Chapter 27

ALEX

I couldn't believe anything that happened tonight. It was the best of my life by far. I never thought I could spend so much time with Gabriela after everything I did to her and besides such good vibes. I was happy and that was obvious right away, I couldn't stop smiling and my mother noticed when I got home. 

"I can imagine from that face you had a good time at the party." said my mother and to which I agreed, because it's true "Yeah, I had never had such a good time." I replied "That makes me happy, now go change and in a while we will eat." 

I went to my room, closed the door and sat at the desk. I opened one of the drawers and took out the photos in which I was with Gabriela. I missed being with her like this, but at least I had managed to be her friend, that was what mattered most to me, we could have a friendly relationship without anything spoiling it, and I was going to take care of this relationship we had now. I just hoped one day she could forgive myself, that was all I asked for. I don't know when my mother appears at the door and as soon as she does, I put the photos back in the drawer. 

"What were you looking at with such interest?" my mother asked raising an eyebrow "Nothing, don't worry." I replied, "You were looking at some photos, and I'm pretty sure I know what photos they are." she said, rolling her eyes. "You might know." 

"You should forget about her Alex; it doesn't do you any good to think about her. You don't realize you lost her forever?" She started and now it was my turn to roll my eyes "I haven't lost her forever; I don't know what makes you think I have." 

"Well, the way you treated her, Alex, a woman doesn't forgive that in life. Since then, she didn't want to see you, do you really still have the hope of being able to have what you had with her? You're wrong Alex, and that makes you suffer." I didn't want to get angry with my mother, because a part of me knows very well I lost that opportunity to be with her, for being the asshole and jerk I was with her, but on the other hand I did have it and in reality, what she didn't know was we were at the same college, which I wouldn't tell her. 

My mother never forgave me for what I did to Gabriela, mostly because our families got along well and since then, she lost all the relationship we had with them, or at least they didn't talk to her like they did years ago, but I don't know why she always blamed me, because no one better than me knows the opportunity I've lost. I lost the love of my life because of bullshit. 

"I don't care if I suffer, I just want to make it clear I was an asshole for having believed everything they told me about her." I replied "That's what you were stupid about, but don't think I'll let you near her house or anything like that. Now that her parents are starting to talk to us in a better way, I'm not going to let you go and hurt Gabriela again." 

"I won't hurt her mom, don't you understand? I love her with all my being." I replied and she snorted "You loved her before too and hurt her just the same." she countered "I KNOW MOTHER, I'M SURE I DID HURT HER, BUT THE TRUTH DOESN'T CARE WHAT YOU TELL ME BECAUSE I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO GET BACK WITH GABRIELA." 

"Well, good luck with that, because I don't think she wants to see you." She practically assured "For your information, we are friends, so yes, luck is on my side." I replied laughing "What do you mean?" mom asked with a frown. "That doesn't matter, now if you let me, I want to change." 

"As you wish, but don't expect this to stay that way." she answered and I rolled my eyes "Of course it's going to stay that way. I'm not going to talk about this with you mom." I said, because whenever Gabriela came up in our conversations, she always got angry "We'll see about that." 

"I'll tell you, so you know. And when you leave, close the door please." With that, she left without saying anything else. It was true I wasn't going to talk about this topic with them anymore because whenever I went out, we ended up arguing and it's not I liked arguing with her, but it's just she tells me things I already know. 

I was going to start changing when I received a call, which I quickly checked to see if it was Gabriela, but when I saw it's my grandmother, I was a little disappointed, but only a little because she understood me and helped me with regards to Gabriela. 

"Hello my child, have you arrived home yet?" asked my grandmother "I was changing, why do you ask?" I inquired, " Because I called you around eight in the morning and you didn't answer me." Grandma said with a concerned tone, "I'm sorry, but I put the phone on silent, I didn't want anything to bother me or anyone." 

"Were you so busy you couldn't answer your grandmother?" she responded laughing and I denied, because nothing would be more important than her "Grandma if I told you what happened tonight..." I simply said " I want to know what happened to you. Did you have such a good time at the party?" she inquired and I agreed, because it had been great, at least after seeing Gabriela "Yes, but it's not like I did anything different from what I normally do, honestly. It's just there was someone who didn't expect to see me until Monday." 

"Did you meet Gabriela?" she asked surprised "Yeah, I ran into her and at some point, she left the party angry and since I couldn't let her leave like that, I followed her." I affirmed, and it was a good thing I had done it, because who knows where Gabriela would be now " You pressured her." She practically affirms, and I deny, because it had never been my intention. 

"No, well, maybe at first I did, but after, we had a good time." I assured her "And how long have you been home?" she asked curiously "I arrived about half an hour ago." 

"Then why don't you pay your grandmother a visit? Long time no sees." She commented "If you want, I can go now, I don't want to argue with mom again." I confessed, "Have you been arguing with your mother again?" 

"Yes, but it doesn't matter. What I told you, if you want, I'll go now." I assured "Okay, we have a lot to talk about, but do me a favour." She asked "Which one?" I questioned "Come how did you go to the party." 

"Do you really want me to go with the suit?" I protested, because all I wanted to do right now was take off my suit " Of course, I want to see you dressed fancy."  I rolled my eyes "Okay, I'll go with the suit. See you now grandma." 

"Okay." We hung up and I buttoned up, picked up my phone and went downstairs. I told my mother I was going to go see my grandmother and from her face I know she doesn't like much, but at this moment I don't care, I was going to go with my grandmother to see her, period.