Melissa ( book)

Chapter 11

Eduardo

I get home after my date with Lucas and go straight to the kitchen to get the jar of dulce de leche. I'm simply in love with this sweet and I never let it go missing from the fridge. I go to the living room, turn on the TV and scan the channels until I find something interesting to watch, I stop on a channel that is showing the movie V for Vendetta.

After finishing the movie, I turn off the TV and go straight to my room. I pack my things, change my clothes, send a few messages to my family and end up logging onto f*******:. I see that Mel accepted my friend request. I click on her profile and look at some posts. You can tell we have some things in common. I see some photos of her smiling; others with Gabi and I end up laughing at one of them making faces; some photos with the school gang and some boys hugging her as if they were boyfriends, well, I didn't like those ones at all.

A message window flashes on the computer screen.

“Good evening, Edu. Sleep with little angels”

My heart skips a beat when I see it’s a message from her. Little does she know that the little angel I dream about has red hair. I gather courage and decide to take a risk.

“Good evening, Mel. Don't worry, I'm already dreaming about you, my angel. I hope you enjoyed the cinema.”

I send it and wait for her response. It takes a while until she responds:

“Yes, it was cool. And your trip, how was it? But tell me one thing, are you dreaming of me, Edu?”

I'm happy to see that she had fun with Gabriela. I want to ask if they were alone. But my mind doesn't seem to think straight when it comes to this girl and I have the idea of ​​asking her to go out with me, I know I shouldn't, but she's stronger than me.

It's now or never.

“It was good, I hadn’t seen Lucas in a while. But, to answer her question, yes, I dream about you. You know, Mel, I don't want to lie. I like you and I would like to know if you would like to go out with me.”

Anything. No answer. One of two things: either she was surprised by my invitation or she was offended that her teacher was hitting on her. Have you ever thought about the possibility of her having a boyfriend?

“Sorry, Mel, I hope I didn’t offend or shock you. Of course you must have a boyfriend.”

I send the message and your response comes soon after, to my complete relief.

“Edu, of course not, don’t worry. I was just... surprised by her request. After all, I'm just a girl coming out of her teens..."

She may even imagine herself as a girl, but, for me, she is the most beautiful and hottest woman I have ever met.

“Mel, you’re not a girl anymore. It's a woman, I liked you since you walked through the classroom door. I want to meet you and we’ll see what happens, but I don’t want people to find out about us yet.”

I click send and my heart feels like that of a silly teenager who is waiting in the hallway for the prettiest girl in school to walk by, just so he can drool.

"All good. I agree to go out with you”

I take a deep breath, relaxing my back. Thank God.

“Edu, Gabi already knows that I’m interested in you. Is it okay if I tell her about us?”

I wasn't surprised to learn that Gabriela had already noticed that I was liking my angel and the little I know her, I know she won't comment anything.

"Of course. No problem, I know she won't comment on anything. I'm also interested in you, my angel. Can I call you like that?"

I really wanted to tell her how much I want to kiss her mouth, feel her body pressed against mine, her perfume invading my nostrils... but I have to take it easy.

“Can you call me that and I can call you hot?”

I laugh at your way of being a girl and of course I agree. She could even call me a puppy, and I would love it just the same.

“You can call me whatever you want, but I liked the hot guy”

“For me, you are hot”

“For me, you are my angel, Mel”

And it's the pure truth. I don't know how she bewitched me like that, I just know that I want her for myself, so that she can bring peace to my life, like an angel of light.

“Edu, I have to leave f*******:, it’s already late”

I look at the clock and see that it really is late and she has to wake up early.

“Yes, go, angel. Tomorrow you wake up early. Do you want a ride?"

Answer yes!! Answer yes!!

“Edu, better not, someone will see me getting out of your car”

I don't really like knowing that she's walking around alone, but she's really right, it's better that way. Someone sees her getting out of the car with me, that's it, the gossip is done.

“That’s true, but let’s see how we do it, okay?”

"OK. Kisses, hottie, see you tomorrow”

Oh, my angel, how I wish you were here with me, my little one. I can't wait for dawn to come and be close to my little redhead.

“Good night, my angel, dream of me”

“You can leave it, hottie”