Behind the End - Herophine

10

The next day I called Evan Mock:

"Hey dude! It's all right?"

"Hero! How much time! Hey, have you kissed a lot in the last few months?"

We both laugh at the comments, why is that always what my friends ask? I asked him about his exhibition in Los Angeles:

"Yes! It's still happening... I was thinking about actually going there..."

"Oh really? When?"

"In about nine or ten days... I need do some things before... Do you want to come?"

"Yeah!"

"Wait. Any special reason for you to accept so quickly to go with me?"

"Maybe..."

I told him about the movie, about Jô and what had happened, he quickly said that he would help me "gets my girl back".

The days passed, Anna's interview was a show! I am very proud of her and her trajectory, I am very happy to be part of it! The After 2 session for some fans was also a success, Anna said they were hallucinating in the parts they saw of the movie, which will be amazing! I tried to talk to Jô several times but it was almost impossible... Almost... I knew she was shooting, and sometimes she answered me, but she didn't talk to me for a long time, I think she was still mad because I was with a girl here in my house... she makes me confused... Tell us to go our way, and when I try to follow mine she gets mad...

I didn't even think I was going to have sex with Elify, I was forcing it to happen, it wasn't natural like the other times, and it didn't even come close to what I felt with Jô, she really drives me crazy!

The days passed, November coming, my birthday too, I had already warned everyone that I was going to travel to Los Angeles, days before the "big day", I wanted to go to the Evan exhibition, uhummm... And try to contact my girl too... My girl?

"Hello LA!"

"Are you excited huh big boy?! Do you think you're going to get laid so fast? After the mess that you did, taking your friend to overcome Jô, yeah!"

"May I know which side are you on?"

"Hey, calm down, I'm Herophine! That's how the afternators call you, isn't it? "

I laugh at Evan making "hands up" gestures, that's what we do the most when we're together, we laugh, on every trip, in Milan and now LA. Arriving in the city, we went to Anna Todd's house, I told her that Evan and I were going to Los Angeles, where she lives, and she offered her house to stay for a few days. While we were having lunch with her, her husband and her son, I told about our plans in LA, Evan was going to see his painting that was still on display, and I wanted to surprise Jô, Anna loved the idea and offered her house again to the reunion, I accepted on the spot.

Evan and I decided to visit the exhibition and then walk around the city. Evan kept an eye on a store:

"Hero, I found the perfect gift for Jô."

"I'm even afraid to ask what it is..."

He pulls me into the store, and shows me a red wallet with a "Sorry" written on it, I can't stop laughing as he records my reaction. We left there and it was already getting dark...

"What do you want to do now?" I asked.

"Are you going with me to a bar that I've wanted to meet?"

"Ah, I don't know man... We are at Anna's house... I don't know if she will enjoy it if we get there drunk..."

"I control you and me, Hero, trust me!"

"Okay".

We went to this bar, drank a couple of glasses, a very hot fan came to ask me to take a photo with her. I feel my phone vibrate and I answer:

"Hero! Come home! Jô just got here!"

"What? Anna, did you call her?"

"She came to visit me by surprise! Come back ok?"

She hangs up, I run to tell Evan that, he soon calls an Uber to take us back to Anna's house. When we got there, we ran inside, opened the door and came face to face with her:

"Jô!"

"I knew you were here!"

"Did you know? How?"

She shows me her cell phone.

"Instagram! Evan posted stories a few hours ago and I heard you laughing."

She looked angry but suddenly starts laughing and Evan runs to give her a hug, he spins her in the air and says he missed her, since they hadn't seen each other for almost a year... My turn came, as soon as Evan stuck her on the floor, she turns to me, we look at each other, and we smile together, I feel our connected eyes again, her blue eyes sparkle and she runs to hug me, a tight hug, as if it's been ten years since we saw each other, when in fact it was only a month and a half... But I missed her... A lot...

We held each other for a long time, I smelled her, I felt her breath, her body and then we faced each other again:

"Yeah... Evan... Do you want to take a look at a special space I have here at home? It's a little space, where I keep several things from After, Hessa... Come, I'll show you..."

"No Anna, hmm, I'm going out with Jô."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, you don't have to wait for us, okay? I'll text Evan to open the door if we get back here."

"Oh... I see... Okay! Have fun... But be careful... Ok, Mr. Hero?!"

"Okay Anna, okay!"

"Yeah! Take care! I don't want to be an uncle so soon."

Jô laughs at Evan's comment as I pull her out of the house, already asking for an Uber to take us to one of the most chic motels in Los Angeles.