(Leander POV)
Opening my eyes, I stared at the ceiling for a minute, trying to get my thoughts back from my dream. I can not understand why I am having these dreams.
Staying in that thoughtful moment until I heard my phone start ringing. Getting out of bed, I reach for my phone and answer it, "Hello?"
"Mr. Drakos, it is Ms. Anderson. It is your birthday tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, Ms. Anderson."
"Good, I have not been able to celebrate your birthday in a while. Would you like to go out for dinner as a birthday present from me?"
"That would be great. It would be just like old times." I said with an excited tone to my voice. I have not been able to celebrate my birthday with Ms. Anderson in over four years. I always love going out to dinner with Ms. Anderson on my birthday because she always takes me to the city's best restaurant.
"Wonderful, I will pick you up around 6:00 since I know you do not have a car yet." She said right before hanging up the call.
I start heading for the bathroom since I slept until 5:30 without realizing it and brushing aside the nagging feeling about my dreams.
At about 6:15, I heard a knock at my door. I opened the door to see Ms. Anderson. After seeing me, she asked, "Are you ready to go, or do I have to wait for you to finish getting ready?"
That is something I have realized about her is that she does not take any time to get ready but still looks stunning. "I am ready to go," I answered, locking the door and shutting it behind me.
"Then let us start headed out to the parking lot then." She said while walking away.
I could not help but look down at her ass when I was walking behind her. Being mesmerized by the way her hips moved, I did not realize that she knew I was ogling her and had a slight smirk on her lips.
"If you do not hurry, you will not get your second present after dinner." I hear her say with some humor in her voice. Then I realized she knew I was staring at her ass the whole time.
I am increasing the speed of my steps a little faster so I can walk beside her. Catching up to her, I could hear a slight chuckle. I could not help but be a bit embarrassed by my blunder.
After getting in the car, driving for about 30 minutes because of the traffic. We got to our destination, and when I looked at the building, I stared ahead like a country bumpkin.
"Stop staring like an idiot and walk in." I hear Ms. Anderson's voice next to me. Laughing out loud, she headed for the restaurant.
Not wanting to come across as a non-gentleman, I passed her to reach the door first and held it open for her. Seeing her pass me with a smile on her lips, I could not help but want to do more to see her smile more.
I never understood why she did not smile very much when it was so beautiful. Every time I saw her smile with others, I could tell that her smile was a default smile to show her amusement.
But, every time I see her smile because of my actions, her smile is more genuine. It always made me want to do more to see that genuine smile, even more since it was more beautiful than her default smile.
It only took about 2 minutes before a waiter came and escorted us to our table. Walking to one of the chairs, I pull it out for Ms. Anderson to sit on. When she sat, I pushed her chair closer to the table.
Taking my seat and looking at her, I asked, "Ms. Anderson, how have things been lately?"
"You can stop addressing me as Ms. Anderson since we are no longer at school. Just call me Kassandra as you did before." She said while having a gorgeous smile on her lips.
"Okay, I can do that as long as you stop calling me Mr. Drakos and address me by my first name too."
"Fair enough, Leander. Things have been pretty good lately." She said, laughing at my response.
"That is good to hear. So, Kassandra, what is this second present?"
"So impatient like always. You will have to wait for me to give it to you after dinner."
After dinner, we drove to Kassandra's house since she said the present was there. By the look in her eyes, this present will be something serious.
Pulling into the garage of a modern design home, we got out and headed for the living room. When we got to the living room, Kassandra told me to wait for her to grab the present.
Looking around the room, I could not help but be amazed at all her ancient Greek artifacts. She had many armor stands boxed in glass that adorned many nifty-looking armor sets.
She also had many bows, swords, axes, polearms, and spears displayed in glass boxes. But the items that got my attention the most were two flags made of fine cloth and adorned with gold. One of them recognized from my dreams as the Spartan symbol, but the other one I did not recognize.
It was placed even higher than the Spartan flag, symbolizing more importance to the owner. It has a black strip down the middle and two red strips on the left and right side, with a gold laurel wreath surrounding the Greek golden symbol Cronus.