Chapter 13

Isabella

As I was getting ready for school, I looked for my phone and I couldn't find it, I looked in the bag that I left at Nicolas' yesterday and It wasn't there either, it wasn't anywhere and it was almost time to go for school.

Isabella: Good morning loved ones I said as I entered the kitchen

Lorenzo: Good morning

Marcele: Good morning sweet daughter

Isabella: I can't find my cell phone, I think I've lost it,

Lorenzo: you lost your cell phone? but how?

Isabella: I'm not sure yet, I said uncertainly, Mother can I borrow yours so I can make a call?

Marcele: of course, sweety

Isabella: Thank you

I took out my mom's phone and walked away a little, I went over to the phonebook and dialed my phone number hoping it was charged

Call On:

Hi, good morning?

Isabella: Hi, Nicolas? I recognize your voice

Nicolas: Yes

Isabella: it's Isabella, I was looking for my cell phone but I couldn't find it and I decided to call

Nicolas: you forgot it at my house yesterday ...

Isabella: damn, how clumsy I am, can you please keep it for me?

Nicolas: of course, I can deliver it to you after I leave college

Isabella: great, perfect! thanks Nicolas!

Nicolas: you're welcome

Isabella: so okay, I have to go now, see you later, bye

Nicolas: bye Isa, kiss

Isabella: kiss

I went back to the kitchen, had a quick breakfast and headed to school

Isabella: girls, yesterday afternoon I got red roses

Paula: that’s it! How was that?

Isabella: I was taken by surprise, he just got there and when I opened the door it was Nicolas with three beautiful roses in his hands

Rafaela: this boy is really trying to win you over sister

Paula: totally agree, it is super obvious that he is really into you

Isabella: I'm enjoying it, we went for ice cream and then watched a movie at his house

Paula: and what about the kiss?

Isabella: a kiss has not yet come out

Rafaela: what is he waiting for? I mean look at this (silly in love face) you have

Isabella: I'm not in love yet

Paula: but I think you like him

Rafaela: I agree with Paula

Isabella: maybe, but I'm really enjoying these moments with him

Rafaela: if you don't tell me that you kissed in the next meeting, I don't know what I'm capable of doing, I can't take it anymore, I'm super cheering for Nickobela (Nickolas and Isabella) from the first beginning and so far, nothing yet. not even a peck on the lips, she made me laugh with her way of speaking

Isabella: easy sis, sooner or later it will come

Paula: so why don't you do it yourself? because it is very obvious that he is likes you

Isabella: no, I told you eventually it will happen, no pressure, no hurry

Rafaela: but you don't have to force anything, it's just a little push ,this moment the bell rings and we get up to go back to class

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it was already after 1 pm, I sat on the couch and waited for Nicolas to arrive

Nicolas: Hi Isa

Isabella: hi, come in I stepped aside.

Nicolas: Thank you. Here is your cellphone he hands me the cellphone and stands upright

Isabella: phew! thank you I said in relief, I was already missing it

Nicolas: I believe so, be more careful next time, not that it caused my any trouble, it's just that you could have forgotten it elsewhere

Isabella: yes yes, I understand, I will

Nicolas: I would love to stay more Isa, but I just left college and I haven't even had lunch, so I think I'll be going

Isabella: So, stay for lunch with me I said, holding his hands in an impulsive attitude. I just arrived from school and I haven't had lunch either, I would love to have a company like yours

Nicolas just looked at me in silence and smiled sideways, I guess I wasn't waiting for the invitation

Isabella: Come on, I don't take no for an answer I said pouting.

Nicolas: Okay. I definitely accept your sweet invitation, after all I couldn't resist the way you ask, with the frowny face and everything. he said smiling and I felt like squeezing him, but I controlled myself

Isabella: Silly! Come on, the kitchen Is over here

Nicolas places his backpack on the couch and followed me towards the kitchen

Nicolas: where's everybody?

Isabella: my parents didn't come for lunch and Aunt Luh, our maid has left, I am all alone.

Nicolas: oh, so it was a good choice that I stayed, so we wouldn't have to have lunch alone

After lunch we sat on the porch for a few minutes, it was a hot day, Nicolas looked at the pool thoughtfully, so I walked over and took off my shirt, leaving him looking at me only in bra and panties

Nicolas: what are you doing?

Isabella: shall we take a swim in the pool?

Nicolas: I didn't bring any clothes

Isabella: I can lend you one if you want, I said teasingly and we smiled

Nicolas: no need jolly head he said taking off his clothes. only in his under wear he took a super jump in the pool, I couldn't help noticing that he was very well good looking, physically speaking

We looked at each other for a moment, it was inevitable and anyone would notice that there was something going on between us, a special feeling. I leaned against the edge of the pool and put my head under my arms, Nicolas did the same

Isabella: I like to be with you I mean, now I feel more comfortable opening up to you, without so many shy smiles and awkward moments, for some reason I was feeling more and more comfortable in your presence, which is very good

Nicolas: I also like to be with you Isabella, he opened up as well, and made me happy

Isabella: good to know that this feeling is reciprocal

yes, hesitantly he said : Isa, yesterday when you left your phone at my house, I couldn't help seeing a message on the screen with my name, something about a dream, I wasn't spying on your messages, I only saw it when you arrived and I could read some things too

Nicolas said a little awkward and looking insecure, I swallowed dry without knowing what to say

Isabella: a message with your name? well, yeah ...

Nicolas: yes, something about "dreaming about me. again"

Isabella: oh, I got it. Well.

Nicolas: did you dream about me?

Isabella: yes, I did, but it wasn't a big deal

Nicolas: why didn't you tell me? You got me curious now, how was it? _ he asks me with attentive eyes and I decided to tell him everything, after all it's not a big deal?

Isabella: We were somewhere with a lot of people, like a very large auditorium full of people singing all together, you were sitting next to me and we looked at each other for a long time, we were holding hands and there was an opened book on my lap, I think it was a bible. I felt really good, you said something very romantic and cliché and then we kissed, and then I woke up I tried not to look you in the eye and now I am ashamed to face you

Nicolas: wow, what a dream! I do not know what to say

Isabella: it was very real, but just a dream

Nicolas: maybe not. he said smiling and I just smiled back and then once again the present of silence conquered the place. See I just came to give you back your cell phone and look, I already had lunch and we're swimming together in the same pool he said and I blushed

Isabella: but it's been really good

Nicolas: you seem to be a little alone

Isabella: sometimes, other times Paula and Rafaela take away that feeling, anyways ...

Nicolas: I am totally willing to keep your company more often

Isabella: I accept

Nicolas: there will be a devotion tomorrow night, shall we?

Isabella: yes, we shall. Do you like being a Christian?

Nicolas: rather say I love to, being a Christian is the best choice anyone could ever make in life Isa

Isabella: What is so good about it

Nicolas: After you are converted, the ways of living change completely. A certain transformation takes place, a transformation here he puts his hand on his chest and here points to his head we start to see the world with different eyes, the way of thinking changes, it is as if someone else was born

Isabella: what do you mean?

Nicolas: You start to see things in a different perspective you see your own in a different way and that is why you change in many things, you start to act differently and to think differently, a new person is born in you

Isabella: oh, I replied thoughtfully trying to understand, but it was a bit difficult to human mind

Nicolas: everyone wonders why and what's the purpose of coming to the world, looking for a meaning, a reason. But they do not seek God, he who has all the answers. He is the reason and meaning of our lives.

when I comes to this, you speak in such a pleasant way I said and he smiled

Nicolas: thank you! I hope that one day you will understand everything I am trying to say and that you will also know this god he said and I just nodded

We stayed there for a few more minutes and then we got out of the pool, Nicolas needed to study and do some college work, and I needed to get ready to go to karate training in a few hours.

_thanks for the company

_It's me to thank you, lunch was great also

_see you tomorrow Nicolas I gave him a kiss on the cheek and he replied with a charming smile

_see you tomorrow Isa, take care

_ you too

_bye

_bye

I grinned as a closed the door, I looked at the clock and unfortunately it was less than 20 minutes before the training started, I had already missed the previous day and not to miss again I ran towards the bathroom, got ready in no time and headed there . I arrived a few minutes late, sat down next to Lucas to stretch out on the floor and soon after that, we started.

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I was lying in bed reading a book, I had not come down for dinner, for some strange reason I was not hungry at all, I was entertained with my own company and my book when my mother knocked on my bedroom door.

Marcele: Daughter?

Isabella: Hi mom, come in.

Marcele: is everything okay? You Didn't come down for dinner she said, sitting next to me on the bed.

Isabella: I'm not hungry mom

Marcele: Did you even eat something? a snack or something?

Isabella: I didn't either

Marcele: but you know you have to eat, don't you?

Isabella: yes mom, I know!

Marcele: so, let's get you something to eat she said pulling me into the kitchen.

I had no appetite, but my mother insisted so much that I ended up eating a little pecking on food, we both sat at the table and talked about our

days while I tried to swallow the bites