Chapter 24

                                 Chapter Twenty-Four

                   ~~~~~ Alex – Heaven or reality? ~~~~~

“Wait!” I tell Kylie putting my hands on her abdomen making her stop mere inches away from my lips. I quickly regret it when I feel her under my fingertips causing my breath to catch and realize how close she really is to me.

‘What the fuck are you doing?! She was about to kiss you! The girl of your dreams, the girl you’re in love with was about to kiss you!’ I know, but does she love me back? ‘Obviously she does if she was about to kiss you!’ but I don’t know that for sure. 

“Alexandria Santiago, please stop talking to yourself and tell me why you want me to stop.” Her breath hit my face with every word she spoke causing me to close my eyes and inhale her intoxicating smell. This simple thing made me forget what I was going to ask Kylie in the first place. A few seconds later I shake my head trying to think straight.

‘Lesbians can’t think straight.’ I swear I will beat you senseless. ‘I’m just stating the truth.’ 

Once again I shake my head and finally ask her what I’ve been meaning to ask her the entire time.

“Do you, do you … love me back?” I look into the blue orbs I fell for the very first time I laid my eyes on them. I hold my breath anxiously awaiting to hear the words that will send me to heaven or break me into a million pieces. 

Kylie is the first person to make me feel a kind of happiness that gets me through the day. She’s the only person I have loved more than life itself. Kylie Balthazar is the one person I cannot live without. 

“I love you, Alexandria.” Kylie says wrapping her arms around my waist, bringing our bodies impossibly closer. A huge grin takes over my face not even close to actually expressing the happiness overtaking my entire being. We look into each others eyes smiling like crazy fools. Kylie’s smile then turns wicked making my hands go limp on my sides. What is she up to now?

“I love your dimples.” Kylie lowers her head kissing my left dimple and then lifts her head bringing it back down to kiss my right one. “I love your hunting beautiful dark brown eyes.” I close my eyes as she kisses them slowly.  Her lips send shivers down my spine every time they make contact with my skin. I open my eyes reminding myself to breath. Just as I open my eyes I see Kylie biting her lower lip before saying, “I love the taste of your lips.” My eyes grow wide as I comprehend what she just admitted to me and because what she just did with her lip was the hottest thing I’ve ever witnessed in my 16 years of being on this earth.

‘I told you! She stole your first kiss.’ I really don’t mind. She can do it again and again if she wishes to do so.

If we would have had 2 more seconds I could have had Kylie’s lips on mine making me the happiest person on the entire earth, but no, we were interrupted by Rachael’s voice saying dinner was ready. 

We both jump when hearing the voice outside the door and laugh at how quickly we untangled our bodies.

“Come on, I’m honestly starving.” Kylie reaches over to hold my hand and gently squeezes it. I follow her out the room not really aware of my surrounding.  A million butterflies are going crazy inside my stomach threatening to explode at any second just from the simple pleasure of our fingers intertwined with one another. Her eyes lock with mine as we walk together making my heart speed up.

“What’s for dinner?” Kylie asks Rachael as we arrive at the table still holding hands. A huge smile still occupies my face determined to permanently stay there as long as her hand is in mind. We let go of each others hands when we are both self conscious and aware that we have an audience and are not alone in the music room. 

“spaghetti and meatballs.” Mike answers setting two plates down on the table turning to look at us for a positive reaction. I sniff the air and grin when the smell satisfies my nose making my stomach growl a little. I sit down Kylie sitting right next to me.

Sending a quick prayer to God, I look over to his most  beautiful creation and watch as she smiles one of her best breathtaking smiles. I have to remind myself to breathe once again when I notice the absence of air in my lungs.

“The doctor said that you could go back to school Monday but until then you have to rest as much as you possibly can. And since we all know you have no intention of lying in bed for 3 days, we have decided to let you do whatever your heart desires. Just make sure are safe so you don’t hurt yourself.” I turn to Rachael and then to Mike with my eyebrows raised.

“Are you sure you want to do that? My definition of safe and your definition of safe are way different.” The both of then turn to look at each other and nod their heads making my smile a little wider.

This whole house all to myself for 3 days.

‘I got big plans for you kid.’ so I do, so do I.

“What do you do to relax then?” Mike asks putting his glass of water down.

“I can get pretty boring since my idea of relaxing involves reading a book on things I haven’t learned how to do yet, or even yoga.” Kylie looks at me weirdly from the corner of her eye causing me to stop eating and turn to her.

“what?” I say looking at her confused. She shakes her head at me but says nothing in return. “what?” I ask again really curious as to why she’s acting this way. 

“I didn’t picture you to be the kind of girl who does yoga.” Kylie says wrapping some spaghetti on her fork and bringing it to mouth. She slowly chews her food making my mouth water as I stare at her movements. When catching myself doing just that, I clear my throat and play it cool.

“There’s a lot of things I do that would blow your pretty little mind.” I smirk my butt off when I see her blush, her cheeks turning the cutest shade of pink I’ve ever seen.

‘But you hate pink.’ Can you honestly say that now that you’ve seen Kylie’s face. ‘No you’re right. That is adorable not to mention sexy as hell.’

The dinner goes on smoothly with everyone making up random conversations or an occasional joke. I laugh when I see some spaghetti sauce on Kylie’s nose almost making me spit out the water in my mouth. I get a napkin from the table and wipe it off causing the pink to come back to her cheeks.

“My mother told me that when i was born i punched the nurse who was carrying me right in the nose. My dad caught it on tape and showed it to everyone at my fifth birthday to show everyone that when his daughter came out, she came out a fighter.” I can clearly see his proud face as he stood by the television pointing at me when my fist made contact with the nurses face. Next thing I know I find myself in grandmas house with my parents and our old dog, Pico explaining the whole thing to our closest friends. “I felt so bad when i saw it that i personally went down to the hospital and apologized to the nurse. She winced as she remembered it but then laughed and accepted my apology.” 

Everyone laughs when i tell the story. Kylie chokes on air as she tries to catch her breath from laughing so hard. I gently pat her back waiting for her to get better. 

The next few minutes were spent with childhood memories shared by everyone. Rachael had a weird camping story involving a fake bear and her little sister drinking a blue liquid that to this day remains a mystery as to what exactly it was. 

When Mike is talking about his trip to the Bahamas, Kylie puts her hand on my thigh and slowly starts to rub circles around it making me loose focus on everything around me. She looks straight at Mike and occasionally nods and  laughs at his story successfully hiding the torture she’s putting me under. My absolute attention revolves on her hand going up and down my thigh in a circular motion that is seriously driving me insane. I glare at her and slap her hand away when I can no longer stand it since she was close to dangerous territory. Kylie giggles but tries to hide it with a cough that seems to go unnoticed by everyone but me. 

“Goodnight girls.” Both Rachael and mike tell us as we ascend the stairs to our rooms after an hour and a half spent watching TV in the living room. I look back down at them and say goodnight putting my hands together and bowing my head respectfully. Kylie also says goodnight and follows behind me.

“Why did you do that thing with your hands?” Kylie asks as we get closer to our rooms. I turn back and face her with the intention  to answer her question but then stop when she is once again closer than I thought possible. “it’s a tradition my parents taught me when I was little. Every morning I would wake up and greet like that as well as at night when they tucked me in. It just stuck with me.” she smiles one of those fricking smiles that make my knees weak and the butterflies in my stomach go crazy. I continue to walk towards my room and notice Kylie following right behind me. She stops when I open the door but then continues when I make my way inside the room.

“You have some explaining to do.” Kylie tells me closing and locking the door behind her. I freeze as she makes her way to me not sure what to expect at this point. This girl is driving me insane.

“First of all why were you about to  kiss Ismael?” She looks at me directly in the eyes never looking away as she keeps walking towards after every word she spoke. My body becomes stiff as she is close enough to where her breath once again hits my face blinding me and silencing every though in my head.

‘Dios mío!’ (oh my God!) 

“I imagined it was you. When I realized it was Ismael I snapped out of it and backed away making him kiss the air. That’s when I saw you crying. Everything happened so fast that I couldn’t explain anything to anybody because I didn’t even know what had happened.” When telling her the truth her features become understanding and relaxed even happy with my explanation.

“Why did you beat up the cops?” was her next question. I lower my head to answer her question not wanting her to see the hurt in my eyes as memory plays in my head. 

“They wouldn’t let me go up the factory to reach you. I saw you screaming like a maniac on the roof of the factory and almost fall, I snapped and got myself free from their grasp. I didn’t mean to hurt them but they wouldn’t let me go. When i finally spoke to you,  I couldn’t handle you not wanting me there by your side, so i left not wanting to bother you anymore since it was clear that you wanted nothing to do with me.” Kylie lifts my chin silencing me instantly. I take my eyes off the ground and stare into her intense eyes.

“Never. Say. That. Again. You hear me?.” Kylie pauses after every word making her point loud and clear. She then pushes me down on the bed positioning herself on top of me with her legs by my side and her hands on the sides of my head enclosing me completely.

“I’ve wanted to kiss you ever since I held you in my arms. I have never wanted anybody as much as I want you.” Those were the words that melted my heart away into a beautiful bliss. My body explodes with happiness as I close my eyes anticipating the moment our lips touch. When nothing happens I open my eyes slowly wondering why she won’t do it. Kylie is just hovering over me her breath hitting my face making the moment a million times more intense.

“aren’t you going to tell me to stop?” Kylie says making me glare at her and finally bring her lips to mine. The kiss makes everything I’ve been through worth it. Never have I tasted anything as wonderful in my life. Never have I experienced such joy as the one I’m feeling as I kiss her tender lips. Never has electricity run through my entire body with such pleasure and intensity.

When the kiss gets a little heated I slightly part my lips from hers breathing heavily needing some air. As we both open our eyes I smile looking at her face so close to mine not truly believing that I have her with me right now. 

“Can you stay tonight?” I tell her not even aware of what I just asked but just aware that I want to stay with her forever. Her eye brows go up and her mouth slightly opens at my words. Realizing what I just said, I quickly try to fix it. “No, no, no, not to.. never mind forget i said anything.” My hands cover my face trying to hide my shame and embarrassment.

Kylie grabs my hands and puts them above my head. “I’d love to stay.” She says lowering her head. Her lips once again send me to my own personal heaven and back to enjoy the feeling of her lips against my own. As the minutes pass by we find ourselves still kissing the life out of each other. 

“We should go to bed. You have school tomorrow.” I remind Kylie rolling our bodies over so she’s in the bed and I’m on top of her for a change. After a quick peck I  get off her and go to the closet to look for a shirt and sweat pants so I can sleep comfortably. When I find some, I take both my shirt and jeans off putting them with the other dirty clothes in a basket. A gasp that came behind me scares me making me jump and aloud scream almost escape my throat.

“Gosh I’m sorry.” Kylie says turning around and covering her eyes murmuring something I can’t hear under her breath. I quickly put on the shirt and sweat pants on. “You can turn around now.” I tell her walking back to the room while putting my hair up in a messy bun.
“Can you help me with this?” Kylie asks me grabbing her hair and putting it to her side revealing her back to me. My hands are shaking as I grab the zipper and begin to slowly pull it down. “Thanks.” Kylie says walking over to my closet. I let a deep breath out shaking the dirty thoughts that entered my mind. A minute later she comes out wearing my basketball shorts and a white undershirt.

‘Holy shit! Can someone really look that hot in your clothes?’ I think that’s a yes. God, this is torture! 

“Hey I’ve been meaning to ask you.” I manage to take my eyes off her body and look at her in the eyes which is not better at all. “Can you come with me tomorrow to see my brother. I promised him I would take him somewhere and bring a special friend with me.” Kylie looks at me with her eyes glimmering in the light. I smile nodding my head yes. She smiles and does a mini happy dance. That dance is now permanently engraved in my head as one of the cutest things Kylie has done in my presence.

“I’ll pick you up first so we can go for him at his school and then go eat somewhere. Sound good?”

To assure that it’s alright i walk up to her and give her a light kiss. She closes her eyes putting her hands around my waist making the light kiss turn into something bigger.

~~~~~

When morning comes, I wake to an alarm that is close to me. I yawn covering my mouth stretching a little but suddenly freeze when i feel a hand wrapped around my waist and a hot breath hitting my face. I make no sudden movements as I try to remember what happened but nothing comes to mind. 

“good morning.” A voice says sweetly. The next thing I feel is someone’s lips on my nose. I instantly open my eyes only to discover Kylie’s face smiling back at me. 

“Don’t you have school?” I ask her putting my arm around her waist remembering exactly what happened last night. She giggles when I put my hand inside her undershirt slowly making small circles on her lower back making her realize the torture she made me endure yesterday.

‘Karma truly is a bitch.’

“Yes but, i um… Please stop or you’ll take this to a whole new level.” I take my hand out her shirt and smile innocently. She slightly punches me but still manages to smile at me. “I’ll bring your homework since you have nothing better to do.” I frown at her comment.

“There are so many things I could do that do not include homework.”

“Yeah, like what?”

In a heart beat Kylie is under me with her breath taken away and her hands on top of her head. “This is certainly one of those things.” Not wasting any more time, I lower my head making our lips touch. The sparks are clearly seen in my head causing me to kiss her even more eagerly then last night.

“We really need to stop or I will be late for school.” Kylie says into my lips but never stooping the kiss or even opening her eyes. “Alex please!” She begs when I don’t move an inch. It takes every ounce of my strength to finally part my lips from hers and lay back down on the bed next to her.

“Do you need to take a shower?” I ask her to make sure we don’t run into each other again. She nods her head. I give her one last kiss and hurry to change even though I will stay inside all day. Kylie walks out to her room to gather her things before taking a shower.

Thinking better of it, I go to the bathroom instead to brush my teeth. Kylie knocks on the door making me hurry to get out so she can shower. 

Many things come to mind as I think of what to do in this house. Finally after taking my clothes off and putting on some orange basketball shorts, a white sports bra, a black Under Armour shirt, and a pair of Nike shoes, look into the mirror and smile.

‘Quit smiling.’ I can’t. I’m the happiest person in the planet. 

The smile remains on my face as I make my way back into the room. I make the bed since it has a lot of creases and fold the sheets neatly also arranging the pillows. “Hey you mind zipping me up?” Kylie asks coming into the room holding her hair on the side again. My mouth slightly opens as I follow her every movement with my eyes. “Alexandria, hello anyone home?” her voice brings my attention back to her and not her body.

“Yeah.” I barely breathe out. My hands are begging for me to touch her skin but I control them and just pull her zipper up.

“What do you think?” Kylie says grabbing the dress and spinning showing it off. My eyes grow wide as I fully look at her body. The dress emphasis her curves and makes her every feature stand out especially her hair and eyes.

“Hey are you okay?” I remind myself to breathe when I feel like fainting again. I smile weakly at her and turn around taking deep breaths in and out.

‘Holy crap she’s wearing an orange dress.’ that is the sexiest dress she has ever worn. 

“You don’t like it.” Kylie says behind me her eyes looking at the ground disappointed. I quickly turn back around and face her. “Are you serious? I love it! It’s just that I’ve got to get used to seeing you sexy as hell because you take my breath away just by saying hi, so imagine my surprise when I see you in orange dress which is the best color in the world.”

One of her smiles appears on her face making me kiss her. Kylie’s hands find themselves on my head bringing me closer to her and making the kiss lose its innocence.

“You can seriously not blame me for making you late since you started this.” I tell her as I see the time on her watch.

“I hate you.” she says into my lips.

“Why?”

“Because you’re going to make me late for school.”

“Fine if you let me go then you won’t be late.”

She groans loudly but let’s me go to fix herself. I smile at her flushed face and give her a quick kiss taking her off guard.

“That is so not fair.” she tells me with her eyes closed expecting a longer kiss. “Hate to break it to you honey, but life isn’t fair.” I laugh while she opens her yes to glare at me.

“Don’t honey me.” 

I simply laugh and exit the room. “Good morning!” I say to both Rachael and Mike as they sit on the table where a plate containing a huge breakfast is set. My eyes grow wide as I stare at the eggs, bacon, sausage links, ham, hash-brown, some white toast, and a glass of orange juice.

“Good morning girls have a seat.” Mike takes out my chair and make me sit. He does the same to Kylie. We look at each other and then the food. It looks so good. I thank God for the meal and don’t let it go to waste.

After we eat Mike and Rachael leave already running late. They give me a hug and kiss my cheek. 

“Alexandria, hello anyone in there?”

“Huh?” I say shaking my head focusing on Kylie. “I’ll pick you up when I get out of school. Oh give me your number so I can call you when I’m coming so you can be ready.” I nod my head not really sure of what she just said.

‘Dude, give her your phone.’ What? ‘Alex, give her your phone.’ For what exactly? ‘Oh my God just give her your phone!’ Why would I give her- ‘Alexandria Santiago, give her your phone!’

I quickly reach for my phone and hand it to her. “Thanks.” is all she says before leaving me standing there like a damn fool staring after her. 

“What would you like to do first?” 

The voice scares the living daylights out of me. I turn around and face a girl in a maid outfit.

‘They have maids.’ wait isn’t that the girl who was here the day I arrived? ‘what was her name again?’ 

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you miss.” The girl says looking at the ground. ‘Melissa! Her name is Melissa.’

“That’s alright I just didn’t know there was someone in the house.” 

“So what do you want to do? The music room is always open, the theater room is also open, the game room, the drawing and painting room, the library, and I believe the recording room is open but I would have to check, the only room you are forbidden to use is the gym due to you injuries.”

I believe my eyes are glowing when she mentions gym but they die when she says I can’t use it. 

“Melissa, have you called Josh yet? We need the lawn cut or-” The man stops when he sees me and bows. “Morning Miss, hope you are doing well.” I nod my head slowly and turn to Melissa. 

‘I could get used to this.’ 

“He called this morning to say he was sick. I tried the agency but they have no staff to provide us with.” The man’s face becomes angry at her words. “They won’t have anyone until tomorrow or even Saturday.”

“Do you have the equipment here?” I ask Melissa. She nods her head slowly. “Take me to it.” I tell her with a smile. This is going to be awesome. I need to work out somehow.

“Here it is.” Melissa points to a green ridding lawn mower in the back of the storage room. I get the keys from the wall and check everything to make sure it all works.

“How tall does Josh usually leave the grass?” 

“At three.” 

I turn the dial to three and start the mower. “Are you crazy?” Melissa says as I begin to cut the grass. “Hop on!” I tell her helping her up. “If Mr. Francis sees me or you he will kill me!” I smile at her and keep going. 

“Are you even listening to me?” I shake my head and turn on the radio on the mower. I turn to face Melissa when I hear her singing along to Hispanic song. “My mom is from Puerto Rico.” She yells over the mower and radio. I nod my head and turn the radio up.

Five hours later I get off the mower and help Melissa. The entire acres of land are cut. We had to take a couple breaks to eat and drink some water. “Where did you learn how to drive that thing?” she asks as I close the storage door. The sweat in my forehead begins to drip down my face making me wipe it off with my shirt to avoid it going into my eyes. I look at my shirt and it is damp with sweat. “My dad used to take me to a house where he cut the grass with a mower like that one and also trim the bushes. I can do a killer flamingo.” Melissa laughs when I lift try to imitate a flamingo and walks to set up the sprinklers. 

“Now!” I yell when she puts the final sprinkler down. “Now!” she says giving me a thumbs up. I crank the knob all the way up watching as water begins to spray in all directions. Running towards the water I take my shirt off and let the water cool me down. Melissa begins when I run in her direction.

“Miss I swear if you-” she didn’t have time to finish her threat since I got to her and hugged her all sweaty and wet. I rubbed my body against hers getting her wet in the process. 

After we are completely soaked we lay on the grass exhausted.

“May I have this dance?” Melissa asks me getting up and offering me her hand. “but there’s no music.” I state the obvious.

“The music is in here.” She points to her heart and points to mine as she helps me up.

We dance like idiots not really sure what kind of music we are listing to in our hearts or in our heads.

Finally after I have exhausted every ounce of energy in my bod,y I dip  Melissa and get close enough to tell her that I’m tired and need some rest.

“What is going on here?” 

I can recognize that voice from anywhere. Kylie. I quickly look up and accidentally drop Melissa making her hit the ground with a loud humph.

“This is not what it looks like.” I tell Kylie doing some crazy movements with my hands. Kylie crosses her arms looking totally pissed. 

“I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to drop you I-” Melissa dusts herself off and stops me before I can make my apology.

“No se preocupé, no me paso nada.” (Don’t worry I’m fine.)  I look at her and then at Kylie who looks angrier than before.

“Esta segura que no le paso nada?” (Are you sure you’re alright?”

“Yes I’m alright. Now if you excuse me I need to go get changed so I can return to my duties.”

As Melissa goes off I find my shirt and put it on. I have never been as scared as I am when I then around to face a pissed off Kylie.

“Explain.”

I loudly gulp the huge lump in my throat not knowing what to say in order to calm her down.

~~~~~

Hey everyone this is Rebecca, Alba’s girlfriend for those if you who don’t know who I am. I asked Alba to give me this space at the end of her story to apologize to you guys since I stopped her from writing during almost all spring break. She still got some time to thank new fans and answer some of you so don’t hate me too much.

I love my girl to death and wanted to know where she came from. My entire family knows I’m gay and that I’m happy with her, but Alba’s family knows nothing about me or the fact that she plays for the other team. I have always wondered why she hides me from her parents and family so I decided to start from the beginning and try to understand her better.

The plan came to me when she was in my bed talking to her sister on the phone. After that I researched everything there is to know about Honduran culture and where the best tourist places are. After we accomplish my 5 day plan that consisted of going to Tegucigalpa, Tela, Comayagua, and many other cities I can’t spell or even pronounce, I told her we were going to her home town to see her grandma and the rest of her family. She was both excited and nervous.

When we get to her grandma’s house, they welcome us with a huge dinner and a party where they even closed some of the streets. I got to see my baby dance 🙂 but this guy hit on her every chance he got making me almost kick him where the sun won’t shine. Alba controlled me by taking me to the bathroom.

These people up to this point only knew me as Alba’s ‘Friend’. I got to meet them and they are the most charismatic and awesomest people I have ever had to pleasure to meet. 

The problem revolved on religion since they are very religious people. That is when I knew where Alba was coming from. She told me that her family means the world to her and now I see why.

These people took care of me and taught me things I’ve would have never learned on my own. They are common people, they are caregivers, and they are family.

The thing is; I now comprehend why she has kept me a secret. If I were in her shoes, I would also hide our relationship.

But things change and they change when we least expect it. The whole time we were under their roof we did nothing but respect the people inside. I forced Alba not to look or talk to me as her girlfriend but simply as a friend. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do and endure. On our last night with her family, I couldn’t take it anymore. It had been days since I’ve held her hand. It had been days since I held her in my arms. It had been too long since I kissed her lips. And the hardest part is that she was there the entire time next to me.

We slept in separate rooms while in the house. On this night I snuck into her room at three am and went to bed with her. We didn’t do anything but hold each other all night. I lost track of time and did not go back to the room I was supposed to be at.

When morning came we woke to find Alba’s grandma staring at us with tears in her eyes. Alba tried to explain but couldn’t find the words. When she turned to me I didn’t know what to say either because I knew that I just outed her to one of the most important persons in the world to her, the person who raised her to be the wonderful girl she is today.

Her grandma sat down on a chair and started to speak with Alba. I couldn’t comprehend what they were saying but Alba started to cry and her grandma started to raise her voice.

This is when I got up and used my best Spanish. Now I know I should have paid attention in Spanish class but it honestly got me nowhere. Alba has taught me more than any Spanish teacher especially more than la señorita Pérez.

So i got the courage to stand up to her and defended my live for Alba.

“Amo a su nieta con todo mi corazón. Yo se que usted no aprueba nuestra relación y por eso Alba la ha tenido en secreto por todo este tiempo. Señora no quería que se entera así… Alba la quiere mucho y no quiere perderla por eso no dijo nada porque sabia que la iba a perder si lo hacia.” (I love your granddaughter with all my heart. I know you don’t approve of our relationship and that’s why Alba has been keeping it a secret for so long. Ma’am I didn’t want you to find out this way… Alba loves you so much and she doesn’t want to lose you and that’s why she didn’t say anything because she knew that she would lose you if she did.)

Turns out her grandma already knew about us from the day we arrived. “Lo vi en la mirada que le dabas.” (I saw it in the way you look at her.) She said when I asked her how she knew. We spoke for a good hour since the people here wake up before the sun. Never in my life have I woken up before the sun. Never in my life have I swept and moped the floors. Never in my life have I seen so many animals in one place. Never in my life have I skinned a chicken or even prepared a meal. Everything was always done for me ever since birth. My parents provide everything for me. All I have to do is get good grades and graduate in the career I want for them to be happy, for them to be proud to have me as their daughter.

In that hour we talked about what we felt towards one another. Again i had no idea what was said between them since half way through the conversation, they started to use very big words on me. During this time i just smiled like an idiot and nodded my head acting like i understood every word when in reality a huge question mark was on top of my head. They didn’t buy it so Alba translated everything saying that her grandma loved her no matter what.

Her grandmother did say that the life we were going to live is not an easy one. She said that it was full of bumps and bruises even more than what a regular couple has to go through. She said things that i have never given thought to and honestly scared me. And yet when I turned to Alba all the answers were right there, right in front of me. Alba is the one for me. She is going to be the mother of my soccer team. She’s the love of my life.

Her family in Honduras took it pretty well when Alba told them we were together. Her sister was the only one that didn’t take it lightly since Alba didn’t tell her sooner. They are very close and tell each other everything. After a while everyone settled down and even welcomed me to the family. After that Alba tried to teach me how to make a Honduran breakfast big emphasis on the TRY. Like I said this is all new to me.

Alba of course laughed at me when I burnt my fingers trying to flip a dang tortilla. They have this saying here in Honduras that states that you are not a woman until you burn your fingers flipping a tortilla, and guess what? I’m now a woman and have the blisters on my fingers to prove it.

I learned many things were learned on this trip. I know where Alba came from. I know how to do things I would have never seen myself do in a million years. I have learned to love Alba for whom she is and the people who are part of her story that are now in my heart.

Te Amo Alba!!

I think you know enough Spanish to know what I said.

Oh and like my girl always says:

Should she continue to write or not?

Personally I dislike the idea since it takes Alba’s time away from me, but I have read this story and I hate her since she won’t let me see what she writes until she posts it

I’m hooked like you guys are so I’m just going to suck it up and let her keep writing sacrificing our precious time together

-Rebecca o.o