Lillian
Once we finished dress shopping, we headed back to Adonis's house, while the boys took the girls home to grab a bag.
Adonis suggested we should all stay the night since we have the play tonight and the Gala this weekend. Mary was so excited she dragged Liam away to go home and get her things. Elizabeth hesitated for a moment but agreed and went with Noah.
Adonis took me back to his place and as we arrived, I finally got to see more of his house. It was beautiful, the outside was almost like a gothic castle with high points on the outside. When you walk up to the double French door Cylus I believe his name, opens it for us and Adonis hands him our bags telling him to take them to his room.
He also told him that the others would be here soon and to make room for them. He nodded and walked away.
“Come with me”
Adonis says as he grabs my hand. I smile and nod and we walk through his home. The halls are a beautiful dark forest green with hints of black outline. The way the sun hits the colors brings out a certain warmth to it. We continued down the hall when we finally reach outside.
I look around and again it's breathtaking. He leads me to a greenhouse and when we step inside, I am breathless.
“Are these-”
I can’t bring myself to finish the question without tears beginning to well in my eyes.
“I remember you saying you loved Irises, and how your father would get them for you whenever bad things happened or when you felt like the walls were closing in on you well,”
he gestures to the greenhouse.
“These are for you, because I wanted to remind you just like these Irises, you are strong and beautiful and just as stubborn. They were a bitch to maintain honestly.”
He says to me, and I can feel the tears spill from my eyes.
Why would this man go through so much trouble to do this? I look around and see the Irises and the pond in the middle with Lilly pads and I smile turning to him.
“So, care to tell me how it is you came to name me after these things?”
I say pointing to the lily pads and he looks at them and smiles.
“Ah that, well”
he walks over to me and takes my hands in his.
“In the dark murky water, Lily Pads are a beacon of light that keeps those who would sink afloat. They symbolize hope. For me, even in my darkest moments, whenever I feel as if I am sinking, you are there, like a beacon of hope you bring me back to the surface, you are my Lillypad,”
He says as he caresses my cheek, and the tears come down harder and I throw myself into his embrace. I now know this man has my heart, and I am utterly and hopelessly in love with him.
“They are beautiful.”
I tell him and lift up on my tiptoes holding onto him, so I don’t fall over. I look into his eyes and place a hand on his chest, I can feel his heart racing and I smirk.
“Looks like someone is nervous.”
I say with a smile. He bends down to get closer.
“You always keep me on my toes Lillypad, how can I not be nervous when I never know what your next move is?”
He tells me placing a hand on my face and I lean into his warmth and sigh. I look up at him and close the distance between us.
The kiss is gentle and passionate all in one. He pulls me in closer by my hips and tightens his grip on them and I moan. He smiles in response and pulls away from the kiss and presses his forehead to mine.
“As much as I would like to go for round two baby, we have to get ready for the show and your friends will be here soon.”
He says and I nod in response. He grabs my hand and leads me out of the greenhouse.
“Lilly!”
I hear Mary yell at me and I realize they both are here now running towards me.
“Sorry Adonny but we need to steal her away and get ready for the play tonight.”
Mary says, waving to him, and before I can say anything they are pulling me away. Cylus shows us where the girl's room is.
“Lilly we are going to make you drop-dead gorgeous, and Adonis will want to ravage you right there!” Mary tells me and I blush.
It took more than 3 hours for us to finish getting ready. I put on one of the many dresses Adonis got me, but I picked this one because I loved the color. It is a slim-fitting dark forest green off-the-shoulder dress. I put my heels on and look at myself in the mirror. I had smokey eyes and blood-red lipstick. I looked, well, beautiful. I felt wonderful.
“Hey Lills, what do you th-”
Suddenly Liz stops talking and looks at me with her jaw dropped.
“Hey Liz, what are you-”
Mary looks at me and squeals.
“You think he will like this?”
I ask them both and they nod still in shock.
“Lilly, you look-”
Neither one of them can speak. I smile at them and giggle,
“Come on girls we gotta go or we will be late!”
We get our last bit of things and head down the hall. Noah and Liam are there and see the girls both are in awe. Suddenly, I walk behind them and see Adonis, Noah taps him to turn around. He turned to me and his eyes followed every step I took to him. I felt exposed under his stare, and I smile at him and ask.
“Well, are you ready?”
Adonis
The boys and I were waiting for them at the bottom of the stairs. I was reading a message on my phone from my father. As I was about to respond when Noah nudged me. I turn around and there she is. My heart stopped and so did time. She is a vision, the way the dress hugged every single curve on her, the way she carried herself as if she were a goddess.
She got closer and I still couldn't speak but she broke the trance I was in suddenly.
“Well, are you ready?”
She asked me and I smiled at her.
“Yes, let's go.”
I say to her and the girls giggle. We walk outside to where the car is waiting for us. I help get into the car but before she gets in she stops and looks at me.
“What is it baby?”
I ask her and she leans up and kisses me. It catches me off guard for a split second, but I respond and kiss her back. She smiles and says nothing as she gets into the car. I slid in next to her and we head out.
We get to the theater, and it is packed, but as we walk in I notice a group of gentlemen looking our way murmuring and staring as if they are starved and seeing their next meal. I look where they are staring, and I see laughing with her friends and I feel my blood begin to boil.
“Hey, she is ok man. We can see them from here.”
I hear Liam say as he pats my shoulder. I nod in response and hand the Valet our Coats. Once we get our tickets for the coats I head to . I see the group of men are still watching her. I pull her close to me and she looks up at me.
“Everything ok?”
She asks me and I nod leaning down.
“Yeah, everything is just as perfect as you.”
I tell her and I see the pink tint form on her cheeks. I smile and kiss her. I look over and the group of men scoff and look away. Thats right she’s mine, don’t fucking touch her or even look at her.
We begin to head to our seats and Mary and are over the moon saying they never came to the theater before. I smiled and take 's hand, and we sit in our seats.
As the show continues, I hear something else and look over to her and see she and Elizabeth are singing along with the play. sings the beginning of Thunder Bringer and Liz sings back to her. I smiled and continued to listen to them, I couldn’t help but let a laugh escape my lips. I look at Liam and Noah and they are both captivated by the show. I roll my eyes and turn back to the play.
I watch as I see the character Odysseus sacrifice so much for this woman he loves and for his child. I watch as his men are sacrificed and watch as he kills men who dared to try and touch what was his to which I could relate. I would kill anyone who dared to touch her.
I feel a knot begin to form in my stomach. Is this what love can do to someone? Is it truly this destructive?
Suddenly grabs my hand as the final song plays and I look over to her, she is looking right at me and is still singing along with the play. Once again, she is a siren, and I am her captivated prey as I listen to her sing to me.
As she sings, would you fall in love with me something, feels different. It’s as if she is genuinely believing every word she is singing. No, she can’t, she shouldn’t love me. I don’t deserve her love.
She sings the final part of the song. I look into her eyes as the final bit of the song plays and pull her into an all-consuming kiss. I pour every ounce of emotion I can into this kiss. I pull away from her and rest my forehead on hers with my eyes closed. Just like Odysseus, I am just a man, and I would do anything for her.
I’m sorry Lillypad, but I can’t love you, but this is the best I can do.