Melissa ( book)

Chapter 16

Eduardo

As soon as the food is ready, I serve myself and skip the table, going straight to the sofa. I turn on the TV and look for something to watch. I drop the plate on the coffee table and Bolinha curls up on the sofa, next to me. I lay my head on the arm of the sofa and end up falling asleep. I wake up to insistent knocking on the door.

“Come on, come on,” I shout.

The person must be in a dog rush.

When I open the door it is none other than my mother. Before I can protest or say anything, she passes me like a hurricane and I wonder what she's up to.

- Hi son. — Greet. My mother is small, but she has unusual energy.

— Hi, mom, did something happen? — I ask, curious, as I close the door.

- No my son. Everything is fine with you? — he asks, probing me.

I knew she wouldn't come here for anything other than wanting to know about Melissa and me.

- Yes mom. I am fine. And how are you? — I disguise, wanting to do everything to divert the topic about Mel, it's still too early for her to want to know everything about us.

- Well well. Son, don't you think you should have a maid?

She always asks the same question when we meet. I know that often I don't have time to take care of the house, or other times I'm too lazy to do so, but I think it's a waste to have a maid to clean a house where only one person lives.

— Mom, better not.

—So, son, do you want to tell me what she's like right away? — he asks suddenly, giving the inquisitive look that I've known since I was little. I know she won't calm down until I give her what she wants.

— She's a good student, mom. And she is beautiful. I was ecstatic when I saw her walking through the classroom door and...

I start to tell everything and of course I didn't tell the part where we made out in the library room.

— Ah, my Edu, I'm so happy for you, my son. Before coming here, I looked at the letters and they revealed to me that she will be your wife — my mother says, emotionally.

— Really, mom? — I ask, in disbelief. I've never been one to believe in these things, but I can't lie that I didn't like hearing that Melissa would be my wife.

— I know you don't believe in these things, Edu. But it's the truth. You don't know yet, but this girl is going to give me something that I've been wanting to happen to you - he warns, creating suspense.

— Tell me soon, mom — I ask.

— No, my son, it's not time yet — she says, in a serious tone. She looks at me thoughtfully, making me even more curious.

— Well, that's it, mom. She is a beautiful girl, who will soon turn eighteen and nothing will be able to stop us — I inform her, going to the kitchen and preparing a coffee for my mother.

She leans on the counter while I pass the coffee and fills me in on things about our family or even friends. I text Melisa to let her know that my mom is here and that I'll call her later. I wait for a response and nothing.

- Son? Ed? — I hear my mother calling my attention.

- I'm sorry mom.

— You were silent looking at the screen of your cell phone. Something happened — she asks, her hand already touching my arm, worried.

—Nothing, mom. I'm waiting for Mel to return my message.

— Calm down, Edu, she must be talking to someone who will know.

-That's the problem mom, I already like this girl, just imagining her talking to a boy makes me go crazy. -I confess.

-Edu, that's it, son. She has the right to talk to boys and besides, she likes you, not other boys, stay calm, okay, in a little while she will get back to you. As soon as my mother finishes speaking, I receive her message replying to me and my heart feels lighter.

“Maybe hottie, I'm waiting for your message or call, kisses...”

-She answered me mother. –He said more calmly now.

-You could tell, my son, her eyes lit up when she saw it was her. Are you in love with her my son?

-I don't know yet if she will be a mother. I just know that I want to be with her straight away, I mean always.

-That, my son, is love. That was how your father and I were when we spoke through letters and when we saw each other in person it was that longing, which never happened again, your father asked me to marry you and some time after we got married you were born, to top it all off. our happiness.

-That's what I want, mom, I miss Melissa, I know it's only been a short time since we've known each other, but I want her in my life.

-It's going to happen, son. -She responds by giving me a hug, at that time I missed being at my parents' house. My father finished, he was my warrior, he fought until the end. I knew very well that my mother still missed him. I still feel it myself, it's been exactly a year since he died as a result of a robbery outside the bank.

-I already like this girl, mom. –I comment.

-I know my son, well let's change the subject, tell me more about school, your friends who weren't at home anymore. -She talks to me and I tell her even more about school and then about my friends I want to say them about Lucas, he was that friend, a brother.

In the end I ended up telling her about the cinema and I ended up meeting Melissa again and I saw that she was happy to see that I was like mothers say these days on good days, that was the way I was.

-Well, my son, I'm leaving. - Before she leaves I take my cell phone and show her photo to my mother.

-She's beautiful Edu. –My mother says sincerely.

-Yes, beautiful mother, my angel. –I agree and take her away. I take my car and take her home. I check that everything is ok there and say goodbye to her and go home. So when I get home, I call my angel and look at the clock and notice that it's afternoon, but as I had promised to call and I was dying to talk to her.