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Cap. 3
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Caro and __ are waiting in the same tree as always, eating and talking about the imminent wedding of her mother and the things that changed and the one who will still be doing it.
“Wiser decision.” Before her mother gets married, she will move with her sister to her apartment at least until she graduates, after that she will move with Enrique where she will remain working.
“Actually it’s my only option, Esteban in a couple of months will have a crowded house.” __ take a deep breath, if someone told her three years ago, she will be living with her sister, only with her sister, she will tell them they were crazy.
Caro knows __ , she recognizes that gesture in her face; the open eyes, shoulders down and twitching fingers. She is sad, really sad, but the most important; she’s angry; and the worst thing, it seems she isn't’ the only one who didn’t know why, also her siblings find it hard to know the reason.
“__…” Caro 's words stuck for her cell phone ringing. “What does this girl want?” The fact that the tightened teeths and rolled eyes were enough to put a smile on __'s face.
“Yeah…I get it… Mar you are a constant pain.” Were the last words before Caro ended the call.
“Well, it seems we have to get inside, Mar needs her computer and she left it in the car, and no, she said you better not stay here, outside alone.”
Orders are orders, and with a stressful Mar, no one wants to mess up.
“I can wait here.” __ says to Caro standing outside in front of the big storage doors. “I’m inside of the perimeter, you say that to her.” Caro smiles and gets inside.
After three weeks here, it is definitely colder than the first day, making her put her hands together and blow to try to warm.
“Gloves are a better option.” She recognizes the voice and turns around. She knows it’s a movie but what the hell, all of them look like they were starving until death, and makes her a little unforgettable to sustain her eyes on him, so she quickly turns her sight back to the sky.
“Oh, right, I never thought about it.” She could help it, sarcasm seems a hereditary thing. “Still, it seems that I’m warmer than you.”
Enzo found it kind of endearing the fact she didn’t even look at him. “How could you know it? You didn’t even look at me.” That caused __ giggles, clear her throat and look at him.
“Yep, I’m definitely warmer.” She crosses her arms over her chest. “You should go inside, I think you will freeze at any minute.” She pointed from his head to his toes. “Literally a stalactite.” Both of them laugh, Enzo takes the courage to give the first step.
“I’m Enzo.” He extends his hand, __ smiles and shakes it.
“__” It’s so clear the difference in temperature. He's cold and skinny, literally she feels is grabbing a piece of ice, and she’s warmer, he feels is touching the sunlight.
“Nice to finally know your name.” __ take account the time she has been here and cross their paths but never mention her name.
“OMG MAR! That is the kind of thing you mention right away!” Caro is at the end of her patient; __takes her hand and puts it back to her pockets.
Just a second later, because Mar has been unable to take her eyes from the scene since she noticed walking to the door, the giggle and the seconds __ maintaining her hand in Enzo’s.
<Omg, I’m crazy>, Mar thought and cursed Matias for placing that scenery in her head.
“Sorry, I don't remember which one was!” Caro takes a deep breath and says hi to Enzo. “Let’s go __, one more day, one more day, and will be free.”
“Said the girl who left her bestfriend for her boyfriend.” Mar ads scrunching her nose and smiling at Caro. She didn't even have to beg __ for please pick Mar for the last time tomorrow night, Alonso invited her to dinner and pre celebrate Christmas.
“She does it because she loves to see her best friend happy, right?” Caro hugs __ by her neck making her nod but pushing away at the same time.
“All right, all right, let’s stop from making a scene in front of Enzo.” Mar said before pushing them to start walking, __ unable to get rid of Caro’s hug. “Goodnight Enzo, see you tomorrow.” Mar walks behind the girls laughing, as Enzo says goodbye.
“Let’s go, last shot of the day!” Enzo was watching so carefully the scene, he didn’t even hear or see Agustin walking to him pushing him inside to start to shoot.
Enzo’s last scenes are scheduled to end the first week after the short period of vacation, even with the tiring year over them, they feel excited for just 24 hrs split apart from a well deserved rest. They go inside to the storage where everything is already set for the last recording of the day, Enzo set in his place to start recording.
“He seems more excited than a few moments ago.” Matias mentions to Agustin at the end of the day, as they walk to remove all the makeup and clothes.
“I think he was having fun with Mar and her sister.” Matias stops in a blink.
<What?>
“There was also another girl, with a strong gaze, black hair and probably what I consider, a contagious smile?”
Agustin was removing the clothes but he kept answering his questions. “It could be. I don’t know, I just saw Mar’s sister grabbing her by the neck and walking away.” That was enough for Matias to clap and smile, getting a forrown expression from Agustin.
“I’m excited for the end of the day, that’s all.” No one will believe that.
“Yeah, sure.”
“JUST PICK A COLOR!” Vale keeps pressing __ to pick the color of her dress for the ceremony, even the same amount of time she asks her, __ replies with the same answer.
“I don’t mind, you choose the color.” This time __ couldn’t leave her with a red face and fist tight, this time she had to continue with the phone call, a stupid promise she made to Enrique.
“__…” She could hear Vale taking a deep breath. “Ok, I’ll reduce it, salmon or pine nut.” Caro found it hard to contain the laugh, she was hearing all the mess for the very first second of the call.
“Valentina, they are pink, for christ sake, just pick one of those two! I don’t mind if you put me in a yellow dress.” The fact __ is losing her mind too just made all this situation funnier.
The discussion gets to the point __ screams the salmon color, and hears the relieved sounds of Valentina.
“Jesus! Have a good night, Esteban will call you tomorrow.” By this point of the night __ has her head covered by a pillow. “Love you.” By the end of the call, Caro is covering her mouth to spot the laughing.
“Listen I know you are tired of picking colors but, which one looks better on me?” __ breath in before sitting and watch the quandary about the skirts of her friend.
A couple of hours later, Alonso was introduced to __ before he and Caro left for their date, of course, not before __ gave him a little warning about breaking her best friend's heart, and facing that glacier stare in __’s eyes didn't leave space for a small joke.
“Okay, before he has a heart attack, we’re leaving.” Caro intertwined her hand with Alonso; Dr. Mendieta seems to have a sensor because at that moment he appears in the stairs.
“Bring her home safely, ok?” Alonso was cut for Caro giving a kiss on her father's cheek and opening the door searching for a safe spot for him.
Dr. Mendienta sat in the living room with __, and rubbed his eyes. “I must ask for your parents' tips about this, right?” __ couldn’t contain the giggle and close his eyes just like him.
“Yeah, they have experience in that.” Dr. Mendieta laughs while __ remember the time Esteban announced his engagement and the multiple times they observe Vale go on numerous dates with a smile on her face.
“I bet they will understand me when you begin to look like her; all red faces, sparkling eyes combine with heart shaped eyes.” That causes a chill in her body forcing to stand and go and search her things to go pick Mar.
“Don’t wish me so bad luck.” She smiles in an apologizing way before leaving the house.
Mrs. Mendienta stays hearing the conversation from the kitchen sitting with her husband just after __ leave the house, with a reproval face.
“What?!” Dr. Mendieta raises his arms in a surrender way.
“Years, we met __ since she was 6 and still you don’t know anything.” She grabs the control T.V. “She is not the girl who spent her days or minutes drawing hearts in the corner of the notebooks.”
Dr. Mendieta rolls his eyes, he knows that but he also sees some kind of resemblance of that behavior of her in his past younger days..
Getting two steps ahead of Mar. __ got inside of the parking lot of the storage after she arrived, just like the last time, earphones and her tablet in hand, she found the perfect spot for her to sit and work but this time to cover for the strong cold of the night, she found a little bench set between two big trees. When she sat down, took a photo of her with a huge coat, a beanie with the logo of her collage and her favorite scarf.
<Warm and safe, don’t worry> Was the message along the photo with the emoji kiss.
Mar replies with a kiss back, smiling when she sees the picture.
“They are here?” Mar jumps in her chair, almost drooping her cellphone. Matias appears out of nowhere with a mischievous face.
“Fuck! Matias, you will give me a heart attack one day.” She put her hand at the level of her heart. “Who are they?” She was trying to play the fool so, she focused again on the computer in front of her but he won’t give up so easily.
“Mar…” She smiles but shakes her head. “Listen, after our small talk I start to see crazy things ok? So, I’ll be honest and direct.”
Mar removes her headphones and faces him.
“Matias, __ just came for Christmas holidays, she will be leaving in two weeks tops, she doesn’t come frequently and I doubt she will come back in a long time, ok? So, let’s not torment two souls for your excited imagination.” He doesn't answer not because he just resigned to the idea just because he is thinking in a way to win time.
Mar moves slowly if like a faster move will turn the flashlight in his brain.
45 minutes passed since __ sent the picture until her cell phone rang one more time. <Moises> along with the emoji of a mushroom.
She picked up the call with a soft smile on her face. Moises is another of her best friends, they met when they were 10 years old, it was the intercollegiate of volleyball, and her school was headquarters. In that time Moises faced the team in where a boy who caught the attention of __, was playing after win in a flattening victory; he gave her the advice at least put her eyes in someone who can throw a ball across the room, not to the head of his teammates; that rude sincerely likes __, by the end of the week and the finish of the intercollegiate, __ found a new friend with the time became a important pillar in her life.
“What coincidence of life? We almost have the same schedule!” She hears the gasping voice, an indication of his late night runs. Even though they didn’t study the same engineer, the last subject was the same. “When did you take project I+D? I mean, I thought we had 2 subjects left.”
__ laugh if he attended the class last semester, he would know, she already passed that subject. “Going to classes helps to approve the subjects, you know?”
Moises starts to get slow and stops his clock; in Mexico even if it is winter the colder temperature begins in January; so, still the weather is nice for a late night running, but the cold air starts to cause some troubles in his breathing.
“How are you?” __ take a small breath before answering, not removing her eyes from the screen of her tablet, but her finger floating above it.
“Earth calling __” She blinks, __ didn’t even realize she stopped asking herself that question since she came here, with all the thrilling emotions of being with Caro, the distance of her problems at home and from her family, seems enough to hide that question.
“Am…fine? I guess, I mean…” Moises could picture her lending her head to the left with her furrowed eyebrows.
“You don’t have to answer just to say something.” He sat on a bench near the entrance of the park where he used to run. “I’m asking because come on! Seeing a message from you it’s like a miracle.” With that he gets a scoff from her followed by a giggle.
“You don’t ask but I will tell you…”
For 15 minutes he told about how his mother has drag him from side to side of the town buying and carried things for the Christmas dinner, this year his house it’s the place for all his family reunited, __ enjoy hear him, even she stops from working and just draw things in a new field in white.
“OH! Your strudel is from another world!” Moises is well known to his family and friends for his gift and making the most delicious dessert anyone ever tastes.
“Promise, no, no, swear me you will make me one, when I am back!” __ point to her cellphone like if he is able to see the determination in her face.
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Chapter 2
Amaranth
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One of the most uncomfortable experiences in my whole life, talking with a complete stranger about me, knowing she is reading me like any kind of paper made my skin crawl every second.
“How do you meet Riley?” I stop breathing and I look straight at Dr. Jamie's eyes.
“What?” She put both of her hands in her lap. “I love to hear the story of how you and Riley meet.” In her eyes I see compassion and really curiosity, not pity like everyone who asks me about him. “Take your time, I like to finish with this.”
“Am…well…Riley and I.” I take a deep breath in and smile at the memories. “We meet in our first assignment for the navy, we both were put in the USS Yorktown, we were selected to be partners, he was so funny, and I was so stubborn, well, I still am; at the beginning was hard to get a long our first flies were a mess, horrible, one of my worst…then everything changes.” I saw Jamie who was smiling, urging me to continue. “We had a mission of reconnaissance, we didn’t expect any kind of action in the air but also we don’t expect there were tracking weapons, I avoid every missile and took down one of them; we only had two options; retire and let them know our coordinates or end that weapons and take good information to the ship. He screamed at me when I suggested calling for backups.” I giggle. “At me, in the air, in the middle of enemy space, me the top of the class, the damn pilot, but it works. That day we received our first honor, later we knew that the information we took back helped to eliminate an important enemy reserve weapon.” I take my time to finish breathing in and out.
“We arrive at Pearl; we celebrate drinking beers on the beach at 4 am.” Jamie laughed. “That’s how our story begins.” Before my mood turns sad, she stops it.
“All right Sky, let’s end here, I think you have a more tiring test ahead.” She stands up and walks with me to her door. “See you tomorrow.” I nod and walk away.
The physical test left my body smashed, when I finished it, I just lay in the concrete. “Good job Lieutenant.” I hear the officer say while he walks writing in their report.
“Look what the wind brings.” I opened my eyes and Phoenix was bent to me.
“It’s not the wind, it’s the storm.” She laughs and offers me a hand.
“I hear, late by the way, you’re back on the track.” I stand and drink my bottle of water.
“I didn’t say <back>, I mean, look at me, it seems like a truck passed over me, I…I don’t know, let’s wait until the end of the month.” She denies.
“Sky, the only one who doubts about your pass this test, it’s you.” She passed his arm along my shoulders. “Trust me, if it is not like a friend, like your senior.”
I met Natasha the second day in Marimar, she was already a proud Top Gun pilot, and I was just another girl who didn’t let intimidate by the huge amounts of testosterone.
While Riley is helping to put a bag of ice in my hand for “accidentally” smashing my fist in one of my classmates face, which left me with a swollen wrist, as soon as she hears my story she smiles and pat my shoulder. The following times we met she always says hi to me and from time to time she joins Riley and me with a nice and teasing talk.
The rest of the week passes by and brings me to the edge every time; but the simulator cracks me in a million pieces, I already know I wasn’t ready, but they insist, of course a big fail appears on the screen.
“AH!” I take the helmet over my head and hit the walls, my breathing faster than normal and my heart bumping like trying to get out of my chest.
“Was a good one, Sky, take it easy.” Simpson says.
“1 minute in the air, even a newbie can stay longer and take down at least 1 fighter.” I replied to him, he let a few seconds pass before speaking.
“The first time in more than a year, it’s a good one, get out of there and rest a little bit.”
I walk out of the room and as take my first steps in the hallway, I see Jill and Barry waiting for me; Barry Holland (White Tiger) it’s Jill’s partner, everyone in our generation said they have a funny call signs, both of them in the ground are cute and funny as kittens. I tried to avoid them, but Barry saw me. “Don’t even try.” I stop and low my head.
“It was a good Sky, believe it, just a tough scenario.” Jill continues. “You lasted more than me my first time, even with doubts, you're still kicking ass.” I scoff and walk away.
“I need to rest guys, thanks.”
The rest of day passed smoothly, and when I left, I avoid everyone in the base, I just need time to get straight my mind one more time, I call a taxi but not for home, I asked him leaving me in the beach near to the a little store, where I bought a couple of beers and sit in the sand watching the waves come and go.
I receive a message from my parents asking me if I’m okay, of course they already know how bad those tests were.
“Of course.” Was my only reply. When I put my phone in my bag, I found the little pendant that Riley gave me 4 years ago, a little F-14.
“An F-14, nice touch.” I heard someone speaking behind me, but I was too tired to turn around, so I drank my beer.
“Yes, I know.”
“Are you planning to get into the navy?” I scoff and laugh, but I remember I don’t have my uniform.
“Well, you can say that.” Another sip. “But it isn’t getting easier.” I hear him moving but when I grab another can of beer, I realize he is sitting next to me, but I don’t mind looking at him just opening my next can of beer.
“Drinking won’t help you.” I laugh and turn my head to look at him, what a surprise when in front of my eyes was the well-known famous. Bradly Bradshaw (Rooster). “And getting drunk maybe should be your last option.” He says to me, taking the can of my hands and putting along the 3 empty ones. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you.” I turned my head away, and suddenly I felt really shy.
“No, no, it’s ok, sorry, today, well… it wasn’t my day.” My years, it hasn’t been my years. I remained silent because nothing good came to my head until he spoke one more time.
“How many times have you tried?” I bit my lips. “Get in.”
I’m not in the mood for playing games.
“I’m a pilot.” I say and stand up shaking the sand of my jeans, and I see him perplexing. “Are you?” He asks me, stand too, I grab my bag and put the empty cans inside.
“I am.” He watches me with narrow eyes as he starts to apologize I cut him. “No, please, it’s ok, honestly lately I stopped feeling like one.” He keeps quiet then I feel my phone buzz. I look at the screen, my father is calling. “I have to go, but thanks for the advice.” I giggle and start to walk.
“Rooster!” He says before I can stop to hear him. “I think we have seen each other before, right?!” I turn not to stop walking and salute in a casual way, two fingers to the forehead to the sky.
“I ask for a sign, Riley, not a potential problem.” I spoke with Riley while I left my trash in the container.
*Rooster POV*
“Rooster!” Phoenix shouted from top of her airplane.
“Sorry, sorry, what do you say?” Phoenix shakes her head. “Are you ok?” I shake my head.
“Yeah, fine.” She looks at me suspiciously but doesn't dig deeper.
The lonely pilot, in my mind, seems too fragile at that moment looking at the sea and grabbing her necklace like she is holding her life on it. I can bet my life I’ve seen her, but her name slips every time.
“Y/N, Skyhook!”
#bradley rooster bradshaw#bradley bradshaw x reader#top gun maverick#fanfic#rooster x reader#top gun fanfiction
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Chapter 2
Part 3
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HI!
I wanted to take the time to thank you for the support you have been giving me, I really appreciate it and it keeps me very motivated to continue writting, thank you so much.
I hope that as I move forward, you will continue to like all of this, once again, thank you very much. 😉
“Are you awake?” __ hears and feels Caro really close to her face. She waited for her until 1 am, after that, her eyes gave up and closed, she didn’t even hear her coming to the room much less the time she arrived at her house.
“Carolina, if your breathing doesn’t wake me up, believe your weight over my back does.” __ remind with her eyes closed, hearing Caro giggle and lift from her back so she can stand or turn around.
“What happened?”__ sat in the bed just opening one eye, that was enough to see the huge smile on Caro face and the evident move of her jumping to hug her.
“It was amazing! I really, really, really love it, every second.” Caro hugged her tighter and __ answered the hug.
“So you are…” Caro didn’t let her end the sentence.
“I AM HIS GIRLFRIEND!” __ just laugh with the shrill of her voice and pat Caro’s back. “I’m so happy __.” This time she splits, __ recognizes the pure happiness in her face, all over it, the sparkling eyes, the smile that swear will leave her cheeks numb by the night.
“Yeah, I noticed.”
“You should try it.” __ lend her head. “Be in love.” __ stands like the bed was on fire and shakes her head. “Please, if you…” __ grabs Caro face and squeezed it.
“When the orange tree produces strawberries.” Caro rolls her eyes. “That doesn’t even make sense.” She takes her hands off her face.
“Exactly.”
Another day of coming and going left them tired and decided to arrive home earlier, rest a little bit and recover energy for their daily night picnic.
“Darling, Esteban called a couple of hours ago, he said please call him as soon as you arrive.” Mrs. Mendienta notified her when the two girls crashed on the sofa.
“He didn’t call your cell phone?” Caro asks her and passes the phone to the living room.
“Who knows, I left it in my suitcase.” Caro opened her mouth and hit __ shoulder. “That’s why they are mad at you!”
“Caro, let’s be honest, they have been mad at me since I stood at the table the night of the dinner proposal.” __ stands and delays the number expecting the curb of Esteban.
Matias arrived at the storeroom with a plan in mind, but he needed an accomplice, an indirect one.
“Hi Mar.” He greeted her, appearing in the frame door.
“Matias, hi, what can I do for you?” Mar turns to her chair and smiles at him. He definitely never forgot the intense curiosity in Enzo's eyes and his last words before the part ways last night.
<”So, what is the name, again?” Enzo said in the most random moment.
“Name?” Matias turns to face him.
“The girl's name, I mean.” Matias grinds and an idea set in his mind, he will comprobe his theory, sooner or later.>
“JAJAJAJAJA, no, no, if I can be so sure about something that is NO, totally.” Matias told Mar his theory. Ok, the fact of an indirect accomplice isn't so indirect, but it would be more weird if he tried to get information by himself.
“Come on Mar! Just think about it for a second…” Matias put his cards on the table; he didn’t miss any detail, from the moment he opened the door of the truck and found them until last night's talk.
“Just because I thought about it for more than a second…listen, Matias, maybe in her teens, yeah, I bought that, but now in her twenties.” Mar shakes her head with a smile on her face. “The only time I know she has been nervous or running away from a man, it’s because is a doctor with a needle.”
“But she…” Matias could swear to see her nervous eyes in her eyes the last time.
“Maybe she left my sister without her knowing, or she forgot her cellphone in plain sight, but I believe because she saw you and got nervous it is my last option.” Mar put her hand on his shoulder. “Sorry Matias.”
“Anyone has seen Recalt?” A grumpy voice came through the radio, Mar pointed with her eyes to the radio. “Is it your call?”
“Just promise me, at least you will consider it as a low probability.” Mar should deny it without a question however something in his voice tone and the security he had made her give in and agree. “Wait and see, just wait and see.”
Matias has the time against him, in 2 days will be the last shooting of the year before the Christmas vacations, it suppose it won’t be a problem, but the 2nd of January __ will take a flight home.
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Chapter 1
Hide And Run
Masterlist
“Ghost rider 1, ghost rider 1.” No matter how hard I tried still my hands seemed to hold a fucking popsicle slipping between them, it supposed I know what to do, but with the sounds inside of the plane combine with the bellowed voice of Riley make all my actions a complet mess.
“Y/N! EJECT.”
“Miss? Are you alright?” The taxi driver asks me as he moves my arm, I open my eyes and realize we are parking in front of my parents house; 19 months and the same nightmare come from time to time.
“Sorry, I’m ok, thanks…” I opened the door not before paying the 15 dollars from the airport to home. I walk through the little garden which my mom built along all these years. She starts it like some kind of stress reliever. She says every deployment or mission from me or my father it’s a new plant in the garden; in my father's case only he and God knows how many missions he had and for me 17 seems a nice number.
“My little butterfly.” My mom said, hugging me in the main door and dad appeared behind her.
“Sky.” The short name for <Skyhook> I get that call sign in the navy, when she splits away, she puts her hand on my cheek, and I smile with my lips pressed.
“It’s nice to have you here.” She says and pulls me inside of the house.
As the rest of the day passed without any uncomfortable talks or strange looks, until we finished the dinner and dad and I were doing the dishes.
“Maybe it is too soon.” The last month was the hardest since the accident and my dad knows that better than anyone; I left the plate in the cabinet, holding it a little bit more than normal.
“Someone returns in less than a month.” I stop but I force myself to continue. “It’s just a simple test, dad, let’s be honest, with the background I have, maybe I'll fail.” He grabs me by the shoulders and looks straight to my eyes.
“Y/N think it a little bit more, ok? Just a couple of weeks more.” I take a deep breath, and nod with my head, honestly that idea has been surrounding my head since the big week was scheduled.
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3:46 hours and counting, is the time my watch the same I’ve been pushing my legs to the limit, but my mind is working at 100 per hour, tomorrow my first test begins, the navy just gave me a one more week, quote <We need you in the air, not in the ground.> I shake my head and continue running.
I was so immersed in my own thoughts when the F-18 dived off along with a little scream for the kids in the park that made my heart stop and flashbacks straight like gunshots in my mind.
“Mayday!” My fast breathing, the drops of sweat on my face. “I can’t stabilize…” My hands trying to hold the control, the sounds of the overworking in both engines.
I cover my ears trying to deafen the sounds and when I get to control myself, my watch marks a high rhythm in my heart, the beep helps me to recover, I blink and I see a little girl coming close to me. “Miss, are you alright?” She doesn’t stop liking her ice cream, making me laugh.
“Yeah, don’t worry, go somewhere fresh or your ice cream will melt faster.” My voice just murmured. It’s a hot Saturday and the summer has just begun, she nods and runs to sit on a bench covered by a tree.
I stop the timer and walk to my father’s car parking in front the main gate of the park, from time to time I lift my sight to the sky, I remember the first time I was in a plane, not a commercial plane, not a light aircraft, but a navy plane, the freedom I felt and the power I thought I had.
For the first time in almost 2 years, I realized that this week would change all I’ve work for more than 8 years, what terrifies me it’s know, in this moment I don’t even sure if continue it’s the right choice.
The next morning, I woke up around 5 am; the test begins at 08:00 hours at least I have to be in the base around 07:00, I get ready, and at the moment I get down I see my parents getting ready for breakfast.
“No, it’s not for you.” Dad says before I even complain, they stand up for my test just like they did when I was 6 years old and it was the first day of school.
“I have an important meeting; I must be ready.” He didn’t even lift his eyes from the newspaper, my mother shakes her head and offers me a cup of tea.
“Good morning by the way.” I greeted them, my mother giggled when I subtly pointed out his lack of greeting combined with the awful way of hiding his real intentions.
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“SKY! Hi!” Jill screams when I enter the building. I have known Jill Green (Panther) since we entered the training at Top Gun, something you must know about Jill, she is a cheerful girl, in all the extension of the word.
“Hi, Jill. How are you?” She ran so she could walk along with me.
“Missing you, it’s not the same since you’re not here, but I heard you have already scheduled a test, isn't it amazing?” I smile, she always makes me smile.
“Well, let’s find out.”
My feet were tapping intensely when the vice admiral Beau Simpson opened the door and made me enter his office.
“Lieutenant, good to see you, please take a seat.” I obey and sit from time to time I apart my sight from him.
“Well, it’s time, like we already inform you, 1 month of constantly test on the ground and, of course, in the air, after the month, we evaluate you, if you pass, you’ll be deploy in a blink of an eye, if you’re not, well, we have a big problem.” I gulp, he put his hands over the desk. “Sky, you were born to be in the air, one of a kind, just focus…what happened years ago, you must let it go.” I turn my face. “It’s not easy but you’re a strong girl.” With my lack of answer, he stands and takes me to another room.
“The first proof it’s really treating, a psychological one, following for multiple physical ones, strategic, mechanicals and logical.” He stops at the front door and looks straight into my eyes. “Lieutenant, you have been out for more than a year, some tests will pull out the worst and the best from you, what you need to know is, nothing you’ll be going through it’s impossible and you always prove to us that.”
At the end of the first day, all seems to be go a little bit better than expect, with a good mood I was walking to the parking lot where my mother’s car is waiting; she insist at least I should take it for going to the base, she felt more comfortable if she knew I have to be focus to the road instead of the memories been here could bring me back; my steps froze in just a few meter of distance of the entrance, when I see all Dagger Team enter to the building, I meet some of them years ago, with someone I’m really close, but met them right now make my heart beating fast and be really nervous.
I resolve it with the most childish choice, I hide behind the car waiting for them to enter inside the building.
Great star Sky, hide and run.
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That was the third time, his mind traveled to that moment, the reaction was the same, a soft smile on his face followed by shaking his head.
“Enzo, this is a good one, great job!” He heard about the headphones, that day he was in the studio recording the monolog, a part of it.
He comes out to check the recording, he knows Mar, of course he does, but he doesn’t relate the connection, not until that day.
“Sorry, I'll go out for a second and come back in a moment.” She excuses herself leaving them hearing the final parts, a few minutes later she opens the door one more time.
“Just sit there and do whatever you are doing, for Christ sake!” Mar wasn’t mad; it's obvious from the giggle that follows that sentence. “Sorry, what do you think?”
“I can wait in the car!” Mar keeps __ pulling by her arm to get inside of the room. “It’s not like I’m doing this for the first time.” Mar comes out for her insisting that she will be more relaxed knowing she is at least inside of the building.
__ bring her tablet with her, being two weeks disconnected from all her life already accumulated a good amount of mails and with Christmas in 5 days this just increased, she decided that minutes waiting for Mar will be enough for at least answering a couple of them.
After literally close the door in front of her eyes she just give up and sit in one of the couches and continue in her reading, when a mail come in, her mother and a document, Lucia keeps sending files to her childs for a feedback or a opinion with topic weddings but __ continue doing the same thing, let it the other emails hide them.
<At least try to read it> A message from Esteban popped in her cellphone.
<How do you know I didn’t read it?> The response she got was two emojis one for each sibling, rolling their eyes.
Fine, is the only thought came to her mind while open a file with a bunch of pictures about flowers and wedding bouquets, the only answer she was able to write was, <So pretty, mom>, follow by keep working in what Enrique send it her before leaving Mexico; he started to work in the cultivation in a new zone of the ranch where the access to the water it will be continue but the grapes will be more expose to the impact of the cold and warm airflow; her task is design how they will set the storage by the time the harvesting begin leaving enough space for their “little” experiment.
“Ready!” Mar said opening the door, __ lost the track of time, what for her were just minutes turned into an hour, as she raised her sight she caught the glimpse of a familiar face turning around so quickly.
“__?” Mar waves her hand in front of her face, turning her attention.
“Sorry, what do you say?” Mar smiles and points with her head to the exit. “I told you that everything seems fine in the loveland.”
Caro keeps texting to them about the updates of her date and everything seems to be really great, a nice restaurant, nice dinner and excellent company, she resumes in her last text.
“Hey Mar!” Mar closes her eyes and say <Please no, please don’t, just a few meters of the exit> and turns around with a smile on her face. “Matias, what are you doing here?”
“I’m waiting for…” He just averted his eyes to the left side of Mar when his eyes recognized the girl. “Oh, we met again.” __ didn’t raise her sight of her shoes her mind working in the storage and the relocation of the barrels, until she heard, <meet again>
“Do you know each other?” Mar asks, seeing the frown expression in __.
“No, just see one time.” __ answers.
“Ok, amm, what you’re saying?” Mar changed the subject thinking he could see her the last time she brought __ to the storage.
“Yeah, have you seen Enzo? I’m waiting for him to go to dinner but I couldn’t find him.” He keeps sending glances to __.
“No, he left the studio before me so…__ did you see him? He is tall, slim, really slim these days, he’s wearing a black pants, black hoodie.” Mar tries to describe him but in __ eyes seems like she already had the idea of what he looks like.
“Sorry, I was so distracted by some files until you called me.” __ shrugged her shoulders.
“I didn’t know you had two sisters.” Matias crossed his arms really curious about the girl with a hard way of looking; he isn’t dumb at all, already notice after the little encounter with these girl, Enzo has a little, almost unnoticed smile from time to time, he isn’t a credit that to that girl but it’s a curious thing.
“Because I don’t. She is __ Ovalle, best friend of my sister.” This time __ actually smiled and extended her hand for Matias to shake it.
“Matias Recalt, nice to meet you __.”
At that moment Mar sees Enzo walking out to the building, she points to him. “There he is.” Matias turns around and shouts his name.
“Well, you found him, it’s our cue to go.” Mar claps her hands. “Good night Matias.” She smiles __ and tingles her arm with __ turning around and keeps walking.
“Good night, nice to meet you __.” He smiles at her and she just waves her hand before walking to the car.
“Where were you?” Matias asked when Enzo reached him. “I’ven looking for you.”
“I was talking with…people.” Enzo is trying really hard to look like always, unbothered.
“Talking with people?” Matias has two options: push further to his evident nervousness or let it pass…for now.
“Yes, people.” Enzo takes a deep breath to look into his eyes, but at the moment he does it, he turns his gaze at the first blink.
It took 3 seconds to Enzo recognized the girl who was sitting with her legs crossed, frown expression, and head bend to the left, like the girl who ran away after giving his ring; his intention was let it pass, so he keeps walking but the curiosity to at least know his name and if she works there increase in each step he walks far away, and started to getting slower.
<It’s just a question.> His subconscious justifies the stop he did at the middle of the corridor, he bites his lip and turns around.
He panicked when he heard the voice of Mar follow by the strange girl raising her eyes, he quickly turned around one more time walking faster to the end of the corridor and enter to one of the rooms where props are keep; as soon as he slowly close the door and hit his forehead to the cool wood he get it, why she runs like that.
He waited for a couple of minutes to come out and got down where Matias must be looking for him, they agreed to go to dinner, and the missed calls confirm he is looking for him. What he didn’t expect was to find the girl and Mar talking with him. Thank God, when he was spotted by Mar, they apparently said goodbye and walked away.
“Her name is __.” Matias says out of the blue in the middle of the dinner, taking out of balance to Enzo.
“Who?” Enzo took a bite of his food, in his defense his mind was analyzing the next-to-last day of shooting.
“Oh, the girl who ran away the other night. It’s really… how can I describe her?” Matias tried to analyze the “not mind” attitude but the soft expressions she can have when she seems interested or curious about something.
“Odd? Atypical?, something like that.” He didn’t get the response of Enzo so let it pass, and change the topic, maybe after all he is already making stories in his mind.
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Love Me Tender
Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Female Reader.
Synopsis:
Since __ was a little kid the sky has always been her safe place, growing up just confirms it but in the top of her career, that same blue sky took away a part of her life. The moment Rooster enters her life, she will discover a new safe place, a new type of love…that same sky, which takes away someone invaluable from her seems to give her a new chance.
The problem is sometimes what you lose is a constant reminder that everything could fade away in a minute, and that’s…that's terrifying.
Note: This is something I wrote a few months after I watched Top Gun Maverick, so I don't know now that I've been a bit inspired. I thought it would be interesting to publish it and, I don't know, just “enjoy it”, I hope. 😅
Thank you for reading. 😘
Chapter 1: Hide And Run
Chaper 2: Amaranth
Chapter 3: Honey
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Chapter 6:
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Actually it wasn’t so bad as it seems, this is the third day of her night duty and they already set a schedule, even if the cold start to straight really hard, they leave the car parked and sit in the nearest tree close the filming site, extend a blanket and eat a snack that __ brought from Mexico, until Mar came out from the storage.
“I’m going to miss you.” Caro opened another bag of candies. “I know you are at the half of your vacation but…” Caro is the sentimental one of this duplet and her voice starts to crack so __ choose to grab her hand and smile at her.
“Day by day, ok? Just, let’s think day by day.” The moment cut for the sound of Caro’s cellphone and the name on the screen.
“Alonso” The guy for Caro has her head in the clouds, still she keeps repeating isn’t her boyfriend, yet.
“What are you going to let him end the call?” __ say with inquisitive eyes, Caro looks between her and her cellphone. “JESUS CAROLINA, GO AND ANSWER.”
Caro practically jumps from the blanket and runs to create some kind of distance with a smile from ear to ear, __ giggles watching her friend go with one thought in her mind, “Why you go? It’s not like you won’t tell me with specific details of the call.”
She lay back in the tree watching the stars in the sky, and thinking what Caro just said, when she go back to Mexico, she enter to the last semester, a few weeks later she will be in a stupid dress smiling to people she doesn’t know trying to get through to the idea of a new marriage from her mother.
She hears a soft mumbling becoming stronger with the seconds, makes her down her sight and see a guy with old, dirty, rip clothes walking to the filming site, a plane sight it could be a danger person but when she focus her sight see “snowflakes” all over him, making her relax, he looks so immerse in what is doing that he didn’t even hear the sound of something falling from his pocket, something shiny.
__ though he will realize but as he keeps walking it was clear he didn’t, so she struggled between go and pick it and give him or let it slide and don’t abandon the blanket and the snacks.
“Shit” She murmurs and runs to pick the shiny thing, which results to be a kind of silver ring with two small silver pearls. “Hey!” She screams but he didn’t even hear her. <Chasing a famous guy.> She thinks as she increases her steps. <How old am i?> Remembering how crazy she turned in her early teenage years for the actor or singer she likes.
Finally before he walks inside of his truck, she reaches him and touches his shoulder, making him jump and turn with a scare expression in his face.
“Sorry.” She raises her hands in an indication she is inoffensive. “I…this fell from your pocket, I tried to call you but you didn’t hear me.” She breaths in trying to recover from a night run in cold weather.
__ extends her hand showing the ring and for the first time she puts attention to the details of his face, he has make up on it, like a some kind of bruises in her nose, he has a little bit long hair brushing to the left, slim lips and a eyes that make her feel a little bit overwhelmed.
“Oh…” He picks from her hand, not realizing that buzz that runs through his body or if he did he attributes it to the longest hours of work combined with the cold. “Thanks, I was so distracted…” He stops for a second when he pays attention to her face.
“Did we meet? Before, I mean.” He narrows his eyes trying to remember where he could see her.
“Amm, probably you don’t, but…” Her words were cut for the door of his truck open and a man coming from it, same dress code.
“Oh, sorry, Enzo I was calling you, they need you inside.” He looks at him before pointing with his head to __. “Who is she?”
When the cold breeze hits her face, she remembers letting an empty blanket with bags of chips open in the middle of the night and a friend talking with her potential boyfriend, yeah, the dignity of a horror movie or a high potential kidnapping. __ opens her eyes realizing she, for sure, will scare Caro.
“She… she is leaving right now.” __ spats, making the scene look like she gets panicked for having in front of actors, they couldn’t reply because she turns around and runs to the blanket, hopping Caro still on the phone and not freaking out for not finding her anywhere.
The guy who left froze in the door of the truck with an eyebrow raised but the ring guy with a side smile in his face due to the clumsy way she acted.
“Weird.” Is the only words that Enzo hears but his mind doesn’t agree with.
Caro is still on the phone, __ sits in the blanket trying to recover her normal breathing, but Caro runs to her shriek noises coming out her mouth until she sits next to her and hugs her, almost taking away the few breaths she got to take.
“Omg, omg, OMG!” Caro takes __ by her shoulder shaking her with a smile on her face. “Guess what? Guess what?” __ just has time to open her mouth before Caro cuts her. “HE INVITE ME TO DINNER!” Hugging her one more time.
“I mean, I still have to deal with this awful task of picking up my sister but if I don’t get it wrong, maybe that will be night!” She splits and looks carefully to her friend who looks like she runs a marathon. “What’s wrong? You seem in the last kilometers of a race.”
“Who runs a marathon?” Mar appears with a tired face but curious about their conversation.
While they were on the way home Caro told her sister about the news and she got so excited, but advised her little sister she should tell their parents and she will solve the part of coming home late at night.
“That’s great honey! I don’t know about the part of Mar driving late at night.” Mrs. Mendienta answers while they are having breakfast.
“Mom, it’s not like I never drive late at night.” Mar replay, __ has been earring everything but not making a comment until the right moment.
“Not with 11 hours of work on you.” Mrs. Mendienta has a point, driving late at night with a heavy shift over you it’s out of discussion. That is the right moment.
“I’ll go and pick her.” __ replays taking a sip of her juice, she sees the intention of Caro’s mother for saying it wasn’t her responsibility and she is there for having fun. “It’s ok, I already know the streets. It doesn’t bother me at all.” She relives with her smile.
“Still you have to tell your father.” Mrs. Mendieta answers after thinking for a couple of seconds.
“Mom.” Dr. Mendienta is well known for how protector he is of his little girls. “You’re alone in that.” Mar says getting a kick in her legs by Caro.
Said and done when Caro told her father he questions every single thing he can just making sure Caro will be safe and sound and they will always have contact with her.
“Dad! Relax, it's just a date.” Mar is trying to calm her father. “Your mother said that before I asked her to be my girlfriend.” That causes Caro’s face to turn red and get the attention of everyone. “DOES HE…?”
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The days passed and like they promised every day she was immersed in a new place, a new food, a new adventure.
“So you're having fun, right?” Esteban asked for the third time in that phone call.
“You're driving me crazy.” She answers, her brother smiles, just like Valentina, both of them are aware of the hard time all this marriage thing is for her and being honest a part of them were relieved when she said, quote. “The last thing I want is spending my Christmas hearing wedding topics every day.”
“Ok, ok, sorry, I just want you to have a nice holiday.” Estaban is for nature the responsible one, beside Vale who is… well, messier. “Hey, I gotta go, say hi, to Caro and her family, ok? Vale will call you tomorrow.”
“Esteban, relax, ok? I’m fine.” He breathed out before saying goodbye for the last time.
___ hang out the phone and keep looking at the lock screen, a picture of the three when they were kids, she sitting between them while they hugged her, their mouths covered in chocolate.
“Guess what?” Caro takes off for the path of a sad memory, she enters her room with a bowl of chips.
“Clue.” __ answers putting her phone aside. “Film.” Or it is a simple one or a hard one. She looks at her with narrow eyes making Caro laughs.
“Place.” She gives her another one.
“We are going to a cinema?” Her voice loses volume in each word, Caro denies and smiles.
“Wrong.” It’s the hard one. Caro hit her legs like they were a tambourine. “Mar will take you to the shooting tomorrow.” __ open her eyes and then process the information.
“Take me?”
Caro nodded and ate a chip. “I have to go to the university for some papers that I need and I don't know how long I have to stay, so instead of a boring day at school, Mar will take you to an exciting one.” __ had no words in her brain.
“And no, it’s not trouble, she takes me from time to time too, so all you have to do is go and have fun.” Caro covered __ mouth before she said anything and put play to the movie.
Said and done, Caro leaves early to go to the school and __ waits for Mar.
“Ready?” Mar asks, checking inside of her bag. “I guess.” Mar looks at her and sees a nervousness in her eyes. “__ it’s going to be fun, don’t worry. The actors are down filming and we will be up in a room hearing and monitoring the sound effects.” She smiles at her. “Besides, they are just regular people.”
“With more money and fame.” __ finishes her sentence, but Mar puts her arm around her shoulders and walks to the door.
Holy shit, that’s the only thought that came to __’s mind every 2 seconds. The place is insane, people coming and going, big trucks parking outside, wires all over the place and big machines in every corner; Mar walks next to her saying hi to almost everyone, unconsciously she holds her breath until they reach the famous up room.
“See? Normal people.” Mar scoffs seeing her take her breath out.
“Mar ready, at 5.” A man appears in the frame door, covered in wires.
“Oh, hi, you must be __” He extends his hand.
“I’m Antonio, main engineer.” She smiles and shakes his hand. “Nice to meet you. I’ll leave, relax and enjoy the day.” Before she answered he was already gone.
“Wow.” Mar laughs and pushes a chair so she can sit. “Sit and see my magic work.”
Like she said, the days passed by and it was very entertaining. She could hear and see everything, she laughed with the people's funny mistakes and saw the both sides, the big blue screen behind the actors and the screen where the magic already happened.
By the time the lunch time ended, __ had won some people's sympathy, and stole glances from the other tables that surrounded where she was sitting.
“How does Caro say your mother named you? Well, you and your siblings.” Mar and __ are walking to the up room. Mar knew very well that strange “magic” of __, she was one of the victims many years ago.
“Oh! I remember, The Hamelin’s!” Mar giggles. “Very accurate if you ask me.”
__ and her siblings are well known for the charm they cause in people, that’s why Lucia put the nickname to three siblings of the Hamelin’s. Esteban has a strong presence, and with a kind nature it isn’t weird everyone found in him a nice and lovely friend, and life time partner when the moment was the right one; Valentina, on the contrary has a hard personality, leaving you with only two options: you love her or you hate her, and like their siblings say, you don’t want to get in her bad side, she can be really funny with the right people and a pain in the ass at the same time, but always falling in love so quickly, she lives under the statement of feeling every emotion so deeply even when the word “commitment” terrifies her. __ wasn’t the middle point like everyone would expect, she didn’t have the strong presence of her brother or the funny personality of her sister, she never realized the influence she had in other people’s lives, in a bad or a good way, but she is stubborn just like her father and has a strong mind. However, she is not affectionate with love topics.
It isn’t the fact she hates it or anything like that, she just decided from a really young age she wouldn’t waste energy in such an unstable feeling. Her siblings, in uncountable times, heard about the fact a guy caught her attention but after a few months or even weeks they’d stop hearing about him. Of course, those shiny eyes and that redness in her face that love used to cause wasn’t seen for any of them.
At the end of the day, when they left the filming site not only the goodbyes were for Mar, this time, a few of them were for __ too.
“It was impressive.” Mar takes a cookie from the table. She told her family about the Hamelin’s effect.
“Told you, now picture that effect in the school, even girls from upper grades talked to her.” Caro came out of the kitchen with coffee for everyone. “And she was…” She fakes a shiver, making everyone laugh.
The next morning started with a video call from Valentina. “All I’m saying is at least you should call her more frequently.” She insists that calling her mother one time every two days isn’t enough.
“Vale…” __ rolls her eyes causing the anger of her sister.
“Listen __, just call her one time everyday ok? Don’t put more stress on her.” Thankfully someone requires her attention, making the end call abruptly.
She rubs her forehead trying to calm her mind before going down for breakfast. It’s been one and a half weeks here and she easily gets used to the routine of Mendieta’s.
“Mom!” The whiny voice tone of Caro prepares for a complaint. “It’s not a question Carolina, it’s an order.” Her mother practically ended the conversation.
“It’s early for you to start to complain.” __ jokes joining them in the kitchen and hugging Caro by the shoulders.
“You are on this ship with me.” Her complaint is because her mother told her she must pick Mar from work at least for two weeks. Her car enters maintenance and leaving her to come alone late at night hasn’t been a choice for their parents; that implied any plan she had in mind past 9 pm must be delayed at least for two weeks.
“It doesn’t bother me at all.” __ gets a pinch on her cheek for the answer.
“FINE! Let the nightmare begin.” Caro exclaims, picking the plates from the shelf and walking to the dinner room, Mrs. Mendieta winks at __.
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The soft breeze keeps making the leaves fall. You can hardly recognize their color if it is yellow, orange or a strange mixture of red, but she seems so immersed in the small show all of them give from the moment they detach from the tree until they crash to the ground.
“Is this your first time here?” The taxi driver takes her down to earth.
“Yes.” She sees the driver smiling and turning around in a small street, which she recognizes immediately.
“Well, it’s almost winter, I bet you will have a lot of fun these days.” The car stops in front of a colorful house and she just smiles before opening the door.
If she counted the seconds between when she grabbed her bags and the moment she felt her lungs lost all the oxygen thanks to the impact of the hug, it would be less than 17.
“___, YOU’RE HERE! YOU’RE HEREEEEEE!” Carolina Mendieta, her best friend since childhood. Their friendship started in the third grade after both of them got punished for making a scene in the middle of the dance class.
“Oh my god, honey, you will break her bones.” Her mother appears in the frame door with a big smile on her face. The fact Caro is 4 cm taller than her and has practiced karate since she was 5 years old turns everything into a high possibility.
“Mrs. Mendienta.” After Caro let her go, her mother immediately hugged her one more time. “___, darling, it’s amazing having you here, sorry for the over excitement.” She points with her eyes to Caro who seems like she just received the best present in years.
The Mendieta's moved to Uruguay 8 years ago, after her father was notified about his promotion; __ used to joke about being a doctor brings benefits outside of the country. What seemed like the distance could break their prove just made it stronger, constant phone calls, video calls late at night and packages coming and going from country to country; reducing the kilometers and joining her hearts.
That’s why the house doesn’t feel strange or an unfamiliar place, iIt's like she has already been there multiple times, they go inside and a tiny black pug came running and barked all the way until he was in front of them.
“Hi, Moka.” She squatted to be a little bit closer, she extended her hand and waited for him to make the first move to pat his head.
“I thought your father and Mar would be here.” __ said sitting and rubbing Moka's stomach.
“Ahg, you know them, dad is a workaholic and Mar is in a shooting.” Mar, is the oldest sister of Carolina, she works as Audio Engineer, so she has been involved in multiple shootings from all types of genres.
“Here, __, you must be thirsty.” Mrs. Mendieta came from the kitchen with a tray of glasses of water and some snacks. “How are your siblings?” She asked her while they sat on the couch followed by Moka who already smelled the sweet essence of the fruit.
“They’re fine, thanks, annoying as always.” Her answer made them giggle. “Oh, how is the pregnancy going?” __ oldest brother, Esteban and his wife are expecting their first baby, driving all her family crazy with excitement. “Good, if everything goes according to the plan, the baby will be born in April.”
“Your mother must be crazy.” She adds but Caro clears her throat. The mom topic isn’t one of __ favorite ones lately.
“Yeah, she is, but it’s hard to know if it is for the baby or for the wedding number 3.” She drinks a sip of the water. __’s mother, Lucia is preparing her third wedding, after the divorce of her stepfather Enrique Arteaga, one year was enough for her to get a boyfriend and 5 months later in an awkward dinner announced their engagement.
It’s not like she didn’t want her mother to start a new chapter in her life, or her fiance. What makes her angry is the way she does things. After her father’s death, when she had 2 years old and her twins siblings 8, the following years were a torment; until 3 years after their mother met Enrique, they were in a relationship for 2 years before they decided to get married; Enrique is the father they lost in a early age; every soccer game, competition, festival, morning breakfast, pick from school and a sidekick, the three siblings found in him.
But suddenly the fights began and before everything became a mess, they decided to end the marriage, 8 years of marriage were resumed in a house sold, and the split of her family. __ chose to live with Enrique and her siblings moved in with her mother, well, just Valentina; Estaban got engaged a year later and 9 months later, they were celebrating a wedding.
“And, where are they spending Christmas?” Mrs. Mendienta changes the subject as quickly as she can. In a cowardly way to face her problems, __ notified her family she will spend the holidays with Caro’s family. Her siblings tried to convince her to at least spend those days with them but deep down her parents know letting her go was the wisest decision.
“Enrique with Raquel’s family and Valentina, she doesn’t know.” The conversation was interrupted by Mar's voice.
“I’m home.” As soon as Mar sees __, just like Caro, she screams and runs to hug her. “Shit, I totally forgot.” She spreads apart and grabs __ face in her hands. “God, how old are you 20?” __ laughs and Caro puts her eyes in white.
“We are the same age fool.” Mar pushes her sister before __ can answer. “24, and you look so much better than her, how is that possible?” She laughs and hugs one more time.
In the dinner they talked about the news Caro forgot to mention and __ too, Caro’s father was excited too for having her in the holidays, and they all already have a schedule for her, one month of adventures, they resumed it like that.
“Your father must be proud of your work in the vineyard.” Mr. Mendieta mentioned serving the dessert.
__ is in the last semesters of Agricultural Engineering, and she already had been working to specialize in oenology, the fact Enrique has a small vineyard was one of the main inspirations.
“Or terrified.” She jokes causing everyone a small laugh. “I just hope to do a great job, and learn everything I can.”
“That’s for sure honey, also your graduation gives us the perfect excuse to go home even if it is for a couple of days.” It wasn’t a secret that everyone missed Mexico, and being away for 8 years made them miss it more.
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Synopsis:
A person said to her once, “Not everyone feels the same way…. but when it happens to you, you will know it in your own perfect way.”
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Cap. 1 :) Part 1 Part 2
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I'm back. >.<
Hi!
It's been quite a while but I've been very busy and a lof of changes happend so fast,the ideas just stalled but... lately I've had new stories going on simultaneously in my head, so there's going to be a lot of changes but we'll see how it all plays out.
That's it for the moment, so let's find out.
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Hi! :)
I'm sorry for being inactive but college is consuming me alive, jajaja. But I could not miss the Oscar of Guillermo del Toro, congratulations for an excellent film in all aspects, once again putting the name of our country on high. <3
México te ama y seguimos deseando que lleves al país en lo profundo de tu corazón. ¡Felicidades!
I'll update very soon, wait for it, thank you.
A couple of surprises are on the way. ;)
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Part 4| Principio
She indeed hated the mornings. Everybody knows after 1 cup of coffee is when the real morning starts. It wasn’t a surprise that when her phone rang at 5 AM Alex answered with a simple and dry “You bet it must be really good.”
While she tried to sit in her bed with the lack of conscience of herself, through the other side of the line came a chuckle and “It´s really good.”
Her eyes opened wide and sat as fast as she could.
“Some things never change, but I called you to invite you to my conference” Alex hears how his voice was cheerful and she couldn’t stop smiling at the same time.
“Me? Why? I mean, I have a strong rejection to see blood or an organ in a big screen.”
Mateo laughed but answered “Because I think it’s a really good excuse. When we get out there, we can have a proper breakfast.”
She just breathed in and gave up, “Okay, it’s an awful excuse, by the way, but at least give me some credit for trying.” He said.
Without another question, her decision was made, she could feel her own smile was pure and honest. “Alright, where and when and it must be an exceptional breakfast!”
Hotch was a morning person, so he was surprised when Alex got down at 7:35, and well dressed up with a navy-blue suit and a white shirt. A classic. And next to her, his inseparable friend Valkyria.
“Good morning and hi Kyria, are you going somewhere?” He asked putting his coffee in the table on the surface.
She looked calmer, the hours of sleep always did magic and he felt grateful for that.
Stealing his toast, Alex answered, “Yes. Not Valkyria, he isn’t in the mood.”
Both smiled, “I’m going to the congress where my friend has a paper scheduled for this morning, 9:30. After that we’re going to have breakfast and I bet I have pile of work in my office, but don’t worry, it’s my turn to make dinner.” Alex smiled at him, and he did the same
“I didn’t say anything about that, be careful, ok? I’m always one call away,”
Before she answered Jack rushed downstairs. “Omg, who are you and where is my sister?” He said and petted the head of Kirya.
“Hurry up, I’m going to take you school, 15 minutes, no more no less.” Hotch felt at ease when he saw the family he had formed, a little mixed up, but who doesn’t want a different color in life?
She arrived at Inova Fairfax Hospital and already felt blinded for all the white coats, and before she lost herself in the crowd, Mateo was standing in front of her.
“You came!” It was clearly exciting.
“Well, a breakfast and a potential appointment with an amazing doctor that benefits me and my work, sounds promising.” She said with her classic spark of humor.
“Yeah, it must be that.”
They talked about what was the congress about and she discovered he resided in NYC, and he was doing a lot of work on research.
“Listen, I have a lot to tell you about me and why…” She tried to say a couple of things that made his panorama clearer about her but before she could even start a familiar face appeared in the crowd.
“Alex?!”
Fuck, from all the people she knew, the person who could swear wanted her 3 kilometers away was walking towards her, “Hi, Spencer, what are you doing here?” And was some kind of relief what she saw in his face?
*
It wasn’t weird that Spencer received this kind of invitations, after all it was the week of his obligatory rest, so when he was invited to a congress at Inova Fairfax Hospital he didn’t doubt, what he never expected was finding her, she was safe but with the same guy. He didn’t doubt and came closer to her. Was it curiosity? Was it instinct? He didn’t know.
“Some doctors from the university invited me a couple of weeks ago, so I’ve been coming all this week.” He kept looking between her and his “friend”, of course she noticed, she literally left them because of him.
“Sorry, he’s an old friend and oncologist, he actually is the next speaker, Mateo. Mateo, he is a friend of…” She doubted, of course she’d do it. When you barely spoke to her, of course she wouldn’t know how to describe the relationship between you two.
“Friend of my family and doctor in well, 3 different topics.” She laughed at the end of her own sentence, and he couldn’t hide his smile. Mateo extended his hand to say hi properly, but she got ahead and held his hand.
“Er… he is germophobic.” Her friend didn’t seem shy or uncomfortable. It was clear that even if they were apart for several years, for them it only seemed a couple of hours.
“I’m sorry…” Before he could finish a young man came closer and advised him that he must prepare for his speech. “Sorry, I have to go, I hope you enjoy my paper.” He directed his words to Alex, “You have to be sure that I’ll know if you leave.”
She giggled and answered “I won’t, ok? Unless it’s really boring. Then I will go without a question.”
He just walked away with a big smile and for the second time in months it was only her and Dr. Reid in a clear uncomfortable silence until he decided broke it. “I think we should go inside.” Alex nodded and walked to the auditorium.
The auditorium was charming, nude colors were predominant and the stage was for sure the main attraction, not so big not so small, just the prefect size. The podium was only made from crystal and the big screen than hang from the middle told her in advance it was an important presentation. She sat in the last rows, there was a big crowd of doctors and a bigger one of students, so she saw unnecessary to sit in front or in the middle because well, she was just a simple guest.
At the same time, she answered a set of mails in her cellphone and couldn’t help but notice that Spencer chose to sit next to her. From all the seats available, he picked the one next to her. She gave the impression that she didn’t mind, when the truth was, she felt a little unquiet, fortunately all her thoughts faded away when the conference started.
It was a bless to see him like that. She always remembered him with a security that she envied for sure but seeing him stand in front of a crowd of geniuses of the medical trade, most of them, she was sure, had probably as many years of experience as her age, and still not losing a little bit of that security was magic.
She even forgot the genius boy that was at her side. When the end of his conference came, she clapped with all her heart, but her mind was distracted by Spencer. “Amazing.”
She couldn’t hide the giggle that came with her answer, “Well, he is a doctor, a real doctor you know?” That awful joke made him laugh without even expecting it.
When they came out of the auditorium, Mateo was already outside waiting for her.
“You know, when someone gives a speech, that someone is supposed to wait for the compliments and approvals from the colleagues inside, not outside.”
He laughed, she didn’t lose that spark and he felt relieved.
“Well, they are doctors. My biggest compliment was a palm in the back, and I’m starving, so let’s go, I owe you a really good breakfast,” Suddenly an idea came, “Oh, Dr. Reid why don’t you come with us?”
Her only thought was I’m going to kill him. With a useless but big hope, she expected rejection, but instead he answered, “Well, I’m starving too”. WTF.
She was having a blast; she remembered the good times and laughed once again with her childhood friend. “She was a little library, she read all the books in our reading list of the year in 3 months, and she even asked for more books, I mean what kind of 6-year-old kid do that?” She drank her coffee, trying to rest importance to that.
“How many books were?” Spencer asked with honest curiosity.
“I don’t remember, it was a long time ago…” Her statement was interrupted by Mateo “15.”
Spencer almost spit his coffee, and everybody laughed, he couldn’t hide the surprise not because it was unbelievable, but for the fact she could surprise him not only with her obvious beauty but also with her curiosity for the world.
By 10 am everybody had to said goodbye, and that gave Alex and Mateo time for a little talk.
“I know you probably have more questions than answers and I promise I will answer them but could you… just for a while, pretend you’re ok with my new me?”
He hugged her and that was all she needed; she knew everything would be fine, at least for now.
The week went by fast, but she had time to tell him key points about her life. She told him her family died in a tragic accident when she was 15 and that made her went to an orphanage. She also said she met the Hotchner´s because they were helping in that place, both made click and before they came back to the USA, they didn’t want to let her behind, so Aaron offered her to become a member of their family, and she had decided to start from zero: new name, new home, new life.
And well, at least that was part of the truth but that made him feel surer that she was alright, and with people that loved her. When the congress came to end, they both had to say goodbye with the strong promise they wouldn’t lose contact once again.
*
The day was stressful, she had been up and down. They had 3 launches of different books in 2 days, it was nuts. She had been doing calls, coordinating with the authors the different places for the autograph signings, only giving her time to eat a sandwich and drink a lot of coffee. Until she received a call.
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The case was shorter than the team expected so they arrived earlier to the bullpen, and they saw Penelope in front of the glass door with a worried face.
“Thank god you’re here, I think there’ll be a war, if it’s not already happening right now.” One scream interrupted any possible response, all they could hear was, “YOU’RE NOT LISTENING TO ME!”
Tara asked, “Is that Alex?”
Before Pen could answer, Alex came along the hall with her head down and her fists squeezed so tight she could swear her nails would leave marks. Spencer felt a little buzz in his chest.
“Alex, are you ok?” JJ asked her to try to hold her back, but she just kept walking and went to the emergency stairs. The elevator wasn’t an option.
They were speechless and when they heard Hotch coming, all rushed to enter to the bullpen. They saw him walking fast but when he didn’t saw her waiting for the elevator, he just turned around and walked to his office. Pushing her in that moment had only made them say awful things.
“Are you just gonna let her go like that?” Penelope asked with evident concern for her. Luke rushed to catch her but when he arrived at the parking lot, her car was gone but he thought he knew where to find her.
*
Going to your home and crying with your dog was a childish way of solving a problem but in that moment Valkyria was her safest place. Valkyria wasn’t a pedigree dog, Alex found him when he was a puppy, and she was 22. Jack and she were walking from school and when they were crossing a bridge, they heard a little whimper coming from down the bridge.
Jack had asked Alex to let it pass but she had known how it felt to be hurt and dying of fear at the same time. Alex reassured Jack everything would be all right but told him that if someone is hurt, and plus if it’s so little, you can’t just keep walking without offering help.
She went down carefully and found a little dog trying to get some water from a little pond, but his paws seemed hurt. She kneeled in front of him and gave him some water of her bottle, the puppy was scared but she just waited until he came. The rest was history, Hotch freaked out when Alex asked him to please adopt him but one day, when he saw how they just clicked, he gave up. It was one night after work, when he saw Jack and Alex sleeping in the couch and the little puppy was resting his head near Alex’s head, and he just knew it.
Five years later the little dog had grown up 4 times his size, and that weird mix of Labrador and German shepherd was listening to the little whimpers of Alex and licking the tears that fell down her cheeks and when the doorbell rang, he stood in a protector mode and waited for Alex’s reaction. She whipped her tears and looked through the peephole, and when she saw Luke and Roxy in front of her door, she smiled for the first time in all day.
After an hour of walk around the small park 4 blocks away from her house with nothing more than small talk about how Roxy and Valkyria seemed best friends, they sat in the park with their dogs in front of them resting.
“You can ask.” Alex told him breathing out.
“Well, if you mean about the courage you have to yell at Aaron Hotchner in his office, I don’t have any questions.” She giggled softly.
“Can you keep a secret, even from your team?” She looked at him with puppy eyes.
Luke just nodded.
“My dad… I mean, Hotch found me in a seedy orphanage, I arrived there when I was 15, in México. From your previous work I don’t need to explain you how’s life there. With small steps we became closer, I met Jack and my life started to change but my problems didn’t fade away. I had to ask for refuge to your country because we were afraid that my life was at imminent risk, I sold my past… that’s why we moved in here, but lately my mind has been playing me tricks and making me think what if my safest place is at risk, even after everything we did?”
Luke was surprised, he though she was born here. He knew he didn’t have to ask anything but seeing her so worried made him speak, “What do you mean <You sold your past>?”
She took a big breath and trusting in him like she hasn’t done in a year, she… confessed.
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Part 3| El pasado en el presente
Happy new year everyone! I hope this year make your dreams come true. I especially want to thank everyone who has supported my little story, it was a dream I had for several years and I am very grateful for the love they show her.
I'm new to this but I promise to give my best effort and improve day by day.
Thanks a lot. Love you. <3
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The italics parts will be old memories.
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The air was hot, it was clearly the beginning of May. She was in the back garden just lying in the grass and let the wind run through her face, she knew a hard day was coming, saying goodbye isn’t easy and even less when all the people that you love are involved.
She just graduated from middle school; her grandma was a star in her sky, but all the stars eventually turn off even if they are the brightest. For a moment she forgot about the dark attire she was wearing and the crowd inside her grandma’s house for saying goodbye to an amazing person.
“You know, this is not the end” She didn’t feel the heavy tear that was running through her face as she tried to sit straight and looked at his loyal friend. She hated the fact that the last time she’ll saw him was like this, all black and without a single thing of happiness. His name was Mateo, more often than not hidden in the day, only blooming at night, like Nottingham Catchfly.
“You’re going to be fine, and I’ll be right here. She wouldn’t let anyone who she didn’t fully trust take you away,” He sat beside her, far enough to give her space but close enough to feel how tense she was, “I’m not worried about them, I know them… it’s just… what if my past is heavier than I can imagine, how can I say goodbye to this?”
Mateo didn´t know Alex’s parents, she and her sister had been raised by their grandmother since she was 3. And now 4 years later, he and his computer will become best friends, everything just to keep in touch with her; the idea of losing his best friend, and maybe lose the connection they have terrify him.
He could feel the tension that started to form by the way she interlocks her fingers, like the absence of something to hold became hard to bear. “I… I´m… please, even if I’m gone, promise me that we will find the way to keep in touch. I’m thankful for a second chance, yet I feel that maybe I lost everything that give me peace… all the good” He held her hand and squeezed so tight, he saw that tears started to slip along her check and before one of them could process any type of information, he gives her a little kiss in her check.
“Everyone and everything disappear… My peace…” They were sitting in a park, one beside the other and Alex couldn´t help but bring that memories back, over and over again. She could feel the oppression in her chest and the anger in her heart.
The leaves start to tint with a different color and the wind, this time, it was really refreshing “I know… but… you need to move on and be with the people who loves you since you were just a tiny bean.” If only he knew…
Three days were enough to turn things upside down. When Mateo and his family arrived from a little trip; the block was already surrounded, a lot of squad cars were along the street, cops appeared from every corner of the house. It wasn’t a secret that Alex’s grandmother had truly dark secrets, but no one could imagine that her death would bring her many of them to the light. The colonial house was confiscated, and Alex’s safe place crumbled down. They knew Alex would call as soon as she could and they knew what they had to do, all the whole state was submerged in a steady war, they needed to leave, at least for a while.
The next months were a nightmare, he and his family, unexpectedly, needed to move for his father’s work to another country, she said she would call to ger grandmother’s house so they would come but it was another broken hope. All from that house was taken, nothing left. And in 3 moths the were equally gone, no letter, no messages just an empty heart.
She really wanted to tell him everything but that was just a distant wish, so she resumed 8 years of her life in “My family died when I was 15.” He froze, that was totally unexpected but before he could offer his condolences, she changed the subject so quickly. He thought the loss of her family was a painful and open wound, so he didn’t insist, instead he replied to her question.
“How you… What brings you to Virginia?” He gives her a wide smile, but she didn’t notice because her sight was lost in the trees. “Even if you don’t believe it, I graduated.” He tried to keep a calm atmosphere, but it wasn’t that simple. “I came to a congress, I’m a doctor, oncologist to be more exact.” He looked at her again, but she kept her head up looking at some point in the distance.
“Congratulations, how is your family?” She always had an especial affection for them, in those dark days they were beams of sunshine. “Well… Sam is great, she’s married and now she lives in Argentina, and my parents are still living in Mexico, in a few words, we keep going…” Finally, they caught each other’s eyes, and it felt like they were the same little kids sitting in the back yard talking about everything and nothing at the same time.
2, 3, 4 and 5 hours passed until her present hit her again, it was sunset when her phone rang. “I’m sorry I have to answer” She got up and walked away a few steps.
“Are you ok?” Hotch didn’t sound angry, just concerned.
“Yeah, sorry, I found a friend and…I lost the track of time…”
He interrupted her with a softer tone “It’s all right, I just worried because I called Emily and you weren’t there, “Should we wait for you for dinner?”
Shit, now she felt like they needed an explanation, but she can’t give it to them. “Yes, I’m on my way.” She answered. Both said their goodbyes and hung up.
“I must go…I’m sorry.” She said to him.
He got up with his hands in his pockets and she knew immediately what he was about to ask, “Can I call you and meet again?”
He looked at her eyes and instead of feeling that range of the afternoon he found curiosity, that made his heart go faster and louder. He was sure if he’d come closer to Alex could hear it and with a little smile her answer came “Why not?”
She gave him her personal card, hoping that they can keep in touch and maybe tell him her story, the real one.
He didn’t push her but that didn’t mean that he understood how and what happened. Meanwhile, he looked as she walked away, and lot of questions came to his mind. How was she adopted in USA and not in Mexico? Why didn’t she try to look for them? What happened in 17 years? Why her name wasn’t the same he knew?
The dinner past with all discretion for Jack, he was exhausted and over the moon with the day he passed with Hotch. His big smile, and that little habit he had of stop eating every time he remembered a new thing made Alex felt at ease.
“You should have seen him sis, he, at this age can still play soccer like… I bet in his 20´s.”
Hotch gave Jack his classic smile and said, “I’m in better shape, but you should go to rest, we all took a day off but tomorrow is Thursday and the school and work will be waiting for us.”
Jack rolled his eyes but agreed, he hugged Alex and gave her a kiss in her check. “You should come with us the next time; we really missed you.” She was afraid that if she’d answer her voice will break, so she just hugged him back and tossed his hair.
They waited until they heard his door close and without even ask, Alex told him everything. The breakfast, the strange shopping, and her meeting with her past; Hotch only listened to her. No expression visible just listening to her like he always does, until she can ask for help. No pressure, just patience, only if she’d need it.
“I made a mistake, and no, it’s not a question.” Looking at her glass of wine she let her voice waved for a second, “It’s just…He is my best friend, well when I was little, I can´t just erase the good, like I think I did with the bad…Just tell me if what I’ve done put you and Jack in risk and I…”
Before she could finish Hotch interrupted her, he laid his hand on her shoulder, “I don’t know, tomorrow I´m going to ask the last state of you in your country and if anything put YOU or us in hazard, I would tell you, ok? I won’t hide anything, I promise”
For the first time in that night, Alex looked at his eyes and smiled.
*
“Spence? Are you ok?” He backed from wherever his mind was.
“Yeah, sorry it´s just I’m little disperse, can you repeat the last part? Please.”
He rubbed his eyes and tried to focus again, and he finally achieved it. He was happy that even at the distance both kept working in their relationship and the little fights didn’t cloud their sky. After he hung up the phone, he couldn’t help but ask himself if leaving her alone and didn’t even call her, just for make sure if she is ok, was the right thing; and before the doubt tormented his mind, he took a shower and went to sleep. For experience, he knew that letting your mind travel and get lost in your own thoughts was a dangerous weapon, even in the safest circumstances.
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Part 2| Visita Inesperada
Note: This work will have a lot of elements of my culture (I'm from México) so please be respectful, no more to say, please enjoy! :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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As the time passed, Alex became closer to the team, they even decided to help Jack with her surprise party. Jack told them her favorite things, the things she wants and the things she treasures the most. At the end of the multiple meetings they had, they settled for something classic but full of joy, everyone had a job to do.
Tara searched for a special place where de party would be taking place, and she found it. It was an amazing camping site, well, a remodeled one. A huge salon but with elements of the forest inside and outside of it and not so far away was an amazing lake. It was not far from Virginia, 45 minutes of travel, it was really worth it.
JJ oversaw the music, Jack told them Alex had deep-rooted Mexican tradition, obviously he omitted the fact that she actually was born in México, so she found a group with latin vibes because they wanted to make her feel something from her roots but with her present. Matt and Luke were in charge of the food, despite Luke had equally latin roots, they thought it would be pretty easy for him to find something that’d be the perfect combination between two worlds. Jack and Penelope were in charge of the decoration, invitations and making sure Alex didn’t suspect anything; Spencer, Maxine and Emily had a difficult task, they had to find the perfect present in the name of all the team. The options were multiple, but they didn’t have a clue what would leave her speechless, so to make things easier, they made a plan. They invited Alex to a casual breakfast in Emily’s apartment with the purpose of obtaining information and with a lot of hop they can buy it in the same day.
But everything started badly, Maxine couldn’t attend, she forgot she had a congress in Arizona and that was after a little discussion with Spencer 2 days ago. Actually, now he can feel it was for the best. It wasn’t something serious, it was just really hard to open up. That left Emily and Spencer in charge; they arranged to meet Sunday 10:00 in the morning, hoping that any serial killer come in the way because Alex had that day off her work.
At 9:30 Emily was waiting for Spencer to arrive with fresh bread and at 10:05 Alex was in the door. Spencer opened the door and sweaty hands made an appearance.
He never denied that Alex was a really beautiful woman but seeing her in the most casual but monochromatic outfit made his hands start soaking. She was wearing dark blue jeans, classic Converse, a white blouse and a red cardigan and he just stared, nothing came out of his mouth until she spoke, “Hi, Dr. Reid, are you ok?”
His neurons started to work again, and he was able to answer, “Yeah, sure, come in, we…ah”
Luckily, Emily appeared from de dining room, “Alex, you´re here, omg, you look great, I hope you like the most common breakfast in the world.”
Alex chuckled and said “I´m actually…surprised? I mean it’s strange that you decided to invite me, only me, but thanks?”
Spender watched them from the main door, what happened to him? Why every time she comes into a room, he feels like that scrawny boy at 24 years old? Was it just the fact that she comes in an unusual situation?
All his thoughts were interrupted by Emily, “Right, Spence?”
He didn’t have a clue about what they were talking, and Emily had to resume, “I told Alex that we want to spend some time with her, everybody has the chance to speak and go out with her, but we didn’t, so it will be nice if we spend some time with her”
Spencer started to walk where she was and said “Yeah, right, it... it will be nice”
Alex gave him a side wide smile, she didn’t have to have an IQ higher than 160 to realize that Spencer simply didn’t feel comfortable around her, or in her presence, so she preferred to keep a distance from him. She really wanted to get along with everyone that her family loved but a part of her mind and heart told her that sometimes not everything is possible, that’s why she focused all her effort with the people who gave her a sincere welcome to their family and hugged her with all the love to the Hotchner’s.
She babysat Matt’s baby and he invited her to dinner with them that night, she had a blast with them. Tara had visited in her work to have lunch, working as editor coordinator give them a special connection and an open door for, they learn a lot from each other. JJ and Will invited her and Jack to Henry’s soccer games and they had a nice time. Penelope… there was no need to explain, she invited her to a pj’s party, they hanged out and grabbed some drinks, went to shopping, etc., and David and Krystal had been guests of multiples dinners with the Hotchner’s. All of them had come close to her except Emily and Spencer. She didn’t blame Emily, she was the unit chief, and the work must be overwhelming most of the time, and she perfectly understood that Spencer and Maxine were particular people and didn’t want to push anything.
The breakfast was amazing, she enjoyed the food and the talk, and to her surprise, Spencer knew what she did for a living.
“Why did you become an editor?” He asked without a warning, just with honest curiosity.
“Well, I love to learn from people through their words, not the fancy words, the ones that people always tell you because they’re in front of someone, but the ones that really come from their heart.”
He gave her a side wide smile; he understood that. In prison, he remembers that writing in a little notebook could keep him sane in a world where you are lost every single moment.
She couldn’t help but feeling uncomfortable, so, as soon the food had disappeared and the conversation came down, she had a huge intention of leaving and spend some time laying in the sofa watching her favorite show, while his brother and dad were spending some quality time alone.
She started to get up from the table, but Emily stopped her, “Would you like to come with us?”
Alex was perplexed, she didn’t expect that, never in a million of years. But come on, they were profilers, so Emily saw that skepticism, if the way her eyebrows rose and her eyes opened were anything to go by, “I mean, Hotch told us you really love sweet things, there is an amazing bakery near where we were going to buy something, so… it will be really nice if you’d come.”
She tried to stay calm and answer with confidence, but that thing had gone far away the moment she made her the invitation “I… I don’t want to distract you from your stuff, I really loved breakfast with you but…”
Before she can even finish Spencer spoke “We are not going to accept a no.”
Her mind blew out of this world when she saw… HIM, Dr. Spencer Reid gave her a little smile, and she surrendered, “Alright, but with one condition, the dessert is on me.”
After buying some stuff she realized that maybe she was in a trap because everything was silly stuff, nothing that made her think they could buy it in any store near from Emily’s house. She made a stop in front of a jewelry shop, and she keep staring while waiting for Spencer and Emily to finish their little talk with some people they knew, until her thoughts were interrupted by Spencer, “I didn’t have idea you liked jewelry.”
He looked at her, but she didn’t turn her face to see him, “I don´t, it... it’s just that ring brings me back some old memories.” And without saying another word she turned away and walked where Emily was just finishing saying her goodbyes. Spencer couldn’t stop staring to that ring and if he had been more conscious of her, maybe he would’ve noticed the way Alex had tears in her eyes.
Maybe was fate, maybe a premotion but when they were ready to buy some of those delicious desserts, the past came to confront Alex. A voice that she swore she was never going to hear again rumbled in Alex’s ears. “Montenegro! It’s been years, I almost didn´t recognize you.”
Alex froze and a chill ran through her spine, she looked where the voice came and saw him. He hadn’t changed at all, she could’ve sworn that her childhood were times that will remain buried, but they didn’t.
Emily and Spencer were ready to interfere in whatever that made her act like that, but every coherent thought faded away as soon as Alex ran and crashed into his arms.
“How? Where? Why? I thought that you, and your family… I… I can’t believe you are… here in front of me, I… just” Alex couldn’t complete a phrase that made sense, the words stuck in her throat. He hugged her so tight and so close, like he was afraid that if he let go of her, she would fade away like the old times.
“I know, I know, a loong story but… look at you, wow, I mean you… you could never imagine how much I’ve missed you and…”
Alex cut him by putting her arms around him and hiding her face in his body. But then Alex remembered there where people waiting for her and with more questions than answers, so she breathed in, waited a moment, and then went to speak with them.
She asked him to wait for a couple of seconds and walked where Emily and Spencer were, “I… I’m sorry... could you go without me? … I’m fine… it’s just, I need talk with him, please.”
Emily knew it wasn’t right to leave her, but she looked confident in her decision and come on, if she was in danger, she wouldn’t run into it. Spencer in the other side, was worried, he wouldn’t leave her like that, but he couldn’t stop her from doing whatever she wanted, let’s be honest, this was the first day he talked to her more than 15 minutes.
He was going to protest but Emily interrupted him “Ok, but… just be careful and try to tell your dad where you are.” Alex nodded and disappeared with that stranger in the crowd.
“Why did you do that?! What if he is someone dangerous, what if he is some…” Emily interrupted him before he could finish. “She trusts him more than she trusts us, if I told her that we wouldn’t leave her, we’d make her feel she’s right about being insecure about us, also who said I’m gonna leave her alone?” She answered while dialing a number.
“Hey Garcia, could you keep an eye on Alex…No, she is alright, just… I´ll explain you later. If there’s anything out of normal, call me.” She ended the call an told him, “Nothing is going to happen to her.”
Spencer wasn’t sure, he was worried and with a heavy feeling on his heart and he didn’t have a clue why.
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Part 1| Reencuentro
The bullpen is just as he remembered, the last time he stepped on it he thought it would be a definitive farewell. There were no regrets since without a doubt it is a decision that he would make again and again to protect his family; in the midst of those memories, a voice pulled him out of his memories.
"Hotch, it's good to have you back..." He turned to his right and Emily's unparalleled smile made him smile too, confirming that he was back home. Despite not being a fan of hugs, he accepted the one she offered him without hesitation.
"Unit chief SSA Emily Prentiss, whooa, I’ve heard a lot of good things form your work" A side smile confirmed his suspicions that she alone knew she was doing a good job. Just as she was about to respond, that sweet scent and hurried footsteps warned of Garcia's arrival.
"Omg, it’s true, sir.., you are back, I know you don't like this kind of displays of affection but... only heavens knows how much I missed you" With watery eyes Penelope came to give Hotch a big hug; in a blink, familiar and new faces were present, JJ, Reid, Tara and Rossi. And as well as Penelope they could not bear the thought of not holding him in their arms, while Matt and Luke waited their turn to make the relevant introduction.
"Ok, everybody, we’ve all missed our straight face in this team but unfortunately, SSA Aaron Hotcher is up above us, he is our new director, so please behave."
Everyone smiled and laughed because they know how hard was for Hotch to leave the team and well, hide to protect Jack; Rossi decided to speak, "If you, well, we don't have another plan for tonight I will like introduce a new member of this family." Hotch knew that there were new people in everyone's life including his, with a half-smile he confirmed that he agreed.
After the welcome everyone went back to work, Hotch inspected his new office and arranged the few things he brought with him in a box, the rest of the team fortunately had only paperwork to do, so the time to leave came calmly. A knock interrupted Hotch’s activities, Rossi appeared with a big smile and said, “8 pm, my house, don't you dare skip it"
He had missed those meetings. When they were protected witnesses, well, they didn't have friends. With a straight face Hotch answered, "I won’t, promise", and with no other words he left.
*****
At 8 only Hotch was missing, "I don't know if he is coming..." Luke said.
"Come on newbie, don't run if you can't even walk." Penelope said to him, an took her drink to go sit beside Tara. Before he could even answer the bell ring sounded, "Speaking of..." Emily said before going and open the door.
Spencer was excited, Aaron Hocthner meant a lot to him, he was like a father since he went into the BAU at 24. Now he was surprised when to his side it wasn’t just Jack and his aunt, but also a beautiful girl, with a big smile and eyes. As incredible as it may seem, Spencer was speechless. For a second, he thought it was Jack’s or Hotch’s girlfriend but before he could make deductions by himself, Hotch spoke.
"Everyone, I want to introduce you a new member of the family, everybody this is Y/N, my daughter adoptive, everybody, Y/N."
It wasn’t necessary to explain what it meant Y/N for Hotch, it was obvious for the way he looked at her and how tight Jack hold her by the hand. Even the team were speechless, until Luke found his voice to speak, "Finally a new newbie in the team."
Of course, a chuckle from JJ was heard across the room, but Y/N didn't seem to mind because she laughed, Rossie and Krystal came close to meet her and Rossi introduced his wife to Hotchner family. After them JJ came with her family, Tara and Penelope went like one, and Emily introduced her new family somehow she feel there was no need of explanation because Hotch would understand, Matt introduced to his family his newborn, and Luke went with Roxy and as she got closer to Alex, they clicked because Alex knelt and patted her head, she evidently loved animals; finally it was Spencer's turn, when he came closer he felt his mouth go dry.
“Uncle Spenceeer...” Even if he was already a teenager, Jack held onto him tight like a little boy, “Hey buddy, you’re tall and good looking like your mother, fortunately” Jack laughed and let him go.
Spencer proceeded to introduce Maxine, “She is Max, my girlfriend” while putting a hand in her waist an pulling her close.
“Hi, Reid talks a lot about you, it´s a pleasure to meet you.”
She extended a hand with a big smile to them, everyone took it and said that Spencer must be a really lucky guy and at the end of the hellos Hotch made the introduction.
“Alex, he is Spencer, the young genius, well, not so young anymore, and as you heard, his girlfriend” A big smile spread through Alex’s face and said “Nice to meet you Dr. Reid, I won’t offer a hand or a hug because I know the germophobe thing…” She said like a joke, “But I see your girlfriend doesn’t mind, so hi.” She gave a squeeze to her hand.
He smiled and nodded, it was unusual he was left out of words but for some reason his voice and brain stopped working altogether now, without even crossing two words she already knew that it was safer than a kiss. Jack broke the uncomfortable silence, “Come sis, I want to show you the huge backyard of Rossi’s house, I used to have a lot of fun with Henry.” Jack held her hand and pulled her out of the crowd as she apologized and followed Jack. The backyard was far from everything Alex could’ve imagined, the trees near the fence and the lights that surrounded all the yard gave the feeling of being in a fairytale story, it wasn’t difficult imagine all the fun that Henry and Jack had when they were kids.
“Everyone, 5 minutes more and we can go to the dinner room and have an astonishing dinner,” Rossi announced. Max excused herself and went to grab a drink where Penelope was chatting with Tara while JJ approached with Reid and Hotch and said, “You adopted.”
Hotch sighed but smiled, “Well, she found us, and brought us light into our lives again, and in some ways, I feel like I’m not come up to scratch”, and for a fraction of second JJ could swear he saw tears in his eyes, “She seems great”
Hotch gave her a big smile and answered, “You don’t have any idea what she means to us.”
Spencer couldn’t hold anymore the question that prowl in his head, “How old is she?” the question slipped away, and Hotch answered, but his eyes were focused on where she was. “26, her birthday is in 2 months, Jack plans to make her a surprise party…well he said ‘The most amazing surprise party’”
JJ and Spencer noticed how the simple idea of Jack and Alex made that spark appear in his eyes. Hotch excused himself and went where Tara and Penelope stood, they were speaking with Jack about how tall and handsome he was, meanwhile Alex was with Matt and his baby. She seemed more comfortable that anyone in the room could be when it was the first dinner with the team, maybe it was because Roxy remained with her dog, Valkyrian.
As it was told, the dinner was served 5 minutes later, it was smooth and full of anecdotes of the team, the Hotcher’s only heard and told one or other history without revealing details from those years apart. When the music started to play everyone spread out in the living room and the backyard
Alex was in the swings near to the backyard, when a person approached her, “Soo, Jack told me you have a dog, well, he specified it is a Doberman, and is a he.” Luke said with a smile along all the sentence.
Alex chuckled and answered “Yeah, Valkyrian”
He noticed how relaxed she turned as soon she mentioned her dog. It is for sure she feels the same he feels with Roxy; and as he called her, Roxy came closer and lied in front of their shoes.
Alex giggled and petted her head, “She es lovely, how old is she?” She turned her eyes to Luke.
“3 years old”
Alex sat straight “No way! She has the same age, seems like destiny,” and with a loud laugh she knelt to hug Roxy.
Meanwhile Max and Spencer were outside talking and kissing. They couldn’t help but stare to Luke and Alex and before Spencer could say something Max beat him to it, “Two dog lovers, it seems pretty interesting, you know what they say, they could have more in common than it seems.”
He only gave her a little left side smile and took her back to the house.
At the end of the night everyone said their goodbyes. All the team was fascinated for meeting Alex and the beautiful family that formed with the Hotcher’s. For now, it was a really exciting beginning, right?
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Summary: Hotch was back, not as a member of BAU but as chief director, out of the risks of previous years; after Scratch, he had prioritized everything that really mattered, what he had taken for granted but now he even slowed himself to open the doors of his soul and heart to a new person. Everyone on the team seemed excited about the arrival of this new member but what is going on inside the mind of IQ 187? Cause Maxine is his other half, right?
|Part 1| Reencuentro
|Part 2| Visita Inesperada
|Part 3| El pasado en el presente
|Parte 4| Principio
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