Adventures of Youngsters

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

March 6th, 2017.

When the classes back, the youngsters commented about their experiences in the carnival and Artur decided to talk to Yasmim.

— Good morning, Yasmim. How was your carnival? I didn't see you at Galo da Madrugada, did you spend the parties right here in Recife?

— No, I went to visit my aunt in Maragogi city.[1]

— That´s cool! I love Maragogi, there are natural pools of crystal clear water, and the carnival there is very good too.

— People say it, but I'm very homely, I don't even like parties and stuff. I ended up just visiting my relatives. — Yasmim reported.

— So, you're different from me, because any celebration I'm already in. — Arthur said.

—You really seem to be a very excited guy. I know we've only known each other for a few weeks, but I realized that there is a boring atmosphere between you and Patrício, rigth? Sorry to ask you about it, but he always make fun of you in class.

— No problem, you can ask anything you want. The problem with Patrício is that I was always better than him at swimming, and also because of Júlia, the cheerleader, the girl he likes, she falls for me.

—I know... then are you guys a couple?

—No no, I don't have girlfriend. I'm not going to lie, sometimes we hooked up, but it never went beyond that.

— I was indiscreet again, right?

—No, my life is an open book. You can talk to me whatever you want, I even think it's good for us to get together a little more. — Arthur hinted.

—You are very cute. But we have to go to class, the bell has already rang and I'm a scholarship holder, I don't want to receive complaints.

— We'd better go. — Arthur agreed.

When Arthur arrived at home, he was surprised by his parents dressed well and with gifts on hand.

— Son, go to have a shower now, then we're not going to be late. — Isabel ordered.

— To be late for what ?! I don´t understand.  — Arthur was surprised.

— How come you don´t remember that today is your cousin Adelaide's birthday? Always forgetting things... — Gabriel, his father rumbled .

— Sorry, dad. — I'll get ready, I don't know why I didn´t remember. —  Artur blamed himself .

— Quick, Artur. We're already late.  — Arthur's mother, Isabel, ordered.

— I'm already going to get ready. — The student said.

When they arrived at birthday´s party, they saw a huge decorated ballroom, with the birthday girl in a stunning red dress.

— Dear cousin! I miss our conversations, give me a hug.

— Little cousin, I couldn´t wait to see you.

Both greeted each other and the blonde guy went out to greet the other friends and drink some Coca-Cola before meeting Alex.

—Alex, are you around here ?! Where do you know Adelaide from? — Artur asked.

— Dude, don't you remember last year? You invited her to the school's literature event, since then, from that day we met, we started talking... but of course, it's just friendship.

— It´s ok. Even if it had something more, I would love to have you in my family, you are my brother, my buddy. — Arthur said.

Meanwhile, Adelaide gestured to call Artur to take pictures, but he didn't notice it.

— I also consider you as a brother, man. But your cousin... I think she's waiting for you to go to take some pictures.

— Really, how did I forget it ?! I'll go, we talk later! — Arthur commented.

— Okay. — Alex said.

In a moment of distraction, Arthur ended up dropping some of liquid on the birthday girl.

— My goodness, I'm sorry! I'm a troublemaker. It was unintentional. — Arthur said, embarrassed by the situation and the disapproving looks of the guests.

— No problem, it didn't even get that wet, I'm going to dry myself there. — The birthday girl Adelaide said in a mild tone of voice, a little embarrassed by the situation.

— ‘’ Oh my, I ruined Adelaide’s party, I’m an i***t. ’ — Arthur thought.

— Hey Artur, distracting yourself again, man! — Alex exclaimed.

— Don't you say, Alex! I'm very shamed. —  The blonde, regretted.

 —Take it easy, she went to clean up, in a little while the band arrives, then nobody will even remember it. — Alex reported.

— My father will.. he is  looking at me like crazy, — Artur said, looking at his father's angry expression.

— Oh man, your father...Let it go, let's go to dance with the girls, then you talk to him. — Alex advised.

Although he tried to relax with the band's performance and the party's attractions, Artur couldn't forget his father's disapproving countenance.

When they got home, Gabriel and Arthur had another discussion.

— Will you never learn how to do something rigth in your life?! You are 17 years old and you still have this way of a distraught child, I am already tired. — Gabriel, the father, complained screaming, enraged by what had happened.

— It could have happened to anyone, that's enough, I'm tired of always being pointed out as the ‘’ disconnected ’, the clumsy, the restless... instead of always criticizing me, you would at least try to understand me. — Artur complained.

— Stop it! Tonigth has been too much. Artur, go to your room, and you Gabriel, be quiet, we better go to sleep. — Isabel ordered, nervous about the conflict.

—Who knows tomorrow my ‘’ dear dad ’’ wake up in a good mood. — Artur sneered.

—Artur, Artur.., I already ordered you to go to your room! — Isabel shouted.

—Okay, I'm just going because I'm tired of these unnecessary fights.

— Cheeky kid, don't tease me! — Gabriel alerted .

— Stop! Let's go to our room. It ´s done for today! — Isabel warned. *

March 27th, 2017.

Weeks later, the relation between Arthur and his father remained tense. While at school, the students were all nervous about the geography exam by the strict teacher, Sanyelli. The trio of friends, worried, talked about the situation in the hallways of the school.

— Arthur, I know that you are not good at this subject, but I have good news. — Alex said in a celebratory tone.

— What is it, friend? — Aurélia asked.

— I was talking to one of my girls who studied the high school here  last year and nowadays she is studying Nutrition, she is going to send me some files with the exams from last year that she took the picture. People say that this teacher always repeats some questions, that is, we will do the test knowing the questions.

— I don't know, isn't taking the evidence with her the same as queuing? What if they discover us? — Aurelia asked, worried.

—I know it is wrong, but I can´t understand those maps. Has she sent you the exam already?— Artur asked .

—Tonight, I´ll go out with her. When we back, I´ll send you the picture through w******p. But let´s keeep it between us, do you understand? Alex guided  .

—Okay. —Artur agreed.

—Look, we need to be cautious. — Aurélia emphasized.

At 9 pm of the same day, Artur received a PDF of the test, and as Aurélia said she hadn't received it, the protagonist tried to send the file to her. But without paying attention, he sent it to the class group, which the teacher also participated. To complete the misfortune, at that time it was not possible to delete messages that was sent in the app.

‘‘ I messed it up ’’, thought the young man, who was nervous, shaking hands when he realized the mistake he made.

Disgusted by the situation, Sanyelli sent an audio to the students group:

—  Dear third year students, I noticed that you had contact with old tests, right? I think it is valid to study, but I already want to leave a warning, okay? Tomorrow's race will be much more difficult and with a more careful correction, including yours, Dear Arthur.

Upon arriving at school, the protagonist was approached by may colleagues who were angry with him.

— You crazy? How did you post this test knowing that the teacher was in the group? Now the whole class will do wrong in the exam and we already know who is the guilty. —Patrício complained, with a glare at the colleague.

Other colleagues got together and started to complain to Arthur in the courtyard. At that moment, Júlia, Yasmim, Aurélia and Alex arrived and tried to defend him.

— Come on, guys? It could have happened to anyone, let´s move on. — Júlia argued.

— Júlia, dear, when will you stop to protect him? He will end up screwing the whole class with his crazy things. — Patrício insisted.

— I'm a newcomer here, but people say that the first impression remains, isn't it? So, for me, Patrício, you are a boring guy! I wasn´t even studying so much for this discipline! Does that mean that if the class goes wrong it will be Arthur's fault? Yasmim contested.

—Look, you must be another one who already like him. Even though you don't like me, I'll give you some advice: he doesn't get attached to anyone and he is very immature. — Patrício claimed.

—As if you were better than him, right, Patrício? — Alex ironized.

In this context, Aurélia rebelled herself  becuse of that the whole situation and got the attention.

— I´m sure everyone here, sometimes make mistakes, so why do you want to crucify a guy who has never hurt anyone? I keep forgetting commas in writting, Júlia wears her coat on the wrong side, Alex always misses the math calculations, and you, Patrício, come on, this is all because Artur is the highlight of the swimming team and you are the assistant. Even when you miss the classes, no one misses you, I believe that not even the trainer likes you! If you spent more time trying to improve yourself in swimming, instead of talking about someone else's life, who knows, maybe you could be more mature. — Aurélia spoke and was applauded by Yasmim, Júlia, Alex and Artur, for Patrício's irritation.

From that day on, Arthur started to look at his friend in a different way, although he was also attracted to Yasmim. Aurélia's attitude moved him a lot, making him be divided between the two girls.

Minutes later, it was time for the scary exam. Sanyelle had a look of fury and disappointment, the exam was much more difficult than the others. For this reason, some students left the room crying because they did not know how to answer the questions.

Artur had barely slept last night,  he was so desperate that he studied the subject almost like obsessively. However, he was deeply nervous when he was answering the questions, he was biting his lip, with his hands were sweating and cold.

April 3rd, 2017.

Sanyelli, minutes before the classes started, called Arthur to the teachers' room for a talk.

—Teacher, I'm sorry!  It was because I was very nervous about all of this, as you know, I was never good at Geography. — Arthur said.

- Arthur, you know I was really upset about all this, don't you know? I have already corrected all the tests, as expected the grades were a little lower. However, I thought it would be worse. Mosto of students still managed to reach the average, today I´ll say the results.

— And about my grade, teacher?!

— And after all that, do you still ask?

— It's because everything was so strong for me, I think I only slept for 2 hours in the night before the exam. — The protagonist remembered.

— Don't try to victimize yourself, I´m still very disappointed. — Sanyelli said.

— I know. I apologize sincerely, my intention was never to made you upset.— Arthur was sorry.

— Of course, your intention was just to pass, right? Certainly, you have heard comments that I make the exam in a similar way every year, but now I surprised everyone. — The teacher was certified.

—I´m sorry, teacher.

—I should report it to your parents so they´ll know what happened.

—Please don´t do that. I don't get along very well with my father, if he knows all the confusion, I can't even imagine what could happen. — Arthur pleads, quite tense with the situation.

—I will think about your case.

—But, teacher, what was my grade? I really want to know. —The protagonist asked.

At that moment, Sanyelle showed to Arthur a tense and threatening facial expression.

—Try to guess.

—I'm even afraid to know. —Arthur declared.

Chapter 4

—You surprised everyone with your scored 9, the highest grade in the class! Well, I should tell your parents everything, but as you studied a lot, I think you learned the lesson. I just hope that this episode doesn´t  repeat. — The teacher oriented.

— Don´t worry, teacher. — The euphoric protagonist said with his excellent result.

During the break, the colleagues, including Yasmim, commented in the school hallways about what happened.

—I got 7 , Alex 7.5, and you, man, did very well, 9! I want to see if someone will make fun of you now. —Aurélia said.

—It was amazing! Sanyelle was so serious at that time, so I thought I was going to receive bad grade . — Arthur recalled.

—Congratulations, colleague. I was already happy with my grade 7, and you received that great grade. — Yasmim praised.

— Thank you, darling.

—Artur, the class will start soon, isn't it better to go to the classroom ? — Aurélia asked.

—You can go ahead, Aurélia. I'm going to talk to Yasmim for a while and then I'm going. —Arthur replied.

            —Okay. —Aurélia Said.

—Now that my friend is gone, I want to tell you something. — Artur confided.

—What is it?

—You know Yasmim... Since you entered in this school, I thought you were very beautiful and friendly. Your soft hair, your enigmatic smile and the pleasant aroma of your perfume make me melt. —Artur declared.

—Telling you the truth, I think you are very attractive too. One day, I even took a look to the training at your swim club, you are in good shape, I think your distracted way kinda cute. — Yasmim reported.

—Look, do you want to go to the movie this Saturday? There's a nice romantic movie. — Artur asked.

—Yes, let´s go —Yasmim answered.

May 25th, 2017.

Artur and Yasmim arrived at the luxurious cinema with premium 3D IMAX rooms in the famous Nordeste Shopping Mall: Sophistication and charm. It was the largest shopping center in the Northeast.

Despite the youths' happiness, Artur ended up distracting himself and he dropped popcorn on the floor, which made the other boys who were in the same session made fun of him.

—It happened again, what the hell to be clumsy like that! Artur blamed himself.

—Never mind, it also happens to me sometimes, the important thing is to have fun and I'm sure this afternoon will be very nice. — Yasmim suggested holding the blonde's hands.

After the movie, they went to the mall's food court to eat lobster and talk for a while.

— I love the seventh art, what an intense story! I thought it was wonderful how they fought for their love to the end, and you were an unmissable companion. — Yasmim said, resolving to kiss ardently Artur, who responded to her charms.

May 27th, 2017.

Artur arrived at school with big smile and decided to comment what happened to Alex.

— It was exciting, bro. I kissed those beautiful full lips, that angelic skin and I'm sure she liked it.

— It´s cool, friend. I always thought you had a good chemistry.

—But i´m not 100 % happy. Artur lamented.

—Why not?

—I don't know, since that day of the exam stuff, I started to see Aurélia with different eyes, she defended me so vehemently, and she is so elegant... and those blue eyes? I don't know, Alex. I think I'm kind of divided. Arthur found out.

—Man, Aurélia, our friend? How crazy, I don't agree, for me friendship is a sacred thing... after mixing things up, it gets very complicated. Alex alerted.

— You are rigth, but I wish I had the courage to tell her how much I find her interesting. Arthur confessed

—And Yasmim? Alex asked.

—That's the problem, I can't decide. Actually, I wanted to have many girlfriends. Arthur declared.

—This is polygamy... and, Aurélia is our best friend, it would be terrible for her to be disappointed, be carefull, man. Alex warned.

August 29th, 2017.

Afraid to hurt her friend, Artur had decided to get closer to Yasmim and try to forget his passion for Aurélia, because he was too afraid to disappoint her.

In the meantime, among hot meeting, whispering and intense kisses, Artur and Yasmim were increasingly attracted. After classes, the protagonist went to the her house to ask for dating.

—Mrs. Sheila, your daughter and I met a few months ago and we had a chemistry from another planet. I like her so much, so I would like to say that I want to make the relationship official and become her boyfriend.

— Ah, love, you are so cute, I'm sure we will be very happy.

— So, Artur, is your interest in my daughter really serious?

— Of course, just as the day cannot exist without sunlight, I cannot live without your daughter, you can trust me, I will never disappoint you.

—So, I can only hope that it works. Sheila emphasized.

— You don't have to cheer, mom, it worked already. Yasmim said confident in the future of the relationship.

September 4th, 2017.

Artur commemted to Alex about his relationship.

—I went to her house, I asked her to date in front of my mother-in-law... She supported me, I'm overflowing happiness. I just miss...

—What? Alex asked, quite curious.

— I don't know, I think we are needing a moment alone, to have more intimate contact. But at my home, we can't! When I get home from school, my parents are back from work, it´s the same thing with her and her mother.

— I have an idea. Do you remember Fabiano, our colleague from last year?

 — Of course I remember, he's a good friend. Last year, when we were in the 10th grade and he was in the 11th grade, we made part of his group. He even took swimming classes with me. Artur remembered.

—So, he told me that he is going to travel to Aracaju this weekend with his girlfriend. If you  want,  I can ask him for the key to the apartment that will be vacated. He's our friend, he´ll do it. Alex said.

—Will he? Artur asked.

— Of course, this weekend will be yours. Alex said.

— I will talk to Yasmim. My friend, you helped me out . Artur celebrated.

—We are brothers, man. Alex emphasized.

Horas depois, Artur resolveu surpreender sua namorada.

— Yasmim, my flower. You know that I'm in love with you, but sometimes I miss a space more reserved for us. I don't know if you understand what I mean.

—I think so.

—So, if you agree, of course ... I have a friend who is going to travel on Saturday and he is going to lend me the key to his apartment. It can be an opportunity to get more comfortable and see what happens, if you agree, obviously.

—Of course I agree, I believe we will have a lot of fun. Yasmim assessed in a happy voice.

— I predict that too, my beauty.

Arthur and Yasmim kissed intensely and looked forward to the weekend.

 September 9th, 2017.

The couple arrived at Fabiano's apartment looking farward to take another step in the relationship.

— If you don't want to, you don't have to stay here with me, I can take you home. Arthur said.

— Stop being silly, I'm burning with desire. Yasmim whispered in her boyfriend's ear.

Yasmim got undressed, took off her boyfriend's clothes, sat naked on his body and gave herself over to the pleasure.

— It was spectacular! What about your strawberry tattoo near your groin? I loved it.  Arthur commented.

— Do you know that I've had some intense relationships? But nothing compares to what we did today, I loved feeling your skin, my prince. Your bold kisses... and that tongue did wonders today. Yasmim confided.

— It's because I have an excellent partner. Arthur found out.*

[1] Maragogi is a famous tourist city located on the Brazilian Coast, known for the charming beaches and hospitable population, it is one of tourist destinations of the Brazilian Northeast Carnival.