Dating Maritza Ramos/You (Orange is the New Black)
Cooking for her. This is never boring with her. She’s either watching at the counter in adoration or right there with you trying to help. Don’t be too mad if she adds salt instead of sugar! It’s an interesting take on the recipe.
Pizza when it’s her night to cook. Maritza knows she’s a safety hazard in the kitchen so she keeps it simple. The local pizzeria has your order memorized by now! Is it bad you’re on a first name basis with the employees?
Pizza being her ultimate comfort food so it’s one of your go tos when she’s feeling low. It’s rare for Maritza to get sad but when she does it’s hard to see. You cook up all the sweetest recipes you know with chocolate! This is when the both of you stuff your faces and watch Netflix together. She’ll lean against you but don’t you interrupt her movies! You’ll find her knocked out next to you within a couple hours and find yourself there hours later when she wakes up.
Trying new beauty techniques together with diy ideas from YouTube. This is always so much fun! She’s out and can get all the ingredients herself! When her bestie Flaca comes out, she’s always there. The three of you make an absolute mess of the kitchen throwing everything together! It leads to pretty epic food fights and is so relaxing! At one point, all of you lean against one another just chatting until the timer goes off.
“Are you sure the mask is supposed to be that color?”
“Ummm…”
“I told you not to eat all the oranges!”
“I was hungry!”
You watch so much trashy tv together. She’ll lay her head on your lap or shoulder talking nonstop about any and everything on the tv screen. Maritza’s commentary makes you laugh to the point of tears!
Meeting her daughter Juliana-Fernanda when the two of you become serious. If she’s at Litchfield, that means you driving her daughter up when you can. She appreciates the visits so much! Out of Litchfield, you visit Juliana with Maritza until she can get Juliana back! After years together, you’ll be her mommy too!
Sometimes you like to just sit back and watch her get dressed for work. She takes her time and loves your reactions to her dresses and makeup. Your girlfriend is so beautiful you can’t help yourself. Maritza always laughs when she catches you watching making a show out of it before running out the door.
Holidays are a big deal to Maritza especially the romantic ones. Valentine’s Day is a drawn out affair with candles, chocolates and bouquets of roses. It’s her first time celebrating with a woman so it was adorable how much she tried. You found Maritza that first year near tears on the ground with a smoking pot on the stove, broken glass on the ground and a cute teddy bear with chocolates in your seat at the table. It wasn’t perfect but the both of you cleaned up ordering her favorite pizza instead sharing the chocolates in the bath with frothy bubbles. It was your favorite Valentine’s Day!
The arguments always get to both of you no matter how rare you are. Sometimes you bicker over little things like her heels left in the hallways but it’s the big fights that mess you up. You can’t stand it when Maritza rolls her eyes like that sneering at you muttering in Spanish. You find yourself being petty and ignore her which only makes the ensuing argument worse. The both of you refuse to leave the apartment so eventually one of you breaks down and apologizes.
Sometimes you surprise each other at work. Maritza got a job as a car mechanic after getting her certification. The mechanics shop starting booming as soon as she was hired. You drop off lunches each other and sometimes just flirt with each other until it’s time to go back to work. Your colleagues absolutely adore Maritza and the other mechanics love teasing the both of you.
Dating Maritza isn’t always easy. She leaves her things out all the time and always burns what she’s cooking but she loves you. Maritza loves making you smile and picking up your favorite foods in town. She will fight for you whether it’s with her words or getting someone bigger to fight them too. Maritza is your favorite person in the world and you wouldn’t replace her cuddling or whining for anything in the world.