Chapter 1: MEMORY OF A SUMMER I remember

I remember as if it had been yesterday ... that summer, in which I felt how the breeze played with my brown hair while I thought about what this year would be like, without knowing what I had planned; I only knew that the chosen destination was the same as every summer: Paita, a province located almost an hour from Piura, a department located in the north of my beloved Peru. We were going to spend the parties at the house of grandparents José and Martha, I actually liked spending my vacations with them, but this year I wanted to go to spend vacations in Máncora, another beach in northern Peru, but further away than Paita. But they didn't let me and that bothered me a bit. Once in Paita, I got out of the car to greet my grandparents and lock myself in my room so that no one would bother me because of my bad mood; At night I escaped through the window to see the beautiful Moon of my beautiful Paita, this activity was one of the ones I missed the most when I had to return to Trujillo. Always on the last night before leaving I used to close my eyes so that the most beautiful moon is recorded in my mind and that only this beautiful place gave me ... already in the morning I got up very early to be able to go to the beach of Colán with my cousins Víctor, Ana and my sister Sofía, had a great time with them.

Victor was the oldest of the four and the one who supposedly "took care of us", but in reality, everything was the other way around; we took care of him. Ana, on the other hand, was the most centered and tall of the four, the most attractive because of her brown eyes and curly hair, then I'll continue, it was a combination of Victor's fun and Ana's focus; And, how can I forget my sister Sofía, who was the most active of the four… there was no place where she didn't take her camera and take the best pictures. Once on the beach, we marched towards the sea, where we began to get wet and play with each other; After a long time, we went to a cave near the beach in search of seashells and good places to take photos. Then we went to the cevichera that we liked after that taste, we rested for a while and again we entered the sea, which for me was like my second home. I could spend hours without going out, I felt that there was a special connection between the sea and me, every time I immersed myself in the deepest part of it, it made me feel so happy and wanting to become any small marine animal and live in the immense ocean. . After dusk fell, I stayed to contemplate the beautiful sunset that only Colán can give you, but while I saw that the sun was hidden between the sand, I managed to see a girl passing by, wearing a beautiful light blue dress that.

It matched her white skin tone and her blonde hair, which moved delicately under the help of the wind, her fine face looked towards the sunset, and this made that every time the sun went down, that girl also hid Between shadows and darkness due to the sunset of Colán ... Night had already fallen, both the sun and that girl had disappeared before me. All the way back home, I kept thinking about you and the first time I saw you; I returned several times alone to the beach, but I did not find you and in the end I resigned myself to not seeing you again. One night my cousins ​​told me to go out for drinks and dance at a well-known disco in Paita, and although it was not so lively, I went. Once inside I realize that the atmosphere is good, good music, couples dancing, among other things; but they didn't raise my spirits at all. I went to the bar for a drink and I managed to see a face that became familiar to me, a face that had undoubtedly been on my mind in recent days and I thought I was hallucinating, although I had not had anything yet, it could not be possible that it was she; the girl who captivated me on that day at the beach, was in the same nightclub as me. I followed that girl, but among so many people I lost sight of her. After a while I went out to get some air and I see that girl again, this time I was not going to escape so I approached her slowly and between stuttering I managed to say hello, she She returned the greeting with a smile, that was a good sign, I managed to ask her name after a hard personal fight with myself, she just smiled and answered me: -My name is Sol ... In my mind I said: what a perfect name for a girl who radiates light in her path like the sun itself ... after that thought, a song that I liked sounds and filling me with courage I decided to take her out to dance, she accepted with a little shyness and already on the dance floor, we were both a little stiff and nervous, typical of oneself to be with a NN so to speak since we were barely getting to know each other, but to the rhythm of the salsa that sounded we were letting go until it arrived a moment where we were so loose that we looked like two professional dancers in that genre and more than we were right in the center of the floor, plus the help of the disco lights, they were enough for everyone to stare at us and applaud; But to me and to Sol that did not matter to us, we were surprised, yes, but we continued enjoying ourselves, we continued dancing as if no one was looking at us and it was just the two of us, I felt that in each step we did we were in sync and there was a lot of complicity as a dance partner . Unfortunately the song ended and we stopped dancing, tired from the effort, we went for a drink at the bar and once there, I just stared at her without being able to say a word and when I filled up the courage to speak to her, she simply had

than to leave… it was so fast that moment that he can't get her phone number. Once at home Víctor approached me to ask me who was that beautiful girl with whom I broke up on the dance floor, I smiled and replied that I only knew her name was Sol, Víctor was surprised with such an answer and told me: - But cousin you didn't even get his number ...? I do not remember seeing her seen here before… she has come to vacation like you? I answered her with a certain sadness that I couldn't out of fear and when she was going to do it she had to leave. Victor stared at me and then said: -Chale cousin so it is difficult for you to find her again ... It hurt me to accept it, but my cousin was right… it would be very difficult for me to see her again just knowing her name, but I didn't think of giving up and I would search between land and sea until I see her again.