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Christian and his friends were the first to aid him. Mirta pulled my arm and we approached him. There were more people around him.
    Eros had the opposite reaction to the other students. He stood up and stepped out of the cafeteria without at least checking how the unconscious boy was.
     
     
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    Sitting on a bench in the schoolyards, I was trying to put my books in order. Mirta came closer to me. She was thrilled.
    I l ooked away from my books and paid attention to her. She was all in pink.
    “You won’t believe what happened!” she exclaimed and her voice was filled with cheer.
    “ Considering 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 all you always 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 waited for this for a long time!” 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 , as I was disappointed.
    “ What do you think of that?” she insisted.
    “ I could never imagine that - me going to the rock concert with him,” I confessed, gazing down at the floor.
    “He thought of you.”
    “ Do you want me to accept his invitation? Is it ust because he is Christian’s friend?”
    I 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 won’t go to that rock and roll concert with him.” My mind was made up.
    “And with whom will you go 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 another boy.”
     
    “I won’t do that,” I said, harshly.
    “ So you will stay at home,” she said and shrugged her shoulders.

CHAPTER 22
     
     
    Mirta succeeded in convincing me to talk with Eros. I had seen him standing in the school hallway.  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 tell him what I had arranged with Mirta minutes before.
    “Have you heard about the rock and roll concert in the town?” I carefully asked him, fixing my glance on the floor.
    “ It’s the topic of the day.” His voice sounded sarcastic.
    “I … want to go…to the rock and roll concert, but I need someone to go with me.” My voice was faintish.
    He grinned.
    “Do you want to go with me?” His voice become soft and his eyes gleamed.
    My eyes widened. After all, I was surprised at myself for having the courage to invite him.
    He noticed my concern as I was waiting for his answer.
    “Have 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 still looking at me. He then pulled my arm, stopping my movements.
    “I didn’t say that.” He removed his hand