Sam's Outfit

Schneider dragged me into the Alvarez's apartment with a hand over his heart dramatically.

"Oh Tia Ophelia! What a tragedy! We danced all night at Elena's Quince. She has Scarlet Fever as a child and had lost her right eye", Schneider said.

I stood with Alex's arm around me as all of the Alvarez's simultaneously began to remember who she was.

"Ophelia was the Tia with an eyepatch", Elena said.

"Tia Jack Sparrow!", Alex said freaking out.

"Aha! I called her Tia Blackbeard, but that got confusing because we have another with an actual black beard", Penelope said, causing us all to laugh.

Lydia hit the table, and we all did the sign of the cross while apologizing.

"At least we'll get to see the family. Everybody will be there. Mimi, Maruchi, Rosita, Tio Juanito, Baby Juanito, and now his baby, Gordito Juanito", Penelope said, walking into the kitchen.

"Aah it'll be good to see everyone! Except, of course, la diabla", Lydia said.

"Ooh there's a Tia Diabla? She sounds hot", Schneider said.

"She's Abuelita's little sister, Mirtha", Elena said.

"Who Mami has been mad at for over 20 years for a stupid mantilla. She says that she doesn't have it", Penelope said.

"That's because-", Alex started.

"She's a liar", Lydia said interrupting him and glaring.

"But didn't you-",I started,

"Rightfully accuse her of having it all these years? Because she does", Lydia said.
Alex and I looked at each other confused.

"Go comb your hair", Lydia said to him.

"I don't have to", he said.

I reached up and messed up his hair.

He shrieked and ran to the bathroom, me following him.

Sam's Outfit
The next day, I walked into the funeral, holding hands with Alex. I don't really know why Schneider and I had come, but I wasn't about to question it.

I walked over to Penelope and Elena, and Alex came up next to me with a kiss mark on his cheek.

"I need to hide. This funeral is like the Walking Dead of Tias", he said.

We all looked at his cheek, confused.

"I mean....." he said, gesturing to himself and smirking.

I rolled my eyes and hit his arm playfully.

Lydia came over to us, and Elena spotted someone and gasped.

"There's Tia Pilar. I've always wondered if she's gay", Elena said.

"Elena, you think everyone is gay. Pilar is just eccentric. She rides a motorcycle. She owns seven cats. She shares a one bedroom apartment with her long time roommate Susan. How is that gay?", Lydia asked, making me laugh.

Lydia sighed and walked away, and I walked over and took a seat.

"Hello", a woman said, approaching me.

"Hi", I said, scooting over so she could sit.

"Who are you?", she asked.

"I'm Alex's girlfriend", I said.

"He's very lucky. You're a very pretty girl", she said.

"Umm....thanks", I said, laughing nervously.

I saw Alex standing alone, so I made an excuse and got up.

I walked over to Alex and hid behind him.

"What are you doing?", he asked me.

"I'm hiding from a lady who called me very pretty", I said.

"Isn't that a good thing? It's true!", he said, smiling at me.

"I guess. I didn't know her, though", I said.

"Point her out to me", Alex said.

I pointed, and he gasped.

"Oh my gosh! That's Tia Bitchy! If she called you pretty than you should feel really could about yourself", Alex said.

"Oh my gosh, wow!", I said.

Alex smiled at me, and started to say something, but was interrupted when Lydia called us over.

We moved to where she was, near the front of the room.

"There's too many people around, its time to do what we talked about", Lydia said.

"No, please! There must be another way", Alex said.

"There is no other way", she said, patting his back.

"Stay with me and put on a fake smile", he said, dragging me to the center of the room.

He pulled out his phone and put on a fake smile and said, "Does anyone want to see a picture of my girlfriend and I at homecoming?", he asked.

Everyone perked up and I blushed.

"Me and the girl I'll probably marry", he said, showing a picture of the two of us.

More relatives began to swarm around us.

"Don't touch the hair", he said.

"Marry?", I asked.

"Shut up", he said, blushing.

Author's Note: I apologize for slow updates! School is very time-consuming, as are all of my extracurriculars. I'm sorry, but my updates will now either be biweekly or weekly! I hope you enjoy this brief chapter!

❤️Beth