Juliantina

Lupe Knows

When she first saw her daughter busy fixing a dress, she became worried. Not because the old bitter lady, Milagros, might get angry at Juliana for using her old and rusty sewing machine, but because she knows her daughter is excited about something.

Something she's not sure if its a good or bad thing.

Juliana has a gift of making old clothes into something new and fashionable. Lupe is so proud of her daughter's sewing skills and she loves seeing her in her little bubble whenever she's creating something incredible.

But never had she seen her make a dress this eagerly for herself, even risking their current accommodation just for the sake of making a new blouse.

When Juliana starts to mention about a certain friend, Lupe fears that it would be a very bad idea especially with the Narcos continously hunting them. Scared for her only daughter's safety, she feels a bit uneasy with it.

Maybe it could be that she's not just used to Juliana talking about a friend or a potential boyfriend too. Some times she wonders if her daughter lacks social skills but also knew that was nonsense since Juliana is loved by every one they know in San Antonio.

And then she mentions her friend's name Valentina and Lupe saw how her daughter's face lights up. Her first thought was maybe this is not a bad idea after all. Juliana deserves to look this happy.

The second time she heard the name Valentina, Lupe was intrigued by the girl.

What could be so interesting about the other girl that her daughter looks so hooked spending so much time with her new friend. First the dress and now a necklace, and not just an ordinary necklace, a thin gold necklace chain that must have cause them their six months rent or more. Luoe begins to wonder so she asked Juliana about her.

And she was surprised to say the least, her daughter spoke of this Valentina like she is this fragile and yet most adorable girl in the world. Lupe knew that her daughter is having a little girl crush on her friend but she keeps quiet. Because the truth is, she likes seeing her daughter this genuinely happy.

It is true that third time's a charm because she finally met the mysterious Valentina. She saw how quickly Juliana changed from being upset to happy and giggly in just few seconds.

Lupe knows that a certain gorgeous lady who is currently standing in the middle of the kitchen with a whole apple pie in her hands has a lot to do about it.

She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw how pretty her daughter's friend is.

No wonder her daughter was so smitten to this Valentina. She looks like a model from a magazine, and talking to her made Lupe realized how kind and beautiful she is. And now she knows, Juliana deserves a friend like Valentina.

The next time she saw Valentina, they were on the street selling lottery tickets. The rich sweet girl came up to her daughter from the other side of the street with a young man following her. From where Lupe is standing, she could see that he is handsome but a bit hesitant to approach Juliana.

When Juliana asked for permission to eat lunch with her friends, Lupe smiled. Maybe she was wrong after all and was just thinking too much from Juliana and Valentina's friendship.

But that night, Lupe knew her assumptions was right that her daughter is crushing on someone. She could see herself as Juliana dreamily tells her how her day went. It was like when she was telling her mother about her first date with Panchito.

But to her surprise, Juliana had spent the day with Valentina and not with that young guy named Sergio.

Its funny how her daughter is so oblivious from distinguishing a date. Juliana was so clueless and its very cute.