The next day I went to school, handed in my homework and waited for Eva to show up.
After half an hour she arrived with a friend, walked past me and completely ignored me. I didn't understand what was going on if yesterday she was super nice to me, her attitude today was very different from yesterday. I needed to know what had happened, so I went to where she was sitting with her friend. When I got there I said to her.
—Can I talk to her?
She didn't even turn to look at me, she was ignoring me and I didn't understand what was going on until her friend said.
—No, neither Eva nor I want to talk to you, so if you would be so kind as to leave, we were having a conversation when you arrived.
—I want to know why you don't want to talk to me.
—I'm not going to tell you anything, go away you lier.
—Eva, what is the reason why your friend doesn't want to talk to me and you don't want to talk to me either, I deserve an explanation, don't you think?
—No, I don't think you're worthy of any explanation, you should know, and I found out.
—What the fuck did I do now?
—What did they tell you?
—Nothing, they showed me that it's worse, so just go and forget about me and about knowing me more and about everything and here are the cookies you bought me the other day.
She left them there and went with her friend and I couldn't say anything because I didn't even know what they had shown her, but I wasn't going to say anything either.
I couldn't say anything because I didn't even know what she had been shown, but I wasn't going to stay with the doubt, so I went to where the girl who had all the information at school and I told her:
—Hi Elena, how are you.
—They showed her a picture of you kissing your ex and told her it was taken yesterday. Bye, I have class.
—Thank you my life you are a sunshine.
I called my mom and told her I was going to stay at school until four o'clock to wait for Eva.
She told me she was fine.
I saw her leave the classroom with the boy I hated the most in this world, his name was Pedro and that's when I began to understand that he had most likely shown her that picture, which was from two or three months ago.
I didn't want to get close to Eva while he was there because he knew me and I knew he would be able to start a fight. I saw a friend and went over to talk to him while Eva finished talking to my biggest enemy.
—Hello Hector, how is everything?
—Hi Samuel, I'm fine, how are you?
—Have you heard that Pedro wants Eva to fall for him?
—What?
—I thought you already knew.
—No, I didn't.
—Yes, Pedro was the one who showed the pictures of you where you were supposedly making out with Angela.
—Ah, ok, so he was the one, thanks for the information.
Without reasoning twice I started to walk towards Pedro and when I had him in front of me I hit him with all my strength.
I must admit that after the first one I couldn't control myself, I gave him another and another. I was hearing everyone saying "let him go, you're going to kill him" "Samuel, please stop it!
Samuel please" "Somebody please separate them for God's sake". At that moment Hector grabbed me.
I knew was going to let take out all my anger because it was evident that he was in love with her.
That he get in to ruin everything that I had been I had been building with her so far filled me with hatred. When I finally I came out of my trance I told him:
- Keep acting like a child and showing her things that you know happened months ago so that she will stay away from me and you can stay with her, but let me tell you that everyone here knows the truth and she was going to find out from Angela and the others that it didn't happen yesterday.
After that, the director took me to the office and I was summoned the representative.
When my mom arrived she just told me:
- I told you to fight to be with Eva, but I didn't tell you to fall you to blows for her. What's wrong with you, are you crazy or what?
After that she slapped me. The headmistress said I was suspended for three days to come to my senses for what I did.
When I got home I wanted to explain to my mom why I reacted that way and she told me.
—I want to know why does you suddenly go violent like that? What is wrong with you?
—I arrived and wanted to talk to Eva and she ignored me, her friend told me that neither of them wanted to talk to me. I asked her why and she told me that I should know and that me shouldn't act crazy because Eva had been shown "some things".
I went to talk to a friend of mine who knows all the school gossip and she told me that she had been shown some pictures of me kissing oyher girl.
That was when him had showed her some pictures of me kissing Angela and took to her that the pictures were from yesterday. I was her boyfriend, two or three months ago. When I talked to Hector and he told me that Pedro was the one who had shown him the photos and that he wanted to get on Eva, I got mad as hell, I swear, mom.
—I get it, even I would have acted just like you. Calm down, it's only three days and you'll be able to see Eva, although she also behaved badly in believe that and getting upset without talking to you first.
—The truth, if you're right, she had to talk to me first and show me the photos. And then I would explain to her that they were taken when I was Angela's boyfriend, not recent.
—Exactly, or maybe there is also the option that she would be upset when think you want her for one more, since yesterday you were making out with Angela, so we have to put ourselves in her shoes too, don't you think?
-Yes, you are absolutely right.
After the three days had passed, it was my turn to go to school.I really didn't want to see the faces of any of my classmates. I didn't even want to see Eva.I was angry, she didn't take the time to talk to me and inquire about the pictures, that was her way of settling it.I arrived at school, I saw my classmates, they were all asking me about what happened, why did i do that?Among other things, I really wanted to go home, I wasn't going to wait for Eva, I just wanted to go home. I would just leave and that was it.Finally I was able to leave the classroom heading to the exit of the school when I met Pedro and he said to me:—I'm going to go home, I'm not going to wait for Eva. Can we talk?—What the fuck do you want with me?—Calm down, first of all I need to apologize and secondly I need to explain everything, she is not the one to blame, I am the one.—I have to go home, it will be another day.—Well, on the way to your house I'll tell you about what happened.—Since you insist,
The long awaited day arrived, everything ready and prepared for Eva's surprise. I was getting dressed to go to school when I received a message from Ana, Eva's best friend, who said:—Samuel, We came to the joint conclusion that we will do the surprise in the school parking lot to make it public that she is going to be your future girlfriend.—Thank you for letting me know, Ana.—You're welcome, don't forget to bring allthing, otherwise I'll kill you.—okkk.I arrived at school around seven in the morning and the first person I saw was Ana.She was studying in the morning, just like me, she helped me to get all the stuff out of the car. My my mom had accompanied me and the car we went in belonged to a neighbor who did us the favor of giving us a ride.We had a lot of things and it was impossible to walk with all that.The plan was to have everything ready inside in the parking lot of the school and that Ana would be outside waiting for Eva with any excuse and she would send me a messa
I left my house and headed for Pedro's house. He wasn't supposed to be interfering in my relationship with Eva anymore and instead he paid my ex to say that the photos were real.As I was walking along I ran into a friend who lived nearby.—Where are you going?—I'm going to look for Pedro.—How come? He said.—I don't know if you heard that Eva and I were trying to have a thing and he intervened, apologized after we had a fight and now he's coming out with apologies after we had a fight and now he comes out with that he paid Angela to ruin all—I didn't know that, but are you sure?—The person who said it is trustworthy.—I don't think it was Pedro who was to blame for everything. It could have been your ex and she only said that so you wouldn't hate her.—Why are you defending Pedro so much?—I'm just telling you not to act without knowing who is to blame.I didn't want to keep arguing with him, so I kept walking. Two blocks away was Pedro with some boys. I stopped because I realize
I was dancing like crazy when suddenly I was tapped on my shoulder and it was her laughing at me.—Why so much happiness?—Eva gave me the yes!—Wow son, congratulations. I wish you all the best. I'm sorry I told you yesterday that you were forbidden to see her. For it to last you have to respect each other and not listen to what people say and do.In these times no one wants to see others happy son. A relationshipis built on trust more than anything else. I want you to bring her to the house.—Yes, I know all that, the truth. I'm going to tell her to come to the house.—Okay.—I'm going to take a bath to do an assignment I have for tomorrow.In the meantime I'll make lunch.- Come onI went to take a bath happier than ever. I ate, did my homework. I went to the court to play basketball and I run into Pedro. I didn't want any more trouble, my desire to hit him was gone.After having an hour, I got tired and headed home, the next day I had to go to school.I had been walking for about
PART OF THE BOOK FROM SAMUEL'S POINT OF VIEW-Eva, don't go," I said.-Wasn't it that your mom wanted to meet me? -She said.-I seemed good for you, supposedly, it was all a lie Samuel. She doesn't want us together and it's best that we leave it up to here. And that you stay away from me, she said what a chimba.-Wait Eva, we need to talk," I answered.At that moment my mother came out and saw her in a very bad way. Then she said:-"Girl, I told you to leave and never come near my son again, is that clear?-I'm leaving, ma'am, don't worry, I will never come to your house or say a word to your son. Have a nice day, see you later," said Eva with tears in her eyes.I felt my heart break as she left. She was supposed to call her mom to pick her up and she didn't call her, she was just walking as if her heart had been cut out. It started to rain and the street to get out of my housing development was long. From the door I could see her farther and farther away and I felt less and less like
My mother was unrecognizable. It was very obvious to me that she hated Mrs. Elena. And what made my skin crawl and made me overthink everything was the fact that Elena was dead and my mother didn't show even a little bit of feeling. She didn't care, I could see it in her face. Then she said to me:-Everything you and Eva went through, it was because of that woman. Don't mention her again, I don't want to talk about her," he replied. He answered that and left the room. I didn't recognize her, she was starting to scare me. An hour later there was a knock on the door of the room. It was some friends and roommates who had come to visit me. They brought me flowers, gifts and my favorite chocolates. They hugged me and then told me they had to go home.In came my doctor, who for some reason I didn't like. He gave me an IV. He gave me water and some pills and then left. Before he left I asked him:- When am I going to be discharged? When are they going to take off the cast?- In about a mont
PART OF THE BOOK FROM EVA'S POINT OF VIEW.I wake up, open my eyes and realize that I am in a room. After a few minutes I understand that it is a hospital room. I was in a hospital, I tried to relax so I could understand and process what was happening. Then a memory came to my mind of my mom, Samuel and I in the car. I don't know what we were doing or where we were going, let alone why we were there.I didn't understand why Samuel and I were in my mother's car. After a while of thinking, another memory came to my mind, this one was a little stronger. My mother appeared in front, driving and then she slammed on the brakes and I saw her head hit the steering wheel of the car. After that she did not move, it was obvious that such a blow left her unconscious. But after a few seconds of observing and analyzing the situation we were hit by something from behind (what I imagine could have been a car, which for the big hit it gave us, it had to have come at a high speed and be a pickup truck
PART OF THE BOOK FROM SAMUEL'S POINT OF VIEWThat man called my father believed that just by coming out of nowhere into my life everything would change. That my grudges against him would cease to exist. That we would be happy father and son when he wasn't there the day I was born, nor on my first birthday, nor at the school events, he wasn't there to give me Father's Day presents. He was never there for me. In short, he doesn't know anything about me, or how I am, he doesn't know my personality, my tastes, what I'm allergic to and what I'm not.He had a rage inside for some reason. The action of him hugging my mom sideways wanting to say I was his wife really bothered me, had she already forgiven him. I couldn't believe it so I told her:- I will never consider you my dad, you never have been and you never will be. And as for you, Mom, have you forgotten that he got you and his best friend pregnant at the same time? Answer that. - I said full of rage.- Don't be disrespectful Samuel.