May to December

Chapter Six

It took EZ and Letty a week to get moved into the new house because it was unfurnished. All of EZ's furniture was built into his trailer. It wasn't like he could pack it up and take it with him. Letty hadn't wanted to keep anything from Celia's apartment besides her clothes and a few odds and ends. They hit up every discount furniture store in Santo Padre to furnish the house. They had been able to save some money because his dad had given them both a couch and a kitchen table. His pops had been pleased by the fact that EZ was settling down with such a 'sweet young woman.' Of course, they had been very careful to avoid mentioning Letty's age. It wouldn't have sat right with his old man.

It was their first night in the new house and Angel and Coco had just left after spending most of the day helping to move and assemble furniture. EZ sat on the worn, black leather couch, channel surfing when Letty appeared in the doorway carrying two open beers. She moved to sit beside him and handed him on of the longnecked bottles, keeping one for herself.

"You know you're not old enough to have that" he teased her. He'd be a hypocrite to tell her that she couldn't drink when he's been drinking since he was younger than her. Not to mention the fact that he smoked weed with her on a regular basis.

"I'm not old enough to be your girlfriend either," Letty shot back as she took a sip out of her bottle.

"No, but you're old enough to be my old lady," EZ smirked at her. "You're mine, that's all that matters to me."

Letty pouted as she moved to cuddle into his side. "No fair being sweet to win at verbal judo."

EZ laughed. "Verbal judo?"

"It's from a show that I watched when I was a kid."

"What show?"

"I'm not saying," Letty laughed and shook her head. "You'll laugh at me. It was so cheesy, and my first crush was on the villain."

EZ wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "I don't know," his tone was once again teasing. "Smallville was pretty good until Lex left the show. And you weren't the only girl who had a crush on him back in the day. It sure explains a lot about you though."

Letty leaned forward to set her beer on the steamer trunk that they were using as a coffee table. Then she turned towards him and smacked his shoulder. "Why did you ask when you already knew?"

EZ shot her a charming smile. "Because I like learning about you."

"And yet you don't like having sex with me."

Wonderful. This argument again.

"We've never had sex," EZ corrected her. "That doesn't mean that I don't want to."

Knowing how much Letty had been used for her body and sex, EZ had decided to hold off on the sexual part of their relationship. He'd told her that he wanted to wait until her 18th birthday in December.

"Look, Letty," he continued. "I'm not going to apologize for respecting your honor. You mean everything to me. There isn't a woman on earth who could turn my head away from you, hermosa."

"I don't have any honor left," Letty looked down at her lap and bit her bottom lip.

"You've made mistakes but that has nothing to do with your honor," EZ shook his head. "I'm glad you're not perfect. It's fake as shit. I've had perfect before. She aborted my kid when I was first locked up and then married and had a kid with the head of a drug cartel."

Letty's head shot up in shock at his words.

"Imperfect is perfect." He reached up and cupped her cheek. "I love you, Letitia, and when I finally do make love to you, you're gonna be secure in that fact. Until then, we're not doing anything. It's gonna kill me, but you're worth it."