Chapter 12

Mr. Maida, his flames extinguished, was busy standing up. Jasmin packed Mr. Maida at his collar and pulled him towards her, shouting:

‘What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want to destroy everything here?’ She gently let go of the collar and pulled back, still waiting for an answer. Her strict expression indicated that Mr. Maida would regret it if he didn’t have an explanation. And so, Mr. Maida gave his reason for this mess:

‘I just wanted to have some fun!’ Jasmin’s expression softened, likewise the tone in which she then said:

‘You can have fun with me!’ ... An awkward silence broke out. During this unpleasant hush, Jasmin realized that what she had just said, had been entirely misunderstood. The weird and staggered gazes on her supported this assumption. She coughed twice and then tried to correct herself. Her nervousness made her speak rapidly: ‘I don’t mean it this way. I don’t want to have fun with you at all – No, I want. But not this kind of fun, never. Never doesn’t mean that I hate you and would never considerate to do it with you – Well you understand what I mean right?’ She began sweating, held her wrist with the other hand ‘But it doesn’t also mean that I want’ –

‘Just stop, please`, Drin politely asked Jasmin as he saw that she was digging her own grave. Drin: I couldn’t stand this terrible sight anymore. While Mr. Maida turned towards Drin to introduce the woman who had just rushed in, Jasmin wiped the sweet from her face. Delight and relief were the only emotions she felt at this moment. Jasmin: Boy, you saved me – I won’t forget this. However, these emotions faded away as fast as they had emerged letting Jasmin appear a little bit curious and afraid. She focused her eyes on Mr. Maida’s wide back. Jasmin: Did he realize it? I don’t think so. Would he even accept it? Maybe I’ll have to be more aggressive! Or… fuck! Why’s love so complicated? No! It’s M!

’Jasmin?’, Mr. Maida interrupted her in her deep thoughts while waving with his hand in front of her face. ‘You still with us?’

‘Yes, I am. Sorry, I was thinking about something.’ Jasmin realized the intensive stare of Drin and wanted to know its meaning: ‘Is something wrong?’ Drin answered:

‘You seem to be strong – That's everything.’ Jasmin blushed softly and said:

‘Thanks and sorry. I had to stop your fight.’ She pointed with her finger at the walls. ‘They may be robust, but a serious fight, especially with M involved, could destroy them. Ah, I forgot to introduce myself’, she bowed, ‘I’m Jasmin Golden.’ She raised. ‘And I heard your conversation before, you’re Drin.’

‘Yes. And M? You mean Mr. Maida, right?’, Drin asked in a striking tone. ‘Are you friends?’

‘Yes!`, Jasmin replied with a sadness she was able to hide well. Jasmin: Only friends! Drin glanced towards the woman who could transform into a werewolf. Woman: what does he plan now? Then he shifted his gaze back to Jasmin and asked:

‘Do you know her name by the way?’ Although, the woman wasn’t asked directly, she still decided to answer:

‘My name is Luna Raylan. Are you happy know?’ Drin didn’t say anything, but for that, his cheerful eyes were enough as an answer. ‘Now, it’s your turn to tell me your name.’, Luna declared. ‘I already know it, but only as a formality, if you get it.’

‘Just admit that you want to hear my name!’, Drin responded. Luna: Better for me, I stay silent! ‘I’m Drin. And by the way, you’ve got a beautiful name. I hope we get along well.’ Of course, Drin wanted more than only getting along well, he wanted a lot more. But it wasn’t time to act yet.

‘Well, we’ll see how it plays out!’, Luna said, stretching out her hand to greet Drin. Drin also did the same. Both suddenly felt something strong rushing through their bodies. This bizarre feeling couldn't be described by mere words, but it wasn’t a bad feeling either. Immediately, they let go of each other’s hand. Both staggered retreated some steps. Luna: What was that? At the same moment, Jasmin was analysing the scene for oh-so-small details and realized something. Jasmin: Do they like each other? No, it’s not really love, but something heading in that direction, maybe. As Jasmin watched the scene, she felt an inner envy forcing her to break the moment between Drin and Luna who had let go of each other’s hand, but were still looking each other’s in the eyes:

‘Drin, I’m sure you’ve got a lot of questions, so just follow us. Your questions will be clarified very soon.’ When Jasmin walked towards the elevator, located at the end of the room, she bumped into Mr. Maida. Instead, of excusing herself, her face darkened. Jasmin: Why are you so dumb? Stupid M! Mr. Maida stared at Drin and Luna who had regained their senses after Jasmin’s intervention and asked without asking, his impression was enough, what was up with Jasmin. Drin and Luna only shrugged with their shoulders. The three of them decided to follow Jasmin in silence.

Drin got amazed! It was now that he realized how attractive Jasmin was. He had maybe only noticed the back, but the back alone was enough to show how sexy this woman was. And with her 1.85 Jasmin was like a model. Drin eyes wandered down. As he was about to inspect another part too, he suddenly felt unease – It was Luna’s gaze at his back, forcing him to break off the inspection of Jasmin’s body. Drin turned around and put on his best gentleman-impression.

‘She may be hot, extremely hot! Yes, even hotter than most women I’ve seen on the streets and some pages on the internet. Don’t ask for the pages! I won’t tell you the sites anyway. But’, a warm smile formed on his face, ‘don’t worry! Compared to you, she is nothing. You’re by far more gorgeous than her!’ He paused, for some seconds, his eyes met Luna’s somewhat shimmering eyes. ‘I really mean it.’ Luna remained impassive in her expression and walked past Drin, brushing his shoulder as she muttered:

‘I don’t care at which women you lay your pervert eyes on. But she’s our boss!’ Past Drin, she took a big breath, in secret. Luna: He nearly had me there. Till now, I’ve only seen hideous smiles from him. This was new!

Everyone had now reached and entered the elevator. Jasmin pushed number 10. Drin got excited, but this excitement would turn into fear later. Drin: Let’ see what await me. Shit, I already said something similar like that – So, I hope there is something interesting! No, it’s so lame... Drin and his grave problems! And so, the elevator went down.