As the three of us looked at each other, I don't know if it was fate or chance, but at that moment Ed Sheeran's "Shape for you" song was playing. My heart wanted to come out of my chest, I don't know how I was going to take Sam's words.
—You could tell me who I have to free and why, —said Jacob as he watched Sam.
—Sir, you're the owner of the place, —said Sam kindly.
—Hmm, —he said.
James beckons me, he needs two more coffees and three more drinks. Anguished, I go to the coffee maker, I taken the drink from the fridge the drinks James asked me for and I deliver the order to him. When he sees me like this, he tells me to calm down. At that moment Jacob beckons me to go where he was. And to my surprise, he agrees and releases me, I thank him, I quickly go to the locker room and change my clothes.
—Thank you for every gentleman, I promise I will reward you, —I said, I could hardly believe that Jacob had agreed to set me free. Nor can he say that he is an ogre and that he has no feeling, but I was very surprised by his attitude.
—I'll charge you for it someday, —he said as he showed his best laugh.
I signal James that I am leaving, he kisses me in the air, and I could read on his lips that he was telling me to enjoy the moment.
How could I not, if I had in front of me, a man of about 1.70 meters, with brown and round eyes, and brown skin, that is, he will not be perhaps like Brat Pitt, or Kellan Luts, or anything like that, but he is an attractive and very romantic man.
On leaving the cafeteria, he proposes that we walk and that he then accompany me to pick up the car. At that moment he sees a woman passing by selling flowers, approaches her and takes a beautiful red rose and hands it to me. How cute and detailed he is, he is to be eaten," I said to myself.
—Thank you, — I say as I pay the woman.
—It's a pleasure, — he said.
As we walk hand in hand, he tells me about his family and how united they are. At that instant memory of my childhood come to my mind, of how happy we were. A tear ran down my cheeks and he noticed and said to me,
—Are you all right?
—Yes, I was touched when you spoke of your family, —I said as he ran his hand over my cheek to dry my tear.
He asks me what mine was like, I tell him it's just me and my sister; that our parents had died nine years ago in an accident, but I didn't want to talk about it anymore, every time I remember it I get very sad. We walked for a while and stopped at a restaurant two blocks from the Orfeo cafeteria, he ordered a whiskey and I just ordered a soda. I still had my doubts about how he could talk Jacob into releasing me so simply. I look him in the eye and since I can't stay that way I tell him,
— What did you tell Jacob to give me the day?
He looks at me like he's telling me who the hell he is, I make it clear to him that it's the man he had to talk to so I could be here with him.
—Ah, your Chief, nothing simply surprised me as much as you did, we just remained silent until you came back, —he said as he took a sip of his drink.
—I still can't believe it, all that time and they didn't talk, wow! I'm impressed, —he said inside me.
—Okay, I'm going to pretend to believe you, —I said.
— Seriously Bella, I didn't say anything to him, — he said, at that moment in the restaurant the music of Kelly Clarkson and the song Because of you began to be heard.
He reached out to me, I reddened and extended my hand and at that moment I felt like I was in the clouds. We didn't let ourselves be carried away by the melody, when we were glued we started to dance, everyone looked at us and decided to follow us. What a day I had had, could not be better, when the song was over we all applauded and returned to our posts. After lunch we continued walking, and every second we dried a different picture.
On the way back to the Orfeo cafeteria, and standing in my car we both said goodbye, it was around 6 p.m., as time had passed so quickly. I see him leave, and I throw kisses into the air and he does the same, on the way to my beetle I see lights in the cafeteria, — What strange, I don't see anyone? And the lights are on? — I said to myself.
On the way there, I open the door, I see that the sign says closed — Wow! Closed at this hour, which will have passed, — he said as he continued walking. I approach the bar, no sign of James or anyone else, I go to the locker room, nothing. Back to the bar, I take my mobile to call James, but at that moment I feel a hand touching my shoulder, my heart began to accelerate, and when I turn slowly, I was very surprised,
— Fuck! Jacob, it was you. What a scare you gave me, — I said with my hand to the heart.
—Not that I was so ugly, not even a ghost, — he said mockingly.
He pushed him and we both started laughing, he explained to me that after I left he decided to close the cafeteria and give the day to all the employees, because it wouldn't be fair if he gave it to me and the others didn't. I asked him why he didn't give it to me. I ask him why he hasn't left and he tells me that he had things to do, that he was about to leave, until he felt me. He had thought I was a customer and he came to say they were closed, but I never imagined it was me. I told him that Sam came up with something urgent, work. Sam is a doctor who worked at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital in Madrid.
Jacob asked me to help him review the accounts, he couldn't deny me after everything he did for us. While we were doing the math, he went to the bar and brought me a soda accompanied by a sandwich, we both sat at one of the tables. I see that he gets up and plays some music to relax us. At that moment I feel the sonar mobile, it was a message from Sam.
My love has arrived, I hope that for the next one we can spend more time together.
Kisses Sam
In that a smile comes out of my lips, when I feel Jacob say, — Wow! I'm envious of that person, —he said, holding two glasses in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other.
—Don't be a pain, and that's why, — I said as he sat beside me and opened the bottle.
—Nothing, I can't celebrate the day of friendship with my best friend, —he said as he poured the wine into my glass and then into his.
—I don't know, we still are, he's been rude to me lately, — I said as he looked at me.
—Of course, excuse me if I've treated you badly these days, I argued with Sue and it's final, — he said while I felt sorry for him at the time.
—Then, let us bridle for friendship, — he said as we narrowed our glasses.
At that moment one of Ed Sheeran's songs that I love began to be listened to, I don't know why, in the cafeteria only Ed Sheeran's songs were listened to. Malú, Ha-Ash, David Bisbal, to whom I am their number one fan, although I don't say that others were heard, but I found it strange that the bands I liked the most were always listened to.
In the first chords of Perfect's song, Jacob asked me to dance with him. I gladly agreed, the first verses began to be heard.
I found a love for me
Darling just dive right in
And follow my lead
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me
'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
Not knowing what it was
I will not give you up this time.
Empezábamos a bailar, la música y las copitas que nos habíamos tomados estaban haciendo su efecto. Y cuando la canción iba por el coro,
Baby, I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her home
A déjà vu, ran through my body and before the end of the song I separated from him. He noticed the same thing, we didn't know what to do at that moment, even though we were separated from him, however we didn't stop looking at each other. Until I felt, ring my cell phone, when I went to see who it was, I was very glad it was my sister Leah, — Saved by the bell, or rather save by Santa Leah, — I said for inside me. I didn't know what was going to happen there, I felt strange, Jacob is my best friend, the brother I never had, but the truth is the atmosphere felt strange.
—How's my favorite sister, —he said happily.
—Leah, I'm the only sister you have, how you feel, —she said, —although I know she doesn't like to be asked about her illness, but I don't care how many times she gets angry, she always sees I'm going to worry about her.
—Fine, everything is under control, —she said.
We talked about everything a little bit, I was sad because I had to go to the University, I was just passing through as I had no class yesterday, decided to come and stay a while with me, she could stay and leave the next day, but she told me that she had met with the boy who had spoken today at the University. I wished him well and urged him to take care of himself.
After the talk with my sister, I continued with the work I was doing. Jacob helped me all the time I was there, he and I didn't mention what happened in the center while we were dancing.
When we left, it started to rain torrentially, — Fuck, this rain, — I said while we were both at the entrance of the cafeteria.
—You brought an umbrella, — he said as I turned towards him.
—No, and as far as I can see you don't either, — I said while he laughed.
Well then, we're either in trouble or we get wet or we stay here in the cafeteria and we wait for it to escampment, — he said as he took the keys out of his pocket.
He had no choice, the car was far away from where I was. We stayed there for at least half an hour, we didn't know what to do, so we got to tidying up the cafeteria. When I see him playing some music again, but this time we listened to the music of Pentatonix and the remix of Shape of you with Despasito, at least this one was more moved. In that I see him standing in the middle and starts dancing, not badly, but they entered an attack of laughter, I did not know if I was doing it on purpose or really did it wrong.
In that moment he given me a sign to accompany him, but I deny it with my head, I see that he approaches, I take a step back. He pulls me by the arm and we are both dancing. We both started to laugh at each other. I feel my cell phone ring, I'm going to see who it was, and to my surprise it was Sam, I take the call,
—Hello, —he was still laughing as he listened to some background music on the other side of the line. —Where will he be? —He told me I had to go to the hospital, —I said to myself. I didn't want him to think I was a jealous, possessive person.
—I see you're having a good time, — he said in a smiling voice.
— Yes, I'm with a friend of mine, — I said as Jacob turned the music down and I saw him walking to the window, giving me privacy.
—And what is this friend's name, —he said in a jealous voice.
—You know him, Jacob is my boss, —I said while I explained to him why I had stayed.
I don't know if he understood, but at least he didn't ask any more questions, and as we talked I asked him how his afternoon was. He told me that he had many operations, but that they all went well and that now he was with his friends celebrating, — Ah! That's why he felt the music, — I said to myself.
—And you're going to take a long time there, — he said, I don't know if I was asking out of jealousy or because he just asked.
— No, I'm just waiting for the rain to stop, and the weather in Madrid, how it is, — he said while at that moment my eyes focused on Jacob, he was still standing at the window, he seemed annoyed, he seemed to be talking on his cell phone.
—Ah, well, I hope you don't get wet and take care of yourself, see you soon, — he said while I reiterated the same thing.
At the end of the conversation with Sam, I sit at one of the tables and watch how upset Jacob was, I don't know who she was talking to, but I could tell she was not a nice person.
I see him end the blissful call, I see him put his hands on his waist, and when he turns, his face changes completely. I see him walking towards me very smiling. —The truth is that I don't understand him, I've never been able to understand his character, — I said inside of me.
When I see him about five centimeters from me, as a friend I ask him,
—Everything all right?
—Yes, because, — said he very calmly.
—I saw you talking and you looked very angry, —I said while he wasn't looking away from me.
—Don't worry, it's nothing important. Let's go, it's stopped raining, —he said while looking at him. He was sad, but I wasn't going to force him if he doesn't want to talk, so I'll leave him alone
When we left the cafeteria, he accompanied me to my car and suddenly a car was speeding by, Jacob noticed the puddle in the street and pulled me towards him. I don't react, at that moment our bodies were glued and our lips a few centimeters away from each other, our glances cross. I was completely in shock. I feel my breath speeding up and I don't understand why.