CHAPTER 3

When I woke up I tried to eat something else, I couldn't get anything, so I went back to the room and went to sleep again, I only heard my mother talking to my grandmother on the cell phone, probably she was talking about me. The pain continued, without him it would be very difficult. I got up and looked at my window and realized he wasn't going to call me like he used to.

Days went by like that, weeks and nothing from him even calls me. School wasn't the same without him and every day I heard sick jokes referring to me and him, who wasn't here to defend himself anymore.

The girls said that he wouldn't come back, that maybe he'd find someone else and forget about me, but I didn't believe them because I knew he loved me.

With no news from him, it made me even sadder and when I least expected it, Brian called me, and it was the happiest moment of my life when I heard his voice.

“Brian, I can't believe you've been waiting for days, and you haven't called me where are you living now? — Sorry for the delay, Ana, it's only now that my father and I have put everything in order, and we're in California!

“Wow, far, huh?” — A little more, nothing makes me forget you! I miss you so much, it hurts my heart, but as soon as I take a vacation I'll stay with my mom and we'll see!

— Those days away from you were horrible for me, I thought I was going to die, I can't do anything without you here.

— Ana has to keep going, she can't give up, look at our projects and dreams, I don't want to see you like this, please!

— But I can't do everything together, with these girls who keep saying things that, as much as I don't believe it, I'm afraid of happening.

— Don't mind them, they know they tease you! Now I have to hang up I'll talk to you again tomorrow at the same time promise me you'll be okay?

"I'll try Brian, love you!"

Then he hung up, and I felt a little difference, maybe it was just in my head, I think living in another place where you don't know anyone is kind of difficult, but at least today I was going to sleep well.

My mother was a nurse, but suddenly she decided to be a doctor, so I was more alone than ever. It used to make me depressed because Brian kept me company during those hours, but now all I have left is loneliness and waiting for his phone calls.

In 15 days it would be his birthday, we had already arranged everything we were going to do, however, they were just plans, nothing went as planned, I hope he can celebrate his 18th birthday even without me, after all he had waited so long for this moment.

When the night came that my mother arrived, she was even surprised to make dinner and not be locked in her room like she had done every day since Brian left.

— Our miracles happen, I was considering making an appointment with a psychologist for you, because I was afraid that the depression would get worse, but I see that something happened until you finally understood that love only destroys us.

— Mom, everyone has their own opinion about love, no, and just because your relationship with Dad didn't work out, neither does everyone else's!

- He is fine! Tell me what happened to make you react like this? — Brian called me and we spent a few hours talking and on vacation he comes.

— So honey, I'm going to take a shower because I'm dying of tiredness, stay there with your girlish illusions, I was your age and I fell in love all the time.

"You don't believe me that we're going to be together, do you?" “No comment, Ana!”

I was sad with her, because I didn't believe in our love, but I did, and I will wait forever for us to be together, I will never love someone the way I do.

I didn't even want dinner anymore, after that she saw that I didn't do business with her anymore and I went to my room, because tomorrow was another day to wake up early, go to school, wait for Brian's to call.

Late one night I got a text message from Brian who told me he had a new chip installed so he could text me whenever he wanted without using his dad's phone. It was one of the best things I could have received today, aside from my mother's pranks.

It was one of the best things I could have received today, after the neglect my mother did to me. We stayed up late talking, when I looked at the clock it was already (3 am) in the morning. Despite not being in the mood, we had to hang up, otherwise I wouldn't wake up early to go to school, I said goodbye and went to sleep, happy to know that he's doing everything to be together.

At dawn I got up, made some coffee and went to school. I wanted to tell my friend Laís that I had spent the night talking to the love of my life! My mother was still sleeping when I left and I realized that the trip was very tiring for her, so I decided not to wake her up. On the way I met my friend Laís, she was Brian's cousin and as soon as he left we became closer, she was helping me a lot in this bad phase.

"Anna, good morning!" How was your night? — Hmm, apparently you already know, right!

— That he stayed all night talking to my cousin, he told me and said he was now, but calm to be able to talk to you.

— Laís, I love you so much that I can't imagine living without him, it's been difficult, but in the end everything will work out.

— Does Ana really believe that the long-distance relationship will work? — Why wouldn't Laís do it? "I don't know and that's honestly hard to believe!"

"Well, believe me, you're coming to our wedding!" — So I wait more, now let's run, otherwise I propose we're super late for math class.

This made me think a lot, I spent the whole class thinking about what Laís had told me and maybe I had to go and get used to it without him and leave everything to God's will.

Anyway, she arrived at the end of class, I ran out and left Laís without understanding anything, I wanted to arrive in a hurry and be free and calm to answer the call of the man I loved.

When I got home I was taken by surprise, my father was at my house talking to my mother and I was very scared.

“My God, Mom, what is Dad doing here? - Daughter, we explain!

I've already started to feel dizzy and have a headache whenever he talks like that and because something bad happens. He just hoped it wasn't worse than Brian's move, because another bad news wasn't going to last.