The summer holidays, I've been waiting for them all year. In addition, I intend to past them with my best friend Amelia (Funny coincidence my name is Alexia and she Amelia). We even did a TO-DO LIST.

- Well then\, see you on Saturday\, my darling\, Amelia says.

- Yes\, I say

I start my car and get out of the high school parking lot. I arrive in front of the gate of our house very quickly and open it with the remote control. Weirdly my mother's car is in the yard, it never finishes its service until 7 p.m. normally. When I enter the house I find my mother sitting on the busy couch with a long list like in cartoons.

- Good evening mother?! What do you do? I asked him when I put my bag on the coffee table.

- Good evening. Good news Alexia! You're going to spend the summer at your grandmother's house in Los Angeles\, she says with all her enthusiasm as if it were the best revelation of the century.

- what! But mother I was old enough to spend the whole summer at Granny's. At the time it looked cool because she gave me candy and chocolates\, let me watch TV as much as I wanted to sharply also scribble her walls with felts. But I've been past that age for a long time\, and now I have many more exciting occupations.

- Alexia! She scolds\, your grandmother hasn't seen you since you were 14\, now you're 17. And don't worry\, I'm sure you'll find something to do once you get there.

The fault to whom if I have not seen it for almost 3 years I want to say but instead I say:

- But we had already planned things with Amelia I grumbled

- She can come if her parents allow her to do so.

- You know very well that her mother will never let her come\, I yelled.

- Drop a tone my dear\, you go there a point that's all she says in her authoritarian voice. Now go pack your bags and in the meantime Daniel will be filling up on your car. We leave tomorrow morning at 6:30\, Daniel will drive your car and I will drive mine. I just want to make sure you're actually in Los Angeles after I get back by Sunday at the latest\, she adds.

I go up to my room like a fury, and slam the door. Not only that, but I hate it when my mom makes decisions without asking my opinion. She's had this mania to do it since my father died three years ago. It was at her funeral that I last saw Grandma. My mother especially wants to get rid of me to avoid scandals during her election partner to be mayor. If I'm in Los Angeles, she can sleep in peace, she says. But it's not going to happen like this.

Here we are in Los Angeles, I haven't been here in a long time. Grandma's villa is still as pretty as ever. Basically I love Granny Elena and I always loved her story with my grandfather.

- Hello grandma Elena I say\, taking her in my arms.

- You've changed a lot since the last time. And you look even more like me.

- Hello Elena says my mother.

- Hello Celia\, come in I made tea and brownies as your grandfather loved them.

My grandfather Rafael died a short time ago, it is from him that my Mexican genes come to me. But that doesn't mean I can speak Spanish. Grandma Elena is of Italian origin but hey I don't know Italian either. I know how stupid it is.

- I've already prepared your room\, I've had it painted blue and sold your old toys. You'll see we're going to have a good time.

Grandma Elena has always been the best granny. Just because she's 62 doesn't mean she's not super

cool.

- I have no doubt that I was telling my grandmother and I say it sincerely.

- I prepared your guest room Celia\, said my grandmother

- Thank you my mother replies without much conviction.

Their relationship has been strained since my father's death, which is normal since my father chose my grandmother to be my legal guardian, I'm not sure why. It's just because it was my birth mother that she was able to prevent me from living in Los Angeles with my grandparents, but normally I was supposed to live here. It was my dad who came to Los Angeles with me, so I could visit the coolest grandparents in the world. And for three years now, I haven't had any contact with them. My mother didn't even allow me to attend Grandpa Raf's funeral.

- I'm going to go put my things away if you don't mind\, I'm going to

- You're like at home\, Grandma Elena says with her warm smile that I missed

I take my suitcases in the trunk of the car and go up to my room. Grandma was very good at redecorating my father's old room. There are still his old photos hanging all over and on the nightstand is one of the few pictures I was able to save when my mother had burned all our photos of my father. I can't hold back my tears. Here is all my memories of my father. All these photos prove that I had a happy life 3 years ago. Now I have the best of best friends, that's the only positive thing in my life. Pretty depressed about your fate. I will see if I have received any messages from Amelia.

From Amelia: Arrival?

From me: Yes, I'm sorry I can't spend the summer with you.

From Amelia: I'm sorry I can't come with you.

From me: I'm not going to be able to help you seduce Jackson.

From Amelia: Yes unfortunately. That bomb your mother made for you, you can finally see your grandmother since your father died.

From me: It's true, if I had asked her she would never have accepted. I wish you could meet my grandmother.

From Amelia: Seize the opportunity Alexia! Maybe you won't have the opportunity to spend your holidays with her.

From me: Yes you're right.

From Amelia: oh, you're in Los Angeles. Take lots of pictures and send them to me.

From me: You too are enjoying your vacation. Justin is there if you need a friend. Don't forget that the three of us are the best friends in the world.

From Amelia: It seems the guys of this town are serious cute, you may be able to find the chosen one of your heart

From me: You and your romance novels, you infuriate me.

From Amelia: What, me? I remind you that we have always read the same books and that is always the case.

From me: Speaking of reading, do you have any books to

advise me?

From Amelia: I was going to start reading the

Off-campus saga and after Briar U.

From me: I'll see if I can find them at the bookstore here or else I'll have to download them on the reader. Well, I'm going to ask my grandmother where I can find a bookstore.

From Amelia: You can also search for the location of all the bookstores in Los Angles with your phone. Well it's not that I don't appreciate our discussions but Justin just arrived.

From me: Say hello to him from me.

I will first see the reviews of the books that Amelia has just advised me, even though I know that my best friend never links books without having read the summary of the saga. After thirty minutes of research I must admit that this saga is very good. But before I go out for  shopping I really have to put my things away. When I start pulling my shorts out of my first suitcase, someone knocks on my door.

- What were you doing since  earlier  if it's now that you start emptying your first suitcase? Asks Grandma Elena who comes up to me giggling.

- I was responding to messages from my best friend Amelia.

- I came to see if you needed anything since I'm going into town\," she said\, smiling.

- Yes\, I just wanted to ask you if we could go into town to buy some books\, I said

- So now you're passionate about books\, she says nicely.

- Yes for some time\, at first I was reading fantastic\, but I could never finish any book -I answered by being happy that she cares about my hobbies

- So what kind of book do you read now that you know your literary tastes? Does she seem to be very interested in

- Love novels I confessed a little embarrassed

- You don't have to be uncomfortable\, she reassures me. I happen to have read a lot of romantic novels in my lifetime and I still read them now.

- My mother thinks I should stop reading this kind of books I say sadly

- As long as you're under my roof you can read as many novels as you want\, but just promise me one thing she says seriously.

- Yes what? I asked intrigued

- Don't stick with your books and visit the city with me from time to time. And if you find my presence annoying\, you could spend time with my best friend Allison's grandson.

- Bored with you? Anything I laughed at. You can't imagine how much I missed grandma Elena

- I missed you\, too. But I'm serious\, I'm not as young anymore\, so it's better for you to spend time with people your own age. I'm going to help you with your suitcases\, and then we can have lunch outside.

And on that they started to take out all my clothes and put them in the dressing room. Grandma offers me to  change into a more comfortable outfit, and we'll go to town to go shopping. I must admit that my outfit is not really suitable for walking around town and especially not in Los Angeles - I wear a t-shirt that comes to my knee and a jog with sandals. I swap all this horrible outfit by a rather thin little summer dress that barely covers my knees, and wears heeled sandals. I take my sunglasses, my reading glasses and a beach hat. All I have to do is do my hair, but I'm not really the best hairdresser in the world, it's Amelia's style. I sigh and take one of my

purses.

- So ready? Granny asks on her way back resplendent from her room

- Pretty much\, I don't know what to do with my hair

- Your dress is very pretty\, sit on the bed\, so I can style you?

I run and sit on the foot of the bed. She takes a brush on the hairdresser and starts untangling my hair, once untangled she makes me a beautiful hairstyle with her prom dress - I must admit that it is precisely the ideal hairstyle to give even more style to my outfit.

- Now we can go there\, she says\, putting the brush back in its place.

- You could take a picture of me like that\, so I could send it to Amelia asked him

- Give me your phone\, she says tenderly\, reaching out to me.

I searched my bag and handed it to him. I did one or two poses - the pictures are very successful, when I told you that Granny is the best, I was right.

- Who's driving? Asks

- Me and we're taking my car.

- Your mother at least has good taste in cars. A Mini Cooper cabrio with red sunroof I like it thoughtful

- I've already searched all the bookstores in Los Angeles\, but it's not my city\, so you're going to have to guide me.

Santa Monica is too beautiful, we park in the parking lot of the bookstore and get out of the car.

- Do you want a picture in front of the bookstore? Granny asks me

- Yes\, why not\, but with the books in hand would be even better you don't think grandma.

- You're right\, so come in proposed

When we enter it is total wonder, the interior is very pretty.

- Now you can take a picture of me\, I say\, turning to Grandma.

- Very well said\, smiling\, when your mother is gone I will offer you something\, in a tone that piques my curiosity.

- All right

She takes a few shots, and we go through the rows of books until we find the young-adult section. And a few steps not far away is the romance category of the section. There are a lot of books that look interesting. I take out my phone and do quick research on the ones that interest me. Finally, I choose to take the Off-campus and Briar U sagas that I had originally planned to buy, and add Mr. Popular and I, Alice Wells' love lessons, a saga called Another story of bad boys, and a saga called With me, and a saga called A counter-sense - fortunately the bookstore has a small shopping cart like the supermarket to put the books. I can't resist going to see the addictive books and I find my happiness with the book Dark man in love. All I'm going to buy 21 books.

- Wow cariña you took a lot\, and how do you know you're going to enjoy them? Granny asks still amazed by my purchases when I'm paying them at the checkout

- Basically I just came to buy these seven books\, but the other books looked as exciting\, so I did some research on reviews of romance readers\, and they are much advised.

- The technology evolves a lot as I see it a little confused - she is rarely confused\, she is a very fashionable granny who does not seem to be 62 years old but rather 40 with her coloring.

- Alas\, but it's still convenient enough to choose better intervenes the saleswoman. Thank you for your visit and to the next she said as she pulled herself together.

- Yes I'm sure I'll come back I said I

- No\, wait mademoiselle each of the books we sell have a custom page mark to the theme of the story we interrupted the saleswoman before we walked through the door.

- Oh\, really? I can help you? Given my many purchases did I kindly propose to the saleswoman who comes out of a closet behind the counter of the boxes that each have a book title written on it.

- Don't bother I have a very specific organization\, if you could just quote your purchases?" she said\, smiling.

- I took Off-campus: The deal\, The mistake\, The score\, The goal; Briar U: The chase\, The risk\, The play.

Mr. Popular and I; Alice Wells' Love Lessons ; Another story of bad boys: tome 1, episode 2, the final; She’s with me, Stay with me, Still with you; In the opposite direction:Noah, Nick, Jealousy, Trust, Promises, The final; Dark man in love I say without stopping for a second, and I'm stunned

- Where are you going to find the time to read all these books? Asks me the saleswoman

- I don't have to read them all this summer\, at least thank you for the page brands.

- Can she take pictures in front of the bookstore? Granny asks.

- Of course and don't forget to tagger our Instagram responds to us the saleswoman by handing me a brochure.

- I won't forget\, good goodbye

We leave the bookstore and I take a picture with my shopping bags, other pictures to make a book haul. After we decide to go to lunch in an Italian restaurant. While we wait to be served, Granny and I take the opportunity to chat.

- This is where your grandfather took me to dinner when we weren't officially together yet. Our relationship was very secret since your grandfather was one of my brother's best friends. Where are you going to go now that you've finished high school? She asks me

- I have sent my application to Yale and UCLA\, and normally they will email me to respond to my application.

- Do you have a boyfriend? Asks

- Unfortunately I never had one\, yet I recommend Amelia with her crushes. That's a funny idea\, isn't it? I don't know anything about guys\, I say with a sad smile.

- You're only seventeen\, you shouldn't be so sad\, she comforted me.

- How old did you get to Grandpa?

- 18 at a birthday party of a friend of Yves (granny's older brother) whom I begged my brother to take me.

- And you're in love right away?

- He was very sexy as a guy\, you know\, so there was only a physical attraction between him and me when we first met. When Yves introduced me to his friends\, he warned them not to try to go out with me\, or he would kill the one who dares. And that's exactly what he almost did when we revealed our relationship in the eyes of all.

- So when are we going to visit your friend? I ask

- When your mother is no longer around\, that is\, Sunday. After lunch\, do you want to go to the beauty salon? Propose

- Yes why not\, I'd like to do a manicure and pluck my eyebrows

Our food arrives, and we eat with laughter from all the

anecdotes I have to tell about what has happened in my life over the last three

years without coming to see it.