It's the day before Valentine's Day and I've been seeing this guy Jeff for a few months. Sitting at home, my phone rings. "Hello." I say. "Hey Maci." he says. "Hey babe. What's going on?" I ask. "Look, I need to tell you something." he says. "Okay." I say, sitting up a little straighter. "My ex and I have been talking and we're getting back together." he tells me. "What?" I ask. "I'm breaking up with you." he tells me and I just hang up the phone as the tears start to fall. Breaking up with me. He's getting back with his ex. Fuck.
After getting myself back together, I change clothes and head to the clubhouse. Walking in, I ask for shots of tequila and tell the bartender to keep them coming. Five shots in, Angel sits next to me. The bartender hands him a beer and he looks at me a second. Shot number six gets placed in front of me. "How many of those have you had?" he asks. "Doesn't matter." I say as I down the shot. "Yeah. It does." he says. I glare at him and grab shot number seven. Angel stops me from downing it and says "You keep this up and you're gonna get sick." I look at him and shake my head before taking the shot and downing it. I keep downing shots and Angel never leaves my side.
Twelve shots in, I start swaying a little bit. "You good Princesa?" he asks and I shake my head no. I order another shot and Angel says. "Nope. You've had more than enough. Let's get you to bed." he says and carries me to one of the dorms. Putting me on the bed, he takes off my shoes and goes to cover me up and sees tears falling from my eyes. "Hey. Princesa. What's wrong?" he asks. I wipe my eyes the best I can and slur "Nothing." as I turn over in the bed and lay there as the tears keep falling. "It's not nothing. Talk to me." he says. "I'm good. Goodnight Angel." I say. He leans over and kisses the top of my head and says "Goodnight Princesa." before seeing himself out of the room.
Walking back out to the main room, he sees Taza. "You know what that was all about?" Taza asks. "Not a clue. But when I put her to bed, she started crying but wouldn't tell me what was wrong." Angel says. They see her phone on the bar and it starts ringing. Letti answers it and when she gets off the phone, she looks at the phone and then the guys. "What is it?" Angel asks. "That was Lanie. Wants me to tell Maci that she's sorry. That she never meant to come between her and Jeff." Letti says. "Shit." Taza says. "I'm gonna make sure she's okay." Angel says before heading down the hall.
He walks into my room and I am on the bed sobbing into my pillow and don't hear him come in. Angel takes off his shirt, boots and pants and climbs into the bed with me. Turning me to face him, he wraps his arms around me and pulls me close and says "I got you Princesa. I got you." and I sob into his chest as he holds me close. I must have cried myself to sleep because I wake up and I am snuggled into Angel's chest. I try to slip out of his arms and he pulls me closer. "Morning Princesa." he says. "Morning." I say. He kisses the top of my head and I pull away from him. "Why are you here?" I ask softly. "You were upset and I can't have that." he says. "I'm fine." I tell him. "No. You're not. Lanie called to apologize. We know about Jeff." he says and I don't say anything. "Doesn't matter." I say as I go to get out of the bed and he grabs my hand to stop me. "Don't do that. Don't push me away Maci." he says. "Why do you care Angel?" I ask. "What? Why do I care?" he asks shocked. "Yeah. Why do you even give a shit. Just go on. Please." I say as the tears start to fall again. He pulls me close and says "I'm not going anywhere. I got you. You're with me now so no more crying over dicks that don't matter." he tells me and I try to pull away. "You don't mean that." I tell him. "Yeah. I do. I've wanted to make you mine for a while but you were with that puta that didn't know what he had when he had it." he tells me. "He didn't have much apparently." I tell him. "He had a damn good woman. A beautiful woman. My woman." he says and he presses his lips to mine gently. Deepening the kiss just a little, he pulls me closer and I let him. When we separate, he whispers against my lips "Happy Valentine's Day mi reina." before kissing me one more time and just holding me close.
