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Anika

It has been a month since Joel's party, and the morning after was a chaos, since Joel had the biggest hangover of his life and me and Zabdiel went over to help him clean everything up, alongside with the boys and Anna and Victoria. We found things that we wish we didn't and most of them Joel sweared he didn't owned.

Currently I am at home, relaxing in the sofa, eating Ice cream and watching How I Met Your Mother, this has to be my favourite show of all time, since I have watched it at least six times.

'You're watching that again? Jeez girl' Chloe said as she sat beside me, watching the show.

'It brings me comfort you know' I never took my eyes off the screen. Suddenly my phone began to rang and I picked it up, leaving the living room 'Hi mom, is everything okay?'
My whole world stopped and the only thing I heard was my cousins voice " I'm so sorry nikita, but Carlos died in a car crash". I dropped to the floor with tears in my eyes, he can't be dead, my brother can't be dead.

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'Let me go with you nena, you need me there and I want to go' Zabdiel said as I was packing my bags, ready to go to Miami again 'Actually I don't care, I'm going with you'

'Fine, just go pack your things and be here as fast as you can' I sounded rude, but still he kissed me and left to pack his things. We had two hours to pack and leave to the airport. I was glad I had been saving for college, thankful to make it there in time and see him on last time.

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'Nena, ya llegamos' I opened my eyes and saw Miami from the sky, it has been years since I've been here. My family had come over on Christmas last year and that was it, that was the first time in years that I saw them since I moved to cali. That was the last time I saw my brother in flesh and bone. I felt a tear rolling down my face and quick enough it vanished in Zabdiel's thumb, he hugged me and I cried silently in his embrace 'Tranquila amol' he said as he rubbed my back.

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I was back at my childhood room, I left my bag next to the sofa that I had in there, and Zabdiel did the same with his bag. I grabbed my phone and checked the time and called an uber to get us to the chapel.

I wasn't in my best mental state, my brother meant the world to me, and eventhough he was pretty strict when I started to date Zabdiel, I knew that he liked him too, eventhough what had happen.

°°° 5 years ago °°°

Today was the day that I was going to introduce Zabdiel to my mom, my siblings and my grandmother. My dad was on a business trip so he would have to meet Zabdiel in another time.

'What if they don't like me, what if they think I'm weird, or worst, what if your brother wants to beat the living shit ou of me?' He was venting pretty hard, we have been dating for half a year now and he never met a member of my family, not even my grandmother.

'Easy, just breathe. They will love you, specially Carlos, you just have to be patient' I opened the backyard door that led to the kitched and my mom started to run towards us, giving Zab a bear hug, which he returned gladly. He looked so cute when he was shy.

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'So this is the boy ahm?' My older brother walked around my boyfriend, like he was an easy prey 'He is fine, you can keep him' he stopped in front of Zabdiel and took a small step back 'If you ever hurt my sister, I will hunt you down and cut your penis to pieces and give it to the wolves, got it?' Zabdiel shook his head with fear, for god sake its just a kid.

'Leave him alone Carlos' I grabbed Zabdiel by his hand and took him to my room upstairs, so he could meet my little sister, Anastacia.

'You better keep that door opened we have children in this house, and that includes you two! ' my 22 year old Brothe screamed and I showed him my middle finger. 'We don't need more kids too!' He kept talking alone, but with this last setence, he gained a slap in the back of his head from my mother.

°°° Present day °°°

When the uber stopped in front of the chapel, I gave him the money and left it running, I entered the building with Zabdiel following me and as soon as I saw my parents and my little sister I ran back to them. We were in a group hug, but my mother hold me as tight as she could

'Lo quiero ver' since I began to speak spanish my mother started too and she even made Stacia learn it too. As they heard my words, they made some space for me to walk over to his coffin. I was walking slowly, I wanted to see him, but something inside me didn't want to.

I felt a hand in my waist and looked to mu right side and saw Zabdiel there, he motioned me to go further and he went with me. My heart broke when I saw my brother's face, I was gasping for air as tears rolled down my face. Zabdiel quickly hugged me, and I could tell that he was crying too.

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This chapter has my whole heart in it. I can feel Anika's pain, so I needed to make it a bit more short than the usual.

I needed a bit of drama and trust me, this is going to be just the trigger for it  🙃

Once again guys, THANK YOU is not enough, for how thankful I am towards you, thank you for your support and for helping me get here ❤

-SavingR