Last year for vacations I was in Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa. That is a very small town where I lived all my life, until I moved to Guatemala City. Well, I had a friend named Lourdes; she was very cute, beautiful, generous, polite, sweet and lovely. She was my best friend.
One day my neighbor called my mom to invite her to go to a Posada, in her house. She told my mom, “Come at 7:00 or earlier.” Lourdes was there, and when I saw her I went to greet her. I stayed with her all night long because she was my best friend, but that night I started to see her as something else. I felt something weird, something different; something that never in my life had happened, and I just wondered, “What is happening to me, what I am feeling?”
Some days passed and I didn’t understand yet what was I dealing with. I decided to tell Lourdes’ best friend, and her conclusion was: “You are in love with her.” “That’s impossible,” I exclaimed. That night I couldn’t sleep thinking about what she told me previously. At the next day I realized that it was true; but I just couldn’t show up and tell her “I´m in love with you” or “Do you want to be my girlfriend,” because I didn’t want her to tell me “I’m sorry, but I don’t love you,” or “NO,” So I started talking to her sending messages to her cell phone. All we talked about was what was going on in our lives or we just talked about stupid things
In February 4th, 2010 Lourdes’ best friend invited me and my family to her 15th birthday. I was so happy because that day I was prepared to tell Lourdes what I felt about her, but first I wanted Lourdes’s best friend to ask her if she felt the same about me. Then Lourdes’ best friend came to me and told me “She loves you.” I got super exited and told Lourdes’s best friend, “Please, call her,” And Lourdes went with me and I asked her “Do you want to be my girlfriend,” And she said with a big smile on her face “Yes.” I was very, very, very, very happy. I was so happy I didn’t know what to do, and Lourdes’s best friend just said, “GIVE HER A HUG,” And I quickly gave her a big hug.
The bad thing was that I just could not see her for a few days because I had to return to Guatemala City to go to school. All of the days I would call her to greet and tell her “I love you.” We spent a lot of time talking, like 2 hours, and my dad just said “Stop talking on the phone!” I just said “Wait,” but then I went to the computer to the messenger to talk with her, and 1 day she told me “Hello my love,” I just thought, “This is the first time she calls me ‘My love’” and I felt so weird I even started to get blushed.
A week and a half later I went with my mom to Pradera Concepcion to buy a present to her for Valentine’s Day. I bought her a teddy bear with a lot of different kinds of chocolate, 4 different flavors of Air Head candy and a helium balloon that said “I LOVE YOU,” but like 3 days before giving her the present she called me and she said “I have to talk with you about something important,” and I just knew that she was going to tell me something bad. I called her because I was very worried and I told her with pain in my voice, “Just tell me, I know what it is,” Then she said “I love you and you know it, but we have to break up because I see you just like a friend.” I just felt something inside my throat that didn’t leave me speak, and I difficultly said her “OK, but I’m going to give you a San Valentine’s present because I bought it for you and it’s yours”
That was very special and sad for me because I really loved her, but actually we are good friends but we can’t see each other because she actually is in The United States and I’m here in Guatemala. But I will always remember the moments I spend with her.
