"We're here."

We saw two piles of dirt. I just turned white. No. Ruby holds my hand, and I looked away. We heard whistling coming around us. "Oh shit. This is our grave. Hey hey. Everybody split up and get back." We froze. "Do you wanna die? Do what I say. Go!" I pulled out the gun, and stayed with Cesar. "I told you-"

"Dont start with me." We shot up in the sky.

"Come out here! Come out here now!" Cesar shot up again. "If this what you want, I'm right here."

"Come out pussies!" I moved around.

"Hijos de putas! If you and to kill me, im right here!" Cesar almost fell into the hole, i caught him. We looked down and saw Cuchillos, dead. We just froze. Shes dead. Like really. The others came back, looking down at her. We heard people coming from behind. We turn back and it was 19th street. Cesar steps up. He nods and we turned to see another one, dropping a lighter into the hole where Cuchillos was buried. Its real then. He smiles. We just walked away.

"Where the hell is Spooky and Willy?" We went to Monse's, grabbed something to eat. It seemed like we didn't want to near each other right now. We sat there, eating quietly.

"You gonna eat that?" Ruby slides his food to Cesar. Why are is he acting like we are good.

"No offense Jamal, buy I think the double double rivals the Joints charburger."

"Okay."

"Well, if its just okay, Then I'm gonna say its better than the Joints charburger." Monse said. "Should we talk about what happened?"

"Imma go home." I picked up my bag and left. No goodbyes nor hugs. I made my way back home. I had my head down, minding my own business. Once I got home, i saw someone sitting on the steps. It was Willy. I dropped my bag and ran to him. "Willy." I hugged him. He hugged me so tight. "I thought you were dead."

"She got me good but, I would never leave you alone." I saw Jacky and Luis come out. I smiled. Luis waddled up to me.

"Vein!" I picked him up. "Jacky-"

"We're fine. Everything is fine now." I kissed Luis and handed him back to Jacky.

"You know what sounds good right now?" Willy asked me, wrapping his arm around me. "A good ass sleep." I laughed.

"Looks like you need it." We headed inside. It was nice to be back. To have Willy alive. If I was gonna be honest, i dont know what I was gonna do if we were gonna kill Cuchillos. If Willy was actually dead. I went to my room, took a shower and changed. I was putting my stuff away in my drawers and hiding the gun in my dresser. I heard a knock on my window. My heart started fo pound and once I opened the blinds to see Ruby. I opened the window and let him in.

"Hey." He said.

"Hi."

"Willy?"

"He's fine. He got himself some cuts but he'll live. He's sleeping." I sat on my bed. Ruby just leaned on my dresser.

"And how are you?"

"Better." We were cutting it short. It was still tense. We were silent for a good minute. I had to say it. "Im sorry." He looks at me. "Im sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it. All of it, it was a lie."

"Then why say it?"

"To protect you. Me saying that, I thought that letting you go was better. And you hating me would stop you from getting killed." I sat stood up. "Because i still love you." Ruby was stunned. "Letting you go was the biggest mistake in my life."

"Im sorry too."

"You don't have to say sorry. I was the one that hurt you. I was a bitch and cared about myself."

"You had too."

"And if you don't want to go back together, I understand. I just wanted to say that i am sorry." I looked at him again. "We good? Friends?"

"Yeah." I turned to turn make my bed, getting ready to go to bed. "What if I say, I don't want to be friends? What if we continue what we left off on?"

"What?"

"What if I never stopped loving you either?" I started to have butterflies. I smiled to myself. "What if I say that I still have the hots for you?"

"And?" I played around. He swayed to me.

"And I think its hot that you get mad." Funny, but cute.

"Sigue."

"And that you are sexy." It was getting hot. "And talented." He knew what he was doing. "And I get goosebumps whenever I think of you. Or even when you look at me with those beautiful eyes, The way you talk, the way you say my name." I turned to him. He smiles at me. I was getting red.

"Are you trying to flirt with me?"

"Depends, is it working?" He holds my hand. "I think about you, a lot. Everyday, every minute, every second. You don't leave my mind."

"So like 24/7?"

"Yeah. How can I stop thinking about you? Youre beautiful, so funny." He was being so cute. We laughed. "So, i dont want to be friends. And I don't want to start all over. Valeria, i love you. Always had and always will. I want to be with you. Its always been you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. It feels right. You make it feel right."

"I dont know Ruby." I played. "Do you think you can deal with me again?"

"I can. If it means that I can be with you, then yea." We got closer. Ruby went in, kissing me. We started breathing heavily as we began to make out. I stopped to look at him one more time. He grabs my face and pulls me back, crashing into my bed. He takes off his jacket, tossing it behind him. "You wanna do this?"

"Yeah." I bit my lip. "Wait!" I got up and locked the door. He smirks as I went to the bed.

"Let me show you how beautiful you are." He whispers to me. My body had goosebumps. The kisses were gentle but rough. I flipped him over, me now hovering over him. I flipped my hair to the side. He grabbed my hips. I placed gentle kiss on his neck. He lets out a small moan. I was surprised as he flips me over. He takes off his shirt and my hands traveled up, tracing his scar. I took off my shirt and Ruby stared.

"Ruby, aye?" I snapped him out of it. He shakes his head. I laughed.

"I just wanna take one good look at my girlfriend." He leans down, kissing me. Ruby takes off my bra, tossing it with the other clothes we had on the floor. His hands stayed on my hips, but I moved one of them on my neck. He inhaled sharply as my hands went to unbutton his pants. "Are you really-"

"Shut up and kiss me Ruby." I didn't have to say it twice. He basically ripped off his jeans, and my shorts. He started to kiss my chest, making me throw my head back. He took a minute to process this and he was ready.

"Okay, um."

"Hey, Dont think too hard." He slowly open my legs. He was adjusting himself. I was getting nervous but its Ruby. I know he wont hurt me. "Ready?" I nodded. He slowly pushes himself in. Ruby places his head on my shoulder, as I wrapped my legs around him, wincing against his neck.

"Ruby, keep moving." Ruby started to thrust slowly in and out. It felt good. I closed my eyes as he began to pick up the pace.

"You feel so good." He whispers to my ear. It was so hard to keep quiet. We moaned and grunted so low, trying not to wake up anyone. Sweat began to coat both of our bodies and the only sounds in the room were the slapping of skin, both of our soft moans, and the creaking of the bed. Ruby's hips went faster, his thrust became sloppy. I pulled him down, me on top now. I began to move my hips, Ruby guiding me. My hands ran up and down my chest, Ruby admiring everything. My head fell back as I felt close, biting my lip. "You are so beautiful when you look like this." We both rode out our highs. I dropping next to him, covering myself with my sheets.

"That was wow." I was catching my breath.

"It was worth the wait." Ruby wraps his arm around me. I gently slapped his chest. He kisses my cheek.

"Wanna stay the night?" I asked him.

"I was gonna stay even though you didn't ask." He looked around my room. "No!" He yelled. I jumped.

"What?! What happened!?" He picks up the stuff frog he won me from the fair.

"Hoppy Kermit Martinez saw everything." He joked around. I threw pillow at him, him laughing.

"Dont scare me like that!"

"I think Hes more scared than you. He saw everything Val. I mean everything."

"I hate you."

"You love me." He crawls up, kissing me. We laid down, resting my head on his chest, falling asleep as he played around with my hair. This is good. Im glad that we are together again. Im glad he forgave me.