The Beginning After the End

Speaking of family......

You might want to read at least the last sentence of the last chapter or else the title might not make since

Jesus is pronounced   [ hay-Zeus ]

Irenes POV:

A few months had passed since Tam had come home, for the first week after her arrival I had practically mimicked her every move, where she went I went, what she did I did, but after a bit my brain stopped worrying about her leaving me again and my neediness died down (more or less). Today we were going to pay my mom a visit, she had called me right after Tams arrival back into Spain saying she wanted to see us again and that she had some news, but we had both been so collectively busy that we couldn't meet until now. Me and Tam were in the kitchen discussing the day when I said "Im excited to see my mom again...... being able to happily waltz into her apartment proudly holding your hand, knowing she's happy for my happiness" reaching out to hold both her hands in mine, then extending my neck ever so slightly to peck her on the lips, her resting pout turned into a radiant smile with shining brown eyes to match, then she said "well..." pausing to kiss my hand "...i'm excited to see her too, and knowing that she never gave up on us, even when we were EXTREMELY close to, after all this time, she knew it, we are meant to be my poquito angel" then she kissed me on my head while my eyes were welling up, and my former pale cheeks, were turning a fiery pink. Then she cupped my face gently between both of her hands, I turned my head slightly to kiss the palm of her left hand, when I did that my face squished a little and caused a tear to leak out of my right eye and fall down my face, to which Tam quickly wiped away still staring at me, she said "awwwwwwwwe my poor, emotional baby", I pretended to be annoyed and said
"STOOOOP, you know I'm on my period" but her eyes were more pure and tender than ever, we kissed and hugged for a long time after that, we only broke up the hug when there was a sudden alarm, startled we detached and tried to figure out where it was coming from, after a few moments Tam them said "calm down babe I'm just an idiot, that was the timer fro the churros" I then breathed a sigh of relief as chef Tam took the fried dough sticks out of the oil and rolled them in sugar and cinnamon, I set the table then took some time to gawk at her in her little apron covered in flower and spices, I then came up behind her and hugged her, than I gave her little neck kisses and she said
"Babe, if you don't stop I'm gonna eat you instead of these churros" jokingly I said "why not both" then she tuned around and grabbed me loosely by the hips and responded "alright, alright, maybe later but these are hot right now and I am starving, so can we eat?" I said "of course" and gave her one last kiss before I grabbed the plate of churros, took her hand, and lead her to the table, 20 mini churros were gone in a 5 minute time frame, along with a pitcher of lemonade, we were both feeling the repercussions of our actions as we both slumped into our chairs from eating too much, I said " Babe what are you trying to do?... kill me with calories" she said :"don't you think I'm feeling it to, I can hardly breathe" after a bit of r&r (rest and relaxation) which included cuddles on the couch while watching "The Good Place" , we were officially out of our food coma, so we showered and got dressed, with food in our stomachs, we headed to my moms house excited for the news she had in store.

Tams POV:

When we got there I parked the car and opened Irenes car door, I then reached out my hand to get her out of the car and over the curb and shut the door, she said "how chivalrous" she looked at me with a mocking smirk and I said "shut up guapa" then she giggled and taking her hand again I said "shall we" then with an affirmative nod from Irene we walked hand in hand up the stairs. I knocked on the door lightly with my knuckles as to not disturb any of the other residents, there was no response, after a few minutes of waiting I knocked one more time, this time a little harder, still no response, then after knocking again (harder) and still not having any answer, I turned to Irene and said "maybe we got the time wrong" she said "no, impossible she made me repeat it like 84 times so I wouldn't forget" then she let out an annoyed huff and said "she's probably just in the shower... and lucky for us your girlfreind is a master lock picker." I said "babe we can't just break into your moms home" then she said "why not" I rolled my eyes at her comment and watched as the so called "mater lock picker" went to work, in exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds the door was unlocked (and I know because Irene had me time her) she wanted too go all Charlie's Angels on this door so she kicked it open and we entered her appartment we looked around and really couldn't see anybody or anything, Irene called out to her mom but again we got no response (just like the previous 3 times) then we heard a ping, it came from Irenes phone, she opened the message and read it allowed to me, she said "Hello Irene, I know you and your mom are supposed to be meeting up about now but she had a complication with the baby and now we are in the hospital, she is requesting your presence urgently, please respond when you get this" ( we figured the text had come from Irene's moms boyfriend Jesus since it was from her moms cell) Irene looked up at me with fear in her eyes and I quickly hugged her while she was simultaneously panicking and crying then w whit the spare key from under the fruit bowl and headed out, we locked the door behind us and I drove the car while Irene was on the phone getting more information from her mom's boyfriend. When we got to the hospital I quickly parked in the emergency section, and when we got out Irene filled me in on the basics of what she had heard, she said that her mom had a complication with the baby, and that she might have to be delivered early. Then Irene and I rushed to the door nervous as ever to hear more about the situation and when we arrived through the doors we were immediately greeted by a Nurse confirming who we were and asking us to come with her, we went up the elevator and entered a waiting room that was fairly empty (unlike the ones adjacent to it) we saw Jesus and went to sit by him. I was holding Irenes hand the whole time, poor thing, my precious girl was shaking and her hand felt cold and clammy in mine from her nerves, all I wanted to do was hug her and tell her it's gonna be ok, but I knew if I tried to hug her right now it would make her claustrophobic and more stressed so I refrained.