Chapter 1 - The Departure
The emotion in Maritza's voice as she cried 'I love you' was enough to break Flaca. She couldn't take it anymore and with all her strength, she broke free from the line and began running, knocking down anyone in her path. The tears in her eyes made it hard for her to see but she could hear the desperate cries of her best friend in front of her. She could hear the co's angry screams from behind her and knew they were closing in on her and that she had to move fast. She lunged forward, breaking free from the crowd around her, narrowly missing the grasp of a guard and with her arms outstretched, she grabbed Maritza's hand, interlocking every single finger as she fell to the ground with a thud. As she looked up, she could see her best friend smiling down at her, with tears running down her face. Flaca began to lift herself up off the ground, tightening her grip around maritza's hand and when she finally stood up, both Flaca and Maritza let out a deep sigh of relief as they embraced each other. Flaca wrapped her arms strongly around maritza as she lay her head against her shoulder as she began to uncontrollably weep. Normally Flaca was the strong one in their relationship and she wouldn't let anyone other than maritza see her cry but this time she wasn't afraid to show her emotion in front of everyone as she held her best friend in her arms. She wasn't afraid to show that this hurt. She began to tenderly place kisses across Maritza's head as she whispered in her ear that it was going to be alright, while all this time they held each other together in their arms.
Their embrace didn't last long as Flaca was suddenly yanked backwards as a heavy pair of hands grabbed at her waist, forcing her to stumble towards the bus. Their hands however still remained joined as Maritza began to resist the guard, letting out screams of horror as she fiercely tried to stop him from taking Flaca away. Eventually, a second CO came and despite Maritza's every dying effort to stay with Flaca, she was still one of the smallest inmates in litchfield and was quickly picked up and dragged away causing them to finally break apart from one another. Flaca was being marched quickly back to the bus and as she placed her feet on the bus steps, she realised that she needed to say one last, final thing to Maritza. She quickly turned around in time to cry 'Maritza, I love you too' before the bus doors slowly shut in front of her.