Chapter 13 - Blushing Red (1/2)
My decision is making me regret now. Riding bicycle is not my thing although being tall is giving me an advantage. My height is helping me to balance the cycle when I'm not able to keep up moving my foots.
Stella is riding the bicycle like a pro. Her height is short enough for legs to reach the road when she's sitting on it. But despite of this disadvantage, she is still moving fluently.
” How are you so good at this?”
” My friends taught me how to ride it when I was in school. They also taught me how to ride motorbike.” She replied with a face-wide smile,gleaming her eyes with elevated chin.
” You can ride a motorbike!? Are you freaking serious?” Listening to this I raised my eyebrows, practically opening my lips and making an 'O' Shape.
At first I thought Stella is a quite girl who likes to keep a low profile, kinda like an introvert. Who could have imagined that she had done those things.
This riding experience is turning good so far. This roads have become a new path for me, it's like I'm seeing a total different side of the busy streets. I might not have acquainted with the local streets if I had traveled in a car.
We went to the Colosseum as our first stoppage. Since I've been here two times I'm well aware of the history of this stadium. So we didn't hired any guide. We observed the world famous stadium by ourselves. I kept explaining everything to Stella about the history of Colosseum and how the gladiators fought for their lives in that place. Suddenly Stella handed me her phone ” Here,take my pic.”
I took the phone and the camera was already opened. Touching on the buŧŧon I clicked her picture then stretched my hand to return her phone
” Here ta-”
” No, no, go back I'll keep doing random poses, you just keep taking the pics.”
” Why do you need to do that?”
” To get the perfect picture. Duh!”
Our next stop was Roman forum which is a also a famous historical place for the tourists. The structure of the forum is a rectangular shaped plaza which is surrounding by ruins of several ancient buildings. These buildings are mainly government work places that were once the heart of Rome.
As we roam inside the forum we saw the archaeological site filled with thousands of stone artifacts and towering columns standing as the only remnants of earlier building. The photo session also continued there and we realised that it was lunch time already.
We went to a nearby restaurant near the Roman forum. My stomach was empty and it was craving for food after all this workout.
We sat on a table and began to look at the menu. I decided to take Spaghetti and some refreshing lime soda.
” What would you like to eat?”
” I'll have a plate of ravioli”
” Oka-”
” And bruschetta”
” Sur-”
” And some pork chops..oh and tiramisu for dessert.” She finished her order still keeping her eyes fixed at the menu as if she wanna order something more.
” You know I'm not gonna eat anything from you.”
” Yes I know. It's for me only. Although I will share if you want.”
” No that won't be necessary, but tell me this how are you going to eat all these food?”
” Hey! I get hungry when I do some workout and after cycling for this long I'm literally starving.” Pressing my lips together I grinned my teeth.
The waiter came to take our order
” One Spaghetti bolognese, one mushroom Ravioli, one bruschetta, one breaded pork chop and a tiramisu.”
The waiter looked at me after hearing the order which is normal indeed. I mean how can two people eat this much! Stella was looking at her phone probably checking the pictures I took.
” You look great in this one.” She showed me the phone and a picture of me standing inside the Colosseum,was on the screen. I was smiling in that pic which I didn't even noticed that time. I never liked taking pictures that much especially selfies.