She had been distracted all day. Today my mother was going to interview people in the house and it seemed strange to me that from one moment to another our home, which used to be empty, was filled with strangers.

I knew it was selfish to pretend that only I should help my mother, but I couldn't help it. It was true that we were not swimming in money but with the fame that the flower shop had acquired we had enough to live in peace, and if my mother wanted to use a little to invest, I was not the one who should stop her, it only saddened me to think that more people I would go into that family business. A business that saved us from sinking into despair and sadness when my father left us. It was so intimate and personal that he couldn't help but think that the new hires would be unwanted guests. I was afraid that things will start to change. I still was not used to being away from my brother and I was sure that I would not be prepared if new changes were coming that I would have to face. I'd just like to stop time for a moment and continue as we were. Perfectly.

I walked to my locker to pick up my books and meet Lia, who apologized for forgetting our departure only after giving her two Trencito chocolates, to head home. We had planned to arrive earlier and thus lock ourselves in my room to avoid meeting the next workers.

As I wondered if it was necessary to take home the voluptuous Physics book, I felt a light tap on my shoulder and a soft voice greeted me.

-Hello...

I turned around and smiled when I saw Teresa making an effort to remember my name.

"Lydia." I helped her because I was clear that my name could be complicated for some.

Her cheeks turned a slight pink color.

"Hi, Lydia." I came to thank you for last week. Your mystical plants really helped me a lot. What's more, this morning I had a gymnastics performance and your seeds helped me stay calm.

She looked around as if looking for someone and spoke almost in a whisper.

"Well, I'm glad I was able to help you."

After another smile and another furtive look around, Teresa left and Lia came looking at me with a strange grin.

- What was she doing here?

I smiled at her jealous tone.

"Nothing, he came to thank me for what happened the other day, although it gave me the impression that he wanted to ask me not to tell anyone."

"Ah, poor girl."

I nodded as I lost myself in thought. After a few minutes I decided to comment them out loud even though, surely, Natalia would not understand them ... There was a strange emotion invading me that was crying out for me to share it with others.

"You know, I'm surprised."

Lia looked at me curiously.

- Of what?

—That some simple plants have helped her, I mean, I have always noticed that "love" is attached to some part of the body but I never thought that there was any cure for it; - Lia looked at me confused and with her head slightly tilted to the right, probably wondering if she had hit me with something on the head lately, something very hard. - The one who has butterflies in her stomach can be given a mint tea, the one who suffers from a broken heart can be given hawthorn, if you are nervous about talking to that boy, some celery seeds can help you, if you you get out of breath every time you see him, some ground bay leaves fix it, if you feel that your mind is not working when you see him you can have a tea with lavender leaves, if you cannot speak when you are in front of him you can drink cardamom water Green and it fixes it and even if you can't sleep just thinking about it you can eat ginseng root and everything gets better. ”Now Lia was nodding, she had surely decided to believe that something extremely heavy had hit my head, I ignored her and continued with my monologue . - I find it very interesting how you can improve everything that love produces only with plants, not even in pharmacies they sell you love pills. It's not like you can come up and say "Excuse me, can I have some heartbreak pills?" Instead, with a few simple plants if you can. It is fascinating.

I may have been exaggerating, because obviously not all those plants grew in the backyard of any house, but that strange emotion that ran through my body had not let me stop.

Lia looked at me with admiration, that same admiration that I felt when I was little and my mother talked about plants. After a few seconds of watching me, she spoke slowly, as if avoiding scaring an animal.

"That's why you should do it, think of all the people you would help." Even your mother.

I looked at her confused. What did my mother have to do with all this?

-Yes. Your mother has no money to spare, and now that you tell me she wants to hire more people, I don't think a little extra money feels bad for her.