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Chapter 33: He's Not Your Man

Adriana's phone rang showing she had an incoming call from Jay so she answered it. "Hey, is everything okay?"

"Yeah. Everything's fine. I just talked to Crystal and she wants me to ask you something. I think you're going to say no but I'm going to ask anyway."

"What is it?" She highly doubted Crystal could really want anything she would say no to. She really loved his sister and they were really close. Crystal was always on her side when it came to Jay. She was actually wondering why she hadn't asked her herself.

"Well, her boss gave her all day park tickets for Disneyland and California Adventure and she wanted to see if it was okay if we could take the kids." he paused. "She wanted you to go too but I'm sure that's out of the question."

"Is that it? Why would I say no to you guys taking them or going? As long as you don't think this means anything for us I'm okay with that." Adriana said.

"Adri, the passes are for tomorrow so that would mean Santana would miss school." He ignored the last statement she had made.

"Jay, you know how I feel about him missing school." she said now realizing why he thought she would say no.

"I know, I know. Trust me, I do. But it's just one day. I'll pick up his school work. He's still a little kid baby, missing one day is not going to hurt him. Jordan is going, his mom already said he can go."

That didn't surprise her. Jordan's mom was always having him miss school for no reason at all. "Don't call me baby!" She didn't say anything else, she thought it over for a minute.

"I'm sorry about that. Please Adri, let them come. Like I said, I know you coming is out of the question because you have to work. But would it really be that bad for him to miss ONE day of school?"

"Fine Jay! I'll drop them back off in the morning." Jay was right. Him missing one day wasn't going to hurt.

"Just let them stay here. No point in making the drive. I'll take them to you when we leave the park or you can meet us up there if you want and that way you can spend some time with them at the park too. She has that extra pass so it won't cost you anything." He knew he was pushing it by asking her to come even if it was after work but it didn't hurt to try not that she had agreed to let them go.

Adriana thought it over for a minute. She really missed them and wanted to see them but he was right. There was no need to make the drive just to turn around and bring them back a few hours later. "Okay. Fine. I'll text you when I'm there so you guys can meet me up front. You're right, one day won't hurt. They deserve this and I know your sister and mom would love them to be there."

"Wow! That was easier than I thought!" Jeremiah thought to himself. "Great! Thanks Adri! We'll see you tomorrow. I'll make sure they call you later to say goodnight." he said.

"Thanks Jay." She hung up the phone and saw Tori was staring at her. "What?"

"What was that about?"

"Nothing. His sister wants to take them to Disneyland tomorrow so they're gonna stay with him again. I'm gonna meet them up there after work."

"So that means your free tonight. Maybe you should text you know who and tell him you can make it." Tori said excitedly.

"No. That would be weird. I already told him I couldn't make it. I'll just see him another time Tori."

Tori rolled her eyes. "Fine! I had to try."

Manuel and Luis strolled in from the operations area and walked up to Adriana.