Marriage is bliss

16.2 Sofia Lopez

Summer 1997, caravan park

After Sofia dressed up, she went out.

No matter how angry she was at her mother, she still felt a bit guilty.

But seeing her boyfriend should cheer her up, so she decided to visit him.

Paolo was sitting outside, chatting with Marcus.

"Sofia! What are you doing here?", he asked her, surprised, but obviously happy to see her.

It had been right to come here.

"Ugh...", she started. "My mom just found another reason to pick on me..."

But she felt a lot better now.

"Poor thing", he said.

"Let's go inside, you can tell me more."

Instead of talking, they ended up kissing quite fast.
It felt good, as always.
Still Sofia couldn't help but feeling worried.
What if Alejandro was right?
What if Paolo never intended to marry her?

After a while, Paolo pulled back.

"What's wrong? You seem quite upset", he asked her.

"Uhm...", Sofia stuttered.

She didn't really want to ask him directly.

That would have been too embarrassing.

So she tried to give him a hint instead.

"It's just... I hate living with my parents already. I want to move out from there!", she exclaimed.

Paolo didn't understand her.

"...but you get everything you want there", he said.

"I don't!", Sofia exclaimed. "My mum keeps bugging me about everything, and now that she got another letter that told her I might drop out of school for skipping, it is even worse!"

The memory of today morning made her angry again.

"Wait...", Paolo thought for a second.

"You might drop out, only one month before finishing?"

Sofia hadn't told Paolo ever about her school problems, there were usually more important things to do.

"Maybe this time you should actually listen to her", he said then.

Oh no. Did he want to tell her what to do now, too?

"Since you got the chance to go to high school, at least finish it, okay?", he said.

Sofia didn't like it at all.

And it seemed the good mood here was ruined, too.