she loves me, she loves me not

Chapter 27: Jackie Chan

"you gotta tell her. C'mon Mari"

"Gloria she's fucking in love with this girl"

Maritza says.

"oh c'mon chica, you know she talking 'bout you"

Gloria says while rolling her eyes to the back of her head.

"no, I don't fucking now a'aight! I don't understand our fucking relationship Gloria, sometimes we're friends. Sometimes we're more then friends. The shit is confusing."

Maritza says a little louder then she anticipated.

"please, Maritza. Just try. Imagine if you are the girl, don't you think it would be worth it?"

Gloria says trying her best to encourage Maritza to take the first step.

"well, yeah but-"

Maritza starts but doesn't get to finish her sentence as Gloria cuts her off.

"but nothing Mari, c'mon you know she'll accept that you're gay and she'll have no fucking idea that she's the girl, she thinks you're out of her league"

Gloria continues.

"Gloria..."

she says as she lets out a sigh.

"just try? please"

Gloria says grabbing the small Latina's hands in hers and gives them a light squeeze.

"you 2 got real feelings for each other, Mari you gotta fight for her. At least you gotta try"

"no promises"

Maritza says slightly biting her lower lip.

"ok. Oh she coming."

Gloria says as she sees Flaca coming from the back of the kitchen.

"hey, you ok chica. Cause of tonight?"

Gloria asks with a huge smirk on her face.

"nervous, you know everything?"

Flaca asks with a confused look.

"yeah, it's okay I didn't tell her what you got planned. Did you get the note from Mac?"

Gloria asks concerned.

"yes, I did"

Flaca says giving her a nervous smile.

"chill mami ok? you got everything planned out, you'll be fine just let her get some rest, cuz she got the night shift and you know if she tired..."

Gloria says but doesn't continue the sentence as Maritza was standing next to her.

"oh shit. I actually didn't think about that, she's gonna be tired"

Flaca says with a little frown looking at Mari who was really fucking confused.

"not if she gets some rest before, you don't have to clean today okay chica? just chop some vegetables for tomorrow."

She says turning her gaze towards Maritza.

Maritza simply nods in agreement, not making eye contact with any of them. Instead she just looked at the ground and played with a strand of her hair.

"now off you go, shift is over. Go get some sleep ok? you gotta a lot to talk about"

Gloria continues still looking at the small Latina while arching her left eyebrow.

They made their way out of the kitchen and into their cube and both sat on the edge of Flaca's bunk.