ANDREA
“You are right, you are the best”. I almost let out a short.
“My grandfather would beg to differ”. I say sarcastically and give her a small smirk. She just smiles.
“His opinion doesn't matter at all”.
I don't say anything to her and look at the sky. “There is no moon tonight”.
“Yeah just stars”. I say and we go silent, just looking at the sky. I take a glance at Annalia and look back at the sky smiling.
She is right when she says that just by looking at the stars you instantly get comforted and feel relaxed.
I feel her arm around me and I lightly rest my head on her shoulder.
She raises her free hand and spreads her palm, closing it after a few seconds. I giggle at what she just did.
She brings her closed palms near my face and opens it. I hear a sigh. &ld
“Here, you should give me your bag, I'd help you carry it”. Annalia tells me as she releases me from her hold.I shake my head, obviously refusing. She still takes it from my shoulder anyway and I let her. I am too tired to struggle. “Your phone?” She asks as she spreads her palm. I look at my hand, forgetting that I still had the phone in my palm. “How about I just throw it away instead, so no one would be able to contact me. Then I'd move very far away from here. “Tsk, now you aren't making any sense right now. I understand that you are upset right now, but you shouldn't just spew anything you feel like”. She says softly and takes my phone from me, putting it inside the bag. “Now let's keep walking, we've got people waiting for us at home. That is if they haven't left yet”. She whispers the last part.W
ANNALIA’S POVI go into the bathroom to perform my nightly routines. Matteo and Adrian had already left a few minutes back.Matteo had told me that after waiting for a while without seeing us and also calling back Andrea trying to get through but it wasn't reachable, they had decided to come search for us.Levi and Mariquita wanted to join them too but because of Mariquita’s test tomorrow, they prevented her from doing so and sent her with Levi to his place so that she could get some shuteye.They had to go pick up Mariquita from his place first and then go home.I giggle as I recall him telling me about how stubborn Mariquita was after she heard the idea of she going to Levi’s place. “She made a big fuss about it”. Matteo had said as he let out a big laugh.He and Adrian coming to search for us was the sweetest thing ever. Not everyone would have done
“So where did Mari say we should meet her”. I ask as I catch up with Andrea outside the Engineering building after my last lecture for the day”. “She just texted me to call her when we get to the basketball court”. She answers and then asks, “Didn’t she send you a text?” “I guess so. I couldn't tell my battery is flat”. “You forgot to charge your phone?” “Yeah, I slept off while reading that book. So are we going to take a shuttle or we should walk?” “I would prefer a shuttle so that we can get there quicker”. I only nod and flag down an approaching shuttle.I tell the driver —who is an elderly man— our destination and he agrees to take us there. There are a few passengers in the shuttle too.I and Andrea enter and we sit at the last
ANDREA’S POV"That little demon!". I scream and walk straight to Annalia's room with my favourite jeans in my hands. I open the door and see her lying on her bed. I throw the already shredded jeans at her. She just turns, lies on her back put her hands at the back of her head and gives me a cheeky smile. "Aww, darling don't you like the new design it's pretty, isn't it too bad you can't wear it anymore?". She coos looking at the jeans and then turns to face me.Ugh, I wish I can wipe that smile away from her face. "You tore my favourite jeans you idiot and you're smiling?" I scream into her face but I don't think it had any effect because then she starts laughing. I do the first thing that comes to mind, I drag her out of the bed by her legs but she is holding on to the sheets, that doesn't stop me.She screams. "No, no, no, Rea please stop you're gonna kill me. She pleads still holding on to the sheets and trying to wiggle her legs free, but I do not budge I continue to tug. "Nah, I
"Rea, hurry up or we'll be late". Annalia calls out to me angrily, from her voice I can tell she is anxious and slightly nervous. It is our first day of college so I can understand her. We had overslept this morning. I really wished that I didn't watch that late night movie."I'm coming, just keep your mouth shut for a while". I shout back still trying to style my hair while looking for my sneakers. No, I am not that disorganized, I am just looking for a particular one. Annalia comes barging into the room and I could tell she is really pissed."What the heck". She shrieks looking at my state.I give her my best puppy dog look, knowing fully well that she isn't going to fall for it and whisper. "I'm sorry". She just sighs and push me onto the bed softly. "Where are your shoes?". "It's on top of the wardrobe, I want to wear the red one". I say softly. I finally remember where I put it. I am
"Do anything stupid and you'll be doing the dishes for month". I threaten. She still doesn’t say anything, she just gives me a smile. "Listen to me I'm serious d..." Before I can even finish my statement she stands up and smothen the rumple on her skirt. I know she is going to do something quite mischievous but what I have no idea about is what she is really going to do. "What are you up to Andrea Ruebens". I hold her hand as she is trying to leave our table.She shrugs and pulls her hand away from my grasp. "Watch me". She walks away.I sigh, sit down and turn to watch her. My palms are getting sweaty. She is walking over where they are standing. She waves as she gets closer. From where I am sitting I can tell that she is exchanging greetings with them and then focuses on the stall owner and says something to him. I watch as the store owner goes in and comes out after a few minutes. He hands her a piece of paper and a pen. I
I tap Annalia and give her a nod. "Alright since you're insisting so much you can pay". Annalia agrees but I can tell she isn't really happy.He pays for the kebab and turns back to face us. "Wow I didn't really think I'd see you again". "Yeah me too, it's quite a surprise seeing you here. How many days? Uhm four right and you didn't even keep your promise". She rants.I chuckle inwardly, I thought she said that she's over him. I wanted to walk away and give them some privacy but that's until a certain voice stops me in my tracks. "Hey man, where have you been?, We've been looking for you."I look over to the owner of the voice as he lightly slaps the back of the guy in front of us. My heart skips a beat as I meet a familiar pair of forest green eyes and dirty blond hair.I look at Annalia and her widened eyes are filled with amusement.
ANDREA’S POVAdrian is about to walk away but I hold his shoulder, stopping him. “I'm sorry”. He turns around and looks at me. “I'm sorry for the way I reacted at the cafe the other day, honestly it was really uncalled for and it shouldn't have happened and I'm going to say it again I'm really really sorry”. I say and avert my gaze elsewhere. I didn't want to look at his face. “Nah, I'm the one who should be apologizing. I overreacted and poured the coffee on you, sure I was really angry but then again that was uncalled for”.Whoa, that was fast. I actually thought that he wouldn't apologize for his actions at all. Okay so now that the apologises are all done, what's next. I thought. “Uhm, the girl that was with you, I need to...” “Oh, you mean my sister, Mariquita. She's supposed to be here somew