[British and American Entertainment] The Road to True Love

From Tom's eyes, Aglaia saw the colorful lights, and also saw Tom's tenderness and sincerity. For the first time, she really felt what it means to look into your heart. She has looked into him from Tom's eyes. heart of.

Aglaia nodded involuntarily, Tom laughed, led Aglaia to the fountain, and danced gently with her in his arms.He is very tall, and Aglaia, 13 years old, is in front of him, just reaching his chest. He dances patiently with Aglaia, wrapping Aglaia's hand in his warm big hands. The dazzled eyes of the people also stared at Aglaia.

Under the dim night, in the square resounding with the Scottish folk song "Your Look Makes Me Fascinated" [Note 1], in front of the fountain, among the crowd, he danced with her, slowly, softly, and gracefully ground, calmly.

Aglaia's heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and a beam of electric current rushed from their touching fingertips to Aglaia's heart, causing the girl's heart to become disordered.

This scene was so beautiful that Aglaia was a little dazed for a moment. She thought vaguely, who wouldn't love Tom like this?Amidst the melodious singing, they cuddled and danced, a little in a trance. Aglaia was almost entirely led by Tom, but they unexpectedly got into sync.

He danced really well, and even with Aglaia, who was a poor dancer, he was still so handsome.The song was played three times, for a little over 10 minutes, and then the singing stopped, and the fountain also quieted down. The water jets sprayed into the air at last, because there were no successors, only stayed in the air for a short moment, and fell unwillingly. , hit the water surface, shattered into thousands of pieces, and made a series of crisp sounds.

So the dream was awakened, the hugging people stopped dancing, Tom let go of Aglaia's hand, which made Aglaia feel a little melancholy.He said, "Come on, Aglaia, I'll take you home." Aglaia nodded, followed Tom out of the park, and walked home.

He sent Aglaia to the door of LoveHouse, and was about to bid farewell to leave. He lowered his head and took the girl's hand, and dropped a feather-like kiss on the back of her hand, and then he said jokingly: "Good night, my Goddess of Light."

Aglaia didn't know how she responded, whether she said goodbye calmly, or fled in disrespect, she didn't remember, because when she came to her senses, she was already in her bedroom in LoveHouse, She sat on the edge of the bed, with Doris clinging to her lap, pestering her for a goodnight kiss.

Aglaia stabilized her emotions, hugged Doris, kissed her forehead, and said, "Sweet dream, Doris." "You too, Leia." Then the little girl huddled under the covers, yawned, and closed her eyes to go to sleep.

Aglaia looked at Doris' cute and quiet face, got up and changed her clothes, put on her nightgown, went back to bed and lay down, hugged Doris and closed her eyes, Doris turned around He came up, put his arms around Aglaia's neck, and fell asleep in Aglaia's arms.

That night, Aglaia had a dream in which she was wearing a gorgeous gown like Juliet's, with a half-mask decorated with feathers and pearls, dancing with a man who also wore a mask. , in the dream, she danced really well, even if no one was taking her, she danced so naturally and smoothly.

They danced until the end of the ball, and then she and the man went to the small balcony outside the venue, the man kissed her, Aglaia reached out and took off the man's mask, behind the mask was Tom's smiling face.

Then she woke up from the dream, and Aglaia's precise biological clock woke her up in time. She lay on the bed for a few minutes before fully waking up from this "ridiculous" and beautiful dream. Opening Doris in her arms, she got up and quickly changed her clothes and went out, followed by Cronus to make routine preparations.

From that day on, a person lived in Aglaia's heart. Like any young girl in this world, she opened a door for that person in her heart and let him be king in her heart. .

She goes to the dessert shop to help every day, and sometimes if she is lucky, she will meet Tom, and she will chat with him, or listen to Tom quietly.Tom also seemed to be the first to meet someone like Aglaia who would not dislike his chatter, so he was more willing to talk to girls.

The girl has never been a pretentious person. If she doesn't know, she will just say she doesn't understand, and she is willing to learn. If she knows, she will exchange a few words with him, and her views will inspire Tom from time to time, making him jump out of his own. Thinking, looking at something from another angle.

Sometimes on weekends, when Tom has no other arrangements, he will also come to LoveHouse. He will play with Doris and the others, and he will put Doris on his shoulders without hesitation. He plays like a Like a big child, always grinning, making Aglaia's heart always warm.

Of course, he doesn't just know how to play, he is also an excellent teacher, much better than the teachers in Aglaia's church school, he will explain many classical literature works to them in simple terms, when he tells them, Even the most mischievous Maia would listen obediently, how unbelievable, isn't it?

The acquaintance time has been long, and Aglaia has gradually learned about Tom's various preferences.Apart from his love for Shakespeare, Tom also likes tennis very much. He plays tennis very well. It is for this reason that Tom's favorite fruit is bananas. 【Note 2】

He also likes sweets, and he can't resist the temptation of sweets. Fortunately, he has a body that is not easy to get fat, otherwise he would have become a fat guy long ago.

He is a language genius, proficient in multiple languages, including Latin, Greek, French, and Spanish in addition to his native English.

Especially Greek, which really surprised Aglaia. You know, Greek ranks second in the list of the "Top 10 Most Difficult Languages ​​in the World" listed by the United Nations. Oh, by the way To put it bluntly, Chinese is ranked number one, and Tom really knows how to speak Chinese. 【Note 3】

Aglaia's language talent in this area is far beyond the reach. She only knows a little French, which was also taught by Marisa. Aglaia's speaking is very general, and she stumbles in reading.

The longer she knew each other, the more Aglaya could not get this man out of her heart, he made her never see anyone else.These youthful emotions made Aglaia feel lost and obsessed, but she was willing to bow to her heart and silently fell in love with such a man.

She didn't reveal it, because she knew that there was an age difference between him and her of nearly 11 years, and at 13 years old, she could be a friend to Tom, but not a lover. In his eyes, she was not mature enough.

Her liking slowly expanded with time, becoming bigger and thicker, her eyes stayed on him more and more, she began to read a lot, read the books he talked about, In this way, I tried to bring myself closer to his thoughts so that I could feel his feelings.

Some people say that liking is light love, love is deep liking, and Aglaia's liking accumulates slowly like this, and begins to approach love infinitely.

And the time when she realized that her feelings had become so deep was actually very sudden and short.That day, on her way to Marisa's dessert shop, she met Tom, who had graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a postgraduate degree.

He had already received his first offer for a movie role, and when they met, Tom was thinking about something, perhaps thinking about the role, seeing Aglaia, Tom stopped and said hello to her .

Aglaia also smiled and said hello to him, and then they walked together naturally on the same road. A gust of cool wind blew by, and Aglaia, who was not wearing much, shuddered and sneezed. Tom looked at her With a glance, she took off her coat with a smile, put it on Aglaia, and said, "A lady who only cares about demeanor but not temperature, isn't she cold?"

Tom's body temperature was still on the coat. Aglaia pulled the coat tightly and smiled at Tom without any rebuttal. Tom stroked Aglaia's blond hair, turned his head and continued walking.

After a while, perhaps because he was immersed in his own thoughts again, Tom, who has always been a gentleman, forgot to accommodate Aglaia's pace. He began to walk faster and faster, and the distance between Aglaia and him gradually opened up. .

He strode ahead, and Aglaia was wearing Tom's coat, chasing after him quickly. She reached out to grab his hand, but he was a little far away, and Aglaia couldn't touch it no matter how hard she tried. He, like the 11-year time difference between them that can never be easily filled.

She was chasing too quickly, almost fell over, couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and managed to stabilize her figure.Her exclamation finally woke up the pensive Tom. He quickly walked back and squatted down to sincerely apologize to Aglaia.

He said: "I'm sorry, Darling, I was too inconsiderate. I was too absorbed in my thoughts and forgot to take care of your steps. How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"【Note 4】

With a pale face, Aglaia reluctantly shook her head. She stretched out her arms to hug him, and Tom didn't notice anything unusual, just as if the little girl was upset and wronged, he also hugged her and rubbed her back, Said a few words of apology.

Of course he didn't know that at this moment, Aglaia was clearly in his warm arms, but her heart was cold.Tom was like the wind, always so free and alive, always so positively striding forward.

And I, who was chasing after him hard, exhausted my whole life, is there any chance that I can wait for him to turn around?Can she expect him to stay?

The answer to Aglaia was endless emptiness, so a kind of inexplicable despair, like a cold wind crossing the border, whizzed through Aglaia's blood, making the girl's heart colder and colder, colder and colder.

In the next few days, the girl was surprisingly silent. Although she was not a talkative person, she became more silent these days.

Kronos saw it, and he had an insight into Aglaia's mind.They grew up together and were of the same age. Although Aglaia always said that she was her sister, they got along more like close friends—caring for and taking care of each other.

During the few years when no other children were picked up, Aglaia and Kronos grew up almost side by side. Ya also understood the sincerity behind every awkward word of Kronos.

Although they are not related by blood, they are closer than ordinary brothers and sisters. Seeing Aglaia's silence these past few days, Cronus, who has always been sensitive, felt very uncomfortable. On this day, during the recess, Kronos Lonos picked up Aglaya who was sitting in a daze on the seat, dragged her out of the classroom, and walked to the edge of the playground.

He looked at Aglaia rightly, and said, "Lea, you like that Tom, don't you?" Aglaia started and gave him a surprised look.

Before she could think of anything to cover up, Cronus said: "Don't try to lie to me, Leia, you have no secrets in front of me. Look at his eyes, so gentle, so rich Emotions, how could I not see it."

Aglaia lowered her head and fell silent. Kronos knew that she was silently resisting his inquiry, but he didn't want her to take any chances.

Kronos said directly and cruelly to Aglaia: "Leia, you can't, never can, so stop liking him, you stop."

Aglaia yelled out as if being stung: "Nos, No! How do you know it's impossible!" Kronos stepped forward, he held Agleya's shoulder tightly, and Agleya bowed his head struggling.

He continued: "It's impossible! Leia, wake up! You are only 13 years old, he is 24, almost twice your age, besides, what is his origin, what is our origin? We all Orphans!"

Aglaia protested bitterly: "No! We are just abandoned, I am not an orphan!" Cronus said: "You know in your heart, it makes no difference! And, since we are abandoned, it means we Our biological parents don’t want us anymore, so Leia, why do you ask him to love you?!”

In this case, it hits the nail on the head and hits Aglaia's deathbed. Her North has always been so clear-headed and calm. He has seen through everything, and he has always been more rational than Aglaia.

The class bell rang, and Aglaia was dragged back to the classroom by Kronos, but that day, she didn't listen to the teacher's lecture, and was in a trance.After class, she stuffed everything to Cronus. She said she wanted to think about it alone, and she wanted to walk back today.

Kronos originally wanted to accompany her, but Aglaia was very resistant to this proposal, so he had to give up. Fortunately, the way home is the road, which is safer, and Aglaia has been cycling for so many years. , it should be fine, so Kronos took the three younger ones home first.