Chapter 4 – Barry Best friend.
At 10h a.m., Jill woke up on Carlos' bed. She looked to the rounded window and saw the contrast of blues: the dark blue of the sea and the light blue of the sky. She picked up her dress that was on the floor before Carlos woke up. She went to the bathroom and washed her face. She thought about brush her teeth, but she wasn't in her bathroom. She wanted to take a shower, but she didn't want to do that in Carlos' bathroom, so she came back to the bedroom and saw Carlos sleeping with one of his arm fallen over his head. She thought that scene was cute, but she preferred to come back to her bedroom. She took her shoes and let them hang over her fingers and collecting more of her belongings, then she left Carlos' room. She walked to her room and dropped the shoes aside of her bed. She entered the shower and took a shower, then after that she brushed her teeth.
She came back to the bedroom wrapped in a towel and went to her bag, which was in a specific corner. She thought of what clothes she would wear and then she took a white shorts and a red blouse. She put this clothes and heard a knock in the door. She opened and she wa Barry.
- Hi, Barry. Wanna come in?
- Good morning, Jill. – Barry entered the room and looked at Jill. The sheets on the bed were tidy.
- I just took a shower. Actually, I just woke up too. I'm starving. Let's eat at Nautilus. What do you think?
- We can eat anywhere… let's talk with Carlos later. – Barry looked to Jill's shoes that were beside her bed and he held a laughter – Jill, can I ask you a question?
- Here we go… What question, Barry?
- It's a simple question. You and Carlos, what happened last night? You went out to play poker, have dinner… It was a date, right?
Jill put her right hand on her face. "Who knew Barry asking me about these things would be more embarrassing than to sing at the karaoke?" she thought.
- First, I didn't realize it was a date, but it ended up being a played poker and, oh, I won! We went to have dinner at Neptune's Waters and we went to the karaoke. It was embarrassing, but it was fun.
- I'm pretty sure there was more than one kiss in the middle of everything, am I right?
- Barry! – Jill turned herself and now Barry was facing her back. – Yes, we kissed a lot. Actually, something more than that happened… I didn't even sleep here in my room.
Barry laughed out loud and started to scratch his beard.
- So… are you dating? Are you boyfriend and girlfriend now?
- I don't know, Barry Let's see how Carlos will act today.
- I think he will want to date you. Just take a look at his face when you are near him! He totally has a crush on you.
- And what do you think about him, Barry? – Jill was a little apprehensive, as if Barry were some sort of father.
- I like him. I think you guys make a cute couple. And you have four days to go to see if this relationship will have a happy ending, or not.
Jill approached Barry and hugged him.
- Barry, you are such a friend!
Barry smiled and said:
- Aaaah!
As he hugged Jill, he thought "Imagine how Chris will react to this…".
Barry said he would take a shower and then he went back to his room. A few minutes later, Jill heard another knock at her door.
- Barry? – Jill asked in 2meters distance from the door.
- No, it's me! - Carlos answered behind the door.
She opened the door, smiled and said:
- Hey! Good morning.
- Good morning. I have to say that I think you ran away from me soon after you woke up. – Carlos walked through Jill's room and sat in a chair.
- I wanted to stay, but I really wanted to brush my teeth. I didn't want to talk to you with a bad hangover breath.
- Do you think that my love for you would die because of a bad breath, Jill? – Carlos laughed as he looked at her. Jill put a strand of hair behind her ear and sat on the lap of Carlos for another kiss.
END (FIM)
* part of Garota de Ipanema lyrics:
"Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça
É ela menina, que vem e que passa
No doce balanço, a caminho do mar
Moça do corpo dourado do sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar"
(Translation [because the american version has different lyrics]
"Look what a marvelous thing, full of grace
It's her, who comes and passes
in a sweet swing heading to the sea.
Girl with a *golden* (tan) body of the Ipanema sun, your swing is more than a poem
It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen".
* Lyrics changed by Carlos it's something like:
"Look what a marvelous Jill, Jill full of grace
It's her, who comes and passes
In a sweet swing heading to the sea
Jill with a golden body of the Ipanema sun, your swing is more than a poem
It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen".