C5 I know you

Six days ago things had started to get out of control for Keidys, he was beginning to regret having moved and enrolled in that school.

All they did was praise her for being a model, no one saw her as normal and that bothered her. She wanted everything to be different this year, to be able to be an ordinary girl and have friends who loved her for her personality, although, to be honest, it was hard to deal with Keidys' character. She had had an argument with her brother because she took off the brakes on Josef's bicycle and the boy had crashed on his way home after an afternoon with friends that he had had with Santiago.

-You are crazy! his brother yelled at him, "he could have died!"

Josef only received a blow to his left arm and had twisted his right ankle when he crashed into a car because he couldn't stop. Keidys wanted him to pay for all the suffering he had received from him, but his brother was right, he could have killed him.

Little by little, Keidys felt that her life was losing the direction she wanted for her future. When posing in front of a camera or receiving the screams of people when they saw her, she felt that she was not really the Keidys of which she previously felt proud.

Little by little she began to get sad, she woke up wanting to continue sleeping, when the opportunity to star in a novel came, she rejected it, something that was extremely rare, that was her dream; Or at least what everyone believed.

—They always do everything wrong! —he yelled at his employees.

—We're so sorry —they apologized.

Keidys threw some papers on the ground and left. The employees started muttering rude things about her. The young woman had been able to hear some, although she didn't care at all or so everyone believed.

He felt that his cup was filling up quickly and that soon it would be about to spill. At night he had nightmares and sometimes he cried before going to sleep, it was horrible for Keidys to find himself in that situation.

And out of nowhere, one day a boy, whom he didn't know at all, was making a fool of himself in front of a group of people, although there weren't many, only three, counting him. But that was like that drop that overflowed the camel's back.

—Who do you think you are? he asked Matthew.

—I ask you the same thing, who do you think you want to trample on people? Just because you have a pretty face doesn't mean you can talk to Alejandra that way, she's human like you, she didn't want to do it on purpose: the soda accidentally spilled —said Mateo with words that were somewhat dry, his look was quite serious and not full of love towards her as she once was.

— and? Keidys raised his eyebrows rather haughtily. Mateo's hands began to shake and he had to make a fist in order to calm them down.

—Apologise —he ordered.

—Mateo, please, put that down and let's go —Alejandra asked.

—Of course not, she's no more than us —Mateo refused.

—Listen to your little cousin, or else you'll stay here all day, alone. —Keidys gave a slightly sarcastic smile and walked away from them.

Tomás was more than surprised by what Mateo had done, he believed that that young man was totally in love with that model, but out of nowhere he had come out with this and all for a soda.

—You shouldn't have done that —Alejandra scolded— now she must hate you, how will you make her fall in love if you talk to her like that?

—Do you think I want to be with someone as hateful as her? —Just look how he treated you, he called you clumsy and rude, who does he think? Mateo said with a rather furious tone.

Keidys could hear those words and she stopped when Mateo's voice reached her ears. In a certain part, she was surprised to learn that he had feelings for her.

—Don't you love her anymore? —Thomas asked.

Mateo could not respond to those words, nor did he know it, although something deep inside told him that no matter how cruel she became, her feelings were stronger.

Keidys continued on his way without being able to hear the answer, he didn't want to, it would hurt him to find out, it was better to remain unknown.

He arrived at the classroom and sat down at his post, his mind at that moment was not processing anything, he was like a damaged object that could not be fixed. The classroom was in absolute silence, something that the young woman liked very much, she felt that her life was going like a downward roller coaster.

At that moment, footsteps were heard that gradually grew louder and Keidys was able to appreciate the face of a young man that he did not want to see even in paint.

Josef approached her and sat facing the girl's face.

—Go away —Keidys growled, and at that moment, her eyes filled with tears.

—Why do you hate me so much? Joseph asked.

—Do you really want to know why?

—Sure, I've tried to get close to you or to be able to have a companionship, but it's impossible —Josef explained.

—When I was little I had given you a letter, I was very excited about your answer, but out of nowhere I saw myself in front of you and your friends, they all made fun of me and you yelled at me ugly, you said you would never get together with something so ugly like me. Everyone was watching, you never thought about how I was going to feel with those words, later, after a few days, everyone made fun of me, they called me the rejected fat lady, they made all kinds of jokes, even once trying to escape from your friends I I tripped and broke my arm. My parents were very scared by my situation, I could hear my mother crying at night; They wanted the director to solve the problem, but since you belong to an important family, they acted as if nothing had happened. I had to leave the city, I didn't want to stay here for a moment, many times they called my house and when I answered they yelled —rejected fat woman, are you writing another letter?— Maybe this is all silly, but that naive little girl… —Keidys' tears started running down her cheeks— that letter destroyed her life, just because she was fat and ugly, she was rejected and made fun of. Maybe I could have gotten over it if everyone had forgotten, but it wasn't like that, they kept doing it over and over again, each time they went further.

Keidys, ten years old:

The girl was in a corner covering her face with her hands while a group of children threw papers and other things at her while laughing. They were outside the institute and suddenly a boy opened a bottle of juice and spilled its contents on top of the little girl.

"Ugly things look good on you, rejected," he told her, and then he laughed.

Keidys removed his hands from his face and tried not to cry, he turned to look to his right and could see Josef, who was static, watching without doing anything. Then he left and the little girl started crying.

Present:

—Tell me, Josef, have you ever been made fun of? —No… everything for Josef Sandoval is perfect —Keidys displayed a smile—: you have friends, you shouldn't pretend to be perfect because everyone already thinks so; They don't care if you dress ugly, it doesn't matter, you're the smartest, they don't care about your appearance, they all know that if you wear clothes from the latest collection, you'll be irresistible. They all admire you. On the other hand, I… I am a model whom they begin to hate, I have a pretty face, fame, but what is that about? They think I am the devil in person because I trample on those around me —the girl's throat It was starting to burn and her tears were coming out uncontrollably.

—Keidys, I...

—Do not say anything! —He yelled loudly and got up from his post—, don't apologize! You won't! I told you before, I don't want you to apologize to me, it's not going to work.

—I tried to apologize —Josef insisted.

—You're deaf? It will not work.

—I… I really wanted to do it, I told everyone not to bother you.

—No. You never did it, everyone kept doing it, I had anorexia at the age of thirteen because I was afraid of getting fat and that they would make fun of me again, every time I tried to eat, I remembered everyone's mockery and I hated every part of my body. My childhood was damaged that damn afternoon, it was hell looking at myself in the mirror. I had big dark circles under my eyes because every time I tried to sleep I would hear your voice saying that it was horrible and I would see myself lying on the floor while your friends threw all kinds of things at me. How can you remedy the past with a simple "I'm sorry"? Keidys flashed a smile that brought a lump to Josef's throat.

—I'm sorry —Josef blurted out, he didn't know what else to say and Keidys slapped him hard.

—I told you not to apologize, because I will never forgive you.

The young woman left the classroom walking with long strides, everyone around her was looking at her, her eyes were red, it was obvious that she had cried, so she gave a lot to talk about.

Josef did not stop processing those words that Keidys said over and over again, he never thought that she had suffered so much. His words were so painful that they left him paralyzed for a long time.

Keidys knew that now that Josef found out the truth, it would be the perfect excuse to make life impossible for him, his dream was to be a doctor, so his big nightmare would be not to be one and she would take charge of turning his life into hell.