Cuando Volveras

Chapter 14

Rosa's POV

"Men are idiots. As a man myself, I am confident to accept the fact that I, myself, am an idiot as well. But honestly, Rosa, you gotta be honest with yourself as well. Is this something you actually want? Or are you just running back because it's familiar territory?" Anthony asks, making me roll my eyes.

"You speak better in your music, NOT about my personal problems." I slur, losing the ability to control my words.

My immense head pounding wakes me up, the bright sunshine of the morning nearly blinding me.

Where the fuck am I??

Quickly realizing that I was not in my house, I stand up from the bed, registering what happened the other night.

Looking around within the bed sheets, I finally find my phone, almost with no charge left.

Shit, it's almost 12, I got to get home.

Opening my phone, I had three unread messages, one from Natalia, Anthony and Mikey.

Anthony: Remember what we talked about last night!! Good luck 👍🏽

Bro what the hell did we even talk about?!?

Leaving Anthony's message on seen, I read what Natalia sent.

Nati💕: Good morning, sleeping beauty😂 espero que estas bien después de ese jumó Lmaoo, but I left to work so please lock up the house when you're about to leave, good luck with Mikey later today❤️

Ugh, what would I do without her?

But Mikey's message was the one that really caught my eye.

Mikey: Buenas, Rosaría 🙂 I hope you slept well, I'm excited to see you later today, I'll be at the café at 1:00 😁

Immediately, I jump off the bed and run to grab my keys and bag, dashing out of Natalia's apartment.

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Waiting patiently for Mikey, I drink the water that the waitress left for me. As I was making sure my outfit looked good, fixing my blue headband I had on, there was still no sign of him.

I hope this fucker didn't ditch this date. Is this a date? Meeting? Appointment? I don't even know what the hell he wants.

What do I even want out of this?

My mind takes me to last night. Well, whatever bits and pieces I could remember.

"All I'm saying is that you hear him out. We're not the same teenagers from 10 years ago, Rosa. Hear what he has to say and you determine how to go on from there." Anthony speaks, giving Natalia the side eye.

Natalia smiles in agreement and puts her hand on my arm.

"Yeah, I know you you guys had such a rough patch, but maybe you could forgive him. And I'm not saying that you should get back together with him, but you could forgive and move on."

"And if we're being honest here, you can do so much better than that bodega, amor. Just because your family passed it down doesn't mean you're obligated to do it. Study, or go into a business that you can actually enjoy. The point I'm trying to make is to leave the past in the past and focus on your future."