Blue Moon (gxg)

"The beginning of a story." (15)

As I got out of the shower, I stood in front of the mirror staring at my body.
Sometimes I liked it, sometimes I hated it.

My olive skin was pretty much tanned, now and as I was drying my dark brown hair, I was happy that they had naturally taken their wavy shape.

I wore my flower black dress and I texted Bella first.
<<Do you want to eat something?>>
<<Sure. See you in the lobby.>> She replied.

My friend Delilah told me that opening up with Bella would help me since we had both experienced a painful past.
The problem was... that I still hadn't fully come to terms with my past.

There were two reasons I was so scared to let people in;
The damage they could do, and the damage they could find inside of me.

~

As I arrived at the lobby, I stepped out of the elevator and took a few steps.
But I was interrupted.

"Hey, Ellie..." I felt someone gently press my forearm.

At that contact I gasped.

"Hi..." My voice barely came out.
Bella turned her gaze: "I was looking for a restaurant..."
"Did you find anything interesting?"

Bella shook her head in an tired way then raised an eyebrow and smiled:
"Maybe... if we could get out of this resort...."
I laughed: "Sure. Why not?"

~

As we walked ouf of the resort for the first time... I had this odd feeling that it was wrong... but terribly exciting at the same time.

"We have the bracelets with the name of the hotel. If we get out, then we can come back..." Bella said to me, bursting out laughing.
Her laughter was so hearty that I immediately laughed too.

And she was right though, that was no reason to see a problem in what we were doing.

"Look, Ellie..." Bella whispered, becoming serious again.
"For what I said to you... in the sauna... I thought about it... and maybe I shouldn't have said that. I know that my story it's difficult, I didn't want to upset you..."
Her hand gestures hinted that she was genuinely worried.

I stopped walking and I looked into her eyes.
"I swear, I don't feel upset at all, Bella.
I'm just glad you opened up... to me." I said hoping that she could really catch the sincerity of my words.

Suddenly I felt my cheeks turning red as I wasn't really used to express what I wanted to say this easily.

Bella smiled sweetly, and I had no doubt that she believed me.

Eventually, we stopped in a nice and colorful cafè overlooking the sea.
It was such comfortable and pleasant space that I feel somehow relieved by this all situation.

That was my chance to talk with Bella... to find out more about her relationship with her boyfriend.

But how do I began?
Straight to the point... maybe.

"So ... you and Leo ... how long have you been together?" I asked.
I don't know why but now I felt awkward saying those words.

Bella raised her eyebrows as if she didn't expected that question.
Maybe I had been too impulsive...

"Three years." She simply replied.
"We met through mutual friends."

I nodded.
"I know that he and Joe have been best friends since middle school, now." I spoke.

"Yeah. Well, good for them." Bella replied politely as she take a sip of her drink.

Ok. Maybe she was still having hard feelings towards her boyfriend... but I feel the urge to ask her one more quesion, I don't know why:
"Do you miss him?"