No SUGAR is allowed

03. Macarron

I stop counting
How many time we meet
After the third time...
I mean .... we see each other almost everyday
And we talked about videogames
for at least an hour.

One of those days, she was sitting in our spot
She was sitting on the floor,
behind her a big green mural,
in front of the climbing wall
And next to her a power socket...

"Hey piggy tails"
"Hey David"
She rise her head from the game console

I looked down next to her
and saw a big purple box
With a red ribbon and a heart tag.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"
I asked... My sister said she had one once...
The kissing part sounds gross...

"Naaa, that's my sister's"
She answer while closing her nintendo
"One of the guys from my class gave it to her...
They are some weird things...
Macarun or something like that"

"Sound like mac and cheese"
I say, taking a sit next to her...

"Well she said she didn't want them...
that she was going to get 'fat' ...."
she rolled her eyes
"So there are mine now!
Wanna try?"

She opened the box and we both were surprised
By the amount of color it was in there
"Are you sure they are sweets?" I ask

"Well I guess... My sister said they were fancy or something...
But they look like one of those make up things...."
She made a confused face

"They loook kind of weird...."
I say looking at a brocoli green round thing...
"Well that one looks like carrot flavor"
I say pointing the orange one

"Well... We'll never know until we try it"
She picked up one of the orange macaroon

"You are not eating that are you?"

She ate it in a bite...
I open my mouth in awe...
"Mmm!! They are good! "
She smiled
"Como on try it!"

I shook my head rejecting it
"No no I'll pass"

"Oh com on David! Man up!
Here try it!"
She picked up the brocoli green
And put it in my hand
"Don't be a scary cat!
You need to live man!"

With that I open my mouth
And close my eyes....

Why when we are about to try something
We close our eyes,
Even though our taste buds are in the tongue
(Learn that in science this year)

A couple of seconds pass
"That was GOOD!"
I say

"See I told you" Joan told me
While she ate two more

We didn't play videogames that day
We ate the whole box
While playing 'guess the flavor'

She gave me last piece of fluffy sugar
"Take it as an apology for the lollipop"
She stood up
"Gotta go! See you tomorrow"
She smiled and waved before running to the door.

And that was the moment I knew what friendship was
Giving away your last Macarron