The plane ride to Palmera City was smooth the only reason Aurelia was left to be nervous was because she was meeting the Reyes family in person.
Hand in hand they make their way through the airport personal item and cary on luggage in hand. Aurelia thought she'd pack more than Jaime but turned out he packed two luggages, one that had to be checked in.
Before they head down to the carousel for the checked in bag Jaime leads them to the second floor balcony that let them see the city skyscrapers making him smile.
Palmera City is nothing like Gotham because for one the city was riddled with sunshine. And second the city they were looking at had ADs and signs lighting the building up that was very in your face capitalism
"It's very pretty," Aurelia smiles nervously for what's to come once they walk down the escalator and into the lobby. Looking up at Jaime he looked a bit nervous too making her want to make it all better, "You okay?"
"Yeah." Jaime nods squeezing her hand before brightly smiling "All right lets do this"
Riding the escalator down Jaime puts on a black graduation cap with a yellow tassel. Looking up at Aurelia who finally was taller than him because of the steps he asks, "How do I look, sunshine?"
"Other than in debt? Fucken adorable," Aurelia smiles moving the tassel to better frame his face
Walking over to pick up the rest of their luggage Aurelia takes off her jacket stuffing it in her backpack leaving her in a long sleeved off the shoulder shirt. Airports always felt cold but once you arrive to your desitnation all bets were off
In the arrival hall Jaime guides Aurelia towards his family who were facing each other rather than to see who was walking out. It wasn't until they were a few feet away that they could hear Milagro say, "Hope i can handle it"
"Handle what?" Jaime surprises the family who turn all of them joyfully at the sight of the eldest son yell their hello's
"The graduate is here!" Mr.Reyes smiles brightly at his son speaking in broken English and hugging him
"Y Aurelia!" Mrs. Reyes gushes reaching out to hug her hello taking Aurelia by surprise but none the less hugs back "Mija, it's so great you made it"
"Hola Rocio," Aurelia smiles glad to see how she looked out of a computer frame while doing the best to hide her hand tattoos by letting her sleeves extend to her knuckles. The day Rocio told Aurelia to call her by her first name was the day Aurelia knew she could not fuck up because that meant losing Rocio's trust
