"Isai Esperanza Sandoval!", my mom yelled as I walked into the house. I had just gotten home from working with Reggie and Xavier at The Warehouse. It was about to be 1 o'clock.
"It wasn't me!", I yelled back thinking I was in trouble and not sure where in the house she was.
"I know damn well you aren't yelling at me, Jessie.", she says in a serious tone as she walked out of the kitchen.
"I wasn't trying to be disrespectful, Mom. I swear."
"I'm just messing with you, kiddo.", she replies with a smile on her face.
"Oh. So did you need something?", I asked.
"Yeah I was gonna ask you to do me a favor. Are you going to the shop today?", she asked me as she sat down on the couch to fold some laundry she must've done earlier.
"Yup like at 3. Cruz told me that there was only a few cars that needed touch ups today.", I replied walking into the kitchen to get some water.
"I need you to go drop these clothes off to Dolores. I found them when we were cleaning out the attic.", she says as I come out of the kitchen.
"They're about her youngest's size, no?", she asks holding up a pair of pants for me to see.
"Yeah I think they'll fit him.", I respond after taking a drink of my water.
"Where's your brother?", she asks realizing I came home alone.
"Which one? Xavier?," I walk into the kitchen to wash my glass, "He and Reggie went to the hardware store to pick up some material we needed real quick and were gonna go to the gym right after."
"Oh okay", I could hear her shifting around in the living room, "I'm gonna leave the clothes in this bag on the couch. Don't forget them. I have to go to the grocery store and then go pick up the kids from school."
"Okay." I call out from the kitchen.
"Don't forget the clothes!", she says as she's going out the door. I hear the door close behind her. Walking out of the kitchen, I hear her already pulling out of the driveway. I figure I can head over to Dolores' house and visit with her until I have to go to work. I get my keys out of my backpack and grab the green bag of clothes from the couch. It's lighter than I expected.
I walk out of the house, lock the door behind me, and head down the street in the direction of my best friend's casa. Dolores is my best friend Cruz's stepmom. She's really nice and treats me like one of her kids.
It's about a 10 minute walk and get there before I know it. I see that their mail has already been delivered, so I decide to take it in for them. I grab it and put it on top of the clothes in the bag. I open the gate, walk up to the front door, and knock.
To my surprise, Paco, one of Dolores' sons and one of my best friends, opens the door.
"Oh hey Paco. Is your mom here?", I ask trying not to seem surprised. It's not like I didn't expect him to be here. I mean he lives here. But, it's just that it's him. Paco Aguilar. El Gallo Negro. I've liked him forever. Correction: I've been in love with him forever.
"I mean she is, but wouldn't you rather talk to me, ruca?, he asks smugly, with that stupid smirk on his face.
"No, not really. I just came by because my mom told me to bring this bag over to Dolores. So wipe that smirk off your face, Aguilar" I reply. He smiles at my comment.
"Alright but she's talking to my tia right now. And it's a mess in the living room right now, so let's go around and through the back door.", he informs me.
"Okay", I say as he steps out of the doorway and closes the door.
"Whatcha got there?", he asks curiously looking at the bag in my hands.
"Oh umm it's clothes for your little brother.", I answer as we walk along the side of the house.
"Oh.", he responds putting his hands in his pockets.
"Jess." he says stopping about halfway to the door, looking down at the ground.
"Yeah?", I ask turning to him, confused.
"This smirk is pretty much permanent.", he says looking up and moving closer to me.
"Tell me about it.", I say looking up to meet his eyes.
"I plan to." he replies as he brings his hands to my sides and pushes me up against the side of the house softly.
"Paco what" is all I can say before his lips are on mine. Surprised, I drop the bag.
Oh shit! Paco's kissing me! Am I dreaming?
I realized that I wasn't dreaming right when Paco pulled away, his hands rubbing up and down my sides.
"Kiss me back, Jess", he whines.
I smile, grab his head, and bring his lips back down to mine, happily obliging. He kisses back, pulling me closer to him. I wrap my arms around his neck, in effort to do the same. I can't believe this is actually happening. I don't want it to end, but sadly it has to.
I pull away smiling up at him. He pouts in return.
"Aw look at El Gallo Negro pouting." I say messing with him.
"Hey hey El Gallo Negro doesn't pout and if you tell anyone that I pout, I'll never kiss you again." he replies.
"But, it's cute." I say to him as he reaches down grabbing the bag I dropped.
"Besides who am I gonna tell anyway?", I add as he hands me the bag.
He smirks," No one if you ever want me to again."
I roll my eyes at him, smiling to let him know I'm only pretending to be annoyed.
"C'mon, I need to leave this for your mom and get to the shop by 3." I say as I start walking away.
"Oh and here's your mail." handing it to him.
We get to the back door and Paco opens it for me, like a gentleman. We hear Dolores talking to someone. Walking into the room, we see that Miklo, Paco's cousin, is there. Paco pulls me out of the room and tells me for me to go ahead without him because he's gonna sneak up on Miklo.
I walk into the room, "Hola Dolores! Here's the clothes my mom sent," I say handing her the bag.
"Oh thank you, mija." she says as she takes the bag from me.
"Look who's here, Jessie.", Dolores tells me gesturing to her nephew.
"Oh hey Miklo. I didn't realize it was you.", I tell him so not to mess up Paco's plan.
Miklo nods his head, "What's up, Jess?
"Mijo's back and he's gonna be staying with us." Dolores informs me.
"Oh really? That's cool." I say. I start making small talk with them and ask if Cruz's home. I knew he wasn't, but I figured that it would give Paco the chance to sneak up on Miklo.
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(A/N)
Okay, so there's some Paco/Jess action. They're not together at the moment. Paco has always tried to kind of flirt with Jess in like a teasing/friendly way, but this is a first. Paco just kind of wanted to start something I guess. I'm gonna have them talk about their feelings at some point and it'll probably be awkward for them.
Anyways, I stopped here so that I can get the conversation from the movie right and tweak it so that it fits the story. So that means I get to watch the movie. Yay! It's 3 hrs long. *cries*
But, in the meantime while I do that you can check out my other story if you want. Thanks for reading.
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A Toda Madre O Un Desmadre (A Blood In Blood Out Fanfiction)
Fanfic18 year old Isai a.k.a Jessie Sandoval has just graduated and is a Chicana artist living in East Los Angeles with her family. Her best friend Cruz and most of her other friends are part of a gang called Vatos Locos. She tries to stay out of trouble...