Cintia_Mty

That September morning I saw the shyest girl in class walk in. It took me two weeks to realize the shy one wasn’t her, it was me.

I walked in looking for a corner where no one would look at me. I looked up from my book when I heard her laugh, and I knew I wouldn’t leave there the same.

I opened the wrong drawer by mistake and discovered my best friend was hiding things I didn’t even know how to name. That afternoon, she decided to explain them to me one by one.

We had planned Saturday, but she called on Friday: come tonight, I’m anxious. When she opened the door, I could no longer pretend this wasn’t serious.

Valen rested her hand on my thigh halfway down the highway. We’d been driving forty minutes and both of us already knew how the day would end.

I went to change my shoes and ended up spying on the owners of the estate. The next morning, their daughter and mother made sure I took part too.

I put on the tightest pants I owned and wore nothing underneath. What happened next was a secret only I knew while I was at work.

We put on quiet music, turned off the lights, and promised that whatever was said that night would stay there. The hardest promise to keep.

A hidden cove, a lookout over the sea, and a bet: he had one minute to make her come before they got caught.