cruel summer | PEDRI GONZALEZ

[4] masia kids

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MARISOL's POV

"voy a salir con ansu, gavi, y balde hoy. (i'm going out with ansu, gavi, and balde today)" i say at breakfast, trying not to gag at ciro spitting his bacon out onto the plate right in front of me. "diviértanse pues. (have fun then)" my dad passes behind me and pats my back before sitting down for his own breakfast.

"ciro, para de comer como cerdo! (stop eating like a pig!)"

bless my mom for taking the plate away from him.

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that is probably the loudest honks ever and i'm surprised it didn't tear the whole house down.

i look out my window just to see ansu's head out the sunroof. "your ride's here!"

i laugh at him, close my window, get my purse and i'm out my bedroom only to bump into mateo. "puedo ir contigo, mari? (can i go with you, mari?)" i don't know why he's putting on an act like he didn't yell into my ear last time i said no. "tal vez otro dia (maybe another day), okay?"

"pero mari! (but mari!)" what'd i say? he's even following me down the stairs.

it isn't until thiago calls him over because my mom made fresa con crema. "save me some!" i say at the door and he sticks his tongue out at me. "diablo. (devil)" i whisper and the biggest smirk plants on his face. "mira quién habla! (look who's talking!)"

i can't believe i'm arguing with my seven year old brother.

i finally shut the door and head down to them. "i'm so confused right now." gavi says as soon as i meet them. "about?"

"how is it that you guys found a house already?"

well the move wasn't sudden. we had a month to find a place. the real question is... "how is it that you guys got through the front gates?" it's a gated community, there's just no way. "we had to show ID, duh." i guess that sums it up.

they usher me to get in but the biggest shocker was gavi in the driver seat. "since when do you drive?"

"it's been a week, don't flatter him." balde says from the back. "it's been a week and you guys are trusting him to drive us?!" maybe i should drive. "i'm not gonna crash! why does everyone think this?!"

"because on your driving instructors post he said you guys had scares along the way."

"no way he said that!" i couldn't stop laughing trying to put on my seatbelt while he pulled out the driveway. "you confuse the break and gas pedal once."

"you sure you don't wanna let ansu drive?"

"no!" well if he says so. "okay but seriously, what's the plan before i drive in circles?" yeah we didn't really plan anything out, did we? "honestly, we could just stroll around this community and house shop for our future homes." as fun as that sounds, i actually wanna do something.

"i say we rent a boat."

we all slowly turn to ansu and he looks at us weirdly like he didn't give an even weirder idea.