João Felipe
I looked at João Pedro without being able to understand where he wanted to go. Viviane even though she finished everything between us. I couldn't be accused of using it in any way.
"I avoid her, it's quite different from snubbing her. You, like my brother, know very well the reasons we have for not maintaining such a close relationship with Viviane. Our mother would never accept any kind of loving involvement between us. Not to mention what our friends would say. "
"I don't care what other people would say. But I understand you as far as our parents are concerned. It's hard to think we're doing something that would somehow disappoint the people we truly love. "
The expression of defeat on João Pedro's face made me curious, but I had no way to question him because soon he continued with his speech.
"But Viviane deserved more respect from you. We grew up together, João Felipe. How could you play with her feelings like that? "
"We're not going to come to an understanding on this issue, and we're not even leaving anymore. I hope you don't miss anything about this subject for our parents. "
I began to walk towards the exit when João Pedro's words left me paralyzed.
"What if in these clandestine encounters of yours, Viviane had become pregnant? What would you do? "
"Don't even say that in jest! We always protect ourselves if you want to know! "
" Viviane was inexperienced until you got involved with her. And when it involves sex, pregnancy is always possible. No contraceptive method is one hundred percent foolproof. "
"Don't come and throw such a plague at me. It didn't happen and it won't happen anymore. "
At that moment we heard a movement in the bathroom door and looked at both of them at the same time. It was Viviane, standing with her hand on her mouth and a horrified look. I believe I had heard my last words. He's probably been in the bathroom this whole time, listening to our conversation.
" Sorry, Vivi! " João Pedro spoke, getting up and going to hug her. "I didn't mean to get into your life like that...
As she let herself be embraced by my brother, her accusing gaze was on me and I realized I was quite hurt.
I left João Pedro's room stunned because, at the end of the day, he was right. It could have happened and I couldn't even begin to imagine how much confusion it would be if something like this happened.
Viviane
João Pedro had called me, asking me to go to his room, and despite the fear of meeting Felipe, I had to learn to live with this situation, even more so now that the time was approaching to have to face everyone.
I got to João Pedro's room and he wasn't there, which made me quite upset. I risked myself in vain!
I texted him and he replied asking me to wait for him as he had gone to the kitchen to get a snack for us.
I threw myself on his bed and stared at my social media. What was not my surprise when I saw a mark of João Pedro in a photo where beside him was also Felipe hugging a girl, very beautiful by the way.
Felipe and the girl seemed very intimate and that was a blow to me. Without even realizing it, a tear fell on top of my phone, and at the same time, I wiped it awkwardly.
I heard voices in the hallway and before João Pedro entered the room, I ran to the bathroom, to wash my face. I didn't want to have to explain to him why the tears were.
So I decided to be quiet when JP and Felipe entered the room, and when I realized that the subject was my life, or rather, my "relationship" with Felipe, I saw that I made the right decision.
I listened to the conversation between them and the desire was to go out and give it a go. But I chose to shut up, I was unsure about what I would hear. I finished opening the bathroom door and leaving my hiding place when I feared that João Pedro would tell his brother about my situation because at that time when I was there, listening to what Felipe thought so clearly and that I was worth even less than I thought, I decided that I would never tell him about our son. I didn't want to hear from his mouth the same "solution" he had suggested to Julia.
And I was already going to stop my friend from making any statement that could put my secret at risk when I heard that phrase coming out of Felipe's mouth.
Don't throw this plague at me.
That phrase and the way he spoke hurt me so much that I couldn't even describe everything I was feeling at that moment and the tears came down without me even noticing.
I couldn't even hear what João Pedro was saying, I just looked into Felipe's eyes and wondered how I could get involved with someone so cold.
He looked at me back and for a moment I still thought he was going to go back on his harsh words, but he left the room.
I then remembered the conversation I heard between him and his friends about the pool party at Ricardo Alcântara's house, when I was still practically a child and could only prove, once again, how cruel he can be.
"Sit here, Vivi. Please! "
I followed João Pedro to his bed and sat down, as he was asking.
"Can you excuse me? I shouldn't have gotten into his situation with Felipe. It's just that I'm so upset with him! "
"You know, don't you? "
João Pedro didn't even ask me what I was talking about. He just shook his head in an affirmative gesture.
"What am I going to do now, João Pedro? "
What would I do? How would you face everyone and not say that your father was Felipe? I would never let my son know that his father regarded him as something so bad that he even said it would be a plague on his life.
"I'll support you in everything, Vivi. I would never leave you alone to face all that is coming. "
"How are you going to do that, João Pedro? You can't even come out about your sexuality to your family! "