Rebecca was
smiling when I saw her walking around the campus. She had Hector wrapped on her
shoulder they greeted me with a smile.
“I have no
classes today, apparently the brownout made the professors cancels all the
classes and all” she said
“Same as ours,
our classroom was even in the basement so you can expect the heat and terror
when the power went out”
“Where’s
Michael?”
“Newsletter
stuff”
The brownout
doesn’t affect the stores outside so she asked me if I want to get cat food for
Hector. I really had nothing to do that day so I accompanied her. Hector quickly
jumped on my shoulder as we walk.
For some reason
everything feels so familiar in this moment. I feel like I’ve been in this
moment before, even the way Hector brushes his tail at my back feels so
familiar. Maybe I’m just longing for something that could’ve been something
with Marisol.
Inside the pet
shop, Hector jumped off my back and slowly traverses the store.
“He usually pick
and point on the things he want so let him be, Rebecca said”
The store is
more organized that I thought. Each shelf is color organized per item, the
stacks and sacks of food are clean. Following Hector, the other cats and dogs are
slowly watching him. The cat feeds are nearby along with the cages and toys for
pets. Pointing at the ball, Rebecca quickly swooped and took the ball. This
happened for a new bowl and a collar.
“Let me get that
for you” I said
She thanked me
as I carry her stuff. Our hands touched for a bit and for some reason it made
my heart beat faster for a while.
“Sorry”
“It’s fine”
Finally, Hector
found a cat feed he wants and rubbed his paw against it. Rebecca bought and Hector
rubbed his head against her leg as gesture of thanks.
I carried the cat
food at my right hand as Rebecca and she held the other stuff on her left.
“I’ll walk you
home”
She smiled and
said thanks and as we go out the store she was about to reach for my hand.
Flustered, I looked at her and she immediately looked down, blushing and
visibly embarrassed.
“Force habit?” I
joked
“Yeah, sorry”
It was pretty
awkward walking her home as when we try to break the silence, we end up
speaking at the same time.
By the time we
got to their home Hector entered the window. There was someone as tall as and pretty
as Rebecca who greeted me.
“Oh! Haven’t
seen you in a while Sebastian”
I have never
seen her in my entire life
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