#rafecastro

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RAFE - "Hey Lyric. Before you go in with Rosa, I wanted to ask you something. I was going to ask but I didn't want to do it on the phone, nor did I want to do it at school. I was hoping that you and I could go to Prom together, what do you think?"

LYRIC - "I really would love to go with you, Rafe, but what about Rosa? What is she going to say about it? You know how she is."

RAFE - "Seriously, Lyric? What does Rosa have to do with you and I going to prom together. I know she has no idea we have been talking, but I want to make things official. I honestly don't give a damn about what Rosa may think."

LYRIC- "You know what Rafe? You are right. This is not about Rosa. This about us. I would love to go to prom with you. So Yes, I will be your date for prom, and I am going to let Rosa know that we have been talking. Whether she likes it or not, let's make it official. We are boyfriend and girlfriend!!"

ROSA - "Lyric! Please do not tell me what I think I just heard. Have you and Rafe been talking? How could you do this?"

LYRIC - "I think we should go in your room and talk about this, Rosa."

if looks could kill...

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MARCO - "Your sister shared with me the disagreement the two of you had, Rafe. I told her, as I am telling you, that the two of you need to come to a mutual understanding..."

RAFE - "Trust me, I have. Avoidance is the best policy."

MARCO - "That wasn't what I meant."

RAFE - "Dad, trust me, it's for the best."

Rafe went to the hallway and looked at his great-grandfather's picture, he always went here when he was in need of answers. He was named after him, and he felt a connection, even though he was gone before Rafe was born. He felt no sense of an answer today. He hoped things would change between he and Rosa, but for now, he would just avoid her.

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Later that afternoon, Rafe shared with Milo about meeting Min-Jun and that he invited him to join the chess club.

RAFE - "He seems really nice, and he was on the chess team at his old school, so he said he'd check it out for sure.

MILO - "Great, we need more people involved, and if our team is going to win any tournaments, we need some good players."

RAFE - "And he was asking about Rosa. I think he may have a crush on her. I told him he may want to avoid her. He doesn't seem like the type Rosa would want in her circle of friends."

About that time...

ROSA - "Milo, would you please excuse us, I need to talk to my brother for a minute."

MILO - Sure no problem, Rosa. Rafe, catch you later."

ROSA - "Lyric told me that she saw you talking to the new guy, Min..., something or other, I don't remember his name. What did you guys talk about?"

RAFE - "His name is Min-Jun Kim and he introduced himself to me. We talked about chess and he said he played. I told him about the chess club and told him to check it out. Why are you being so nasty about me talking to someone. I'm not like you, I like people."

ROSA - "Whatever, I have friends, more than you actually. If you forgot I am the president of the chess club, so he has to go through me to get in. He is a stalker. He was stalking me in the school chatroom this morning before school. There is no way he needs to be in the chess club. And furthermore, keep your opinions about me to yourself!"

Rafe had enough...

RAFE - "Rosa, I am sorry you think that it is all about you. I doubt very seriously he was stalking you. He seems like a nice guy, And, you may be the president of the chess club, but we ALL vote on applicants. He knows how to play and is apparently good. He won a district competition last year at Pleasantview High. That's definitely more than you have ever done."

"What I said about you was not bad at all. Believe me I could have said much worse. As far as what I think about you or my opinions of you, maybe you should take a good long look at the type of person you are, Rosa. I'm not the only one that thinks you are not a very nice person. You really need an attitude adjustment."

Whew... those two seriously have some issues!

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Min-Jun begins talking to Rafe as his response about Rosay being his sister, unfortunately intrigued him. So, they sat and had lunch together.

MIN-JUN - "So why do you say that about your sister?"

RAFE - "Let's just say Rosa is not the nicest person in my family, by far."

MIN-JUN- "How so?"

RAFE - "I mean I love her, I do, she is my sister, but she has this princess mentality. She being the girl in the family I guess she thinks entitles her. Or maybe she isn't as bad as I think. Being twins you would think we'd get along better, but we are complete opposites."

MIN-JUN - "Twins? Really? I would not have guessed it. Well thanks for chatting with me. Maybe we can hang out sometime. I saw there is a chess club?"

RAFE - "Yeah, you should join, my brother and I are both in the club. It's quite fun. We meet weekly."

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Min-Jun's first day of school was quite uneventful. However, he did find out the cell phone policy was much more lenient than his previous school, as was the dress policy.

In his science class, the teacher called on the guy behind him, whose name was Rafe Castro. That must be a brother to the girl that ignored him in the school chat. He followed him to the lunchroom at lunch, almost knocking over the principal; that was taking his dirty plate to the bathroom??

MIN-JUN - "Hi, I'm Min-Jun Kim. It's my first day here. I tried to talk to your sister in the school chatroom this morning. She is Rosa Castro, right?"

RAFE - "Oh... Okay. And yes, Rosa is my sister, unfortunately."

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I had to make pics of my favorite family too!! The Castros!

Rafe & Rosa look somewhat as I imagined them. But their stepbrother Milo is spot on!

Marco Castro looks very good, better than I had envisioned and the handsome detective, Esteban Guerra is just HOT!. It is amazing how much he and his son Milo resemble one another. It's that smile.

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Rosa got a text from her dad on her way home from school.

ROSA - "Why is dad sending this to me? I mean Esteban has lived with us now for over a year. But it's not my choice! That's his decision!"

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When Rafe got back to the career table, he saw that Rosa was now entertaining Titus, so he decided he would just walk home. He had three more years until he needed to worry about a career or college.

He also wondered why everyone else was not wearing their school uniforms. That was odd.