Chapter 22

Isabella: I will always be by your side whatever you need

Rafaela: me too

Isabella: see you later, kisses

Rafaela: kisses

On Sundays, it always starts earlier. I walked to the bedroom, undressed and showered, chose a flowery dress, black heels, hairpin, and got ready for the devotion I would go with Nicolas. When we got there, we prayed side by side, we worshiped the Lord sang in unison, and together we entered the father's presence. A real gift and a great privilege to feel the love of God taking care of our being, to be able to claim it, to worship it, to seek it, and genuinely feel that it has come to meet us.

I liked it a lot, and on second thought, nothing in this life is more important than denying and consecrating our living to this God; everything here is empty and is transitory, so let us seek what is eternal.

I felt renewed after that divine meeting.

When it all finished, Nicolas went back with me home.

We spent some time together in the room talking about the message that was delivered at the meeting. Then, we kissed goodbye, and he left.

Isabella

As usual, every Monday morning, I woke up at 6 am. I showered, got ready to school, fixed my hair, put on a cherry lip gloss, grabbed my backpack with everything I needed, put my cell phone to charge, and went to breakfast.

Isabella: Good morning, Aunt Luh

Luiza: Good morning, my flower; sit down

I sat at the table, poured myself some hot chocolate, grabbed two cheese buns, some fruit, and when I got up to get some sugar, I accidentally ended up slapping my hand on the cup that I spilled the chocolate all over the table and sloshing it over my pants too.

Isabella: Oh Lord Jesus! I exclaimed, getting impatient, that got on my nerves

Luiza: Careful, Isa, let me get a cloth for you to clean yourself.

Isabella: Thank you I said as I received the cloth from her hands. It's not a good start. I muttered

Come on; it happens, aunt luh said with her soothing voice

Lorenzo: what happened?

Luiza: she got a little dirty with the chocolate; that's all

Isabella: How am I supposed to go to school now? I asked dissatisfied

Luiza: change your pants. And it's almost time for class.

Isabella: Lord Jesus! I said as I walk towards the bedroom

Marcele: Good morning daughter

Isabella: good morning

I changed my dirty uniform pants into a dark blue pair of jeans and hurried back to get something to eat before I left, but by then, I'd be late. When I arrived, the gates were already closed; the doorman let me in but to go straight to the board to explain What a stressful day it was.

Isabella: Good morning.

Beth: Good morning, she said, sitting in her chair.

You know we don't allow students to go in without their uniform, right? and it's pretty late; classes started 10 minutes ago

Isabella: Yes, I'm sorry, something unexpected happened today, but it won't happen anymore.

Beth: All right, go ahead

Isabella: Thank you very much.

I was totally uncomfortable going into the classroom like this, the teacher was already teaching, and I was standing at the door snooping around.

Teacher: Good morning, Isabella

Isabella: good morning teacher, may I come in?

teacher: please

Isabella: I walked in a walk of shame and sat in my usual place

And of course, all my classmates started looking at me and whispering to each other, and I just waited for the break to explain about the chocolate accident.

It was late, and I was feeling full despite not having eaten much, and for some reason, the food seemed to be coming back, but it must have been my habit of eating and not waiting too long to go to bed. I picked up my cell phone and looked for messages from Nicolas.

Nicolas: today, I woke up smiling, feeling like the luckiest guy in the universe to have the most outstanding girlfriend; thank goodness I didn't give up waiting, thank goodness I prayed to God for someone because it was worth every prayer and every bended knee because today I have you, and you can't imagine how happy I am with you, grateful to be able to be part of your life, to be able to see you smile every day, to kiss you. I'm the most blessed guy in the world and the most passionate too, and I want to spend the rest of my life by your side, love you with all my strength, and repay you ten times more for all the good you do me my Isa.

Good morning my love,

What a beautiful thing, how good it is to love and have someone who loves us in the same intensity. I think I'm fortunate to have him in my life; I even sometimes believe that I'm not even worthy of someone as wonderful as him; God has blessed me.

Isabella: Thank you for being who you are, for everything you do, for everything you are; I thank our God every day for you; not everyone is lucky enough to find a pure and true love like yours; you are The most amazing guy I know, owner of the most beautiful smile in the world if you knew everything that causes me when I see you my Nicolas, my favorite moments are always by your side, and yes I also want to spend my whole life with you, I want it more than anything when I told you yes that day, I didn't only say it to date, but also to get married, to get old with you, for everything. You are my Love.

Good afternoon my prince

Nicolas: I'll have to spend the afternoon at college, but before I go, I'll stop by because I need to see you as soon as possible

Isabella: you can come because I also want to see you as soon as possible

Nicolas: I'm just going to finish a few things here and take a shower; wait for me, okay?

Isabella: I will wait for my prince

Nicolas: see you in a little while, my beautiful, kiss

Isabella: a kiss

I threw the cell phone on the bed and smiled silly thinking about Nicolas; then I decided to read a book while the hours passed to see my beloved one. The feeling of being full was getting worse and worse for some strange reason, and now with a particular burning sensation, how strange, it was bothering me a lot, but it shouldn't be a big deal, I changed my position, and it improved a little. After a few hours, I hear a knocking on the door.

Isabella: come in

-Nicolas is down there, luh said, and I ran toward him, leaving her behind

I jumped in his lap and filled him with kisses

Nicolas: What an excellent reception.

Isabella: from a girlfriend who's totally in love who couldn't wait for more for you to arrive

Nicolas: oh yeah?

Isabella: yes

Nicolas: right, we have exactly 10 minutes, then I have to run back to class, he said, looking at his wristwatch

Isabella: are we going to our little shelter?

Nicolas: our little shelter?

Isabella: my room, your room, my shelter, your shelter

Nicolas: um, I like it; it seems cozy

My room was big and spacious; we sat on the bed together, just talking.

Nicolas: So, how have you been.

Isabella: I was pretty stressed in the morning but nothing significant, I'm feeling pretty full, with a bit of burning sensation too, and the weirdest thing is that I didn't even eat that much, can you believe me, honey? I don't know why I'm feeling that

Nicolas: are you feeling any pain? Or just that?

Isabella: no, that's all, but don't worry, okay? it's not a big deal

Nicolas: I hope so; if you feel anything more than that, let me know, anything

Isabella: okay, I'll relax, baby. I smiled, and I kissed him, his concern for me was cute, you look lovely like that, all worried, you know?

Nicolas: oh, needless to say, You look beautiful anyway

Isabella: oh, I attacked him, knocking him down on the bed, kissing him, sniffing his neck and face, and tickling his stomach, and he responded in the same way; only loud laughter in the room and smacks of kisses could be heard

He was on top of me, with his nose pressed to mine, looking me in the eyes, smiling; it felt like a dream; I had never felt so much emotion, so much mixed feelings for anyone.

Nicolas: perhaps it's too soon, but I don't care; I love you, Isabella Fercondine, he revealed between gentle smiles, and gave me the best kiss of my life

Isabella: I love you too, Nicolas, a little awkwardly, and we kissed once more.

We sat on each other's laps, talking and caressing each other until it was time for Nicolas to go.

Nicolas: I'll be coming to see you at night, he said as he entered the room

Isabella: okay, take care. May God be with you.

A little later, in the gym locker room after training, I was talking to Beatriz and the other two girls who were training with us; I sat on the chair in a cold sweat and slightly nauseous.

Beatriz: are you ok Isa