First thing next morning, Finn went back toVerdya, he was already at the door when I went downstairs, he just nodded softly and closed the door. I went earlier to school so I could have time to treat my wound properly and also because I didn't want to face my parents. Again I had to take the praaduli to get to school, I could tell people were staring at me, my face was very messed up even though I did my best trying to make it the least obvious possible, when I arrived to school I went straight to the cafeteria, I thought it was going to be closed but there I saw Julia in our table drinking something warm while she read the same book of the day before, I didn’t want her to see me like that, I tried to hide but I wasn’t quite enough, she obviously noticed me.

- Luke, is that you? What are you doing here so early? - she asked me, I had nowhere to run, I went slowly with my head down towards the table where Julia was sitting, I sat down without saying a word and with my head still down.

- Are you okay? Is something wrong? - she asked with her suspicious look and trying to see my face, I eventually turned my head up, showing Julia the consequence of telling Khaled Hadsan something he didn’t want to hear.

- Luke, what happened to your face?! Who did this to you?! - she said very worried and letting her book fall to the floor.

- I really don't want to talk about that right now - I replied, she stood up and sat down next to me and hugged me tightly, so hugged her too, I tried very hard not to cry.

- Better? - she asked me after a while.

- Yes, havarizh’te Julia - I answered with a smile.

The following days were pretty normal, at my house I did whatever I could to avoid my parents, it was draining, and at school it was the same routine, I didn't tried to make any new azhnerechj’x, after what happened with my father, I really wasn’t down for it, and with Julia it was more than enough. The trips to the old playground became like our thing, I finally told her what happened to my face and my family’s deal with the green city, I also learned so much about her that it was impossible for me not to fall for her, I know it was quick and kind of sudden, but those three days felt like a lifetime.

I was planning to invite Julia on a murninzaah[1] to tell her I was in some way in love with her, as silly as it sounds, so I practiced whenever I could in front of the mirror what I would tell her when inviting her, I was like a little kid trying to learn a speech, I looked ridiculous. After all the information I gathered about Julia, of course I knew she wasn't a “common” person, and as I was her "bariko azhnerechj" it would have been weird to suddenly ask her on a murninzaah, so I intended to tell her that it wasn't a murninzaah but instead that it was the last day we would be together as actual azhnerechj’x before we went back to our normal lives, or in a less complicated and dramatic way that it was a good-bye.

That Rechjnike[2] afternoon I was very nervous on our way to the estoryka kri kurfftane[3], and I’m pretty sure that Julia noticed it because she looked at me with her suspicious look the entire journey, I was planning to ask her after lunch when we went again to the old playground but I go too anxious and I pohl’faryda[4], during the last two hours I managed to calm down, I couldn’t believe myself, how was it possible that I was nervous about asking a girl out, it wasn’t like me, so I told myself to get my gazhnah together, but I think I said it out loud, hopefully no one heard.

That take us back to that awkward afternoon, when I finally got it together and decided that it was now or never.

- Julia we are azhnerechj’x, right? - I asked her, in a very stupid way.

- Of course, we are azhnerechj’x Luke, what a silly question to ask - she replied with a little laugh.

- So... Would you like to join me on an imchjnale[5] tomorrow? Like a good-bye, since it is going to be like our last day of the preparation nachtrajari, I thought it would be nice to do something special, so what do you say? - I asked her, talking very fast to avoid panicking, also hoping she wouldn’t reject me, Julia just stared at me with her eyes wide open and without saying a single word, after a few seconds I started to get anxious again and even more nervous, I couldn’t control myself.

- Sure, I would love to - she answered blushed, and just on time, because it was about to give me a dormakulte[6] janzori [7].

- That’s great! Then I will pick you up tomorrow at 17:30? Is that okay with you? - I asked her excited like an idiot.

- Yeah, that would be fine, but where are we going? - she said lost.

- Tomorrow you’ll see - I replied with a mysterious smile, and she laughed with that beautiful smile I loved so much.

I left Julia in the entrance of the estoryka kri kurfftane, I didn't know where she was going nor I asked her, I was way too thrilled about the idea of a murninzaah with Julia that I couldn’t think straight. Sitting on the praaduli on my way back home I prayed my house would be alone, so I didn’t have to give any explanations to my parents, I was zajanoi[8] enough the Rakuro’x heard me. Up in my bedroom I searched fast for the burpuri’x that I saved, as the ilfrapitoh[9] wasn’t far from my house I decided to run. In the ilfrapitoh I bought cheese, flour, baking powder, some zachjnyta candles, and two cans of cream that were special for decorating cakes of the flavors I knew it were Julia’s favorites, dukaryko[10] and jirachmel[11], and after I paid for everything, I needed, I ran even faster than before. Once at home, I hide the things I bought in a place I was sure my mother would never find them, when I was finished I heard the front door opening, so I rushed into my room, I locked the door and threw myself into bed, I had never been more exhausted in my life, I could feel my janzori beating very hard in my chest, it was like if it was going to explode, I eventually fell asleep thinking of what to do about the Personality Test, worried about everything, and fuiraleh about how meaningless I was for my family.