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The sun was setting, a cool breeze filled the area and black boots creating footsteps on the ground, heavy panting, a black hood covers her face, the blood from her wound on her arm drips and runs, it spills, She winces in pain as she runs through the woods looking for someone somewhere that could help. Until at long last she sets her brown eyes on Colombia, ready to begin her search. As she begins her descent her black hood falls to reaveal her brown locks, although they were soft they were badly cut and messy. She watched on the horizon as she neared the town and plaza. She looked and looked everywhere anywhere for someone. Then She bumped into a young man, about 15, the first thing she noticed about him were his hazel green eyes, then she noticed his brown curly hair.
“Wow” she whispered breathlessly “I’m sorry it’s just I’ve never seen eyes quite like yours, how very impolite of me! Im Valentina” she introduced herself
“Its ok Im Camilo” the boy introduced himself
“You live here??” Valentina asked him
“Yes” he answered unsurely
“Can you direct me to a doctor?” She asked him
“What why?? Are you alright??” He asked alarmed
“I just need to a doctor or someone that can stich me up” She said as she showed him her hand
“Oohhh that looks really bad” he said sounding worried he took out a piece of fabric from his pocket and gave it to her “come with me” he added as he left
She, unsurely, took the piece of fabric and followed him. As she followed him she tried to wrapt the cloth around her hand, wincing softly. “Por que me duele tanto??” (Why does it hurt so much?) She muttered softly under her breath. She finally gave up and sighed. Camilo stopped abruptly, he turned around
“Do you need help with that??” Camilo asked her
‘Say no, say no, say no!!!’ She thought to herself, she tried but the words couldn’t come out of her mouth, instead she said “yes” before anything could stop her. He smiled
“All you had to do was ask” he said
Her heart began accelerating, she hardly noticed it at first but as he wrapped the fabric it around her hand, tying it at the back of it, it began beating faster, the color red flushed to her cheeks, she got nervous, she couldn’t stop looking at her hand. She couldn’t look up anymore, she couldn’t bear to face his eyes or his gaze.
“There” he said as he looked at her, he smiled as he saw her
She finally brought herself to look up at him, he blushed and they both, nervously, broke away from each others gaze. ‘Oh sugar honey ice tea’ She said to herself ‘well this is it’ Camilo thought to himself
“Shall we get going?” He asked her
“Yeah” she said in a softer voice that didn’t seem her own, before she seemed serious and strict but now she seemed kinder and shyer.
They carried on, until they arrived at a beautiful house it was colorful and wondrous. They stopped.
“Que es este lugar??” (What is this place??) She asked louder than she intended it to be
“Este lugar es donde vivo!” (This place is where i live) He said turning to the house “hola casita!” (Hello home) He said
She waved at the house, the house waved back.
“Come!!!” He said as he carried on in the house
She followed him as her head was flooded with thoughts, such as ‘how can i be sure i can trust this guy?’ ‘What was that feeling I felt when he wrapped my hand?’ ‘How am I sure I’m not going to be kidnapped?”’ ‘Why did i trust him?’. Before she knew it she was inside the house, it felt ethereal, magical even.
“Tia Julieta!!!!!!! Tia Julieta!!!!!!!” Camilo exclaimed
Then a woman about 50 walked in with grey/white hair, she assumed this was Julieta.
“Que paso mijo?” (whats wrong??) she asked him looking worried
“Hey tia!!! I found someone who needs your help” he said
Valentina approached her, sort of fearfully.
“Can you help me?” She asked her, in her normal tone, she extended her arm to show her the wound.
Camilo untied the fabric from her hand. Julieta gasped
“Hay mija, how did you get this?”
Valentina looked alarmed ‘Oh fiddlesticks, what do I say?’ She asked herself she said “I cut myself while sharpening my knife and I tried to fix it myself but I couldn’t so here we are”
“Hay mija, you should have come here sooner!!!” Julieta left to the kitchen
“The thing is I dont live in this town”
Julieta looked back at her in suprise, Camilos Jaw dropped.
“Where else would you live?” Camilo asked her
“The woods, where else?” She said to him
Julieta came back with an arepa, she put it in Valentinas hands.
“Gracias” valentina said as she bit it, of course she didn’t trust but it had been so long since she ate an arepa and this one tasted so good. Once she had finished her bite she saw the cut was gone.
“La arepa es magicia!!!!!! Como es posible???” (The arepa is magic!!!! How is it possible???) she asked looking at her now healed hand “gracias, what is your name?” She asked julieta
“Julieta y tu mija?”
“Valentina”
“So mija do you live in the woods alone?”
“Yeah, why?”
“It’s dangerous out there” a man about 50 said to her as he walked in with similar hair to Julietas.
“Oh I can take care of myself and you are?”
“Oh Im Bruno” the man with the hair like Julietas said
“Its nice to meet you Bruno, Im Valentina”
“No, no the pleasure is all mine, though id like to request something, since you live alone in the woods how about you stay here since its dark and cold out and tomorrow you leave if you want, if you don’t want to leave you can stay with us permanently”
“Siii, you’d stay in Mirabels room or Camilos and youll join us for dinner” Julieta suggested
“That is the kindest offer I have ever received, seeing as you don’t even know me but I must decline, I must get back to me house now”
Bruno and Julieta insisted, Valentina turned to Camilo.
“Well it wouldn’t hurt to join us for dinner even if you do have to go back” He said shyly
She blushed “Alright” she said in that same soft voice again
Julieta noticed Camilos soft smile and Valentinas shy voice.
“Dinner will be ready in a bit, mijo” Julieta said as she signaled bruno to the kitchen, leaving them alone.
“Would you like a tour?” Camilo asked shyly
“Yes” she answered as she pushed her hair back her ear
‘What is this feeling?’ She asked herself
The walked up the stairs, he began showing her the rooms and telling her the story.
“So wait a candle Miraculously gave your Abuela this house and the ability to grant powers?” Valentina asked skeptically
“Yeah!!! Though why do you say it like that?”
“Like what?”
“You sounded like you couldn’t believe it”
“Im just surprised I guess”
“What you didn’t know magic was real?”
“Oh I know it’s real! But this i didn’t know”
Camilo smirked “Anyways thats about it”
“This house has a very interesting history”
“Yes, it does”
He smilled, she blushed slightly ‘oh dear! Hes cute!’ She thought to herself, he blushed thinking the same thing about her.
“Mijo, dinners ready!!!!!!!!!” Julieta exclaimed from downstairs
“We should go, dont want to keep them waiting” Valentina said in that soft voice again
“Yeah” Camilos voice softened
They walked downstairs, as they neared the dining room Valentina got scared, ‘its been so long since I sit at a table’ she thought to herself, she breathed a little heavier, she stepped back a bit.