White Spies

Chapter 4: The Hacker

Another day passed. Training continued. This time, it’s all about computers and machines. I’m not that good at using computers. We need to change the faces of other people, edit the videos, hack websites, and other complicated things for me. This moment is for Alex. He finished first with an unbeaten time. I never expect that with his big muscles, he’s not good at fighting but great in machines and computers.

“Alex the hacker” said Dada with a big smile. “Okay people, stop now, we have the winner. Enough for today, take a nap.”

Veronica come to Dada and asked, “You said we need to act like normal people, why we are not studying? That’s what teens do.”

“I worked on that, don’t worry. You guys will go to school again after three weeks.” Dada smiled strangely at us and went to his room. 

I haven’t found my strength thing yet as well my weakness. I walked to my room and set myself in my desk. I’ve been lonely these days, missing my friends, parents, school, investigating, doing normal things as normal teenagers do. I never knew my parents are spies, I never knew I will be one of them, is this my real fate? Am I going to live in it? Should I be happy or not? I turned my attention on doing handcuffs gifts for the street children, my first step on helping big number of people.

“Come in.” Someone knocked on my door. It’s Ely. I missed playing cards with him.

“Hey, how are you doing?” he asked me with concern,  I can see in his eyes.

“Doing just fine, making gifts for the street children. Loner I think. By the way, why do you come? Need anything?” I started a conversation.

“Uhm, no, no. I just came to the kitchen and I thought it would be nice to talk to my friend. I can’t sleep thinking of what will happen next, thinking about how are you feeling…” he stopped and looked to my eyes. I can see his beautiful blue eyes shining in front of me like ocean full of treasures, a mysterious one. “Uhm, sorry, I was just about to ask, do you know that, uhm, are our parents had been on the same team?” he asked immediately looking away.

“I don’t know, I mean, yeah.” I answered even if I’m not sure for what I said.

“What do you mean?” he asked, he’s confused.

“It means goodnight Ely.”

“Wait, make it clear.” He said walking back in front of me.

“Good night Ely” I pushed him using my eyes to the door.

“What it means is this?” he continued chasing my answer while I’m closing the door in front of him.

“Good night Ely”

“Uhm Cindy, are you mad?” he asked in rear in my door.

“No?” I walked back and put my ears at the door.

“No more good night hugs like before?” he asked again.

“No Ely.”

“Well, good night then Cindy.”

I heard his footsteps away from my room. It’s my first time I felt this strange feeling when I looked at Ely’s eyes. No, I should not be in love with my best friend. We’ve been together since we’re kids. Our friendship should maintain until the end, but how? I can’t stop this feeling.

At the middle of the night, I continued making the gifts when somebody knocked again on my door.

“Come in,” it was Ely again, I stand up and welcomed him with a smile. “Can’t sleep, eh?”

“Yeah, I can be sleepy I thought if I will help you here.” He sat on my bed and start cutting papers while I’m on my desk, writing the letters for the children.

“You’ll be a great mom. I will start calling you mommy.” We laughed together and continued on our stuffs. I missed his jokes a lot.

It’s already eleven in the evening. I’m thinking of what the children will say to my gifts to them, thinking of maybe even a little I can make them happy. The two of us are defeating our sleepiness when Ely asked me to rest.

“Just one more letter then I’ll sleep, you must now rest too.”

“That will make you weak for tomorrow’s training, come on.” He stands up and he carried me in his arms, I felt again the strange feeling. He put me to my bed and put my blanket around me. “Good night Cindy”, he told me with a sweet concerned smile.

When he’s about to leave my room, I got up and called his name, he turned around and I walked in front of him. I moved closely to him. I can see his beautiful eyes and I can feel his warm gulp of air. I felt his soft lips on mine. That’s the real good night. He left my room with a new expression on his face that I can’t explain and my eyes on him. I don’t know why I do that. I should never do that.