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The village Gloomy was big and beautiful. Because of narrow streets and lanes in the summer it seemed the wood, and in the winter the tunnel. The village began with the bridge which was built through river even before war. The bridge was built of wood therefore over time began to decay gradually. Thanks to residents of the village, it to this day, was in working order and was sight. Much money was spent for repair of the bridge, but inhabitants did not despair and always beat are glad to help.

Behind the bridge very first house of old Agnes was visible. In spite of the fact that the house was built long ago, and the hostess was very old woman, it still pleased passersby with the stateliness and originality. Ingeniously cut out patterns on eaves literally bewitched. Further other not less beautiful houses of residents of the village followed. The village Gloomy was small, though was divided into eight streets – just streets were small.

Robert lived in the village with the family since three years. His mother was called Anastasia, and the father Victor. Robert with a family arrived in Gloomy from the cold and severe North in hope to find the dying grandmother – Anastasia’s mother. The road from the North was long and difficult. Almost always because of shortage of tickets it was necessary to spend the night at the station. When they after all reached the village, was already too late. Robert did not see the grandmother. She was already buried.

Back the family did not go to the North. Robert’s parents decided to remain to live in the village, both climate suitable and to Anastasia’s father will not be so lonely without wife. At first lived in the parental house, and then and saved up for the housing of money. Generally, everything was good, and only one thought tormented heart and Anastasia’s soul – as if to preserve Robert from bad thoughts and to grow up the clever and well-mannered person.

There passed years, Robert grew and became the handsome and strong guy. Its private life always remained secret for people around including parents. Anastasia asked the son about plans for the future more than once and there was always one alone with the question. Robert just turned away and left. Victor in turn calmed the wife, referring to the fact that the son at them quite adult and knows how to behave in this or that situation, but Anastasia felt ill at ease. It was heavy to look it at how Robert is black as thundercloud and not to know the reason of his grief.

Being tormented with doubts, Anastasia did not sustain and just decided to observe the son who from morning to the night could not find any peace and spent the most part of time alone with the thoughts under a bird cherry in a kitchen garden.

“The sonny,” Anastasia called, “It is possible I will sit down near you?”

“What for?” Robert asked and continued to look afar.

“Was tired strongly, I want to have a rest a little,” justifying oneself, the woman told and sat down on a grass near the son.

“What you think of?” Anastasia asked and took Robert by hand.

Robert wanted to pull out a hand from hands of mother and to rise, but did not become.

Then Anastasia told, “I guess what you think of. I was too young and as well as you, worried and suffered,” the woman carefully said and added, “When loved!

Robert was surprised and looked at mother.”

“So you know everything,” the guy told and asked, “Really considerably?”

“Of course, darling,” Anastasia agreed, “All residents of the village know that you are not indifferent to Selena.”

Robert hung the head and told, “What’s the use! She does not love me. Selenium considers me as the childhood friend no more. We since the childhood are on friendly terms. Mother, why we bought the house on this street?”

Anastasia smiled and stroked the son on the head.

“What to me still to make that she, at last, understood how strongly I love it? What act to make. I do not want to be just a friend!” Robert argued.

“Can make a declaration of love to me it?” Robert asked and itself answered the question, “No! She and so strange looks recently at me and if still I make a declaration of love to it will obviously escape or at all any more will never approach. What to do to me?”

Robert interrogatively looked at mother and stood.

“Do not worry the sonny!” Anastasia told, calming Robert, “Life sometimes gives us surprises of which we do not even dream. I am sure, as at you everything will be good. And now get up, we will go to the house your friends were already tired of waiting.”

“How long have they been waiting for?” Robert asked.

“How many we sit so much here and wait,” Anastasia answered and went to the house. Robert followed it.

Robert had many friends, and the best he considered only three: Max, Roy and Steve. Roy and Steve were twins and practically did not differ from each other. Blue eyes at brothers seemed gray when they began to be angry or nervous, and a fair hair was dense and caused delight.

Their dense eyelashes almost reached eyebrows, and lips were small and narrow. The only difference brothers had a character. Steve was always afraid of something, and Roy opposite differed in persistence and determination.

As for Max, he was more senior than friends for three years therefore often gave to guys advice, sometimes, without understanding what their essence consisted in. He always wanted to seem the clever and erudite person, and it in turn tired children, and they unanimously asked Max to keep silent a little. Max did not take offense and always told one and a touch the phrase: “Next time you awake to solve the problems”. It was not the high growth and a dense constitution. Its black as a resin, hair it was hardly possible to make out on smoothly shaved head.

Friends always cheerfully spent time and sometimes forgot about that, hundred it is necessary to go home. They never asked a question: how to spend time? – Rather it catastrophically was not enough for them for a turn. In the winter the most part of free time was spent on fishing or on hunting, and in the summer on a pond or in a disco.

Robert went to friends. Least of all he wanted to communicate with someone now. When he approached the house, did not begin to come into it, and sat down on a step of a porch and began to think. Anastasia entered the house. After a while the house left friends. Guys surrounded Robert and began conversation.

“Robert, will be enough to long,” Roy told, tapping of the friend on the shoulder.

“It is impossible,” Robert told and heaved a deep sigh.

“And you try,” Steve asked.

“The friend, you do not want to sadden to us all evening?” asked Max, “We still should descend on a disco.”

“I do not want,” Robert muttered, “To me not to fun.”

“About the guy, I see you absolutely became limp. And than Selena so hooked on you?” Max told and continued, “Robert, and you surprise her with something? Well, for example, show it the ornament on the sidewalk.”

“Again you with the councils climb,” Roy said, “You do not see that to it and it is so bad.”

“All right, will be enough here to sit,” ordered Max, “Robert give change clothes, and we will go to club. The disco began for a long time.”