WARRIORS (MVManalo)

Mitch & Paula

Mitch, Michaela???, Mitch...., I called to the woman I saw who looked like my girlfriend in the past.

The woman turned and bummer, she just looks like her but just the hair and all. I felt sad and when I was about to turn around and join Teresa to grab vegetables for the community someone called out for me.

Paula, Oh, my God, it is you! Paula....how are you?

Mitc....hhh? Mitch, Haha...., I yelled out and ran to hug her. She obviously missed me too so she couldn't stop herself from kissing my cheek and hugging me as well.

It's you, wow! Ahh....I'm sorry, I got carried away!, Mitch said and let go of me instantly. I heard that you are a servant of God now so maybe I need to limit my being touchy and sweet with you?, Mitch cried and looked at me with lust. I think servants of God is sexy! Hihi!

Ahh..Mitch, you haven't changed at all, haha....Ahhh, this is Teresa and we are just here to buy some veges for the community. Where have you been and what's new with you?, I asked smiling. I am really happy to see her and smell her sweet and hot scent that makes my head twirl every time I am close to her.

Maybe, we can get some coffee or tea somewhere and I'll tell you all about it!, Mitch said and Teresa pushed me closer to the woman which meant she agrees with what the woman was talking about. I'll manage, don't worry. Filemon will accompany me in the market. Go and chat with your sweet heart!, Teresa whispered in my ear which made my face flush. Tere...saaaa!!!!

Hihi!, Teresa said and ran away from me to fetch Filemon, our driver.

Two cup of tea please and some chocolate cakes!, Mitch said and the waitress nodded. It seems that she is too familiar with the place that made me think she's been living in this part of town for ages.

I am really happy to see you Paula. Maybe later we can go somewhere private and continue our conversation? Mitch added and when I felt her hand patted my knee moving up to my....I jumped up and almost spilled my drink. Mitcchhh? Ahh....

Still the nervous, cutie type of gal, huh!, Micth said and giggled. You never change Paw paw!

Neither you!, I replied shaking my head like I want to slap Mitch for making me feel like a high-schooler who gets easily overwhelmed and tricked. But not this time!

Aha, sure, not again, but what am I doing inside a hotel near the coffee-tea shop. Haaa.. she never changed and neither I, huh! Paula, what are you doing here and why would Mitch want me here?.....As soon as we reached the suite, Mitch hugged me tight and as if she is crying now on my shoulder.

Mitch, what's wrong? Tell me..., I asked and we both sat on the side of the bed in the room.

We were escorted by a car to the hotel. Mitch was the same sweet and funny girl I met and loved before but something is different with her. She seems uptight and her eyes are sad, she appears jumpy but her voice feels empty, lonely and cold.

Mitch then told me all about her experiences in the military academy we both joined ten years ago. She left because her family needed to leave London since her dad was posted to work in Russia. There she continued her studies but in a music school and not in a military community. She really wanted to become a soldier and she was really good in shooting and physical combat. Yet, her dad wanted her to be a teacher or accountant, so she did that and became a music teacher. She aced her subjects and worked in a music school. However, she missed the army and tried to enlist when war broke off in Russia. But her dad found out and sent her back in Brazil to marry some guy named Colonel Thomas Briggs...

Aha, Commander Fonsi's nemesis but companion in the army for civil arms department. Yet not for Canudos but for the Brazilian Government. I now understand why Mitch is always careful, scared or anxious. She is afraid that the colonel might hurt or kill her if she does the wrong thing or moves unaccordingly from what she is supposed to do or be inside and outside of his household. The Colonel is known for being heartless and nobody can mess with what is his. And Mitch appears to be his property that I am now disrespecting since she is trying to compose herself but kissed me while her tears flowed like river in front of me. Who is now pitying her and trying to stop my true feelings and longing for her get in the way of my job as a Shadow Sister. Damn it!

I can't control myself, but I need to, I should, because it'll get worse and it'll be not good or pretty for Mitch when the Colonel finds out about us and our past. Yet, I want to comfort my girl and since I missed her I gave in. Maybe just this once, I can.....

I was kissing Mitch when a knock on the door come banging which made Mitch and I jump from the bed. She kissed me again on the lips and told me to keep quiet. She ran and pulled my arm to the bathroom. Mitch was scared and I was too, so I followed her lead and shut my mouth. Colonel's men came in the room and asked Mitch if she is alone. She said yes and smiled with a bit of nervousness. The men added that the colonel asks for her and she needs to escort him at the ball in his residence in Favela. She agreed and turned her eyes towards me, smiling, still with tears which she tried to hide and wipe as she spoke so calmly walking outside the hotel with the hooligans.

I smiled at Mitch but with mixed emotions I sobbed like a baby, not being able to save the girl I love. And what a super hero I am that I can't even protect the people I care about. I am so weak and useless....shitty Paula, you are a crazy, useless, bitch, indeed, I thought and continued to cry beating my chest to shame.