Chapter 18
The clock was ticking, and rather loudly might I add. Taking another sip of my drink I become more eager, there is slowly less and less people that enter the ballroom but none of them were her. In my mind I was pacing, I was sweating, and I was rubbing my hands through my hair and down my face in frustration. But physically I just looked as if I was lost in thought to others, my eyes wandered around the room glancing at the decorations and the paintings that littered the walls. I tug at my collar slightly as I could feel the mothers and their 'eligible' daughters staring and whispering at me, I begin to second guess why I am even here. Then a painting catches my eye. It is a smaller one compared to the others but it is a beautiful lavendar field... I close my eyes and sigh before taking another drink. Once I look back up I turn my attention back to the staircase and almost just as I looked I see Helenas older sister begin to walk in, expecting her to follow I naturally straighten my posture and prepare to set my eyes upon her. My brows furrow slightly with confusion once her father enters after her sister but she is still, nowhere to be found ?
" Babysitting the refreshments are we brother ?"
I roll my eyes and look over to my brother, Theo and just shake my head.
" What do you want brother? where is this girl you could not shut up about the other day ? "
He just chuckles and glances around before responding
" Well brother she simply is not here yet "
" I sure hope this woman is real after the relentless yapping james and I had to endure "
He nudges me slightly but not enough for others to notice and I cannot help but to let out a low chuckle
" Trust me you will see her soon enough brother, and when you do im sure all will be forgiven "
Just as he finished my sentence I nearly dropped my drink...she was here. As she stood at the top of the stair case I had to refrain from making my way to her and simply carrying her down the steps. I had never seen her in that color before and even though it seemed nearly impossible, her beauty was more angelic than ever before. Her hair more than just tidy and tamed, but looked like it was styled to perfection. The gloves and the jewelry she chose to wear could not have complimented her gown or her complextion any more than it already had. I had felt like she fully took my breath away along with my ability to even move or speak. Her beauty halted my entire being and I stood magically still, my eyes following her the entire time she made her way down the staircase. Then her eyes found mine, just like that everyone and everything around me seemed to have dissapeared now dont ask me how it's possible or how that even made sense, I dont even know.
Everything in that moment made no sense but perfect sense at the same time. It felt right. I felt as if she was floating towards me almost as if she was there just for me. My thoughts came to a screeching hault when I realized Theo had made his way to the edge of the staircase... Just as I had shifted my attention between Helena and theo she seemed to have caught on and looked ahead so her eyes could shift to muy brothers !? She rested her hand in his and thats when it had fully hit me, theo was the other guy. Almost immediately I felt my entire body heat up almost like I was on fire, It was taking everything in me to hold myself still and remain composed. When all I wanted to do was snatch him away from her and break every finger that had touched hers, blood or not. Everyones attention was on them as well as mine but I think for different reasons. My mind was spinning and If it was possible im sure there would have been steam coming from my ears and nose from the rage I felt that was fuming from within me. He is not worthy of her, nor her beauty. He would not worship her magnificent beauty the way that I should be doing right now. My eyes follow their every move I could see that physically she was here but mentally, she seemed to be elsewhere. I couldnt help but hope her mind was on me as well. I wanted to rip him away from her, every second that went by seemed to go by agonizingly slow, they were burning me down bit by bit. They came to a halt and I stood waiting their next move, laughter erupted from the two of them and I could not hold back the expressions any longer I allowed to confusion to show on my face. Befoore I knew it I had blinked and theo was leading her to the dance flor. Her, my woman, to the dance floor. Refusing to move from where I stood I did not care who could see my expressions or my stance. The music began to pick up and pink up, they were twirling and leaping as I grew more and more agitated. Seeing as I was watching their every move, I was fortunate enough to catch when she looked in my direction as her and my brother twirled around. My heart dropped to my stomach, from the moment he took her hand into his I fell ill and overwhelming thoughts flooded my head. But for some reason seeing her look in my direction when it seemed she was occupied by what was at hand, it did something to me. I could not put the fire out inside of me and I could no longer hold myself back from the thoughts that consumed me. So with the little self control I had, I locked taerget on the entrance, made my way through the crowd of people and hungry mothers, and I left.