Forever

Chapter 32 _ Los Niños

"Juliana it was magical! You need to go! I'll even cover for you if you need to take the day off but I need you to see it, you'll fall in love with Anya all over again, I promise you!" Juliana's coworker, Andrea, insisted as she told her about the Anastasia play. The closest tour stop was in San Francisco, and they would be there through the 29th of September.

Juliana and Andrea had bonded over the Anastasia movie since they began working together. "Drea, I can't aford $300 tickets to a play, even if it is THAT play... I have bills to pay dude. I'd love to go but I can't."

"Baby doll! They're only $45 dollars!" Andrea said, "Even if they were $300 I'm sure your sugar mamma would be more than happy to take you." Andrea finished jokingly.

Juliana let out a loud chuckle and smacked Andrea's upper arm. "Shut up, don't call her that!"

"So are you gonna go or what? Make it an early birthday present for yourself, J? I'll even babysit the kids if you need me to." Andrea said in a very serious tone.

"What kids?" Juliana asked confused causing Andrea to break into a fit of laughter.

Grabbing ahold of Juliana's shoulders, Andrea shook her dramatically, "exactly! You don't have any! No one is stopping you, J! Grab your girl and go, have fun. Do something for you, dude."

Juliana laughed, she truly enjoyed Andrea's company. She was one of the most optimistic people she had ever met. That girl had a solution to everything and she always found a positive to every negative situation.

"Okay, you're right I've been dying to see it and was completely devastated when it was no longer on Broadway. It's not that far, I'll talk with Valentina and see if we can go this weekend. Thank you, Drea, I'll tell her you'll watch the kids she'll be so happy to get away from them for a few hours." Juliana said still playing along as she packed up her stuff.

As the girls closed up the shop Andrea nodded to herself satisfied that her work had been done. "We can fangirl about it when you get back. Because believe me when I say Tommy isn't the type of twin to fangirl with me, he only took me because it was our birthday and he knew I wouldn't shut up about it otherwise."

Juliana looked up as she found her car keys to see Valentina leaning against her Mustang.

"Im gonna get going, I'll see you tomorrow, boo." Andrea said giving Juliana a hug as she turned to Valentina and greeted her with a happy smile and a peace sign, "Hi Valentina, bye Valentina."

Juliana smiled as Andrea walked away. She turned to look at Valentina throwing daggers at Andrea with her eyes. "Hi Val, what are you doing here?" When she didn't get a response she got on her tippy toes and gave Valentina a subtle peck on the cheek.

With that, Valentina looked down and smiled at Juliana. "Hi."

"Why don't you like her?" Juliana asked letting out a small giggle.

"I never said I didn't like her." Valentina said avoiding Juliana's eye contact.

Juliana threw her head back laughing, "yeah, tell that to your face, babe."

Valentina crossed her arms and pouted not wanting to admit she was jealous of Juliana's coworker. "She's just too friendly, it seems fake."

"Drea is one of the more genuine people I know, baby. She really likes you, and she's a really good friend." Juliana said unlocking the passenger door.

"Are you sure it's not you she likes?" Valentina said observing Juliana as she unlocked the car.

As the words left Valentina's mouth, Juliana tensed a bit and she raised her eyebrow. "Valentina, we're not doing this out here, get in the car."