Not Ready for the Longing [Ienzo]

[Nadia Donovan]

It had been a while since the fiasco in the library. She hadn't seen Ienzo since then. She missed him. She wasn't sure whether or not she was ready to see him but she still missed him. She missed the way he had held her when they kissed, and she missed the way he had reacted when it had started raining. No Nadia wasn't ready to see Ienzo yet. She hadn't gotten over the library yet. In a while, perhaps.
She had come up to the dorm to just sit and think, but her thouhgts were constantly turning to Ienzo. She had to distract herself. She picked up her book and tried to read but her mind kept on wandering. She was tempted to go look for him but she'd been right earlier when she had decided that it was too soon. Then there came a knocking at the door.
"Who is it?" Nadia called out, wondering who on earth it would be. Last time she had gone to the door randomly she had ended up meeting Francis and look how that had gone. No, definately safer to ask first.

[Ienzo <//3]

Ienzo stood at the other side of the hall, Aeleus sat by the door. When Nadia’s voice rang out through the door Ienzo’s heart burned to storm forward and open the door and reclaim Nadia, but that wasn’t going to happen. Ienzo sighed, “Nadia, It’s me, but I don’t want to come in. I’m on the other side of the hall, Aeleus has a message for you, and then I’m going to leave him with you. I just want to make sure he got to you okay.” Ienzo took a deep breath and hoped that Nadia would trust him enough to at least open the door enough to let Aeleus through.

[Nadia Donovan]

Aeleus had a message for her? Ok that was a bit weird. But that was what she liked about Ienzo - he was unusual. Different from all the other guys she'd known. Her heart rate had picked up when he spoke back to her. She wanted to rush out and hug him but... it just couldn't happen.
Nadia waited until her heart had calmed somewhat before opening the door and allowing Aeleus in. She tried not to look up at Ienzo... that failed. She blushed when she remembered what she was wearing - an old strappy top and shorts. She liked to wear old stuff in bed and she usually got too hot. She turned back round and went into her room, shutting the door softly behind her. She looked questioningly at Aeleus. He had a bow around his neck, which she had somehow failed to notice at first... but then she had been a bit preoccupied...
She turned away from Aeleus and went to the door, looking out briefly. Ienzo had gone though. But then, what had she been going to do? She sighed and turned back to Aeleus. He was just sitting there, watching her. It was a wee bit creepy. She went over to him and picked him up, placing him beside her on her bed. She then noticed a note tied to him. Nadia lifted it off and slowly opened it:

Nadia,
I’m sending this with Aeleus because I’m not allowed in your dorm, and it just seems rude to barge in and force an apology on you. But, I would like to give you the opportunity to hear me out. I know you may hate me far too much to give me the light of day, but please, just listen to me once, and then you can walk away from me. Could we meet in the common room in about half an hour?
Don’t feel you have to come; I just want you to have the chance to know what happened.
Ienzo x

Nadia put down the letter slowly. Should she meet him...? Her heart was only telling her one answer... yes. Ok then. Let's go. She started to head for the door and Aeleus followed her quickly. Then she remembered she was in her pyjamas. Yeah she better get changed first. She turned around, nearly stepping on Aeleus. She headed to her wardrobe, quickly stripping before throwing a half decent top and jeans on. There was no one eslse in the room after all, bar Aeleus.
She quickly headed in the general direction of the common room. Aeleus had followed her out of the room but she had lost track of him soon after. He wasn't with her now anyway. She came to the door of the common room and went in.