catalina woke up, quickly realizing she wasn't in her room. she felt a pair of hands on her waist, and she turned around.
she grabbed her phone, that was on the dresser, 10:37. " fuck." she mumbled quietly.
she slid out of oscars grip, and made it out of the bed. how the hell did she even end up like that. she slipped her shoes on, and picked up her phone.
once she opened the bedroom door, she quickly got out of the room and out of the house. when she reached her house, she was prepared to be yelled at.
" woah, your just now getting home?" alex asked her from the couch.
she nodded her head. " so what time did you sneak out? you still sneak out? you're twenty. just use the front door."
" and risk mami catching me? hell no, she still scares me." the two chuckled.
" you lucky mami's not up yet." alex told her.
all of a sudden they heard a loud scream coming from a room. they both looked at each other and ran back to where the scream was coming from.
it was their mom.
" mom, are you okay?" isabelle said trying to catch her breath.
" mami what the hell is it?" catalina's concerned voice boomed through the hallway, as she walked into the room with alex.
jade pointed to joseph who was holding a pack of cigarettes. there was one cigarette near his feet that had slobber on it.
catalina bent down to his height, and placed her palm out. joseph places the cigarettes in her hand and spoke, " nasty nasty."
" oh my god, mi amor." jade rushed over to her youngest child and picked him up.
" who the hell had cigarettes in this household." jade placed joseph on the bed. she crossed her arms, you could tell she was angry.
catalina placed her hands up, stepping aside.
" i would never harm my perfect lungs!" isabelle responded.
they looked at blade who had just walked into the room.
" what?" she rubbed her eyes.
" did you have these cigarettes?" jade's stern voice scaring all four of them.
" no." she looked at the ground.
" if i find out you're lying blade bianca rosas, you won't make it to school in less than three months." she threatened.
alex quickly noticing that his youngest sister was scared and lying, he spoke up.
" mami. it was me." he lied.
" can you please take joseph and get out of my room for a few minutes." the three girls and joseph hurried out of the room hearing their mother screaming at alex.
blade felt bad, that should've been her getting screamed at, not alex.
the door swung open a few seconds later and alex stepped out. he looked unfazed.
blade quickly ran, giving her older brother a hug. catalina and isabelle gave each other looks, and looked back at alex and blade.
" alex you good?" isabelle asked.
" si." he said hugging his sister back.
" what the hell is happening?" catalina whispered to isabelle, who shrugged just as confused as her.
" it was my cigarette." blade whispered to them.
" makes sense." isabelle sat back in her seat.
" why'd you take the blame alex?" catalina raised her eyebrows.
" it just felt like something i had to do. although mamá sounded muy disappointed, and it broke my heart." he walked to the couch and took a seat.
" ugh i love you alex." blade sighed.
" anytime kid."
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alex, catalina, blade, isabelle, and joseph were at the park, they were giving their mom time to cool off.
alex and joseph went to go play catch, while isabelle and blade walked around talking.
catalina was kinda in her own bubble, getting her thoughts together, when someone called her name.
" sad eyes!" he jogged over to her and gave her a hug.
" how have you been since we last seen each other?" he asked.
she smiled, it was always good when someone asked how she's been. " i've been doing okay. probably could be better."
" when you say that, are you talking about oscar?" he stared deeply at catalina.
" what do you mean?" she chuckled.
" he's been off, like i've never seen him act the way he's acting before. maybe it's because you told him, maybe not. if im being honest i think this baby is gonna change him?" his friend called him.
" listen i gotta go but it was good to see you." he said jogging away.
she thought about what he said, especially the last sentence.
did he mean for the good or the bad?
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catalina walked to oscars house. it was 9 and she had let him know she was coming over. she was dressed in a burgundy dress with a flannel, and slides.
she knocked, and someone yelled 'come in'.
she opened the door and stepped in. " you know you don't even have to knock right?" cesar laughed.
" oscars in his room?" cesar nodded.
she knocked softly and opened the door.
" oscar." she smiled walking over to his bed.
" hey lina." he smiled at the girl. the two sat in silence for a second, before oscar spoke up.
" catalina."
she furrowed her eyebrows and sat up. " si, amor?"
" have you considered us getting back together?"
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