Zabdiel The next morning, after making cookies, Aaliyah was learning ballet from Vanessa in the living room while Richard recorded her. "Y Soutenu."
We all watched Aaliyah do the ballet turn without Vanessa's help and clapped as she did so. "Wow, you're like a professional now." Richard complimented as Aaliyah smiled shyly. Aaliyah ran over to Vanessa and me to give her a high five before climbing up and sitting on my lap. "Hey, I'm right here."
Aaliyah looked at Richard like that was supposed to mean something and turned around so she couldn't see him. "Alright, tengo que ir a mi apartamento."
Aaliyah's head flew around and she jumped off of my lap to jump on Vanessa. "No, you have to stay here."
"Lia, I have to go home."
"Can I come?"
20 minutes of Aaliyah crying later, she was in the backseat of my car while Nessa sat in the passenger seat. Vanessa squeezed my hand as I was driving and asked, "Does this usually happen?"
I looked in the rear view mirror at Aaliyah and she was just looking out the window as I drove down the street. "Sometimes, but it's never with girls." When I realized how bad that could've sounded, I turned to Vanessa. "Not that there's a lot of girls. I- es qué ella sólo hace esto con Richard."
Vanessa nodded and turned around to look at Aaliyah who just smiled at her. "Tío, quiero escuchar tu música."
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Vanessa While I was getting ready, Zabdiel and Aaliyah hung out in the living room, but Aaliyah was kind of kidnapped by Astrid. "Qué vas hacer para tu cumpleaños?"
"En verdad, no sé." He shrugged, his thick accent completely ignoring the r. "Tengo que quedarme aquí para el promo. Así que no puedo ver mi familia hasta navidad."
"Voy a celebrar contigo."
"Essa, you have ice cream?" Zabdiel and I looked to the doorway of the bathroom at Aaliyah who stood there staring at us.
"Uh, we have popsicles?" I watched her walk in to grab Zabdiel's hand before pulling him off the counter to lead him to I'm assuming the kitchen.
"Okay, now that he's gone, are you dating yet?" Astrid asked, scaring me in the process. She ran into the bathroom and got close while I was putting my hair into a bun. "Dime."
"We're not dating."
"You've been at his house more times than you've been here since you met and you're not dating? Por qué?" I shrugged my shoulders because being completely honest, I didn't know. "Mija, you've been talking and going on dates for almost 2 months and he still hasn't made it official. You need to make the first move."
"I don't know how to do that."
Astrid went silent and looked off, but then straightened up with her eyes wide. "It's his birthday in two days, right? I'll help you make him your man." Astrid starting smiling and it started getting creepy, so I punched her arm. "Ow, puta!"
"What do you mean you're helping?"
Astrid sighed and grabbed my shoulders. "I mean, you like him too much to have him just playing you, so we're going to see if he takes you guys serious."
In conclusion, Richard cloned himself. my camera roll doesn't lie.
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