Antonio and Jean-Paul has settled into there new home in Buras Louisiana. Despite the small community there internationally themed taco food truck the "Go Taco Móle" had been successful enough that they could put a down payment on a little house in the centre of town. They moved all there worldly possessions, which wasn't that many, from Joshua's Marina to there little white house on Foster Lane.

This wasn't the life they were used to, but anything together was better than jail apart. Antonio had met Jean-Paul at a school for thieves called V.I.L.E. Academy and had worked together ever since. Slowly falling in love in the process.

Antonio was shy but found that he would often talk more when he was around Jean-Paul, and this trust he had for him very quickly became a crush. Antonio only realized his feeling for Jean-Paul not long after a caper in Boston. For Jean-Paul he always had an admiration for Antonio, he found himself drawn to him, and although he could work with any other V.I.L.E. operative, he found himself almost exclusively working with 'El Topo'. Jean-Paul always found Antonio attractive, but it was not until after a caper in Rio de Janeiro when Antonio confessed his feelings did Jean-Paul finally realize his own.

That had been an interesting day. Antonio, who was so often quiet and rarely spoke his mind, had boldly taken Jean-Paul aside and pulled him in for a kiss before declaring his feelings and stated that even if Jean-Paul did not feel the same he wanted him to know the truth. It took Jean-Paul a couple of seconds to process what had happened, but he than pulled Antonio into a hug and expressed his own feelings back towards him. From then onwards there relationship of being partners in crime had a new meaning. They decided to not give there superiors leverage over them by keep there relationship secret and only refer to each other as "mi amigo" and "mon ami", but they suspected that those who had worked with them knew they were dating before they even were.

There day began like any other had been for the last three months, except now they were in a bedroom they could call there very own.

"Es-tu réveillé mon amour?"

"Sí Jean, pero no quiero levantarme. Esta cama es tanto comfier que la cama en Joshua."

"It wasn't the bedz that were uncomfortable-"

Jean-Paul rolled over and faced away from Antonio and looked at his hand. He had experienced negative stereotypes for his race, for being European, and for being French, but he had never felt self conscious about his skin until they had started staying at that little inn. The older couple had made it know to Jean-Paul almost everyday that they were there that they didn't like that he was there and that he made them uncomfortable.

Jean-Paul was still staring at his skin when a strong arm rapped around him and pulled him close. Antonio held Jean-Paul with one arm, and with the other gently rubbed his fingers up and down Jean-Paul's arm.

"They were jerks, it is just us now. And I don't care what those racist owners or anyone else think, I love you with all my heart. I never want to let you go."

Jean-Paul smiled and rolled over so he was now face to face with the love of his life.

"You really know what to say, don't you mon amour."

"Solo digo la verdad mi amor."

They kissed and the anxiety Jean-Paul had felt melt away. Eventually they got up and dressed and walked to work. There food truck, which they had 'borrowed' from a junk yard in New Orleans, had been fixed up by DTR with parts from Carquest Auto Parts, and had been running it on a hill near Rex Felid for two and a half months now.

They opened up the truck and started getting ready for the day. They turned on the equipment and stocked the fridge with the ingredients they had picked up and made the previous night. They took off there rings and washed there hands before they started preparing the food. Antonio was on prep and grill, and Jean-Paul was on assembling and taking orders. There weren't must competition when it came to food in Buras, there was a Vietnamese place, Black Velvet Oyster bar & grill, a couple other seafood places, and Iguana's Daiquiri Express, so they usually had a good tern out most days.

Today wasn't one of those days, for the first three hours they had a total of four customers, coming to a total of 28 dollars. It was over cast and because of the surrounding ocean it was muggy, these two things combined with the heat from the grill was making it unbearable to just stand there and do nothing. They were about to close, despite it only being two in the afternoon, when they saw a woman in jeans and a bright red tee-shirt coming up the hill. Jean-Paul instantly recognized her.

"It iz Black Sheep, I mean Carmen!"

Antonio turned on his heel and looked out the counter, there indeed was there old classmate, turned enemy coming ever closer up the hill with her long amber hair in a bun.

"What do we do, do we run?"

"There izn't time for zat now. Let us see what she wantz, and if it should come down to a fight, I think that we can take her."

To show his support Antonio briefly took Jean-Paul's hand and squeezed it before letting go as Carmen Sandiego finally stood right in front of there taco truck.

"What iz it that you want Carmen!"

She looked up at Jean-Paul with a smirk that they had become accustomed to from her before she sarcastically responded.

"I'll have six tacos and three drinks please."

"That is not what I meant, why are you here, is your crew or A.C.M.E. surrounding us?"

She put 40 dollars down on the counter.

"Tacos with you first, then we talk. Also, keep the change."

Jean-Paul looked to Antonio for support and guidance, not knowing what to do, so Antonio stepped forward.

"It would be rude to deny service."

Soon they were eating tacos together at a nearby picnic table the two had set up for customers. They had put there rings back on so one of the first thing Carmen said when she finished her first taco was about the rings.

"So, how long have you been engaged?"

Jean-Paul remained silent, he had held a grudge from when Carmen had first betrayed V.I.L.E. and clearly still did not trust her, Antonio did the speaking.

"Since the day we left V.I.L.E. three and a half months ago. We made a promise to each other that we would stick together no matter what, go clean if we have to, anything not to be separated by being imprisoned. That is why I must ask Carmen, why are you here?"

"One, although Carmen Sandiego will always be apart of me, I learned recently my real name is Catalina Valdez and that is what I go by now."

"My apologies, Catalina, continue."

"Thank you, second, when I gave A.C.M.E. V.I.L.E.'s location and members names, they only captured members who had been at the castle at that moment, anyone not in the castle at the time scattered as you very well know. Shadowsan has been helping A.C.M.E. catch all former members, but he did not tell them your location, instead he told me.

Finally Jean-Paul spoke up.

"Why haven't you arrested us than? Why torture us like zis?"

"I'm not here to apprehend you, I am here to see if you really have changed. Tigress and Mime Bomb, they continued doing crime even without V.I.L.E.'s help, they are caught now, but you two ran away to Louisiana together and got a job and started paying taxes. I need to know that this isn't just you bidding your time, and that you actually are going straight."

A funny smile went on Antonio's face.

"Well we'll never be straight, but we don't plan on doing any more crime any time soon. We are really happy together Carm-I mean Catalina, and we don't want to do something stupid that will mess that up."

"In that case do you mind if we start over and let us introduce each other properly?"

Jean-Paul looked her up and down with his mistrustful smirk, took a big inhale, an a long exhale, and to Antonio's surprise he than smiled. He put out his hand.

"Jean-Paul Chevrolet, it is nice to meet you. This is my Fiancée."

"Yes, my name is Antonio Serrano, what a pleasure to be aquatinted."

"I am Catalina Valdez, it is a pleasure to meet both of you."

They laughed and continued talking and catching up, and truly getting to know each other for the first time. They ended up going to Iguana's Daiquiri Express for drinks and hang out the whole evening.

At one point Jean-Paul took Antonio aside and whispered something in his ear that made him blush, but than both men walked back over to Catalina.

"Catalina, I know we only just got to know you, but there is something we have been meaning to do, and it's not everyday a friend from far away comes to visit. We were wondering if you would like to participate in something with us tomorrow night? Would you be our witness?"

Her face went serious.

"I thought you said you weren't going to do any more crime?"

"Not that kind of witness."

Realization came to her face.

"Oh!"

The next evening Jean-Paul stood next to Catalina and a priest in the Trinity United Methodist Church. Catalina was in a simple red dress she had packed with her, and Jean-Paul was in the nicest black suit he had, and a pair of silver earrings. Catalina leaned over to whisper to him.

"Are you nervous?"

"I am about to marry the most kind and loving man I have ever met. I am terrified."

"You make each other happy?"

"Every day with him is a gift."

"Than I think you will do just fine."

Antonio than walked into view. He had freshened up his silvery hair dye and was wearing a formal white shirt and blue tie. In his hands he had two roses. He walked up the isle, he started off nervous but every step he clearly grew more confident until he was standing by Jean-Paul's side. He handed him one of the roses and in that moment they looked into each other's dark beautiful eyes and knew that everything was going to be alright.

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The prequel to this is found here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/256293325-jeantonio-confession