she gets to lose the a great aerial view of her community. Just maybe, she could pass this idea by the King, it wasn’t a bad idea and she knew he wouldn’t mind, plus her business mind was already seeing the monetary potential it could bring for the kingdom over time. It could be a means of swift movement between different regions in Bellona universe. Neville noticed that Aurora was absent-minded, she was now thinking too deeply instead of enjoying the view as she was earlier, he wondered what she could be thinking about, and he was concerned whether it had to be about them. Aurora could sense his worries immediately and before she could get hold and back to herself, he asked;

“A chimmer for your thoughts?” with a worried look.

Chimmer was the mode of exchange here in Hebron.

“Oh no, I was just thinking how this is a great innovation”, she said,

“The monetary possibilities, it could create and the possible way to implement it”, she added,

“You know me”, she said giggling,

“Always looking out for business opportunity”, she concluded smiling.

Neville smiled, this was one thing he liked about her, her nick to be able to fish out opportunities. He agrees with her this is truly a great monetary opportunity, but he wondered where she wants to implement it, thought she was from around. What did she mean by that? He wanted clarity, so he asked;

“Where do you wish to implement it?”  With a stern look.

Oops! That caught her off guard. Obviously she can’t come around blabbing what the founding fathers have kept secret for a thousand generations now. Even if she sees the possibilities of telling her, not now she thought. It’s definitely too earlier to spill and she probably love to show him instead, so she had to pick something else he could buy into.

“The swift movement in other region of the universe”, she responded.

Well, that seems real and possible to her, so she was certain he did see it also as something possible. And thinking about it, it could fetch the communities a whole lot of money. Especially folks that would love to move swiftly to other part of the universe and back.

“Thinking about it, that’s true”, he said

“I wondered why we haven’t thought about it”, he added.

Though her response was convincing enough, he didn’t give away the answers Neville was searching from, where she was from, which region she was from or was she royalty and hidden? While he didn’t want to seem to push through the royalty affairs, so he didn’t ask any preying questions but he loved the idea Aurora dropped, he could already sense the money in it, and didn’t want it to just pass by like that. So he asked,

“Why don’t pass this by the king? I am sure he will see the potential in it”

While this isn’t exactly what she wanted, hers was Bellona universe. So she wasn’t sure she did pass it by him. He could pass it for this universe, while she does hers.

“You could pass it by him, if you want to”, she said

“I see no liking to it”, she added smiling at him.

Damn it, he sure was going to pass it after the current project he was handling. The possibilities here was endless, the job it did provide, the easy movement for the community, it screamed a great project and he wasn’t the type to let it go.

“It’s not like we are here for a business talk”, she said out of the blues.

She could sense he had gone all business-minded mode, and that could ruin the moment for them, which she doesn’t want. She squeezed his hands in hers, bringing in back to their moment.

“I am sorry”, he replied

“Sometimes, I just go overboard with work, especially if it’s a great project”, he added

It’s not like he started, she was the one that zoned out, thinking of ways to implement it in Bellona, and so she had a big role to play in this. So she responded;

“Its fine, it’s not like I am innocent, I played a role in this as well”

He couldn’t just help but see her humility, a lady as beautiful as a goddess with a heart of gold, with a great sense of business, sharing this view with him. He couldn’t have asked for more at this moment.