Curious

40

"My sister and parents are coming over tonight. They want to see you before you leave again." Juan says, letting out a calm breath. I have my head rested on his chest, his arms are wrapped around me.

I pull away smiling. "Really? That's nice of them."

He nods, smiling too. "Yeah, it is."

The smile immediately drifts from my face and I can feel it. After what happened last night with Juan's friends, I'm nervous as to what his family thinks of me. He frowns. "What's wrong, bonita?" he asks, moving a loose strand of hair out of my face.

I shake my head. "Nothing. I'm fine." forcing out a smile, I give him a quick peck on the lips.

He shakes his head. "No, you aren't. What's up? Talk to me." he says softly.

Sighing, I clear my throat nervously. "It's just...last night." I look down, toying with the sheets. "What if the same thing happens with your family tonight? It's just—I know they aren't the same as your friends but I can't help but worry..." I shrug. "I mean, they're your family. Obviously they're gonna hate whoever hurts you."

"They don't know. Well, my parents don't know. Manuela does. And I can assure you she doesn't hate you." he brings me into him, kissing my temple. "You have nothing to worry about, baby."

~~~

And he was right. Nobody acted any different towards me. They all welcomed me in their warm hugs and bright smiles.

"Hey." Manuela says, taking a seat next to me outside. I've been sitting by myself for about ten or fifteen minutes already. "Why are you all alone?"

I shrug. "I like coming out here to think. It's beautiful." the sun was just beginning to set and it made for quite the scenery.

"What's there to think about?" she asks.

"I don't know. I'm not necessarily thinking about anything at the moment. It's a pretty view." I can see her nodding beside me.

We stay in silence for a few more seconds but I can feel her anxiousness to ask me what happened. What made me have doubts. Why I hurt her brother. "Adrianna, I'm sorry but I have to as—"

"Go ahead." I nod. "You have every right to want to question me." I look over to see her eyes wide.

"How did you know that's what I wanted to ask?"

"I could feel it." I shrug. "Go on. Question me all you want."

"You know you mean a lot to me but I can't help but ask, what happened? What made you change your mind?" she asks, her eyebrows knitted in confusion.

I sigh. "My ex. He meant the world to me. I'm sure Juan filled you in on him." she nods. "Yeah, well, when he left me, I gave myself no room to feel anything but hate and anger towards him. I pushed down all love I had once felt for him. Seeing him again—seeing him in person just made all of those feelings come back. Not the hate, but the love. But when I was with him, I felt nothing compared to the way I feel when i'm with Juan. Nobody else could ever compare to him." I turn my body fully towards her so that she can see my face clearly. "Your brother is the best thing to ever happen to me. I can't picture myself with anybody but him." my heart beat quickens just at the thought of how much I love him.

She smiles widely. "I believe you. God, you guys are so cute."

I smile, looking back out at the sunset. "You know, I was really worried you and your parents were going to be mad at me."

"Why?"

"Well...Juan's friends came over last night and Daniella," I momentarily stop when I see Manuela roll her eyes. Guess she's not a big fan of Juan's 'bestie'. "she completely went off on me, telling me that she knew I only wanted Juan for the fame, that I was just using him, a bunch of crazy stuff. I guess I was just worried that if that happened with his friends, I should expect way worse from his family."