Helena was sitting in her office. She was humming a melody over and over again, she was inspired. Ever since that night with Benito, she finally had some song ideas that she needed to write down. They were in contact pretty much all the time and she sometimes even asked him what he thought about the lyrics she had in her mind. Becky and Karol had been shocked when she had told her friends that nothing other than kissing had happened between the two. Helena on the other hand had felt relief. She knew about his reputation, so naturally, she had feared his expectations. Benito on the other hand was still on a mission, he still wanted to listen to the playlist, so he tried to meet up with her but sadly their schedules made it almost impossible. A couple of weeks after they had met, Karol invited Helena to her birthday. She wanted to have a small BBQ with her friends in her backyard. Although Benito had told Karol that he maybe wasn't gonna make it, he did show up after the dinner. Helena was sitting on one of the sun beds with her cocktail in her hand when he approached her from behind. She was wearing a white floral dress with spaghetti straps and had her hair tied into a messy bun. Benito said hello to Karol, then walked over where she was sitting.

"Hola, mamita." he greeted her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. Helena started smiling in the second she heard his voice.

"Hi, Benito." responded, leaning back into him. They let go of each other.

"Long time no see!" he said, then sat down on the sun bed across from her.

"True that, how have you been?" Helena asked happily. The friend that had accompanied her, excused herself and left for the bar. The two of them caught up on each other's lives, even talked about the articles that had come out after the night at Perro Negro.

Becky interrupted their conversation after a while because it was time for the cake.

"Helena, we need to bring the cake in." she said, walking up to them. Helena nodded and got up from the sun bed.

"I'll help you." Benito offered, also standing up. Karol watched them walk into the house, talking and smiling. Helena had hidden the cake in the basement and so she led him down the stairs. Both of them could feel the tension. Helena got the cake out of its box, then she took the candles she had laid into said box as well and started putting them onto it. Benito helped her with it. Their shoulders were brushing each other every now and then. When they looked each other for a brief second, Benito took his chance, grabbed her face and kissed her. Helena immediately put the candle in her hand back into the box and returned his kiss. He walked her backwards until she was pressed against the wall. They were making out for a couple of seconds when Benito let his hand slide down from her face to her chest.

"Hurry up! We only got two minutes until midnight!" they heard Becky yell from upstairs. Benito and Helena both froze in their actions.

"Almost done!" Helena yelled back. Benito closed his eyes and let out a silent frustrated sigh.

"I'm never gonna listen to this playlist." he mumbled. Helena started giggling and watched him step back from her but she stopped him by his arm.

"Wait." she said, then reached for his lips with her thumb.

"What?" he asked a little amused.

"My gloss is all over your face." Helena gave back, rubbing her thumb over all the spots he had lipgloss on. When she was done, he brushed the back of his hand over his mouth as well. Laughing, the two of them put the last couple of candles onto the cake and went back upstairs as if nothing had happened.

For the rest of the night, they kept glancing at each other when they were not talking to one another. Karol noticed the looks they were giving each other and knew that this was going to be the night. The tension was so thick between them that even Dominic and Tyler started noticing their chemistry. At around 1am, the BBQ was over and the guests started to leave. Benito and Helena were the last ones to say goodbye to Karol. He walked her to her car and even opened the door for her.

"You want to come with me?" she asked him hopeful. Benito smirked, took a step closer to her and grabbed her by the waist. He leaned in and kissed her with so rough that Helena accidentally bit her lip. When he let go of her, he brushed the blood away with his thumb.

"I wish, I could but I have a flight to catch in four hours." he said, eying her face. Helena playfully rolled her eyes at him, before she sighed.

"You know, technically you already listened to the playlist." she stated, putting her hands on his chest.

"Yeah, but as I said, I don't remember any of the songs." he mumbled, leaning in again. Like in the basement, he made sure that she was leaning on her car, when they made out. This time his right hand found its way to her ass and he squeezed it roughly. Helena suppressed a moan that was lingering in her mouth. When Benito broke the kiss, he started nibbling on her neck and then he stopped.

"Buenas noches, chiquita." he said and left her standing there. Her heart was racing, her lower body was throbbing and her knees were weak. Helena knew that this wasn't going to be the end and now she wanted him more than before. She watched as he got into his car and drove off. Her light headed self kept standing there for a few more minutes. She needed to catch her breath, so she sat inside the car and turned on the playlist. There were so many songs on it that aroused her even more.

Next time you're in LA, you will listen to it, I promise., she texted Benito. A few minutes later, he replied with: I hope so. Helena put her phone onto the passenger seat and started driving home. She had interesting dreams that night and Benito did too.