Party
The rest of the week was pretty busy, I had to finish the essay for thursday and I had to finish a lot of other home work things.
It was already sunday afternoon. Tonight Raven would celebrate her birthday and she wanted to go out with the group.
I went up to Raven's apartment and we got ready together. I didn't have good party-clothes, so she lent me a dress.
After what seemed like hours, we were finally ready and left for the club.
*
We were in the club for hours, but decided to head to a cafe afterwards. It was a lot of fun and everyone had only just a bit too much to drink.
At 1:15am I decided to go home, the rest agreed. We all had classes to attend tomorrow.
It took a bit longer than usual to reach my apartment, but I made it home safely.
In my tipsy-state I must've forgotten to install my alarm-clock. Because the next morning, I woke up way too late.
I hurried and skipped breakfast. I was only 5 minutes late for history. I knocked on the door and opened it. Everyone's eyes were on me, I knew how mr Lehnsherr was with students who were late, he never allowed them inside for that period anymore.
I nervously looked at mr Lehnsherr, his eyes were plastered on me.
"Miss Haye, a little late, aren't we?" he smirked.
"Yes, professor, I am terribly sorry. My alarm clock didn't work as it was supposed to-"
I wanted to continue my apologies, but I was cut off by mr Lehnsherr, "Come inside quickly, miss Haye."
I was shocked and amazed by his comment, as I said: he never allowed anyone in if late. But then again, it was expectable he'd allow me in.
I took my seat next to Raven and she smirked at me, "Don't even start.." I told her and we went back to history.
Mr Lehnsherr handed out our essays from last thursday. He gave Raven hers and then he gave me mine, but he didn't just gave me my essay. He made sure I looked up at him and he made sure his hand brushed against mine.
I felt like I was turning into a tomato. He smiled, only noticable for me and Raven, and returned to his desk.
As I went through my essay, I noticed something was written down on the back.
"Meet me in Café Lullaby at 6pm tonight. I'll be at the table on your right, in the corner.
- EL"
I couldn't believe it, was this really mr Lehnsherr's handwriting? I looked up at him, but he was busy with reading something.
I looked over at Raven, she knew exactly what was going on. She smirked at me, her biggest smirk.
The rest of the day went by and the only thing I could think of was the note written on my essay. I'm still not sure if it was mr Lehnsherr. I don't even know his first name, it could be anyone else whose last name starts with an 'L'.
Raven went home with me when we were done. She just wouldn't stop talking about the note.
"Don't do anything you don't want to, okay Lau?" she said and I nodded.
I got dressed for the occasion. Raven made sure I had the guts to actually go and I left for the café. The café was just out of town, I hadn't heard of it before, but that's what google and google maps are for.
I took the bus and I got there withing 20 minutes. My nerves were killing me. I didn't even know who I would be facing.
I nervously made my way into the café and looked around, then I realized the note told me to look right.
That was the moment my heart skipped a beat. It was him. Mr Lehnsherr was sitting in the corner on the right, just as the note said. He was on his phone and looked up as soon as I looked at him.
I shakily made my way over to him and stood next to the table
I shakily made my way over to him and stood next to the table. He looked up and smiled, "I honestly didn't think you'd show up." I smiled sheepishly and took the seat across from him.
"Hi." he said with a smile when I sat across from him.
"Hi." I replied, not looking him in the eye, being too scared.
"You don't have to be scared, I won't hurt you. I just wanted to get to know you better." He then said, which actually caused me to relax. He sounded so sincere.
"I know you won't hurt me, it's just.. this is something I'd never expected to happen." I explained myself. On which he replied, "I can't say that I did expect this." and we both laughed a little.
He ordered some drinks and nachos with cheese before he continued, "So Laura, tell me something about yourself."
I chuckled, again nervously, "What do you want to know?"
"Well, let's just pretend I don't know you at all. So tell me, how old are you? Where are you from? How did you end up here in London?"
I laughed, "Alright. I am currently 20 years old, I'll turn 21 in a couple of weeks. I am from Holland, that causes me to have a non-English accent and I ended up here for Uni. I've always wanted to study abroad and this seemed to be my best and favorite option."
Mr Lehnsherr listened with full interest and looked at me as if he admired me. Only now I noticed his beautiful feautures; this man really was very beautiful.
It was silent for a bit, so I decided to speak up again, "Well, professor, tell me something about you, now."
He laughed and took a sip from his drink. "First of all, in here I am not your professor, please just call me Erik."
Erik, huh? That name actually fitted him perfectly.
"And well, I am 29 and I am originally from Germany. Ended up here because of my work. And honestly, I am very happy to be here."