Waltz in E Minor

God only knows how I got home..

 I always liked living just a few blocks from the studio where I have school because it allowed me to arrive early and stay a little later.  But yesterday that same detail was a blessing.  I was so scared that I don't even remember if I closed the door properly but at that moment I just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible, I had the insidious feeling that I was not alone and even though I didn't see anyone ... that message on the mirror showed that they finished writing it and the boys had left a few hours ago.  Now that I think about it ... would someone be playing a joke on me?  If so, I swear I'll kick it from here to China.  I couldn't sleep from the scare and I think I'm still shaking a little.  ... When I arrived the door was closed.  At least I got to do it.  I went in carefully taking my pepper spray in case there was an intruder and I was still locked up .. But there was no one, even my bathroom looked normal.  I went to the living room to tidy everything up and warm up while I waited for the boys to start arriving, with the remote control I turned on the stereo while I stretched a little and there it was again .. that sad melody .. it no longer surprised me but I knew it wasn't from me play list.  Maybe some of the guys added it, I'll ask them later .. I thought.  I stood up and danced in a normal way, it seemed incredible how those notes flowed through me.  I just got carried away dancing and dancing until it was over and I heard applause behind me.  I was startled.  

- Fantastic Ann, that was beautiful, I didn't know you were creating new choreography, it's beautiful.  Is it for a musical or performance?  - Several of the students were watching me dance with a smile and I was so focused on the dance that I didn't even notice when they entered.

  - Hi guys, excuse me.  I didn't feel them coming.  It's not a choreography, I just warmed up while I waited for them and the song caught me.  Which by the way is beautiful although somewhat sad, who added it?  - The boys looked at each other confused for a moment before answering.

 - That was not choreography?  That's what you say, look I recorded you dancing and with the boys we agree that we want to learn it, you are very good Anaya.  We had never heard that song, although it is very beautiful - added Trish one of the girls who take classes with me.

- I do, my brother likes to listen to that kind of music of piano, violin and stuff, my thing is rhythm and lively music but living in the same house I already recognize some from hearing them so much.  Put it on again teacher I will send you an audio and I will ask you - 

- Ok Terrence but it will only be a part of the song because we must start to warm up.- I put the song again and as he said he recorded and sent him some audios. The brother answered minutes later .. 

- My Brother says that his name is "Waltz in E minor" and that exactly that version is from an Asian pianist named Yiruma.  Adapted to be played on cello.  Fuck with my brother knows a lot about those things or Don Google helped him - Between dancing and smiles the day flew by and it was time for lunch.  I said goodbye to the boys and decided not to teach in the afternoon.  I was very tired from not having slept and my body was begging for a little rest.  ... I was ... as one of my students said that she was from Cuba ... like a stick for firewood.  After making a turkey and cheese sandwich with my beloved coke after showering I literally fell into bed ... I slept all afternoon ... when I woke up the room was dark, it was almost 7 o'clock and it was dark.  I turned on a lamp on the bedside table and still somewhat sleepy I stopped to turn on the other lights in the house but when I got to the dining room they were already on. 

 - Oh my God, my mother was right ... so much reading books after hours and not sleeping ended up driving me crazy, now I do things and then I don't even remember doing them - and there I was ... talking to myself standing in the middle of the dining room.  I really need a vacation.  That thought made me smile.  I shook my head and continued to the living room to watch some television ... long minutes zapping from channel to channel and nothing, I was starting to get bored and I was going to turn off the television when I entered a channel and found another that a documentary of a few Dance Olympics 2009.  And I stared at first by chance, then it really seemed interesting to me, at the end there were some images of dedication to one of the dancers who had lost his life in an accident months before and who had made his debut while still very young in the Olympics that were happening minutes before.

  David Ferrer (1995-2019) 

A photo of a boy with a big smile with his dance partner at the time.  He looked happy.  Something in that photo caught my attention but I couldn't pinpoint what.  When I finished the program I changed my clothes to take a walk around the city ... after all it was Friday night and I was not going to be bored at home.  I wanted to have a little fun that night.  The boys downloaded me several melodies from this yiruma including that one called waltz .. And some more moves from a group called BTS.  That I was listening to while driving.  Just when waltz was about to start ringing, I reached my destination: a small bar where I would meet Trish and the boys.  I turned off the vehicle and got out of the parking lot as I was walking towards the bar behind me I heard someone call me.

- Anaya ... -

When I looked I noticed that it was a boy who was calling me, quite tall in stature but as he was standing just below the parking light bulb I couldn't see his face.  I kept going because he didn't seem like someone I knew even though he knew my name.