The guys, seeing me like this, which is rare, knew something bad had happened
"What did you see?"
Matthew asked, sure that I had seen something
Hearing him, I raised my head fast with a look that basically asked him how do you know I saw something?
"So Matthew is right, you saw something" Kael said, then he asked the same thing Matthew asked before
"What did you see?"
They want to know what happened and I know I can't let this matter drop, because they won't, they are worried
"I went there and I did what I should, I used the toilet, then after I finished I went to wash my hands, I washed my hands for some minutes, then I raised my head to look in the mirror, then..."
I finished telling them what happened in the bathroom and I looked at their faces, I could see they were just as confused and shocked as me, there is no logical explanation for this
"I don't even know what to say, brother" Matthew told me
Kael didn't say anything, I know he believes me but he didn't know what to say so he kept silent
"What is going on here?"
Ozias, who had just come back with Dak and the drinks, asked, raising an eyebrow while looking at us intently
"Nothing, we were just speaking about who will go to sleep first because of the drunkenness"
Matthew told him, hiding the truth
"I'm sure Dak is gonna be that guy"
"Hahaha"
Kael was laughing at Dak
"Now that I remember, Zeven, didn't you have a challenge for Kael?"
Dak said, making me remember the bet I made with Kael and the challenge I must give him
"Hahaha"
"Look at him, he's sweating so bad" Ozias said, pointing a finger at Kael
The two of them distracted Ozias and Dak, changing the vibe to a playful one
But I really wondered why that happened to Zeven in the bathroom, I thought while looking at him, worried
"Zeven"
"What?"
I asked, looking at Matthew
"I think we should stay for another 30 minutes and then leave"
He said while looking at the big watch in the middle of the room, facing the barman
It got past midnight long ago
"I will go with you and Kael, Ozias should go with Dak"
Matthew continued
Before I could say something, Dak spoke
"We should just leave all together, with Zeven"
"And we will do it like that"
Stated Ozias
Me and Matthew agreed with what they said
"Alright, we leave together" said Kael
Then someone stepped behind him, putting a hand on his shoulder
"Are you leaving already, dear?"
Kael heard a woman's voice behind him
We all looked at her, Kael turned fast, before the girl could even react
"Who are you?"
He asked the girl, now facing her
"Just someone who's been watching you for a while... me and my friends" she told us as she turned toward another table, which was closer to the exit
"Me and my friends want to invite you boys to burn time with us" she said, speaking on behalf of her friends
I looked at her carefully
She is certainly a beautiful woman, red curly hair, long down to her hips, bright green eyes, around one meter eighty seven, dressed in a black dress that reached her knees and a simple pair of white sneakers that somehow matched perfectly, she is neither too fat nor too thin, she definitely attracts many boys wherever she goes
"So, what do you guys think? Do you want to waste time with us? I'm sure it's too early for you to leave"
She said with a smile that could melt any man
"Of course we..."
"Ouch!"
Dak wanted to say yes to her invitation, but before he could, Ozias slapped him on the head
"Why did you slap me?"
"You bastard!"
Dak wanted to slap him back, but Ozias signaled him with his eyes toward us
The woman noticed that, so she fixed her eyes at us
"I'm sorry, brothers" Dak apologized
"It's alright, brother, there is no need for apologies between us" told him Matthew Then he asked me
"What do you think, Zeven?"
"If you guys want us to hang together with the girls, then I have no problem with it"
I said
Matthew and Kael looked at me for two seconds, then took my arm and pulled me a little bit away from the others
"What?"
"Why did you pull me aside?" I asked, but I already knew it was because of the bathroom thing
"Are you sure you want to stay more?"
"If you don't feel good, we leave"
Both of them wanted to make sure I felt okay
"It's alright, brothers, it's not like I'm gonna die or something. We can't make the others wait, let's go" I told them, putting my arms around their necks
"Alright"
Matthew said, still worried, then we went back
"So, what we gonna do?"
"Hmm…, Zeven?" the girl asked with a slightly flirtatious tone
Well, calling her a girl is an understatement
She is a woman in her twenties
"We're gonna accompany you girls" I said to her
"Yeeey!" she said, smiling like a kid, as if I gifted her the moon or something, which made me laugh
"Hahaha!"
She felt embarrassed and put her hand over her mouth to hide her smile
"Anyway, nice to meet you. My name is Ana, Ana Luna" she introduced herself while tucking a strand of hair behind her ear and extending her hand for a handshake
I took her hand and introduced myself
"I'm glad to meet you too, Ana, my name is Novus Zeven"
She said it's a beautiful name, I thanked her, and the others also introduced themselves
"Matthew Corvus, nice to meet you" Matthew said while shaking her hand
"Ana, nice to meet you too, Matthew"
"Hi, you are very beautiful!" Dak said, taking Ana by surprise
"So direct?" she asked him, putting a hand over her mouth to hide a smile
"Hahaha" Dak laughed at her, after a second he stopped
"Cute" he said again, but calmly, not with the same energy from a few seconds ago
"Thank you, you too are cute…" she said, but didn't continue
"Dak, my name is Dak Danvers, nice to meet you"
They shook hands and then she stated confidently
"We're gonna have a lot of fun"
"Oh, I'm sure about that" Kael said as he stepped between them
"Kael Eringson, nice to know you"
"Nice to know you too, Kael"
"Now it's only you remaining" she said to Ozias, walking toward him and standing in front of him
Seeing her stand like that made Ozias laugh
"Haha"
Though he didn't know why
With one hand in his pocket and the other free, he shook her hand like we all did.
"Ozias Soren, you are very interesting"
"Ana Luna, I really hope so"
She said
She let go of his hand and then, looking at all of us, she clapped once
"Now that we introduced ourselves, let's go meet the others"
She went ahead, and the boys followed her first
I walked behind them
But while I was a little farther back, something caught my eyes in the reflection of a glass panel near the door
I froze
For a moment, just a fraction of a second,I saw myself reflected there
Same face
Same expression
But my eyes...
Black
Dark as an abyss
Just like in the bathroom
Chills ran down my spine, my breath stuck in my throat
And then, like nothing happened, the reflection returned to normal
I blinked
My heart was beating fast again and my hands trembling
No one noticed I had stopped
I forced myself to move, pretending everything was fine, and walked faster to catch up with the boys.