I took inspiration from El Malo by Aventura
El Malo
CHAPTER 1
I already posted CHAPTER 2
Oscar and I had been together since we were teens. Things were difficult for us but we always seemed to make it work. One couldn’t be without the other. I honestly don’t even know how he convinced me to go on a date with him. We were so different, he was the bad guy and I was the good girl.
He failed me, he told me that he wasn’t gonna do anything bad and I trusted him and then he got locked up and was sentenced to eight years. It hurt having to see him through a glass window that separated us. I only visited him once cause I felt betrayed but I took Cesar whenever I could. I promised him that I would take care of Cesar until he got out of jail and I kept that promise.
Its been four years since he got arrested and a three years since I last visited him..
(Flashback)
It took me almost ten months after Oscar got arrested to finally come see him. My heart was pounding in my chest when our eyes met, no emotions behind those brown eyes as they brought him in and un cuffed his hands. I picked up the phone as he sat and did the same.
“Hey..’’, I said not knowing what to say after not seeing him for almost a year taking in all of his features, him doing the same.
“Hey baby, how’ve you been?’’ He asked, his eyes softening.
“I’ve been okay and you? How is it in there?” I asked him not being able to hide how concerned I was.
“Don’t worry about me, nena, Cesar told me you moved into the house, he’s not giving you any trouble is he..?”
I smiled a little at this.
“No, he’s actually been doing really good in school and helps me around the house..”
“That’s good..” he said as silence filled the air.
“Y/N..” He said my name so tenderly and put his hand against the glass. I felt my eyes getting teary as I looked at him.
“You lied to me, you told me you loved me and you lied about everything-“
“I do, I meant what I said.” He stated cutting me off
“You can’t love me from here, you never have! You never have! ” I raised my voice as a tear rolled down my cheek.
“I’m sorry, I know I failed you, I’ve made mistakes” he said as his hand slid down the glass.
“Mistakes?” I asked with a scoff, more tears running down my face.
“Si, si, errores, pero eso no tiene nada que ver con amor, it’s been a disaster but I’ve always loved you, I still love you, I always will”
“Stop, stop, I can’t” I slammed the phone and got up, I could feel his eyes on me the entire time until I walked out the door.
(End of Flashback)
My eyes watered remembering that day as I looked out the window of Dwayne’s Joint BBQ. I started seeing someone about a year ago, after I unofficially broke up with Oscar. His name is Tony and he’s the complete opposite of Oscar, I hate myself for always comparing him to Oscar. It’s almost as if he doesn’t have any flaws, he seems too perfect for me.
“Earth to Y/N!” I snapped out of the trance I was in when I saw Tony waving his hand in my face.
“Sorry, must’ve spaced out” I forced a chuckle out as I blinked rapidly to clear my eyes of any tears.
Tony smiled, “What’s going on in that head, amor?”
“Nothing, just thoughts”I stated bluntly as I looked over to see Dwayne putting the check on the table with the food that I ordered for Cesar to go.
“Thanks Dwayne” I looked up at him with a smile as Tony handed him the money.
“No, thank you tell Cesar I said hey “
“I’ll let him know, bye”
Tony and I walked out holding hands walking towards his car. When we got inside I saw three men with Santos tattoo on their neck staring my way. I tried my best to ignore them but their intense stares made me want the ground to swallow me whole and I know Tony felt intimidated.
They made it their lives mission to always try and intimidate Tony whenever they saw him.
“I’m sorry about that” I apologized as I looked over at him as he drove to Oscar’s house.
“ You don’t have to apologize, I get that they don’t like me much”
The entire ride was filled with an uncomfortable silence..at least for me until we got to Oscar’s house.
“Thanks, I really enjoyed today” I said with a small smile.
“I’m glad, I really did too” he stated as he looked like he wanted to say something else but didn’t know how to say it.
“What? Is something wrong?” I asked confused.
“C-can I kiss you?” He asked tenderly
He always asked even the first time we got intimate. He’s very vanilla and I’m so used to something else I didn’t really like it. I tried going rough one time and he didn’t like it so I stopped. I thought about cutting him off but I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
“Yea, of course” I told him as I forced a smile.
He got closer and closed the distance between our lips. I forced my eyes shut and moved my lips against his. He was gonna deepen the kiss but then there was a knock on the window making us jump and look to the side to see who the culprit was.. Cesar. I thanked him with my eyes and he looked at me with a knowing look.
Tony rolled the window down as I got out and greeted Cesar. He forced a tight lipped smile and waved.
“Bye, Thanks again Tony “ I waved as he reluctantly drove off into the road. I put my arm on Cesar’s shoulder as we walked inside the house.
“So, how was the visit with Oscar ?”
“Umm, good, I actually have something to tell you..”
“Oh yea, what is it, is something wrong?”
I asked as we walked into the house and I leaned on the couch, watching as he scratched the back of his neck nervously.
“Cesar, come on, spill it”
“Um, Oscars getting out tomorrow”
I felt my heart stop and my vision become blurry.
“What?”
