Perceive

Yee Haw....Here We Come.

26th March, 2016.
Now, why am I mentioning a date. That's coz, it's hot.....like Satan's Ass hot. I was barely wearing clothes. A spaghetti strapped top and my favourite topped shorts. And yet, I felt taking off that too.
Tia was asleep, a little nudity wouldn't kill anyone. Before, I could take off my top, came a sleepy, irritable, voice," No te lleves eso chica estupída! Gracias, a tu padre, tu piel no se broncea, se quema idiota!"( Don't take that off stupid girl! Thanks to your father,your skin doesn't tan,it burns.)
" Oh vamos, es tan malditamente caliente!"( Oh come on, it so damn hot.)
" Guys...come on, don't get cranky on me...Cass you know better than losing your cool.." Adrian turned around from the passenger seat and grinned at me. "Sides, we're stopping soon. Hopefully, the hotel is going to be better. It's your turn to drive next if you know what I mean".
What we had done to protect ourselves in the car, was, that one person, me or Gia, would sit upfront and drive, the rest of us, were distributed, in the middle seat and backseat under a blanket. Now the kind of relationship I had with Adri wasn't a secret, so tia decided to sit with me at the back where the heat was the worst, and put Adri in the middle seat, to give us distance. Like that would help. Once we hit the hotel, I would bunk up with him anyway.
The motel we reached, was a cheap skate off the highway motel. Nothing great, but would do for the next 24 hours. We couldn't drive constantly, so a days gap would give us a chance to recuperate.
As soon as I locked the motel rooms door behind me, two arms wrapped around my waist, and Adri nuzzling my neck. It wasn't sexy, in the same way anymore. More intimate, than anything else. It was honestly cute.
We stood like that for a while. Adri then backed up onto the bed, and pulled me along with him.
"Cass,...where are we going with this?...I know it's a bad time but, I want more. I love you, and I'm hoping you do too..."
He's so cute when he's being honest!
" Adri, right now it's dangerous. But one fine day, it won't be. And I swear by whatever I believe in, I'll find you that day, and I'll never let you go, provided your feelings are still place for me."
He locked eyes with me, and proceeded to kiss me, like there was no tomorrow. The next few hours involved alot of oohs and aahs...and well everything else that's involved in back breaking levels of sex.
I was in heaven, but it was too early to celebrate. There was a frantic rapping on my door. Great, those bloody room service guyies are going to be exterminated one day. Turns out, I have really bad luck, or someone up above hates me. Because the room service people, well they don't exactly carry 9mm Heckler and Cock pistols. Neither do they tend to threaten your abuela, in front of you.
My reaction, well now that was some class level killing. But we first we must give our goons, names. Names are extermely important to me. Like the first goon, was Baboon 1, and consecutively the goons were baboons 2,3&4 respectively. I wrestles the pistol out of baboon 1's hand. And shot three and four in the face. Two was being expertly dismantled and shaken for information, by my dear old abuela. No one in their right mind could ever think, poor old lady. Even my abuela carried a certain amount of respect wherever she went. But this idiot thought he could get an upper hand over her. Well too bad. She finally shot him smack between the eyes, and that too twice, in the same place. Did I tell you she's a great shot, and she taught me how to shoot when I was a partially innocent 12 year old?
Yeah, in most families, family wisdom, is stories from the Gita, or Bible or information that'll help you live a better life. My family, she taught me how to survive. Shooting, cooking and running when necessary. That's my family's teachings. Amazing isn't it!
I knew that there were more where these baboons came from so I hastily packed, got Adri out from inside the closet, and got everybody out on the road. Driving away would be safe for now.
At any point, keeping only two members visible was important. So even if two of us die, two would carry on. I could see how this plan was flawed, but in so far, it was the best one we'd had and agreed on.
It was about six more hours of driving, till we reached Austin. So I put Adri and abuela, in the back, and Gia, sat upfront with me.
" Sandy, are you alright? It couldn't have been easy, to see tià fight like that."
" What choice did I have? She shot him before I could do anything or get information out of that asshole."
" Seriously, how are you coping? I mean I know we were both pretty close to tia, but finding out that she's your actual abuela, that couldn't have been an easy pill to swallow, yet you don't seem to be fazed at all. It's as if nothing could ever surprise you, ever since you were a kid..."
"Honestly, Gigi, somewhere I knew deep down, I had a deeper connection with tià than I could percieve, or comprehend. And then I find this out, about my ancestral family, I wasn't surprised, infact it was like someone was telling me, what I already knew about myself. Initially, it was tough. I didn't know why, your dad had particularly targeted me. I did know, that it was much deeper than a boy's obsession. And as far nothing surprising me is concerned, I can't explain it, but it's just there. Usually I'm so observant, that it's easy for me to track the future according to what I can see happening now."
" Sandy, I don't know what I'd do without you, really."
It was a peaceful moment, between us. The fact that I could now openly discuss my abilities with my best friend was calming in a way. Little did I know, it was a calm before the storm.