Curious

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I squeeze through the crowd that has formed with all of this shouting. "What is going on?" I ask in horror, staring between Juan and Oscar.

They both ignore me. "This is the bitch you cheated on my sister with?" Oscar shouts, a few mere inches away from Juan's face.

"I didn't cheat on her! We've moved past that! It's none of your fucking business either, man! Stay out of it." Juan shouts back with a slight slur before shoving him.

Knowing that Oscar won't hesitate to smash Juan's face in with one simple punch I'm quick to jump in between them, "No!" I Shout separating Oscar from Juan before he can manage to throw a punch, "He's drunk. Don't do this, Oscar." I plead with a shaky voice. His eyes never meet mine. They stay fixated on Juan.

Juan moves me out of the way, "I don't need you to protect me." he jabs his finger into Oscar's chest, hard which almost makes me jump in front of him again. I've seen what my bother can do to somebody if they really push his buttons. It's not pretty. "You need to stay the fuck out of my relationship with Adrianna. Her and I both know that she's forgiven me. I don't know what she's doing here!" he shouts pointing an accusing finger at Maricella who is just standing there, fear in her eyes.

"I- I just came here to wish Juan a happy birthday." she says nervously.

I ignore her. "Look Oscar, he's drunk. Please, can we just leave that stupid kiss behind us?" I plead. "I'm over it. I swear." I whisper.

"Yeah, okay. You're lucky my sister is talking me out of beating your ass." he says giving Juan the death stare.

Juan scoffs, "As if I couldn't take you." my eyes widen at his confident statement. He can't take him. Not while he's this wasted at least.

Before I know it, Oscar lunges at Juan, throwing a forceful punch to Juan's right eye, knocking him right to the floor. Marlli is on the floor next to her son in a second. "I-I think it's best if everybody leaves." she says in a shaky voice. I know she specifically means my brothers though.

Everybody quickly grabs their things and in a matter of seconds the house is empty. I forcefully grab Oscar by the arm, "Grab your things." I say in a clipped tone. All three boys grab their bags and start for the door.

The second we reach the car that should be waiting for them, I explode. "What the hell is your problem?! I asked you to please forget about that stupid kiss!" I shout at Oscar. Mark and Joel just quietly stand there. "You know that wasn't a fair fight. He's drunk. If you wanted to pick a fight with him you should have at least waited until he was sober." I shake my head in disgust before I shove him with all of the force I have in me. It doesn't do much but it still unbalances him.

He exhales an angry breath, "He obviously knew she was going to be here. He invited that girl here to chea—"

I cut him off, "We had just patched things up before this party started Oscar!" I shout. "Why would he invite her to cheat on me?" I ask in annoyance. "You know what? Just because you got cheated on doesn't mean it's going to happen to me! The kiss that Juan shared with that girl was one sided. He didn't initiate anything. Whether or not I forgave him was none of your business! I get that in your eyes i'm your 'little sister who must be protected at all times', but, I know that I made the right choice with Juan. It's not up to you. I'm happy with Juan." I say teary-eyed. " So happy. Can you please just drop this? For me?" I ask knowing he would practically do anything to make me happy. "If he ever hurts me again, you have full permission to do some serious damage. All three of you do." laughing I, wipe away a stray tear that fell during this whole roller coaster of a conversation.