What would’t you do for your best friend? By Claudia Morales

 

Sometimes, love is a lightning bolt that splits you;others, a construction of laughter and loyalty.

Laura and Matías have been inseparable friends since they were twelve years old. They shared laughs, secrets and adventures together. Now, the story finds them when Laura is only ten days away from her thirty-fifth birthday. This might seem like a simple detail, but for Laura it is crucial because of a curse that haunts her family.

According to the family’s belief, if she does not get married before her thirty-fifth birthday, she will be alone forever and will not be able to fulfil her dream of becoming a mother. For this reason, Laura demands that Matías keep the promise he made to her when they were seventeen in Bariloche: to marry her if she is still single at thirty-five. However, Matías does not share her desire to marry or have children, so he devises a plan to help Laura overcome her fear and find happiness without depending on that old promise. He has ten days to achieve this.

Life is full of myths, sentences and mandates that condition our decisions. Friendships can also be complicated love stories, and this is a story in which love is disguised as friendship.