I BECAME THE VILLAIN OF A NOVEL

I was hurrying to get ready for the first back-to-school party we used to call the ritual of the school year, but it was just a lame excuse for young people to stuff their faces. The clock struck 6:50 pm, if I didn't finish in less than five minutes I would be late. I was frantically curling my curls in a way to finish faster, which wasn't working, until the creak of the door woke me up and made me stop curling my hair. For a brief moment I thought it was my mother, until Felipe came through the door.

- Hi, you're here already - I smiled as I saw him enter my room.

- Yes my princess, you look very beautiful. - He said pulling me around the waist. 

I was wearing a black dress that emphasized my curves, my make-up was light, I wore only a base and a kitten eyeliner, along with a purple lipstick, which matched very well with what I was wearing.

- You look like a prince, as always! - I returned the compliment. 

- You know I love it when you compliment me, don't you? - he asked, whispering, which gave me goose bumps. 

- As soon as I answered, he started a kiss, calm and slow, without any hurry, which made me gasp, he knew in every way which were my weak points, and his gentle kiss was one of them, I was madly in love with him, but as everything that is good lasts a little, the kiss was ended because of the damn lack of air.

- Let's go or we'll be late," he warned.

I took one last look in the mirror and fixed the lipstick that had just smeared and after grabbing my purse, we went downstairs together to the floor below where I would say goodbye to my mother. The party hall was a thirty minute drive from my house and an hour walk, but we would arrive quickly since Felipe came in his car. When we arrived at the first floor, my mother was watching a movie with a bucket of popcorn in her hand, this was what she did most when she missed my father.

- Mom, we'll be right there. I promise to be back before midnight. - I warned

- All right daughter, be careful on your way back and don't use too much alcohol - My mother spoke as if begging me.

- Don't worry, I will take good care of her, mother-in-law - It was Felipe's turn to speak up, and if it was up to him, I wouldn't put a drop of alcohol in my mouth, because he knew perfectly well what my relationship with alcohol was like.

- Then I will trust you, Felipe.

- Dona Maria, you bet.

- Bye mom, see you later!

After saying goodbye to my mother, we went to his car and after he opened the door, I could sit down. Eduardo was two years older than me, which brought small advantages, for example, he could drive and take me to some places I asked without needing my family's private driver. He had gotten his car as an eighteenth birthday present, and he was responsible enough to drive a car.

We met in the first year of high school, in exactly three months we will have been dating for two years and we will also have our engagement party, he had officially asked me at the end of the year party, which made me very happy. Different as you might think, my life was not as good as my family makes it out to be. My father is a renowned judge in our town, which takes him on several trips throughout the days, leaving his supposedly perfect wife and a healthy daughter at home alone, which was a lie, my mother was nothing but a sad and unhappy woman and a depressive daughter. 

Felipe brought back what my father had taken from me, my happiness. In these almost two years I was getting back to who I was before, a smiling girl who loved to help people, but who as a consequence of her father's acts and atrocities had closed herself off to the world, and only her best friends were left by her side.

- What have you been thinking so much? You don't even look like my fiancée," Felipe asked laughing, snapping me out of my thoughts. 

- About the things in my life and how you helped me to improve - I was sincere.

- And I will always be by your side, to help you each day more - He said what made my eyes fill with tears and then made me open a huge smile. 

- Thank you for always being with me." He gave me a long kiss as soon as I finished the sentence, which brought a silly smile to my face. 

As soon as we arrived at the place, it was already possible to hear the loud music and some already drunk teenagers at the door of the house where the party was taking place. We went to the parking lot together and when we got out of the car, not so close to the party, there was a girl with deep glasses being cornered by two girls from the dance group, pathetic the new girl was, what had she done to piss off Aline? 

- You shouldn't do this to her," Felipe magically appeared on the girl's side, making me feel a little jealous.

- Cut it out Felipe, this blind girl spilled soda on my skirt, stay at the side of the Trix that is better than you do - Aline said angrily.

- Come on baby, this is none of our business! - I pulled him back to me. 

- But you wouldn't like it if it happened to your friends, would you? - he asked softly, which made me frown.

- We're too popular for that to happen, now let's go! - I ended up ordering him, which made him look startled, and even I was startled by the way I had spoken. 

I stomped firmly on the ground, this scene had upset me, it was rare that he would defend someone as well as respond to me, let alone a complete stranger like that girl. As soon as we entered the house, the place was full of balls and glasses of drinks on the tables, and from a distance I could see my friends, which made me smile and wave slightly.

- My friends are at the drinks table, I will talk to them and meet you soon - I warned 

- Don't forget that we have to be back before midnight.

- Don't worry, before 10:00 I will meet you." I said goodbye with a kiss and went to meet my friends and they shrugged. 

I went closer and immediately I saw Lucas devouring a glass of drink and as always victory complaining to him, he knew how fragile he was and still tried to drink. 

- Of course you would be here - I said laughing.

- This idiot knows how he is when it comes to drinking and he still gets like this - Victory slapped him on the back while he choked on his drink.

- He's only seventeen and he's already like this, your liver can take it! - Every time Lucas ingested alcohol, even a small amount, he vomited horribly, not to mention that he also got drunk very quickly. 

- Look who's talking, you can't stand it either, Beatrix," he rebutted, which made me raise my eyebrows at his audacity.

- How bold. 

- Where's Felipe? You didn't come with him? - Victoria asked as she looked around.

- Yes, he's probably with his friends right now.