MARCOS
I'm not sure if Gabriela heard the last thing Alex said, but it seemed to me she hadn't. I had a slight suspicion Gabriela was still in love with him, but when I saw she stopped moving when Alex was kissing her, it assured me she was indeed in love with him. If that was what would make her happy, I would help her achieve that happiness she had been missing since Alex break up with her. I didn't see Gabriela going to stop at some point, but I had to talk to her.
"Gabriela, wait for me there a moment." I asked, accelerating my pace to reach her "Go to class Marcos, I don't think you want to be late." She said without turning an inch in my direction, "I'm not going to class, we need to talk."
"Talk about what? There's nothing to talk about." she assured and I denied, because there was a lot to talk about "Of course there is. We need to talk about Alex." I insisted and I noticed how she accelerated her step a little more "Why do we always have to talk about him? I don't want to talk about him."
"But we do have to talk about this." I answered and I saw how she denied "No Marcos, there's nothing to talk about." she insisted "You know he said he was leaving college?" At that moment, she stopped, but didn't turn to look in my direction. I could see her hands balled into fists. "Well, if that's the case, his way of showing me he loves me is on the right track."
"Don't you understand, Gabriela?" I asked without fully believing she doesn't see she still has feelings for his ex "What do I have to understand according to you?" she asked, standing up and turning in my direction. "She wants to leave college so you can go back to being the way you were before. He really loves you and you are hurting him."
"Now am I the one who makes him suffer? Do you remember he was the one who started it? Do you really not remember everything he did to me?" she asked and I nodded, because I remembered everything, but above all the bad things that happened afterwards "Of course I know, I was there when it happened."
"Then why are you so worried because now I'm the one who makes him suffer? Don't I have the same right as the one to do it?" she asked and I wasn't really going to say what she had to do, because it was put me on the opposite side of Gabriela, which I didn't need right now.
"I'm not saying you can't do it, Gabriela, but the point is you don't realize you also suffer." I tried and she snorted "By whom? For him? You're kidding right?" she asked and I denied "No Gabriela, it's true you suffer for him. I don't think you know, but it's true. You have to see it yourself Gabriela."
"I don't want anything with him, I hate him Marcos, can't you tell I can't stand him?" She insisted and I denied, because I saw the opposite "I can't, I don't see it that way, you don't show it to anyone, not even yourself." I replied "I want you to leave me alone Marcos and stop saying stupid things like you are doing right now."
"It's not stupid, Gabriela, it's the truth and I can't do anything to make you realize it. You have to do that yourself." I said sincerely "I don't have to realize anything Marcos, because I don't want him at all."
"So can you explain to me how you didn't pull away and stop fighting when I was kissing you?" I asked crossing my arms. I could see how he was searching for an answer to that. If I hadn't known her like I do, I wouldn't have noticed.
"That was because he had a hold on me and couldn't let go, but I don't know if you remember that I hit him in the face." she said with a small smile on her face. I'm not sure if it was because of the blow, she gave him or because of the kiss itself "Of course I know, but I don't know if it was clear to you, he said he would leave so you can go back to being Gabriela you were before you arrived."
"I don't care what he does with his life, so leave me alone. I want to be alone." She said, starting to walk in the opposite direction to the one I was in. "Well, I'm not going to leave you alone." I responded, beginning to follow her, "Well, I'm leaving. I can't stand you continue to be so annoying and somewhat stupid because of your theory."
She started to leave and I could see she was angry about what I had told her, but it was the truth. I suspected she was in love with him and that's why she did what she did, and I partly understand her, Alex also made her suffer, and a lot, now it's her who has to decide which feeling is stronger, hate or love, and I had the impression the latter was going to win.