Despacito • Marcus Armstrong

Falling in love with the track or with the boy?

- Marcus told us you were an only child, right? - Rick asked during the dinner, and Tita nodded.

- I think he sometimes wishes he was too - Angie laughed

- That's not true. I like Paris and Moses, I swear, but sometimes they're just too much. - Tita smiled with his response.

She always wanted to have, at least, another sibling, but unfortunately, that never happened. Most of her friends had, and sometimes she felt a little lonely because she had no one to talk to inside the family. Of course, she had her parents, but it was not the same.

- You don't even spend that much time with them now, you really shouldn't be like that - Rick reprimands him - But, Tita, they are looking forward to meeting you. Paris is your age, and I'm pretty sure you two will get along, and Moses, well, it's impossible to dislike him.

- Marcus is lucky to have them! - the girl commented - And I'm looking forward to meeting them too.

- If you want, you can adopt them, really, be my guest - the boy answered, trying to look serious, but they all end up laughing with his comment

The rest of the dinner was basically about anything but the qualification since Marcus parents knew he wasn't exactly satisfied with his result. After dinner, they went back to the hotel, and the parents got to their room, leaving Tita and Marcus to talk.

- Now that I'm already comfortable with your parents, I'm getting nervous about meeting your siblings.

- Oh, come on, Tita! Moses loves everyone and Paris will love to have someone to talk about college life, since I'm not exactly the right person to do it. She is doing media and communication!

- I don't think that made me more relaxed but thank you for the effort. - The girl laughed

- By the way, about what I was telling you before dine- He was interrupted, this time, with his phone ringing - Ah, man. Tita, I'm really sorry, but I still have to work some things out for tomorrow with the ART boys, can we talk in the morning?

- Of course, Marcus. Focus on what you have to, and we'll talk tomorrow. And since I'm not sure I'm seeing you before the race, good luck!

- Thank you, it means a lot - the boy answered with a big smile, hugging her, before going away.

Tita was, once again, relieved. She avoided the conversation with Marcus again. Yet, she decided it was time to think about it because the talk was going to happen anyway. When she got into her room, she called Catalina, her high school best friend. They weren't as close as they were in high school, but they still talked a lot, and she knew everything about Marcus.

- Hey, girl, how is Bahrain treating you so far? And how is Marcus treating you? - she asked with a smirk

- Don't be stupid, Cate. But I'm having a blast, this is entirely different than TV! - even through the screen, the friend could see Tita's eyes glowing; not being a motorsport fan herself, Cate found it funny

- Falling in love with the track or with the boy? - she teased - I want to know everything!

- Actually, that is why I was calling you - Cate got more serious, listening to Tita - I think Marcus is about to profess his love to me and I'm still not sure what I am feeling.

- How do you know that?

- The first time, he called me beautiful but before he could say anything else we got interrupted. And the second time, when he was about to continue, we got interrupted again.

- Well, what a timing. But my advice to you, friend, is to think about what he makes you feel. Do you like being with him? Is it close to anything you had with Manu or Andrés?

- It is completely different than my previous boyfriends, but that's also because he's a completely different person and the situation we got to know each other is entirely distinct.

- Yeah, I know. But you have to try to understand if the feelings are any near or not at all. If you feel like Marcus is more of a brother or a best friend or more like a lover.

- Thank you, Cate, you always have the best advice! - Tita said with joy - I'll think about it and I hope to come to a conclusion.

- You will, I'm sure. And, for what you told me since the beginning, I have my predictions, but I'll let you know when you made up your mind.

After the call, Tita didn't get much sleep, thinking about her relationship with Marcus, paying particular attention to what Cate had told her. Despite being very sleepy, Tita got up in the morning with a conclusion.

NA: A not so short one, to make up for the short one yesterday!