Romance — A2 Short Stories

Coffee with milk. Every morning for three years. The same words. He never speaks. One day she orders tea. Just to see if he notices. He does. They finally talk. Learn Spanish A2.

Every August she writes his name in the sand. This year, someone wrote it first. His brother. Miguel is dead. He left letters for her. Unread. Until now. Learn Spanish A2.

Five years ago, they shared an umbrella in the rain. She never asked his number. Every rainy day, she searches. He does too. Today, it rains. Learn Spanish A2.

If we are both alone at forty, we meet here. Twenty years later, she waits on the bridge in the rain. He's been there since midnight. Afraid to arrive late. Learn Spanish A2.

Five years of letters. Madrid to Mexico. He never saw her face. Then the letters stop. He flies to find her. She is gone. She went to Spain. To find him. Learn Spanish A2.

Every morning, he forgets her. After sixty years, she introduces herself again. Every day, he falls in love again. Every day, he kisses her for the first time. Learn Spanish A2.

He bought roses for his wife every Friday for forty years. She died. He kept buying. He brings them to her grave. Now he is gone too. The florist continues. Learn Spanish A2.

Every night she listens to him play. One night, he plays her song. A song she wrote years ago in a lost notebook. He found it. Her words saved his life. Learn Spanish A2.

In his dead father's room, love letters. To another woman. Written the day before the wedding. Then he finds his mother's letter. She knew. She stayed anyway. Learn Spanish A2.

Five years of letters. Madrid to Mexico. Then silence. He flies to find her. She's gone. She flew to Spain. To find him. Now they're both in the air. Learn Spanish A2.

She sings to her dying mother. A song she never learned. Her mother says: Your father sang that. But he died when she was six months old. How does she know? Learn Spanish A2.

Three years on the same bench. They never spoke. Both were afraid. Now he's gone. She finds his note: You were the best part of my morning. Three years too late. Learn Spanish A2.

In his dead grandfather's wallet, a photo. A beautiful young woman. Not his grandmother. He confronts her. She smiles. That is me, she says. Sixty years ago. Learn Spanish A2.

Every night, piano music through the wall. She falls in love with the sound. But the apartment next door is empty. Has been for a year. Where does the music come from? Learn Spanish A2.

If both are alone at forty, they meet at this bridge. Twenty years pass. She waits in the rain. He arrived at noon. He couldn't wait until eight. Learn Spanish A2.

Every year, the same table. Where he and his wife dined. Tonight, a woman sits there. She also lost someone. They share the grief. Something new begins. Learn Spanish A2.

She takes the wrong suitcase. Inside: love letters to her. From her neighbor. He watched her every day. Never spoke. The mistake brings them together. Learn Spanish A2.

Eight hours on a train. Two strangers share everything except their names. They part. One year later, the same train. The same seats. This time, names first. Learn Spanish A2.

Wrong number. They talk every night for a year. He's afraid to meet. Then he moves in next door. By accident. The wrong number was the right one. Learn Spanish A2.

Two tickets to Paris. Every year. One for her, one for him. Five years. The seat is always empty. This year, he finally comes. The seat is finally full. Learn Spanish A2.

Every night she says the same words. Until tomorrow. Her husband is dying. One night, she forgets. In the morning, he seems gone. But he waited. He needed those words. Learn Spanish A2.