C. 41

                                    

                                          
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 Maya knew that today was my day off and had sworn to me that she had taken a day off to be together with me, for no particular reason, just because sometimes we love to do that. I had dreamed of spending the whole day in bed with her, leaving only when it would be time to go retrieve Viviana from kindergarten...but instead last night she tried to apologize to me in all the languages of the world, admitting that she had to go to work because there was a very important meeting that she could not miss. Inside me the disappointment was so strong that for a moment I even thought, "what do you want to happen if she misses a meeting, it's not like she saves lives!" I didn't like that the disappointment led me to think something so bad, as if her work was worth less than mine, and maybe once again I have to admit that I should listen more to my therapist, when she says that I have to stop holding my emotions inside me, but share them, even the most negative ones or the ones that I'm afraid will hurt. 

 Because of this, however, I am now very weirded out, confused, and surprised to have received, right after dropping Vivi off at kindergarten, a message from Maya asking me to join her at a certain address. Immediately it is a street that doesn't ring a bell, but as I get closer, I begin to remember: it is the area of our first date. In fact, I find myself parking exactly at the house number Maya requested, that is, in front of the pub where we first met. I get out of the car smiling like a fool and look around, looking for her, and there she is, suddenly appearing with a red rose in her hand. I laugh, running to hug her. Maya laughs too, as her free arm wraps around my waist and pulls me close.  
 M < ciao amore...> she whispers in my ear, already sending shivers down my spine.
 C < I was mad as hell at you..> I admit right away, detaching myself just barely. < and I'm telling you because I've been thinking bad things, which I don't want to think anymore..I'd rather fight one more time, than hold myself back and think things I don't want to..> Maya smiles.
 
 M < okay?> she looks a little confused.
 
 C < why are we here?> I ask, almost as agitated as that night.  
 
 M < because I want to rewind the movie..> I frown.
 C < what do you mean? >
 M < give me a kiss and calmly you'll figure it out..> it seems a more than doable request on my part and smiling I throw myself back into her arms, kissing her immediately with my tongue, then nibbling on her lip as I pull away.  
 
 M < what do you remember about our first date? > she asks me and I smile.  
 
 C < that you didn't have a red rose..> I reply, slipping it from her hands. < but I appreciated it, because I would have been too much. I remember I was very scared and you were very beautiful..> Maya rolls her eyes. 

 M < shall we take your car? We have to go somewhere..> I frown, but nod, leaving her the keys. 

 When we get to the Gianicolo I begin to suspect that the memory lane has begun. We get out of the car and hand in hand take a short walk, embrace in front of the extraordinary view of Rome, and I think that if I were not so in love, this would be the moment I would fall in love all over again.  
 M < since that night here I've always wondered how you got me..> I smile.  
 C < I wonder every day too..> I joke and only after a moment does Maya realize that I did not respond to her romance, but gently teased her.  
 M < this is the real place I never went back to with anyone..> I nod.  
 C < it's nice to get back together..> I say and then after a moment add something I never told her. 
 < the day before I left for Firenze, when I was pregnant with Vivi, I came here for hours..I cried all my tears trying to let you go..>