A Simple Hello Could Lead to A Million Things (Bala and Lulu)

Lulu could not believe this! Another party at a business partners home, again! That was three this week. She growled as her maid, Tara, was helping her get ready. She hated these parties, too many stuck up rich people went to these things, flaunting their money, drinking. She shook her head as she was finished getting ready In her evening dress the color, in her opinion, was awful. Once Tara left she smirked and got a devilish idea, she snuck down into the kitchen and grabbed a knife, she began to cut off the sleeves and began to make it different.

Lulu now had an off the shoulder, sleeveless, dress. She put her hair up in a bun and slipped her shoes on before going downstairs. She did not want to go! She felt like a toddler pitching a fit, her mother and father were waiting on her. Her mother oohed and awed at her, she rolled her eyes. She was born during the wrong time period and was literally sleeping her life away. Lu and her parents only sat in the carriage for a few moments before they came to their destination.

The house was large and extravagant, she and her family got out of the carriage and walked into the house. Music was playing softly and people were dancing, drinking, and dining. She rolled her eyes and walked down the stairs of the entrance and the butler guy called out their names. " Introducing, Lord Galen Athena, his wife, Lady Vivienne Athena, and their daughter, Lady Lulu Athena." Lulu sighed and followed her parents down the stairs.

Lu immediately grabbed a drink and sipped it, she felt so out of place here. She looked around the room, she knew just about everyone in this room. She looked over, her parents were talking to the Wakefields, her maid told her of a rumor that her parents planned for her to marry their son Vaughn Wakefield. She sipped her drink again and took one more look around. Lu's eye's fell upon someone she had not seen before, he was tall, dark, and very handsome from what Lu could see. She smirked, he did yet didn't look out of place, she looked him up and down; he had money, no wedding ring, no grey hair, he also seemed to not care much about the party either. Lu's eyes followed him wherever he went, she felt drawn to him for some unexplainable reason.

Once again Balazar had received an invitation to Lord and Lady Athena’s palace for yet another party. It seemed that was all Bala had been doing since being immortal a person really had nothing better to do. He had gone to these parties for years and it was usually for only one reason, their daughter. He had been watching her for years, watching her grow into a beautiful young woman. His brothers always told him that one day he would find the perfect mate for him like they had; he just had to be patient. But when he discovered the pull to his mate he was not expecting her to be 12 years old.

Bala knew not to approach her until she was of age, so he always made sure to watch her at a distance and many times he arrived in different disguises so she would never know him because he would never age and she would always age. It was finally the year he had been waiting for and that was the year she came of age. The rumor was that her parents had promised her to Vaughn Wakefield and that did not set well with Bala because he was a womanizer and would just take Lulu for a trophy wife. Well wasn’t that what he wanted her for?

This time he was dressed like himself and wandered around sipping on his red wine and he watched her out of the corner of his eyes. He stopped for a few moments to speak with her parents and continued to make his way around the room. He noticed that she had been watching him too and he knew that she had felt the same pull as he did so he smirked a little and continued to walk around the room to see her follow him with her eyes. Finally catching a break when she wandered into the back towards the patio he took his moment to follow her walking up behind her he smirked a moment admiring her assets, “Rather dull night if I must say so myself.” He stated, “What are your thoughts?”

Lu had continued watching the mysterious man walk around, he seemed to be watching her back but she wasn't sure. She sipped on her drink and noticed he went and spoke with her parents for a second, she wondered what they spoke about, probably business she assumed. She saw him watching her again and she snuck out the back toward the patio area. She walked to the stone railing and leaned against it, she set her glass down upon it and shook her head. Why were these parties so boring and uneventful? She wondered.

Lu felt someone's eyes on her, but she didn't turn around to see who it was. When she heard the voice she turned around and saw it was him, the mysterious good looking guy. She shrugged a bit. " Dull does not even describe how this night is." She said with small laugh, when he asked what she was thinking she shrugged again. " Thinking about ditching this party." She told him honestly, she had been thinking about leaving the party as soon as she had come, but now that she was talking to the man she had been watching maybe she would stay.

" So, you gotta name stranger or are you just Mr. Dark and Mysterious?" She asked as she leaned back against the stone railing and she crossed her arms and a smirk was playing on her lips, she really wanted to know this guy. She felt this unnatural pull to him and she wondered why, maybe it was just her imagination.