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checking how the fainted boy was.
     

CHAPTER 22
     
     
     
    Sitting on a bench in the schoolyards I was trying to put in order my books.
    Mirta came closer to me and she was thrilled.
    I l ooked away from my books and paid attention to her all in pink.
    “ You can’t believe what happened!” she exclaimed and her voice was filled up with cheer.
    “ Through your enthusiasm, it must be something related to Christian.” I deduced.
    “ He invited me to go with him to the rock and roll concert.” she told me.
    “ That’s everything you wanted.” I said, with a faint voice.
    I was really happy for her; however, I thought she deserved a cool guy, someone more humble.
    “ I’ve always waited for this!” she confessed.
    “ Congratulations!” I said, laconically.
    “ What about you?” she asked.
    “ Me?” I wrinkled my nose.
    “ Aren’t you going to the show?”
    “ I don’t have company.” I said and she could sense the distress in my voice.
    “ That’s because you don’t want to go”, she said.
    “ What are you talking about?” I asked firmly as I looked at her face.
    “ I heard Douglas wants to invite you to the rock concert.” she told me, grinning.
    I returned to concentrate on my books, disappointed.
    “ What do you think of this?” she insisted.
    “ I never could imagine it, I going to the rock concert with him.” I confessed, gazing at the floor.
    “ He thought of you.”
    “ Do you want me to accept his invitation? It is Just because he is Christian’s friend?” I asked and shook my head.
    “Of course not” She sat closer to me. “He must like you.”
    “ So am I compelled to go out with him?” I asked.
    “ You don’t understand… he just wishes to invite you to go to the rock and roll show”, she answered, calmly.
    “ I am so sorry… but I’m not going to that rock and roll concert with him.” My mind was made up.
    “ And with whom are you going with to the rock and roll show? Will you go with your weird friend?” Her voice was weird.
    “ You’re saying this, not me.” I said and looked back at my books.
    “ Did he invite you?” she insisted.
    “ No” My voice sounded vacillating.
    “ So you invite him, if he declines your invitation, you go with other boy.”
    “ I won’t do that.” I said, harshly.
    “ So you stay at home” she said and shrugged her shoulders.
     

 

    CHAPTER 23
     
     
    Mirta managed to convince me to talk with Eros.
    I had seen him standing in school hallway when he was looking at the notice board.
    I had butterflies as I approached him; I didn’t have the courage to stare at him. I squeezed my own hands, trying to talk to him what I had arranged with Mirta minutes before.
    “ Have you heard about the rock and roll concert in town?” I carefully asked him, fixing my glance at the floor.
    “ It’s the topic of the day.” his voice sounded sarcastic.
    “ I … want to go…to the rock concert, but I need someone to go with me.” My voice was faintish.
    He grinned.
    “Do you want to go with me?” His voice had become a soft murmur and his eyes gleamed.
    My eyes widened, after all, I was surprised with myself for having been able to invite him.
    He noticed my concern as I was waiting for his response.
    “ You thought of me just because you have no choice?” he asked, in a different tone of voice.
    “ Well, actually… no.” I sighed, nervously. “It’s that… I… like your… company.”
    “ I don’t think I’m a funny person.” His voice was earnest.
    “ So… your answer is… ‘No’ ?” I concluded, hopeless.
    I turned my back immediately and he was looking at me. Though, he pulled my arm, stopping my movements.
    “ I didn’t say that.” He removed his hand from my arm and returned to his place he was before. “I don’t appreciate much … having fun… close to many people.”
    “ You don’t have to worry; you have the right to say ‘ No ’.” I said and looked in the other direction.
    “ I