One day at a time

CHAPTER ONE - THIS IS IT.

The sound of the front door slamming is what broke the two teenagers apart from their make out session on the teenage girls bed.

"shit! you gotta go out the window if mom finds you here again she's going to try and give me the sex talk again and no one needs that!" lil told her boyfriend Jesus, they had been dating since they were fifteen, fast foreword two years later and many firsts and here we are, lil shoving her boyfriend out her bedroom window waving bye as he climbs down the fire escape.

Checking her appearance in her mirror deeming herself acceptable she left her room, just in time to see her mom throwing toilet roll at her brother causing a little giggle to leave her mouth.

Going over and picking up one of the bags "Here mom I'll help" smirking to her youngest sibling, only for him to retort "was that Jesus I saw sneaking out before down the fire escape"

Luckily before their mother could say anything they were interrupted by opening of the curtain revealing their abuela shouting "We have a problem!"

"I know. The hipsters have discovered Porto's. Line around the block is like the freakin' Apple Store now."  Penelope retorted just as her Elena stormed out shouting for her.

Lydia rolled her eyes, "Your daughter does not want to have a quinces"

"What? Why? We already booked the room, and I found a great band! Okay, it's a DJ. Okay, it's your brother with an iPod and a playlist, but it's a very good playlist, and you're sister will help with everything else!"

"I researched the history of quinceañeras, and found out they're totally misogynistic, although I did have fun at lils" elena trailed off

"She's been reading again. Why do you let her read!?"

"I know, Mami. I let her do math, too. I am a monster."

This was the moment Lil decided to go back to her room, knowing her family they could argue for a while especially Elena when she got started.

Grabbing her phone she checked her messages finding a text from Jesus.

Novio ❤️: did anyone see me?

Lil: Alex did, he was about to spill but an argument started about Elena's quinces, same time tomorrow?

Novio ❤️:  of course, gotta go I'll see you tomorrow el bebé, love you.

Lil: love you too.

Putting her phone down she decided to finish her homework not taking a chance in leaving her room in case she gets dragged into an argument.

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A few days later after a weird debate where her mother and sister swapped sides, this day was the same as usual, go to school in her hideous uniform, however she may pull her skirt up a bit, the nuns aren't really happy with that. Walk home with Jesus sneak him past her abuelita, (however she always gets the feeling that she knows).
They had just finished putting their clothes on when she heard a knock on her door "shit" she whispered, looking presentable and pretending they were doing homework she shouted to know they could come in, opening the door her little sister came in looking distressed, "Esto es tan estúpido!"
Giving a look to her boyfriend he packed up his stuff bid them goodbye with a kick peck to his girlfriends lips and a small wave to Elena he left out the window.

Sitting on her bed she patted the side beside her understanding the hint Elena sat down lil wrapped her arm around her shoulders, "look Elena, piece of advice just accept you're having a quinces, I know you don't really want to, but do it for mami and abuelita, trust me it's worth it seeing the joy in their faces when you turn around and you're in the white dress and they have this look of pure happiness on their faces, they love us" taking a dramatic breath "And if not think of the gifts!" She laughed "we'll do a dance, mami will make a speech abuelita will out-dance us all, you'll dance with papi, I'll sneak off with Jesus, Alex will try to hide from all of our aunts who pinch his cheeks and tell him he's adorable, but it'll be worth it, just trust me"

They sat in silence for a few minutes before Elena sighed and nodded "ok, I'll do it" they hugged as another knock at the door sounded "come in!"

Penelope opened the door "hey"

"Hi" "Hiya" both girls responded,

"So there's been a lot of yelling. Okay, it was mostly me. But I hear you...and you don't have to have a quinces"

A smile grew on Elena's face as she got up to hug her mom "Oh, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you."

"Yeah, and this is not because of that crap you pulled with the test"

This confused Lil, she should probably leave her room sometimes.

"You do that again and I'll put my quinces tiara on you while you sleep, and post it to your Instagram. Don't test me, Look. I get the whole misogynist thing. I do. But I hate to tell you lots of good stuff has started for dumb man reasons. Yeah, like marriage used to be a way to pay off debts. Plus, women were being raped everywhere, so you'd marry your daughter off to some guy and say, "Okay, he owns her now. No raping this one." My point is we've made progress."

Both smiling at their mami, lil said "I didn't know you were such a feminist, Mom."

"I can assemble a rifle in 13 seconds. I am a total badass. How are you missing this?"

"I am sorry, it's just a lot of times you sound like a mom."

"Well, I am one. And there is a part of me that buys into that cheesy "my little girl is becoming a woman" thing, because you're not a little girl anymore. That is super weird even though I've already been through it once"

She hugs her daughters "If I am being honest with myself, I was making your quinces about me. I guess just with lils I was still with your papi but I wanted people to show up and say, 'Look at the amazing single mom pulling it all together by herself.' I know. It was dumb."

"It's not dumb!" Lil told her mami "they're dumb" Elena added on,

"Who?"

"The people."

Shaking her head their mami replied "No, there's no people, that's just a thing that I said."

Standing up Elena paced "No, I'll do it. All I wanted was a good reason why, and you just gave me one" causing her mami to jump up
"Oh, my God, really? That is so great!"

"We'll...we'll do the whole thing. The ceremony, the stupid waltz. We're going to show them what single mothers can pull off. I will dress like a child bride for you, Mom only if lil helps with the dress I don't want abuelita to go overboard!" Causing lil to chime in "I'll do it!"

"Okay, now I feel like I should talk out of it. But I won't, I won't. Your abuelita, she can be a broken record, but she taught me life can be tough. So when you get something to celebrate, you take it. Then take photos. Photos I'll use to scare your children, you should see you're sisters!"

"Oh, I am not having children."

"Not today."

"Excuse me I was looking good at my quinces! I even got a boyfriend that day!"

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First chapter done! Please tell me what you think I have an idea in my head of what I want to happen but I would like suggestions!

Also please tell me any mistakes or how I could make this better 😊😊

Thank you!