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[sub][i]The future that we hold is so unclear
But I'm not alive until you call
And I'll bet the odds against it all
Save your advice 'cause I won't hear
You might be right but I don't care
There's a million reasons why I should give you up,
But the heart wants what it wants
The heart wants what it wants[/i][/sub]
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[indent]Diablo had been waiting in his car for April to respond, chewing on his thumb while never taking his eyes off the iPhone’s screen. When her reply finally came, the young man closed his and shouted a big fat [color=D11717][i]“gracias a Dios, puñeta!”[/i][/color] before hitting the gas pedal and speeding down to her place. How he managed to reply to her texts with one hand while tearing down the streets of Crown Heights and not cause any accidents was a mystery. But, as they say: [i]la bendición es de Dios, y la suerte es del Diablo[/i]. 

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Before she was even able to respond to his message, the sound of the Lambo’s tires could be heard on the tiles of the Foster driveway. Then came the familiar honk of the horn, and the smiling Diablo turned off the engine and exited the vehicle. The handsome young man leaned against his car it in all of his charming, arrogant glory, buff arms crossed in front of his chest as he waited for his best friend to come out.

A grin spread across April’s glossed lips as the familiar Lamborghini crawled up the driveway. The sun glimmered off of it’s chrome red exterior as April paced up to the edge of the garage, a gentle smile now set on her face as she saw the shadowed profile of her best friend in the driver’s seat. The brunette paced over to the car as Santiago got out, her brown leather riding boots making little noise on the tiled driveway beneath them. April’s curious brown eyes glanced over her Santi as she closed in, trying to read his emotions before she even spoke a word. When she did finally speak after leaving a long moment of silence, her voice was quiet and reserved. April could feel her breath catch in her throat. It had been so long.

[color=ec008c]“[i]Buenos días mi amor.[/i] I’ve missed you so much.”[/color]

The smile in April’s face and her adorable accent when speaking in his native tongue was enough to vanish at least part of dark cloud that had been hanging over Diablo for the last month. His gray eyes scanned her features, drinking in the stunning sight. She looked just as beautiful since the last time he’d seen her -perhaps even more so, since absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that shit. Her shiny brown hair was a tad longer than he’d remembered, softly cascading down her shoulders in the custom soft waves. The body he’d gotten to endlessly explore for the past three years looking every bit a killer in disguise, and the hazel eyes shone like jewels in the morning sunlight. 
 
But her smile? It put that very same sunlight to shame. 

It wasn’t until Santiago heard the young woman’s sweet, yet quiet voice that he realized he’d been staring, and the girl’s smile was now mirrored on Santiago’s. God, how he’d missed this girl… Even if he would never say to what degree. [color=D11717]“Two and a half months without seeing each other and all I get is a ‘good morning’?”[/color] he teased, shooting her a mischievous wink and shaking his head. [color=D11717]“That hurts, [i]preciosa[/i].”[/color]

April’s smile only grew larger as she closed the final few paces in between them, wrapping her long lost friend into a warm embrace. She pressed the side of her face into his chest and held him tight, feeling his strong arms around her and a soft kiss being planted on the top of her head, nothing but silence between the two of them. It was as if someone had brought back the entire other half of her life back after a two month-long hiatus. That’s what Santiago was to April, even though she knew he would never really commit to her. They had tried the whole ‘serious’ relationship thing a few years back and it had barely lasted a few weeks before the entire thing fell apart. But she didn’t want to think of that right now. April couldn’t bear the thought of losing him for another couple months.

[color=ec008c]“Does it? I thought you were tougher than that Santi.”[/color]

This brought on a laugh from Santiago, who had his hands on her hips and was looking and smiling at her in [i]that[/i] way she knew all too well. April grinned and looked up at him as she batted her eyes playfully; no words needed to understand that they were both undoubtedly on the same page. Then, just as the two began to lean in for a kiss that was long overdue, the sound of the front door to April’s house being opened could be heard, followed by an all too familiar male voice.

[b]“There you are my little Tiger Lily! I thought I’d missed you off on your first day of school.”[/b] Jamie Foster paced over to the pair of them as April died inside from embarrassment, her face going beat red in the process. Jamie -still in his glorious plaid pajamas- glanced between them with an inquisitive look before speaking once again. [b]“Is this something I should be concerned about, April?”[/b] He looked to Santiago with an unimpressed and suspicious glance as if waiting for him to answer the question instead, before April jumped in. 

[color=ec008c]“What are you talking about, Dad? We haven’t seen each other in like...ages. I’m just hugging my best friend.”[/color] April’s voice went from timid to defensive like the flick of a switch, pulling away from Santiago’s grasp on her in a desperate attempt to mend the situation.

[color=D11717]“For sure, Mr. Foster,”[/color] Santiago chimed in, offering April’s father a sheepish smile. Although he’d never admit it out loud, there was definitely a hint of nervousness running down the body of the usually fearless Santiago Fernandez. Usually the thought of getting caught turned him on more than anything else, but not when it was by Jamie Foster. April had a reputation for being the biggest daddy’s girl around (not just to her real father, but to Santiago as well -although for obvious reasons this wasn’t a fact of public knowledge), so the thought of the older man finding them in a compromising situation was not one Diablo wanted to be in anytime soon. [color=D11717]“Nothing shady going on here. I was out of the country for two and a half months, and I sure as heck missed my [i]best friend[/i]!”[/color] he exclaimed, making emphasis on the word ‘best friend’ and wrapping April in one of those hugs that would lift her off the ground and spun her around.

[color=ec008c][i]“Anyways![/i] Daddy, it’s the first day of school and we can’t be late!”[/color] April smiled to her father before walking over to him and pecking him on the cheek. 

Jamie pulled her in for a tight hug before looking at the sheepish Santiago with a suspicious glare that screamed [i]If anything happens to my little girl, you’re dead[/i], making sure that April was none the wiser before letting her go. Jamie smiled at his little bundle of joy before watching her run back over and hop into the car. The secretly uncomfortable Santiago didn’t hesitate to follow his friend’s lead, giving Mr. Foster a nod before scrambling into the driver’s seat, turning on the car and driving off as fast as he could while pretending they hadn’t just been about to get caught making out. 

The two drove in absolute silence for a few minutes, neither making any attempt at starting conversation as the awkwardness of the previous embarrassing scene still lingered. But out of nowhere, Diablo suddenly floored the brakes right in the middle of the deserted street. The young man looked over to April for a second, but before she could even think of what to say, he pulled her into the deep, passionate ‘I missed you’ kiss they had both been craving from the moment their eyes had met.

Not a moment had passed and April had found her way over to the driver’s side, her legs stradling Santiago’s lap and her hands grasping each side of his face gently. His hands were on her firm bottom, their breathing getting just as heavy as their kiss. It briefly crossed her mind that Santi hadn’t stopped the car in a terribly convenient place, but that worry and concern disappeared as quickly as it had arisen as the brunette remembered the dark tint on the windows. 

Pausing the embrace of their lips only momentarily, April whispered gently to him as she caught her breath and took in the view. [color=ec008c]“I almost forgot how much I loved y-- this…”[/color]

Santiago gave a husky chuckle, choosing to ignore her obvious slip up -[i]THAT[/i] was a can of worms he didn’t want to open any time soon- and instead planted a soft peck on those strawberry-flavored glossed lips that drove him crazy. [color=D11717]“I know, [i]beba[/i], and I feel the same way. [i]Te extrañé con cojones, puñeta[/i]: I really did. It’s been a hard few months,”[/color] he confessed, his hands cupping her face as their foreheads rested against one another.

[i]Goddammit![/i] April screamed inside of her head. Why couldn’t he see how much that they had between them? The yearning, the want --no, the need for [i]something[/i] was eating away at her. It was almost unbearable, frustrating even. She looked into Santiago’s eyes, trying to read him like she always could before, looking for something that she hoped was there but knew almost for certain was not. It wasn’t that this -the relationship that they had, whatever it was- might be all for nothing that bothered her, not at all. It was the fact that she passed up something that could’ve been [i]exactly[/i] what she’d been wanting, purely out of fear. Because she’d been a coward.

[color=ec008c] “Having someone with you would’ve made it easier. You don’t have to brave these things alone [i]mi amor[/i].”[/color] April leaned down and kissed him gently once more before shifting her weight onto his lap, cuddling into his chest. 

[color=D11717]“It wasn’t a matter of braving anything, [i]bella[/i]. There’s just some things I have to do on my own, and this was one of them,”[/color] he told her earnestly. Santiago held her close, planting another kiss on the top of her head and then resting his chin on top of it. He’d be lying if he said he didn’t feel at peace when he was with April, and the comfort she was offering him right now was beyond anything she could even imagine. The loss of his grandmother had opened his eyes to many things, but the one lesson it had taught him was to never take something good for granted. And even if the thought of settling down with someone was daunting for a casanova like him, the young man had -very, [i]very[/i] slowly- started to consider the possibility of doing so with none other than the one girl who’d stuck with him through thick and thin: April Foster. [color=D11717]“But I’m here now, right? That’s all that matters.”[/color]

[color=ec008c] “And since you’re here…”[/color] April moved back and traced her finger down Santi’s chest, batting her eyelashes playfully [color=ec008c] “I can feel that [i]El Tigre[/i] wants to come out and play…”.[/color] April grinned as she began to slowly unbutton her white blouse, biting her lip gently as she revealed more and more of herself.

[color=D11717]“I mean.. You’re not wrong…”[/color] Diablo admitted sheepishly, offering April a mischievous smile. The gray eyes greedily taking in the sight of her were now shining with anticipation, his craving for her now so bad it hurt. There was no way they were going anywhere else until that had been taken care of. 

[color=D11717]“It’s been too fucking long, [i]Princesa[/i]. Let me show you just how much I’ve missed you.”[/color][/indent][hr]
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[list][*][i]Gracias a Dios, puñeta![/i]- Thank God, goddamnit!
[*][i]La bendición es de Dios, y la suerte es del Diablo[/i]- The blessing is from God, but luck is from the Devil.
[*][i]Buenos días mi amor.[/i]- Good morning, my love.
[*][i]Preciosa[/i]- Precious
[*][i]Te extrañé con cojones, puñeta[/i]- I fucking missed you, goddamn it.
[*][i]Mi amor[/i]- My love
[*][i]Bella[/i]- Beautiful
[*][i]El Tigre[/i]- The Tiger; which is meant to be an inside joke since April’s nickname’s ‘Tiger Lily’.
[*][i]Princesa[/i]- Princess[/list][/hider]