A Month in France

Chapter 7: The fight

 4 weeks pass (12 days Left)

"Leti! You have mail!" Said mama as I was sweeping kitchen crumbs. I walked over to her and took the letter. After I read it, I dropped to the floor about to cry. And not tears of joy. The letter was from my college. I had to go back to college in 3 days because of midterms. All of the memories I made in 4 short weeks came flooding into my mind one after the next. What about my family!? What about the business!? What about...Alejandro? I didn't know what to do at that moment. "What's wrong Leti?" Asked mama. I her the letter. Mama started to comfort me. I knew I would have to leave eventually, but I didn't think it be this soon. All I could think about was how I would tell Alejandro. "What if he breaks up with me!?" "Will we have to keep a Long distance relationship?" The questions were endless and flooding in my head. I decided my best bet would be to tell Alejandro the truth...tonight. 

Later that day, I invited Alejandro over to tell him. I said, "Alejandro, I'm sorry I have to tell you this." "You're scaring me." He said. I continued, "This morning I received a letter from my college stating that midterms and are coming up and I have to be there to take them. I only have 3 days until I have to go back." Alejandro looked at me worriedly. "Leti? You're leaving me!?" I slowly nodded my head yes. Alejandro paused before yelling at me. "YOU'RE REALLY LEAVING ME!? WHY CANT YOU JUST FIND A COLLEGE HERE!?" I yelled back, "BECAUSE THERE ARE NO GOOD COLLEGES IN PARIS OR FRANCE! Alejandro yelled again. "YOU COULD ATLEAST TRY TO FIND ONE! I NEED YOU! I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU!" I yelled back at him. "YOU THINK I WANT TO LEAVE! ALEJANDRO! I WISH I COULD STAY AS MUCH AS YOU DO! IF I DONT DO MIDTERMS I'LL GET KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE! Alejandro started to scream. "YOU'RE REALLY CHOOSING COLLEGE OVER ME!" I screamed back. "I HAVE TOO!" He screamed again. " YOU KNOW WHAT LETI! JUST GO! I DONT CARE! LEAVE! GO BACK TO COLLEGE! Alejandro stormed off. I was left there. I dropped to my knees and started to cry. Not only did I have to leave, now, my only love is mad at me. All I could do was back to my cafe and cry. As I walked in, my family was standing there. "What happened Leti? Where were you?" They asked. I walked past them and to my room. 

I laid down on my bed and cried. And I cried and cried and cried. And I couldn't stop crying. All the memories of me and Alejandro together, down the drain. What fell like hours was actually 30 minutes I had been crying. Mama tried to cheer me up by talking about good childhood memories we've had. But, it didn't work. All I could think about was Alejandro. I didn't want to go back to college. Midterms would be a drab and wouldn't want to do anything. I would also be lonely as I didn't have a lot of friends back at college. As much as I wanted to stay in Paris, I needed college to prepare me to have a good future. As tempted as I was to go find Alejandro, mama stopped me. "Give him time." She said. I decided to listen to her. I didn't want to make things worse than they already were. I decided to stay in my room and reflect on my thoughts. The rest of the night was a blur. A sad, emotional blur.