"it's done," derek said, as he read a text message that he had just received, ignoring his sisters words.
and just like that, everything was over – well, actually it was far from over.
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that night, esperanza felt like she lost herself – or everything for that matter. she knew that cesar didn't want to kill latrelle, but the deed was done. there was no going back.
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waking up the next day, espy woke up to her alarm blaring. rolling over, she turned it off and closed her eyes again, only for her to hear the front door of her house slam shut.
as she sat up, esperanza heard soft footsteps making their way to her door. there was only one other person that was light on their feet. eva.
"morning, hermana," eva spoke, slightly opening the door to her younger sisters cuarto.
"buenos días," esperanza replied, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, "what are you doing back?"
"i can't help mi hermana a prepararse para un quince?" eva replied, now walking into the room.
"i never said that," espy smiled.
"well, get up! we got a lot to do!"
and with that, the oldest of the navarra girls pulled her sister from her cama to get ready for the long day ahead.
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once esperanza was out of the shower and dressed in her grey button up shirt and black shorts, eva had set up a whole makeup station, turned on a curling iron or two, layed out the purple vestido – the whole nine yards to make her hermana look beautiful.
"eva, woah," esperanza said, taking in the scene infront of her.
"estás listo?" eva asked, clapping her hands together.
"when am i not?" espy claimed, sharing a smile with her sister.
"then let's do this!"
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princess.espy bbyolivia i couldn't find a purple dress, so i'm leaving in this ://
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notruby r u srs?
monsefinnie still cute though!!
bbyolivia we bought an extra one, don't worry!
cesardiaz oh wow
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once esperanza got to the iglesia, she met olivia and ruby's madre in a spare room they were given to change into the purple sparkly dress that the damas were supposed to wear.
quickly fixing her slightly curled hair, she went back out to the front to help ruby and monse pass out the pamphlet-like cards.
"oh, my god!" esperanza heard as she walked up behind the padre, her eyes slightly widened at the words that ruby spoke infront of the man.
"i mean, goodness," ruby corrected, handing the priest a pamphlet also, "seriously?"
"que pasa?" esperanza asked as monse asked,
"what?"
"there's a typo in the program. 'their' is spelled with an e-r-e instead of e-i-r. only e-i-r shows possession," ruby rambled, looking at the two girls he assigned to work in the papers.
"en serio?" espy asked, taking a handful that monse handed her.
"you think this is a time to grammar troll?" monse claimed, shaking her head at the short latino.
"jamal and esperanza were supposed to double-double-check before they were printed," ruby complained.
"add it to the list. he's a loser," monse said, causing espy to give the two beside her a confused look, not knowing what monse was talking about.
"hey! i know you're mad, but try to temper your 'tune today. and be cool when jamal gets here," ruby claimed, esperanza still smiling as guest came in, yet was concerned on what her amigos were saying.
"he's not coming. we're better for it," monse replied.
"why isn't jamal coming?" esperanza asked, as she smiled and handed the program to a man that came in.
"what about olivia?" ruby asked back, ignoring esperanza's question, "cesar's probably not gonna show either,"
"we don't know that," monse argued only for esperanza to butt in,
"he just killed someone we grew up with,"
"we don't know that for sure," monse said, getting defensive about the topic.
"monse... we know," ruby claimed, giving espy a sympathetic smile, knowing that the girl heard the news when it happened.
just as silence came to the group of three, it left.
"i'm gonna be back to my fine-ass self in no time," jasmine said, before coughing loudly in ruby's ear, causing him to turn around and backup until he backed into esperanza, "lover, can i borrow your pocket square?"
"use your hand!" ruby said, his face forming into one of disgust.
"i think you need to go back inside," monse suggested, as esperanza nodded her head vigorously, placing a hand on ruby's shoulder.
"but away from me," olivia said, smiling kindly at the sick girl next to her.
"then where should i go?" jasmine asked, looking at the teens across from her and olivia.
"the daycare center," ruby replied instantly, "what? babies are always sick,"
nodding her head, jasmine gaged a bit, before grabbing a pamphlet from ruby and walked to another part of the church.
getting closer to the trio, olivia asked, "have you seen cesar?"
before answering, the three gave quick glances to each other before monse spoke,
"not yet. but you know cesar. dude takes forever to primp. bet he's on his way,"
nodding, olivia walked away back to the hallway, as she played with her hands.
hitting monse with the programs, ruby turned to her and asked, "'bet he's on his way?' why would you say that?"
"so she wouldn't worry," monse responded.
"but he's not coming. we should've showed her the typo," ruby said, looking at the main entrance to the church.
"what exactly would that have done?" esperanza asked, as she smiled at some people that walked in, handing them the paper.
"it's a distraction. some people like taking their mind off what's big by sweating the small stuff," ruby claimed, making monse throw her head back and esperanza roller her eyes.
"jesus christ!" ruby exclaimed, as a man walked by and cleared his throat at his words, "amen. they're the wrong font. they were supposed to be printed in palatino, not helvetica. now i can't unsee that,"
"we gotta tell olivia," monse said, looking defeated.
"i don't think she'll even notice," ruby claimed, looking at the pamphlet for any more mistakes.
"no! about cesar," monse said, "she need to know. he's not coming,"
as monse spoke, esperanza went to give a pamphlet to the person who walked in, only to notice it was cesar – a very bald cesar.
"but he's already here," cesar said, fixing his tux as he walked next to esperanza, "give me some of those,"
as the three stood in shock, cesar smiled almost as if nothing had happened just hours before. ruby, monse, and espy held different expressions – ruby was in disbelief, monse was shocked, and esperanza was surprised.
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as monse, esperanza, and ruby walked up to cesar and olivia, a woman called olivia over, which left cesar by himself.
"it was a nice ceremony," ruby spoke as cesar turned around.
"yeah," cesar said, nodding his head in agreement.
"no lo hiciste," esperanza said, noticing cesar's nervous demeanor.
"espy!" ruby scolded, as monse looked over at the small latina.
"he's not dead, but... he's gone," cesar said, looking at the three, then back at esperanza as her eyes were widened slightly.
"what does that mean?" monse asked as espy looked down at the ground, not wanting to know the answer.
taking a second before answering, cesar thought about how to reply.
just as cesar finished telling the grupo about what happened, ruby's mom and dad came up, along with his brother and sister, and wanted to take a photo of the four, as they were in fact dressed up.
"ay, qué lindos. come on ruby. help your dad pick the car. come on!" ruby's madre said as she led the twins to the car.
"i do need help. with your mother. not the car," ruby's padre spoke.
"give me a minute," ruby said, before turning to espy, monse, and cesar.
sighing, monse was the first to speak, "if latrelle's not dead, doesn't that leave you two vulnerable?"
"it's handled. and we never talk about it again," as both monse and ruby nodded, knowing that that was the right thing to do, "now this is olivia's day, and if i were you, i'd be more worried about those dance steps," cesar directed to esperanza, who scoffed after he said such words.
"ruby! por favor," ruby's mom spoke as she looked irritated.
"i'll see you guys back at the house," ruby said, before he left.
"i should get going to," monse said, hugging esperanza and smiling at cesar before she left also.
suddenly, the past forty-eight hours had set in and esperanza's eyes glossed over in both fear and relief.
"hey. no, no, no," cesar spoke softly as he took esperanza's face in his hands, as she spoke.
"me hiciste nerviosa," espy said, as she placed her hands on top of cesar's.
the two stood there for what felt like forever, but after almost a minute, the two broke apart and went their separate ways – cesar to olivia and esperanza to ruby's house.
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"he didn't do it,"
"espy, what are you talking about?" eva asked, confused about what esperanza was saying.
"cesar no mató a latrelle!" esperanza said as she got into eva's old school camero that their father had gifted her.
not knowing what to say, eva pulled out from the parking lot and started their drive to olivia's party.
as eva and esperanza pulled up to ruby's house, eva grabbed espy's hand and held it as she spoke.
"ten cuidado, hermana. who knows what'll happen on our block," eva claimed, as she was embraced by her sister shortly after.
"te amo, eva," esperanza said as she hugged her older sibling.
"i love you too, esperanza," eva spoke, caressing her hermanitas hair before she small latina walked into the house.
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IM NOT READY FOR WHATS GONNA HAPPEN!!
ive been so fucking busy i haven't been able to write, but here's part one OOF.
i can't promise anything about when the next chapter will go up, but it will be up soon.
also, comment if i should do sort of a back story for the fam, cause they never really get into that and i kinda want to write about the squad as babies – not really but ya catch my drift?
ANWAYS, let me know!
adiós!
— jas xx