Chapter 25 - "Choice"

It is 5:00 pm now, the sun is about to go down and the college is over. Paulo left the class already but he was in the search of Catherine, he was somehow finding her in the college but couldn't, in the end he asked one of her friend where she told him that Catherine had already left the college and gone for her home. Paulo thanked her for informing him about Catherine, he wasted no time and goes out as she might be on her way to home where he can talk to her.

Paulo runing to reach Catherine quick before reaching home, at the half of the college he finally found Catherine, he called out her name very loud so that she could hear it, Catherine therefore heard him but she fastened her movement, Paulo then started to run towards her telling her to stop but she doesn't. At the Catherine getting annoyed by it she stopped and said

"What the hell ? What do you want from me now ?" Paulo replied

"Nothing ! I just want to talk to you."

Catherine was not in a mood to talk to him so she avoid him by saying

"But I don't want to talk to you, OK ? And yeah please stop calling my name. Paulo was going to let her go so easily he said

"Cathy ! Cathy ! hey c'mon please don't that to me please at least let me explain my wife of the story." Catherine feeling really annoyed by him she said.

"What story ? What story do you want tell me about huh ? Ohh I know, you are again going to tell all that foolish and unrealistic story that you always tell your family, by the way I am not interested sorry." Paulo was feeling much terrible by her rude behaviour but still be was trying his best to talk.

"No ! I won't lie to you I mean, I will tell you everything what happend yesterday."

"Ok then go ahead." Catherine telling him to speak up and this time Paulo never going to miss this chance hence he just tell her everthing about happened yesterday.

"See Cathy umm.... Actually I mean yesterday." Paulo wanted to talk but don't know where to start somewhere he was just asking himself to speak up.

"Ok, Ok Paulo c'mon speak up, tell her what happend yesterday, c'mon you could do this." while Paulo was talking to himself it was making Catherine even more frustrated, she asked

"Are you going to tell me something or should I go then ?" After saying that Paulo asked her to stay calm and listen

"Ok let me tell you, you know that I am training with the Parma C.F team everyday after the college right ?" Catherine replied saying

"Right so ?" Paulo further said.

"So they are going to make me play in the next match which is going to take place in just two days, so the coach of that team, I mean my team was just explaining his new on pitch tactics to us which was are going to put up. It was so necessary to understand because according to that we are going to play out next match and since after the training with my team, I was learning the tactics with them and because of that I completely forgotten about the dance party." Paulo told her everthing about yesterday but Catherine was not satisfied by his story.

"So that's it ?" Catherine asked to him and Paulo was confused by her reaction he asked.

"What ?" Catherine questionably asked him

"So that's what you wanted to tell me huh ? this fake story, what do you think that I am a fool or some kind of mad girl who would believe in everything that you will tell ?" Catherine bad mouthing Paulo while he can't that she was thinking that he is lying to her.

"Lying ? Do you think I am lying to you ?" he asked while she replied by saying

"Yes ! Yes ! of course and not just me even a actual mad person would not believe in it." Paulo now asking her the reason by saying.

"Why ? Why do you think that I am lying to you, I mean told everything what exactly happened yesterday." Paulo trying to explain her but Catherine was not pleased by it that much as he was thinking instead she started to argue with him.

"Ok ! If for a single minute I believe in what you are saying then what do you think ? I will forgive you ? well NO ! I won't forgive you this no matter whatever the reason is." Catherine simply clarified him that she won't forgive him this time as he hurted her deeply and Paulo was totally disrupted by her decision he said.

"Cathy ! Cathy I thought you would understand me." While Paulo was bragging about why she is not understanding him suddenly she interrupted him and said

"Why ? Why I should understand you huh, WHY tell me ?" Paulo was very much silenced by her words he replied

"Because you are my friend and not just a friend but my only friend with whom I spent my whole childhood, who was there with me all the time since I was a child." Paulo making Catherine realise that how much he care about her but that is not going to make her forgive him instead she said

"Friend ? No a childhood friend ? so you consider me as your childhood friend ?" Catherine questioning that he considers her as his friend or not Paulo asked her

"Why are you saying that ?" Catherine replied

"Because I don't think that you even consider me as your friend. I mean sometimes I think that you even consider as a person who know because you never did what you should do as a friend of mine, only thing you've just did was only to think about yourself only that is it what did as your friend." Paulo was standing quiet and listening to her what she is saying. Catharine further said that

"And why I am even telling you this, you don't even care about it, well just forget it." After saying Catherine turned around and looking to walk away from there but Paulo stopped her and said.

"Cathy Stop ! wait for a second please, whether you admit it or not but I always consider you as my only true friend and I will always do and for that I can do anything for you literally anything !" Paulo telling her that he can do anything for her while Catherine turned back and asked.

"Anything what I say ?" Paulo said

"Yes anything for the sake of our friendship, I will do anything to prove my friendship." After that Catherine was looking to ask him to do something to prove his friendship then after a while she said.

"Ok then leave that footballl thing that you are doing right now." After that Paulo was shocked by her demand he said

"What ? What are you saying Cathy ?" Paulo questions her demand while Catherine replied.

"Yeah ! just that thing that...that football stuff because that is the only thing which is ruining our friendship and everytime you have to lie to your family and because of that you couldn't give me your time. Listen Paulo today you have to make a choice right now either you leave your football which is totally worthless and continue this beautiful friendship that have either you just go for that but then I will nothing but just a stranger for you then, go choice is your now." Catherine left Paulo to choose any one of them