Love doesn't disappear

Chapter Six

It's a new day.  A new day without waking up with my husband, basically he is with me but I wanted to wake up to be with him in his arms, to wake me up with kisses or to look at me and run his fingers through my hair but this  from now on it's just a dream.

I get up and look around and notice that no one has come, I take my jacket off and put it on the back of the chair.

I look at the clock and see that it is 8:20, I approach the bed where my dear husband is resting, I approach him, I caress his cheek and I lean down and kiss him on the lips that I fell in love with when  I was a teenager.

"Good morning my sunshine" I can't wake up or go to bed without saying something to her.  That's how we got used to it.

I pull the chair closer to the bed and take Jules' hand in mine and kiss his hand a few times.

"Jules, do you remember when we met, I will never forget those moments"

15 years ago

I was sitting in my bedroom and reading a book, when I noticed that someone was moving into the house next door.  I look more closely and see a family with 3 children, a girl and two boys, according to what I see, the girl would be the biggest among them.

I go to my mother to tell her the good news that we have new neighbors, I leave the book and go down to the kitchen.  When I enter the kitchen I see my parents, my mother is cleaning something and my father was behind her and the cutest thing I saw was that they were singing.

I've always wanted a love like theirs and maybe it will come true someday, at the moment I'm small but I have hopes.

"Mom, I have to tell you something."

"What is it my dear?"  my mother asks me

"When I was in the bedroom, I saw that someone was moving into the house next door, a family with 3 children."

"How cute, maybe you can make friends with them, you know."  Dad says very sure of him

Before I can say anything else, we hear the doorbell, my mother takes off her hat and walks towards the door, and I was right behind her.  When he opens it, he sees a woman around my mother's age.

"Bonjour, my name is Christine Bianchi and I am your new neighbor, I decided to come and introduce myself."

"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Katherine Martin. Come in!"  said the mother

"I don't want to disturb you, I just came to introduce myself and invite you to a cup of coffee. What do you say?"

"We agree, whenever you want to come and let us know. We don't want to be uninitiated guests."

"I understand. And who are you?"  he says and lets himself be at my level

I look at the woman with a calm and very pretty face and I feel a hand on my shoulder and I know that that hand belongs to my mother, I lower my voice a little and start to introduce myself.

"Hello, my name is Amalia Martin and I am 10 years old, pleased to meet you

When she was about to say something, a boy came near her, he seemed to be my age, I looked at him and then he was also looking at me, I feel my cheeks redden.

"Amalia, what a beautiful name. As you saw, this is my son, Jules. Amalia, you know he is your age, maybe you will become friends."

"I don't think maybe we'll become friends but we'll be best friends, what do you say Jules?"

"Amalia, you are absolutely right" and he turns to his mother and asks her

"Mom, can I sit outside with Amalia?"

"I'll let you but you have to ask Amalia's mother."  and then tell him my mother's name

"Mrs. Martin, let me go outside with Amalia to get to know her better, please" Jules asks her mother and has that puppy look

"Of course I'll let you go out and get to know each other. I have nothing against that."

And with that, Jules takes me by the hand and takes me to a bench under a tree, I look at him from head to toe, he is taller than me, he has dark brown hair, and his eyes, ladies, are the same color, I love his eyes  dark brown color and his voice has a very nice accent

"So where do we start?"  He was asking me and I saw that he blushed

"Let's start from the name to what you want, what do you say about it?"

"I agree mon angel"

The caress, I didn't think it would start to caress me, but I was very wrong, but I also like this.

"Okay, you start" I told him but he started shaking his head no
"Pretty Miss First"

I put my head down and I feel like I'm blushing.  I shake my head and try to find my words

"My name is Amalia Jane Martin, as you know I am 10 years old."

"Nice name. Mine is Jules Lucien André Bianchi. What do you like to do in your spare time?"

"Sometimes I read, other times I sit among the flowers. This is what I like to do."

"You have a passion for books and flowers, how beautiful. I like car racing and that is my dream to be a driver for the Ferrari team."

"Driver for the Formula 1 team? How cute."

"Do you know about Formula 1?"

"Normal Jules, I'm watching with dad"

We don't realize how long we've been talking, but when I looked around it was already evening.  I was with my head on Jules' shoulder and I was resting my legs in his lap, one of his hands was on my leg and the other was playing with my hand.

When Jules raises his head, he sees our mothers standing on the stairs of the house and looking at us

"Amalia, we have spectators."  He says and laughs a little

"Who?" I want to raise my head from his shoulder

"Our mothers, you realize that they will tease us with this phase"

"Let them say what they want, but I know I'm fine and I like the company"

"I like it too" he says and kisses my hand

We stay in this position for a while until my mother calls me for dinner, I stand up from Jules and look at him.

"Good night Jules, I had fun today."

"I had fun with you too, Amalia. Good night mon angel."  And with that he takes me in his arms and kisses me on the forehead.

I can't forget that day.

I open my eyes and look at my dear husband, I want him to get well so that we can be with our children, do what we set out to do.

I love you very much Jules Lucien André Bianchi.  You are my heart "