C3 Love at first sight
***The next morning.
The weather is nice this Monday morning...
The wind blows outside and rocks those who are on their way to work, to jog or even to school. It is ready to rock Damien and Emilie who are about to go out to school.
***** VALQUÉZ family.*****
- Emily, if you go one more second, I'll...
He doesn't even finish his sentence when she quickly leaves his room and goes to the living room.
- I'm here, let's go big brother!
- Ah these children! But how much we love you, your mother and me! Says Alejandro, the father of the family.
- Yes my love, answers Martha, his wife! They are our most beautiful wonders on this earth! We can only love them, she says smiling.
This family lives in the city, in the richest district called "Richa".
The houses and apartments are huge, very luxurious and especially beautiful!
The roads are paved from A to Z and very well maintained by the cleaners.
The trees are well cared for and the leaves of the trees are well trimmed. This area is a marvel but a marvel reserved for a handful of people only.
- We love you too mom and dad! Says the youngest of the family.
Damien remains silent as if this conversation does not concern him!
- Son says something?
- What? he replies with a surprised look!
- Martha and I love you! What do you say about that?
He sighs and takes a few steps, putting his hands in his pockets. Then he takes his right hand out of his pocket and says:
- I love you dad, and you too Martha!
Martha bows her head and looks sad.
Alejandro and Emily look at him.
- What? I can't call her "mom" when Monica is my real mother!
He walks over to her and touches her shoulder.
- I love you Martha, but the word "mom" is reserved for Monica, I'm sorry!
He wants to leave but she grabs his left hand.
- Okay Damien!
- Good! And I hope that the subject is closed please because this story already annoys me! See you on the weekend! Emily, follow me!
Martha looks at Alejandro and he looks at her too, but nobody talks.
As usual, they separate after a kiss on each other's cheeks.
They go to the garage and Damien takes his car. His little sister sits on the passenger's side and they drive to Beverly Hills University.
- It's the beginning of the school year and I'm finally going to college! I hope your witch friend picked a different college! She needs to give you some breathing room!
- Emily, don't you dare talk about Lucia like that!
- She's too pretentious, that girl, she thinks she's the queen of the earth and she likes to look down on others! I find it hard to understand what you are doing with her, Damien!
She talks while gesturing with her hands and when she finishes, she crosses her arms.
Damien, annoyed, parks his car at the side of the road and looks at his sister seriously for a long time.
- What? Why the scary look?
She panics because she knows she's pushed him too far.
- Emily, how old are you?
- You're my big brother, you're supposed to know that!
In a deep, threatening voice, he asks her again:
- Emily, how old are you?
- 17! She answers him coldly!
- Well, what about me?
- What do I care? Start the car we leave otherwise we will be late good sense!
He doesn't say anything but he continues to look at her with anger.
She knows that she has to answer or else he won't start the car, so she tells him in a sad and pale voice:
- 22 ! You are 22 years old Damien!
- Good! Five years older than you! So know that I'm not a kid and that I know very well what I'm doing with her, ok?
- But...
- There is no "but" in it Emily! Next time, I'll get you out of the car and you'll walk to college, unless you know how to drive and have your own car and driver's license. But then again, you're a minor and I highly doubt that magic will happen in a hurry so you'd better shut up!
Then he starts the car again.
- And now you tell me all this? I see that in this world, the big ones don't take advice from the little ones! One last thing: one day you will prove me right!
Damien is fed up, so he puts on one of his favorite songs sung by his favorite singer: Amaral.
The title is "Sin ti no soy nada" which means "Without you I am nothing".
Sin ti no soy nada,
Without you I am nothing,
Una gota de lluvia moja mi cara
A drop of rain wets my face
My world is small and my heart is made of ice
My world is small and my heart shards of ice
Solía pensar que el amor no es real,
I thought that love is not real,
Una ilusión que siempre se acaba
An illusion that always ends
Y ahora sin ti no soy nada
And now without you I am nothing
Sin ti niña mala,
Without you little bad girl,
Sin ti niña triste
Without you little sad girl
Que abraza su almohada
Who kisses her pillow,
Tirada en la cama,
Relaxed on the bed,
Mirando la tele y no viendo nada
Watching TV and seeing nothing
Amar por amar y romper a llorar
Loving for loving and about to cry
In the truest and deepest part of the soul,
In the truest and deepest part of the soul
Sin ti no soy nada
Without you I am nothing
****University Beverly Hills.****
The first students are already here.
They are gathered in the large hall reserved for official ceremonies of the institution such as end of year parties for example or large school meetings between leaders, teachers and students, but more often than not, it is transformed and divided into several workshops: music, dance, theater, literature etc.
Lucia is sitting in the back with her two best friends: Rafael the boy and Nola the girl.
She is waiting impatiently for her boyfriend Damien, with whom she has been in a relationship for two years now.
This nineteen year old girl is endowed with an incredible beauty.
She is a bit tall, a model and above all very classy!
Her parents are very rich and that's why her standard of living is so high. Just like her boyfriend, she lives in "Richa" with her family, fifteen minutes away from his home by foot.
- I can't wait to see the look on Damien's face when he sees me here, haha and I miss him terribly! I haven't seen him since I went to San Francisco for the vacations if not FaceTime!
- He'll love it! At least you'll be able to keep a closer eye on him and stop sending us around all the time like we're secret agents," Nola mockingly told her.
Lucia stops laughing because she doesn't think it's funny.
- What? But she's joking! And I'm sure you know it! Rafael retorts!
- LUCIA: Good for you then!
***PELEGRO family.
Julio and Adrianna are still on their way to college with a map in hand that serves as their GPS.
But that's not enough, they stop passers-by to ask them where "Beverly Hills" is, and then one of them tells them that they've taken the
one of them makes them understand that they have taken the wrong way and he shows them the right one.
- ADRIANNA: Oh no, we're going to be late the first day, this is not normal!
She is very agitated and starts to run.
- JULIO: Adrianna, Adrianna, calm down! And then, stop running and let me carry you. I know you're tired!
She stops, looks at Julio and smiles.
- This reminds me of when we were kids. You used to do that!
- And I still will, even when you're 50!
They both laugh out loud. She climbs on his back and he does his best to walk quickly.
*****University Beverly Hills.****
Damien has just arrived with Emily.
He parks the car and they leave for the large meeting room.
It is almost full and the school officials are there waiting for the other students.
As they take their seats, Damien greets his friends.
Émilie did not know anyone because it was her first year.
Not like Lucia, Rafael and Nola who, after leaving high school, decided to continue their studies together at this university.
Besides, she hears Damien's voice and she sees him. As he walks to sit down, she grabs his hand.
- Hi there!
He turns around, sees her, then smiles and says:
- I knew you would come here!
He takes her hand and brings her to the third bench of the middle row and they sit side by side.
Emilia, to avoid Lucia, opts instead for the penultimate bench of the right row (seen from behind).
Mrs. Parker, the director of the establishment rises from her chair which is at the end of the podium and she takes the floor.
- Hello everyone! I am Ms. Parker, the director of Beverly Hills and I welcome you!
Everyone applauds and she continues.
- Today is the first day of school! For the first day, you will not have classes. Instead, you will have the opportunity to get to know the staff of this beautiful school, visit every corner, even your rooms and discover your lockers.
Behind this door, there is a list with the name of each of you and your room number, and of course your locker number! Any questions?
A new student raises his hand:
- Will the rooms be individual please?
- One room for two people! Any other questions?
Another student raises his hand and speaks up.
- And at the weekend everyone will go home, right?
- That's right! Everything has been said in the registration form! I will now leave the floor to the other staff... Thank you!
Everyone applauds and she goes back to her seat with her "skirt and jacket" outfit, not forgetting her pointed and closed heels. She is very beautiful with her blond hair and her face well made up. Her rather thin waist lets believe that she pays a lot of attention to her body and it shows because she is very classy.
As the next staff wants to get up to speak, Julio and Adrianna make their entrance but not by the right door...
They arrive with their student bags and their suitcases by the dressing rooms of the room then, they find themselves in front of the podium.
All eyes are on them, well, not all because some are busy doing something else like Damien for example who is on his phone.
- LUCIA: My love, look at that! Haha the shame!
He's not looking because he's focused on his phone and he doesn't even hear her talking.
At the same time, the director speaks to break the silence that reigns in the room because nobody understands what these two are doing there, unless they have made a mistake in the entrance.
- Who are you and what are you doing here?
With a trembling voice, they answer one after the other:
- I am Adrianna!
- And I am Julio Pelegro!
Then they say simultaneously:
- We have confused the entrance, we are sorry!
Some students giggle and others whisper in mockery.
Julio takes his sister's hand and leads them down the stairs to sit down.
Just then, Lucia snatches Damien's phone and she tells him once again:
- Can you leave your phone for a moment?
- What I am doing is important! He retorts coldly.
- You'll do it later! Well, look, they confused the right entrance with the one to the dressing rooms!
She starts to laugh and that's when he looks up to see. He sees Julio and Adrianna. He becomes at once frozen like a post.
Just then Adrianna slips and falls as she walks down the few stairs between the podium and the benches where the students are sitting.
Deep inside, she feels a tremendous amount of shame. She is so embarrassed but luckily for her, her brother is there and helps her up.
Some people in the room are laughing and not hiding it, like Lucia for example who says out loud laughing:
- How did this chick fall when she has sneakers?
That means that if she had heels...
She laughs and so do some of the students.
Emily, on the other hand, doesn't find anything funny about what she's saying. She glances at her brother so she can remember what she said to him when they were on their way.
Damien turns around at the same time because he expected her to look at him and then, turns to Lucia and says:
- For a first day, it's still daring from you although it doesn't surprise me! Stay discreet Lucia and avoid that you are noticed negatively!
Meanwhile, Adrianna and Julio walk and look for a place to sit. They pass by Damien who is sitting at the end of the bench and he turns to look at them.
Lucia notices this and doesn't like it.
- What? You know them?
He doesn't hear what she says. It's when she touches his head and says "Hey, I'm talking to you" that he jumps up and looks at her.
- Yes, what is it?
- Why are you looking at them like that? I was just kidding my love! You don't have to feel sorry for them and besides, who hasn't fallen? So don't ask me to avoid being looked at negatively!
He sighs and tells her:
- My phone please!
She gives it to him even though she is a little angry.
- What Lucia? Why are you making that face?
- You're weird all of a sudden!
- There is nothing, Lucia! I was just looking at them trying to figure out what could have happened to make them go in the wrong way. And I'm sorry for what I said to you!
She smiles and replies:
- Okay my love!
He puts away his phone which occupied him a few minutes earlier in his pocket.
Julio and Adrianna take a seat in the fifth bench on the right row (seen from behind), the same row where Emily is and the staff continue to introduce themselves but Damien can't help but turn discreetly from time to time to look at them and Emily notices from where she is sitting.
The introductions end and the students go out to look at the list of numbers of the different rooms and lockers.
There are so many students in front of this list that Julio and Adrianna decide to wait in the room until there are not enough people left before going to look at the numbers
and they are not the only ones to do it.
- I feel bad about earlier Julio! I'm sorry for the shame I inflicted on us!
She says it with a sad voice.
- It doesn't matter, it happens to everyone! Forget about it!
- Did you see how some people laughed?
- Calm down and forget about it, it's nothing okay?
She nods her head!
Damien and Lucia get up to look at the list. They pass by them to get out and that's when Julio looks up to watch them and Adrianna follows suit.
She looks at Damien accompanied by the one who made fun of her openly in front of everyone and he looks at her too.
🎼🎼{{Song}}.🎼🎼
Amaral - Días de verano (summer days).
🎼🎼No quedan días de Verano.
There are no more summer days left
Para perdite perdón.
To ask for your forgiveness.
Para borrar del pasado.
To erase the past
El dano que te hice yo.
For the harm I have done to you.
Sin besos de despedida y sin palabras bonitas.
Without goodbye kisses and without nice words.
Porque te miro a los ojos y no me sale la voz.
Because I look into your eyes and I am speechless.🎼🎼
Then she lowers her head and acts like nothing happened and Julio does the same.
To be continued...
