Chapter 45

ALEX

I'm trying to make something for dinner when I heard Gabriela approaching from behind, I didn't turn around because I didn't want to end up setting the house on fire. "Hey, you look like a dizzy duck in the kitchen, do you want me to help you?" She asked "No need, seriously, I can handle myself." I had turned to talk to her and I'm frozen when I saw her, that sweatshirt fit her perfectly. If it were up to me, I gave it to her, it looked much better on her than it did on me and I could see how she blushed and looked down at the ground. I don't know how long it took until Gabriela looked up from the ground with a smile.

"Alex, if you don't want to burn your house down you should pay attention to the food." It's at that moment that I remembered the food and turned around quickly to prevent the house from catching fire. I could see some smoke in one of the pots. "I better think I'll make dinner; I don't want you to burn down your house."

"I was never good at cooking." I admitted and she laughed. "I can see that, when we live together, I'm not going to let you near the kitchen." That last part of the sentence made me dumber than I already was. Would she like to live with me? I couldn't believe it; it was like a dream and it made me think I had fallen asleep and dreaming. I would like that to happen, what's more, I would like to start a family with her, I would like to be able to give her everything she wants.

"Are you ok?" She asked, looking briefly in my direction. "Yes, why?" I asked, snapping out of my mind. "The look on your face, it looked like you were thinking about something pretty important."

"And so, it was." She went back to focusing on making dinner and I stood there gawking at her. She's beautiful all around and I couldn't understand how a girl like her is with me, after all I'm not much and I had made her life impossible at some point, which she should never forgive me for.

It didn't take much longer to finish making dinner and it actually looked good and tasted great, I don't know where she got her cooking skills or anything, but I declared myself a fan of Gabriela's food.

"Hey beautiful, where did you learn to cook that well?" I asked, savoring another bite of the food I had prepared. "From my mother and my grandmother, but I don't cook as well as they do." she said, shrugging her shoulders. "But you know how to cook and you don't set the house on fire, like me."

"That's a matter of practice, I had to learn to cook for my siblings when my parents were away and my grandparents couldn't come." She admitted, "That doesn't matter, I would like to cook half as well as you do."

"If you want, I'll teach you so you can eat without burning the kitchen at least." She responded and I laughed "They would be the classes I would pay the most attention to in my life." I admitted, because it would be the most likely thing, or I would be too distracted by having her in front of me, but I also know it's very likely she would find a way to achieve it. "You're exaggerating."

"I'm not, but at least you're smiling." I said, with a smile on my face. "You always get it, even when I feel like a shitty person." she responded "But you're not beautiful. In these cases, I think you're dramatic."

"It may look like that from the outside, but I adore my siblings no matter how much they annoy me, and after everything I went through, I don't want anything to happen to them, I would give anything so they wouldn't have to go through anything bad." She answered, a little sadder, so I approached her and hugged her "And that's what makes you the best sister in the world Gabriela. They know what you would give for them and they appreciate it, you should see it for yourself."

"It's complicated Alex, I would like to see it the way you see it, but I just can't." My girlfriend responded with evident tiredness in her voice. "I will help you see it, together we can handle everything in our way."

"Thank you, I love you, I really do." She assured, "I remind you that you hate me too." I laughed "Only when you get annoying and you don't stop insisting, but it's not so much as hating, it's getting on my nerves, I can't stand it when you get on my nerves and in those moments you do it, you get more annoying."

"That's what I'm here for." I laughed again even though it wasn't entirely true, and a smile appeared on her face again. "Don't be silly, you may get on my nerves at those times, but you always make me feel better. You're the only person I usually let get close at those times, the rest try not to get close."

"I wouldn't do it either if I didn't love you as much as I do. The only thing I want is for you to be well, nothing makes me happier than that." I said sincerely, "I like to see you happy, but I'm serious, thank you for putting up with my bad mood and my anger. Thank you for being you."

"I endure it, happy with life, my queen, I should thank you for giving me another opportunity to be part of your life, I love you and I don't know what I would do if I didn't have you in my life." I confessed, "Well, you won't lose me again." She assured "Of course not, I'll avoid it at all costs."

We kissed and soon she finished making dinner. We spent a while on the couch until I saw her eyes begin to close, so I decided it's better to take her to the bedroom to sleep. I was going to take her to mine because it's the most comfortable in the house and the largest and I'm going to go to the guest room or the sofa.

As soon as we got to the room she sat on the bed and looked at me while I grabbed some clothes to go take a shower and was about to leave when she called me. "Are you going to leave me here?" She asked, "Yes, of course, I'm going to take a shower." I responded "This is your room and I'm not going to sleep in it."

"If what you're worried about is that I'm going to sleep here, don't do it because I'll sleep somewhere else." I assured, even though I would like to be able to sleep in the same bed as her. "But it's your room, I can sleep in another one, and that's the least important thing to me." She replied, "This is the best, don't worry about me."

"Alex, I can really…" she started, but I denied "Are you going to sleep in this one, please?" I asked, "Ok, but it's the last time, next time you're not going to convince me." Gabriela stated, "We'll see about that, but rest, beautiful, see you tomorrow."

"You're the one who has to rest, you have college." She replied, rolling her eyes. "We'll see if I go." I murmured, but apparently, she had heard it. "You're not going to miss." She stated seriously, "We'll see, now rest, you must be tired."

"Yeah, a little bit." She admitted "Well, I love you, my queen." I said, walking over to where she's standing. "Me too." she replied. I finished taking the remaining steps closer to give her a kiss and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

It must have been around four in the morning when I heard Gabriela scream so I didn't hesitate to go see what's happening. When I entered the room, I could see she's crying and I sat next to her to calm her down, the little she answered I can tell she had a nightmare, what I don't know about what, but it had to be bad to make her scream.

I don't know exactly when I fell asleep, I only know the first thing I did was turn around to make sure it wasn't a dream Gabriela is here, which could be doubted because for me being with Gabriela is a dream. As soon as I turned around, I didn't see her, but I could see something like the shape under all the blankets, so I uncovered her a little to see if she was asleep, but she soon covers herself up again, which makes me laugh.

"Good morning beautiful, I know I'm ugly and all, but am I so ugly you don't want to see me?" I asked and she uncovered her eyes and stared for a couple of seconds and the truth is, I couldn't say what her gaze is trying to tell me. "That's a lie, you're not ugly." She said with complete seriousness "Then why are you covered up to the top? Are you that cold?"

"Yeah, and it's not a joke." She spoke a little softly and I thought it might be because she hadn't slept well, but I remembered that when she was younger and got like that it was because she had the flu. I put my hand on her forehead and I noticed her forehead was hotter than normal, so I ended up going for a thermometer and verify that her temperature is a few degrees higher than normal.

"Beautiful, what you should be is hot not cold. Don't move, I'm going to get a couple more blankets." I said, getting up quickly and going to look for them. "It's not necessary." She started, but this time it wasn't going to help if she told me, it wasn't necessary, I would do it anyway, "Of course it is, I'm coming, don't move. "

I went to the guest room to get the blankets from the bed and when I got there, I put them on the bed. "Are you warmer like this, beautiful?" I asked with a small smile on my face even though I didn't like how sick she looked. "Yes, but now get ready to go to college." She asked and I denied, because I wouldn't even go to college even dead when she's like she was. "Forget it, I'm not going to go to college when you're like this. I'm not going to leave you alone."

"Alex, I'll be fine. I'm not going to get out of bed at all." She assured, but I also denied again, "No, Gabriela, I'm not going to leave you alone." I reiterated, "Alex, please don't miss classes for me, I don't think you have too many absences left to send you home for a week, I'm not going to allow you to miss."

That's true, I couldn't have many offenses left right now and I didn't want to be expelled for a week, but I also didn't want to leave Gabriela alone being like she is. Another option was to call Carlos to come take care of her if he's not busy and if he was busy, I would call my grandmother, but I'm sure I wouldn't leave her alone.

"Ok, fine, I'll do it, only if Carlos or my grandmother come." I said and I could see how she rolled his eyes. "I don't need a babysitter." She protested, "It's not a babysitter, it's people who will take care of you." I responded "Is this how you will go to college?" My girlfriend asked and I nodded, "Yes, that's how I'll go to college, otherwise I'm not going to move from here."

"Ok, whatever you want, but then can you do me a favor over there?" She asked and I nodded "Whatever you want beautiful." I assured, because I'm more than sure I would do anything for her. "First of all, don't get into trouble and second, could you see that nothing happens to my siblings?"

"Paula is also expelled." I said, trying to see where she's going. "I know, but if she wants to hurt me again, she will do whatever it takes to get it, and I think it's pretty clear to her how to hurt me." She admitted, "Don't worry about it, I won't let anything happen to your siblings, I promise."

"Thanks love." She thanked with a sad smile on her face. I approached her and gave her a kiss, at least that's what I'm trying to do, but she moved away, what she said was so I wouldn't get sick, which I found funny, but I still managed to give her a kiss.

"Go or you will be late." She insisted "See you later my queen." I said goodbye "See you later love." she said back. She was right, if I stayed here, I would end up arriving late, which isn't what mattered to me, I wouldn't leave for myself, but it's what she wanted and if it made her feel calmer, I would do it.

Before leaving the house, I called Carlos to ask if he could come take care of Gabriela, who did not hesitate to accept, apparently, he had nothing to do, which made me happy, as he would arrive in about five minutes. I wasn't going to be late for five minutes, so I waited for him to arrive and as soon as he did, I explained to him a little about how she was and he should take care of her, which I know he would do.