Minerva POV

Martijn has been a great company all dinner long. We chatted a lot about him. His shows, life, the tour, and last but not least the most important show of his career by now, I think.

ADE.

I had the pleasure to see parts of his Anima show and.... Wow. Just wow.

"I'd like to ask you..... Would you like to come and see me at Rai in October?"

"Are you kidding me? I'd die to see such a magnificent piece of art"

"Thanks for the support. From now on it will be a thunderstorm of work. I'm glad we are spending more time together now"

"We have only one more day....." I think saying it out loud.

"Will we keep in contact?"

"Sure. When are you coming back to Amsterdam?"

"I think it's the 9th of October. But I'm not sure.... I'll text you anyway"

I nod, thinking that we will spend more than a month apart.

We already did it tho, but.... Martijn is such a special person to me and..... The more I'm with him, the better I feel.

"Not too bad. We both have to work a lot"

He nods in approval.

Once finished with dinner, Martijn asks the waiter for the bill.

I really don't like this, but he insisted to pay for me too.

"Martiiijjjnnnnnn!"

"What?"

"Tell me how much it is"

"Hahahaha... haha.... NO"

"Come oooonnnn!" I insist trying with the cute puppy face technique.

"No" he says getting up from the chair.

I grab onto his leg and decide to let go only if he tells me how much the bill is.

"Ok, fine. Let me take the receipt!"

I let go of his leg and take my wallet with my only available hand.

"It's...... So dividing by 2 is..... It's zero euros. Come on, get up and let's go"

I took a moment to process the info, but now I'm looking at him like 'come on'.

He just laughs, walking to the exit and almost leaving me here.

So I get up too and follow him, quite mad at him.

"Do I have to give up?" I ask him.
"Yes, you have " he answers standing on my left side and placing his arm over my shoulders as we start to walk to the antiques fair.

The place isn't really crowded, but there's a nice amount of curious people, just like us.

We are looking at the stands: someone is selling antique watches, some others furniture, then there are a lot of CDs and vinyls, and some artisans that make and sell jewels.

The sweets stands of course can't be missing.

Suddenly Martijn stops, thing that causes me to be pulled into him.

"Miné... Look!" he says pointing at a necklace.

It's a crystal necklace, in which can be incised any name onto the metal crystal holder.

That's cool.

"That's pretty cool actually"

"Do you want it? I'd love to pay you back for my present you bought me"

"Martijn.... You don't need to"

"I have to insist"

"I don't know" I say thinking if I should accept another present, apart of the dinner.

"Come on...... I know you can never find any gadgets with your name on it....."

Oh. Well.

"Fuck, you convinced me"

She smiles in victory and asks the artisan
"Is it possible to have one of that incisions on a crystal necklace?"

"Of course. You can choose also the crystal and the colour of the metal holder and chain"

Enthusiast of this, I choose to have a gold holder along with a white marble crystal and my name on it.

While the artisan was carving my name with his instruments, he asks me

"What happened with your arm?"

"I dislocated my elbow in a car accident"

"Oh, I'm sorry. It must be painful"

"Yes, I have painkillers with me, anytime"

"Your boyfriend is one lucky man then" he says looking at Martijn.

"Ermmm... Actually he's not my boyfriend but.... It's like he is to me" I tell the artisan a little embarrassed.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea"

"That's fine" Martijn reassures the man.

He's finished, and this necklace is a masterpiece. I love it!

"How much is it?" Martijn asks taking out his wallet.

"It's 25 euros"

He pays the man, who gives him my necklace back.

"Thank you, good evening!"

We walk a few meters away, Martijn makes me turn giving him my back.

It's always a magic moment when someone puts a necklace on you, at least for me. I don't know, I feel like a queen or something like that.

He moves my hair out of the way and hooks up the necklace on the back of my neck.

"Thank you Martijn. I really love it"

"It's a pleasure. Now.... Would you want to have an ice cream or go home?"

"Maybe next time? I'm so full right now"

"Ok, let's go home then"

Again, he embraces my shoulders with his right arm on our way back home.

Then Martijn asks me
"Do you mind if I take a shower before going to bed? I feel dirty"

"Sure. I might need a shower too, because this leather skirt is making me sweat"

"Do you want me to call my sister for this?"

"Oh no, you don't need to. Plus, it's late. I'll do it on my own"

We have arrived already, so Miné opens the gate and front glass door with her keys. We take the elevator to the third floor of the building and... We are home.
Martijn opens the door for me and I leave my bag on the sofa.
We are keeping a nice silence between us, but I don't mind it and it looks like Martijn doesn't either.

"Are you tired?" Martijn asks me.

"Not really. We slept a lot a few hours ago"

"I agree. What's on TV tonight?"

I turn on the TV and switch channels until I find something interesting to watch.

I sit on the sofa and remove my shoes, while Martijn is walking to my room.

He comes back after a few minutes without a shirt on.

"Miné.... Can I use your shower?"

"Sure. You can use my products too"

He thanks me and disappears in the corridor, and I get back to watch TV.