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When I was a little girl i remember how i wanted to be so many things,”
It began two days before Bea and her dad arrived in New York. Calvin was out of his mind with worry but obviously being Calvin he wouldn’t admit it. In the house above Calvin and Blossom were talking while Calvin paced over the floor.
“What if everything goes wrong?” He thought to himself “Im going to screw this up” he whispered
“You wont” Blossom assured him sitting on the couch sipping her cup of tea
“I hope you are right” Calvin whispered lowly
“But then there is a slight possibility—“ Blossom began to tease him
“Jeez Blossom!!!!” Calvin exclaimed
Blossom began laughing “I was only teasing”
“Dont make it worse”
“Have a cup of tea you’ll feel a lot better” She offered him a cup
“I’m going out for a walk” Calvin told her
“Be back before five I have guests coming over”
Calvin walked out and slammed the door behind him.
“Jeez he’s going to break the door” Blossom put the kettle on and after a while there was a knock on the door.
Blossom opened the door and it was Uni and Blue, he was holding a box of pastries.
“Hi guys where’s-”Blossom asked her
“I don’t know if she's coming” Uni told her
“I see, well come in” Blossom effused as she let them inside
They walked inside the house.
“So Blossom, how's life?” Uni asked her
“Splendid but awfully quiet you know, Cal spends most of his time alone” Blossom told her
“Aww really? Thats so sad” BLue asked
“I know that's why I invited ‘her’ over” Blossom added
“I see”
“No you don’t”
“No I don’t”
The sun was still in the sky as Calvin walked down alongside the streets with little cars, just a few people here and there. His mind clouded with worry, he felt himself trembling with anxiety. He felt every fiber of his being shaking.
Not too far away there was a woman hurriedly running along the streets, hoping she wouldn't be late. Black Ivory hair in a jelly fish hair cut flowing through the wind. Heels, the color of pearls clicking every time she stepped on the ground, she wore her pearl sleeveless dress, the one she absolutely adored. She carried a black bag, which seemed rather heavy. Thinking about all the things that went through her mind. Suddenly, BOOM!! The two worlds collided, Calvin had bumped into this woman.
“I’m so sorry,” Calvin apologized
“No I’m sorry I should have watched where I was going” She told him
Their eyes met, her eyes were the clearest bluest eyes Calvin ever saw. They felt time stop and for a moment they felt as if it was just the two of them alone on earth. It was love at first sight…
“I’m sorry I didn’t introduce myself, my name is Camille, and you are?” She asked him
“I’m Calvin, It’s nice to meet you”
“Likewise, do you know where Blossom lives? I’ve been invited to her house”
“Yeah I’ll take you”
Then they walked back to the house together. Upon their arrival Calvin opened the door for her, they walked up the stairs in silence and then they knocked on the attic door. Blossom then opened it.
“Camille I thought you wouldn't come” Blossom greeted her
“I’m glad I did” Camille answered her smiling
“I see you’ve met Cal”
“Yeah he’s nice”
“Darling, out of pure curiosity what is your hair in the shape of?”
“A jellyfish”
“So you like the ocean?” Calvin asked Camille
“Yes very much so, and you? Do you like it?” Camille asked Calvin
“Yeah its umm yeah”
She laughed, Calvin blushed and they walked inside.
“Oh hi Cami!!!!” Uni called out to her
“Hii Uni”
“Oh Camille this is Blue, Blue this is Camille” Blossom introduced them
“Hi its a pleasure to meet you,” Blue greeted Camille
“Likewise Blue” Camille answered
“Tea darling?” Blossom asked her
“Allright,”
Cal sat down at his desk looking worried. Blossom came back with another cup of tea.
“Camille sit I want to braid your hair” Blossom said to her as she gave her the cup of tea.
Camille sat down on the sofa. Blossom began to brush her hair.
“Out of plain curiosity, what's up with Cal?” She whispered to Blossom as she sipped some tea
“Oh he’s just nervous because Elizabeth, his kid, is coming back here for the summer and this will be the first summer they spend together since Elizabeth can see him and he’s scared she won’t see him again” Blossom explained loudly
“Jeez Blossom!!! Way to rat me out!!” Calvin exclaimed blushing slightly
Camille laughed “You aren’t the only one, I remember there was a time in my life I was very nervous”
“Seriously?”
“Yes, it was before I acted on my first show, which I never did act, I remember that day I was wrecked with nerves, I was so anxious”
“Act? Are you also an actress?” Blossom asked her
“Wait wait, also? What do you do?” Blue queried her
“I worked in an orchestra playing numerous instruments, I am also a ribbon dancer, It was my dream to act but I never did” Camille explained
“Seriously?” Uni asked her
“Yeah”
“Do you sing as well?” Calvin asked her
“Yes”
“Sing something for us darling”
“What would I sing?” Camille asked Blossom
“Do you know the song ‘Deed I do’?” Blossom asked her
^Do I want you? Oh my do I? honey deed I do, Do I need you? oh my do I? honey deed I do?^ Camille sang to them
They applauded her a lot even Calvin did. They were in shock because her voice was so sweet and sublime. Then Blossom began to braid her hair.
“Hey Calvin,” Blossom called her
“Yeah?” He asked
“Did you like Camille’s singing?” Blossom asked him
“Yeah, I did”
Camille blushed a bit and smiled.
“Would you say it was refreshing?” Blossom asked him
“Yeah”
“Calming”
“Soothing, Relaxing?”
“Yeah it was like the sound of ocean waves crashing”
“That’s beautiful”
Cal turned red “Oh you heard that? of course she did” He whispered to himself
She laughed “Actually no one has described my singing that way before”
“Seriously?” Calvin asked her
“Yeah”
“You said you were a ribbon dancer?” Blue asked Camille
“Yes I did, why?” Camille asked him
“Could you perform for us maybe?”
“Ofcourse”
Camille looked in her bag and whipped out a ribbon on a stick that was pearl colored.
“Now I can't do a very elaborate routine but I can do something”
She began to twirl her ribbon raising her leg then laying down on the floor, tossing it into different hands making it move as she moved gracefully. Everyone was mesmerized and she was focused on not hitting anything or anyone. Calvin was in shock, she was so talented and graceful. Then she finished, everyone clapped.
“Thank you so much!” Camille thanked them as she stared at her ribbon in her bag.
“So Uni how’s your life?”
“Wonderful Blossom” She put her cup down on her plate “I tell you I love living with Tabitha”
“I’m so glad” Blossom beamed
“How about you, Blue?” Camille asked him
“Well it's been so much fun baking with Jeremy in his new bakery” Blue rambled
“Working in a bakery I wonder what that’s like” Camille pondered
“It’s amazing we bake anything, we do preparations for the next day and we clean up”
“You make macaroons”
“Oh yeah loads”
“Oh I love Macaroons its been so long since I’ve had any”
“What’s your favorite flavor?”
“Grapefruit”
Cal looked for a pen and paper then wrote something down.
“Done!” Blossom exclaimed
“Oh my, do you know what time it is? It's 7:30 I better go” Uni said
“Its best I got to Jeremy's probably waiting for me” Blue told them
“I have to go take them back home. Will you be ok?” Blossom asked
“Yeah yeah”
“I was talking to Camille”
“Ill be fine” Camille answered her
Blossom, Uni and Blue left the house leaving Camille and Cal alone. Camille laid down on the floor, Cal walked over to her.
“Can I join you?” Cal asked her
“Ofcourse Calvin”
Calvin laid down beside her.
“Camille?”
“Yes Cal?”
“Did you ever..” He sighed “Were you ever so afraid of something that you think the fear won't ever go away? Think about it, you're so afraid that some specific thing will happen so much that you can’t think about anything else? And you lie awake at night thinking about it as it makes you more and more afraid?”
“No at least I can’t remember” Camille lied
“Forget it” Cal huffed slightly
“I do know that you can overcome anything if you just put your mind to it, I believe fear is relative”
“What do you mean by that?” Cal turned to her side
“Well think about it, Maybe what I’m afraid of might seem like an exaggeration to you and what you are afraid of might seem like something I never even thought about, maybe sometimes what we fear isn't so bad but sometimes it maybe worse, fear to me is relative” Camille explained to him
“I guess I never really thought of it that way” cal supposed
“There was a time when I thought like you” Camille said to him then she sighed “You know I didn't want to come here today”
“Seriously?”
“I just didn’t want to leave my home but I’m glad I did”
“Why?”
“Cause the If I wouldn’t have come I wouldn't be talking to you”
“I see” Cal said turning red slowly
“You know what?”
“I do know ‘what’ I met him three years ago in a bar”
Camille began laughing; Cal looked at her laughing, he smirked.
“No I’m serious he was bald and had a look on his face that screamed ‘what’”
She laughed even harder, Cal smiled and he felt happy.
“Thats not what I meant, I was going to say,” she tittered sitting upright
He sat beside her looking at her a tad worried.
Camille looked at him and laughed nervously “What I was going to say was, I’m glad I met you Cal”
He blushed shocked “yeah well I’m glad I met you too”
“I never asked you; what do you do? As a career”
“Well technically i don’t have a job i just make people laugh”
“I think that’s a very important job, you do it very well I haven’t laughed so much since I was a little girl”
“Seriosly?”
“Yeah”
“You know before I did all I did, I worked in a few commercials and modeled clothes”
“That explains that ofcourse”
“Sorry?”
“Why you are so beautiful you took my breath away when I met you”
They blushed shyly and something new was arising..
“I usually read at this hour do you mind if i–” Camille began saying
“Not at all in fact, could you read to me?”
“Yes”
Camille stood up and looked for her book, titled ‘the tragedy of romeo and juliet’ she brought it, sat beside him and began to read out loud. By the time she was done Calvin was asleep.
“I lied,”
“What?” calvin woke up
“When i told you there was a time i was really nervous, i lied i was really nervous when i bumped into you on the street and we saw each other”
Cal felt his cheeks go red analyzing what she had told him. She stood up and picked up her bag.
“Goodnight cal, everything will be fine as long as you will be yourself”
“You think?”
“I know,” She blew him a kiss and walked out the attic and didn't look back.
Cal went to sleep thinking about that moment and Camille. Then blossom came back and found him asleep on the couch whispering something incomprehensible and went to sleep.
**
Then at twelve o'clock Calvin woke up upright sweating as he had had a night mare. He walked over to the desk and saw Camille’s phone number. He then called her on his land line.
“Come on pick up” He whispered
“Hello? Who is this?” Camille asked
“It’s Cal”
“Oh hi, why are you up so late?”
“Nevermind that, did you get home safely?”
“I did thanks for asking”
“Well I’ll see you”
“Bye”
He hung up and went back to bed.
“When I was a little girl i remember how i wanted to be so many things, but I was afraid I wouldn't have time to do them all”