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The first song

Daniel

I arrived home and looked in the boxes that my family sent before I arrived and that I didn't even bother to unpack, for my guitars and the first one I found was the old Maria, my first acoustic guitar that my grandfather

Joaquim offered me on a Christmas we spent here many years ago in this house,

it can only be a sign.

I took Maria in my arms a pen a piece of paper and I went for the living room,

2 hours later I had this amazing song it needed a bit of work for sure but it was beautiful.

I looked at the phone, it was time to pick up the girls, and I wanted to show K the new song, but I didn't know how to do it without looking weird, but her opinion from one moment to the next was very important to me.

Arrived at the bar and help them get everything ready to close, first I left Pedro,

and the other girl home, Ana was her name then I left Silvia.

Before closing the door Silvia looked at us then straight to me and said:

" Remember your cousins and Leo would kill you if something happens to her, and I would make you suffer before" - she closed the door and went away.

I looked at K, her face was totally red, she covered her face with her hands and started to laugh-

" That's why I'll be 16 in 10 days and I've never been kissed. These people totally destroy my social life!"-she said laughing.

"What??Have you never been kissed? Where have all the boys at your school been?"- I asked.

"Running from your cousin's and the rest of the guys."- she shrugging.

" You have to be kidding??" I said while starting the car

"Not really, but the truth is that I was not interested too so it is easy for the guys

to keep the boys away." she smiled

" Can I take you home with me?"-I asked her.

" What??" she asked panic on her face.

" Sorry, I didn't explain myself well. I was composing a song while I waited for

your shift to end and I really liked that you gave me your opinion, I swear that's it.

Sorry if I scared you in any way and if I looked creepy to you!" I said trying my best to explain myself to her while stopping the car.

" Oh, no that's ok, I'm the one that's sorry. Of course I would like to go with you".

" May I ask you something?".

" Yes sure".

" When I asked you if I could take you home, you panicked, even if the Intention was different you could just say no. So why the panic?"

" Not a question I feel to answer today, but I may answer any other one you have for me"- she said with a small smile.

Her response made my throat feels tight, what happened to this girl?

When we arrived at my house I left the car in the garage access and we entered through the door that gives access to the kitchen, I asked if she was hungry and we decided to put a pizza in the oven, while we waited

we talked about banalities and the incredible coincidence of both of us

have Portuguese fathers and Scottish mothers.

Her mother's family is from the highlands and she is passionate about the

country's history and is even trying to learn Gaelic.

I could spend the rest of my life just here listening this girl.

K.

As soon as I arrived at the bar with Leo and Paulo I made a point of undoing

any confusion that the silly Miguel had created and introduced Leo to Daniel

before starting to work. When we left work, Daniel was there to give us a ride home, he left everyone at home and left me and Silvia that crazy girl, for the end and she I couldn't leave without embarrassing me first.

After we left Silvia, Daniel asked me if he could take me to his house, and I panicked, but after all the request was quite innocent and we ended up eating a pizza at 4am and talking about my passion for Celtic culture. I think it's guaranteed that he won't take me home any time soon.

After the pizza we went to the living room and he showed me what I really went there for. While I was working last night he came

home and wrote a song it’s a ballad, it’s beautiful talks about someone who thought he had it all and who finds out that all of that doesn't mean a thing when he meets someone that changes his world but that he can't have as that person is forbidden to him. I loved the music, it’s amazing I would loved for the guys to hear it but he doesn't want no one to hear it for now, but one thing I can tell the guy is really good. While he was playing and singing I could feel a lot of

feelings radiating from him, and I wonder if he isn't the boy on that song, and maybe that's why he is here. Maybe he came here trying to forget that girl he can't have.

That's really sad.

After listening to the music, we stayed on the couch and I asked him to play other songs, however I leaned my back on him and put my legs up on the couch. I still heard 4 or 5 different songs all more like hard rock but in the meantime I think I fell asleep, I felt when he got up

and carried me on up the stairs then I heard him on the phone talking to Paulo, I think, because I heard him asking if my mother would not be panicked if I didn't show up at home.

She wouldn't, she know I'm with the guys nothing can happen to me, if I don't go home that means I'm at Silvia's or at Miguel's I'm not far, just next door.

I wake up again at around 8am and hear voices in the kitchen. Paulo is down there and he's not happy. It is better to go down and calm the beast. I got out of bed and I go to the bathroom where I discover a white

buttonshirt, new toothbrush and boxers with a paper on top saying Kayla great so I can have a shower. It took me a maximum of 10 minutes to take a shower wearing

the shirt that is 5cm above my knees, this could give a cute dress with a cute belt, and I ran down the stairs. If things were hot before, when Paulo looked at me, hell opened the doors. Paulo started screaming and saying:

"So she did fall asleep here ah? Really? But do you think I'm stupid or what? Why is she wearing your shirt?"

" Hey, hey take it easy what the hell Paulo. I did fall asleep stop being an asshole. I just had a shower and he borrowed me is shirt my clothes were all smelling tobacco from yesterday as you know, it is enough to have left the poor man's bed smelling like s**t because I fell asleep with that filthy

clothes on and he took me to bed. Okay, that sounded bad, that's not what I wanted to

say. You know what I mean."

" Do I??" He said really pissed

"I don't know, tell me? Do you really think that yesterday I left work I came here with a guy I just met a week ago and had s*x with him. Seriously Paulo?? f**k it !! Hi, it's me!!"

I was out of my mind with that fucker.

"Sorry, K, you know I didn't meant that!"

"Didn't you, so what did you meant??" I ask really pissed of

Meanwhile Daniel looked quite busy in the kitchen.

"Is just that you know Leo would kill me if something like that happens to

you on my watch." he said now much calmer

"You are some f*****g hypocrites you two had f****d half the female population

of Algarve between 16 and 30 years old and then came talk with me about morality

give me a break". I said rolling my eyes at him.

"K. are you hungry? Paulo I do not ask you, because I think you need to go home to

sleep, I'm sure after your beauty sleep you will feel a lot better. Come back around 14h we're having a barbeque if you are interested Pedro will bring sardines to eat around the pool".-Daniel said using all his self-control. "Oh and Paulo before you leave... I would never touch Kayla, not because I'm not interested. On that you are right, I'm, to be honest I'm really interested, I

do like her a lot more than I should and most likely in a way I shouldn't, That's

why I will never do anything that may hurt her." Daniel said looking straight at Paulo.

Paulo took a look at him then at me shook his head and left...

Only s**t did that just happened???

Ok, Kayla play it cool, you can do this, stop freaking out, you like him and he just stood up to Paulo.