Sliding Doors - 2 (English Version)

Chapter 25

The restaurant where Jo is with her friends is a typical Australian place.
It is part of a chain of typical restaurants, scattered all over the United States.
It's very nice on the outside with a big lighted sign, but what I'm interested in right now is just finding Jo.
It seems to me that I haven't seen her for years, while a few hours have passed.
I know she is in here and the idea of ​​not being able to be with her upsets me.
How pathetic am I from 1 to 10?
Who would have thought that I would fry my brain like this?
Is absurd! I have never had this need to be constantly with a person.
I consider myself an independent, free and carefree guy.
Now I'm addicted to Josephine, my favorite drug.
Her perfume, her eyes, her laugh, her way of speaking ...
Everything! Literally everything sends me into confusion, a beautiful confusion.
My heart beats hard just at the thought of being close to her right now.
I have a stratospheric crush on her and I'm almost afraid to show her my feelings, lest they be too much for her.
We told each other that we love each other but this feeling that I feel goes beyond everything, it is something that is literally upsetting my life and I feel intoxicated by this joy without control.
I'm afraid it may all end at any moment but at the same time I don't give a damn, I want to live all this without thoughts and I'm working hard to carry on our relationship in the best possible way.
Of course, it won't be a traditional relationship, since she and I really don't have anything traditional! But I'll do my best to make sure it's okay ...
I have no experience of past relationships, other than a few brief dates with some girls in my group of friends...
Nothing important and nothing comparable to what I am experiencing with Jo.
So I try to go there with lead feet, super cautious in my every move, but I can't help but totally let go when I meet her eyes.

I sigh and push the front door of the restaurant.
Inside there are so many people and thank goodness for putting on a hooded sweatshirt and dark glasses, to be less recognizable ...
Alex goes on and talks to the waitress who, immediately after, leads us to a table on the corner of the room, well sheltered from the myriad of people who are eating and drinking happily.
There is a lot of confusion, I barely hear my friends talking to each other and the lights are very dim, almost too much for my taste.
I can't stand the idea of ​​not being able to even see what's on my plate ...But this is the least of my thoughts.
I sit next to Felix and continue to scan the huge room with my eyes.
Anything.
I don't see her anywhere and I don't understand where she can be.
She told me that we would be far away but we could see each other, yet I don't see anyone, not even Mia.
I look at Felix, already intent on reading the menu, looking for help from him but without too much success I must admit.
He's too busy deciding what to eat ...
I sigh as I look around.

"Excuse me ... are you Alex?"

I turn to my friend, curious to know who the girl who has just stopped in front of him is.
He is a true Latin lover!
He looks at her dumbfounded and I understand that he hasn't the faintest idea who this girl is.
She smiles at him, waiting for his response and is joined by a friend of hers or at least I think it's someone she knows.
Alex nods unconvinced and looks around, still amazed that they are talking to him.

"I can't believe it ..." the girl puts her hand to her mouth in amazement and smiles at the other girl next to her "It's Alex!"

My friend, visibly confused, looks around and I can't help but chuckle hiding behind a menu, exactly as Felix is ​​doing as he mumbles something about the type of meat served in the place.

"Is Hero with you?"

Ah.

Here you are.

Now I have little to laugh about.

I try not to be seen and quickly think of something to say, in case they met Jo first.
I don't want them to understand our tactics and think we came together ...
I have no idea what I could come up with though ...
Maybe I'm getting too alarmed and no one would ever think anything like that, but considering how smart our fans are, it would take less than three seconds to add two and two.
By now we know them well... This also makes me very proud, given how smart they are!
The idea of ​​having such smart people supporting me makes me very proud of them!

Okay, I don't have to get distracted and I have to think about something!
Now!

"What do you get? Did you choose?" Felix quietly bursts into my thoughts.