New on the block

You're a Bad Ass

Monse's POV:

Why'd I tell him about the gun? "Relax I was going to leave it in my room and that's when I ran into you." I say. "Prove it, if you have it on you then show it to me." He says. Shit. "I can't." "Why not?" He asks. "It's in the bag." He starts laughing... oh my God I broke Cesar. "Babe, I love you." I say calmly. "Nope, I love you too baby but I don't like you having a gun and no matter how many times you say I love you it won't distract me. What if the prophets find out?" He's so sweet but it isn't like I wanted the gun. "I know, I'll just find a way to give it back to my dad." I agree. "Ok, first I want you to apologize for always bothering me about being around guns." Of course he'd say that. "I'm sorry ok." He shakes his head. "No say, I'm sorry Cesar and I won't bother you about having a gun ever again." He pulls me onto his lap and I want to slap him. I thought he was actually mad. "I'm sorry Cesar but I'm not ever gonna stop bothering you about having a gun." I try to kiss him but he moves his head away. I look at him and he starts laughing again. "What now?" I ask. "I wasn't finished that's why I said first and also you look cute when you scrunch up your face." He kisses my nose and I roll my eyes. "What else did you want to say?" Poor Jamal's just waiting for us to call him back over here. "I think you should keep the gun." "Excuse me? You just said you didn't like me having a gun." "I know what I said, but I also know that I'm not around all the time and you're the most important thing to me so if having a gun makes you safe then you should keep it... and learn how to use it." He clarifies. "It doesn't make me feel safe." I shake my head. "You'll get used to it but I want to know that if I'm not around you can protect yourself." He's so confusing a minute ago me having a gun was the worst thing on earth. "Wait, I'm the most important thing to you?" I ask. "Yeah, are you ok with that?" He asks. I nod my head and he smiles. I lean into kiss him but Jamal's arm pops up from behind the couch and he blocks our kiss and we end up kissing his hand. "Jamal!" I yell as I wipe my lips. "Where did you even come from?" Cesar asks. "I told Monse I had her back." He says. "Why are you still behind the couch?" I ask. "I'm afraid if I go out there Cesar's going to slap me because you just had the best kiss of your life with the back of my hand."

Cesar's POV:
We call over Ruby and Olivia but she decided not to come and now we're all eating popcorn and watching a movie. "I miss this." Monse smiles at us. "What? Eating popcorn." Jamal says as he throws another piece at her. "No, miss us hanging out without any problems." I think she's forgetting about the last couple hours but it's probably not the right time to say that. "Yeah, who knew high school was gonna be so stressful." "Understatement." I nod. "That's not the point right now though. Why don't we just all stay inside and never leave?" Jamal asks. "Don't get Cesar started with that, if it was up to him I would drop out." There is no way in hell I'm letting Monse get upset when we were just having fun. I grab her face and give her a big kiss and Ruby pretends to gag. "That's never gonna not make me want to throw up." He laughs. "Didn't you sleep with Olivia when we got back that's even weirder. I mean you introduced her as your cousin." Jamal shakes his head before he throws more popcorn at Monse. "You can't expect me to catch a handful of popcorn Jamal!" She laughs as she throws it back. "Does Jasmine know?" I ask. "About my sex life?" "Or lack of a sex life." Monse mumbles. "Just because the whole block can't hear us doesn't mean shit Monse or should I call you Moan-se." Ruby laughs. "Please don't call my girlfriend that." I wince. "The whole block cannot hear us!" Monse says. "I heard something once but I just really hoped we had a coyote problem." Jamal shivers. I throw a blanket over Monse and pull her close to me. "Nice." Ruby smirks. "I change my mind I do not miss this." She says as she throws the blanket off of her. Two gunshots go off and Monse and Ruby both jump in their seats. It's quite for a second. "Wow, that was bad timing." Monse laughs awkwardly. "Let's make a pact." Ruby says as he sits on the floor. "We live everyday to the fullest, never let a second pass by." Monse sits next to him. "Never let petty shit break up the crew." She nods. "Get Cesar out of here." Jamal says. At this point I'm the only one on the couch. "Let's not finish high school with regrets." I join them on the floor and we all agree. "This year is going to be different." Monse smiles. "Oh yeah that reminds me, no more letting Monse dress like she's ready for a nap." Ruby nods aggressively. "What?" She sounds offended and it takes everything I have to not laugh at her. "I like how you dress bebé." I say. "I may have told Jasmine you'd go shopping with her this weekend." Ruby says awkwardly. "You're a bad ass, embrace it." Jamal says way too dramatically. "He's not wrong." Probably shouldn't have said that.