Chapter 9

POV NARRATOR

Isabele was sitting on the stretcher of the school's infirmary holding an ice bag due to the blow to her nose. It wasn't a fracture, but the friction on his face was strong, which is why it made him dizzy after the impact.

The nurse thought it best to put ice on her nose and go and tell Isabele's mother to accompany her to the hospital, she recommended that they go to a deeper evaluation to find out if anything really serious happened.

- I will go to the coordination to inform your mother about your situation, stay here until I return, your friend can keep you company while I'm leaving - said the nurse leaving the room.

- It's hurting a lot? - Alice asked getting up and going towards Isabele.

- No, this ice is making my nose numb - he said making a face.

Alice ended up laughing at his face, but then she noticed a detail that was never noticed.

Isabele had dimples.

Not holding the new discovery to himself, he commented:

- You have dimples, I never noticed that - said Alice smiling.

- Yeah, you just discovered my secret, damn it! - Isabele said in a dramatic tone, causing a laugh in Alice.

- Again I was your savior, I think I'll ask your mother to hire me as a private security guard - said Alice, taking the bag of ice that Isabele held and helping her to press on the affected area.

Isabele was a little embarrassed because of her situation and how close Alice was to her.

- Sorry, I'm giving you a lot of trouble, we barely started talking to each other and you've already helped me twice, I think now I'm giving you real reasons for not liking me - joked Isabele trying to hide his shame.

- Don't say nonsense, it won't happen, relax - said Alice looking directly into the blonde's eyes.

The tension in the air was present, not the same as the other times when they fought. It was good this time.

Alice's gaze did not escape Isabele for a second, it is as if they were facing a battle to see which one turned aside first.

But the mood was interrupted by the entrance of the nurse in the place, causing Alice by reflex, to leave abruptly.

- Ready Isabele, your mother will arrive in a few minutes. - Said the nurse going to check the current situation of the girl's nose.

- Alice, could you go to the room to get your colleague's materials and tell the teacher the situation, please? - Alice nodded silently and left the room in a rush to her room, trying to recover from the shock and that mixed emotions that he was still present for the moment with the girl.

POV ALICE

After dinner, I end up going up to my room in the saga of finishing seeing B99.

A few minutes passed, but I can't pay attention to the episode that was going on, because my mind was just thinking about it.

Isabele.

I really want to know how she is doing, what the doctor said and if she is well, but nervousness has prevented me from doing this task since earlier.

I resolve to take courage and speak to her.

I pause the episode and open the chat on my cell phone and see that she was online.

Alice: Hey Isabele! All right?

Alice: How was it at the doctor?

Isabele: Hi Alice :)

Isabele: I'm fine as much as possible, a little slow, but it must be because of the medicine the doctor recommended.

Isabele: Good thing it wasn't a fracture, he just said it was a blow, at most a dislocation, but it didn't come to that.

Alice: Good thing then, if it had broken, I would definitely break Tomás' nose back.

Isabele: Hehehehe is not so much Alice, but thanks for being my defender.

Alice: Hehehe but if you want, I leave that option open.

Alice: But anyway, are you okay now, really?

Isabele: Yes, but I have to rest for the weekend, I won't be able to leave.

Isabele: It will be boring!

Alice: If I want, I can go Sunday to keep you company, I just won't go tomorrow because I have to go to my aunt's house.

Isabele: Of course! I'm going to love having you here.

Isabele: Hey, I'm going to sleep now, I'm really tired because of today.

Isabele: Until Sunday, and again, thanks for helping me <3

Alice: Oxi, I already said you don't need to thank me!

Alice: See you Sunday and take care, please.

When she went offline, I turned off my cell phone and decided to think about it.

I never defined my sexuality, I thought that was the last thing to do, I don't think I even stopped to think about it seriously. Of course I have had some cases of course, I am 16 years old and I am in the prime of my adolescence, but I have never experienced a first passion as many say.

But I think this situation has changed.

I know that it is not common what I feel for Isabele, to admit it since the day I talked to my sister, but I didn't know what it really was.

After we started getting closer, my feelings for her only grew, and it scares me a little, but it feels so good! She makes me feel all these cheesy things that I condemned when I heard Eduarda talking about Italo at the beginning of the relationship.

It is. I like it, I think. Do not know.

Sunday came and here I am waiting for some kind soul to come and see me.

When I hear the door latch, I see a beautiful woman smiling in my direction.

- You must be Alice, right? - says the woman giving way to my entrance.

- Yes ma'am, sorry for the inconvenience - I speak a little shy as soon as I arrive in the living room.

- Imagine! It is a pleasure to have you here, I heard that you helped my daughter, I am happy that Isabele has someone in her life like you - speaks with a beautiful smile on her face and continues her speech:

- I was forgetting to introduce myself, my name Marisa, I am Isabele's mother - says the young woman, but soon her attention is diverted by the cell phone that had the alarm set.

I think it was something important, because as soon as she checks, she quickly puts her things in her purse and heads for the front door of the house.

- My daughter is in the room, I think you already know where it is, please tell her that I will go out to the market, you can feel free and even more, dear! - Said the woman already leaving the house.

Before agreeing to his request, Isabele's mother was already gone, and what I had left was finally to go to the girl's room.

As soon as I walk through the door I see Isabele lying on the bed reading one of her many books. I don't think she realized it was me, so I decided to announce my presence on the site:

- Your mother sent word that she went to the market - I say taking the girl by surprise, because as soon as she looks, she gets a little fright.

- Alice? Wow, I think I lost track of time, I'm sorry - he talks straight up and comes towards me. I end up getting nervous, but I immediately return the hug I received from the blonde.

- My brother slept at a friend's house yesterday and so far he hasn't returned, so we'll have the house just for us! - he said pulling me.

We started talking about everything, from school things to personal tastes, and with each passing hour, I am more enchanted by her.

At a certain point, we entered the personal stories part, and I couldn't find more adorable about their experiences.

She ended up telling the story of the day she rescued a cat from the tree at her grandmother's farm and ended up falling from there, but as she said: "at least the cat was on dry land".

Or the time you ended up with your mother's project. She did not understand at the time what all those drawings were that her mother made on huge sheets, so little Isabele took the drawing that was on the desk in the office and scribbled it whole, making her mother almost have a heart attack when she saw it.

Yes, it is really fascinating.

The hours passed, and when I least realized it, hunger was present.

"I think my skin will stick to my rib bones because of hunger," I say in a dramatic tone.

- You are just a little exaggerated right, let's do something to feed these hundreds of worms that live in your stomach - laughs and soon leaves the painting.

Since she didn't have anything ready, which is why her mother went to the market, we decided to prepare something with the ingredients that were there, which turned out to be cake.

- I suck in the kitchen, if it catches fire, it will be your fault for putting me to do something - warning.

- Stop rubbish, I make cake straight, it will be quick - said Isabele separating the ingredients.

It's my friends, it wasn't that fast. As I said, I am terrible in the kitchen, so you've already seen it, I didn't even know how to break a right egg, so the preparation process was longer than Isabele said.

After a few good minutes, we finally finished and put the cake dough to bake in the oven.

- This kitchen is a real mess - I say.

- You know, Alice, you said it was a danger in the kitchen. Let's clean this up before my mom arrives - complained Isabele.

We fixed almost everything, only the cutlery we had soiled in the process was missing.

But in the middle of the wash, I accidentally ended up throwing water at her, who after looking shocked, decided she would fight back, and so a small war broke out between us.

In the midst of it all, there came a time when I realized how close we were, and that was when my mind gave a crack, and I think hers too.

We automatically stop and look at each other, just like in the school's infirmary on Friday. I don't know what gave me, or where that courage came from, but I started to get closer and closer to her, to the point of feeling her breathing fast on my face as close as we were.

She lowered her gaze to my lips and then to my eyes, I ended up repeating the same act in a silent request to continue, but it was not necessary, because soon I feel her hand on my face pulling me, ending every distance between ours mouths.

At first it was just a touch, but when I put my hands on her waist, she decided to open her lips more to deepen the kiss.

What was that shock that I felt when she touched my face?

What is that feeling that I'm feeling in just a simple kiss? a strange Deja Vu, as if he had already felt his lips on mine, and this is the first time this has happened between us!

It is as if everything is right now, everything in place.

But everything good ends early. The oven signal signaling the completion of the cake beeped in the kitchen, causing a big scare between the two of us and making us move away.

I didn't know what to say or where to look, the shame was too great.

- My father in heaven, what just happened here? !!! - mental breakdown.

Silence dominated the environment, the two silent in their own world, in their own doubts.

But soon Isabele looked in my direction, and with an embarrassed and very cute smile, she just says:

- Yeah ... I think the cake is ready - he says.

I look deep in her eyes and after hearing her speech, I end up laughing with her.