Ultraviolence -Damiano David

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"Yep, that's me."

The look of shock on my face hadn't gone away.

I can't believe that after 4 years I see him again and in a completely different way.

Everything about him has changed, even his voice.

"Are you going to stare at me like that for a long time?"

I step away from him and take off my sunglasses.

"I didn't expect to see you here. "

"That's something I should say about you. "

He smiles. His smile always gave me goose bumps.

"I came back again this year. This is my first year working as a teacher here. "

"I confess I didn't know. "

For a while neither of them speaks.

I feel strange but not uncomfortable.

"Do you need help with the car?"

He asks me while leaning on it.

"If you can. "

"I think I can fix it , it will take time and I imagine you don't have any. "

"I'm in quite a hurry, it's true. "

"I'll take you. "

At the sound of his sentence, I jump up and stare at him.

I'm smoking up.
That can't happen.
I can't let him take me.

"They will see you. "

"And? Am I forbidden to take an old friend to her work?"

Old friend.

That word was like a knife that went deep into the wound.
It hurts me without knowing why.

"Okay, I'll owe you. "

"Don't worry about it. My car is right across the street. I guess you can walk in heels. "

I form a "yes" with my lips and we move on.
He walks in front of me as long as it gives me a chance to stare at him.

Damn, he's handsome.
He wears black tight pants, with a white shirt giving me a chance to see some of his tattoos.

He has his hair back, which is very nice on him.

When we get in the car, I smell his scent making me shudder.

It takes me back some years when we were sitting in each other's arms and his scent was transporting me.

Memories.

He's not talking, maybe he doesn't have anything else to say.
Maybe he doesn't remember anything about our relationship.

I notice his wedding ring.

I notice the way he drives. His look, his eyes.
His fingers that his black nails with many rings make him even more attractive.

I can feel my heart beating loudly every second that passes.

The car stops abruptly and I realize that we have arrived.

"Thank you. "
I say shyly.

"You're welcome. When I fix the car I'll send you a message. It will be where you left it to go get it. "

It makes me a little sad. I feel him abrupt and he doesn't even look at me.

"What if I've changed my number?"

"You didn't . "

I almost drowning
I get out of the car without saying anything else and almost run towards the school.

I try to concentrate but my mind can't get away from him.