𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 • 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐈 𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐀

𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 • 𝐁𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃

❝ 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐁𝐀? ❞ notti asks, flipping his camera to show the glass jars lined up on the shelf at the supermarket. kaylina softly shakes her head, rubbing minced garlic onto the pernil sitting in the aluminum pan in front of her.

"i can't look right now. it's the one that says sofrito notti." kaylina responds, lightly furrowing her eyebrows. her mom laughs, walking over to pick up the phone so she can help notti.

even before the divorce, her dad was rarely around so since she was able to walk, kaylina had always helped her mom cook thanksgiving dinner. the older she got, the more helpful she became. and this year, because of her growing relationship with notti, she had invited him over to help as well.

"kaylina vente. notti's on his way back with the sofrito so can you start shredding cheese for the macaroni and when he gets here i'll finish the pernil?" maria asks, wiping her hands against her black leggings.

"mhm. did you clean the shredder?" she responds, quickly washing all of the seasoning from the pernil off of her hands. her mom nods in return, pulling everything kaylina would need out of the refrigerator.

"so lina, is notti your boyfriend now?" maria asks, handing kaylina a few blocks of cheddar cheese. she laughs as she watches her daughters cheeks turn a deep shade of red, her eyes slightly widening.