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El Lugar más Feliz de la Tierra: Chapter six

To all that come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. - Walt Disney

Luna had never heard these words before, nor had she heard of the man who had said them... well until she and Mateo end up having a movie night and Luna comes up with an idea. If there is really a place that can be called "the happiest place on the earth" she wants to see it for herself. So she and all her friends leave on an adventure ... an adventure over to a place where you can leave today and enter the world of the past, future, adventure, and fantasy.

There is a dedicated song for every chapter. It will be liked below V ¤

Here we gotta funny saying that the magic never ends

“Where is it?!” Luna jumped ahead onto the Main Street.

“Left of the castle,” Ambar said as she looked at the app.

“You are sure you won’t want to come with us?” Jazmin asked while pointing her camera at Pedro, Simon and Ramiro.

“Yeah, no thanks,” Pedro shook his head.

“You have fun with your princesses,” Ramiro remarked.

“See you later!” Simon kissed Ambar on her cheek before the guys left the girl at the front of the partner statue and headed toward the partner statue.

On today’s agenda was something that Luna had been looking forward to the most…well outside of all the speed and excitement: Princesses. Matteo, Gastón and Nina had gone to visit the distant galaxy, and other guys had apparently deemed it beyond their dignity to meet a bunch of princesses—which was ridiculous, so only the girls were going to visit the Royal Hall.

“Wait,” Delfi stopped everyone before they were about to walk in. “Where are Jim and Yam?”

“Oh, I thought they’d already be here…” Luna whipped her head around.

“Now that I think about it… they weren’t at the gate when we got in.” Ambar wondered as well. Well, it had pretty much been expected that someone would get lost at some point during the trip.

“Should we wait for them?” Luna pondered.

“Who knows how long they will take,” Delfi countered, “Do we even know that they are coming here? Do they know that they should?”

“Uuu, this will be a great addition to my feature,” Jazmin started excitedly and turned her camera on again. “We have found ourselves in quite a mystery. Two of our friends are missing and we don’t know where they are. Are they hiding in the castle? Or maybe in the tree house? Has some villain kidnapped them?!! We need to form a rescue party!”

“Jazmin,” Ambar rolled her eyes, “I think we should call them to see if they are coming and if we should wait…”

Suddenly they heard running footsteps and heavy breathing and saw a tall blond and short redhead running toward them. The Jam was here after all.

“We’re here.” Yam huffed and puffed leaning to her knees after they had stopped in front of the others.

“Well, better late than never,” Delfi nodded.

“We’re fashionably late,” Jim corrected her, “We just needed to make sure everything looked great.” She twirled, “So? What do you think?”

“You look great!” Luna reacted… “Uhm, but… what are we looking at?”

“Aren’t you going to ask who we are?” Yam asked. She was dressed in yellow and green, while Jim’s outfit was mainly pink.

“Okay then…” Ambar nodded, “Who are you?”

“You have to guess.”

“Uuuu, okay!” Jazmin had started recording…once again. “Uhm…a lemon and pink lemonade?”

“No!” Jim exclaimed, “I’m Anastasia, and Yam is Drizella.”

“Ooooh, okay,” Jazmin brought her camera closer, “Who are they?”

“Cinderella’s evil stepsisters!”

“We thought it would be fun since we’re meeting the good old Cinders,” Yam explained, “We used to love that movie growing up. Don’t tell me you guys haven’t seen it?”

“Of course, we have,” Delfi responded, “It was my favorite as well. Jazmin wanted to cosplay them once upon a time. You remember, in sixth grade at La Hoja de roble, in that Halloween party.”

“Oh yeah, I remember,” Jazmin exclaimed, “Ambar was supposed to be Lady Tremaine… Why didn’t we do it?”

“Not sure,” Ambar shook her head, “I don’t even remember going to that party.”

“Your old school sounded so cool,” Luna jumped again, “Sadly Blake had nothing fun… anyways, should we go in?”

“Yes, let's do that.” Ambar nodded and the girls walked into the Royal Hall queue.

“So, I am planning on doing this segment in my vlog…” Jazmin had started speaking away as soon as that line had stopped moving. “...where everyone picks their favorite. Delfi, you’re first. The beast or Flynn Rider?”

“Uhm…” Delfi seemed to ponder for a moment, “Uhm, Flynn Rider? He didn’t have anger issues.”

“Okay, Yam! You’re next.” Jazmin picked her next victim, “Prince Charming or Prince Eric?”

“What if I don’t want to pick a prince?”

“Maybe it is a good thing that Nina isn’t here,” Ambar pondered aloud.

“I need to ask these questions separately,” Jazmin had still heard her. “Since Yam is refusing to answer, I can save this combo for her then.”

“No,” Ambar shook her head violently, “Don’t ask her that.”

“Why not?”

“I don’t get it either,” Luna also furrowed her brow, “Why not?”

“You do realize right that it sounds like you’re asking her to pick between her husband and her ex.” Ambar crossed her arms. “The answer is obvious, but given how everything went down, like we all know, I am sure she doesn’t appreciate him being brought up.”

“Oh, right.” Luna’s face showed realization.

“You know, sometimes I wonder what happened to him,” Jim piped up, “I mean, Eric. He just vanished.”

“It’s probably for the best that we don’t know,” Ambar shook her head, “Hey, look. I know you all liked him, and I was under some evil spell at the time, but he was weird. We can admit that now, right? And it’s not like there is any point to this anyway. We all believe in soulmates right, and that always prevails, like we have seen…1...2…3...4 times at least, if not more.”

“Hey look!” Luna pointed ahead when they moved in the queue again. “There’s the first one.”

From the looks of it, the first princess they were going to meet was in fact Cinderella.

“Uuuu, this is perfect.” Jim and Yam were chuckling and rubbing their hands together.

“Cinderella!” They seemed to take their Disney Bounds seriously, and as soon as it was their turn to meet with the princess, they started pulling a some bit. “You didn’t do our laundry…”

When they were two sentences in, they burst out laughing in front of the poor character.

“We’re so sorry, we don’t know how to be mean,” Jim laughed, “But we’re dressed as Anastasia and Drizella.”

“Oh yes, now I see it,” The character responded, “Anastasia really does like her pink.”

***

“Oh yeah,” This is much more our speed,” Ramiro leaned back as he, Simon and Pedro sat on the first row of the boats in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

“Speak for yourself,” Pedro remarked, “They will drag us there eventually.”

“Maybe you, but not me,” Ramiro rolled his eyes, “I’m a free man. I mean, you still have time to run.”

“And ruin my life? No thanks,” Pedro laughed. “Maybe we should have joined the intergalactic exploration after all.”

“I am sure having Matteo as a third wheel is already enough for Gastón and Nina,” Simon remarked, “They don’t need us.”

“Keep hold of your loose treasures.” The cast member said as the boat jerked forward.

“I am just going to relax,” Simon moved his hands behind his head, as they started floating through what looked like a bayou. “There has been so much fast movement in the past days—”

“Psst! Avast there! It be too late to alter course, mateys—and there be plunderin’ pirates lurkin’ in every cove, waitin’ to board. Sit closer together, and keep your ruddy hands inboard—that be the best way to repel boarders. And mark well me words, mateys: “Dead men tell no tales!””

“Ye come seekin’ adventure and salty old pirates, eh? Sure, you come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open, mates, and hold on tight—with both hands, if you please. There be squalls ahead! And Davy Jones waiting for them what don’t obey.”

“Oh, that is cool. They made that skull talk,” Pedro pointed out as they entered a tunnel under an articulated pirate symbol with a skull and swords.

“Yeah, it is interesting.” Simon agreed, “Although, bones give me the creeps—Aaaah!!!!”

The boat started suddenly going downhill.

“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. We kindle and char and in flame and ignite. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. We burn up the city, we're really a fright. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.”

“You scared?” Ramiro asked, laughing as they plunged into a cave eliminated with blue light and serenaded by some sort of a pirate song.

“Nope,” Simon and Pedro shook their heads, “Just enjoying this lovely music.”

“Sad that Nico isn’t here,” Pedro remarked, “I am getting ideas for a song from this music.”

“A pirate album?” Simon nodded, “That sounds gooooooooood!”

Suddenly they plunged into another drop.

“No one told us this was going to drop about ten million times.” Simon complained as they started proceeding through a grotto. “Are we gonna get wet on this one as well?”

“Dead men tell no tales. Dead men tell no tales.” An ominous voice sounded through the grotto and they started passing multiple different skeletons.

“Oh fun, more bones.” Simon complained.

“You know, I actually read from somewhere that these are real skeletons.” Ramiro remarked.

“That can’t be right…” Pedro looked scandalized, “Is it even legal? Simon?”

“How would I know?” Simon shook his head as they passed a skeleton that looked like it was steering a shipwreck with lightning all around.

“Ambar is a lawyer.”

“That doesn’t mean I know anything about it,” Simon shook his head again, “That’s not how marriage works. You don’t become a hivemind.”

“How is that possible?!” Pedro exclaimed as they passed a skeleton sitting in a suspended cage… but the thing was that when they passed it, it became a figure of a person.

“I don’t know,” Ramiro shook his head, “The only one of us who has the technical knowledge for this is not here.”

They floated through a mist veil… in the middle of a battle.

“We’re not afraid of you!”

“It’s Cap’n Jack Sparrow we’re after—and a fortune in gold.”

“Now we’re talking!” Ramiro started getting excited.

Unfortunately, they passed the war zone quickly.

“Huh? Why was that so short?”

They passed through a burning town with bunch a of pirates running amok.

“We’re rascals and scoundrels. We’re villains and knaves. Drink up me hearties, yo ho. We’re devils and black sheep. We’re really bad eggs. Drink up me hearties, yo ho.”

The pirate song returned as they entered some sort of a jail cell where some pirates somehow tried to get a dog to give them a key.

“Grab his tail! Go on, grab it!”

“Don’t scare him!”

“There you go, dearie. Come on—have a nice bone, eh? That’s a good lad! Come on, now!”

“That doesn’t seem very smart,” Pedro remarked, “I mean, I don’t know that much about dogs, but Delfi has had multiple and apparently, they don’t just listen to anybody. Plus, they have an amazing judge of character.”

“I’m sure the robotic dogs are definitely the same.” Ramiro rolled his eyes again.

***

“Looks like we’re comin’ in for a landing, gang. But please stay seated until Dumbo comes to a stop, and then you can walk to the nearest exit. Thanks for flying with the eighth wonder of the world — Dumbo!”

“Weeeeeeeeeee!” Luna yelled as her and Ambar’s elephant lowered them back onto the ground.

After they had taken about a million different pictures with all of the princesses, they had headed to Fantasyland.

“That was so much fun!” Luna was practically bouncing off the figurative walls out of excitement, like she had been pretty much the whole trip already. “I love everything that has to do with flying!”

“Then you will definitely enjoy our flight back home too,” Delfi sat down on a bench for a moment. Jazmin had stayed behind to film, so she was talking to a camera in front of the Dumbo’s flying elephants as the girls moved away.

“Well, that’s a week away at least,” Luna shrugged, “Don’t yet want to think about it. This is so much fun! Best birthday ever!”

“In a few months…” Ambar laughed.

“So, what next?” Jim and Yam asked after being done with taking selfies with their outfits in front of a colorful bush. “Isn’t there that Snow White ride here?”

“Oh yes!” Luna jumped up again. “I think it was here.”

“Snow white was my favorite movie.” Jim started reminiscing, “We always used to watch it with Ashlyn when both Mom and Dad were at work. It was our comfort movie.”

“How could that be comforting?” Delfi questioned, “I got nightmares from it, but Aaron loved the Dwarfs, so he wanted it on repeat… I think he did that to spite me.”

“I always forget that you have a brother,” Luna remarked.

“You and everyone else,” Delfi rolled her eyes, “Better that way. Last I heard he has a girlfriend at Uni. That poor girl.”

“You and Jim really are the only ones with siblings, huh?” Luna kept pondering, “With Simon obviously. Why don’t the rest of us have any?”

“Well, Luna, you and I’s situation is a tad bit unique,” Ambar placed a hand on her shoulder, “I mean, I possibly could have half siblings somewhere, but I don’t know if I’ll ever know who they are. Your parents are dead, and Monica and Miguel have a similar situation to Gastón’s parents.”

“And some people just want one kid,” Yam piped up, “Like mine. I have never wanted a sibling.”

“It is way too over appreciated.” Delfi huffed.

“Well, hello there.” Simon, Pedro and Ramiro appeared in front of them.

“Oh, I see you got enough of living your robber dreams and decided to join us in here sophistication?”

“Hey, we fought and won a battle with some pirates,” Ramiro tried to brag. “So, what’s next?”

“Uuuu, we haven’t done the teacups yet?” Luna piped up.

“Teacups?” Simon questioned, “Don’t tell me that means that we’ll get wet… again.”

“No,” Ambar laughed and linked her arm with Simon as they started walking. “The ride vehicles are teacups that spin.”

“Competition over who spins the fastest!” Jim yelled as they entered the queue.

“You’re on!” Luna responded.

The group separated into three different cups, with Jim, Yam and Ramiro taking the blue cup. Pedro, Delfi and Jazmin sat on the pink one. They had jumped out of the competition, Jazmin saying that she needed to film, so they couldn’t spin that fast. Ambar joined Simon and Luna on the orange one…

…she realized very quickly as they started moving that she had made a grave mistake. Both Simon and Luna were taking the spinning competition way too seriously. They were spinning the wheel inside of the cup as fast as they could, and their cup speed just kept increasing. She was going to be sick soon.

Ambar had forgotten that she actually got dizzy while spinning quite easily. It had been an issue when she had first started skating, but she had dealt with it by finding the right technique. Spotting wouldn’t really help while she was in a spinning teacup which went every direction at once… Hopefully this was going to be over soon.

“Yay! We won!” Luna jumped as they finally exited the ride. “Did we?”

“How can we even determine that?” Jim started to ponder. “Can you even measure spinning speed…Oh well, we all won then.”

“You okay?” Simon asked Ambar as she grabbed his arm for support.

“Remind me never to go on anything spinning with you and Luna.” Ambar huffed and focused her eyes on a tree she saw in the distance to steady herself.

“Uups, sorry.” Luna nodded, “We maybe just got little bit carried away.”

“You think?”

“Well, Snow White next?”

“Do you want to sit this one out?” Simon asked Ambar as they started walking toward the dark ride.

“I think I’ll be fine,” Ambar took a sip from a water bottle. “That won’t spin right?”

“Look!” They stopped in front of the ride. It looked like a medieval cottage mixed with a castle. In top of it read: Snow White’s Enchanted Wish. There was no way Ambar was going to sit this one out. She had been quite intrigued by Disney history when she was younger, and this was a groundbreaking movie. The Queen also reminded her of Sharon extremely.

Speaking off, the curtains on the top of the window were suddenly pulled open and revealed the Queen looking at them.

***

“So you all got out of there alive? No one got put under a sleeping curse?” Luna heard a voice as they were exiting the Snow White ride. The ride had been so cute! Now Luna needed to watch that movie properly.

“Matteo!!” She dashed toward him. Matteo had been waiting for them leaning on the fence next to the exit.

“So, you returned from the other galaxy in one piece," Ambar questioned as everyone joined them on the fence.

“Actually, that was the normal Galaxy,” Matteo rolled his eyes, “The other Galaxy is something else completely. I don’t get it fully either.”

“How did you find us?” Luna asked.

“Well, Jazmin was going on a monologue about wanting to make “poison apple pie” for next Halloween in the chat so I deduced from that.” Matteo shrugged.

“Where are Gastón and Nina?” Simon asked.

“Oh, they went to drop all the merch to the hotel…” Matteo smirked, “So, that will probably take a while.”

“Oh, but we were going to go on Thunder Mountain next. I wanted to try this challenge where you try to stay completely out and no screaming and stuff.” Luna took her phone out, “I’ll text Nina, ask when they are coming—”

“NO, Luna.” Matteo grabbed Luna’s phone. “Thrust me. They aren’t coming. Leave them to be. They said they’ll meet up with us for the Fantasmic.”

“Oh, okay,” Luna nodded, “What’s that?”

Luna pointed toward a long black fabric tube that was hanging off Matteo’s shoulder.

“Oh this?” Matteo looked at it, “It’s just a lightsaber bag… given that they’re kind of forbidden and I don’t want to be hunted down.”

“Oh, those glowy stick thingies right?” Luna asked. “What color?”

“I made a purple one.” Matteo explained, “Felt like it fit.”

“Uuu, I want a yellow one!” Luna exclaimed. “I want to make a laser sword too!”

“Well, we can go back there tomorrow.” Matteo nodded. “I got you something, but you'll get it back at the hotel.”

“What is it?”

“Not going to tell you,” Matteo shook his head, “But I can say that it biips and gets grumpy if it doesn’t get enough chocolate.”

“Hey! We’re here.” Gastón and Nina joined the group as they were all gathered in front of the Tom Sawyer Island to wait for the Fantasmic to begin.

“Great!” Luna greeted them. “You missed the most fun faces that Matteo made on the rollercoaster. What took you so long?”

“Uhm, we had to make sure that we could fit all the merch we had in the bags,” Nina answered after they had shared a quick glance with each other.

“Plus, we had to recover from Matteos “flying”,” Gastón laughed, “No one should let him drive a car again.”

“Hey! Cars aren’t getting shot at,” Matteo snarked from next to Luna, “Nor do they fly.”

“Matteo told me that you made laser swords too,” Luna continued, “Tell me, tell me. What color?”

“Blue. We’re boring like that.”

“I want to make a yellow one.” Luna kept blabbing away, “tomorrow.”

“I guess we’re going back then tomorrow.” Gastón remarked, “I want to see all of your faces when you taste that blue milk.”

“There is milt that is blue?!!”

“Luna, shhhhh,” Ambar nudged Luna, “I think it’s starting.”

“I heard this thing had a dragon in it,” Yam said while draping her arm on Jim’s shoulder. “One that breathed fire.”

“Didn’t that burn down?” Ramiro remarked. “I think I saw that on TikTok few years back.”

“Welcome to Fantasmic! Tonight, our friend and host, Mickey Mouse, uses his vivid imagination to create magical imagery for all to enjoy. Nothing is more wonderful than the imagination — for in a moment, you can experience a beautiful fantasy or an exciting adventure! But beware… nothing is more powerful than the imagination — for it can also expand your greatest fears into an overwhelming nightmare. Are the powers of Mickey’s incredible imagination strong enough and bright enough to withstand the evil forces that invade Mickey’s dream? You are about to find out. For we now invite you to join Mickey and experience Fantasmic! — a journey beyond your wildest imagination.”

“Imagination. Dream a fantastic dream!”

Suddenly the singing started.

“Use your imagination! See it in your mind, and you can find in your imagination. Mysteries and magic, visions fantastic. Leading to strange and wondrous dreams.”

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So, if someone was confused, this is happening the same time as the last chapter. I also feel like yellow would be Luna's color for a lightsaber, given it's rarity

#Soy Luna #soy luna fanfiction #Going to Disneyland #Disney #disney chaos #lutteo #gastina #simbar #Pelfi #Jam #Chaos will reign in the happiest place on earth #Roller crew goes to Disneyland #Lugar más Feliz

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Puede la ondulación cambiar una marea? part eight

Have you ever imagined what would happen if instead of of making Ambar Sol, Sharon would have aproached her problem with more level-headedness? What if, instead of throwing her daughter's life into a curve she just fires the Valentes, in hopes that they go back to Mexico and never find out the truth? Well, it was never going to be that easy, "everything you want you can achieve" being the family motto and all the for the Valentes after all. Monica and Miguel, could easily find another job, and so they do, with another family. A family that ends up being a bit of a surprise for Luna and all her friends.

“Lass uns später noch einmal darüber reden. Danke dir übrigens!” Gastón heard his mother speak on the phone as he entered the dining room. It had been a while since he had heard her speak German.

Both of his parents spoke few languages outside of English—because who didn’t know how to speak that? They both spoke Portuguese, German, at least moderate French and Gastón wasn’t sure which Scandinavian language it was, but his Dad knew some of that as well.

“Darling,” Isla took off her handsfree earpiece as she saw him and looked at her watch, “you’re up already?”

“Yeah,” Gastón nodded, “Did I interrupt your business call?”

“No, it was ending anyway.” Isla shook her head and walked closer to him around the table, “How are you feeling? Should you be up?”

“I’ve spent the last 36 hours staring at four walls, and I’m getting sick of it,” Gastón sighed, “I’m good.”

“You sure?” Isla looked at him, “You’re not having any chest pain?”

“No,” Gastón shook his head again.

“Blurry vision or any memory problems?”

“I can recite for you the full fire department ranking system if you want,” He sat down on a chair, “Mom, you’re just going through a checklist.”

“You bet I am,” Gastón had never seen so much worry in either of his parents' eyes than during the past few days. “Two days ago, you were in the hospital. I’m sorry if we're being a bit cautious, but that is our right.”

“Okay,” He sighed again, “Where’s Dad?”

“Calvin gave us a contact in the OFI, so he’s talking to them. We are not going to wait for any official report from the school to know what actually happened. You’re not going back in there before we do.”

“Morning!!” Luna jumped into the dining room.

“Morning,” Isla looked at her, “How are you feeling?”

“100 percent!” Luna jumped up briefly. “I texted Juliana last night, and the training starts back up tomorrow and since the school is still canceled so we can train for longer, which is amazing. I thought I’d go to the rink today to get a feel for it back. I’ve been away from the rink for a few days, and I honestly feel like I can’t breathe.”

“That is maybe not the best idea.” Isla responded to her.

“What?” Luna stared.

“That you go to the rink,” Isla crossed her arm.

“Why?”

“You were in the hospital too, let's not forget that,” Isla looked at Luna, “Smoke inhalation is serious, no matter what level. My father taught me that a long time ago, the biggest reason for fire fatalities is the smoke and carbon monoxide, not the actual fire. That is why they wear those masks. The doctors said that you should take it easy for a few days, and since you don’t even have practice, you shouldn’t go.”

“But I feel fine,” Luna tried, “I’ve been resting for two days. I need to train. It’s important!”

“Your health is much more important. I’m sorry Luna, but this isn’t your decision to make. It’s ours, and the answer is no. You can go tomorrow, when you’ve rested today and let the antibiotics do their job. There is no reason for you to try to exert yourself as soon as you can.”

“But…” Luna sat down.

“No buts. We’re responsible for you, and you have to allow us to do that.”

“It is very pointless to try to argue with her,” Gastón said to Luna, “I’ve tried for almost 18 years.”

“And you haven’t succeeded many times, have you?” Isla looked at him slightly more amused.

“And this is just one of them, it is worse when there are two.”

“What was that?” Marco walked into the dining room.

“Nothing.” Gastón said quickly as his dad looked at him. “And if you’re about to ask me the same checklist, don’t bother, Mom already did that. I’m good.”

“Good.” Marco nodded as he placed his hand on Isla’s back.

“What did they say?” She asked him.

“The investigation has been completed, and the report that they will give to the school classifies the fire as an accident caused by flammable printer inks being stored improperly. The storage unit had a distribution board that short circuited and the sparks caught on the fluids. They never should have been stored there.”

“So, Blake has a logistic issue?” Isla shook her head, “Someone could have died.”

“It is unbelievable,” She and Marco looked at Gastón, “It is a big hit for the school administration that can’t just be damage controlled. They’ll be forced to take a hard look at things now.”

“So, am I allowed to go to school anymore or not?” Gastón asked, “Because it's kind of hard to graduate if I’m not allowed to step into the building.”

“We’ll talk to the school board tomorrow,” Isla responded, “but as of now if all the necessary security measures have been taken, which they have promised they’d do, Luna can go on Tuesday. Gastón, the doctor signed you off for at least 12 days, so you’re not going anywhere before that. Don’t you even dare to think about the rink.”

“Wasn’t planning on.” He sighed while looking at his phone. He could admit that much that he was in no shape to actually skate right now.

“Oh, and Luna,” Marco changed the subject, “I also had the chance to talk with Lukie.”

“Who?” Luna looked confused.

“She’s the associate that Alexei has in the case of your visitations,” Marco explained, “Unfortunately, the in-person visits are being pushed to one time every three weeks.”

“That’s like once a month!!” Luna exclaimed, “I can’t see Mom and Dad more than that?”

“It is extremely unfair, but they’re arguing the severity of the case. Lukie said that this should be temporary, and she’ll set it straight, because it is infringing on your rights. Important thing is that you have rights and one of them actually is phone times.”

“What are those?” Luna asked again. All the legal terms had gone right over her head.

“You’re entitled to one hour phone calls, twice a week.”

“I’ll get to talk with Mom and Dad?!?!” Luna jumped up from the table.

“Yes,” Marco handed Luna a phone. “I scheduled one for you for today, at 12. The call will come from the detention facility, there is someone surveying it on your parents’ end and it will be recorded, so you can’t plan a jailbreak, but that’s better than nothing. We can go over later how you can schedule the calls yourself. It will come to this.”

“Why can’t they just call my phone?” Luna asked, even if she was almost too excited to care.

“We are not giving the detention facility your phone number,” Isla shook her head, “We don’t trust the place, and the more it is out there, the more it can leak. That is an old phone that we got a temporary operator on, works for phone calls just fine.”

“You said 12?” Luna asked and suddenly checked her own phone, “OMG! That’s like in an hour. I need to call Simon about this!!” She jumped up from the table and turned to leave before turning back and looking at Isla and Marco, “Thank You.”

Then she ran off.

“This should have been disclosed as an opportunity from the beginning,” Isla said Marco. “Did Lukie say why it hadn't?”

“She promised to get to the bottom of this.” Marco nodded. “But honestly, I don’t know. The police and the facilities aren’t clearly thinking what sort of effects this situation can have on a child.”

“Hey! Luna just zoomed past me. Has something happened?” Suddenly Gastón heard a voice behind him.

“Nina?” He got up from the chair and turned around to see her walk into the dining room. “How did you get in here?”

“We gave her the key and clearances when you were in the hospital,” Isla explained, “Did we not tell you?”

“No,” Gastón shook his head as he walked to his girlfriend, “You didn’t tell me either.”

“I thought you knew.” She responded before he closed her in a tight hug—not as tight as he would have wanted though, given the burn on his arms was sensitive to pressure.

“We thought it would be best for you if she gets in here as easily as possible.”

“You thought right,” Gastón smiled—

He momentarily closed his eyes and had to place his hand on the table to steady himself for a moment, before he almost lost his balance.

“Sit down.” His dad had rushed to his side as soon as he had started feeling dizzy. He placed his hand on his forehead, “You’re looking really pale. Do you feel feverish at all?”

“No,” Gastón shook his head as he sat down, “Why would I have a fever?”

“It would be a sign that you’re developing an infection.” He felt three pairs of concerned eyes land on him as he sat back down on the chair. Marco’s hand moved to his shoulder. “At that point if there is a sliver of a sign, we won’t be having a conversation about why, but we’ll already be going. You wanna argue with me about alarm symptoms?”

Who wanted to argue about taking illness symptoms seriously with a person who had to look over his own parents his whole adolescent and young adult life while they slowly lost their battle with cancer?

“No,” Gastón sighed, “but I’m…”

“If you say that you’re fine one more time… We’re not taking any chances here, not with you.”

“Okay,” Gastón relented, “My head’s killing me, I feel dizzy and fatigued and my throat kind of hurts. Is that what you want to hear?”

“Yes.” The word came unanimously from his parents' mouths.

“Your condition was serious enough to warrant over 24 hours in the hospital. It is not gonna go back to normal in a few days, just because you got discharged.” Marco continued, “That’s not gonna be something we're gonna take lightly and nor should you, no matter how stubborn you want to be about it. Your grandmother was like that though, so I guess the genes make sense. You really should go lie down and try to at least drink something every hour to keep the blood sugar up.”

“I’ll take him,” Nina said and pulled Gastón by the arm. “Come on.”

“Well, it is good to know that when he doesn’t want to listen to us, he listens to her.” Isla remarked.

“We better keep her on our side.” Marco wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

“It does do good to see him be so love struck. I stand by my statement. He has your eyes, the light is shining from them exactly the same way.”

“We both have a good reason for it.” He kissed her one her temple before sighing, “I have about ten thousand emails I need to respond to.”

“I’ll join you in a minute,” Isla responded, “We haven’t picked up the post in at least a week. We really need to transfer all the bills into online ones.”

***

“Yeah, I get to talk with them!!” Luna sat on her bed while talking to Simon. “I miss Mom and Dad so much.”

“That is great,” Simon responded. “How are you feeling?”

“I’m fine,” Luna rolled her eyes, “I mean I felt like coughing yesterday still, but now it feels like I am bursting with energy. I miss the rink.”

“Why not come today?” Simon suggested, “Since you’re not sick anymore. Juliana has us working late even if we’re not training.”

“I wanted to, but I’m not allowed,” Luna sighed, “I can come tomorrow for the training, but today I need to rest.”

“You’re being kept as a prisoner?” Simon’s tone changed.

“Not like that,” Luna laughed slightly, “but it’s not like I can sneak out. The gate keeps a record of who opens it, I think, or something like that. I guess, I’ll have to admit that they’re right, kind of, and Mom and Dad wouldn’t want me to overdo it either.”

***

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” Simon hung up the phone and sat on the stage of Jam and Roller with his guitar.

“Was that Luna?” Jim and Yam walked to him.

“Yeah,” Simon nodded.

“How’s she doing?” Yam asked. “I still can’t believe the whole fire thing. School is starting back up on Tuesday.”

“We thought we’d ask Nina, but she’s not here is she?” Jim looked around, “I guess we could call Luna herself too. We’d go visit her, but we don’t know where she lives.”

“You wouldn't be able to get in even if you did,” Simon sighed, “There is a heavy-duty gate there.”

“Was that what you meant when you mentioned someone being kept a prisoner?” Yam asked, “...or was that about her parents. That is still an absolutely horrible situation for Luna. How can the world be so unjust?”

“Yeah, I don’t think I could survive that.” Jim leaned her head on Yam’s shoulder.

“Luna is strong,” Simon nodded, “She’s alright, that's what she said. But they aren’t letting her come to the rink. Apparently Gastón’s parents are quite protective.”

“Gastón’s parents? Protective?” Jim and Yam stared at him. “He has never seemed like he has strict parents. From what we have seen, he has gotten to do what he wants most part.”

“Yeah, and it’s not like making sure she’ll rest after getting stuck in a fire is super controlling.” Yam continued, “My mom wouldn’t let me come to rink if it had been me, and she’s a doctor.”

“Mine too,” Jim nodded, “I mean, that she would make me rest and that she’s a doctor. Twinsies.”

“Wait, do you know them too?” Simon asked, confused.

“No not personally like Matteo does or how Nina does now too,” Jim shook her head, “But we do know that they’re kind of a big deal, I guess everyone does. Apparently Isla and Marco Perida are considered quite a power couple in some circles.”

“I’ve maybe looked them up a few times,” Yam admitted, “Not for Gastón’s sake or anything—he’d probably hate for any special consideration—but because Isla has such a beautiful style.”

“I think we can all agree that none of us could have ever predicted that out of every crazy scenario that’s out there, Luna and Gastón would become siblings.” Jim laughed.

“They aren’t siblings.” Simon noted.

“Good as, though. Nina must be happy. She’s getting to have her best friend and boyfriend at the same house and basically as brother and sister.”

***

“Thanks for saving me.” Gastón said as Nina pulled the door to his room shut. “Mom and Dad, they just—”

“I didn’t save you from anything,” Nina crossed her arms and looked at him disapprovingly. “I agree with them.” She walked closer and took his face into her hands, “You look terrible. You need to lie down.”

“Okay,” Gastón nodded and sat on his bed. Truth be told, he was feeling quite a bit of drowsiness and fatigue. “Only if you come here.”

“You should actually try to rest.” Nina looked at him skeptically.

“I feel worse if you’re not next to me.”

Nina laughed slightly before lying next to him on the bed. She ran her hand on his right forearm, on top of the bandage. “Does this hurt?”

“A little bit.” He nodded slightly.

“Sorry, I’ll stop.”

“If I make it to the competition, I’ll need to wear long sleeves.” Gastón remarked. “We don’t want to scare the judges. I mean my face alone will be a sight, because there is no hope that the scar will disappear in two months' time.”

“You can always ask Jazmin to cover it up.” Nina suggested while tracing the stitches on his forehead. Gastón was right that it wasn't the prettiest sight, but it was not like she cared. He was good looking either way.

“I’ll probably have to do that, but I do hope that it fades,” Gastón sighed, “For Mom and Dad’s sake if no one else. I don’t want there to be a visual reminder of all of this that they need to see every day. I mean they’re already so freaked out.”

“Anyone would be, especially in their situation.” Nina ran her hand through his hair, “They can’t stand the thought of losing you.”

“I know,” Gastón nodded, “I mean the feeling is mutual, especially now, as we get along so well at the moment.”

“When have you not gotten along with your parents?” Nina asked.

“Never, honestly, at least like that,” He nodded, “We don’t have any drama. But like, I guess what I mean is that, now as they’ve been forced to work more from here and not been able to travel as much, they’re so much less stressed and not overcompensating all the time…and I like that they’re home.”

“Of course you do.”

“I might even believe that they could soon be recovering workaholics,” Gastón continued, “And…Luna’s situation is not ideal in the slightest, but Mom and Dad were never meant to be one and done parents. They absolutely didn’t want to be but were forced to. Now that they have someone else dividing and redirecting that energy, it is helping them immensely. It is not all directed at me, which is actually really nice, because it could get a little overwhelming.”

“Not just anyone would be able to look after a child not their own so naturally.” Nina noted, “Luna’s also easy to love, but it is admirable. My parents weren’t able to take care of one kid, their own, me, together. I guess the fact that they barely could stand each other factors into it heavily, but that’s like the opposite of your parents. They can’t keep their eyes off each other.”

“Like I can’t keep my eyes off you,” Gastón brushed some hair out of her face. “I guess it is a family trait.”

They lied in comfortable silence for a while.

“Are you cold?” Nina ran her hand on his forearm. “I can grab a blanket…”

“I’m okay. Don’t worry.” Gastón laughed slightly as Nina started getting up from the bed.

“I’m gonna soon respond the same way your dad did,” She shook her head. “I’m gonna worry, especially when you tell me not to.”

“Okay, okay,” Gastón relented, “I’m not okay, but the only one who can tell how I am feeling is me too. So, you need to believe me as well. I’m not cold and that would be a fever symptom.”

“I’m sorry,” Nina sat back down on the bed next to his head and ran her fingers through his hair, “I just… I don’t know what I would have done if something had happened to you. I love you and I’m gonna worry about you. I never thought this could even be possible.”

“You need to give yourself some credit. I’m the one who had to chase you down.” Gastón looked up at her. This wasn’t the first time the thought of how beautiful a ring would look on her finger had crossed his mind. He was turning 18 next week, so obviously it was an absolutely loco of a thought, but God, he loved her. There were no limits or rules on love, but he would need to tough it out for at least a few years, before making that dream a reality.

“Gastón?” Suddenly there was a knock on the door and his mother’s voice, “Can we come in?”

“Sure.” Gastón pushed himself up more in a sitting position as his parents came through the door.

“Don’t. You don’t need to get up.”

“I’m not on bed rest,” He shook his head, “I read the doctor's note too. Anyways, what is it?”

“This was in the post.” Isla handed Gastón an brown envelope that had the crest of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina printed on it. He had applied to a few universities in Buenos Aires during the fall after deciding that he didn’t want to go to Oxford. He had completely forgotten about that during all the mayhem and that responses would actually start coming at some point.

“These come in post?” He turned it in his hands.

“Apparently from UCA they do.” Marco responded. “It’s still pretty early for acceptance letters for most universities.”

“It could be a rejection,” Gastón shook his head, “Those are probably easy to pump out.”

“Stop that. You don’t know before you open it.” Nina placed her hands on his shoulders.

“Okay.” Gastón shook his head again and ripped the envelope open. The letter was a few pages long. On the top of the first page there was the crest of the university again. The actual text started below it…

We are pleased to extend you an official offer of admission to the Class of 2022 at Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in the faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering…

“I got in.”

“That’s amazing!” Nina hugged him tightly and kissed him on the cheek. Gastón clearly wasn’t satisfied with that as he turned his head and lifted her chin so he could softly kiss her on the lips. Nina forgot at that moment that they were literally in front of his parents, but she didn’t really care.

“We are so proud of you.” But they still were there. “Not exactly surprised, you are so smart. We always had that faith in you. UCA is a good school.”

“But it’s not Oxford.” Gastón rolled his eyes.

“I thought we already had this conversation?” Marco looked at him.

“I guess we did,” Gastón sighed. “Tell me something. Would you even let me go?”

“Honest answer?” Isla tightened her grip on Marco’s hand as they glanced at each other. “It is always going to be your choice, but with everything that has happened, it would be extremely hard for us if you were across the ocean.”

“Well, it is a good thing that I don’t want to go.”

***

Luna groaned as she stared at the exercise sheet. Her head was completely swimming, and all the numbers were just looking like blobs. She was never going to get this.

Blake was not going to let it slide, she was sure of it. Luna couldn’t even blame her concentration struggles on the effects of the fire, because it had happened over a month ago.

SHE JUST DIDN’T GET MATH. These stupid numbers were standing in between her and the Roda Fest, which was the only thing she wanted to focus on. Skating was the one thing that had stayed constant in her life, and she needed it more than ever right now.

Luna blew air out of her mouth and threw her pencil across the living room. Instead of landing on the floor it landed in a vase next to the TV.

“Ups.” Luna got up from the couch and started fishing the pencil out, careful not to disturb the giant and gorgeous bouquet of sunflowers.

Marco had brought them to Isla last Sunday. Apparently, it was some sort of tradition they had going on for over 20 years and had something to do with the first rays of the summer sun.

Well, Luna thought it was extremely romantic. Sunflowers had some sort of a special meaning for them, when it came to love. Luna didn’t know what, but she maybe should ask Nina.

Luna quickly realized that she didn’t even know how long Isla and Marco had been married. Gastón was 18 years old, so longer than that…but technically that wasn’t guaranteed.

Anyways. Luna got her pencil out of the water and sat back down on the couch.

Nope, the numbers had not started to make any sense in the meantime.

“¡Esto es imposible!” She wanted to pull her hair out.

“What is?”

“Oh sorry.” Luna spun her head around and saw Marco standing next to the piano. “I didn’t mean to yell. Did I interrupt something?”

“That’s not important.” He walked closer. “What’s going on?”

“I’m just trying to do my homework,” Luna shook her head. “And I don’t get it, which is gonna put me in danger of failing the year… Again.”

“Well, you clearly didn’t fail last year.” Marco had walked around the couch and was standing next to Luna now.

“I almost did.” Luna huffed, “I lost my final project on top of a van.”

“What?”

“Seriously,” Luna nodded, “I was in a hurry and placed my laptop on top of a van and when I turned around it was gone. I never got it back and had to write the whole thing again. I did pass, in the end.”

“Okay,” Marco looked a little confused as he sat next to her. “You might wanna keep your computer in your bag, so you avoid that.”

“I learned my lesson.”

“So, are these differential derivatives that you are having trouble with?” Marco looked at Luna’s math sheets.

“Yeah,” Luna leaned back on the couch.

“You are taught to use the formula?”

“I think so…” Luna leafed through her math book. “It’s the thing with the lime or was it limena…? I don’t know.”

“Limit. They are called limits.” Marco responded.

“Yeah, but I still don’t get it,” Luna shook her head, “Nina has tried to teach me in like a thousand different ways.”

“You know that I work in finance and economics?” Marco asked her.

“Yeah.”

“Well, derivatives, bounds, terraces in flow diagrams are all the baseline of my job. We use calculators nowadays, but we didn’t have those in the start of the 21st century.”

“I’d love a calculator.” Luna remarked, “So you probably know how to do these really well.”

“Yes, given I’ve made my whole career on them,” Marco nodded, “but I can tell you a secret. I don’t actually understand that formula either.”

“Then how do you do it then?” Luna asked, extremely confused now. If a professional didn’t know how to use the freaking formula that she was supposed to learn, then how was she supposed to do it?

“There is another way to do it in practice.” Marco explained, “The schools teach the formula, which is the academic and “proper” way to do it with proofs and literature and all, it really works for people who think very academically. You seem to think on your feet a lot, so a more practical approach might work. See, if you just look at this one: The x is to the fourth power, so if you derive it, you just take the power, so four and it becomes the coefficient, and the power gets reduced by one. So, this would become four times x to the power of three. Do you understand?”

“Maybe,” Luna looked at her paper again and took her pencil in her hand, “So, you just take the smaller number that is in the corner and put it in the front, and then just the upper one becomes smaller?”

Luna drew the new equation on the paper and looked at Marco who nodded.

“That is exactly how you can think that. That is correct what you just did there. The answer is exactly the same as it would be with the formula, just with fewer steps.”

“Can’t believe it,” Luna did another problem. “How can you just understand it like that? It’s so much more easier.”

“Isla actually likes to say that I make numbers look like art,” Marco smiled slightly, “I don’t personally understand that, but she’s usually right and I am not good at arguing with her. Has she done your hair again?”

“Oh yeah,” Luna nodded while running her hand on what Isla had called something along the lines of three-way four-strand dragon braid. “It’s really pretty.”

“She has a magical eye for beauty. Has that effect in everything she touches, at least for as long as I have known her.”

“How did you meet?” Luna asked. She was actually genuinely quite curious.

“University, 1996 to be exact.” Marco answered. “I majored in Economics and Business Administration, she did marketing. Both of our classes for the masters took place at the same campus, and part of her studies she had to complete a few photography courses that I was taking for fun. She needed some help with those and that's how our paths crossed. Two years later, we didn’t really celebrate our graduations, we got married. The saying that you meet the love of your life when you least expect it is actually very true. That is the bare bones of it, ask later when there is more time and the two of us. I don’t even know all of it. You should finish your homework.”

“Okay,” Luna turned back to her math problems and again to her surprise, actually managed to complete all of them, within 15 minutes.

She had to tell Nina, so she grabbed her phone and was about to text her when her phone screen froze.

“Ugh, not again.” Luna groaned and tapped the screen again, to somehow revive it.

“What?” Marco had been writing some email on his phone.

“This has nothing to do with math,” Luna shook her head, “My phone’s lagging. I don’t know why.”

“Can I see it?” Luna handed her phone to him. “How old is this?”

“Two years, I think.” Luna responded.

“Then it definitely shouldn't just randomly freeze.” Marco looked at the phone.

“I mean, I don’t know, but it has started doing that a lot recently. Almost like it has gotten worse.” Luna continued. “Out of nowhere.”

“My wild guess would be smoke damage.”

“Smoke damage?” Luna asked, confused. “How does that work?”

“Smoke particles can clog internal components of electronics.” Marco went to grab a tablet from a shelf in the living room. “It very well could be it, given the fire and that the issue has just gotten progressively worse. What model is that?”

“I don’t know.” Luna shook her head.

“Okay,” The phone had stopped freezing, so Marco opened some sort of tab on it, “Galaxy J2. It’s an Android so you probably don’t want to change that. They probably don’t make that size anymore.” He took his own phone out and handed it to Luna, “Hold this. Is this sort of a size too big for you.”

“Yeah,” Luna held the phone, a little bit confused about what was going on. “My fingers can’t even reach the buttons. What are you doing?”

“Well, you can't have a malfunctioning phone. It is only gonna get worse.” Marco took his phone back from Luna, while typing something on the tablet. “Okay, this is the Note 8, which is a tad bit bigger than what you have now.”

“I’m going to Matteo’s. Don’t wait on me for dinner.” Gastón walked down the stairs at that moment.

“Wait, Gastón,” Marco stopped him. “Does your phone work?”

“Not a random question at all, Dad,” Gastón looked at them, “but now that you mention it, it has been kind of lagging. I should probably boot the hard drive or something—”

“You should have said. If both of yours are doing the same thing, then it definitely is smoke damage.” Marco noted.

“Smoke damage?” Gastón scrunched his eyebrows. “Okay, that would actually make sense.”

“Order a new one. Today.” Marco told him. “Get an X at least, but get in a delivery today, so it comes tomorrow at the latest.”

“Okay.” Gastón nodded and walked out of the door.

“Wait, is that what you're doing?” Luna asked as Marco had turned back to his tablet, “Getting me a new phone?”

“I can repeat myself. You can’t have one that doesn’t work. That is dangerous. So would this be okay?” He showed Luna a model on the tablet.

“Uh, sure.” Luna responded. She knew nothing about phone models and things were happening fast. Luna never realized that buying phones was this easy of a process…or it was with people with money.

The more comfortable Luna got with the whole situation, the more she kept forgetting that Isla and Marco in fact were millionaires and on top of their game with their careers. Luna had been expecting at the start that they’d hire replacements for Mom and Dad, but that had not happened. No one seemed to be bothered one bit that they didn’t have staff anymore.

“Good.” Marco nodded, “So it is the Note 8. You can look for some cases for it yourself, because you probably know better what you want on that front. You’ll get it tomorrow. Your old one will hopefully work for another 12 hours.”

“Okay,” Luna nodded. “Thank you—”

Isla walked out of the hallway to the living room, looking really annoyed.

“What’s wrong?” Marco turned his attention to her at once.

“The call I had with CICSA was supposed to last maybe an hour. A very simple job, but they are apparently determined to make it as difficult as possible.”

“Surely nothing you can’t handle.” He responded to her with a very affectionate tone.

“No, but they’re really pushing it.” Isla shook her head. She wrapped her arms around her husband’s neck and buried her face on his shoulder for a moment. “The contract has to now go through some other administrator branch, which is completely unnecessary. They are just messing things up and making it a hundred times more complicated. Who knows how long this will take now. Threw all of my plans out of order for today, because I very well couldn’t tell them that the call needed to be finished because I was late for my hair appointment. There would have gone all of my professional reputation down the train, but it was very tempting.”

“They don’t know what’s coming for them if they don’t start to be cooperate.”

“They definitely don’t,” Isla laughed, “I got a message out to Larol that I need to delay that appointment. It was possible, because I’m not getting dye or anything, just a cut. I do need to be careful, because anything close to shoulder length makes me look—”

“You don’t look old.”

“And you’re biased. Anyway, what were you talking about here?”

“It looks like their phones have suffered some smoke damage, effects of which are only coming apparent now.” Marco explained.

“Really?” Isla raised her head, concerned look in her face. “Good thing you caught that, before they leave for Cancun and everything.”

“It is,” They turned to look at Luna, who had been gathering her math papers. “Remember, if you need something, you can say it.”

“Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind.” She nodded.

“Speaking off, before your trip and everything, do you want any clothes?” Isla asked.

“Uh, I am not sure.” Luna shook her head. That was not something she had ever thought of.

“Think about it. It’s better to handle those things now than in two weeks' time when you're literally leaving and busy with that.”

“I guess,” Luna shrugged, “but I am terrible at shopping.”

“You want help?” Isla looked at the clock on the wall, “I’m just leaving for my hair appointment which won’t take long, so how about you come with me, and we’ll get some clothes for you afterwards.”

“Uhm, sure.” Luna responded. “Why not?”

“If you’re all ready to go, we can leave now.”

“Okay.” Luna got up from the couch.

“I honestly don’t really believe that anyone can be “good” or “bad” at shopping.” Isla said as Luna followed her to the garage. “It is not like it’s an art or a competition. Everyone has a different eye, but in the end they’re just clothes.”

“Maybe, but I’ve gotten a bunch of weird looks on how I dress.” Luna remarked.

“I think the way you dress is adorable,” Isla said as she pressed the car key and lights flickered on the car at the far left, the light blue car.

Luna had never ridden on that before, Gastón drove that black one when they went to school. When Luna had been driven to the prison and stuff it had usually been the dark blue car, which Marco was often driving even if Isla was with them. Obviously, she knew how to drive too. She was an adult after all.

“It is always nice to see color in kids your age. Some try to dress way too grown up. I used to be a talented drifter when I was younger and we had no money to go around, but some of those choices were a bit questionable. That was also the 80s and 90s, so everything was a tad bit questionable. The only thing I can truly not question that came from the 90s was my choice of husband.”

***

“Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho.” Juliana counted out steps while standing on the side of the rink, “Around, together, lift and stop.”

The team of Jam and Roller took the final pose on their choreography.

“Okay, well done everyone!” Julina nodded her head in approval, “I have to say, I wasn’t 100 % sure we would be able to pull this off. Some of the reasons obviously haven’t been your fault, so I won’t say another word about those. I am glad that everyone is okay. but right now I an say that, I think we are truly ready for the Roda Fest.”

Gastón was standing next to Matteo, who lightly patted his back as Juliana spoke. He had managed to get back into practice after a few weeks, and his arm had healed so no lifts had needed to be cut, although it had required a few extra training sessions into some late hours. Delfi, surprisingly, had been extremely patient with it, which was surprising in itself. Miracles could truly happen, and Pedro clearly was having a good influence on that. Anyways, they were in great shape now and ready to take Cancun by storm.

“Okay, I’ll see you all here tomorrow at 8:00 am sharp. So, everyone will be here on time, with all of your personal documents, luggage and NO ONE WILL BE LATE. If you are, you’ll be left behind.” Juliana eyed everyone in the team. “And please have your passports in order. Once we get to the airport, we are going to be in a time crunch. At Cancun we have a strict schedule.”

“Oh, you’d think we are joining the army.” Ramiro joked, “We are gonna kick some Slider butt, but can’t we also have fun?”

“There is time for that, but we need to take this seriously,” Juliana gave him a death glare. “Now, all of you need to go home and pack. Make sure that your skates are in your carry on. You cannot lose them, because there is no magical Skate Machine that will make you new skates.”

“Yes sir!” Simon made a mock salute.

“I will ignore that for now,” Juliana smiled slightly. “Go to sleep early. See you tomorrow.”

“Wait, guys, before you go. Come here.” Luna stopped everyone, “Do you guys understand? We are seriously gonna be going to the finale at Roda Fest!!! We’ve been through a lot as a team, and we have made it. It’s finally here!!”

“Bring it in here!” Ramiro threw his hand into the center of the circle, “We are gonna go, and we’re gonna show everyone, and we are gonna win.”

“FOR JAM AND ROLLER!!!” The team joined hands and threw them to the sky.

***

“Luna, how many different neon tops are you planning on taking?” Nina sat on Luna's bed while she was throwing clothes on the floor.

“I don’t know,” Luna shook her head. “All of them.”

“We’ll be there for two weeks, not moving permanently.” Nina noted. “Hey look, I’ll teach you a technique that Mom taught me. Count the days we’ll be away and pick an outfit for each one. Then divide the days by three and take that number of extra outfits. So, you need about 18 different outfits.”

“That is a lot,” Luna blobbed to sit down on the floor, “Hey, you sure you have time to help me with this? Won’t Gastón miss you?”

“I think he’ll survive if I help you for an hour,” Nina laughed, “It is all so much easier now that I can let myself in, almost like I am part of the family.”

“I mean you are,” Luna remarked, “I think everyone agrees here on that.”

“Hopefully someday officially.” Nina smiled as she looked down at a pile of Luna’s clothes. “What’s this one?” She held up a white skirt with a bunch of colorful flowers.

“Oh, Isla bought that for me,” Luna responded, “It’s really pretty.”

“It is.” Nina nodded, “If it was her, then I am not surprised. She has amazing taste.”

“Hey girls,” Isla walked into the room, “Everything okay here?”

“Yeah, we’re just packing,” Luna turned around from her closet, “Or trying…”

“I can see that.” Isla looked at all of the clothes on the floor. “You have everything else clear for the trip?”

“We’re taking the bus from Roller in the morning to the airport and flying to Cancun from there on a flight that departs at 10:25 am.” Nina read off her tablet.

“It is good that we can always trust you to be on top of things, Nina.” Isla smiled at her. “Are you staying for dinner, or do you need to go pack your own things?”

“I packed yesterday actually,” Nina explained, “Mom would nag at me all the time, if I hadn’t.”

“That sounds like Ana.” Isla nodded, “Okay, the reason why I actually came here was this.”

She handed Luna a plastic folder.

“What is it?” Luna asked, confused, “I already made sure 1000 times that I have my passport.” She pointed to her nightstand, where she had marked an area with her beads to hold that passport.

“More of a precaution,” Isla explained. “One of our friends is a social worker, so he gave us a few pointers on what we should be aware of as we are looking after you. It’s just a letter of consent that Marco and I signed that you are allowed to travel outside of the country without a guardian as a minor. It shouldn't be necessary as you aren’t in foster care and the custody agreement Alexei drew up is ironclad. It is just in case you run into some sort of issue.”

“Thanks.” Luna nodded.

“Are you excited to go?”

“Yeah of course I am!” Luna jumped up in the air. “I miss Mexico so much!”

“It is a good thing you have things to look forward to.” Isla smiled, “Well, I’ll leave you girls to it.”

“I haven’t really mentioned this, but it is really great how well you really get along,” Nina pointed out after Isla had gone.

“I mean yeah,” Luna smiled, “They’re really nice, you were right about that when you first told me and I was all freaked out.”

“They are.” Nina nodded.

“You know, it’s kind of weird that they don’t have more kids,” Luna pondered out loud while folding a shirt into the suitcase. “Because they’re really good at this.”

“You don’t know?” Nina dropped the socks she was rolling and looked at Luna.

“Know what?” Luna questioned.

“Isla and Marco can’t have children.” Nina said, looking at Luna.

“Wait what?” Luna looked even more confused now, “How does that even make sense? Gastón’s not adopted, is he? He’s—”

“He looks exactly like his father, and the golden streak in his eyes is from his mother. He also has the best qualities from both of them. Of course he is not.” Nina shook her head, “That’s not what I meant. I said it badly.”

“Then what did you mean?” Luna looked still extremely confused. “So, they had a kid and then couldn’t anymore?”

“When Gastón was one or so, Isla had some sort of serious medical complication. That was when they still lived in Cordoba. She had to have a hysterectomy, or she could have died.”

“Wow, that’s awful.” Luna sat on the bed. “How do you know this?”

“They told me.” Nina said simply, “I don’t think it’s a secret and they seem to have made peace with it, but it must have been devastating at the time. They were 24. One of the reasons that fueled their ambition to get where they are today and give Gastón a much better life. It’s not exactly a topic to be had over dinner or something so it probably just hasn’t come up.”

“I can’t even imagine going through something like that,” Luna sat back on the floor while sorting her suitcase, “I mean, it kind of sounds like Mom and Dad. They weren’t able to have kids, but then they adopted me. They left everything behind too, to give me a better education, even if it was after Senora Sharon.”

“That’s probably why you get along so well.” Nina noted.

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Well, look at that. We are back, because I write what I want whever I want. Not a lot of actually happened in this part (I had to split it because it was getting so long), but sometimes I nice to just breathe for a moment. Last part literally had a fire, so we dealt with the last of that aftermath and did some character interraction develobment. More often that not in the media, the Dad is often left as the least develobed charcter with least amouth of charcter building and interractions...We'll not in my house. Dads are important, even if the child is a girl. Also Luna learned some math in the process, and that was actually how I was tuagh to do deritaves, intead of the weird formula. Also, golden retriever husband energy, because Gastón absolutely has that in his gene pool. The way I determine is that he got his sentiviness, calming precese and artistic traits from his dad, while the headstrongness, sociability and chamingess from his mom. Something I live by while writing is that: normalize married couples being in love and acting accordingly, no matter how old (40 also isn't old in the slightest). Small public service anoucements here: I ahve actually written some original material about Isla and Marco specifically. Littel bit a stuff when they were 20, those afformentioned uni years. I am not gonna release that at that moment, because it is in my native language and because I've submited it into couple writing competitions. I'll uptate you on if some judge board declares that I am actually a good writer. Okay, next... Simon...We will talk about him little later, shall we. On the next part. We are going somewhere with this, I promise. Finally, again I am trying portray here that Luna is progressively getting more comfortable with the situation, that she's not the staff's daughter anymore, but basically family member. She's casually hanging in the living room while doing her homework and she doesn't call Isla and Marco "Gastón's parents" anymore.

#Soy Luna #soy luna fanfiction #Gastina #Lutteo #Soy Luna Season 2 #Gastteo #Au #Twist #This was just a stupid idea #But I am rolling with it #And having fun #and it's getting unhinged #because it has a plot now

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