Seeing her happy makes me even happier, I take a deep breath and keep walking beside her even though she doesn't notice I'm there.
I walk and wait for the light to close, minutes later it closes and I cross the street, I hear screams and look back a truck comes at high speed.
The people who were nearby scream for me to get out of there, but my legs are paralyzed, I feel trapped the truck approaches and I close my eyes, I don't feel any impact, I open my eyes again.
And in front of me was Louis and right behind the dented truck.
- Are you alright?
I couldn't believe it after all these days without being able to see him he was in front of me, saving me once more, I hug him tight to be able to feel it once more.
All this time my heart is pounding to see him.
- Thank you for saving me one more time.
He returns the hug, we walk off the street and he looks at me.
- Close your eyes… you can't see it.
The same snaps his fingers making all those who saw what happened forget.
I open my eyes and he's looking at me.
- What did you do?
- A lot of people saw what happened so I erased their memory, everything is as before.
- But why did you save me when I didn't call you?
- Because I was close to you all the time... since the last time you saw me... so from there I stayed here.
- All the time?
- A lot of things happened in those ten days but I didn't let... I was on your side.
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- This is already irritating me.
I turn things around and walk away.
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- So you have to go now?
-Hmm (looks sideways) You haven't made it home yet.
I smile and we start walking, this was the first time I can see the beautiful smile he has.
He drops me off at my apartment door.
- Now yes...
- thank you Louis...
- see you around.
He disappears in a cloud of smoke, I open the door and go in, Sandra hasn't arrived yet, I decide to order a pizza.
Some time later someone knocks on the door as soon as I open it I see the delivery guy, and I remember the first day I arrived and a pizza delivery guy knocked on my door...he hands me and leaves...I remember the delivery guy from before and right after I see Gabriel in the head, I keep my mouth open...
- Could it be that Gabriel is the one sent to kill me? It can not be.
As I was so innocent... every time something happened the next day he wasn't present in class, I put the pizza on the table and sit on the sofa...
- It can't be... I have to draw my conclusions.
I grab my cell phone and call Gabriel.
- Why are you calling me at this time?
- Well... I just wanted to know how your father is.
- He's doing much better, thanks for worrying...
- Do you want to go out with me?
- So suddenly? What happened ?
- That day you invited me, and I was very tired, so today I'm in the mood...
- Alright, let's leave then.
I set the time and place with him, after I turn off the cell phone, I see that I made an appointment to go out with him.
- If he is really the one sent to kill, then am I going towards death? Now I can't deselect it, but that's the only way I'll know if it's really him.
I pull on a sweatshirt and bun my hair up and look at the book.
How am I going to take the book without him knowing?
I put it under the sweatshirt and leave in a hurry, I arrive at the place and see the same looking at his cell phone, I go to him.
- How long have you arrived?
- No, I almost arrived, I tried to call you, but you didn't answer.
- My cell phone stayed at home.
- For what reason did you call me here?
- Well, I wanted to pay that day you asked me out.
- I can't stay long, I have to...
- Are you busy? So we can go out another day, bye.
I walk away without even being able to finish talking, when I turn the corner I start running to the apartment.
I close the door, I'm panting... did he suspect me?
The door opens and I fall back.
- What are you doing? Looks like you ran away from a monster.
- I think I found the person sent to kill me.
I get up and look at Sandra
- Who would it be?
- Gabriel, what he studies with us.
- Why do you think that?
- Remember the first day we got here, a delivery guy gave me a pizza saying it was a gift, but no, it's not normal.
- Just for a pizza?
The same goes to your room and I keep thinking, am I going crazy?
I think all this has gone to my head and I'm not able to think straight, should I lose excuses for him?
- Why am I like this?
I close the door and open the pizza box and start eating.
But I can't be wrong about that, I saw in your eyes that something isn't right.
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- What are you thinking?
- I'm just finding it weird...
Louis walks from side to side.
- What would it be?
- He's not doing anything, it looks like he's just watching, or waiting to do something.
- Is it?
-I'm not sure, but I feel something is not normal.
Louis sits down on the couch and puts his hand on his chin.
- You were there, with her, weren't you?
- It's my job did you forget?
- You showed up without her calling you, you're breaking the rules...
- She almost died... could you forget about the rules for a few seconds? It was based on the rules that I lost a very important person, so I don't want to fail again because of that.
I get up from the couch and head towards the stairs.
- If need be I leave the rules so she can stay alive until the end, if I lose someone else I will never forgive myself.
- You will suffer for this...
- I don't care, I will suffer even more if something happens to her, and I think you forgot part of the contract.
He turns to me.
- After the person becomes the contractor we must protect him at all costs, you should do the same.
The same goes up the stairs and goes to his room, walking from one side to the other, I think about what he had told me.
I feel something really bad is going to happen, and I'm not strong to protect you two.
How can you be so stubborn, I don't know what I can do...