Living in the Past

Chapter 12

Esteban's Dream 

(He was about 10 in this part of the story). It was a bright sunny morning, and his family had decided to go for picnic on the beach. His Tia, had told the royal chef to prepare all of their favorites, while the whole family was getting ready. They all went to the beach, and him and Elena ran straight into the ocean, and started playing. Uncle Raul brought baby Isa to the shore because she wanted to see what was happening. After some time Isa fell asleep, and Uncle Raul took Isa and gave her to Tia. Then he came in the ocean, and played with us. 

"AHHHHH, I am a big huge Sea Monster!" said Tio. 

Me and Elena started laughing at that. "I am going to EAT you!" he said, and started chasing us, and we ran away from him laughing. 

Then he caught up to us and carried us on his shoulders, still pretending to be a monster. We played like this for a while, until Abuela called us to come back and eat. We went back dried ourselves and started eating. We talked about different things, till we finished our food. Then Tia brought out the dessert. "TRES LECHES!!!" me, abuelo, and Tio shouted. It was our favorite after all. The girls started laughing at this, even Isa. 

"Yes, Tres Leches, we know how much the three of you love it, especially Esteban. " Abuela said and gave me a piece. "mmhmm" I replied, and Abuela chuckled a bit. 

After everyone started eating, Elena asked Abuelo to tell us a story. So he started telling us a story about a young man, and his adventures. It was so cool. 'I wanna be grow up and be like him one day ' I thought.  After some time, we all went home, after a whole day of fun, we were all exhausted. So we all went to sleep. 

***Time Skip***

It was almost Christmas , and Esteban, Victor and his friends had planned to go on a trip to France, but as usual his family had a problem with everything he wanted to do. 

"You are not going anywhere Esteban , you are only 15." his Tia said. 

"Exactly, I am 15, I am not a little kid anymore." I replied. It was so stupid, he was not a kid, he should be allowed to do whatever he wanted. 

" Ok, even if you are not a kid, it is Navidad time, family is supposed to be together at Navidad." his Tio added. 

"We have spent Navidad together all these years, it shouldn't be such a big deal if I spend it with my friends this year. You guys are acting like if we spend one Navidad apart, all hell's going to break loose." I replied. 

"I don't care, what you think Esteban, you are not going anywhere, especially not around Navidad. Now, I don't want any discussion about this until after the New Year. Then maybe you can go." abuela said. 

"Yes, mijo I agree with your abuela. Abuelo said. 

"This is unbelievable." I said, and stormed out to my room. 

His mind went to other flashbacks, him sneaking out and going to France after a few months. His family grounding him for 6 months because of that. Then it went to Shuriki, and how she attached their ally. How he told his Tio not to go fight her, but he refused to listen to any reason. His alliance with Shuriki, and his Tia and Tio dying. 

Them coming back and blaming him, along with the rest of him family. Them calling him a traitor. 

Esteban woke up panting. 'Another nightmare' he thought. 

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