It's three in the afternoon when I just ended the call with my mom. My parents don't live with me, I'm from New York and now I'm in Seattle to study with my best friend Kate. We live in two different apartments, always close to the school.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXw2tliJw7H
This afternoon he invited me to go see a concert at the beginning of the year. School started a week ago and we are in our last year, then we will return home and finish our studies in business administration. My dream is to continue to become an accountant, while Kate wants to stop first.
At five o'clock he will pick me up in his car and we will go to this concert, some boys who attend our school and are good at music will sing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLuO2bqBb5
I'm still in front of the wardrobe choosing what to wear, I took out half the wardrobe to see some dresses but none convinces me also because it's already cold here.
After almost an hour I decide to put on black leggings decorated with white patterned designs, a red top with a "v" neckline and over a leather jacket and blue All Stars with shades of blue.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tVLmxlXI9
I lock myself in the bathroom to put on makeup, I apply a little pencil on my eyes, mascara to illuminate my emerald green eyes and a little blush on my cheeks. The concealer for dark circles, unfortunately I am subject to it and finally a thread of red lipstick. I decide to leave my black hair loose along the saplle.
I finish just in time, my phone starts ringing and the notes of the song A Thousand Years by Christina Perri start, I answer immediately." I'm out here in the car" Kate replies, I quickly get out of the bathroom. He hates it when I'm late.
"Yes, I'm coming, two minutes and I'm going down" I end the call and hope he doesn't get upset if we leave two minutes later. I take the bag and put the keys and the phone in it and then I leave the house, I quickly walk down the stairs.
Luckily I live only on the second floor, I run towards the gate finding a red fiesta in front of me. I quickly enter the passenger seat and Kate looks at me very badly.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxJcLSQa4H
"Excuse me," I say, raising my hands in the air. I don't understand why she must be so angry, it's only been two minutes.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHl1j84kwu
"I told you not to be late and to be down at five o'clock precisely" he says in a high tone, then starts the engine.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpDYKkeCCG
"It's only been two minutes Kate, please don't be angry. I want to spend a nice afternoon with you" I say in a sorry tone, she simply nods and then leaves. I quickly put on my belt before being called back again.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JGaDYZkKe
"We have to meet up with Riki and Peter," he says as he drives. Riki is our best friend. We've been friends since kindergarten and Peter is her cousin, he's hitting Kate but she's not interested in the slightest.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6kwmS2FPq
"Okay, how long are we going to be there?" I ask. I am worried about the time because tomorrow morning the alarm goes off at 6:30.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfPWgBmGlP
"Not late, tomorrow we have school and Riki cares too much about getting good grades like you" he snorts. Kate came to study in Seattle because she doesn't get along with her parents, but above all to be with us. Where one goes, everyone goes, our friendship is very strong.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2leRbACvM
On the way we talked about old memories, of when Riki had a crush on a little girl in elementary school, who made fun of him with her friends and he cried every day, but then always came back to her. When Kate had given the first kiss and then told that little boy that he wasn't able to kiss and then when I had fallen off the bike. I cried for an hour and a half kicking her and giving a beautiful scene to my parents and my two best friends.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8y1Oqjje9
After half an hour we arrive in a large square, in the middle there is a small stage where the guys will perform and many people are already there in front waiting for the concert to start.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0kUzg3jCb
Although we are half an hour early, Kate is not happy. We are two minutes late.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBqI0qt1Xy
"We have to find Riki and his cousin in the middle of that mess Tess" she says pointing to the crowd of people under the stage, I look at her and shrug my shoulders. I don't know what to tell you, maybe it's better that we start looking for them right away.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26dSKYBHGd
"Let's go, somehow we'll find them" I say comforting her, and it's true. Riki is a very tall and dark boy with eyes as blue as the sky. All the girls court him hoping to have a serious relationship with him, instead he just used them. Unlike her, Kate is short, you have blonde hair and green eyes.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZjScsWHnN
We walk into the crowd and she pushes to make room for us. Kate hates having people stuck together and in fact sometimes she even curses them.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLj6bAnbKJ
In the distance I see Riki talking to Peter and they already have a glass of something in their hands, I take Kate by the hand and quickly try to reach them.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN4vPj3yNK
"Tess, Kate!" shouts Riki seeing us and raises a hand to greet us, I do the same and walk faster. Some girls near him begin to look at him and whisper something to each other, when we arrive I let go of my friend's hand and hug my best friend tightly, feeling his muscular arms. I missed him so much, when we are at school we struggle to see each other because his class is on the opposite side of ours.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGjvnyq18I
"How are you big brother?" I ask detaching myself from him, he smiles looking at me and then greets Kate with a hug.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFqAHFO0qu
"I'm fine, the girls are already starting to thread me" and how can I blame them? He's such a handsome guy and has a nice body thanks to the gym.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnVQlgEg53
"What news," Kate says ironically, waving goodbye to Peter and then looking around again. "There are already a lot of people to be four boys attending college" she is different from Riki, she tries to conquer the most beautiful boys in school by deceiving them.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kAsLI5fmY
"They must have done publicity" Riki's cousin simply replies and in fact he is right, I turn to look around and the crowd has doubled. People begin to whistle and scream, now it's not long before the concert will begin. Kate takes out her phone to take a selfie together and post it on social media.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3Pwxl6wgu
"Now at least I have to get a lot of friend requests from your friends," Kate says to Riki, who snorts as I burst out laughing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1qbc0inzu
"Will you also try with the singer of the band?" he asks and she stays watching the stage, I know Kate too well. If it's cute and she likes it then she doesn't have any problem.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOi3RJ0jHT
"If it's cute, of course," he says, turning around and winking at Riki who looks up to the sky to beg for mercy, while I laugh in front of them.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCaljbQ4Kg
Since I broke up with Mark I don't want to know anything about guys, or to commit myself even if a year has passed, I have suffered too much and I don't want to suffer again.
There are still 5 minutes to go before the start of the concert, now the square is completely full of people and it is difficult to breathe, I am close to Riki and Kate anxiously waiting for it to start.
At a certain point we hear screams and gunshots, immediately we turn back and see many people begin to run away. I can't understand what's happening, but I'm starting to be afraid because the shooting doesn't end, it doesn't stop, on the contrary, it continues. Riki says something to Kate because I'm petrified and my heart beats at an incredible speed, my hands sweat and I can't reason. Kate takes me by the hand and begins to take me away from there.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZqPKj20RJ
"Tess recover, we have to get out of here if you don't want them to kill us" he says getting in front of me. He slaps me on the face and I manage to recover, I begin to understand what is happening.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLp3Rt4YLj
"Where are we going?" I ask excitedly, she looks around but I understand that we don't have much time to choose. They can kill us at any moment.
"Follow me" I simply say before I start running aimlessly. Kate runs less fast than me since she is wearing shoes with low heels. I run as fast as I can, hoping not to end up in front of the man who is shooting.
The shooting stops for a moment and I hope it's gone, I continue to run and at a certain point I see that the mass of people is running in the opposite direction but I continue. I trust my instincts.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsGkBmDXPu
I continue despite the breathlessness and the legs that hurt. I stop for a moment to take a breath and look where Kate is, she is reaching me but she is still far away.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgsDnrplOU
I look up and my heart stops, my legs begin to tremble and my throat becomes dry. The killer is here in front of me looking at me with the gun pointed at me. I keep staring at him, he has a balaclava and I can't see his face completely, but he allows me to see his chocolate brown eyes. They are so deep that I get lost in them. I remain motionless and so does he with the gun pointed at me. He doesn't shoot. He looks at me, I'm no longer afraid, on the contrary, curiosity is born inside me. Why doesn't he shoot me? I'm here 10 meters away from him, he could kill me but he doesn't. She continues to look at me and I continue to be lost in her deep gaze, I can't move, it's as if she has immobilized me and I am unable to reason or do anything.
"What are you doing! Let's get out of here!" yells Kate grabbing me by the arm and making me run away from him. As I run I continue to look at him and so does he, he moves his head towards me but not the gun. The latter remains motionless.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXAiQPsDEz
We enter a bar and there I lose sight of him. Kate does not stop and runs towards the emergency exit while the shooting resumes. We run fast until we reach the parking lot where he left the car, we get on quickly and when he leaves he begins to preach to me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhbAklnVFZ
"Why did you stop to stare at him? Tess could have killed you! What the hell did you think of? You tell me!" she is screaming and I understand her very well, I would have done it too. But everything had happened involuntarily, he had captured me, I couldn't take my eyes off his eyes and then he hadn't fired and this intrigued me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWm6SQ2qOt
"I don't know, I swear I don't know," he whispered, looking out the window. "It was impossible to take his eyes off his own and then he didn't shoot," he whispered.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwozQ8FKD0
"The gun must have been blocked, but trust me he would have shot you otherwise. Don't get strange ideas!" he says again angrily.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVclu7ljqqz
He keeps his gaze fixed on the road and every now and then he gives me fiery glances.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOxdTgpRCo
"Excuse me, I don't know what happened to me" I say and it's true. I was so confused and worried at the same time.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfg6rZKkyJ
Fortunately, Kate finished preaching to me on the way.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjcwYMu5xT
We arrive at his apartment. She has decided to stay and sleep at my place because she is worried that the killer may show up at my house to kill me after we exchanged those looks today. I'm waiting for her in the car while I keep thinking about how stupid I was, she could have killed me and yet I stood there motionless, I just have to thank God that that guy didn't kill me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqCUzaRxtR
"Here I am, I did it as soon as possible" she says once she gets into the car. It starts again and we leave to go to my apartment.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGrh6LDzaL
Once in the house I lock the door, now it has scared me too.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdciDDCjFap
I decide to make myself a hot tea, while Kate talks to Riki on the phone and tells him what I did and I feel that he is also out of his mind. It's true I risked a lot but now it's over and I'm fine.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1msXb8ZFQ
"Yes you know, tonight I'm staying to sleep here. Tomorrow you're coming, okay?" she continues to walk back and forth in the kitchen while I continue to look at her, now they're exaggerating.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlG3J85LZw
"Okay, see you tomorrow morning, I love you and thank you! Good night" he ends the call, puts the phone on the table and then sits on a chair in front of me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEZccypyHa
"Tomorrow he'll sleep here and don't say we're exaggerating, if you used your little head sometimes," he says muttering."I know you've gotten scared but, I'm really fine" I say looking at her. I'm alive and I feel good. I don't understand why they behave like this.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCFFAoOpzC
"Of course, you continued to look at him and surely a sort of treasure hunt will have been born in him and you are the treasure. He'll look for you to kill you!" she says, pouring herself a cup of hot tea.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MSDBd8GIS
"Now, he won't even remember who I am," I say. Who knows how many people he must have killed and at that thought my body is filled with shivers. Kate notices this and approaches me.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27rUhsm7Uc
"I'm sorry" she whispers, maybe she has understood that I am not so calm. It didn't kill me, but certainly many other people, on the one hand I feel very lucky.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjHYWUoY6m
"Now I would like to go to sleep and forget this day" I say, I get up from my chair and put the cup in the sink. We were supposed to spend a nice evening listening to those four guys and instead it went worse than I thought. They have killed so many people and I don't understand why, I approach my friend and kiss her goodnight.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAQ1wV4AVJ
"See you tomorrow" I simply tell her.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfm4Vw8UaQ
"See you tomorrow" he replies smiling at me, I walk to my bedroom. I lie on the bed and start thinking about this day, it has turned my life upside down.
I struggle to sleep, I toss and turn in bed for more than two hours and when I finally manage to sleep, I dream of those two chocolate eyes.
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