Love obsession

Dear Mom and Dad:

My first day was quite interesting, I met some classmates that I liked very much, especially one named Carolina who told me something interesting about the academy, remember I told you that the boarding school was haunted, it seems that the rumors are true.

Today I start the first day of school and I am nervous, but I will still do my best not to betray your trust.

Love, Mindy.

-Mindy, ¿are you ready?

-Yes, just let me send this message and...done.

-Let's go.

Luckily I got the first class with Coni and Misti. When we were walking to the classroom, we saw a group of girls around a young man with blond hair. He ignored them when he saw Misti and approached us.

-Sis, it's good to see you.

-¿Sis?" said Coni and I at the same time.

-¿What are you doing here?

-Just like you, I came to learn.

-It can't be.

-¿Aren't you glad to see me after so long?

-No.

-¿Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?

-They're not my friends,-he said, stepping forward.

-¿I'm Brad and you?

-I'm Coni.

-And I'm Mindy.

-¿Mindy? That's a nice name.

-Thank you.

-Oh my god, Mindy, it's late already- he said looking at the time on his cell phone.

-Right, bye Brad.

-Bye, hope to see you soon.

The first class was the music class, we had to separate into two groups. Coni and Misti were in another group and me and Caroline were in Miranda.

-It was good that we were in the same group.

-Yes.

In the second class I was with Dan and Max, we had to form a group of two and before I could sit next to Dan, someone sits next to me.

-¿Brad?

-Hi Mindy, let's be partners.

-Well.

We had to pick a song to sing in front of everyone. Brad and I exchanged numbers and from then on he wrote me very often. I had flowers delivered to my room and whenever I wanted to be alone with Dan, he would barge in and sit in the middle of us.

Tired of this situation, I asked him to stop sending me gifts.

-You flatter me, but I don't feel comfortable receiving them.

-It's because of Dan, ¿isn't it?

-¿What?

-It's because you like Dan.

-No, I barely know him.

-Give me a chance, maybe you'll like him. I'm sorry Brad, but I'm not interested.

-I'm sorry Brad, but I'm not interested.

The idea of him being the son of drug dealers terrified me, I didn't discriminate him for that, but I didn't want to have a love relationship with someone like that either. I didn't know what his intentions were, or why he was so interested in me.

-I have a collection of horror movies, if you are interested in watching them, I know you like them.

-I do, but.

-Let's go out just once, if you don't like it, I'll stop sending you stuff.

-It's just that...

-Take it as a friend's outing.

-I guess it's okay if it's just friends. I guess it's okay if it's just friends.

-Great.

How did he know about my love for horror movies, ¿was he spying on me?

-¿Can I ask you something?

-Go ahead.

-¿Why are you so interested in me? You barely know me.

-You're wrong, I already knew you before.

-¿Yes?

-Yes, I see you don't remember me.

-¿We already knew each other?

-It's all my father's fault, if he hadn't. -I don't understand.

-I don't understand.

-It doesn't matter, I'm glad you accepted. I'll see you tonight. I'll see you tonight.

-Yes. 

He didn't seem to be a bad person, his attempts to conquer me seemed tender, but I was sure he was also into narcos.

-Mindy, are you okay, you've been very quiet.

-It's Brad, he asked me out.

-¿What's wrong with him? He's really nice.

-I know, but I don't know... I don't know...

-¿Is he bothering you? -Misti interrupted our conversation.

-No, he's been very kind and thoughtful.

-Be careful, he can be dangerous when he goes after something he wants.

-That doesn't make me feel any better.

That night, I joined him in the living room and we watched the vast collection of horror movies, just like me, he was very knowledgeable on the subject, I wasn't surprised considering what his father was into.

-¿How did you manage to get it if it hasn't been released yet?

-I have my contacts.

In the middle of a scene, he puts his arm around me and I walk up to him.

-I really like you Mindy.

I pull away and get up from the couch.

-This is happening so fast," I was about to leave, but he stops my arm.

-Please don't go.

-Let go of me.

-Please, you have to remember me, don't you remember me at all," he hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear.

"Blue lake."

-¿Blue lake?

-Blue lake.

-¿What's wrong with you?

-It's not working.

-¿What's got to work?

-Really, you've lost your memory.

-I don't know what you're talking about.

-Mindy...

-Leave her alone, Brad," said Misti, entering the room.

-But.

-Mindy is not her.

-¿What?

-He killed her.

-¿What? -But he had said.

-He told you that so he wouldn't hurt you. He did it to show you he's not to be trifled with. He did it to prove that he's not to be trifled with.

-¿Was it necessary to kill her?

-I know that...

-Of all the things he has done, this was the worst.

-He is our father.

-I don't have a father anymore he left trying to stop the tears.

-Brad! I was going to follow him but Misti stops me.

-Don't get involved.

-¿Is he going to be all right?

-He's strong, he just needs to be alone.

Ignoring Misti I went to look for him and found him sitting in the meditation garden.

-Hello.

-Hi, I'm sorry about earlier, but I thought you were....

-Never mind- I sat down next to him, ¿Why did you mistake me for her?

-I recently met a girl very similar to you, just like me, she was the daughter of drug dealers. Her father worked with mine for years, but she betrayed him vilely, they arrested several men who worked with my father and since then our families became enemies. We used to see each other in secret and we planned to escape, but some men kidnapped her and after a few days, I found out that they had killed her parents, erased her memory and relocated her somewhere else.

-I'm sorry.

-Don't worry, even if you're not her, I can't help but think you are her.

-I'm sorry I'm not, if my memory had been erased, believe me I would remember who my parents were.

-I doubt it, ¿can I ask you a favor?

-Sure.

-¿Can I kiss you?

-¡¿What?!

-Don't get me wrong, I just want to be sure you're not her.

-¿And why would kissing me help?

-Please, just once, I promise not to do it again, unless you want more.

-No thanks.

-Please.

I nodded nervously and he moved closer until his lips brushed mine. He began to kiss me tenderly, and for some reason there was something familiar about it. The image of a lake and a canoe popped into my mind.

He pulled away from me and we both looked at each other in surprise.

-Well, thanks Mindy, I'll see you in class.

-Yeah, ¿are we good?

-Of course," he smiled at me and went back inside.

I stayed in the garden thinking about what happened, ¿that feeling was so warm and so familiar. Why did I have that vision?

When I went back to my room Coni was already asleep, but Misti was awake.

-I told you not to go.

-I felt bad for him.

-¿What happened?

-He told me about the girl and kissed me.

-¿Did he do anything else to you?

-No, in the end we stayed friends.

-That's good, ¿why don't I see you calm?

-What you said to Brad, was it true, ¿am I the girl?

-No, what I said was true.

-Ah, well, thanks for helping me today, if you hadn't come, I don't know what would have happened.

-You're welcome, good night. -She turned to the other side of the bed and fell asleep.

-Good night.

 I didn't want to ask her any more questions about it, I just decided not to make a big deal out of it. Whatever that vision was, I wasn't going to have it anymore, it sure wasn't anything I had to worry about.