CARIBBEAN ISLAND TYPE

Yeah I'm a streetlight, chillin' in the heat! I illuminate the stories of the people in the street some have happy endings some are bittersweet but I know them all and that’s what makes my life complete -Usnavi De La Vega

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floriistry : JAMIE. 

@barriokept gets a crack!starter.

   “I love you streetlight. Can I turn you on?” she pauses, not saying anything else. This is awkward.

                              NAVI  goes  to  laugh  as  he  shakes  head, “ I -- Uh ...  lo siento ? --- QUE ?  I  mean,  If  you’re  askin’  for  MORE  propane  I don’t  have  it ...  YOU  okay  over  there ...  ey’  you  can  come  over  her  if  you  need  to ...  -- “ NAVI flashing  her  a  smile  as  he  goes  to  nod  ever  so, “ No  PROBLEMA --  ey’  you  should  really  learn  A  BIT  of  spanish ...  DO  you  want  lessons ?  “

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                                        HE STOPS -- KNOWS that everything from the night before hasn’t been easy. Though, HE had depended on Nina OR even Daniela to call Vanessa, and when he comes face to face with her he doesn’t know what to think. HIS climb to the front of store seems NEVER ENDING, and as he FINALLY meets her pretty face he licks lips 

                                           ❛❛   i -- I uh -- Didn’t Daniela call you ? -- Lo siento porque ... I just HE STOPS as he shakes head, ❛❛ Que .. what happened ❜❜ 

                                                       @sacrifiicium /  VANESSA  STARTER

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authoria replied to your post: ME : WHAT IS H*AMILTON I DO NOT KNOW HER ????

why u insult me like this,

BC I AM THE WORST B))))))))))))))

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ME : WHAT IS H*AMILTON I DO NOT KNOW HER ????

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a relationship: i show you memes and you laugh

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             ❛❛ Espere -- are you REALLY here to hang out with me Nina because ... MIRA you’ve been here hundreds of times before, and I’ve COME to find you just come around when you KNOW Benny is here ... why don’t you just y’know TELL him you like HIM ? -- además we KNOW you like him alright ... it’s no secret, you wanna KISS him, you wanna LOVE him, YOU WANNA HOLD HIM. Si, I can say this porque I am your BEST friend -- other than Vanessa ... how is she by the way? ❜❜

                                              / @secondchanced

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                  ❛❛ Nah, that’s just how it IS y’know -- I mean YEAH it’d be nice if everyone paid for their café but, you lean how to ROLL with the punches. Whenever someone says they gotta go to el baño AS soon as they get their café well --- they tryin’ to skip out on payin’ the BILL. ❜❜               / @authoria

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I can’t afford to hate anyone, I don’t have that kind of time.

Akira Kurosawa (via wordsnquotes)

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@jan-thony

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i can’t get over that usnavi de la vega’s first celebrity crush was Selena Quintanilla-Pérez 

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                           ❛❛ SO, what you admitting you got at thing for me ? -- VANESSA c’mon qué you think I didn’t think the SAME way about you ... I mean I’m NOT the best at admitting how I feel but, YEAH -- I don’t want you to move... ❜❜

                       // starter call @reprisid

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    !!! bit of a starter call !!

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can’t believe that my son is raised by a neighborhood of strong, independent, WOMEN ... B)))))

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( thegroupiequeen ) : // pamela 

     ❝  Look, I would love to bring back a Lennon or McCartney but that’s unrealistic. No one could be as talented as them. There’s only one Lennon and one McCartney - both are out of my league, you know. Give me something that’s realistic.  ❞  Can’t help the fact that the former is dead and the latter is happily married. Some things are just beyond her control. He should understand.

     ❝  What about a Moon?  ❞  Further thought reminds her of how the real Keith Moon has a proclivity for destruction. Anyone that fits in the same category as the legendary drummer is sure to cause havoc. Usnavi will not be happy with such a customer. She backtracks quickly and retracts her question  ❝  Maybe not a Moon. They’ll set this place on fire. What about … Page? Plant?  ❞

                                     SHE’S GOT DREAMS, he’ll say that, and as she mentions rock musicians that he   HAS   indeed heard he can’t help but give a shake of head, and have fingers rub temples,❛❛ I   dunno   Pam ... those guys are what ? Like EIGHTY ? ... you don’t want the GUY to die on you when you’re ... y’know. ❜❜ Hands going to make VAGUE gestures, ❛❛ That’d just be mala suerte. Imagine havin’ one of those guys DYING on top of you ... ❜❜ Brows raise as he gives her a LOOK, ❛❛ or UNDER you --- I don’t know how LAZY those musicians are... ❜❜

                                                        Though if truth he doesn’t want to see her with some   idiota,   that’s the ONE thing he can’t stand, and he can only IMAGINE the guys she’s dated. ❛❛ NEXT time you wanna bring a guy around ? Make sure he’s not completley loco  -- remember that guy who ransacked your place, and threw your clothes all over the street ? HE was ... INTENSE how do you   FIND   these guys Pam ? ❜❜                            . 

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Anthony in Jasmine’s Instagram story 12/24/16

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( storyneverdie ) : // maria 

MARIA TOOK HIS  word for it. It must be nice to have that kind of security and comfort in your job, she thought. She shrugged, offering a slight smile in thanks again. If it’s the only store for blocks then–  ❝  I guess I’ll be seeing a lot more of you.  ❞  Maria was actually looking forward to it; to finding her niche in a community again.

One foot hovering behind her, ready to leave, she paused at his question.  ❝  Not that far,  ❞  she answered. Maria wasn’t too keen to revisit everything she’d left but Usnavi seemed harmless, asking to be friendly, not invasive.  (  Though she’s quick to remember most seem like that at first.  )  ❝  I’ll tell you all about it if I can use the restroom real quick.  ❞

                      ❛❛        Si,  si por supuesto ! ... ❜❜ FORGETTING himself for a moment as he REALIZES she came in here for a REASON.❛❛ Lo siento ... I uh -- ❜❜ then realizing he’s rambling as he fumbles for the key from under countertop. Handing it over wordlessly as he goes to give an apologetic smile. Internally cursing self as he gets back to stocking the REST of store. 

                          Currently going to check which lotto tickets he’ll need more of ( it’s the ONE thing he consistently runs out of ), what can he say? The barrio has dreams. Most of those dreams include the money to pay off debts, and to provide for a family of four ( scholarships, and college   COSTS  ).