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You and me

“These cold gray-blue eyes that burned a hole in me, looking from under the visor of a glossy black cap.

It’s so strange and stupid, because I’ve already fallen in love with this look. The stern and confident look of Sturmbannführer Hellstrom, as if made of steel.

As all girls in love say: “You want to drown in those eyes.” I wanted to burn a reciprocal hole in those eyes.

After that annoying private Zoller advised Goebbels to move the premiere to my cinema, these eyes began to appear often in my field of vision.

Naively, every time I tried to suppress even the slightest hints of sympathy for this young, handsome, stately major, but even despite my hard fate, I decided to fall in love with him.

Only he had this charming and cunning smile with a hint of mockery. She first appeared when he introduced himself to me in a restaurant and pulled back his chair. From that moment I fell in love with that smile.

I watched him for a long time when he didn’t see it. His slightest movements were confident and stately. Despite his thin physique, Major Hellstrom was strong and courageous.

The moment when I was one step away from clinging to him happened one day when he and a couple of other officers came to decorate the cinema for the premiere. Coming out of the projector room, I accidentally came face to face with him.

The smell of his cold, sweet and fresh perfume penetrated every fiber of my consciousness so much that I became hypnotized by it. So silly. I thought that at least this would pass me by, but I also happened to fall in love.

True, without a doubt, for a person like Dieter Hellstrom I will never become an object of admiration. It's obvious. I don’t even dare to assume about the reciprocity of feelings. I will enjoy what I have as long as I see it. And after the premiere, I will never see him again. I hope I can stop loving him."

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One evening before the premiere, Private Zoller visited Emmanuelle at the cinema along with Major Hellstrom and other officers. Walking up to her in the projector room, Zoller greeted her: “Hello, Emmanuel.” The girl put on a polite smile: “Hello. I think everything is ready.

Tomorrow is the premiere, you should rest Zoller."

Zoller:"Yes, without a doubt. Goebbels insisted that

the cinema was checked again the day before premieres. Simple formalities."

"Of course." she answered coldly.

"I must say, Emmanuel, you look absolutely wonderful."

- the private wanted to kiss the girl’s hand, but she put it away.

Shoshanna: "Thanks Frederic for the compliment, but I want to

ask you to stop giving me signs attention, I feel awkward."

The private looked amazed by this request: "May I know why you are rejecting me?"

Shoshanna: "I'm afraid it's difficult for me to answer this question."

Zoller: "Do I have a rival for your attention?"

And then the owner of the cinema had the temerity to tell the truth: “I suppose so.”

Zoller: "May I know who this lucky guy is?"

"If I tell, I'm afraid it might harm his reputation." - she answered timidly.

"Still, I need to know who it is." - the private said insistently, almost losing his temper.

Shoshann: "You must give me your word that under no circumstances will you tell him about this. I rely on your integrity Zoller."

Zoller: "Okay, I promise you."

With obvious excitement, Emmanuelle replied, "This is Major Hellstrom."

"Hellstrom? He's..." - with an undisguised responded with jealousy and a stunned look private

Shoshanna: "Please Frederic, you don't need anything else speak. I don't care what they say about him. My opinion about him will not change."

Zoller: "You seem to really have a crush on him."

Shoshanna: "I hope everything said here remains in secret."

Frederick hesitated and calmly asked: “I can’t even hope that at least one day I will become interesting to you?”

"I'm afraid not, Frederick. I didn't mean to put you in that position. I'm sorry."

“No need, Emmanuel. Don’t apologize. You can’t order your heart. I hope Hellstrom has better luck than I did since you liked him."

The private kissed her hand and left the room.

Emmanuelle breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Zoller would take the refusal very seriously and shoot her, but everything turned out much better.

“This red dress is too tight. Although maybe it’s just me. So Emmanuel, pull yourself together. You won’t look stupider. No one will even look at me. This should make it easier. Probably..”

Walking down the stairs, the confidence in the absence of one’s own stupidity took on a new meaning. Unwanted glances fell on the young cinema owner. This instantly made my throat dry.

"I have to get through this, even if it means I fall down the stairs."

As the girl crossed the hall, having been forced to greet most of the representatives of the German film industry, Sturmbannführer Hellstrom quietly approached her with two glasses of champagne: “Mademoiselle Mimieux.” The girl slowly raised her hand to him enchanted look. Just from him alone presence made her feel so warm: "Sturmbannführer Helstrom."

"Glad to see you. This is for you." - He handed her a glass of champagne.

"Thank you, you are very kind." she answered embarrassedly.

Hellstrom: "So far so good. The premiere should be brilliant."

Shoshana: "Yes, apparently everyone is happy."

After examining the girl from head to toe with a predatory gaze, he leaned forward and whispered in her ear: “I must admit that you look incredibly beautiful in this dress.”

Emmanuelle blushed at this gesture, but the kiss on the cheek took her by surprise: “Thank you, you are very kind, Hellstrom.”

"Please call me Dieter." - he said with a charming sly smile.

"As you wish. I think it's time for me to go, thank you for champagne."

Quickly going up to the projection room, Emmanuel

closed the door and began to prepare for launch film. My hands were shaking quite a bit, and my palms sweated from excitement, which is why it didn’t work out right away

do everything right.

“Well, come on! Absent-mindedness is not my best trait.

I need to pull myself together."

Finally starting the movie, the girl sighed with relief, sitting down on a chair. Only 15 minutes had passed after the start of the film when a knock on the door of the projection room distracted the young cinema owner from her thoughts. Emmanuelle straightened her dress and slowly opened the door. Imagine her surprise that Major Hellstrom was standing behind her.

"Dieter?"

"Hello again, Emmanuel."

“Why are you here and not in your place enjoying the movie?”

“To be honest, at first he seemed boring to me, so for the sake of decency I sat in the hall for 15 minutes and came to you.”

"For what?"

"It seemed to me that in conversation with you, Emmanuel, it will be much nicer than 3 an hour-long viewing of Frederick Zoller's face.

"You shouldn't be here, Dieter. Enjoy the film. I'm sure you got mine wrong check. I'm not the best conversationalist.

Moreover, it is worth noting that the presence in the hall of such an important person as you, Hellstrom, is the main guarantor of security, isn’t it?”

“Of course, you are right, Emmanuel, but besides me there are other officers in the room who can cope with this task. And I would like to spend my time usefully.”

“I need to work. It’s unlikely that you will spend time usefully with me.”

"I'm sure you and I will find a way to have fun spend time." - he said with a sly smile, deliberately moving forward, forcing Emmanuelle to open the door for him. The girl stepped aside, allowing him to enter. The man looked appreciatively at the projector room: “I didn’t think it could be so cozy here.”

As you can see." Emmanuelle replied, smiling excitedly.

The girl stood with her back to the projector, leaning on the table, looking at anything but the major.

The man sat down on the chair opposite her, devouring her from head to toe with his eyes: “You should wear dresses more often, Emmanuelle. They emphasize your beauty.”

Emmanuelle was embarrassed by such a compliment: “Thank you, but I think this premiere is the only suitable event. I think it’s unforgivable for me to wear such dresses every day, otherwise I might get the impression that I’m frivolous.”

This thought amused the major: “You can believe me, Emmanuel, even if you are dressed in only a sheet, then even in this case the word frivolous will be unforgivably used in your direction.” He spoke as if he really meant it.

Her warm green eyes met his cold blue ones.

They looked at each other only occasionally blinking.

The man stood up and slowly walked towards Emmanuelle: “Are you afraid of me?”

The girl timidly replied: “No.”

Dieter: "Then why are your eyes scared?"

"Probably because I'm crazy about you." - unexpectedly for herself, she said out loud.

His eyes widened in surprise. The girl covered her mouth with her hand, realizing what stupidity she had committed: “Major Hellstrom, I didn’t mean it... I said a real stupidity. Forgive me..”

Walking unforgivably closer to the girl, he grabbed her shoulders: “Can I also say something stupid?”

Emmanuelle watched him silently: “I’ve been crazy about you since the moment I first saw you.”

Cupping the girl's face, he kissed her tenderly.

Emmanuelle timidly returned the kiss, but after a couple of seconds, clasping the man’s arms, she pushed the major away with the words: “We shouldn’t continue, major.”

Dieter stubbornly continued to kiss the girl on the face: "Why?”

Emmanuelle turned away from the man, protesting: “This is stupid and unreasonable.”

"Since when have feelings between a man and women who obviously love each other are defined as stupidity and unreasonableness?" - he said, hugging the girl around the waist.

Emmanuelle stubbornly tried to remove his hands: “I didn’t say that I love you. We just shouldn’t do this. Please don’t waste your time. Leave me alone.”

The man watched in fascination as the girl tried to hide something that even a blind person would have noticed.

“Will you really deny, Emmanuel, that your heart has belonged to me for a very long time? There is no need to try to deny your words. I know everything. I heard your conversation with Zoller exactly 3 days ago. Everything down to the smallest detail.”

Emmanuelle felt her eyes sting with treacherous tears. He took her by surprise. “I felt and saw how you looked at me. You looked at me the way I sometimes looked at you. And when you and I came face to face in the aisle, I was one step away from grab you and kiss."

Tears treacherously flowed from the girl’s eyes. "Why are you crying?" - the man showed tenderness that was unusual for him. He stroked her cheek, wiping away tears with his thumb.

"I don't know...". - she answered hopelessly.

The man felt her sadness. Her green eyes showed sadness and fear. He suddenly wanted to do something to make her eyes smile and shine as brightly as the moment they came face to face in the corridor.

"I love you, Shoshanna."

Dieter slowly leaned over and kissed her, wrapping her in a tight embrace, not allowing her to move away.

Without looking away from the girl, he kissed her cheeks, forehead, eyes, hair, saying: “You are so beautiful... I love you so much. Tell me that you love me too.”

"I can't."

"Tell me that you love me. I know that you love me no less than I love you, Shoshanna."

“What do you want from me, Dieter? Tell me why you need me?” - she asked directly.

"I want you. I want you to be mine. I want to love and protect you, take care of you."

"Is it true?"

“Yes. And don’t expect me to leave you so easily now.”

Finally, her eyes lit up and a smile appeared on her face.

Shoshanna stroked his cheeks and timidly replied, “I love you.”

The man smiled sincerely, hugging her tighter: “Then kiss me.”

The girl did not hesitate and kissed the man, hugging his neck.

The major responded to the girl's kiss with all passion. Every time Shoshanna tried to pull away, the man hugged her tightly cheeks, resuming the kiss. “Dieter.. please let me catch my breath.. there’s not enough air.”

The man followed the girl’s request, reluctantly ending the kiss: “I’m sorry, I can hardly restrain myself. I’ve wanted to kiss you for so long, my dear.”

Shoshanna smiled softly, "Don't apologize. major. I wanted the same thing."

Dieter admired her beauty, realizing that now this girl is the only thing of value to him. Shoshanna hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder, knowing that she would never let this man go.

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