Forever

Chapter 18 _ Desde el 2012

"Chicas! Look what I have!" Renata said as she opened the door to the loft holding an envelope at 7am.

She didn't hear anything and assumed the girls were asleep so she walked towards their room. As she opened the door she saw them cuddling in their sleep.

She walked up to the bed. "Chulas wake up, I have good news and I brought breakfast...Cozmic breakfast."

Seeing neither girl move even a muscle she decided to do the next reasonable thing, she went and opened the curtains to let the bright sunlight come in. That did the trick.

"Renata..." Valentina said groggily beginning to sit up and remembering she and the girl next to her were very much naked and began covering herself up. "Wey! What are you doing here? Get out!"

"Oh god! That I had not expected... uhhh, I'll be in the kitchen. Bye!" Renata said laughing and quickly exiting the room.

Once the girls were alone again they turned to each other and giggled at being awoken by none other than Renata.

"Good morning beautiful." Valentina leaned into Juliana and kissed her jawline.

"Hi." Juliana whispered back leaning down to kiss Valentina's head.

Valentina began to draw circles on Juliana's arm. "How are you feeling?"

"I don't know, I feel weird but like a good weird." Juliana felt her face began to turn red at the memory of what they shared last night.

"This might sound cheesy but that was the best night of my entire life. I'd never experienced anything like that and I'm glad it was with you. I've never felt like this for anyone and this all feels really new..." Valentina said snuggling into Juliana's neck as Juliana leaned her head on Vals.

Juliana sighed contently. "I know exactly what you mean. You're my first at everything and like I've told you before this is the most beautiful thing I've ever felt. You are the most important person in my life."

They sat content in each other's presence until they were reminded of the woman waiting for them in the living room.

"We should probably get dressed and go to Renata, no?" Juliana said as she ran her fingers through Valentina's long brown locks.

"We probably should but I really don't want to. Can we just like take the day off from life and just be? I don't have class today anyway." Valentina said looking up at Juliana's brown eyes.

Juliana laughed before continuing, "As tempting as that sounds, she's here for a reason...and we should go see what that is."

"Why do you have to be the voice of reason? Just stay here in bed with me. She'll get the idea and leave. Come on..." Valentina said running her fingers up and down Juliana's arm very slowly with a certain look in her eyes.

"Stop that! Your seduction eyes are not gonna persuade me to stay." Juliana said giggling because she knew it could in fact work.

Valentina bit her lip and she let out a sly chuckle.

"No, I think it is working...and I think you don't want me to stop." Valentina said with a smirk.

"I really don't... but your sister in law is waiting for us and we need to go. Now." Juliana said mustering all the will to get out of bed as Valentina tried to pull her back by the hand.

"No, get up." Juliana said going over to Valentina's drawer to get some sweat pants and a t-shirt.

"No, I think I like the view from here thank you very much." Valentina said with a smirk.

Juliana blushed as she threw a pair of sweatpants at Valentina's face and laughed. "Quiet! Change! Hurry up!"

Once both girls were changed and had brushed their teeth they walked out of the room hand in hand towards Renata who was watching tv on the couch.

"About time ladies...food is on the table. Bring it here to the couch, we have to talk." Renata said skipping through the channels not bothering to look back at the two girls who were suddenly very red.

Valentina took the bag with the food to the center table while Juliana took the drinks. Both girls sat on either side of Renata each with their drink in hand.

"Eat. I'm not here to yell at you guys relax. I'm here to spend the day with my girls." Renata said letting out a laugh setting her hands down on the knee of either girl.

"Okay so what's in the envelope?" Valentina said as she took a sip of her smoothie Renata brought them from Cozmic Café.

Renata grabbed the envelope from the table and decided to stand up and turn around to face the girls.

"This is for Juliana. I wanted to be the one to personally give this to you that's why no one has called you, babe. I want to officially welcome you to RIC Design Institute." Renata said extending the envelope towards Juliana with a huge grin on her face.

Juliana was speechless but she jumped up from the couch and gave Renata a huge hug that Valentina eventually joined in on. The three were very excited over the news.

"See I told you, you had nothing to worry about!" Valentina told Juliana and turning to Renata, "Natty she had been freaking out for weeks before the presentation and then she was so disappointed when the month ended and she didn't get the call."

Juliana rolled her eyes at Valentina while playfully shoving her onto the couch. "Thank you so much for this opportunity Renata, I promise I won't disappoint you. Thank you!"

Renata gave Juliana a squeeze before letting her go from the hug. "Hey, no, you earned this. I had nothing to do with it. It was all you, hun. I'm excited to see your success."

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The girls spent the rest of the morning and well into the afternoon together. Renata decided to give Juliana the day off and take her day as well so they could celebrate both the great news of the acceptance package and Valentina's successful evening at the gallery show.

When the evening came around Valentina and Juliana went grocery shopping in the south side of town. Juliana had taken Valentina to a Mexican supermarket that had delicious tamales and fresh fruits and vegetables. The store usually had Mexican music playing throughout the building and live mariachi at the restaurant to the right of the entrance. Unexpectedly this evening the music was not the typical latin music.

Juliana grinned from ear to ear excited to hear Camila Cabello playing throughout the store.

At the sight of her girlfriend so excited about the music Valentina grinned and began singing along to In The Dark, surprising Juliana in the process.

"I had no idea you actually knew Camila's music? I thought you didn't like it?" Juliana said with a slight giggle.

Valentina did a small dance as she pushed the shopping cart. "I never said I didn't like it, I just found it funny that YOU like her. You seemed so badass with your cool car and your cool outfits, I didn't expect you to be a fan of her music." Valentina said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Since 012 baby! Hold on okay so what is your favorite Camila song?" Juliana said standing in front of the cart as she stopped it with her hands.

"Easy, All These Years" Valentina answered.

Juliana gently pushed the cart towards Valentina in excitement. "Babygirl! Same! How do you feel about consequences?"

They spent the rest of their grocery trip talking about Camila and the 5H era as Valentina let Juliana fangirl, something she found adorable about the girl.

When they arrived home they put their groceries away as Lana Del Rey played softly in the background through the speakers placed around the loft. Once they were finished they took their tamales to the living room to eat as they sat down to watch Anastasia, enjoying their day off together.