It’s three pm when I hop off the bus to walk home, I didn’t take the subway today to avoid running into Cris and Amira though it didn’t work too well since we ran into each other at the entrance of the school, we all just stared at each other for a few seconds and when I saw Cris walk up I turned around and left, I don’t even know why , I just did it on impulse. I’m not even angry, not even actually upset, seeing Cris didn’t make me feel like that at all and I decide to take that as something good; there was just something inside of me that needed out, so I left.
My phone rang once for a couple of seconds during which I was able to see Cris’ name on my screen for a fraction of second before the call dropped, that was around two hours after I left school and it hasn’t rang since; I walk back home and I find a familiar face and scene awaiting when I see Amira standing in front of my doorstep.
“Hey.”
“Hey.”
We stay silent for a bit and then decide to go sit at a park nearby my house.
“How have you been?”
I shrug but don’t say anything.
“I honestly wasn’t expecting to see you today at school, neither did expect you to turn around and leave after seeing us… although I guess it’s understandable.”
“I wasn’t expecting it either, honest, I was just as surprised by that as you.”
She looks at me and I can tell she’s trying to decide whether to say something or not, or maybe she’s thinking about how to say it, I don’t know but she’s definitely thinking about something.
“Just say it, Amira. What is it?”
“I don’t want you to think that I don’t want to tell you, is just that I don’t know exactly what you know and I don’t want to get carried away or say too much.”
I roll my eyes and exhale heavily.
“Right… It must be exhausting to think about what to say all the time. Just say it, whatever it is, and we’ll see what happens.”
“Fine. I know that this weekend has been intense and everything, for you I mean. You gotta have an overload of information and I don’t want to overwhelm you but, there is another thing that you should know about.”
She takes in a deep breath and turns around to look at me.
“That… well, that even though I understand what you are going through, well, that this week is going to be hard on all of us but…”
She looks away for a moment to take a breath again and looks back at me.
“But specially for Cris, and I know you haven’t spoken yet and that you will whenever you feel ready, but Cris is still holding on to a secret that she can’t tell you yet.”
