~Chapter 3~

(August 8)

Monday again.

A new week the same problems of yesterday and today.

What a philosophical damn that came out.

Back to school as usual.

I always pass by Colton Hill.

Did i meet Tyler here? Is he who I remember here?

Do not know.

I have to know where I met him from, I can't stay like this.

I have to ask Sonia.

I got to school and went into the classroom.

Where is she?

She did not come?

Is she missing today?

just when I want to ask you something?

It must be because of her problem with her legs, although as I saw her on Saturday it did not seem too bad.

So I guess this time i will have to speak to Tyler personally.

I took my book out of my backpack and started reading.

Before I knew it, class started and there was no sign of Sonia or Tyler.

Sons of bitches, of all the days that could be missing, just today they do.

Damn my luck.

I just hope to find her practicing today.

(Several Hours Later)

I was going to the gym hoping to find her.

Came in and there she was.

Flying like an angel across the field.

"Just in time Josh we were about to start" the coach told me.

"Since when has Sonia been here?" I asked for

"For like an hour or two, why?"

"Absent to class"

"Seriously? Shit, I told her never to skip class, she told me there were no classes today.

Sonia! "

Sonia stopped and approached us.

"Why the hell did you miss class today? You lied to me girl"

"There were no classes today, right Josh?" she answered.

"I'm sorry Sonia, you know I can't help you with that"

"Now that's why you stay on the bench" continued the coach.

"How many days?" Sonia asked.

"No, you stay on the bench at the Seattle game, you will not go"

All the others stopped what they were doing

"What? Coach, are you going to leave the best of the team out of the tournament?" asked Kira

"Coach I will do whatever it takes, I will clean the gym, I will wash your car, but please, let me go, I swear I will not do it again" Sonia begged

"No is a no, girl, you have to learn to maintain your responsibilities, first is school"

The coach walked away and they all stood with their mouths open.

"Thanks for the fucking help" Sonia growled at me.

"You asked for it, why the **** did you miss school? You had me worried"

"Since when do you care what happens to me? Now you ruined everything for me"

"You blew it alone, don't look for me"

"I hate you"

She stormed off and left the gym.

Shit!!! I screwed up, I screwed up everything.

I shouldn't have done that, me and my stupid eager to screw things up.

Now she and everyone else hate me.

Why did I have to open my fucking mouth?!!!

I screw it up, I screw it up, I screw it up, I screw it up, I screw it up !!!!!!!!!

"Thanks for that Josh" Amanda told me

"Yeah, you don't have to screw it on my fucking face!"

I felt a tear run down my cheek.

I need to get out of here.

I ran to the gym restrooms and dropped my backpack on their doorstep.

I locked myself in one of the bathrooms and locked it.

I started to cry.

I screwed up, screwed up, screwed up everything.

For her and for me.

Now I will no longer have a chance to tell her how I feel about her.

She hates me.

I hate myself.

Now she will leave, as everyone did.

(Two days later)

I don't know how many days have passed since that happened.

Sonia went back to school but she no longer talks to me or looks at me.

Okay, I guess, I deserve it.

Colton Hill.

Yesterday afternoon I sat on the hill in the park.

I never do it in the morning because I'm late in school.

Today I am going to take a scolding from the teacher, I did not do the homework.

I just got home and turned on my console to forget about all the mess I caused.

I haven't slept well since Monday either.

I have dark circles and nodding as I walk.

I'm a mess.

I got to school and sat in my seat.

I don't even feel like reading my book anymore.

I don't even know which page I stay on.

I saw Tyler walk through the door.

Nor do I care to find out who he was.

My head hurts and I'm about to hit anyone who talks to me.

I don't know what the hell happened but suddenly everything went silent.

What a good time to sleep.

A knock on my desk woke me up from my dream.

"The dream was good huh? Go wash your face and meet me in my office" the teacher told me.

I got up and left the room.

How long did I sleep?

My head still hurts and my eyes are going to burst at any moment.

I washed my face and went into the teacher's office.

He was sitting at his desk.

"Have a seat Josh"

I sat in one of the chairs in front of the desk.

"You've been really bad lately Josh, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just going through a bad streak is all, in a few days I will recover"

"I understand, it must be difficult, because of your parents"

"Save the old sermon, get to the point"

"If you need help with something just say so and we will do our best to help you"

"I'm fine, I have nothing wrong, now if you'll excuse me, I have a class to attend"

I left his office and headed back to the classroom.

I entered and felt everyone's gaze on me.

****, **** each and every one of you motherfuckers.

(Hours later)

I was in my counter chair watching the game between the team.

"Do you know why Sonia hasn't been here lately?" the coach asked me

"Why does you ask me?" I replied

"You are her best friend, she must have told you"

"I don't think she'll talk to me again after what happened on Monday, could we change the subject? I don't feel right talking about it."

The game ended and Sarah approached me.

"Hey, if you are interested, the day after tomorrow I will go to eat with Sonia, I could regain your friendship with her" she told me

"Do what you want, I don't care.

Coach, is there any work I need to do now? "

"No, why?

"I want to leave early, I'm not feeling well"

I don't want to be here, where I ruined everything.

(The next day)

I was back on my way to school.

All days the same.

Go to school, go to training, and come home to do homework.

Or just play with my console and forget about everything, it is the same, anyway I do not learn anything new.

Colton Hill.

At this time no one is in the park.

A good time to be alone and rest from all this.

I'll be late for school if I stay here.

I don't think it will be too bad for me to miss school for just one day.

My other colleagues miss half a week and still pass.

I don't think just one lack will ruin me.

Walk down the stone tile hallway in the park.

I got out of the way and started walking across the grass.

I began to climb the small stone steps that had the hill.

Make it to the top of the hill and as always.

I sat on the bench near the edge.

The tree behind gave shade and it was cool.

The song of the birds filled my ears and calmed me.

How I would like to be like this forever.

No problems or worries.

Just you and the wind in your fur.

The smell of the grass in the morning.

The sun in the early hours of the day.

The sound of the leaves of the trees.

All that makes you just forget about everything.

I heard something hit the ground behind me.

I got up from the bench and walked towards the rocks.

I saw someone get up from the ground at the base of the mountain.

It was Tyler.

He had his backpack with him.

"Hey mate, are you okay?" ask going down.

"Yes, I'm fine", he replied, removing the dirt from his clothes.

"It was very loud, didn't you break anything?"

"No, really, I'm fine"

He was very cute despite being a bigger wolf than me.

"Did you want to go up the hill?" I asked for.

"I went up the hill but I saw you up there and I didn't want to disturb" he replied

"It was no bother, I was leaving anyway, I have business to attend to"

"Yes, we have school" he smiled

"Take it easy, I'll say you got sick" I laughed

"Thanks"

"No problem man, take care"

"See you later, Josh"

"Bye Tyler"

He is a good boy.

He started up the hill again.

I walked across the lawn and saw a notebook lying on the ground.

I picked it up and saw something written on the cover.

"My diary"

The handwriting with which it was written was beautiful.

This is from Tyler?

"Hey! Have you seen a notebook?" I heard him coming down the hill.

Shit.

"This?" I asked showing it.

"Thank god you found it, you didn't open it, did you?"

"No, you have my word, I didn't open it or read it"

"Thank you, you have no idea what problems I would have if I lost it"

"It's not a problem here."

I gave him the notebook and when he took it. I remembered it.

I remember holding his hand the first time he brought me here.

He showed me this place, he brought me here.

He was the one who I could not remember in the memories that I have of this place.

I remember laughing and singing together on the hill when we were children.

"Hey Josh, are you okay?" he asked

"What? Ah yeah, I'm fine, just, I need a moment to think"

"If you want you can come up with me, talk about it"

"No, I'm fine, I bothered you enough today, I don't think I'm going to school today either"

"Sure you're okay?"

"Yes, see you later Tyler"

I ran out of there as fast as I could.

How the hell could I forget?

All that we did and lived together, the parties, the songs, the stupid things, all that.

I remember now.

I remember who he was and what he was.

My best friend.

Why did I forget?

How could I forget it?

(Hours later)

I went back to my house to get rid of my backpack and went back to the park.

I need to talk to Tyler.

I know he's not here anymore, but I'm good at tracking.

I went up the hill and focused on my nose.

I have a trace of him.

Smells good, does he wear perfume?

This is not the time to think about it, to track down.

It is incredible that after all the time that I have spent, the smell of him is still in the air.

Got out of the park and lost the damn trail.

Shit

Wait a minute, I remember that old coffee shop in front of the park.

They closed it a year ago.

I remember that this was our first time dating.

Now the establishment is falling apart.

Then I went to his house and we spent the whole day playing.

Damn, damn my damn memory

I heard some struggling in an alley near the cafeteria.

It sounded like Tyler's voice, and he was in pain.

I ran into the alley and saw Tyler getting beaten up by some idiots.

Sons of bitches.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

"Oh look who came, who is it, your boyfriend?" he said as he kicked Tyler.

"Look what it says here 'I spoke to Josh again, it was paradise in life despite only having been a few minutes' are you Josh?" Laughed another idiot

"I'll give you 3 seconds to get away from him and run away before I smash your heads in two for all of you."

"It seems that someone wants to save his little friend, come on pretty boy"

"Really? Pretty boy?"

I clenched my fist and ran towards them.

One tried to kick me in the stomach but I dodged it and managed to land a punch in the face.

He fell to the ground and someone grabbed me by the neck.

"I got you, motherfucker" he struggled with me.

I started hitting him in the stomach trying to free myself.

I felt my ribs hurt.

Tyler got up from the ground and I shook off whoever was holding my neck.

I gave a shoulder load to whoever hit me.

I hit him against the wall and hit him in the face.

He fell to the ground and someone tried to tackle me.

He couldn't throw me down and I hit him with my elbow in the back.

He fell and they hit my face.

I hit him back and sat him on the ground.

Tyler is in trouble.

I kicked whoever was on top of Tyler and picked him up.

"Now who's the pretty boy, you son of a bitch? Huh ?!" I growled

I let go of him and he started running.

His other companions followed him from behind.

"You are well?" I asked for

"Yes, thanks again" he replied

"You don't have to thank me, I'll help you with your things"

This is not the backpack he wears to school.

He had several notebooks and books that had nothing to do with studies.

We finished picking up his things and I wiped the blood from my snout.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked me

"Yes, they have given me worse, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm sorry you heard about the beginning, I didn't want anyone to know"

"Easy Tyler, I remember you friend"

"Seriously?"

"It taked time to recognize you, but I remember you"

he hugged me without warning.

"I missed you so much Josh"

"Me too, old friend"

I hugged him back and felt his warmth.

No one had hugged me in a long time.

I had forgotten this feeling of warmth and confidence.

This feeling of affection, I had not felt since I was a child.

I missed you Tyler.

"I never thought I could miss someone so much" I said

"Neither did I, when you didn't recognize me I broke down, I thought you had already completely forgotten about me"

"I remembered you, but I didn't know who you were, I felt like I knew you but I didn't know from where, but this morning, when we met on the hill, all the memories became clear"

"Thank god you recognized me"

He hugged me even stronger

"Don't worry, you're going to take my breath away"

"I'm sorry" he separated from me and lowered his head in shame.

He is so cute!

"Are you free today?" he asked

"I have a couple of business to attend to but you can come if you want to"

"I don't want to bother you in your affairs"

"It's not a problem, I have a lot to tell you"

"Me too"

I picked up the backpack from him and handed it to him.

"We are going?" I asked smiling

"Sure" he replied taking the backpack .

We left the alley.

"If you don't mind me asking, what are all those books about?" I asked for

"They are from my father, he is studying and I went to pick up his books" he replied.

"Studying?"

"He says he never finished college"

"Him? That's a good reason to laugh" I said

"I know"

"And where have you been all this time? Did you stay in Seattle?"

"I moved to Boston last year but it seems my parents liked this city a lot."

"And did you like being there?"

"A little, each city has incredible things, but only one has what I care about, you"

Just a moment...

It seems that he realized what he said and blushed too much.

It's so fucking cute!!!

"Sorry, I didn't want it to sound like that" he apologized nervously

"Hey man, that's gay" I laughed

He covered his face with his hands and I kept laughing.

"Oh look, we're here" I said.

"A gym?" he asked looking through his fingers

"Yes, come, come in, don't separate from me"

We went into the gym and everyone was playing but Sonia was sitting on a bench.

"Do you train volleyball?" Tyler asked.

"No, I only help the coach as much as I can, I'm her assistant" I replied.

I heard a few footsteps rapidly approaching us.

Before I knew it, my back was hurting and I was on the floor with something heavy on top of me.

"Why did you miss class?" Sonia asked me, in top of me.

"I thought you hated me and you didn't care what happened to me" I replied.

"That I hate you does not mean that I do not worry about you, you idiot, you had me terrified, you never miss class, I thought something had happened to you"

She hugged me on the floor.

"Sorry to worry you" I apologized.

"I still hate you" she told me, letting go of me.

She got up and gave me her hand.

She picked me up and the coach came over.

"Now you also miss classes? Now what are you two bringing?" she said.

"I have a good reason coach" I said.

"You better"

"I was going through a rough patch, look I have dark circles, I wanted to get rid of everything just for one day"

"And him?"

"He was just a side effect, you saw that I was screwed up"

"Good, but don't let it happen again"

"Save me"

"Not even a little bit, you will clean the gym after each practice, so that you don't mind not telling when you are going to be absent"

"Fair, I deserve it"

"And I have something that you like, come"

I motioned for Tyler to follow me.

"Look, we lost the scoreboard but we got an official scoreboard."

"Great, now I'm going to be able to score like a pro"

"That's right, that tail doesn't lie"

"Now we are talking"

"That's it, well, I let the game continue, Sonia, do you think you're ready to go back to the game?"

"Sure, I'm going"

"Sit down Tyler, I stay standing, I feel more comfortable"

"If you insist"

He sat down and watched the girls play.

"You like this?" he asked

"That if I like it? Of course, but what I really love about this is seeing Sonia"

"But she hates you why?"

"The following week they had a game against Seattle and I screwed up."

"What?"

"Do you remember Monday that she miss school? She is forbidden by the coach to miss classes and i opened my mouth more than i should and left Sonia on the bench throughout the game, all because of me"

"That's bad"

"Very bad, I feel horrible about that, that's why I've been so bad lately"

"And you can't do anything for her?"

"If I could I would have done everything, even the unthinkable just to see her in that match, flying like an angel"

"I see, I'm surprised that after all this time you still trust me, well, I guess you changed."

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't you remember? You were always being mysterious every time we messed with your feelings, you always turned the subject immediately"

"I suppose that before I was more reserved than now, you're right, I changed"

"After so long, I still remember everything we did together"

"Me too, my best moments I live"

I missed you Tyler.

(Hours later)

The training was over and everyone had gone home.

Tyler said that he was going to do something, what he could do it in the gym?

I was cleaning the gym and picking up the balls that they left scattered.

I left everything in its place and Tyler just appeared.

"What did you do? You took too long" I said.

"A matter that I had to attend to outside the gym, sorry for lying to you"

"No problem, if you don't want to tell me there is no problem"

"Do you want to come with me to my house? I don't want to leave in the middle of the night, I'm scared"

"Well come on, just don't do anything weird or you'll be left alone"

He jumped for joy and we left the gym.

"I'm following you from behind, don't worry"

"Thank you" he said.

I wonder if his parents didn't care about his, he was only supposed to pick up his father's books.

What a mess I got him into.

Oh, true.

"Hey, weren't you bruised from the fight earlier?" I asked for

"No, I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me."

He smiled.

That smile, I recognize it.

(3 years ago)

I was with Tyler walking down Colton Hill.

"And what do you think if one day I invite you to lunch again?" he asked me

"I would love to, whenever you want, you know that I am always free for you"

"Thanks"

He began to climb the stone steps of the hill.

"What's wrong? You don't know how to go up?" he asked again.

"No, I don't know how to climb and I'm afraid of falling"

"Scared? You? Okay, take my hand, I'll help you"

"It's fine"

I took his hand and started climbing one stone by stone.

I took a misstep and my foot slipped and we fell to the bottom of the hill.

Tyler got up and took the dirt off his clothes

"Are you alright? If you want we can save it for another day" he said giving me his hand.

"No, I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me."

"You know that I always take care of you"

That smile he gave me as children the first time we climbed that hill.

It is the same that he gave me now that I help him.

(Present)

We got to his house and he rang the bell.

"I guess we split up here Josh" he said.

"Until tomorrow, we have school"

"Sure, are you going to be okay?"

"Sure, you know I'm always fine"

"Good, see you tomorrow"

"See you Tyler"

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