She's My Girl

fourteen

~Regina's POV~

"Diego just stay inside I'm on my way. There's traffic."

"Mummy I don't wanna."

"We Stay inside for the love of god."

"Mummy it's hot."

"Diego por favor."

"Mummy you're always late."

"Diego I have work on the other side of town. I'm a single mother with two babies. I need to work in order to take care of you. You need to stay in the damn building. I will be there in five minutes. There was an accident so I'm just trying to get around it."

"Okay mamá. I'll wait."

"Thank you." I stay on the phone until I pull up to the dance building or whatever it's called. I go inside and and get Diego. "Come on papa. I need to get you something to eat."

"Ooo can stop at abuela's house?"

"Uh mm. No sé (I don't know) bebé. She's busy today I think. How about mañana? Tomorrow she's free. I think she's at the doctors."

"Where's Emmy?"

"With her daddy."

"Mummy where's my daddy?"

"Hell. No he's probably at his mom's. Well home. Wanna stop by?"

"Yeah." I pull off and head to Hector's. I call him once we get closer.

"Yo!"

"Hector estás en tu casa (are you home)?"

"Yeah I'm home. I bringing in the groceries. I just got back. I got the money for Diego's clothes and new shoes. You wanna pick it up or do you want me to drop it off."

"I'll come get it. Diego wants to see you."

"Yeah bring him by. He can stay the night if he wants."

"D, do you wanna spend the night with your dad?"

"No cuz then you gonna be alone," he says. He's so sweet.

"I'll be okay papa. I'll come get you in tomorrow and then we'll go to abuela's. How about that?"

"Okay I'll stay."

"He said he's gonna stay the night Hector?"

"Score. It's gonna be a boys night."

"Yeah. We'll be there in twenty."

"Alright I'll see you both then."

~Emma's POV~

"Emmy wake up." I shake her a little. I've been trying to wake her for the pass twelve minutes. "Emily." I lift her and she finally starts waking up. She's been out since 10:30 and it now 1:45. "Emmy wake up. You need to get something in your system." She looks at me with her crazy hair and lays back down.

"No. I sleepy," she mumbles and gets under the covers. "No wakey. Quince minutos (15 minutes)."

"Huh. I don't understand what you said." Regina texted me this morning saying she might not understand what I'm saying because she speaks Spanish for the most part. I take out my phone and pull up the translator app. I repeat what she said. "15 minutes?! You're two how do you know what that means?"

"Mummy." She closes her eyes and falls asleep again. I sigh and let her sleep.

I just think it's awesome how she's a mini me, condition and all. I'm just trying to figure her out. I want her to meet my family. She could fly to England with me. I wonder if she has her passport.