The Girl of The Sun

three

   The bright sun appears through the window curtains and shines on my face, causing me to wake up. The room feels warmer than last night. It smells like fresh laundry and clean linen scented candles in here. I turn to my side and Raf is sound asleep. He's holding onto a pillow and has his face resting on it. My heart melts and I curl up right next to him, making me the little spoon and he wraps his arms around me. I doze off again, probably for about 30 minutes and Raf isn't in bed. I woke up to the smell of breakfast cooking. I step out to the kitchen and see him flipping pancakes for me. He seems to do it so perfectly, meanwhile when I make them I can't do it without burning one. "Good morning princesa," he says so warm. "Good morning," I blush a little bit. "I made you some breakfast, you can go ahead and sit at the table." He puts a plate of 3 stack pancakes in front of me and places syrup in front of me. We talk and joke around about last night until I feel my phone buzz.
10 missed calls from Madre
      2 Voice mails from Madre
      10 text messages from Madre
"Shit." I say out loud without thinking. "What is it?" he drops his fork. "It's my mom, I just wanna call her so she's not worried." I call her and when she picks up, she is not having it. She's cussing in spanish way more than what the women do in dramatic telenovelas. I keep trying to turn down the volume so he won't hear but it doesn't help much. I finally hang up and Raf has his hands over his face. "Was she mad?" he questions. "No she was just worried and wanted to make sure I get home safe." I smiled right through that lie. Raf takes my empty plate to the sink and we go to his car so he could take me home. I couldn't stop replaying in my mind how embarrassing that was for Raf to hear my mom explode on me. I know all moms are supposed to be protective in a way like that, but for me it's a different story. My mom and I aren't on the best terms and haven't been that way since my dad moved to Denver, married a blonde girl, takes her on trips and takes care of her kids. My dad is a wealthy person. Actually he was one of the richest people in Poblano until he moved north. He grew up very poor and after he was in high school, he enlisted in the army and they paid for his college. And since then he's been becoming more successful over the years. So that leaves my mom, my older brother and I struggling to pay the bills of our house. The only thing he fails at is the respect he's supposed to have for his children, but that's a different story.

   Raf finally drops me off and kisses my cheek before I get out. I'm so anxious of what happened last night and this morning and wondering how school is gonna be on Monday. I'm also nervous because it's totally obvious I have a dude's clothes on, my mom would be able to tell they aren't mine. When I walk in the door, I can hear her cleaning in the other room so I run downstairs to my room and change quickly. I run upstairs and my mom is standing right there. I slowly walk up. "Where were you? I called you several times and you didn't answer, you know I don't like it when you don't answer." she scolds me. "I'm sorry ma, I was at Estrella's and I slept in, I promise I will answer you from now on." My face starts to get hot knowing definitely I wasn't at Estrella's. She hands me purple Fabuloso and a mop and I get to mopping the kitchen and bathrooms. Sunday's are always our cleaning days. By the time I'm finally done, it's 6pm. I hop in the shower and get my things ready for school tomorrow. I sit on my bed in my fluffy grey robe and I get a text.
Unknown Number: I had fun last night, sleep well and I'll see you at school tomorrow 💗 - Raf

I get a weak feeling in my stomach and my heart beat rises. I felt butterflies intensely. I send a text back.
Me too. See you tomorrow, sweet dreams♥️

I wake up and get ready for school. I pair a jean jacket, white crop top and leggings with Dr. Marten's boots. As soon as I walk in the door, Alexander comes up next to me and tells what he did after the party. Apparently he and his group of friends stayed out all night at a park and goofed around while very intoxicated. I proceed to tell him my night with Raf and he cuts me off. "Wait hold on, you and Raf are a thing?" he stops walking and pulls over to a wall in a hallway. "Well I don't know what we are, all that happened was we kissed and he took care of me when I drank too much last night. We've had very little interaction our entire high school years up until this point. I don't know what it means, but I definitely do like him, a lot. " I untuck one side of my hair from behind my ears and try not to turn red at the thought of Raf liking me back too. Alexander gets one side of my hair and retucks it behind my ears and gives me a sad look i've never seen before. "Just be careful Fabiana, I don't want to see you get hurt."

Two months went by and it was already the end of the school year. Raf and I had been seeing each other occasionally, he took me to the prom and we met each other's parents. His parents are so involved in his sports games and school life, I completely adored his family. That's everything I've wanted and hoped one day I could be that for my kids when I have them someday. My mom adores him and my dad finally called and wants to meet him. Raf always picks me up from school and takes me back home. Sometimes he'll even help take me to my new job at an organic grocery store. Estrella started dating his friend Bryson and we would all hang out. However Alexander has been avoiding me lately. I always would try to catch up with him after class but he would walk out so fast before I could get to him. I've texted him many times and he always tells me everything is fine. After school, I hang out at Raf's house and in the evening we went to the movies and picked the scariest one there was. I was basically holding onto his arm and covering my eyes the whole time. Then he gets close to my face and whispers, " Fabi, I love being with you, you make me so happy every time we're together, would you want to call this official and be my girlfriend?" My smile widens and I can't help but kiss him. Hard. He's everything I've wanted and more. When things are going this good, what could possibly go wrong?