Angel

.Chapter 3

Its been a few weeks since the night I decided to not have my crush on Angel anymore. Obviously I can't just shut off my feelings but Ive been doing good at keeping things professional. Its been kinda hard but Ive kept myself at a friendly distance. Its Saturday morning and Im pulling into the wings parking lot for my shift. The store opens up at 11 but we have to be there at 10 to set up everything. I see Daniela's car so I know she's working with me. I really liked Daniela. She was the one who trained me and was the nicest to me when I first got here. After meeting Angel she told me that Lorena was her cousin. She also informed me that their other cousin Vanessa was coming to work here. I found it kinda weird how everyone who worked their now was so close but I still had Daisy, Jenna, and Kj.

Once I got inside I noticed a really pretty girl about my age standing next to Daniela. She must be Vanessa. "Hey Mia" said Daniela. "Hey. Good morning". " This is my cousin Vanessa" she said. I look towards Vanessa with a smile. "Hey how's it going?" I say to her. "Hello" Vanessa says with a smile. I think I remember Daniela telling me that she speaks better Spanish than English. While getting everything set up, I hear Daniela explaining things to Vanessa in Spanish. She says she will be shadowing me a bit when I take orders and phone calls after she explains things to her first. 

Around 10:25 am Angel arrives. He's usually always a little late. I try not to stare to long when he walks in because I wouldn't want his girlfriends cousins to catch me starring. He says hey to me and begins to heat up the fryers while talking to Daniela and Vanessa in Spanish. The rest of the morning goes on like this. Mostly them speaking in Spanish. They seem to be having a really serious conversation. Every so often they say things in English but its hard to piece it together. My ears perk up when I start hearing them talk about Lorena. 

"I just can't do it anymore. You know how she is. Im done" Angel says. Okay I so don't want to get caught listening but I can't help but lean in a little. "I mean if she really gets that jealous when I text you. Im her cousin and Im 26. Im not trying to take you from her" Daniela says with a laugh. "So wait you're not together anymore?" Vanessa asks. "Nope" Angel answers bluntly. Vanessa begins speaking in Spanish again and they go back speaking to each other but all I could focus on was "so wait you're not together anymore?" "nope". My heart was racing. 

Are they really not together anymore? What about their baby? I hate that Im a little happy. I knew he was kinda unhappy with her because the last shift he said somethings that made it seem like he didn't want to be with her but I didn't think he would actually break up with her. I mean hell I was even rooting for him and saying he should stay with her. But was that what I really wanted?Hell no. Did I feel bad for feeling that way? hell yeah. 

The rest of the shift I decided to not think about Angel and his situation. Sure they weren't together anymore but its probably only temporary. They are having a baby for crying out loud. I helped Vanessa with taking orders and showed her how to make the ranch and blue cheese. She knows more words than I thought. She knows a lot of words actually just some words she isn't sure how to translate them from Spanish to English. She told me that some girls bullied her at school a few years ago because she didn't speak English very well at the time. "They probably only bullied you because you're so pretty and they're not" I say to make her feel better. I also wasn't lying. She is really pretty. "Thank you. You're the only girl whose been nice to me. Ive never really had a friend girl" she said. "Id definitely be your friend".

By the end of the shift I could definitely say I made a new friend. She told me more about her life and more specifically her boyfriend Marco. She said him and Angel were pretty good friends. I could only assume her and Lorena were close. They all did. We got ready to lock up and we all said our goodnights. I look at Angel one last time before getting into my car. He's gonna be the death of me.