Gods among us-part L

 "Hi all" Bea greeted them.

"Hi." Mary said looking at her full of curiosity. Bea smiled revealing a flawless denture.

"You haven't recognized me have you Aphrodite?" she asked Mary.

Mary opened her eyes wide.

"Amphitrite" she yelled and hugged her.

"I thought this moment would never come" Bea said smiling.  Mary left her from her arms and Alex gave her a warm hug as well.

"Oh my god!" Alex said. "How is this possible?" he asked Nora.

"Would you like to start or should I?" Nora asked Bea.

"I don't mind" Bea said whilst she was lost in the arms of the rest.

"OK, let's have a sit on the sand and we will explain everything." Nora said and everyone sat down.

At the same time in the bar, JJ was giving time for Anna to begin whilst she kept playing with her glass.

"Anna" JJ said impatiently. "Are you ready to start?"

Anna raised her eyes to JJ's and looked at  her.

"I don't know where to start and how."

"Well, start from the beginning. What happened when we left your apartment that night?"

Anna took a deep breath but stayed quiet.

"I know the basic, but you were not in the mood of talking once I came in your house the day after so please tell me everything. Even the slightest detail." JJ said and hold Anna's hand.

Anna's eyes filled up with tears. She shook her head to prevent the tears coming down.

"OK" she said with a trembling voice. "I will try to tell you everything that happened."

"I am listening." JJ said.

"As you know, we had a great evening but he looked a bit distracted. Before I invite you guys over for dinner, he called me and said that he wanted to talk with me. I didn't realize that it was that important, so I thought to have dinner all together and then we could discuss whatever it he wanted to discuss."

"Wait" JJ interrupted her "You knew that something was odd and you invited us anyway?"

Anna nodded guilty and her eyes were looking on the floor.

"Yes" she admitted. "But as I said, I didn't know that it was something that serious."

JJ shook her head.

"And then?" she asked.

"He came home, I don't know where he was, he said he was with an old friend, but now, I don't believe anything from what he is saying, and he was already looking serious. I felt that he was cold towards me you know? We talked a bit and I asked him to put the plates on the table. He then realized that there were 4 plates there and of course he asked why four. I said that you guys were coming over for dinner and I could see the anger in his eyes."

"Do you blame him? He already told you that he wanted to talk with you and you invited more people to be part of this." JJ said.

"I know. I guess deep down, I felt that something was weird so I just needed to buy more time. Anyway, as I was saying, he didn't like the fact that you were coming and he asked me why I invited you guys even though I knew that he wanted to talk with me. I just said that I thought it would be nice to have dinner all together and that we could speak afterwards. After all we had the whole night in frond of us. Then you guys came and you know how the discussion went."

"Yes" JJ said "I remember that he was not very talkative. I also caught him looking at you quite weird, sometimes sad, sometimes angry and I kept thinking what's going on?"

"Well, now you know. Once our dinner was over and you guys left, I started cleaning up the table and I realized that he was getting anxious. Once finished, we sat on the sofa and he started talking. He said immediately that he would like to break up with me."

"Wait, like that? Just hey I would like to break up with you? No reason given?"

A new wave of tears came into Anna's eyes. She shook her head.

"Yes, just like that. I of course started asking him questions, like why and what happened etc. After a lot of pressure he came up with the most unbelievable story."

"What kind of a story?" JJ asked suspicious.

"Oh you won't believe it. It is obvious that he is a liar but that he would come up with something like it was beyond my expectations."

"Would you like to share with me?"

Anna looked at her. She nodded.

"I need to let it out. I need to hear it to realize how crazy this sounds."

JJ gave her a hug.

"I am here Anna. Whatever you need."

Anna finally let those tears falling down and felt relieved.

"Thank you" she said trying to put her self together.

"Of course." JJ said.

Anna moved away of JJ's arms and took a deep breath.

"Before I continue, I would like you to promise me that you won't say what you will hear from now on to anyone."

"I promise" she answered calmly.

"As I was saying, I kept pushing him to tell me the real reason why he wanted to break up with me, thinking and I am sure of it, that there is another woman in his life. And of course I asked him that. He denied it. He said that there is no other woman and that he would like to stay alone for a while. Of course I told him that this is the excuse that almost everyone uses if there is another woman. After a lot of pressure, he finally said something. But JJ, it's crazy, I mean, I never thought that he could lie that perfectly."

"What did he tell you?" JJ asked.

"He started saying something like he is destined for greater things, like to save our world. That he is from another planet and then he said the best of all that he is God. Can you believe that? He believes that he is God."

JJ was listening at her very carefully but stayed quite.

"I mean how crazy is this?" Anna continued. "He said, that he and 11 more gods, came back to earth, actually he said that they keep coming back to earth in order to protect the earth from some other gods. Something like that. Of course I didn't believe a word he said. I called him a liar and said that it would be much better to tell me the truth instead of all that stupid crazy things he was saying. He never admitted that he was lying in the contrary, he brought 2 more people to convince me that he was telling me the truth and that he is a God, together with them."

OK, JJ thought. They are all together. 

"Who are those people?" JJ asked.

"I never saw them in my life. I don't remember the guy's name, but I remember the lady since she spoke with me and answered in a very persuasive way every question I had."

"And what's her name?"

"Mary." Anna said. "She said she is the Goddess of love. I can't even believe that someone would say that to save their friend."

JJ was looking at her thinking. Anna noticed that.

"What are you thinking?" She asked her friend frowned.

"What else did she tell you?"

"I don't remember JJ. I honestly don't remember. It was too much to take. All I wanted was the truth and not a lie of Gods and wars. Just the truth!"

JJ took a deep breath.

"I think it's time to go home." she said and stood up. Anna looked at her surprised.

"What you mean? This is all you have to say?" she asked JJ frustrated.

"No. I have a lot to say but not here. Let's continue our discussion at home. It's more private and we will not be surrounded by people that we don't know." she said calmly.

"JJ, you scare me." Anna said a bit hesitated.

"Don't be." JJ said. "Let's go home and we will discuss about everything."