13 Months

13 months

On February 15, a common acquaintance introduced them in some random party. When she saw him, Julia thought that he looked kind of ordinary, and Carlos found her gestures slightly phony. After a short and polite chat, each one went back to their dates.

A month later, Carlos was leaving the print of his hands in Julia’s skin, amazed by the way her neck curved when she was having an orgasm.

On June 15, a storm bent trees, damaged roofs and covered the city with a thick layer of mud. Carlos and Julia barely noticed all that. Their eyes were locked to the wall, exhausted after arguing over and over about the same silly details. They were sure that their story ended in that room.

That same day, three months later, Julia fell when running down some stairs. While Carlos was cleaning her wound as it was the most delicate operation, she told him that she loved him.

On November 15, Carlos met Julia’s family. Her sister blinked at him when she thought nobody was watching, and her father made a couple of racist jokes. Julia choked with the dessert.

On their anniversary, they talked about the whole year and toasted with champagne. Neither of them mentioned the boy for whom Julia almost left Carlos during Christmas.

Exactly thirteen months after they met, Carlos and Julia sat down on a bench at the park. Their fingers touched lightly, and they smiled.

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