Working in the office at Romero Scrapyard, the guys are in and out all day, bringing me their total sheets to calculate and enter into the system. I am working on the one that Angel brought me when Bishop comes in. "Hola Sweetheart." he says. "Hey Bish." I say, looking up long enough to say hi before looking back down at the paperwork. "Got any plans tonight?" he asks. "No. Should I?" I ask, confused. "It's Valentine's Day." he tells me. "Oh. Yeah. No I don't have plans." I tell him, looking back at what I am doing. He looks at me a little shocked and I sigh. "Bish, I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Haven't in a long time." I tell him sadly. "How come?" he asks, taking a seat across from me. I lean back in my seat and say "I was dating this guy about six years ago. I heard him on the phone making reservations for dinner and talking about plans for after dinner and figured since he didn't say anything that it was supposed to be a surprise. Valentine's Day came, I got ready thinking he'd be there any time and spent hours waiting. The next day, I see on my so called best friend's Facebook that she got engaged. To the guy I was seeing." I tell him. "Shit." he says. "Yeah. So to me, it's just another day." I tell him and go about my work. "I'm sorry Sweetheart." he says. "It is what it is." I tell him and he walks out of the office.
What I didn't know was that Coco was standing outside the office with Letti. They both heard what I said to Bishop. When Bishop walks out of the office, he sees them and Coco says "We need to do something." Letti looks at him and then Bishop and says "What about an Anti-Valentine's party?" They looks at her and Coco says "That's a good idea mija." Bishop heads into the clubhouse while Letti and Coco run around the scrapyard to tell everyone what the plans are and everyone's on board.
After work, Bishop comes in and says "Come on. Let's get a drink." I shake my head and say "Thanks but I'm just gonna head home." He shakes his head and says "Nope. You need a drink and so do I." as he puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me to the clubhouse. Walking in, it's decorated in black and green and I look at him confused. "You said you don't celebrate Valentine's Day so we are celebrating the Anti-Valentine." he says and I shake my head. Coco walks over and says "Come on. You're my date." I look at him confused and he says "We're all taking tomorrow off and we'll put you in one of the dorms. You're getting drunk tonight." he tells me.
We go about the evening with Letti on one side of me, Coco on the other and about midnight, Letti heads to a dorm to crash. Coco and I are sitting on the front porch steps side by side passing a joint back and forth. "I heard what you said to Bishop. That's fucked up." he says. "It is what it is." I tell him. He looks at me and says "He had no clue what he had." I look at him confused and he says "You're a good woman chica. You're here for us. You're here for Letti. That means something. But you. Who's there for you?" he asks. "All of you are." I tell him. "I want to be." he says and I look at him shocked. "You don't mean that Coco." I say. He cups my face and says "Yeah, I do. I want to show you just how perfect you are." he tells me and I shake my head no. "Don't do that. You're perfect. Your ex didn't know a good woman when he had it. I won't make that mistake. If you'll give me a chance." he says. "You sure Coco?" I ask. "Yeah mi amor." he says. "Okay." I say. He smiles wide before kissing my lips softly and that's how we spend the rest of the night. Snuggled up, sharing a joint with a little kissing and talking. "This is the best Anti-Valentine's ever." I tell him as we watch the sun come up.
