Empathica

by Ruth Watson

  There in one of the rooms was a new wall, with a blue line meaning it had soundproofing and lots of other little marks she didn’t understand was added.

  On saying ‘small rooms’ this one was big enough to stick a couple of planes in, if you could get a plane that high without making a hanger in the multi-story building, imagine the skill of the pilot trying to land in that kind of space.

  Laryssa took out her phone and took a photograph.

  She sensed she was being watched! It made her shudder.

  Something had suddenly made her feel a little uneasy, so she looked around, the place was empty. She was just over thinking perhaps, just a little, after all, it did feel a bit strange looking at the plans of someone else’s apartment, kind of sneaky, but she really didn’t like this guy, so what the hell.

  She couldn’t shake off the feeling that she was being spied upon, so quickly; she put the blueprints away and started to search for anything else she could find out about that building. Only thing that she could see was a licence to use large water tanks and storage containers, why the hell would this posh building give permission for that, imagine one of those breaking? These were weird; their description was ‘made of thick glass, great for heavy duty storage of fish life or aquatics’ she had never come across fish in that apartment, maybe he was using them to store illegal liquids?

  “What an odd thing to have in your house! What the hell is he storing in there? If it was fish or any kind of pet, surely he would display them for those who visit to see? After all, he is a big headed show off!” Laryssa whispered to herself.

  She decided that she had enough information to go on with. Now, after a lot of nosing about all she had to do was find a way inside. The room had no windows and to be honest they were 24 floors off the ground in Jaydan’s apartment, therefore climbing up was not an option, especially as she could still only get in as far as there were windows. She was an empath, not a bloody acrobat.

  Still feeling self-conscious, like she was being watched, Laryssa put everything away, turned off the computer in the room deleting the browser history she had used for research and then left the building.

  She could still feel something or someone all the way out of the building and to her car; it was as if she was being stalked. Empaths don’t like that feeling, sensing the danger and seeing nothing gave her a chill!

  She shrugged it off quickly and walked to her car.

  As Laryssa started the engine and began to drive away, something made her glance into her mirror, as she glanced back as Jaydan’s face appeared around the side of the building, he was checking to see if she had gone.

  “That vile man!” she said to herself, “It’s a good job I deleted my browser history on the computer. It’s stupid, because now I am going to have to make up a reason for being at City Hall, if he asks it may be time to ask Niam for that new bathroom.”

  She had to keep what she was doing a secret, even from him. If Jaydan got even a sniff of her spying on his apartment blueprints, he would have her guts for garters.

  Laryssa knew deep down that Jaydan had been following her for a reason, she shivered, her thoughts on what that reason could be made her sick to her stomach, perhaps she needed to call upon Gaia for some guidance…

  *

  Niam was sitting down to pizza, he had bought her favourite so had already got her a plate and served her some. Feeling hungry, he started without her. She was late home from the office, a little worried he wondered if he should call but knew if he made a fuss, she would get annoyed with him.

  He sighed, he would give her another twenty minutes and then she could bawl him out if she wanted to.

  The lift pinged.

  He took a deep sigh with relief.

  “Pizza’s in the dog.” He said, a little sarcastically.

  “Pizza, wow, what you buying pizza for? We have about twelve in the freezer!”

  “Couldn’t be bothered to cook one!” Niam said, with a smile.

  Laryssa shook her head picking a bowl of ready-made salad out of the fridge and bringing it to the table. Adding a slice of pizza to the side of the plate, she smiled because he would never have bought it over himself, not green stuff that was good for you, his only interest would be the food covered in half a pound of meat and enough cheese to feed the 40,000!

  She sat down opposite him at the table. He looked up from his food; his eyes caught hers “God I love you.” He said.

  “Oh, shut up!” Laryssa said, throwing a white cotton napkin in his face.

  “Should we get some meditation practice done tonight? I am feeling a little stressed, it usually does me some good.” Niam asked, out of the blue.

  Laryssa smiled, nodding, (as she had a mouth full of food) he had a habit of trying to make her talk with her mouth full, it amused him because it drove her crazy.

  “We can go now, if you like!” Niam said, looking back at the pizza, she had taken away his appetite when she came in, well, the one for food anyway, now lust that was different, no matter what she was wearing from long cotton nightgown (which she was bought for a joke) to nothing, everything did it for him and she was his drug.

  Laryssa tried to answer, chewing quickly; she just swallowed her food. “Why do you always ask me questions with a gob full of dinner, if you want an answer, don’t ask me when I’m bloody eating?” She laughed.

  He shrugged at her, then reached over the table and took her hand.

  “Oh dear, is this going to be one of your romantic moments?” she laughed.

  “Well, yes. I just need you to know how much I love you.” Niam said.

  “I’m not getting married! You know that, right?” she replied.

  “I know better than to ask! But, I do love you.” Niam said a little red in the face.

  “What’s up? Am I dying?” she said sarcastically.

  Niam laughed at her.

  Laryssa gave up on the food because Niam had become fidgety. She worried that she had said the wrong thing with marriage proposal stuff, so she got up clearing the table, throwing what was half eaten and storing the rest.

  “Come on, let’s get some meditation done.”

  Niam came around the table to her and put his arms around her from behind; he gently kissed into her neck.

  “No sex in the white room, you understand that?”

  Niam shook his head “Let’s just get this lesson started, we can consider sex in our bedroom, after all it is only two rooms over.” He kissed into her neck again; she was like putty in his hands.

  “Deal!” she said with a smile.

  *

  Jaydan was seething; he paced up and down in his front room, mumbling about Laryssa, saying her nose would get her into trouble.

  “That bitch! She’s two faced…” he said to himself. “I’m gonna see Nee later, and tell him he needs to dump her before she ruins his life. I know there’s something different about her.”

  More pacing.

  Jaydan marched through his apartment, anger setting in. In his mind she needed a little interrogation time with one of his boys, perhaps a little bullying. He paced a little faster turning right, heading down the corridor to the back room and slid a key card down into a slot.

  The door whirred and slid open and he entered.

  Inside there was a collection of objects, ancient artefacts, knives, pots and other things that looked very old, but harmless. He had a fascination with history. In particularly guns, ammunition, badges and uniforms which were all hung in large glass cases WW1 and WW2 seemed to be the main subject, a faint smell of metal and rust, also a plastic and that of a freshly laid carpet as you moved down this malevolent museum, there were also some Egyptian things. Arabic objects and a few strange historical artefacts from other countries, this room was as big as one in a public museum.

  He walked through; the key card was used at yet another door. This one was hidden behind shelves of memorabilia, on swiping it, a small laser box on the wall buzzed to life and a green light sho
ne, a keypad appeared at the side and he pressed in some numbers.

  The door opened, Jaydan stepped inside…

  Nine

  Getting used to meditation was hard. Niam had begun to notice his mind drifting in and out of daydreams; he was like that lately. It felt like he was in another world.

  He turned to look at Laryssa; she was always by his side, he was grateful for that.

  He dreamed of a woman, he always felt like she was familiar to him, but could never quite understand why everyone and everything felt so comfortable, perhaps that’s why Laryssa felt so happy in the white room.

  “He is connecting.” Gaia said to Laryssa.

  “Thank the Gods mother, it’s been a while. I didn’t think he would get the connection.”

  “Hello.” Came a familiar voice, he seemed to walk in on the conversation.

  “Am I dreaming? Laryssa? Who is this? Is that you?” Niam said.

  Laryssa smiled.

  “We have been expecting you, young man.” Gaia said.

  “Is this a dream?” he pinched his arm. “Ow!” he said.

  “Yes and no!” Laryssa said.

  The two women seemed amused by his confusion.

  “Okay, what sort of shit have you been feeding me? Am I high or something?” Niam asked a little suspicious.

  “Not high young man, just learning to put your mind in a higher state of thought, you have finally taught yourself to open your emotional connections to the world. To become…” Gaia spoke softly, explaining to him that his path was indeed different from other humans.

  As mad as it all sounded, he knew that she was telling the truth.

  “So, let me get this straight, I am a higher form…”

  “Evolved…” Laryssa interrupted

  “Sorry, a higher evolved human being? But I have not always lived my life as human; I have been in other forms, both on Earth and on other galaxies?” Niam said, really confused now.

  “Yes!” Both Gaia and Laryssa said, in unison.

  “You are Earth Mother? Also known as Gaia?” Niam asked.

  “Yes.” Gaia responded.

  “We have spent years together, but not together. I am picking up some of my other lives. Jesus, this is unbelievable! Somewhere in other lives I have passed you on the way, I can remember this. We have a connection, there are also others we have become close to, I feel like a computer being reprogrammed, we have been in love before, yet failed to be…” Niam suddenly came upon memories of his life in 2000AD.

  “Oh God,” he suddenly felt a massive serge of emotion as memories of the relationship that fell apart; he was mortified, he had stayed in love with her all that life and said nothing. “That’s awful! What was I? Some sort of coward!” he said fighting back his tears.

  Laryssa took his hand (in reality), she just stroked it, she too knew the pain.

  Niam could feel her there on the outside of his body, he leaned on her shoulder.

  “I forgave you a long time ago, you know that don’t you. I came to see you when you were older.” Laryssa said.

  “I can, thank the Gods that we got another chance.” He said.

  Gaia left the conversation, her job here was done.

  Laryssa and Niam came round from their meditation.

  “That is so amazing.” He said.

  He opened his eyes and found himself in the white room, feeling calm and looking into the eyes of a woman he didn’t just adore, but he had loved throughout time.

  “I knew that I knew you, but my mind didn’t understand how. It’s all true isn’t it; we are living an eternal loop?” Niam asked.

  He felt elated; my God he was not just a product of one life, but many. That was so fascinating!

  “I thought you would be a little more confused than that?” Laryssa said.

  “Amazed, I feel like I have just woke up from a dream, but it wasn’t a dream it was true. I always had thoughts or dreams, small flashes of other people, places I felt I had been before, or knew someone even though I couldn’t have. Deja vous!” Niam said.

  “Yes, I know. Can you feel your spirit; it’s like you’ve been asleep, the power that you have will connect, you will find you have a strong gut instinct that you must always trust, it is an emotional connection that can keep you from harm.” Laryssa said.

  She took him by the hand, the two walked out of the white room.

  “Now if you love me, show me!” She said as they slipped off their clothes and headed into their bedroom…

  *

  Naked they stood before one another.

  Niam had been here before with Laryssa, but somehow this was different. He could sense her, there was a glow about her, golden, radiant, it made her feel more beautiful than he had ever felt before. The feeling of elation was so strong he had an erection.

  She was lavish, his need to touch her was so strong, he almost gave in immediately, but he knew exactly what she liked, foreplay was always a need, no wham bam thank you mam with his woman, pleasure was what she sought, and that’s what he was always willing to give her.

  He took her by her waist.

  Laryssa put her hand up to tell him to wait, she didn’t need to speak to him anymore, he understood her perfectly.

  Niam watched as she studied his body, her hands moving round him almost touching him, just inches away. His breath quickened as his body reacted drifting in his senses going wild. ‘My God, he felt so aroused.

  She looked at him, at last he understood.

  To Laryssa, his glow was a white blue, his body hot and masculine, it filled her with electricity, she could feel his lust for her down to his very core. Her nipples hardened, she could feel herself pulsing, wanting, needing him, resisting was hard. His erect penis was ready to do whatever she liked to her, her mind and soul wanted everything, she noticed his handsome face, his stance. His body was like that of a God, he was her God.

  She moved her hand around his face and whispered “Feed my core.” into his ear.

  He pushed her gently onto the bed, putting his hand on her thigh; she grabbed his face and put her legs around his waist.

  He penetrated her, she could feel him, hard, full as their bodies moved in time together, passionate, hot mouths, hands all moving in the right way. Never had either of them felt like this, a passion so great that it almost brought them to tears.

  Slowly they moved together, their energy built, a feeling of pure ecstasy. She began to breathlessly whisper for him to go faster and to push inside her harder, she needed him to bring her to a climax.

  He did everything to make her happy.

  As they climaxed together, it was like nothing could ever part them, they lay breathless as the glow faded and they lay in each other’s arms savouring the moment.

  “I love you, so much.” She said

  “Only so much? I love you more!” Niam said with a smile. “So, this is what we are?”.

  “This, and so much more. Now I have taught you to open your mind and soul to this world, you need to learn to close it again. There are many dangers in being as we are, some people are dangerous…” Laryssa went quiet.

  “You mean Jaydan! I can read you now remember.”

  “Yes, I am sad to say… Jaydan is dangerous.” Laryssa said.

  Niam didn’t argue, something had already told him not to trust Jay with the details of their white room escapades, just as Niam had never asked to see the contents of the room behind the main vault.

  Trouble now was, trying to convince Laryssa that she shouldn’t be curious enough to find out either. If she got caught Jaydan was a bad man to cross, and whatever was in there maybe something that his ‘friend didn’t want outsiders to know about.

  Ten

  Niam stayed in his lover’s arms, both wrapped around one another, comforting, satisfying each other, laughing, talking about the times they had been able to remember.

  Next morning Niam left for work as usual and Laryssa had decided to ‘work at home’.

  There was g
oing to be a party tonight Jaydan had invited people to celebrate his engagement to yet another young trollop he had taken a fancy to. So, as always, she would be expected to be respectful and go along as Niam’s plus one.

  But this was an opportunity to find her way into his desk and steal his pass key.

  *

  The atmosphere at the party was strained as always, lots of guests, none of which Jaydan could actually claim were real friends mainly business associates. Let’s face it, with such a shit personality who the hell would want to be this man’s friend except her soft hearted, warm and gentle boyfriend that is.

  The new girlfriend was as always a ‘bimbo’, fake tanned, bleached blonde, dolly type. No real personality as such just a Barbie doll with the brain capacity of a turkey.

  Sandi…

  Yes, with an ‘I.’ Nothing more needs saying about her; she didn’t seem to have anything odd about her, well when I say that, I mean odd for Jaydan’s bit of fluff.

  The room contained around fifty people, not crowded, but these apartments could fit an aeroplane in them.

  All seemed occupied, so Laryssa kissed Niam and said she needed a bathroom break, because she wanted to escape the terrible people at the party for a few minutes.

  The bathroom was only two doors away from the office she was aiming for. Perfect, the large corridor was in silence, so she took a detour…

  The room was open, but she knew the desk and any contents of value would be locked away. She sneaked in and began searching for any kind of key, she couldn’t force the desk open it would automatically set off alarms.

  No keys.

  Where would he keep them? Of course, on him!

  New plan of action, she started to slip out of the room, when Jaydan and ‘Sandi’ walked down the corridor, she slipped back inside and hurried to find somewhere to hide herself. Behind one of the large dark blue velvet curtains, convenient in size, she just had to make sure her feet didn’t poke through.

  Jaydan walked in grabbing Sandi and the two began making out on the office desk, things got really intense when he stuck his hand up her dress and they started to fumble with one another’s clothes.