Chapter 6

The day came, Matthew arrived at my apartment at six o'clock - which is punctual - we left the building and took a bag with clothes in the trunk - since we would stay until Sunday at the fina - Luisa was in the back In her baby seat, Alejandra got in the back with her while I got on the passenger side, we left the city, we spent an hour on the road until we went down a street which led to the farm, about half an hour later We arrived, the place was very beautiful, it had a beautiful garden in front of the house, there were stables and even a swimming pool, Matthew parked, got out and went to open the door for me, Ale was surprised, but did not say anything, she took Luisa and went downstairs, we entered the big house.

"Hello nephew, how are you?" —A tall, somewhat gray-haired man approached and greeted Matthew with a big smile — he hadn't seen you for a long time, and Luisa?

"There it is," Matt says, pointing to the car where Luisa was.

"But how big it is," she approached and took her out of the car and then looked at us, "and who are these beautiful ladies?"

"Oh man, this is Abby and Alejandra, they are friends."

"A pleasure to meet you" he approached and took me by the hand and kissed it, in the same way he did with Ale "I'm Roberto.

"Nice to meet you," I say with a smile, "I'm Abby.

"Alejandra," my friend introduced herself.

"Well ladies, welcome to my farm, I hope you enjoy the activity."

"Thank you," we said in unison to Mr. Roberto.

We went out to the patio where all of Matt's family was already, I saw how two boys approached with a smile.

"Hi Matthew, time no see," says one of the boys.

—Hi Cesar, work doesn't give me time, and the same I say about you, you don't visit.

"Well, thank God we were able to organize this meeting, let's get activated, let's play games this time."

"Hey Matt," the other boy speaks, "and you don't show up?" He says, pointing at us with a mischievous smile.

—Ah yes, right, Abby and Alejandra they are Cesar and Gustavo, Gustavo, Cesar they are Abby and Alejandra.

The boys took us by the hand and gave us a kiss, they smiled at us and I saw how Gustavo stared at Ale. The games began, it began with stretching, followed by some aerobics, I was already tired with these exercises, we took a break and Cesar took me for a drink while Gustavo took Ale to a table with bites, they looked very cute together.

"Have some orange juice," Cesar tells me as he handed me a glass of juice, "that way you get your energy, now the good news is coming."

"Thank you," I say with a smile, "and what else is going to be done?"

—Yincanas

- What's that?

"There are several games that are run in the form of a circuit, we are going to go to one station, a game is made and you continue to the other station until you finish the circuit," Cesar explained to me, although I did not understand it very well.

"Everything will be done as a team," Matthew says, approaching us and you will be in mine, precious, "he says with a smile, I immediately blush.

"Well cousin, you're going to have to join our team," Cesar says to Matt, "because this beauty is with me." He comes up to me and puts an arm around my neck.

Matt didn't like the fact that his cousin was hugging me, it showed on his face because he shot Cesar a withering look, but he ignored him and was still glued to me, I already felt uncomfortable because of what I removed my arm Cesar and I separated from him.

"I'm going to get Alejandra," I tell them with a smile and walk away, it was the perfect excuse to get out of there. "Hey Ale," I wave at her and approach her.

"Abby what's wrong?"

"They're going to play games and Cesar and Matthew want me to be on their team, you're going to play too, right tell me yes," I say pleadingly.

—Ay Abby, you know that in my state I can't play, nor did I do aerobics.

"Oh right, I forgot," I say, crossed my arms and with a pout.

"But there you have the boys, didn't you say they want you to be part of their team?"

—Yes, but you know that I'm not very social and I feel strange now with those two giving each other withering glances and I don't even know why.

"Oh, why else is she going to be a friend?" Because of you, you are a very beautiful girl.

"Oh, don't tell me what I'm ashamed of."

The boys approached us with a smile.

"And are they going to play right?" Asks Matt.

"I can't play," Alejandra says, "but Abby can." She places a hand on my shoulder.

"Abby, we're going to start," Cesar tells me.

I went with the boys and my friend followed us, she was not going to play but she was going to see us, Gustavo also came over.

"Hey Gustavo, join our team," Cesar tells him.

"No guys, I'm not going to play, I'll stay here with Alejandra to keep her company," Gustavo said, it seemed that he was very interested in my friend.

The games began, we started with a game called pass the ball, it consists of forming in a row, running to where the ball is, picking it up and taking it to the next in line, when the other catches it, he puts it back where it was and so on. until everyone passes.

 The second game is called throwing the hoop, which consists of looping a hoop and inserting it into a cone.

 The third game is to shoot the ball, it consists of forming a row on one side and the first one in it has a bucket, while on the other side there is a partner who has to bounce the ball against a bench and the one who has the bucket has You have to find a way for the ball to land inside, when you make a basket you take the ball and go to the other side to make the rebound and so on.

 The fourth game is called the human circle, it consists of sitting in a chair next to each other forming a circle, but you had to support your back on your partner's legs until everyone was like that and then they removed the chair and counted to 10.

 The fifth and last game consisted of dramatizing an assault, character 1 was the assailant and character 2 an old woman, we had to dress up, I did not want to do it and since I was the only girl on my team, the boys were in charge of doing the dramatization , Cesar was the robber and Matthew had to disguise himself as the old woman, he looked very comical.

All this had to be done in the shortest time possible, to beat the other teams that were participating, we did our entire circuit and we retired to drink water, we were exhausted.

"Great friend, they did very well," Alejandra tells me, approaching me with a smile.

"Oh yes, I'm exhausted, I need to hydrate," I say, fanning myself with my hands, I was very hot.

"If I can imagine, you're very sweaty," he says, wiping my face from the sweat with a handkerchief, "come let's have a drink."

"Abby, Gustavo is asking me out, what do you think?" Could it be that I go out with him?

- Gustavo? I look at her and turn to see where Gustavo was with his cousins.

"If I think you're a good person too, I'm going to say yes."

We continued with the games and all the teams had finished with the gymkhanas and everyone had rested for a while and had hydrated, we went on to jump rope, but not as is normally done, the whole team had to do it together, you had to jump the more times possible all together, it was very fun and at the same time funny, there were teams that fell trying to jump.

After jumping rope we played volleyball for a while, as we were short on time we only had to score about 5 points to win, then we had to say a tongue twister with dance and everything, we had to be very spontaneous for this, I know why this Family likes to do these types of activities, you exercise and at the same time have fun, I had never done this before, nor did I imagine that these types of activities would be carried out.

The games ended and it was time to give the results, everyone was very tired but impatient to know who the winners were, it turned out that we were not the first place, but if the second, Matt's family was very active and most were in way, it was tough competition.

Night came, after we had a good rest Matthew took Ale and me to a room where we were going to stay that night, it was wide there was a double bed and a single bed that apparently was not always in that room, as it was not part of the furniture set.

"This is where we're going to sleep tonight," Matthew says to me, scratching his head, "there's the bathroom."

"Hey wait, did you say let's go?" I asked Matthew.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry but my uncle only gave me this room for the three of us, well four with Luisa."

- Are the four of us going to sleep here? 

"Yes, all the rooms are already occupied, rather this single bed was brought here."

"Ah ok, well then the girls will sleep in the big bed and you in the small one."

"Okay, say no more," says Matt, "it will be as you say beautiful," he winks at me, "well I'm going to go out for a bath, there's a bonfire tonight."

Matt left the room and I started looking for a suitable clothing for the fire, Alejandra was also looking in her bag for her clothes.

"How beautiful eh," Ale tells me, moving his eyebrows, "tell me the truth, what is there between you and Matt?"

"Nothing, we're just friends," I tell her as I keep looking in my bag.

- Is seriously? I don't believe that, you guys are spending it together now.

"We haven't gone out that much, besides, can't friends go out?"

—It's just that it's so strange to me that I can't believe it, although I see that Matthew is somewhat interested in you.

"Ay Ale don't say that, go take a bath," I say, throwing the towel in his face.

We bathed and got ready, we left the room and went down the stairs, there was Matt with his two cousins ​​talking.

"Ah, finally," says Cesar, "why is it that women take so long to get ready?"

"Don't even ask me," Gustavo says, "I haven't lived with a woman to find out."

"I don't know either," Matt says, "if they're always beautiful."

- And how much do you talk? Ale says, pointing to them, "women always have to dress up well, and we always have more clothes to wear, in addition to combing our hair well, you only wear three pieces of clothing and shoes, your hairstyle is not complicated at all.

"Yes, if we understand," says Cesar, "come on, the fire is ready." He takes me by the hand. "Come on Abby, you're going to like this."

I just followed Cesar, and he was right, I loved seeing how the fire lit everything and everyone was around her sitting talking, the boys caught up with us and we sat together. Right away, Mr. Roberto got up in front of everyone and began to speak.

—Welcome everyone to this new meeting between family and friends —he points out to all of us— for those who do not know, this is a meeting that we have annually, to get a little out of the routine, from our jobs and get closer to the family than It is very important, this beautiful tradition was started by my dear grandfather, may he rest in peace, and it has come from generation to generation, and we will continue to do it, educating our children and grandchildren to continue doing it, today was a very fun, active and exhausting, but that is not why we are going to put aside this part of our tradition, now come the stories that each of you want to share, the night is young and tomorrow is Sunday, we must take advantage, without more to say , I welcome you again and let the party continue —Mr Roberto concludes and everyone applauds.

The stories began, some of terror and others were anecdotes of each one, I just stayed listening with Alejandra next to them, poplar roads and other little things, Cesar told an anecdote where the three of them —Matt, Gustavo and he went swimming to a river, but as the rains had just passed there was a strong current, and like every adventurous child, they took a rope and tied it side by side of the river, they got in but the rope did not hold and broke, the three of them reached the downstream river Very scared, very far from the farm, they were battling against the current but it was impossible for them, they had to walk back and arrived around midnight, when they arrived some very upset parents were waiting for them and the sermon was great.