One and the Same

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Cynthia approached her daughter, -'What are you up to?' She asked, looking into the laptop, -'Answering some mails and doing exercises', Cynthia squinted, -'What exercises', -'Kegel....for a tight vagina, you just can't tell' Cynthia laughed and went into the kitchen, -'So after Lukas gets here will y'all go into vacation or-', -'Yeah, Asia I think...he's always wanted to go to Japan and China and such', -'Great, you two work so hard you need a break huh!', -'I mean I'm fine, I'm not tired or anything I just wanna let go of some things that-that have happened', Cynthia could almost see a dark cloud setting over her daughter, -'You'll figure it out, he'll be back soon'.

Maria ran into Lopez's arms crying, she put the little kennel with Tux in it on a counted and kissed her boyfriend, -'I missed you' she cried, while he tried to dry her tears. Maria looked up into his eyes, she was feeling truly miserable and let down by her father, if she could even call him that, -'I missed you too, bug', the girl chuckled and sighed deeply, -'I feel...all kinds of things, feels like I've been gone forever', -'Yeap, exactly. Wanna go home?', she suddenly froze in horror, 'Not yet' she said quickly, grabbing Tux's kennel, -'I'm scared of my mom. If she's even there', -'Miss Stefani is a great person and so loving I doubt  she-', -'I have never tried her like this before so WHO knows what mood she's in'.

Lopez was driving Maria to their favorite mexican food joint, which was owned by his parents, -'Like I can imagine her yelling at me, you know how she gets, like she just wants to stab me or something', Lopez chuckled, 'Yeah, I do know...how's Tux back there', -'He's asleep after his tuna, he was such a good boy all this time I raised him right', Lopez shook his head, -'You wanna eat here in the car or?', -'Yeah go order me some carnitas and also bring hot sauce and an elotee, or however you call that corn cob thing-', -'Elote...okay I'll be right back'.

Lopez held Maria's hand as they sat on the top of the car to enjoy mexican food looking at the orange sunset sky. Tux woke up from his nap and peeked out the car window, Maria grabbed him and kept him inside her coat, feeding him a piece of meat, -'It was very traumatizing baby. Just...my mom was right all along. She's right a lot of times but I just didnt wanna believe her this time...but she was right', Lopez could see her eyes watering. Her green and gold accents shimmering through the watery fluid, -'I'm sorry it had to be like this...I dont know what to say', -'You dont have to say anything...I'll talk to her about it, face her and forget about it. Robin promised me he would visit me, he and some of the kids but- I guess I just wanted a normal family. A normal life', -'You've never talked to me about wanting a normal life', Maria sighed deeply and had a bite of the carnita, -'My mom was very young when she had me. A teen. So first of all, my whole life as a baby revolved around the fact that she-she graduated high school while she was like seven months pregnant, and she had to face all these adversities to sustain me as a baby. Grandpa kicked her out of the house so she could learn a lesson, so she's told me she had to pay rent and all that shit, and she had done drug jobs here and there just to have a roof where to sleep, right?', Lopez nodded, offering her a sip of lemon ice tea, which she accepted, -'And then she was twenty two and that pop song came out and boom. Mind you, I was like five back then. I was a baby and mom would leave for weeks...and that's how it's been ever since. It's always been me, her and her work. Like a three people relationship. OH! And the fucking money, sometimes that's all people want from me. Like in this case. My own father'.

Gaga was working on some guitar arrangements in the living room when she heard a car dropping someone on the sidewalk. She heard the gate open and the sound of feet walking towards the door, -'Who in the fuck' she asked herself out loud, dropping the pencil and peeking out the window.
Her heart stopped for a second, she gasped and started crying immediately as her daughter walked in for a hug.