Valentine Blues - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Valentine Blues - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Cupid is seated dangling on a cloud branch, frowning and muttering inaudible words.
”Psst!”
”Go away Jesus!!”


The person lowers himself and seats beside him ”It’s me! You know, I can help you!”
Cupid turns to see Gabriel, he glowed, Cupid squints his eyes.
”You should not bring the sun to a sit-out, what do you want to do, burn me up before my time?”

Gabriel chuckles pushing the sun away ”Sorry, was cold, needed some heat. So, I see your lovebirds have met again”
Cupid smiles ”Yeah, those two scalawags were avoiding each other like plagues, had to ensure that this time when they meet, no running away. This love will happen. i ensured it, I even dipped another arrow in my love spell and sent it down. Soon, wedding bells and all that Jazz”

”I see” Gabriel touches his jaw rubbing it.
”I see it, what’s I see ? You act like you don’t see the big picture here”
”I do, but you do not” Gabriel c---s his head to the side looking at Cupid who has an incredulous look on his face.
”Hey, I found these two heart broken and lonely strangers and brought back a little sunshine into their lives; I gave them love and they will love each other and live happily ever after. What else is the big picture? This is the love Pops asked that I share and you lot could not come up with a simple formula to achieve it, I did, me Cupid, the master of love… did it all on my own, the least I can get is a little credit but no… Pops doesn’t seem impressed but complained about me adding some spice… I mean they are humans, their love is equated with intimacy yes?”
Gabriel smiles ”If you say so, go on tell me how smart you are. ”’
”I know so. See, it’s simple for these humans, you want them to love and fall in love with another? You need to give them some push… I mean creating the atmosphere for some loving which they had, they did and … love happens. See, they obviously like each other, they just need to stay more than a minute to realize this. Now, I went all out to ensure they get to meet after fruitless attempts to make the meeting coincidental, now they have. Now I have dropped a spell to bound them together you see”
”So what happens here on out?” Gabriel hides a smile.

Cupid smiles openly ”Love love and more love. Cupid’s love is the ish man. I mean what happens when a man falls in love with a woman? Peace, happiness, joy, no quarrels, fights… just love and all things love. I just can’t wait till those two walk down the isle and bear some cuties. Pops and Jesus would have to give me a standing ovation then”
”And I am sure you added some ”Lust-spice” to it again?” Gabriel inquired.
Cupid shakes his head, Gabriel raises an eyebrow…

”Just a spoon” he says innocently raising his index finger in the air and looking at it, Gabriel raises the other eyebrow
”Two spoons I meant” He adds another finger and shows it to Gabriel.
Gabriel folds his hands now and turns to him.
”Okay okay stop staring at him like that. Fine, I added 100 spoons. There, happy?”
”CUPIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
”Holy Sshhhhhiiiiiiiiii POPS !” he grabs his bow and arrow ”Tell him I went to earth.” He is running through the clouds and jumping through it, with one hand holding unto his bag and the other his cloth which is loosening and his tush showing as he ran.

Gabriel lauhs ”Oh, you never learn Cupid!” Gabriel stands up ”Should I go after him Pops?”

”No! let him, he would come when he sees it.”

”Why don’t you just tell him?”
”A child who feels he knows it all should be allowed to do it all, only then would he realize the folly of his ways”
”And Darren, Annalise?”
”Let the humans be, they would come to understand and may even teach him something too. In the main-time, close the windows, I will not behold iniquity… neither would my children”
”Yes father” Gabriel nods as he drags the clouded-window and then closes it.

*****

Few Seconds Later…
”Hi?” Darren repeats
Annalisa laughs ”Hi Darren!”
Lucy plops another chocolate into her mouth she chuckles ”Hi Annalisa and Darren, another syllables please other than the ”H” and ”I”.
They turn to look at her, the door opens and Tom walks in. ”Sorry, came back for the cake while I tied her to a chair” he winks at his friend, smiles at Annalisa and heads for the cake and chocolate bag and sweets. Then he pauses when he sees Lucy still standing there. He goes to her and hands her the bag.. ”You need to come sing a birthday song for the wife”

”But, here is more fun watching them say nothing other than Hi Annalisa, Hi Darren like this people have slept with each other and have done things their mothers would blush about and have probably tasted all the taste-ables and poked and ahhhed and yes yes God yes and more and harder and …”

Tom pushes sweet into her mouth ”I won’t be surprised if you are a distant cousin of my wife, arrghhhh, you both talk too much” he chuckles, taking her hand, lifting the cake with the other and pulls the laughing Lucy away.
They watch them leave, then they turn to each other.

”Finally alone”
”Yes, finally alone” Annalisa nods.
”You want something to drink?” He goes to the fridge, turning to her as he opens it.
”Water!”

He chuckles and brings out Juice ”No one drinks water during a party, and I know you are a heavy alcohol drinker so I won’t be giving you one because I don’t want you drinking too much and let your other wild side show. I do remember the crazy stunts you pulled at the club, in front of the ice-scream shop and stuff.” He chuckles ”No repeat Anna”

”Why? Because I can see you already finished two bottles. Scared we might end up having sex again?”

He smiles turning to her, he grabs a glass and pours juice for her ”Not necessarily but… who knows” He hands it to her ”So, quick question”

She watches him as she sips, she nods.
”I don’t mean to pry but, how have you been since.. I mean not since the sex I mean, since your ex. ?”
”I have been awesome”
”Healed?”
”I am made of steel Darren,” she taps her chest
”Glad”
she eyes him ”You?”
”Well,” he pulls out a chair for her , placing his hands on her shoulders, he lowers her to it. ”It took a bit but, I glued right back up, focused on my career and ventured into other things that made me happy. ”

”You still think about her?”
”Nooooo. Not at all. You know what we should do?”
”No?”

”Not dwell on the past. Let’s just assume that today is a brand new day and we too grown a-s adults ran into each other, struck a conversation and all, yes?”
Annalisa nods liking the idea.
”So, I will go first. Hi, my name is Darren Bloom, Accountant. I work for the Mark and Smith’s firm out at the Simpsons.” He smiles as he continues bringing the glass of juice he had given her earlier to his lips and sipping ”..and I would like to take you out on a date sometime, to see a movie or go skydiving or mountain climbing or just seat around and listen to our crazy friends make jest of us. What do you say?”
”Yes!!!”