"Where are you going?" Carla laughs as she saw me running around the place for my bag.

"My dads. Ez and his girlfriend or whatever they are, are making brunch." I finally found it and started looking inside to see if I got everything.

"Can I go? I think your dad likes me." Carla threw a towel at Andres as he laughs.

"Absolutely not." I went to the kitchen and took some sips of whatever we had left of alcohol. "If you wanna see me and my family fight, be my guest."

"Hey, don't you think its early to drink?" Carla tells me.

"Carla, imma be in the same room as my brothers and dad. Things never go the way it should when we're in the same room. Im just being prepared." I wiped my mouth with my hand and gathered some more drinks to take over there. "As nice as a brunch is, I already know that its going to shit."

"Well, i wish you luck." Andres saluted to me as he walks away to his room.

"Just be you." Carla holds my arms and looks at me. "Dont start anything."

"Sure. Ill be back." I kissed her cheek and headed out. My first put stop was the liquor store. Omar saw me and waved.

"A little early don't you think?" I opened the tequila and gave him the money.

"Have a nice one Omar." I winked as I chugged it as I walked out. I wobbled my way to pops, seeing Angel parking his bike on the street. He grabbed his 6 pack.

"Morning." I tossed the finished bottle into the trashcan.

"Hey." I hiccuped. "Lets get this show on the road, im hungry." I patted his cheek and hopped up the steps and we walked in. Gaby, Ez and Pops were already at the table, eating.

"Oh please tell me this is not an intervention." Angel cries.

"You both are late." Dad mumbles.

"Good to see you to dad." I scuffed.

"Sit, Angel, Marisol. We haven't started." I looked at Gaby. She was wearing moms old aprons. It pained me seeing her wearing it. It made me sick. Gaby goes to the kitchen and grabs us out plates.

"Why the fuck are we doing this?" I snatched a beer from Angel. I got a look from my dad but I ignored him.

"Well, I thought we could, you know, it'd be nice to eat together as a family." Ez sits down. Both Angel and I laughed softly. The table was quiet after that. Gaby comes back, placing our plates in front of us. Angel noticed the apron that Gaby was wearing, this is gonna be fun.

"Oh, I forgot i had this on." She takes it off and hangs it on the chair.

"How is it pop?" Ez asked. I opened my can and chugged it.

"Fine."

"Um, so hey, this...this was just supposed to be aa brunch, but-" Angel laughs, making me smirk.

"Brunch?" Ez awkwardly joins with a laugh too.

"But its kind of a celebration."

"Ezekiel..." Gaby whispers.

"No, you worked so hard. I want to share the news." Gaby nods and smiles. This is honestly disgusting. Love, what a fucking lie. "Gabys been accepted to nursing school." Angel pretends to clap while I fake moved my arms as if I was a cheerleader.

"Thats great." Dad tells her. Of course he did.

"I havent made any decisions. Its up in Lodi." Lodi, wow. Far. "And im not sure Im ready to leave just yet." She places her hand on Ez's arm. Oh jesus christ. I rolled my eyes.

"So you're gonna stay?" Angel asked her. "Here in Santo Padre?"

"I dont know. Possibly."

"You rather stay here? In Santo Padre for him?" I pointed at Ez. Ez sat back. "If I had an opportunity to leave, I would take it. I wouldn't stay because of a man." I scuffed.

"How long have you been drinking Fernanda?" Wow, the calling me by my middle name now.

"What? Im just saying. Why would you stay here, for a man, who might fuck you over in the long run? You worked so hard and just to throw it away?"

"So what you gonna, i dont know, stick around here and play house?" Angel adds. "Walk around in my dead moms apron?" I snorted as I took a sip of the beer.

"I didn't- I didn't know." Gaby holds Ez.

"I gave it to her to wear." Ez stood his ground.

"Well thats just fucking weird bro." I looked at my dad. "I mean, i knew you were a mamas boy, but jesus christ."

"And I couldn't wear it but she can." I shrugged my shoulders.

"That's enough, the both of you." My dad said.

"What the fuck is wrong with you guys?" Ez leans in.

"What the fuck is wrong with all of you?" Angel slams the table. I jumped. "Sitting around here, eating brunch? Playing make believe? What kind of shit is that?" Angel looks at Gaby. "Im so sorry. Gaby, i need to know this-this master plan of yours. So you gonna stay here in Santo Padre with the golden boy here., shit out a couple golden kids? And then what the fuck you gonna do?" I leaned against to table to look at her.

"You think theres a gonna a happy ending here? Santo Padre doesn't grant those."

"Like in this house?" We both look at dad, who was still eating. Right, he stayed quiet. Like he always does. "Ask the last lady to wear that thing." He points at the apron. Ez lost it, he jumped up.

"What the fuck is your problem?!" He yelled. Angel starts to laugh, i bit my lip, trying not to laugh.

"You're right. What is my problem? Im so sorry. Where are my manners?" Angel stands up. "Gaby?" She looks at him. He raised his can up, cheering for her. "Welcome to the family." He pours the beer in a cup and spills it all over the table. Angel leaves, slamming the door behind him. Gaby gets up and starts to clean it up.

"Leave it." My dad said but Gaby continues. He slams his fist on the table. It made her jump but I was used to it "i said leave it." Back to silence.

"We should do this more often." I smirked and chugged the last bit of the beer.

"You think this funny?" Ez spat. I squinted a little. "You're so fucking dumb."

"Aw was that supposed to hurt me Ezekiel?" I grabbed the glass that Angel used and started to drink that.

"Your mother would be so disappointed with the way you are turning out." My dad to me. I slowly put the glass down. My heart shattered. Tears started to appear. That was fucked up right there.

"Fuck you." I tipped over the cup and left. I cried my way to Carlas. My phone rang and I dug through my purse and it was Letty. My heart sunk. "Letty?"

"Marisol? Hey."

"Whats up? Everything okay?"

"Yeah, can you come over? Its Coco." Oh no.

"Yeah, ill be there." I hung up and started my walk. I made to the white home. Letty opened the door and let me in. I held my bag close to me. I became nauseous.

"He wants to talk." Letty pointed at the room. I slowly made my way there and saw a very skinny man that I loved. I pains me to see him like this. I hid behind the wall and covered my mouth. Man up Marisol. I took a deep breath and went in the room.

"Hi." I coughed. Coco covered himself with blankets.

"Marisol." He forces a smile and coughs. "Thanks for coming." I didn't say anything. He pats the empty space on the bed and I sat down next to him. "You've been crying, why?"

"I haven't."

"When you cry you get freckles on your cheeks." He wipes the tear off my cheek but I backed up.

"Family shit."

"Imma get clean. Me and Hope." I turned to him. Hope? Why was that name familiar? "Listen, im sorry how we left things, I just love you and I don't want you get hurt because of me." Too late for that.

"Thats great." Even though I spent my entire time trying to help him. "Im happy for you." I lied.

"I just wanted you to know that imma try." He touches my hand. I wanted to hold it back but i froze. "Im sorry. I just want anything bad between us."

"No, i get it." I nodded. He looked at me like he once did when he met me. He knew something was wrong. A woman, im guess Hope- wait. Its that meth girl we met from the cops and shit. She laid what used to be my side of the bed and curled up. "I gotta go."

"Hey." Coco stands up and hugs me. My arms were by my side, not hugging him back. He moved on. So quick.

"You got this." I back away from the hug and walked away. Letty appears.

"Im so sorry."

"Not your fault Letty." I placed my hand on her cheek. "If you need anything, call me." I got of the home and walked away.

Once I got to Carlas, i sat on the steps, smoking. All of that for what? Love, my ass. I saw Andres pulling up and gets out of his car. I ignored him.

"Lets get something to eat." He said as he stood in front of me.

"Not hungry."

"Im not asking." He sticks his hand out. He saw the sadness in my face. "Can a friend take a friend out to eat?, come on." I took his hand and we got in the car. "Listen, you don't have to talk about what happened today. Just take a moment and take a breather. Leave all that negativity when you are with me." He parked on the street and made us walk to the restaurant.

He was wearing these yellow tinted sunglasses. I reached out and took them off, now wearing them. Andres smirks.

"How do I look?" I scrunched my nose. Andres takes a moment.

"Dont break em." He puts his arm around my shoulders and walked in the restaurant. It was a small pizza place. "Hold on." He leaves to go the bathroom. I was looking at the menu. Two men showed up, standing beside me. I didn't like it but I shrugged it off.

"Have you eaten here before?" One asked me.

"No." I simply said. He looks at his friend who was on the other side of me.

"You?"

"Yeah. They got great shit here."

"Oh yeah? What do you recommend?"

"One slice, my favorite topping is gotta be this piece of ass." He squeezed my ass and I backed up.

"What the fuck!" I swore.

"Oh come on baby." Just as one of them went to grab me, Andres comes in and swings a punch, breaking his nose. He grabbed the other one, full on beating him to a bloody pulp.

"Andres!" I screamed at him, trying to get him off of him. He looks at me. "Lets go!" We ran out and hid in an alley. I bursted out laughing. Andres looks at me as if I was crazy. "Sorry." He walks up to me, hand on my neck, squeezing it a bit. My mouth opened a bit, letting out a small moan. He kisses me deeply but backs up.

"Lets go before-" I grabbed his jacket and pulled him back to me. My hands went over his chest, my legs wrapped around his. His hands gripped on my ass as he picks me up from the ground and starts grinding on me. I moaned in his ear. His lips touched my neck. "Fuck. The shit you do to me."

"Lets go back to the car." He drops me and pulls me close to him as we ran to the car.