May to December

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I stole a line or two from the actual show.

EZ got Letty cleaned up and let her pass out in his bed while she waited for her father to return. It's not as though he minded. His bebita was exactly where he wanted, her in his bed. His only regret was that she was injured and in pain...and he wasn't with her. He would have given anything to crawl into best with her and just hold her close to him. He wanted her to know that she was worth more than she gave herself credit for, wanted her to know that he'd give her the world. If only he was allowed to.

EZ was seated on the couch, puffing on a joint, when his solitude was broken.

"EZ?"

He was a little lit, so Letty's appearance took him by surprise. "What's up, nena? You okay?"

Letty walked over and took a seat next to him. "I hurt more now than I did earlier."

EZ passed her the joint. "That tends to happen. The adrenaline keeps you from feeling the full effect of a beat down at first."

Letty took a few hits before passing the joint back. "Coco still not back yet?"

"Nah," EZ shook his head. "I would have let you know."

Letty began to nervously play with her hands in her lap. "EZ, I did this to myself," she mumbled.

EZ's reaction may have been a tick or two delayed because he was stoned, but he still managed to jump to his feet. "What the fuck is the matter with you?"

Letty seemingly ignored his anger. "You have to call him. He's going to kill her."

"Of course he is," EZ snapped. "What the fuck did you think was going to happen?"

Letty's indifferent mask fell, and tears started to pool in her brown eyes. "I just wanted to get away from her. I couldn't take it anymore. Either I starved, or that bitch made me sell myself like a puta. I thought being near Coco would make things a little better, but every time he gave me anything, she took it."

EZ had known that Coco had caught Letty doing porn, but he had assumed that she had done it of her own free will as an act of rebellion. He hadn't known that she had no choice. A switch inside him seemed to flip.

"Come here," he reached out and gently grasped her wrist. Careful of her injuries, he pulled her over to sit beside him and wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug. "It's gonna be okay."

"How?" Letty sobbed into his chest. "Coco's going to hate me when he finds out what I did."

"He's not gonna find out," EZ vowed. "This is gonna stay between the two of us. He doesn't need to know."

It's not as though EZ didn't live with secrets every minute of the damn day anyway. What was one more? EZ was starting to realize that for Letty, he was willing to do just about anything.