alexis, a 13 year old girl, stays with her uncle, schneider for which was supposed to be a few months, but turned into years. through those years, she met and got closer to the alvarez family, building a friendship with alex which made them insepara...
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"alexis! i'm going down to the alvarez's, are you ready?" schneider screamed from the living room.
"no! i'll go down in a bit" i said. i heard the front door slam, signaling he had left.
i sighed and threw the covers off of me, making my way to my closet to change. i threw on a hoodie and some ripped jeans. i took a seat on my bed once again, laying back on it until i heard the front door open again.
"ale please. i don't want you to sit around here all day. i hate seeing you like this" he made his way to stand infront me.
i let out a sigh and cleared my throat, making my way out of my bedroom. shcneider followed me out of the apartment and into the alvarez's. i opened the door and flopped down into the couch, snuggling into the pillow, letting my eyelids slowly close.
i heard lydias curtain open, making me shoot my head up from the couch. "i'm going to the opera" she said, moving her shoulders side to side.
alex made his way to the couch, hugging me. i hugged him back and laid my head on his chest once he sat down. "aye, i'm gonna let you two love birds talk" abuelita said, smiling at the both of us.
"mami, really? you're gonna go spy on dr. berkowitz?" penelope asked. i chuckled as they continued to argue.
"let's go get ice cream yeah?" alex whispered into my ear. i nodded my head and followed him out the door.
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we walked into the apartment, hand in hand, taking a seat in the couch, but before we could even speak, elena and syd attacked us.
"hey alex, you won't tell us who your secret girlfriend p is. so, we pulled up your instagram and narrowed it down to 15 possible girls." elena said, taking a seat next to us, along with syd.
"alex i didn't know-" i tried to say, but he quickly covered my mouth with his hand.
"incidentally, 15 possible girls would be a great name for a genderqueer punk band" syd said, making me laugh.
"i know she's crazy, but syd, come on, you're better than this." alex said.
"aw, i'm really not" they said back. elena and syd when back and forth, showing alex random girls instagrams.
"wait, it didn't occur to me until just now, but p could totally be a boy" elena said, making alex let out a sigh.
"elena," he said. ", i've been waiting for the right time to tell you, but i'm straight" elena and syd threw their heads back in frustration. "feel goods to say it out loud" alex got up, with me following him.
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"alex! who is it? p isn't no random girl, and if it is, te voy a partir tu madre" i said, slamming his room door behind us as i walked in.
"aye, ale calm down. it's not a girl okay" he said, grabbing my hands and making me sit down. "it's my papi" i let out a gasp.
"you mean all of a sudden we live in alabama?" i asked, scared to death.
"no! ew! alexis, that is disgusting. and very disappointing that you thought about that" alex said.
"okay, so what do you mean" he looked at me, letting out a sigh.
"i've been texting my papi, and we've been hanging out behind my moms back. but please don't say anything! please ale" alex said, basically getting on his knees to beg.
"fine. but you need to let everyone know as soon as possible. because what your dad has done is fucked up, and yes maybe i wasn't around at the time, but schneider is a chismoso, and told me everything about him" i got up from alex bed and made my way to the door, but before i got to open it alex pulled me back by my arm.
our faces were inches away, our noses were touching. i looked down at his lips, him doing the same, making us both lean in. he wrapped his arms around my waist as we kissed, making me wrap my arms around his neck.
"aye! papito!? chaparra!?!" i heard someone scream from behind us, making us instantly pull away.
we both turned around, slowly, only to see penelope standing at the doorway with her arms crossed.
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"sooo, pen told me she found you and alex kissing i his bedroom!" shcneider said as he laid on my bed, swinging his feet back and forth.
"are you mad about it?" i asked him.
"not really, just mad about the fact that you didn't tell me anything!" schneider said.
"oh come on, last week i told you i thought alex was a very nice and friendly person, you should've picked up on it"
he slowly nodded his head. "anyways, what do you want to do today kiddo?" he rolled over on his back, staring at the ceiling.
"i don't know, wanna go for some pizza?" i asked him.
"but aren't you lactose?" "okay? cheese isn't gonna stop me from eating pizza" i shrugged and got up to put my shoes on. "that's the spirit!"
schneider and i made our way out of the building, walking to a pizza that was right around the corner. we took a booth in the corner and order our pizza.
"schneider! hey! schneider" i whispered, kicking his feet from under the table.
"ow!" he pulled his foot up, rubbing it. i raised my eyebrows to the booth next to us, signaling alex and his dad. his eyes went wide, we both panicked, making sure alex and his dad wouldn't see us.
i saw elena walk in and my face completely dropped. schnedier turned around and saw her too.
••••• translations mami = mommy te voy a partir tu madre = i'm gonna beat the shit out of you papi = daddy chismoso = gossipy papito = daddy
