4.- Childhood Friend

After the dinner that went by without any problem and in the middle of many laughs we went to what I supposed was the living room and walked a little bit to get there, but I did not let go of Annah's hand and I was afraid of getting lost there, but in these cases I was happy to have a small house. When the conversation continued, we talked about my family members, about which university I would go to or what I would do, at that moment Annah commented that she wanted to be a teacher, but she wanted to be a different kind of teacher than the ones that existed, she didn't want to be one of those teachers whose job ended the moment the bell rang, she wanted to help advance as much as possible.

I was really surprised by what she had said and how mature she sounded, I understood that I still had a lot to learn from her. I still had no idea what I wanted to be for sure many ideas went through my head, but I had never taken them so seriously until that moment. The doorway suddenly opened wide and a boy entering with a large suitcase was what I could see.

-It's not Mark? - said Jan standing up to see more clearly the person who entered

-Did he fight with his parents again?- This time Eleine said, I was really confused, but Annah signaled me to come over.

-He's Mark Rymer, a childhood friend, we practically grew up together, of course, with my brothers, but now he fights with his parents a lot.

-Hello Mrs. Ailee- said with a sorrowful smile -Sorry for bothering so late- said the boy

-Hello Mark- said Mrs. Callen. -It's no bother, but could you explain to me what happened? -

-You know I said I wanted to take a year off after I graduated to think about what I would do with my life and my parents said that as long as I lived under their roof none of that would happen and I ran away before they realized it- -he said smiling to what Mrs. Callen didn't look very happy, but on the other hand the twins laughed a little bit on the way to the kitchen until I saw him telling about looking for someone with his eyes until apparently he found her, it was Annah he was looking for. As he approached her he saw me and it seemed that with his eyes he was judging me, he approached me threateningly just like Mr. Callen did when he arrived, he stretched out his hand and saw me seriously the only thing I could do was to reciprocate his greeting he saw me for a couple of seconds and then he spoke

-So it was today- he said with a lot of emotion what left Annah and me very confused -You are Annah's boyfriend right? Hallelujah i thought she would die alone- he said in a joking tone and the next thing was that you couldn't see his face but he had a cushion on his face behind him the twins were laughing out loud and as the cushion came from behind me i assumed that Annah had thrown it- Isn't that sweet? - he said, taking the cushion off his face. - Well, I'm Mark and you are...? -

-Oh sorry my name is Julen, Julen Sallow- I said introducing myself

-A pleasure Julen Sallow- he said smiling at me and then turned to see Annah - you should run away as soon as possible if you want I'll distract Annah - without realizing she was already by my side making faces at her. To tell you the truth, this side of Annah already knew it, she usually acts like a normal teenager if you met her on the street you would not imagine that she is a girl of the world, but she also has her childish side like the one she shows now and it was for me the most beautiful thing because she did not pretend to be anyone but herself one of her best qualities.

I used to think that people with money enjoyed going to those events that were on TV like ballets and orchestras, but it turns out that at least Annah doesn't like them and what surprised me the most was her favorite song is I was made for loving you by KISS, but like many girls she also liked Madonna and other artists.

I always thought it was really weird and cute because every time we would go anywhere in my car she would play that song at a very high volume and sing it that was undoubtedly my favorite part of the trip.

There was a lot to learn and I liked doing it. I liked learning every little thing. But coming back to the situation with Mark there were some things that I didn't understand and a small part of me was jealous that I couldn't join in the conversation, but that only lasted a second because Annah held my hand and I went over to her, but there was still that feeling of a slight embarrassment and Mark noticed it.

-Look at the red faces you have, you are a couple, this must be something normal- he said with a certain mocking tone

It should be so but even we are ashamed of this, but I didn't want any of this to change.