Love In Between
Chapter 28

**It’s hard to imagine that someone can make you fall even more in love just by using words and video calls, but it was Gael, and I don’t mean the singer; I mean the man. He can do that and much more… What I didn’t know is that he would make me feel so many things at the same time… so many that I would feel short of breath. **

Several days later December 12

I still can’t believe it, the wait is finally over and tonight I will see him again. I don’t mind at all that today is Tuesday, and really if I can’t come to work tomorrow I just won’t come at all.

Twenty-two days without seeing him, without kissing him, but talking each and every day. I can’t concentrate on work, I can only pick up my mobile and read again and again our WhatsApp conversations…. well, the ones we’ve written, because the others have been like the one that night.

“I miss you more and more every day”

Gael

November 22nd 17:00 PM

“I can’t stop dreaming about you. I don’t know what you’ve done to me, but please keep doing it.”

Gael

November 23rd 10:00 AM

“Don’t stop thinking about what we can have together…I don’t stop doing it.”

Gael

November 24 18:00 PM

“Serena, I’m counting the hours until I can k**s you. I hope you’ll let me do it when I get back.”

Gael

November 25 13:00 PM

“Last night hasn’t let me concentrate on any of my meetings. They ask me about the company and I feel like talking about you, is that normal?”

Gael

26 November 20:00 PM

“I’m still making arrangements the way I will make my proposal to you. Every day this thing I feel for you gets bigger and bigger.”

Gael

November 27th 9:00 AM

“Is it crazy to tell you that I love you? I hope not because otherwise I’ll have to be institutionalized. I fell in love with you like a child. I love you Serena.”

Gael

November 28 15:00 PM

“When I read your message telling me that you loved me too I jumped all over the hotel room. My team has asked me what was wrong with me and I just replied that I have won a big prize. I couldn’t tell him it was your love.”

Gael

November 29 19:00 PM

“Tick… tick… 13 days no more… I keep thinking what I can do to make sure I never forget the day we meet again.”

Gael

November 30 8:00 AM

“The hours seem eternal… I’m dying to go back to Madrid and see you. I love you.”

Gael

December 1st 10:00 AM

“Last night you didn’t tell me what your weak spot is…. Apparently I’ll have to find out when I get back, will you let me?”

Gael

December 2nd 9:00 AM

“Not to be cheesy, but white roses or red roses?”

Gael

December 3rd 15:00 PM

“I wish I could k**s all over your neck like I dreamed last night. You drive me crazy even in them…”

Gael

Dec 4 16:00 PM

“There’s nothing left… Get ready.”

Gael

Dec 5 10:15 AM

“That red lipstick you were wearing last night killed me… I’d love for you to leave my whole body marked with it, dare you?”

Gael

Dec 6 18:10 PM

“I read your messages over and over again…I sigh like a fool doing it, you definitely have me in your hands.”

Gael

December 7 9:10 AM

“I’m nervous…anxious…and wanting to k**s you so badly. I can’t anymore Serena…”

Gael

December 8th 17:43 PM

“The clock is against me…the hours seem like months….. (I stole this phrase from Tommy Torres)”

Gael

December 9 18:43 PM

“Two days… two days nothing more…”

Gael

December 10th 14:50 PM

“One day… I just hope I could have let you know how much you mean to me in all these days.”

Gael

Yesterday 15:53 PM

“Today is the big day. I promised you it would be special and it will be. A man is going to bring an envelope to your office in an hour. Inside that envelope is the key to my flat. I’ll expect you at 9pm, don’t ring the doorbell, don’t announce yourself to the doorman. Just go upstairs and use that key; I’ll be waiting for you. I love you Serena.”

Gael

Today 9:00 AM

It’s impossible not to feel my whole body tremble every time I read these messages. I feel like my heart will jump out of my chest and at times I feel an immense fear that all of this is just a figment of my imagination. I have had to pinch myself a few times and do breathing exercises to keep from choking. I have no appetite, my stomach is in knots and my hands are shaking? If that’s not being in love, I don’t know what is.

Is it possible that the Gael I knew is this same Gael who has been writing to me all these days? Each of his messages is a mix between romanticism, sensuality, and eroticism… well, actually, the latter has been more in our video calls. I have the impression that this night will be unforgettable. I can imagine the way I’ll k**s him and just thinking about it feels illegal….

He looked at the clock; four o’clock in the afternoon… I can’t work any more…

I leave my office and let Sara and Ana know that I might not come to the office tomorrow and say goodbye to them. I prefer to avoid Joel, I don’t want to explain myself to him.

I have enough time to go home and get ready for Gael…. Tonight has to be special.

**It’s probably one of those nights I’ll never forget in my life, but I don’t know yet exactly what part of it I’ll never forget… maybe it’s all of it, right? **