We didn't is a story about two very unfortunate teenagers who discovered the body of a dead pregnant woman on the beach, very close to the place where they were trying to have sex for the first and only time. The story is full of images that make me think of the vision an adult has of the little details that make him remember his youth. The author describes in a perfect way the emotional tension and the anguish of the two teenagers dealing with their sexual urges, their fear and the surprise they get when they end up in the middle of an unexplained death the night they finally decide to “do it” after so many times when they had a chance and “didn’t.”
There is a high charge of frustration, guilt and anxiety that is like a line drawn since the moment they discover the dead woman on the beach. Surprisingly, there is also a comic side in the story that is more evident when he describes some details like the sand on the condom or the underwear floating in the rain water. This story feels like one of those memories we have (some of us, the old ones…) from the time when we were young, inexperienced and quite naïve. Those moments full of trepidation and emotion over things that become bitter-sweet memories as the years go by.
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