Lua Nova, 20 de Agosto de 2009
I looked outside and noticed that she was preparing to leave. Again...
Her family was already packing the big suitcases in the car and it was all a big mess around the house: people coming in and out.
Usually, I wouldn't notice such things but it all started five years ago... After our old neighbours left the house they bought it and start using it as a place for vacation.
However I only saw her during Christmas holidays. I was coming from the garage with the decorations and one car arrived and entered the empty house. After that, another car came and two girls left it along with their parents. From the first car left two elders, people that I come to know that were the girl's grandparents.
My first thought about the girls was that their style was completely different. And after that I tried to figure out how their characters were based on the styles of each one. The older one (at least that was what I first thought because she was taller) wore an orange blouse and a black mini-skirt (which made shivers down my spine, thinking about the cold day it was). The other one seemed a bit more aware of the weather she wore dark jeans, a purple sweater and a brown coat.
After some time all of them came to my house and presented themselves. Then I found out the girls were sisters and that the one that I thought was older, was actually the youngest (and not as tall as she seemed first) and her name was Violet. She had brown eyes, brown hair and was much tanned. She was talkative, nice and she was afraid of our dog (and all the other around the world, as her grandmother told, mush to Violet dismay).
The older one was Analisa, she was the opposite of her sister. She had amazing blue eyes, light brown hair and her skin was white as snow. To contrast even more her personality was completely different from Violet's too: she was shy, didn't spoke very much (although she smiled, really meaning it, or so her eyes showed, and blushed a lot) and spent most of the time with Ned (our dog). She really loved dogs so when I asked why she didn't had one, she blushed and said, with a somehow sad grin, that her parents didn't let her. And we both played with Ned without further talk until she went back home.
Then they come every holiday and went to their hometown whenever the school started. Although we didn't talk much, I started developing some feelings for Analisa... She was so caring and sweet but I never could find the guts to tell her how I really felt (nor to ask her number or e-mail).
This year I thought it would be easier at least ask her to go out with his friends or come to his house and spent some time together, but I never could do it... It was, I don't know... frightening?
We don't know each other very well... We only see each other during vacations! So it would be awkward to tell her how I felt about her... I mean, I couldn't tell her just like this out of the blue, right?... (Right???)
Yeah, right... But it wouldn't be really out of the blue, I know (almost for sure) that she feels something towards me too. When she (often) caught me staring at her yard, or so I try to pretend, but I think I don't do it too well because she turns to me and locks my gaze with her own, and then she smiles with all her being.
Still, I don't know whather life back at her hometown is ... I don't even know if she has a... a... boyfriend!!!
However, it doesn't really matter now... This summer is ending and so is her staying here.
She is taking her stuff with her.
They are already inside the car.
That's it.
They're ready to go...
Wait, she is... waving me (has she noticed that I've been spacing out, all this time... thinking about her?).
I can't just let her leave without say anything! I'll just open the window...
- Goodbye Analisa!
She said something I couldn't catch quite right, but it was something like "See you in Christmas!"
Maybe there's hope after all... Maybe next time I can tell her how I feel.
It's better if I close the window... it's too hot outside.
- MOM!! What do you think of... I don't know... maybe invite our neighbours over next time??
