-No, I want to keep in touch with you.
-What are you going to do now?
-I will take you home and leave.
-Put me down. - Ian put me down. I looked into his eyes. - Don't go, please.
-I don't want to.
-Then don't go.
-Thank you. - Ian said.
-For what?
-For what's left.
-I couldn't do it any other way. I'm sure you wouldn't have done it any other way.
-So you didn't leave because you think you owe me something? If that's true, I don't want you to stay with me.
-No! What are you doing?! I meant I couldn't leave because I don't want to leave. I want to stay with you. I... - I almost told him I loved him. I don't have to tell him yet. I turned my back on him. I had to come to my senses. Suddenly I heard quiet, barely audible steps. Ian came up to me. And then he hugged me.
-Thank you... All he said was. So we stood there for about five minutes.
-We should go home now." I said, and I got rid of his hugs.
-Yes, let's go. - Ian said he took my hand and took me home like a little girl again.
I slept quietly at night. And in the morning I went to the garden. It was so calm and good for me. I was in a great mood. Then I looked at the woods and remembered last night. I decided to call Ian. I walked back into the house, went up to the room, got my notebook and phone, sat on the bed, dialed the number, and pressed the call button. After a short wait, I heard the beeps.
-Alo. - I said after he picked up the phone.
-Alo.
-Ian, it's Leela.
-Lila, you don't have to see me anymore, I'm leaving.
-What? How? Why? - I fell asleep with his questions, but he hung up on me. Then I dialed his number many times, but he wouldn't answer. What happened? Yesterday, it seemed to end well. What could have changed in just one night?
All-day long, I thought about what happened yesterday and what Ian told me on the phone today. I was looking for my mistake, but I didn't find anything to go away about. I had a dream last night about Ian. And I woke up crying in the morning. I wasn't in the mood. But today I have to go to school. I packed up and went. Ian wasn't at school. Where did he go? After school, I went home. On the way, as I walked, I remembered me and Ian talking on the phone again yesterday. He said he was leaving! Suddenly it hit me. I can't let that happen. I have to find him. Maybe he's still home. But I don't know where his house is. Although...he said something about his house being found if you go to the end of the forest road and go a little further into the woods. I will find his house! - I said to myself. I came home, put the school bag down and went into the woods. I knew that it was five times less to walk through the forest to the end of the road than to walk a few kilometers to the end of the road, and then to walk to the end of the road, which is only by car for about two hours. Through the forest, my journey should be reduced to one hour. Of course, I know that the short way is almost always a lot more dangerous, but now it was not important to me.
As it turned out, it took me an hour and a half to get to the end of the road. Which way do I go now? I looked around and saw a tall, sprawling tree, and the most important thing was that its branches were located in such a way that it wouldn't be difficult to climb it. So I climbed higher, looked around, and saw the edge of the roof, it's definitely Ian's house, I'm pretty sure of it. I climbed down and went to the side where Ian's house was probably located. I didn't have time to walk 30 meters and saw the house, or rather the mansion. It was just a huge house, like a castle because of the design in which the house was decorated. Suddenly, in one of the windows on the second floor, I saw Ian walk past the window. I took a couple of steps towards the house and looked again at the window where Ian was seen. Suddenly, Ian flew up to the window, looked at me, and a few seconds later he was near me. It wasn't surprising, although it was unexpected, because I had never seen anything like it before.
-What are you doing here? Ian said with surprise.
-Ian, you don't have to leave. There's nothing wrong with that.
-There's nothing wrong with that?
-Yes, I'm not going to tell anyone anything. And I don't want you to leave.
-Look, if I don't leave, you'll be in danger.
-Why do you say that?
-That night, after I found you in the woods, I was at your house, in your room.
-What? What were you doing there?
- I wanted to see you when you were asleep.
-So what happens next? What was the reason for leaving?
-At first, I stood by the window and looked at you. Then I decided to come closer to you. I sat on my knees. Then, after a while, you turned your head on your side, your neck looked so beautiful that I wanted to touch it, and then... it was like I fainted, so I woke up when my teeth were a millimeter from your neck. Just imagine what would have happened if I had woken up at least half a minute later!