Mistaken Love ( #TheWattys2017)

Spanish For Dummies.

Above is a photo of Sandra Erinn.

"Okay on a scale of 1 to 10 how good is your Spanish?" I ask Sandra right after she takes her seat at my table.
"2.5"She replies uncertainly.
"Whoa. What's  tomorrow's test about? " I ask as the waitress clears the table off Lexi and I's feast.
"We had  a passage to read so it's  based on the passage. "
"Is the passage about the Lady on a bus who got lost? " I ask and she nods eagerly in agreement.
"Still the same passage huh. Well they change the questions  every year so. How much of the passage did you understand? "
"20 percent. " She says  before  covering her face with her hands
"Wow.  Okay so we'll  write out the passage  in English. You study it. I'll  test you in English. Then we do that with the Spanish Version okay? "
And with that we got to work.
Oh my gosh. Sandra is like the slowest person I know. She is pretty  but her brain doesn't  work when it comes to Spanish. She was on point with the English version but with the Spanish  version it was like she was another person. Finally  she managed to score 75 on the last test so I called it a day. Hopefully  with my tutoring she'd  pass tomorrow.
"Thank you so Much.  Tess. I kept you for so long. Which way are you heading? " She asked gathering her books.
"Oh you're  welcome. Towards Sapphire Estate, it's  about 4 blocks away. What  time is it?  My battery died. " I ask her as we  step out of Dreenas'
"Oh I'm  heading the opposite  way. It's  6:15pm."
"What?  Oh my gosh.  I have to go,  bye.  Good luck  tomorrow. "And with that I left Sandra standing in front of Dreenas'. Shoot. Today was Thursday. On Thursdays, Pete's Dad works till 9 at the Lumbering Firm so I cook for Pete and his little sister  Leslie. And today I'm  late,  15 minutes late. And my battery  is dead  so I can't  call Pete to let him know I'm  on my way. This is just great. I ran down the streets as fast as I can. My I can't  wait to get my license. Pete got his in March but his Dad is supposed  to be getting him a car later this month. Finally I reach our estate. I ran to Pete's house directly.
"Hey.  I'm  home. I'm  so sorry I'm  late. " I say panting as I enter the hall.I bend over trying to catch my breath.
"Tee. Where have you been? " Pete asks appearing from the kitchen
"Lexi and I were working I lost track of time. Where's  Leslie? " I ask making my way to the kitchen.
"L,  is in her room. She was waiting for you for a while and she started to get bored so I told her To go take a shower. She'll  be down soon. " He answered joining me in the kitchen.
"Okay. I'll  just get started. " I said as I started picking ingredients  for dinner. Leslie is probably  hungry I should cook something  easy. Great. I find some pasta in the cabinets and a bowl of gravy that Mr.Grant probably made. I check the cabinet  and mentally pat myself  on the back when I find a tin of luncheon meat. With all my ingredients  in place I get to work.
When my pasta is half way through , my Stew is being warmed in the microwave  and  my luncheon meat is being fried Leslie appears in the kitchen.
"Tess! " She shouts running to hug me.
"Hey you! " I say hugging her back. Leslie is 10 years old , she looks like her older  sister  Wendy rather than Pete with her bright blonde hair. She's  a sweet  girl. I've  known  her since since she was 2 and she's  grown wonderfully. She misses her mom a lot. She never takes of her mom's locket that her dad gave to her after her mum passed away. Leslie loves to swim and is constantly  dragging Pete and I to the pool. I love watching  her,  not just cause she is Pete's sister. But she is pretty fabulous  in her own way.