By lunch time that day, the whole Junior class had heard about Belicia and Desiree's little spat and not surprisingly, Desiree had spun the story to her own advantage.

Sitting at Ava's kitchen table as her mom helped her little sister Dulce, with math problems, the girls snacked on cheese and grapes. Belicia subconsciously ran her finger along a colorful vein in the marbled table as Ava chatted about nothing in particular.

Mrs. Avila interrupted Ava to ask what they wanted for supper but it was Dulce who piped up first. "I want a bucket of chicken!" She chirped.

Belicia looked up and smiled at her adorable, cherubic face. Ava's dad was Hispanic and all his kids had inherited his dark wavy hair and sparkling black eyes. Dulce was seven and Belicia adored her. She always had something extraordinarily cute to say.

Ava snorted. "Dulcie, we had a bucket of chicken yesterday. Let's allow Bel to choose what she wants. She's our guest."

Dulce gave her big sister a puckered up look. "Bel isn't a guest, Ava. She's here all the time!"

Mrs. Avila laughed. "She's still a guest Dulcie," she corrected her sweetly.

Dulce shrugged. "You coulda' fooled me," she snorted.

Belicia laughed. "You can have my turn to choose Dulcie, I don't mind."

Dulce smiled a toothless grin. "Thanks Bel! Mom, she said we could have chicken!"

Mrs. Avila shook her head. "Alright, alright, let's put your books away and you and I will go to Crispy Chicken. Girls, I don't mind stopping to get you something different."

"Well actually mom, Bel and I were gonna meet Cayde for pizza later, if that's okay."

Mrs. Avila smiled. "I guess honey. Just don't be out late."

Ava nodded. "We won't. We're just going to eat and come home after."

"That's fine. I'm off tomorrow so I'll take Dulce to school. And when is Noah's party again?"

"Um he's having it Friday," Ava commented, "It's a sleepover though. I don't know if we will stay the night but we will be home late."

"Just call me Ava. I don't mind but I want to know exactly where you girls are at all times," she gave them her, 'mom look,' and hollered for Dulce to hurry up.

Ava got up. "Come on Bel, let's get ready."

Bel reluctantly followed Ava upstairs. "Do you ever rest Ava?"

"Nope. Now come on. You rest too much," she replied, stomping upstairs to change clothes.

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When they arrived at the restaurant Belicia saw to her dismay, Tuto's car parked right next to Cayde's. She groaned. "Ava. Did you set this up?"

"Uh! No, crap. I can't wait to find out who did it though. Come on."

Belicia clenched her lips in frustration. She hoped Desiree was here with him, and they were making up because she wasn't about to get blamed for this too.

Ava threw the door open and they went in finding Cayde at a quiet corner booth with, of course, Tuto.

He waved and they came over. Cayde and Tuto both stood up to let the girls climb into the half circle seating. They had already ordered drinks and Cayde told her the pizza was on its way.

Ava took a drink of her soda. "So Tuto, what brings you out today?"

"I stopped by to pick up an online order and saw Cayde. He said he was waiting for you guys so I decided to hang out."

"Oh," Ava gave him a side smile. "Well, good timing I guess."

Tuto looked at Belicia. "Yeah, it was."

Belicia kept her thoughts to herself but it seemed like an unlikely story. She was more than sure Cayde had mentioned it in Tuto's ear shot and that's why he showed up. She really hoped that was the case.

"So Bel, are you going to Noah's party?" Tuto asked her suggestively.

Bel opened her mouth to speak but Ava was too fast for her more thoughtful answers and answered for them both.

"Of course. Who won't be going, Tuto? It's only the party of the year as always."

"Well I asked Bel, because she never goes to parties and figured this one would be the same. If you want, you can ride with me."

Belicia surprised everyone by telling Tuto she'd think about it. Ava's eyes popped.

"But I'll probably ride with Ava, since I am staying at her house now until my parents get back."

Tuto nodded. "Oh that's right. Well you could both ride with me if you want or need too," he added just in case.

Cayde gave him a look. "Hey, I'm sitting here. I'm perfectly capable of getting Ava anywhere she needs to go."

"But we haven't decided if we're staying all night yet, so that's why I'll probably drive us," Ava stated. "It's an entire weekend rave so we might go home and come back the next day. I don't know yet. It all depends on how it goes," Ave said as their pizza arrived.

Cayde nodded as they each grabbed a plate and started eating.

Outside the Pizza King Restaurant, Desiree sat in her car. She had driven by and seen Tuto's car with Cayde's and Ava's. Her blood boiled. In her mind this was the last straw. She had agreed to help Tuto get rid of Koya but dinner dates with Belicia hadn't been part of the bargain. She wrestled with the thought of going inside and giving him a piece of her mind but decided a different approach would be much better. She took out her phone and snapped a quick pic of her legs and a part of her anatomy he'd never see again if he didn't straighten up. Then she took a pic of her face. Her expression angry.

She texted the first one and waited a moment, then she texted the one of her mad face.

A short few minutes and Tuto was running out the door straight for her car. He opened her car door with a glare. "What is wrong with you Desi?"

"I'll tell you what's wrong Tuto. We made a deal and you're breaking it."

"Well maybe I'll do more than break the deal Desi, maybe I'll break up with you."

"You piece of shit! No! You will do what you promised. I've been doing what you asked, stupid, do you think I like kissing Koya boya? Huh? Because I don't."

Tuto stood there in silence. He knew he should just break up with her now, but damn, he needed her help to crush Koya, to protect his family and make something happen with Bel. The more time he spent with her the more attractive she was becoming. She drove his Kitsune crazy with something he'd never experienced before and he was determined to make her his forever. But he had to keep Desiree happy until then.

"Yeah, your right babe," he cajoled, completely changing his attitude. "I'm sorry. Let's go okay. I'll ride with you," he said, going around to the other door. He got in and scooted next to her stopping her hand from starting the car. "Come here babe," he whispered, pulling her under his arm.

He loved the way she clung to him and their lips crashed together as Tuto indulged her needs. She drove him mad with her lusty response and then she pulled out of his embrace, started her car and drove them
away.

Tuto realized he was going to have to be more careful, because Desi could be anywhere at any time and he couldn't afford to mess this up.