Then & Now [OMB || Cesar Diaz]

then - 4

Layla and Danna were walking side by side through the streets of the Freeridge, visiting a paletero, who was basically the neighborhood ice cream man. Danna explained to Layla he was this sweet old man who made money to sent back to his family in Mexico. Layla had no choice but to support him. Plus his ice creams were good.

They were passing by a house that was filled to the brim with cholos chilling on the front lawn, drinking beer and lifting weights. A couple of them whistled at them as they pass by, making Danna roll her eyes. "They always do this," she tells her. "Just avoid eye contact," she warns.

And she would've done that, if she didn't happen to notice Cesar sitting on the front lawn. "Wait, is that Cesar?" She said, stopping and walking across the street, against Danna's protests. "Cesar!" She calls out, catching his and several others' attention.

Cesar looked up to see Layla smiling and waving as she walked towards him. She looked gorgeous as usual. She could never look bad in his opinion. But she was drawing wayyy too much attention to herself, whether she knew it or not, in her high waisted shorts and crop tops. And to top it all off, she was licking ice cream.

Great.

"Hey..." He looked up at her from the couch he was sitting on, quickly getting up. He didn't seem too happy to see her but maybe that's because she just caught him off guard. "What are you doing here?" He whispered to her.

Layla smiles brightly at him and raises her strawberry paleta before taking a lick. "Me and Danna were just grabbing some ice cream," she points at Danna who was still standing across the street, watching carefully from a distance.

"Yo Cesar," a voice behind them calls out, making them both look behind him. A guy with tattoos and a buzz cut walks up to them. "When you gonna introduce me to your hyna?" He says, eyeing Layla up and down.

Layla narrows her eyes at him before looking over at Cesar in confusion. "Uh, Oscar this is Layla. Layla, this is my brother Oscar," he introduces them.

"Hi..." she smiles politely before biting into her ice cream.

Cesar frowned at that action while Oscar just smirked. "What's up babygirl?" He says. "How do you know my brother?" He asks.

"We go to the same school," she answers, smiling up at him.

"You live around here?" He asks.

Layla shakes her head. "Actually...I️ live on Clearview," she says, making Oscar's smile turn into a frown. She then turned her gaze back on to Cesar. "I️ can see you're busy so, text you later?" She asks. Cesar nods as she waves him off. "Nice meeting you Oscar," she says before crossing the street to meet up with Danna again.