Chapter 2

I was looking over the ceiling, I had spent the night in sailing after reading. Theories about what would happen to the protagonists in the book flooded my mind, some may die or fall in love, but that I went on to think about my everyday life, comparing my books with my reality, that is, a pure dream of “what would happen if”. Mixing fantasy with reality ended up getting bored, and depressant, so I decided to get out of bed. The institute this week had been the same as always, students screaming down the aisles, bored teachers, etc. Sometimes he cursed the universe because time was relative and classes passed so slowly.

I arrived in the kitchen and made a coffee, or as I call it, nectar of the gods. My best friend and I have the clear certainty that when the Greeks spoke of the nectar of the gods they spoke of coffee.

I turned when I heard the sound of the door hitting the wall.

—Alice! —I heard screaming, it was E, it came with his typical high pigtail, but this time what stood out most was his smile.

—What's it, why are you so happy? —I raised an eyebrow.

—OK, you're not going to believe it, I have an appointment. —Less bad, it wasn't that bad—. And you too.

—Wait, what?! —I was nervous and started walking from one side to the other—. How? What have you done now? —Not only had I never had an appointment, but I didn't want to.

—I was coming home and Tyler and Mack have proposed it to me. —E liked Mack since he lent him a pencil in primary school, I was looking for any chance to be with him, unfortunately I do not like him, least of all Tyler, especially since I was always trying to get upset. E seemed to read my thoughts and answered me.

—Give it a chance Ali, you fit with him —She lowered his voice—. Like Mack and me. —She couldn't help but smile.

E was right, it was a very good opportunity for her with Mack and maybe I could give Tyler a chance, I too, wasn't that bad at all, wasn't it?

—I'll take it as a yes. —She screamed with emotion—. See you in my house in half an hour, so we prepare together. —She didn't give me time to respond, and she left.

I gave my nectar of the gods a last sip and sat on the couch to process what had just been going on. Why he accepted a double date?, it didn't matter anyway. I looked at my mobile time, it was a quarter of an hour away.

I got up from the couch and headed to the shower. I loved showering, especially with music. Once I was clean I dressed, Once I was clean I dressed and left to Emmy's home.

The sky was sunny, I would have been glad that if it weren't that the hot it was terribly unbearable, I tried to cover me with the shade of the trees, which in part helped.

Almost arrived, right on the square, I heard a cry saying my name.

—Alice! Never do you comb or what?! —I turned, it was Eleanor, again, I enjoyed bothering others, fortunately I knew how to control the desire I had to kill her. I looked her in the eyes and decided that to argue with someone so stupid wasn't worth it, so I gave her a smile I pulled my finger out of the middle and left.

Five minutes later I was at E's home

—Try this. —she said, I was sitting on his bed watching as she chose clothes for me from her closet.

He gave me a flower dress, I, tired of prove the clothes, I looked in the mirror, the dress marked my figure, it wasn't much but it didn't matter to me either, at least I'd pretend not.

E wore a short dress, hers perfectly marked his curves, and she had a straight blond hair falling delicately by his shoulders, by the way he encouraged the look with a strong red lipstick, still asked me how she was my best friend.

We both went out to the street and headed to the café, we walked in. Mack and, yes, Tyler too were already sitting at a table of four, the alleged appointment was not very official, or at least that I wanted to think.

—Hi. —Emmy said excited, but instead I had a face on that inviting you to change your sidewalk if you crossed me, and all because of Tyler's inevitable presence.

—Hi. —Mack answered smiling at Emmy

—And that face, Jones? —Tyler made an act of presence. I always hated calling me by my last name.

—Call me by my name Tyler. —I accentuated his name

—Whatever you say. —Laughs. I really heated him a lot.

—What do you want us to do? —said Mack, removing discomfort from the environment.

—let's go to the park? —I responded.

—I like the idea. —E accepted

When Tyler accepted too we went to the park, that day there was no one, with hot the people had stayed at home, with air conditioning, fans, ice .... Shit, I already wanted to go home.

The park was not for children, it was only trees, fountains and benches concentrated in a fairly large plot, looked at in a certain way it even looked like a maze.

We went in and sat on a bench somewhere, I never learned the way to orient myself here.

—What do we vote to do? We can play something. —Asked E. There was a silence in which everyone was thinking, my idea was to stay talking, well, at least that's what I thought was done on dates, but Mack's response was different.

—Shall we play bottle? —No, no, never, I was crazy, I had never kissed anyone, and the first time would not be because of a silly game on a date that could not even be considered that way.

—I agree. —E answered, she was crazy about Mack, and she wasn't going to miss out on such an opportunity.

Obviously Tyler also accepted, of course.

—And you Alice play? —They all looked at me, E's eyes reflecting supplication but at the same time she would understand if I said no.

—Start all of you, now I'll be back. —I needed to breathe a little.

I was following an invented path until I was far enough away from them, I sat under a tree and sighed, every time I was alone with so many plants I felt as if nature embraced me. But suddenly I heard a few steps behind me, I turned my head but didn't see anyone. I returned to the previous position and found Jackson in front of my face.

—Boo! —I let out a scream that made me look pathetic, he pulled away and laughed—. What? I scared you?

—No, and now leave me alone, bye. —I got up and started walking, but he followed me. I turned around, his hands were in his pockets.

—What are you doing here alone? —He smiled. You shouldn't go down the street alone at this hour. —It was darkening the sky, yes, it was late—. You don't know what kind of people you can find around here. She kept smiling.

—What do you want? —I asked him rolling my eyes.

—You. —he smiled.

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Hello, I hope you liked it, the book begins normal, then it will increase its intensity, for chapter 5-6, so I will let you know from before :)

If you've gotten this far (I guess so if you're reading this) then I love you with all my heart.

the bottle game:

I do not know if it will exist in your countries, but in Spain yes, I will explain what I know about it, the truth is that I have never played it.

a group of friends get in a circle, in the center they spin a bottle, the person they are pointing at at that moment will have to kiss the person they are pointing at in the next spin.

-Venus