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Angie stops her car behind the Reyes' before getting out. All of them were dressed in black for Alberto's funeral. She followed them over to the yard before standing beside Jaime.

"What are we gonna do now?" Rudy sighs

Jaime steps up beside him, "Animo, Rudy, okay? We're gonna get through this, we always do."

"¡Aqui estamos!"

"Hey! The Reyes are here."

"Guys." Milagro calls out. Everyone turns toward the street to see the neighbors walking over.

"¿Como estan?"

"Les trajimos algo!"

"Lo siento."

Rudy pulls Milagro and Jaime in for a hug as Rocio begins to cry, "Mira, toda la gente vino ayudar."

Angie smiles sadly to her as Jaime nods.

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Neighbors brought over food, drinks, and tables to set up to help the Reyes'. Giving their condolences the best way they could. Milagro and Angie were spending time together before they saw Nana bending down to grab her plant.

They rush over to help her up. Each taking a hand, "Nana, Nana, ahí deja."

Nana grunts as she stands, "Ay, hija. Esperate. Ay, mamacita. Gracias, mija." Milagro hugs Rocio as Jaime and Rudy walk over. Nana holds up her plant, "Bueno, familia. Ahora sí podemos volver a pensar."

Angie takes a small step back. She didn't know if she was intruding and didn't want to risk if she had. As she looks up, she catches Jaime's eyes. A small smile on his face as he looked at her. She gives a smile back before looking back to Nana.

"Where, Ama? We don't have a house." Rudy says

"Rudy, we have, like, half the Edge Keys in our yard right now." Jaime says, "I'm sure they'll be happy to help us out."

"Si, claro. Of course they're going to help." Rocio says

"Yeah, until when? Until Kord pushes us out?"

"I wouldn't worry about that." Jenny says walking up beside Jaime. The family exclaim happily.

"Jenny, Jenny." Rocio says

"Hey." Jaime smiles

"Que bueno que viniste, mija." Rocio nods

"I think it's time to return the Edge Keys to the people that made it great." Jenny says

"Sounds like the Reyes family's rubbing off a little bit on Jenny Kord, no?" Rudy jokes

"Kord has a lot to learn from the Edge Keys." Jenny smiles, "Starting with you, Rudy."

"Wait a minute, did you tell her to say that?" He says turning to Jaime

Jaime motions to zip his lips, "Rudy, I didn't say shit."

Angie laughs as Jenny shakes her head with a smile. Rudy points to Jaime, "That sounds like something that you would say to her to tell me."

"And don't worry, Kord Industries will fix and give you back your house."

Milagro squeals excitedly as she pats Rudy's arm. Jaime turns to Angie who smiles wide. A man walks up and hands something to Jenny, "Excuse me. Here you go."

"Thank you." Jenny says as he walks away, "Here, Rudy."

She tosses a key over to Rudy, "What's this?"

"I felt really bad, so I got you a new tailgate." She says pointing over to the street. The family looks over and sees a blue truck parked in the street. Milagro whoops hitting his arm again, "How do you like that, cupcake?"

"Oh! Wow, it's blue. A little on the nose, no?"

"Rudy." Rocio says

"Rudy. Thank you." Jaime says annoyed

"I'll think about it." Rudy says

"Yeah, take a look." Jenny says

"Oh, wow. Come on, help me like it." He turns to the family as he begins walking to the car

"I'm inheriting that." Milagro says as they follow him

"All right, I gotta go." Jenny says

"Yeah." Jaime nods, "Thank you."

Jenny smiles before waving to Angie who waves back. Jenny steps out into the street walking toward her motorcycle. Jaime turns back to Angie as her phone vibrates in her hand. She looks down at it and sighs, "Ugh, I gotta go. Forgot I promised my mom I'd visit this weekend."

"Yeah." Jamie says, "I'll walk you to your car?"

Angie smiles, "Yeah."

As they walk over to her car, each of their hearts were beating hard in their chest. Jaime takes a deep breath as Angie stops by her door. When she turns to him, he stops, "So you'll be back Monday right?"

"Yeah." She nods, "Have to try and make up for the days of work I missed so I don't lose my job."

"Oh yeah." He says as she chuckles, "Thank you for helping me."

"Of course. Even if I do end up losing it, it was worth it to help you."

Jaime smiles at her as she opens her door, "Angie?"

"Yeah?"

"I know a lot happened, but.." He pauses, "Do you remember what happened?"

"Most of it." She nods, "I mean, I'm sure there a couple of things I forgot, but it's just because I have terrible memory. You know that."

"Yeah." Jaime chuckles. His laughter dies down as he steps closer, "Do you remember what we talked about at Jenny's house?"

Angie stops for a second before nodding, "About us being best friends?"

"Yeah." Of course Angie remembered. How could she forget? She almost kissed the boy she had been in love with. She'd never forget that.

"Angie, I don't wanna just be best friends anymore."

Angie's heart drops, "What do you mean?"

"I mean," He starts as he steps closer, "I've been in love with you for years now. And these past couple of days have shown me exactly why I've been in love with you. You've been there for me for everything. No matter what it was or how important, you've been there."

Angie looks up as Jaime stands in front of her. He was close enough to take her hand in his own, "Jaime."

Jaime's free hand cups her jaw before his thumb rubs her cheek softly as his eyes flicker between her eyes and her lips. Angie notices his hesitance. She didn't know why. It seemed abundantly clear to her that she wanted him to kiss her, but he hadn't done it yet.

Besides having terrible memory, there was another thing Angie lacked. Patience.

So, she reached up and pulled him down planting her lips on his. Jaime lets out a sigh of his own as he pulls her closer.

Kissing Jaime wasn't like anything Angie imagined it'd be. It was better. She could almost feel herself become dizzy at how much she enjoyed it. She lets out a sharp breath as she pulls away. Jaime doesn't let her get far as he pulls her in again. Angie tried her hardest to hold her smile, but ultimately failed.

"Stop!" He says suddenly. Angie's brows furrow as she starts to back away. Jaime looks over at her and immediately pulls her back to him, "No, no, no. Not you."

"Oh." She chuckles suddenly remembering Khaji-Da, "What's it saying?"

"Nothing." He says shaking his head. He leans down again and kisses her softly. Angie pulls away as Jaime's suit covers his body. Jaime smiles at her before they hear yelling.

The two turn to see the family cheering them on. Jaime rolling his eyes as Angie smiles, "Finally!"

Angie laughs as Jaime turns back to her, "How badly do you need to be at your mom's?"

"It can wait." She nods

Jaime smiles as his arms tighten around her waist, "I wanna show you something."

"What?" She smiles

"Hold on." He says. Angie hesitantly wraps her arms around his neck. The smile on his face making her a little nervous. She lets out a squeal as he takes off into the sky.

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ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏs sᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ. ғɪɴɪsʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴍᴀᴋᴇs ᴍᴇ sᴀᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴏ ғᴜɴ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ. ᴀɴɢɪᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴀɪᴍᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ. ɪ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ, ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏs ᴡᴀɴᴛ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ. ʏᴏᴜ, ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ, ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ. ᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʏsᴍ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ 🫶🏾

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Aʏ, ʜɪᴊᴀ. Esᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ. Aʏ, ᴍᴀᴍᴀᴄɪᴛᴀ. Gʀᴀᴄɪᴀs, ᴍɪᴊᴀ. - Aʏ, ʜɪᴊᴀ. Wᴀɪᴛ. Aʏ, ᴍᴀᴍᴀᴄɪᴛᴀ. Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ.

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