The Wizard

Chapter 5 part 1

"If one day you have to choose between the world and love, remember: if you choose the world you will be without love, but if you choose love, with it you will conquer the world."

Albert Einstein.

Eduarda sat down on her chair, next to Igor who did not look at her. She felt upset and also regretful for treating him badly because she thought he was the most handsome of all the boys since she saw him at her father's company. Thinking of apologizing, she fixed her gaze on the colleague to see if he noticed, but Igor did not bother to reciprocate. When the class ended, the girl tried to approach him, but he left too fast, not giving her time.

Sad, she went to the library to try to study, but things did not leave her mind, things that made her very confused, especially after the interrogation. She was sure that she had seen the monster and then the blond boy who had saved her, not to mention the kiss she gave him. She did not even see his face, but every time she thought about it she had that strong feeling of love, as if the famous love at first sight happened, in fact, love at first kiss and worse, it was as if she had known him forever. On the other hand, she also did not stop thinking about her co-worker and college mate, wanting very much that he and her savior were the same person. She spent a lot of time like this until she realized that she didn't crack a book. She closed the books and looked at the clock, realizing that was hungry and it was late. She got up and went to the Centro de Vivência to have lunch as soon as possible because, later, she would have Physics I class.

At the exit of the restaurant, she saw many students relaxing on the lawn, some studying, others in small groups or isolated. There were even colleagues playing guitar in a circle of friends, a large plurality of people. Further down, leaning against a tree, she found Igor and one of the stray dogs that always appeared on the Campus.

Smiling at the animal, he threw a piece of wood and the dog ran after it to catch and return. She spent a few seconds watching him with all her attention until she put her foot on the lawn to go to meet him, when she noticed two colleagues approaching, driving away the poor animal with a kick.

She saw that Igor stopped smiling and signaled to the dog to come closer to him, changing his expression. Incredulous and fascinated, she watched the small quadruped obey without hesitation. One of the colleagues tried to kick the dog for the second time, but Igor got up and stood in front of the animal, preventing the act and saying something. By the exalted gestures, Eduarda noticed that the colleagues threatened him, but he remained impassive, answering something that displeased them, since one of them punched him. It was not strong, but it knocked down the boy and aroused a furious and uncontrollable anger in the dog that attacked them on the spot, putting them to run under the laughter of some students who watched.

Thinking it better not to approach to not complicate the situation, she went to her classroom. When she arrived, it was almost full, only having two free places, almost in the back. She looked at all the boys and did not find any blond. Except for Igor, the others were anything but blond. Thinking of him, she concluded that he was not a coward, because, if he were, he would never have defended the dog and that increased even more her feeling of guilt.

Not even two minutes passed and she saw the young man enter, sitting next to her in the last vacant place. She looked at his face, to see if he was hurt, but he did not show a single mark and that left the girl astonished.

For her, Igor was very strange and a great challenge, not to mention the strong physical attraction she felt since the first time she saw him. Eduarda was upset when he did not want to file a complaint, but now she was sorry, even more because she knew she was wrong and felt more and more interested in him.