Meeting People

At half past six, Alice appears shouting.

— Gabriella, Gabriella.

— Calm down. — I was ready, just waiting for her arrival.

And so, we both went to school and when we arrived, Alice presented the whole class to me, ‘cause she wanted me to know who was good and who were the people with whom I should not mix, and we found a good class and another one that was just trouble. Then we met Fabrício and Eduardo's group with their friends, that is, the group of the preppy and snobbish girls.

— Look, for you who don't know almost anyone, I'm going to clarify, here there are many nice people; good people, but you're going to find countless rascals, be careful with whom you mix.

— Hi, ladies.

— Didn't I tell you? Speaking of rogue, one of them has already appeared. — She smiled as she spoke when she saw Fabricio and Eduardo. — Good morning to you kids, this is Gabriella my neighbor and also my newest friend, Gaby, these are my friends, Fabricio and Eduardo.

— I saw this pretty face yesterday in my arms — said Eduardo, shameless, then he took my hand.

Just to make fun of Eduardo, Fabrício said while laughing:

— It's true, you've seen her! He himself said that he almost killed a blind girl, in the lobby.

— Nice to meet you, Gabriella — Eduardo said, still holding my hand, ignoring his friend's nonsense.

I, embarrassed by Fabrício's jokes and remembering what had happened with Eduardo the first day we met, half nervous, only said: “Hi” and with a serious face, I walked away.

— Alice, I'm going upstairs, we'll talk later, excuse me — I said, leaving towards the living room.

— Hum, what a startled pretty! Could it be that she has always been like this? Or are you afraid of Fabrício? Yes, Fabrício, I think it will be very difficult this time, this one is not for you, you can get out of here — said Eduardo, laughing.

— If I say I'm going to get it, I'll get it! Changing the subject, so, Alice, how about we make a social and invite that little friend of yours?

— Gabriella? A bit difficult, Gabriella is a simple girl, she is not used to these things, besides coming from the countryside she is very shy, aren’t thinking to make any kind to her, right?

— Of course not! — said Fabricio, with a sarcastic air.

— All right, in that case I’ll arrange a social gathering at my home, ‘cause if I go to your house, there's no chance, her father is very tory, he’d not allowed her to go out with me to a party, it will only happen if it's at my house.

— Okay, Alice, set the date, and we go.

Time is over and everyone entered the class, Eduardo was following me with his eyes.

“Why is this boy looking at me?” Finally, the time went by, the class ended, and Alice came towards me rushing.

— Come on, Gaby, I can't work long hours today, I go to a dentist in twenty minutes.

The next day, as agreed, I waited to go with Alice, but something went wrong, it was already six fifty and Alice had not arrived, one of the students who was also going at that time, stopped in front of me.

EDUARDO

—  Hey, are you waiting for Alice? She's not coming, her bike's broken.

— Who are you? — I didn't recognize and immediately took a step back.

— It's me, Eduardo, don't you recognize me? — He says, getting out of the car.

— Ah, yes, sorry, I didn't see that it was you, but how do you know she's not coming?

— I saw her standing in the street trying to start her Biz, I wanted to help her, but there was no time, so she told me that you were here and asked me to warn you.

— Well, what am I going to do now? There's no time left to get to school by bus.

— As for that, I don't see any problem, you can come with me by car, if you want, would you accept a ride? — said Eduardo, staring at me, no innocence.

I needed that ride, but I couldn't accept it.

— Thanks, but I can't accept.

— No? Why not? It's just a ride, I won't bite you! — He says, giving me a beautiful smile.

— It's not that! It's just that it's not convenient for me to hitchhike with a stranger, even more so if it’s a man, anyway, thank you for your kindness.

Eduardo did not give up and insisted.

— Come on, girl, let's go, do you rather miss class for a silly?

Already late, I hesitated a bit, but I decided to accept the ride and went with him to school. On the way there, Eduardo talked to me about my place of origin. Between one conversation and another, I made it obvious that besides being serious, I didn't trust men's small talk. After the conversation, he realized that I was not just anyone.

When I arrived at school, as soon as he got out of the car and saw me, Fabrício got weird with Eduardo, calling him a treacherous, I didn't understand anything, but I didn't even talk to anyone, I just thanked him for the ride and got out of the car straight to the classroom. I left them behind, talking.

— Stop it, Fabrício, you have nothing to do with her! And to be honest, you won't, there's no one there for you, my friend, that girl is different, she's not like the others, she won't give you a clue.

— Why stop, Edu? For me to get that girl now is a question of honor.

— I don't agree, I don't know, man, the girl has a different way, what are you going to do with her for?

— Tell me, Edu, tell me the truth, you want to get her too!  It's nicer for you to say you want to get her than to keep blurting it out, trying to get me out of your head, — said Fabrício, so revolting.

— It's not like that! I just don't agree with your idea of idea, man, after talking to her, I just realized that it's not worth it to do that with the pretty. She has a different way, she is nice, she is different from the others, you can see it. Come on, man, there are so many girls out there, and you want to mess with this one, why? Leave the girl alone.

— No way, Edu, you know me, brother, if I said I'd get it, then I'll get it, whatever it takes!

Eduardo was a sucker, a very perverted guy and one of the biggest suckers of the school, but I noticed that my presence stirred him, made everything look different.

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