CoH CoS (Chapter 11)

Vanessa sat in the booth alone, but at peace. She had played a sold out show just the night before at the city’s convention center. But at the moment she sat in the food court at the university. She was there inbetween classes so there were few people there and no one had recognized her yet. She could be just another student, just another person. She loved performing, but it also felt nice to just be normal. Just as she closed her eyes she heard a piano begin playing. Only a few notes had gone by before she recognized the song, it was one of hers. She walked up the stairs to the upper level, where the sound of the piano was coming from. As she got up the last few steps she could hear a male voice singing the words of the song. As she turned the corner she got her first look at him. She saw long jet black hair and unusual turqoise eyes. She walked toward him, as she got close she knew somehow that he knew she was there, but he kept playing and singing. She sat down slowly next to him on the bench. She started singing with him, softly at first, but with growing harmony. They sang together, no one else around. Finally the song ended. He looked into her eyes and said,

“Hello, I’m Damien.”

Tenchi

“…the cultivation of the mind, the body, and the soul, and we must always cultivate the soul.”