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Back to Me

Olivia's POV:
"I hate that my parents won't be here for my birthday." I say. "Well maybe they'll be back by then." Monse says. I don't know what it is but something about Monse makes me not like her. Maybe it's the fact that Cesar likes her and not me. "It's next week." I point out. "Wait you're quinces is next week!" Ruby starts getting everyone involved and I feel suffocated. I go into my room and cry. They come in and try and comfort me but Ruby's the one who really makes me feel better. "I'll do everything based on what your mom and dad wanted trust me princesa." He says and it warms my heart. Maybe I picked the wrong guy. I get this weird feeling in my stomach like I did something wrong. "Ok I'll do it." I get up and hug Ruby. "Thank you Ruby." I smile.

Cesar's POV:
Ruby's telling us everything we need to do for Olivia's quinceañera but I'm distracted by Monse and she's distracted by her laptop. I lean over a I see her staring at a Facebook profile. "Who's that?" I ask and she snaps out of it. "I think it's my mom." She says and I lean in closer. "She's a writer." Monse smiles so wide. It's been so long since I've seen her smile like that. I take her laptop and she tries pulling it away and I click on her profile. "Laura Diaz?" I ask with a smirk. "Don't get any ideas it's just a common name." She got so defensive, it's cute. "Mm-hmm. It's ok, I like the name Monse Diaz better." I whisper. She laughs and I put my hand on her thigh. "It's going to happen one day and that's a promise." She looks at my lips and then back into my eyes. We're so close I could kiss her but I can't... at least not in front of our friends. "Hey we're gonna go." I say without breaking eye contact with Monse. "Wait no you can't, I'm barely half way through the schedule!" Ruby complains. "Sorry gang stuff." Monse lies and I can't stop myself from smiling. She actually wants to spend time with me. We walk over to her house but we just sit on her front steps. "Be honest though, Diaz is a great last name." She elbows me and laughs. "It's ok I guess. I don't like how Olivia Diaz sounds though." I know I should be offended but I burst out laughing. "Yeah doesn't sound as good as Monse Diaz." I drape my arm over her shoulder. "Who said I would take your last name?" She asks. "Cesar Finnie sounds a little weird." Suddenly Monse gets serious. "You have a girlfriend." "For now, but my goals for us is forever." I can tell she's hurting. I lean in to kiss her. "Hey, Cesar can I talk to you?" Olivia asks. I jump up right away. It's weird, she doesn't sound mad. "I think I made a mistake, I took you from Monse and I don't even think I like you that munch. I definitely feel something for you but not what I feel for Ruby. He's been so sweet and helpful and you've been... well you've been flirting with my friend." She says. "Wow Ruby's gonna freak out. I guess you already know me and Monse are... complicated." "Yeah I saw you guys almost kiss." She nods. "Tell her I said sorry." Olivia walks away. "Well, I just got dumped... oh yeah and it was 'cause she liked Ruby." "Wow Ruby is full of surprises." Monse laughs. "So can we talk about us now?" I ask. "Slow down, you got dumped five minutes ago." She has a point. "I don't mean we should get back together right now, I just want to talk about everything that happened." I wish we could just move on but I know it's not that easy. "I'm so sorry I should've warned you and I get why you want to dump me but why'd you date Olivia?" Man I wish I had an answer to that. "You're the best you know, but honestly I only did it because I was angry and I thought I liked her but I didn't. I thought it'd make me happy but all I could think about was you." I can't tell if she's ok with my answer or not. "That still doesn't make it ok. You basically used her." I've been feeling guilty about that since we started dating. Now, not so much. "I know but... I actually have no excuse. Listen Monse I just want to be with you." I lean my forehead on her's and she smiles. "Don't even try to distract me." She laughs. "One more chance that's all I want." I beg. "Fine if I have to." "I've never been so happy to hear those words." I kiss her and I smile against her lips. "Did we just fix almost two months of problems in ten minutes?" Monse asks. "Nah, more like fifteen." I know we have a long way to go but this is a start. "What are we going to tell my dad? I kind of told him everything." "You're joking. He's gonna hate me." I sigh. "I already do." Monty says from a window. "Oh my God dad stop doing that!" Monse screams and laughs. "No." Monty says. "I'm really sorry about-" he cuts me off. "It's fine, Monse's crazy. If you ever hurt my baby again I'll hunt you down and kill you." "Dad, if he hurts me again I'll kill him myself." Monse says. "Wait what if Monse hurts me again?" I ask. They look at each other and laugh.

Monse's POV:
I know I shouldn't forgive him this easy but I've been wanting to forgive him from the beginning. I got mad and dumped him because he wanted to dump me. "Cesar, I don't want to get back together yet." He looks at me confused. "I'm going back inside." My dad closes the window. "We need to talk this through a lot more and I don't want to rush into this." His nods his head and smiles. "We have all the time in the world mama." He smiles.