It was the month of February in
Rome and a fairly normal day. The wind
was slightly blowing through the Palestine Hill and there was sun shining
across the city. Gaiua and her father
Publius Gaius Vespillo and the rest of her family were down at the cemetery visiting
their deceased family members. It was a
custom in the month of February, which was dedicated to remembering the dead,
to visit the cemetery every G day, or commonly thought of as the seventh day of
the week. Today was special though, it
was Gaiua’s birthday and she didn’t want to spend it all day at the cemetery. Gaiua had been extremely busy lately trying
to keep up with her studies and also spending time with Senator Lucius Tulius
Scaevola. Publius knew that his daughter
wasn’t in love with Lucius but being the pertnafamilia, Publius was dedicated
to make his daughter marry him and have the best life she could. Publius was not aware of Gaiua’s love toward
his head slave Maximus though and if he were to find out it would be the end of
them both. Gauia had asked her father if
after visiting their deceased family members at the cemetery if she could skip
the scheduled feasts that they normally have to honor their family to head to
the Forum and the market to shop.
Although Publius adored his beautiful, fair and intelligent daughter he
was highly upset she would even ask to disobey their family custom and he
became angry. He yelled at his favorite
daughter and told her that she was selfish for not wanting to honor her family
and told her the most hurtful thing he could to her. Publius told Gaiua that he
was disappointed in her behavior lately and wanted her to get out of his
face. Gaiua immediately began to cry and
started to walk home. Ashamed of letting
down her worthy father she decided she would go gather the grain and wheat for
dinner, although it was a slave’s job.
It was customary to offer wheat and grain at every dinner to the gods
for appreciation but because it was the month of February and they were
celebrating the honorable feast of the deceased they gather great amounts of
it. Gaiua’s mood was suddenly uplifted when
she seen her one and only true love Maximus working in the fields. She suddenly felt her heart beat a million
times a second and her tears went away and her frown became the most
brightening and uplifting smile anyone could ever imagine. When Maximus seen his most desirable love
Gaiua, he smiled and looked left and right to make sure no one was in sight and
ran up to her and swooped her off her feet and told her Happy Birthday and
kissed her softly on her forehead and then gently on her soft tender lips. Gaiua had forgotten all about the drama and
her wish to visit the Forum and the market and her birthday was fulfilled right
in that moment.
