After school...
—At last, I'm resting!
I exclaimed as I stretched out my arms and walked down the school hallway with my friends.
—And now... what's wrong with you guys?
I asked them when I saw their pale faces.
—Ameri, have pity on us, the exam was difficult.
Lysander answered with a worn-out face.
—Damn... The teachers are demons!
Said Cecilia with a huff.
—I wish I had your enthusiasm Ameri.
Liam answered trying to smile, he looked like a ghost that was going to disappear at any moment.
—Liam?!
Currently, we are in mock exams for college, every so often the school takes a test that determines what level we are at academically and if we are at the level of the college exam we want to apply for.
—If that sounds difficult to you... Imagine when we take the actual college entrance exam.
—I have to study more!
Lysander said desperately with both hands on his head.
—If I move my appointments to the weekends, I'll have more time to study!
Cecilia spoke while looking at her cell phone.
"How many appointments does this playboy have?"
I thought as I looked at her without any expression, when she realized how I was looking at her she didn't hesitate to get nervous.
—N-no Ameri, it's not what you think... they are... they are my spa dates.
She tried to answer nervously
"Yeah sure how could they not"
I said to myself while still looking at her expressionlessly.
—I wonder if I'll be ready when it's time to take the real test.
Liam said a little worried.
—Don't worry, I know you'll do well.
I replied with a smile encouraging him.
—Do you think so Ameri?
—Of course, I do! Besides, you've improved a lot since last time
—Really!
He uttered with a twinkle in his eye.
—Yes! When have I ever lied to you?
—Never!
—Exactly, I always tell you the truth
I stroked her hair
"You look like a puppy...now I understand why Rhett was so obsessed with you, you're such a sweetheart!"
—I've gotten better too, haven't I Ameri?
Cecilia asked pushing Liam aside, I smiled at her with my eyes closed.
—I hope that's not the only college you're going to apply to, Ceci!
Cecilia didn't answer me anything, she just stood there with her mouth open and her eyes rolled back in her head.
—I can recommend a college according to your intellectual capacity. ....
Liam replied to Cecilia mockingly
—Although there may not be one for you.
He laughed at the last
—You've become very cheeky lately, Liam.
"Here they go again"
I thought as I left them behind the two who always argued.
"Who would have thought that such a lovely person would have a competitive nature ...sometimes not everything they show in novels or in this case manhwas true"
—every day those two get along well?
I said with a smile
—You think so?
Lysander answered with a raised eyebrow and a smile
—They say that, the more you argue with someone, the better you will get along.
—Who told you that?
—my mom
—Well, Eliam must be wrong.
—Of course not, my dad and my aunt Alicia get along the same way Liam and Cecilia do.
—Really?
—Yes, they've been getting along like that since college and look at them, they're really good friends.
"I don't know what to answer about that."
Lysander thought about what Ameri had mentioned so he simply replied.
—If you say so...
As he looked behind his back as Liam and Cecilia stretched their cheeks.
—Say it's weird, but this is the first time I've seen Ceci get along with someone like that.
He uttered a little thoughtfully.
—And you're just now realizing it?
—Yes...
I replied while slyly scratching my cheek.
—Ameri you may be very smart, but you're very slow to notice things around you.
—You think so? Heh, heh, heh
I asked with a smile, after that conversation I don't know how, but suddenly I felt my body stop.
—Ameri?
Lisandro called me when he noticed my strange behavior, by the time he did that, all my vision started to blur making my body also started to wobble...The last thing I heard clearly was Lisandro's voice calling me with concern while I fell to the floor and I could barely see the worried face that Liam and Cecilia brought approaching me, it was as if everything was happening in slow motion.
When I woke up I was in my room lying on my bed.
—What happened?
I asked softly as I slowly woke up.
—Hey sweetie, you'll be fine. ....
My mother pronounced next to me in a soft voice, I tried to look at her, but the fever made me blurry.
—What did she say?
—That the fever would go down little by little.
My father answered with his hand on his head.
—Will this always happen to her?
—Alicia said it's normal, that it will happen from time to time.
"I remember the same thing happened to me when I was only ten years old...although it's more tolerable now."
—Try to rest daughter
Said my father
—This will pass soon...
As I breathed, I opened and closed my eyes slowly and then fell asleep.
—I can't stay with her! I have to go to work!
—then leave her with someone!
The slamming of a door was heard.
—you cause a lot of trouble...Sofia
Said a woman with a voice of disgust
"That voice...it sounds familiar."
I said to myself trying to remember who it was.
"I remember now...it's my old mother's voice."
—take this medicine
—Mommy, aren't you going to stay with me?
—I can't, I have to work and with this medicine you will feel better when I come back.
It's been a long time since I dreamed of my former life... Even when I was sick they didn't have the compassion to stay with me... I hate them, I hate them, I hate them!
Just as I felt the darkness was consuming me, a strong light hit my mind with some nice memories.
"Ameri...mommy loves you very much."
"Who is daddy's baby?"
Without realizing it I almost sank into darkness again...if it wasn't for them I would be locked in my world alone right now.
"It's true...I am loved now; I have new parents who love me and when I am sick they leave everything to stay with me..."
—Ameri... Ameri....
"I hear someone calling me... That voice... It sounds familiar."
-Dan?
I pronounced between cuts
"I can't see it clearly"
—Don't talk...
"You're not supposed to be in the city, maybe the fever is so strong that it's making me hallucinate that he's here."
-What are you doing here?
I was trying to talk
—Alicia told me that you were very sick.....
She answered me while caressing my head.
"I don't remember Dan's hand being so big."
—You are a great friend...
I said while closing my eyes
—Ameri... I consider you more than a friend....
I pronounced in a low voice...
—I know...
I closed my eyes again and when I opened them again... I saw that it was already daylight...
"Was it a dream?"
I said to myself as I slowly sat up, the door of my room opened and from it my mother appeared
—Ameri... How are you feeling honey?
my mother asked with concern
—I'm better now...
She came closer to touch my forehead
—It seems you no longer have a fever
—Yes... The medicine took effect
I answered with a slight smile.
—I'm glad... Stay in bed and rest, your father is preparing breakfast.
—Mom...
—what's wrong?
I felt like asking her if Dan had come to the house to see me, to know if it wasn't an illusion of mine caused by the fever...but in the end I didn't do it.
—I'd like an orange juice and toast with egg, please.
—how you say, honey...
My mother gave me a kiss on the forehead and then withdrew.
"I better not tell her anything, if I had mentioned it to her she would have surely told me it was just a hallucination of mine...besides, there's no way Dan would have come here so fast"
I thought with a smile.
"In the end to get here he would have to have come in a helicopter or a private plane, which I highly doubt he has."