Behind the End - Herophine

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After taking a shower, we had dinner, talked a little more, we fell in bed tired but happy, very happy, we kissed until we fell asleep. We slept together as before, I waking up but my arm fell asleep, it was under Jô's head, I didn't want to wake her up but at the same time she moved complaining that her leg fell asleep under mine, despite that, I loved being a while longer with her.

Jô still couldn't believe that I switched my flight to London and came to Los Angeles to stay with her. The next day, we continued the "trip", we thanked Anna for accommodating us at her home the day before, we said goodbye for a long time, she squeezed me a little more promising me a world tour to promote the movies and said to Jô:

"I'll call you next year to arrange our next dates, okay?"

"Okay!" She makes a thumbs-up sign, Jô's thing.

I accompany Jô to the door of her house, which she shares with her friends and I hear the scream of one as soon as we arrive, they are all actresses so they know the rush that is our life. Jô had asked one of them to open the door when she arrived, they were all waiting for the hug outside the house. She missed them very much, she always commented to me in Bulgaria, she smiled but no one could see because of the mask, but I knew she was. They run, hug her, without even thinking about the pandemic, but they were all quarantined, and we had the test done. They say "hi" to me, take her bags and thank me for taking care of her all this time, they go to home, all smiling and happy, despite leaving us alone for a while longer, I felt that they were looking at us through the window.

"Now is the time when I cry and kneel asking you to stay, even though I know you need to go?" She takes off her mask making a face and I take mine off.

"Yeah... It sure this person doesn't look like you Jô..." We laugh, both with watery eyes again:

"Thank you! For everything! You are the most incredible person that came into my life! I hope you know that!"

"I know!"

"Correcting: The most incredible and most convinced person that came into my life!" I pull her in for a kiss, and hug her as tightly as I can and she reciprocates.

"Thank you for being you Jô! I can never be more grateful that you were my Tessa." I look at her and see her teary eyes looking at me too. "I love you."

"I love you!"

"I know!" She rolls her eyes laughing.

It was hard to get away, especially not knowing when we will see each other again, but I know we will see each other soon! After a good time together, I walked to the Uber that would take me to the airport:

"If nothing goes right..." She says standing in front of the house.

"We get married at the end! Movie couple remember?" I said laughing, getting in the car. Jô sends me a message before facing the thousands of questions from the girls:

"It's a promise, huh?" I just smile.

Finally I arrive in London, I thought it would take much longer, but I was finally home! It looked like I had been on a trip for years. The M-Boys were waiting for me at the door with lots of drinks, raps and sitting next them were my mom and my sister waiting for me to a hug after going through each guy desperate for the hug too and saying "poetry" in my ear like:

"I missed this big head!"

"That Ferragamo perfume that was needed in the midst of all that sweat!"

"London is even more colorful with this guy!"

"Did you come back very tired or can you still use this little body?" I roll my eyes but I can't help laughing.

I hug my mother, my sister, I missed them, I had no idea it was so much. I enter the house and the smell of food coming out, was to make me salivate, the house was noisy, a real mess and questions everywhere, I tried to give attention to each one... As much as I could.

"Arrived well?"

"More than good! You have no idea how crazy my house was when I arrived!"

"Were they all there?"

"All!"

"My God, is everything okay?"

"Yes! My mom almost went crazy but she is doing well!" Jô sends emojis laughing.

"Is it too early to say that I miss you?"

"If it's, I'm screwed, because I miss you too!"

"Ah cool!" She sends hearts now, with a little monkey covering her eyes.

We talk a lot while we're far away, we go back to what it was, I don't miss that distance at all, I miss her. We agreed that in the interviews we would say the obvious, I came straight to London and she went directly to Los Angeles. Jô had spent Christmas with her friends, told me that she spoke quickly with her sister, made a video call with her family in Australia and how upset she was feeling about not seeing her parents for a while, Jô left everything to do what she loves, I admire her very much for that. I spent Christmas with my family too, some of the M-Boys came here at home and then we drank, I miss some of the calm I had before in Bulgaria, but I also missed this London madness.

The new year was no different, we drank a lot more, to compensate all the time I was sober. The countdown was screamed and I sent an embarrassing audio to my girl, who was also drunk at the time, so neither of us remembered anything we said, or did, during the video call at dawn...

The fact is that we are looking forward to the end of this disease to see each other again. What are we? What we have? This matters? The only thing I can say for sure is that what we feel is real, and that's all that matters!