PROYECT
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“Miss, you’re 20 minutes late please take a seat or leave” I’m brought back to reality and quickly find an empty spot at the back. “So, everyone has partners for this assignment that we got into the first 10 minutes of class please find a partner and get to work”
Everyone gets out of their seats and start talking about the project. I walk up to Alejandro who looks up at me with a smirk “hey honey, this is Caroline I met her this weekend and she is new, she doesn’t know no one and I paired up with her” he gives me an apologetic look.
“Yeah sure no problem! I totally get It., I’ll pair up with someone else” I give him a quick kiss and go back to my seat.
We have to make a commercial for a social service for the United Nations committee. I’m scribbling some ideas when someone comes up to me. I don’t even look up “so you’re planning on doing this all by yourself” I look up to a pair of intense blue eyes.
“If I have to I will”
“You don’t have to, I don’t have a partner, would you like to pair up?”
“Yes!” Oh that sounded a bit enthusiastic.
The day went on as usual, when it was art class I was looking forward for it. We had asked the teacher if we could use the class room 30 minutes before class started, Antony asked some help he couldn’t get the painting right, so I was going to teach him. He hasn’t been able to do nothing on the canvas yet.
“Why is he late” I mumble to myself when I hear keys being shaken near my ear.
“I went to get the keys” I turn around for a championship smile.
“Hurry, we don’t want to waste time, and she can’t know I helped you” I whisper.
We enter the classroom and close the door again so we won’t be bothered, and get to work
“If you put too much paint it will take longer to dry and longer for you to finish” I tell him as we take like a ton of paint from the canvas.
“So what do I do with it if I throw it in to the garbage someone will see it and we’ll be in trouble for misuse of school material?”
“Well we can set it on fire” he said as I was cleaning the brushes
“No the school alarm will go off” as I say this a burning smell reaches my nose “what the.... turn it off” and I throw a glass of water on top of it.
“Now the classroom smells like a campfire”
The good thing is the alarm didn’t go off” he jokes “just open the windows”
“We still have the same problem, paint is here and now it’s half burned down”
He looks at me then out of the window and without a second thought he throws it out.
“Some could have been walking by!” I shout as I look out the window, but everything got caught on the branches of the tree that’s just outside.
I look at him and we both burst out laughing. Oh gosh I had not laughed like this my stomach hurts so much. We both suddenly jump when there’s a knock on the door and we open up to see the teacher, she didn’t notice anything wrong and was pleased with his progress. What can I say abstract art is now a trend?
“Hey your place after school for the project?” Antony asked as we left the school for the afternoon
“Sure! 6 is fine”.
“See yah”
I looked around to see if Alejandro was coming over to say goodbye, guess not.
I’m pretty nervous and I don’t know why this guy literally knows everything about me why should I worry. The doorbell rings and I open the door. I don’t know if it is me or his eyes are bluer every day. We get to work, we brainstorm some ideas of how it should look write down a few lines for the commercial and when we noticed it’s really late by now.
“Hey you want sushi?” He calls from the kitchen “we can have dinner and then I’ll leave”
“Sure”
We talk a lot while we eat on my living room joking and having a really good time. Just hanging out I can’t think but this just feels so right. We are laughing about I don’t know what when his hand lands on my thigh. I look in to his eyes and for a brief moment he looks at my lips. I can feel the space between us start to shrink and... My word vomit...
“What are you doing? Are you trying to kiss me?”
“No” but he keeps on staring
“Then were you going to head bump me?”
Suddenly he bursts out laughing again making the moment cero uncomfortable.
We say our goodbyes and I’m all alone with me.
The week goes on I don’t see Alejandro that much he claims he is catching up with school work he didn’t do because of soccer and then there’s the project. It’s Friday already and oh surprise, he is going to another party, one that I can’t go because of my duties.
“It’s ok you go and have fun, I honestly can’t stay”
“You sure, if you want I can skip the party” I know that little trick and I ain’t falling for it.
“Na, you go” I tell him and kiss him good bye “see you on Monday”
I walk to my car and see Antony standing there
“They just wanted to wish you a safe trip, let me know when you’re there” I look at Antony, there is definitely something weird here.
“Yes don’t worry I know the road by memory by now”
He gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and he gets going. I climb on my car and start the trip back home... put on some good old country music... George Strait “One night at a Time”
“... Oh, I think about you all day long
It feels so good, it can't be wrong
I got my fingers crossed that this goes on and on
Tomorrow, well, that's another day
Come on, baby
Now, what do you say?
Let's take our love, one night at a time...”
- Writer
