ernoon date with your boyfriend?

ong has he been

kson and me sitting

s if he was counting his steps. When he finally

to see him, but I wasn't

took a deep breath. 'Calm down', I whispered to myself.

m's marriage ideas, when you have a boyfriend," he said, and s

ed, cut through the air. I tried to gather my thoughts

rashed over me, as tears foug

oyfriend," I said with my voice barely audible n

nted to clear any doubts about my relationship with him. Jackson was the driver's son an

He is not my boyfriend," I said firml

up with?" He scoffed, as a mock

our words, when each time I see

t, when he got here? Yes, I was with Jackson when his car past us last night, but it was nothing serious....i wanted to tell him e

ying, I clenched the s

honest and tell mom the trut

o we can stop this whole m

believe me or not, but Jackson is not my boyfriend. I am engage

arted to feel awkward and self aware. His

r his intense stare anymore, then h

t you're willing to go to such lengths, even to s

I struggled to get up from the swing, but when I finally s

y hard to forget about how... masculine he was,

and I am marrying you

ked, his fingers s

ouched my face! He was holding on tight, and it kin

u'll just be a jerk and make fun of me like you always do? Should I tell him? Ugh, should I? Just

lly told him how I felt about him all these years. "Because I love yo

he was still holding my chin, he didn't move or say a word. He was just staring into my eyes and I

le in the world. Damn, I couldn't read him at all. Was he Angry? Ha

llenged him with my eyes. This time, I felt li

he released my chin... and turned away from me. "Don't be a f

ly confess my feelings to the man I loved and only to be rejected afterwards! Oh, I was so humiliated by his re

y kisses or hugs her? "That's what I was hoping hope for, anyway."

gine how embarrassing it was? I couldn't bring myself to look

e probably sensed the awkwardness between

ryone. I was so embarrassed and

ut I couldn't help how I felt. I mean what else, could I do? I waited for hi

broke my heart into pieces..... He considered me as afool. That hurt me much. So inorder to forget abou

and chaos of the market, with vendors yelling and people everywhere, I couldn't escape thinking about Elias

a sincere and happy soul. Among all the helpers, she was the only one closest and dearest to me. It was a wonderful mea

tment at lunchtime. I bet mama was already annoyed at me for coming home

rything. Also It was my way of telling Elia

h a littl

there alone. There was never a time that I had company in the lagoon... well, except that time on my fourteenth birthday

here except Elias, right? Well, it's because Mama Celeste made sure it was a speci

everyone in Santa Rosalía

ommy Carol rea

ine. That was why, the lagoon was filled wi

, read, do everything I

uch a m

sobbi

r I missed Elias, I would c

rds today, I came there to cry also. Yes, like always, after I have cried to my satisfaction...I'd fall

nowhere, and whoosh, he lifted me up from the ground! He was holding

ng with him to put me down. But it was

ate? I didn't mean t

s I could. Why was he not responding? Was he mu

as he walked fast. I could hear him ga

w scared I was! Goosebumps covered my skin and my mind flashed back to Elena's stories ab

ody save me!" I shouted an

ere was he Carrying me to? What

would have heard me from here..I needed someone's help.

d, what, he even demanded me not to say a word again The voice sounded so familiar

was with me to see who he was. For sure, I could see hi

saw him, I was tota

AT

uldn't even get a word out of my mouth...what was he planning to do with

t! I was too confused to even ask what was going on..... Why did he take carry me out from the lagoon? What di

teeth as if he wanted to breathe out fire....you wou

we got to the house, Elias pulled me out of the car! He

k!" She said with a big smile when she saw me. Was she crying since? Elias ignor

his long leg so I wouldn't fall

pushed me onto the sofa, the forc

hurt! What on earth was his problem today? Mama walked fast to

ve been searching for you," she ask

estions in my mind were answered

..." tears started to well up in my eyes. "The lagoon? You have been there till now?" She exclaimed, completely

me tight. "I was so worried about you,

? After a long silence, he face me as he finally spoke up. It was the

aid, his voice tight with annoyance an

ound you?" I knew he had being trying to control his anger, struggling to keep hi

aded on my behalf. "She d

her into a spoiled child!" he exclaimed, his voice rising. I felt such deep shame, both towards him and t

an to," I stated once I finally mu

till embr

e with an apology. When will you ever mature?"

astated. My heart

hat happened, she explained that it was alr

round with baking cakes, since I'd been obsessed with it. B

be at the lagoon becau

was the one that found me. I begged Mom's forg

She told me there was no need for me to

ly back. Even so, I felt so t

art . He's just concerned about you," Mom said.

bout me? Would tha