Chapter 1 - Before It All
When they were 12 -
"Christopher! Hurry up!" Dani exclaimed as she knocked on his bedroom door. She had been standing in front of his door waiting for him to get ready for the past 15 minutes and her patience was running low. It was the same thing every morning for the past few years. If it weren't for her, Christopher would be late and if it weren't for him, Dani would reach school earlier and not have to rush.
"We're going to be late! I don't care, I'm leaving," she said. Which was what she would say every morning. She turned to leave the house after saying goodbye to Christoper's family, who was already familiar with their routine. Just as she reached out to the door handle, Christopher finally comes running towards her.
"Wait! Wait! I'm here!" He exclaimed, running to open the door for her. Dani glared at Christopher and walked out first, not bothering to say anything to him. Christopher ran out after her, then ran back into the house to say goodbye to his family, before running out again.
"¡Amiga! Don't be like that! I'm sorry I'm late again," he called out to Dani. He knew that she was not actually mad at him, but since this was routine, he might as well just say it. After all, this has been happening for 4 years already, so why stop now?
Dani turned to look at Christopher and stuck her tongue out, causing him to smile. Dani started telling Christopher about what she had thought about going to secondary school the next year. They would both go to the same secondary school, there was no discussion about that.
Throughout the journey, there was never a moment of silence. The two friends were extremely talkative and they both enjoyed talking to each other. By the time they were halfway to school, Dani was skipping around Christopher while he held her pink water bottle for her.
When they reached school, the two friends walked to their classes and went their separate ways. Dani immediately went to sit with her friends and they started talking and laughing until the teacher came.
After 2 hours of class, it was finally recess. Dani and her friends walked out of class and immediately went to the cafeteria where her other friends would be. When she reached, her friends went to sit with their own friends from other classes and Dani went to sit between Christopher and Mateo, her best friend and one of her closest friends. Christopher was talking to his other friends while Dani talked to Mateo. The two of them were friends since primary 1 and have been friends since then. They were assigned to sit next to each other and it turned out to be a great thing. They always had fun talking about their favourite books and were always reading together.
The rest of the day was ordinary and boring, just classes for another 3 hours before school finally ended. When the bell rang, both Dani and Christopher ran out of their classes and walked out of school together. They both talked about their day excitedly, sharing the newest gossip they had heard. Well, it was mostly Dani that told Christopher.
"I heard Amanda told Ned that she liked him. A lot of people think that they are together!" Dani told Christopher excitedly. She was, as usual, jumping and skipping around. The two friends walked home with grins on their faces and non-stop chattering.
Once they reached their houses, the two smiled at each other and waved before walking into their own homes. Dani ran to her own room and started doing her homework while listening to music. To her, music was the one thing that could change her mood. She could be feeling moody but music can immediately change her mind.
Halfway through doing her homework, she heard a knock on her door. She looked up and saw Christopher standing there with his homework.
"Hey Nila, can I join you?"
Dani immediately put her work and book on the floor and moved to make space for Christopher. The two continued with their work and talked, as they always did. It did not matter that they were not doing the same homework. Just being together already made them both happy.
Once they were done with their homework, they started to make music together. Dani playing the guitar while listening to Christopher sing. They had some original songs that they wrote together. Well, it was mostly Dani that wrote it and Christopher sang it, but to the two of them, those songs were their songs.
Dani strummed the guitar with her eyes closed, letting herself get lost in the music. Her fingers moved expertly and she slowly swayed side to side with the tempo of the music. This was what she loved doing. This was what she spent a lot of her time on. She smiled as she listened to her best friend sing the words that they have written together.
Once the song was over, Christopher started cheering and clapping as if they had an audience with them.
"Woohoo! One day, Nila, we're going to share our music with the world," said Christopher while smiling at Dani. They would continue doing what they both liked together.
Dani placed the guitar down by her dresser just as Christopher turned the radio on again. The two best friends started to sing and dance along with the music, laughing and cheering as the twirled and jumped around.
translations :
Amiga - feminine word for 'friend'
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