The week is too busy for my taste. We are in the news all over the world, especially due to the fundraiser being the most significant success ever. The children will be able to keep calm for approximately a whole year.I still can't believe Stella Castellano asked me to lunch next week during the fundraiser! I just hope that assistant of hers doesn't come along. My first lessons at the community centre are better than I thought. The ten kids in the class are sweethearts.I currently relax on the jet as I watch the stewardess making the famous gestures of what to do in an emergency and all the blah blah blah. Hunter hasn't told me where we are going yet to celebrate my birthday, but everyone else certainly knows from the excitement my friends are oozing around me.The Barcelona team was given a break because of the two championships they will be playing simultaneously, and again I am luckier than the referee. It's a beautiful cold Friday in Barcelona and looking at this city from above
We park and visit a vast fountain to take pictures. It is already night, and when I hear an explosion, I get scared. I look back to find fireworks filling the sky, colours brightening the dark. About five minutes later, the magnificent fireworks cease. Hunter and I have to move along now, unfortunately for security reasons as people would spot us, point fingers and then come running towards us.“I love you,” he says as we stroll at another scenic place.“I love you too,” I say back.It is a strange and wonderful thing at the same time. We never walk hand in hand on the streets because I can’t even think about that possibility. But here we are, just Selena and Hunter, the best in the world, without being the soccer star.“I have a pre-birthday order,” I say, and he now hugs me as we walk.“And what would it be?” He already has that little smile.“When we can travel again, I want to go where Judas lost his boots and another ten kilometres ahead. That may even be in the middle of the for
I look at my body and see that I have gotten a nice tan.“Do you want to join me in the pool?” I invite her.“Come on,” she agrees.We swim in place and talk about how our lives have changed since college, when Valentina bounces off the porch in her pale blue dress.“Hunter is calling for you,” she tells me, grinning with delight.Joanna and I step out of the pool and put on our robes. We follow Valentina to the front of the house.“SURPRISE!” Everyone yells in unison and points to the car behind them. Holy crap. Damn! All the curse words in the world.“It's that car you liked, remember?”Hunter comes forward and hugs me, and I freeze, staring at the car. It's a white BMW. I can't speak. I hug my friends in automatic mode.“You got me a car.” I point to the big white thing parked before me. “And where do you buy judgment?” Everyone laughs with me.“All for you,” Hunter says in my ear. Somethin
I wake up startled by the heavy rain that hits the window. My head hurts, and my eyes are puffy from crying. I get up and look at the clock on the nightstand that says half-past ten in the morning. I grab my cellphone and text Joanna and Valentina for lunch. They respond quickly, confirming. I go to the door and step onto a piece of paper that was slid in from underneath the door."I went to train. I’ll be home in the afternoon. We'll talk later. Your car is already here. H."I feel a squeeze in my chest. He has never left me a simple note like this. At least he left one; that is a good sign, I think.I go into Hunter's room to get ready. The closet mirror is broken. I check the floor to see where some of the shrapnel is, but I think it's all been cleaned up. I put on the simplest outfit I have, but the broken mirror continues to have my attention. I hurry downstairs.“Good morning, Selena.” Maria smiles shyly.“Good morning, Maria. Sorry about last night,” I say.“It’s all right. Jus
HunterToday makes it two weeks since Selena has been in a coma. Every day I leave her bedside just to go to training and games that are a long journey. Eventually the president decides to leave me out of the team, and of course, it costs me fifteen percent less than my salary. It doesn't matter. I just want my Selena to come back to me.I am the only one responsible for her being in this situation. If I hadn't given her some reason to be suspicious of something, she wouldn't have gone off at high speed, causing the vehicle to flip over seven times and bashing her head in.I still can’t quite explain the shock I received when I got the call from the paramedics saying she'd been in an accident. It was a matter of minutes— I just had time to get her provisional driver's license to go after her, but the damage was done.It was most painful when I called our families. When I told her parents the state she was in, her mother passed out simultaneously. I had to tell them; they needed to kno
“Selena?” The doctor speaks to her softly. “Everything is all right. You were in a car accident and are in a hospital.” Dr Sheena presses a button to call some nurses and the psychologist. I marvel at her lost eyes.“Hi love, everything is fine,” I speak, leaning over her. I try to take her hand, but she refuses. I look at the doctor, not knowing what to do.I can tell Selena is panting and looking around suspiciously at the doctor and me.“You know who I am, don't you?” I ask her, starting to sweat.“I’m sorry.” Her voice sounds dry. “Sorry, but I don't know who you are.” She blushes and calls for her mother. Selena's mother instantly appears at the door, very emotional.I get out of there, running. My Selena doesn't remember me.“Mr. Blanco!” the doctor calls after me. I stop in the hall and she almost runs into me. “It’s alright. This happens in many cases.”“You said she was okay!” My screams echo down the hall.“Mr. Blanco, the brain is the most unstable and inconsistent part of
Dr. Sheena informs me I will be discharged now because my results were beyond her expectations. At least that's what my private interpreter tells me.Hunter leads me to a shiny black car. From what the doctor indicated, I have to return to my normal routine, and that it may help my memories return.Wow! I'm in awe of the car.“You like it?” he asks, opening the door for me.“It's beautiful!” He gets in and starts the car. “Where will we go?”“Home.” He looks at me smiling.“Do I live with you?” I speak, embarrassed. My father would never let me live with a man!“Technically not.” He looks at me a little distressed.“And what does that mean?” My mind is like a scene from a horror movie with barely visible smoke.“You wanted to do things by yourself without depending on anyone.”That suits me. I am silent again. It's so irrational for me to ride in a luxury car with a stranger who I'm told is my boyfriend. Boyfriend. I have, or at least, had one. Does he know I'm with someone else? Do I
Hunter“There is nothing to worry about.” Would I have had a chance with twenty-year-old Selena? My mind is already hammering away with the thought. “What else do you want to know?”“How we met.” The way she looks at me now seems like she can see into my soul. Chocolate brown eyes that don’t absorb memories.I start from the beginning. When I spilt my drink on her, the way she cursed me, when I took her home and when I went to return her cellphone, which led to my bullshit decision and biggest regret I felt: running away right after we had sex. It's more confusing for me to talk about it than for her to take it all in.“Our first time was not at the pool?” She runs a hand through her hair, putting her bangs back.“The stupid thing I did is not to be considered a first time. You told me yourself that I was an idiot. So, you excused me, and we didn't talk about it anymore. Even though you said it was the best orgasm of your life.”She widens her bright brown eyes. “Right! Let's skip t