Hotel California

"Alex"
"what’s wrong Mikey? " I asked rubbing my eyes.
We had fallen asleep; alter our episode of none-stop-sugar.
"i have an idea"
"Idea of what? What are you talking about? " I asked confused, and still half asleep.
"Lets go for a walk"
"What? It’s like one in the morning"
"That’s better; no one is one the street right now"
"Okay, just let me grab my stuff."

I took my purse and Mikey grabbed his Messenger bag. Wait? Why was Mikey grabbing HIS bag? I hadn’t even noticed he had brought it. Mikey was about to open my bedroom door but I had to stop him.

"No, use the window"
"Why the Window?"
"Because if we use the front door, there’s more possibility of my mom finding out. Trust me, I’ve done this before"
"If you say so Mrs. Smith… you get it? Like Angelina Jolie in the movie? "
"Shut up mikey. "

We went out the window of my room, a little bit dangerous if you remember that my room in the second floor. Thank god for trees. We walked away cautiously. When we had walked a couple of house away from mine, we started talking normally.

"I still don’t understand why you want to walk at night Mikey"
"i just can’t sleep"
"I noticed. But I was sleeping."
"I know, sorry. it would be a little weird if I went out alone wouldn’t it?"
"Yeah, maybe."

We walked until we got to the park, which was obviously deserted. We had walked a long distance and combined with my tiredness from before I was feeling drained. So I lied down in the grass and closed my eyes for a moment, feeling the cold air in my face, taking a breath of fresh air every time I aspired.
Out of nowhere I felt a flash of light next to my face, I opened my eyes and it was Mikey.

"What the hell are you doing Mikes?"
"I’m taking pictures," he said, the flashes never stopping.
"No, I’m not your model"
"Why not? I modelled for you. I think it’s fair"
"Well yeah. But that’s different I don’t know how to do it"
"And I don’t know how to dance, just be yourself. Don’t even look at the camera, just keep talking and do your thing. "
"I can’t do that! Mainly because there is a camera in front of me! "
"Then ill tell you what to do. It’ll be easier. "
For a while I did a bunch of stupid things, all captured by Mikey’s camera. I didn’t feel at ease. It really wasn’t my thing, no matter what he said.
"Stop Mikey. I think that’s enough. Besides I think its my turn to play with your camera. "
"You don’t know how to use my camera"
"Of course I do. You told me how. It’s not that hard. "
"Okay, but if you break it, ill kill you."

Now was my turn to go after Mikey taking pictures of every single move he made. Making him blush more than once. I wasn’t that bad of a photographer. I took some pretty cool pictures of him.

A while later, we were lying down in the grass, looking at the sky.
"I think this wasn’t such a bad idea alter Mikey, I had a great time."
"Told you so. I always come here when I can’t sleep. "
"Really? Why hadn’t you told me about it before? "
"I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t do it often… you know Alex" said Mikey, changing his topic. "I have always believed that when someone dies. They turn into a star. My grandma used to tell me that"
"That’s really cute"
"So… theoretically… one of those stars in the sky is your dad. Want to look for it?"
"How can I know which one he is? all the stars are the same"
"Of course not! Some are bigger than other, or brighter than other. Like that one right there" he pointed his fingers to one of the brightest stars. "That’s my grandma Elena. When she died, I decided she would be that star right there, and when I was sad… I looked out the window and she would always be there. Looking at it makes me remember all of the good times I spent with her. You know she was the only member of my family that gave a fuck about me. I think that if you look at your father’s star, you’ll feel closer to him. "
"Maybe, but which one could he be?"
"I don’t know, think about it."

I sat up, and started looking at all the stars in the sky. When you think about choosing one, you’ll think it’ll be easy, I mean there are so many of them. But it’s not. I spent a few minutes without taking my eyes from the sky. I couldn’t really find one I likes. Mikey sat up beside me and started to look too.

"I didn’t think it would be so hard."
"I know. You're probably looking for a star that’s as special and unique as the person was. "
"How could you choose?"
"I don’t know, I spent a while looking at the sky like you. And suddenly I saw that star. It was so pretty, and it shined so bright… like my grandma. So I knew it was perfect. "

I kept looking at the sky, until… I saw a star really close to Elena, it was small, but it shined bright… that was my dad!
"Look Mikey! There’s my dad’s star…" I said smiling and pointing at it "just beside your grandma."
"Then we can say that star Is Papa Cory"
"Papa Cory… sounds good"
"Then it’s perfect"
Mikey was smiling and I couldn’t help to smile too. In less than 20 minutes, I had learned something fascinating and sweet.
"Come here Way" I hugged Mikey. I wasn’t calling him by his last name because I was mad. On the contrary it was because I was happy.
"Calm down Alex." Mikey was hugging me tightly to his chest.
"What would I do without you?" I asked staring to choke up on my words.
"I don’t know, maybe the same thing I would do without you."
"Very funny." I laughed and looked up to him. I could see his smile… just like an angel. His hazel eyes reflecting the moon above us.

Mikey softly took my face in his hands. Looking directly into my eyes and pulling me towards him… he delicately kissed my nose.
"I will never love another woman as I loved my grandma, and never as much as I love you. She is not with me anymore, so you're the only left to me Alexandra," he said quietly but the serious tone never leaving his voice. "Thanks for being in my life"

"and thank you for being in mine. I don’t know what I would have done with my life if I hadn’t protected you from that kid… whom I don’t even remember anymore… I just remember that he pushed you and took your glasses. "
"I felt like the stupidest kid that day. A girl had to save me form the bully." he smiled and hugged me tighter. "But now I know it was the best thing that could have happened to me. "

We continued hugging for a while. Remembering those times made us a little melancholic. But it was sweet, it made us remember how lucky we where to have each other.

"I think we should go, we have to sleep a little… your mom might notice."
"Or think that we had sex all night." I said grinning.
"WHAT?!" asked Mikey with his eyes about to pop out of his face.
"I think I forgot to tell you. This morning while I was having breakfast with my mom, she had the wonderful idea of asking if you and I… didn’t have anything more... "
"Anything more… what?"
"Than a friendship, which I obviously answered that you where not getting in my pants."
Mikey laughed and answered "well if you think in the literal sense of the situation, we are sleeping together… in the same bed. "
"Shut up Michael! " I smiled "you and I could never get to that point. Not even drunk or drugged up… well maybe with a lot of sugar. "
We busted up laughing and we looked at each other.
"You think you and I could never have something else? What about my wedding plans? I already have my tux"
"You’re dumb Mikey"
"I’m your dumb"
"Whatever you say"
We stood up and started walking home, taking us a while, we where both so smashed and tired that we couldn’t even walk straight. I couldn’t stop being prey to Mikey’s camera a couple more times. So I tried to give him my best look.

When we got home, slowly and with the outmost care we climbed up my window and when we finally got inside, our goal was sleeping. I jumped inside my bed and I opened my arms receiving Mikey in them. Another night together; one beside the other.

What a wonderful night.