Self Love • Christopher Velez •

chapter 37; duck lips

Chapter 37 - Duck Lips

"Are you at home or in Luis's apartment?" I asked Andrea as I lay on the grass. 

"Luis's apartment, there's no way I'm staying at home with Melissa after she said that I looked like a Christmas tree," she said and rolled her eyes. 

We continued talking for a while before Christopher came out to the backyard. 

"Hey," he said to me with a smile. "Can I come over?"

I nodded and I heard Andrea say, "ooh lala".

"Cállate," I told and she laughed. 

"Will there be a part 2?" She asked and I rolled my eyes. 

"Cállate."

"Will you give it to him?" She asked. 

"Cállate."

"Hey," I said to him as he walked over to me and laid beside me on the grass. 

"Hola," she said with a smile. It wasn't her usual smile, it was her 'hmm, interesting' smile. 

"Hi Andrea," he said, waving at her. She smiled at him and waved. 

"Well, I'm need to go now. I'm heading out with Julia," she said and I waved. Thank god she didn't mention anything about the kiss. 

"Bye hermana," I replied with a wave. 

"Bye Andy," he said to her with a smile. 

"Bye, remember, part 2. Besos!" She said cherily and with a wink, she hung up. I closed my eyes and sighed. Why did I expect her to not say anything? She had never said 'besos' when she hung up and I knew exactly why she said what she said. 

"Are you free today?" Christopher asked me and I opened my eyes.

"Yeah," I said. 

"Do you want to go out today?" He asked me. 

"Yeah, sure," I replied with a smile. It's been 2 days since he gave me a kiss on the cheek and we have not seen each other other than in the morning. 

"Where do you want to go?" I asked him. 

"We could skateboard around town?" He said and I nodded. 

"Okay."

He stood up and held his hand out to me. I took it and he pulled me up. 

"See you in an hour?" he said and I nodded. 

"An hour," I replied and he squeezed my hand before letting go. He turned to walk to the fence and climbed over.

"See you in an hour!" he yelled, bringing a smile to my face. I went back into the house and hit the showers before throwing on a pair of jeans and a plain black top. I walked out of my room before walking back in. Do I need to do anything to my hair? I stared at my hair for a while and shook my head. 

I walked back downstairs and took out my laptop to check my email and texted my mother, telling her I might be home late. After a while, I heard the doorbell ring and I furrowed my eyebrows. I stood up and walked to the door to open it. 

"Hey," Christopher said to me with a smile once I opened the door. Why didn't he texted me that I could meet him outside and oh my god we match. We were both wearing jeans and a black tee. 

Calm down, Dani. A lot of people wear black tees and jeans. It's no big deal. 

"Hey," I replied with a smile. 

"Are you ready to go?" he asked me and I nodded.

"Yeah, let me go grab my stuff and we can leave. And uh, come in," I said. I ran to my living room to turn off my laptop before running upstairs to grab my phone, wallet and keys. I walked downstairs and saw Christopher holding his skateboard. Oh right, skateboard. With a groan, I went upstairs again to take my skateboard and walked down. 

"Let's go," I said and he nodded. We left the house before I turned to look at him.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked.

"We could go get some food before going to the park," he said and I nodded. We went on our skateboard and he held his hand out to. With a smile, I took it and we skated off. 

***

"Oh my god I look hideous," I groaned as I covered my face. Christopher laughed and took my hands away from my face.

"Delete it," I told him and he shook his head. 

"You look great," he said, turning the camera around to take a few pictures of us. 

"We need to find another flower to match mine," I told him with a smile. We were sitting under a tree at the park having a mini picnic when a small flower flew over to where we were sitting. He picked it up and put it in my hair before taking pictures of me. 

I started looking for a flower but could not find any. Turning to look at him, I took off his cap and placed the flower that was in my hair in his.

"Do I look pretty?" he asked me. 

"Extremely," I told him with a laugh and took out my phone to take a picture of him. He took the phone from me and turned it around so that he could take pictures of us. He started making faces at the camera, causing me to laugh. 

He made a duck lip and I turned to look at him, laughing. He looked away from the camera and looked at me, still with the duck lip and took a picture. 

"Do it with me Nila," he said and I rolled my eyes but did it. He took a few more pictures of us doing the duck lips together before he stuck his tongue out while I smiled at the camera. He returned my phone to me before taking the flower from his hair and placing it in mine.

"I like it better on you," he said, causing me to smile and my cheeks to heat up. We continued chatting and laughing and smiling for a while before we stood up to leave. Once we had thrown our trash in the bin, we got onto our skateboards and skated off in the direction of our houses. Just as we left the park, Christopher held his hand out to me and I took it. 

When we reached our houses, he skated with me back to my house before we both got down from our skateboards. 

"Thanks for today," I said, turning to look at him with a smile. 

"You're welcome and thank you," he replied, smiling at me before adding. "Do you want to do this again?"

"Yeah, sure." I said, still smiling at him. 

He opened his arms and I stepped into them, wrapping my arms around his torso. He wrapped his arms around my waist and stepped closer to me. After giving me a squeeze, we both stood back and smiled.

"Bye, Christopher," I said to him as I opened the door and turned around to look at him. 

"Bye, Nila," he replied with a smile. I waved at him and smiled before closing the door. 

"Hey, who was at the door?" my father asked when I walked into the living room.

"Christopher," I replied and he nodded. 

"Have you eaten?" he asked and I nodded before heading to my room. I took out the flower from my hair and placed it on my bookshelf. I then continued with my work for quite a while before deciding to go to bed. 

From me:
Hey
Buenas noches! Thanks for today :D

In just a few minutes, I got a reply from Christopher:

From Christopher:
hey
buenas noches! i had fun too. thank you :p

Happy new year everyone!