THE BOY WITH ENORMOUS DARK EYES

We discuss time travelling and age

I stood  in the hallway like five minutes . I was so close to be caught starring when he turned his eyes on me by mistake .  I am a good stalker so I guess he didn't notice how I looked at him and for how long I've been watching.

I took my books out of my locker and headed to my first period, biology. I've never got along with biology but I don't like skipping classes either so I had to  go and pretend I  was  interested in  what my teacher  was talking  about .

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After school , because it was Thursday , I went to the book club hosted by one of my favorite teachers , Victoria Michelle. This was my favorite part of school because it involved reading and discussing  books, the perfect match.

The book of the month was  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, one of my favorite books of all time . I read it in my first year of high school and I was really excited when they announced it as the book of the month because I was planning to re-read it for  a very long time.

"So, Dorothy, what would you do if you'd travel back in time?'Victoria's voice was very friendly and I remembered the first time she told us to call her on her middle name.

'Hmm. The first thing I would do is to find out where I am and which year I travelled in.'

'That's and interesting answer, Dot. Why would you do this?' she asked.

'Because it's important to know what you can do and what you can not do. If time changes , people change. 'his voice hit me like a truck. What was  he doing here?

'Oh! Hello, Mr. Dragonberry ! Can I help you with something?' I could not believe Ethan was at my book club and it seemed like Victoria was surprised too.

'I heard you were reading Outlander, so I decided to join you ... of course if it is possible.'

Of course, it was possible . Haven't he took a look at the place? There were only eight chairs and two of them were empty.

'Oh , Ethan, there is always a place for another reader. Take a sit. We were talking about what would Dorothy do if she travelled back in time,  but I guess you already know this since you answered the last question' She seemed a little embarrassed and I think I should tell her she wasn't the only one. 'Now,  since Ethan is a new member, everybody has to ask him a question about the book. Let's start with you, Dot, since he  stole your answer'

I panicked. That would be the first time I talked to him. I have no idea what it  I was going to ask but is seemed like my month knew:

'Did it bother you that Claire is older than Jamie?  ' Wow. Where did that come from?

'I guess not. If men can be older than women , why can't women be older than men? It has always been one of the society's biggest problems. Everyone sais age is not important in love but they always think that the difference should be that the man is older than the woman . I think it's the same thing when women  are the old ones.'

'Well, I think you are right. But I think that if you would agree with this  you would not have to explain to me why it didn't bother you.'What I was saying ? He was talking to me for the first time and I was proving him wrong?

'That's an interesting theory.I wanted to explain because there might be someone who doesn't agree with my opinion. I always like to prove my words.'he said.

'Don't get me wrong, but why would you explain something you consider normal? Every time  you drink water  you say it is  something that you can't live without?'I was totally lost.

'No, I don't. And I do not do this because EVERYONE thinks like me about water.Everyone knows it is something vital. And-'

'I'm sorry, children, you really need to continue this interesting discussion but our time is up, so let's talk about it next week, ok?'Victoria interrupted.

'I'm okay with it.What about you, Victoria?Will I see you next week ?'Ethan said.

'Yeah,sure.'I said in a secure tone.'We'll talk next week.'

He gave  me a smile and left the class .

That was my first real conversation with Ethan  and I couldn't make it worse even if I wanted it from the beginning.

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