((Author's Notes: Hello again! Before we start, I want to thank Benny the Crazed Cartoonist and ninjasdrinkingtea for their reviews. You have no idea how much your reviews brightened my day.

Once again, I do not own any of Disney's characters. I do not own the songs "The Three Caballeros" by Disney and "Everybody's Fool" by Evanescence.

I hope you continue to enjoy the story, and Happy Belated Valentine's Day (or Single Awareness Day).))

Chapter Two

*~*~* Jay's Apartment*~*~*

Jay had been sleeping peacefully, despite the light shining through the window and onto her face. She stirred slightly, but didn't wake up until the time when her alarm clock was supposed to sound off. However, the alarm clock seemed to be off, and instead, a loud, proud, happy, and melodious singing voice startled her out of her slumber,

"Ahhhh!

Jalisco no te rajes!"

Jay gasped and yelped as she fell out of her bed, landing on her back when she made contact with the floor. During the brief moments when her eyes were winced closed from the pain, and her hand was rubbing her back after she sat back up, she suddenly recalled what had happened last night.

"Me sale del alma,

Gritar con color,"

That's right…the two strange men that she found in her own apartment! She opened her eyes to see that she was still wearing the same clothes she had on last night, and she looked up to see that Jose was in the small kitchen area, standing by the toaster but watching Panchito sing, his back towards Jay, and the toaster. She noticed, much to her surprise, that he had his red and blue tail feathers again.

"Abrir todo el pecho,

Pe echar este grito,"

She then looked to see Panchito, the one person who was singing loudly, in the living room area standing in front of the large oval mirror, his back towards Jay as well. He must've moved the mirror away from the dresser while she must've been sleeping, Jay thought. She noticed that he too regained his read tail feathers. She didn't say anything as Panchito finished his song with a powerful belt and held it for a long time.

"Que linddo es jalisco

Palabra de honoooooooooor!"

After he finished, Jose clapped in applause and he praised Panchito "Bravo! Your voice hasn't changed a bit!" Panchito grinned as he turned to face Jose and bow like he was bowing to an audience.

Jay on the other hand crossed her arms and cleared her throat sternly to get Panchito's and Jose's attention. They looked to her and they smiled at her, unfazed by her stern glare.

Panchito spoke first with cheer before asking, "Ah! Senorita! You're finally awake! How are you feeling?"

"I just woke up to somebody singing and to find that what happened last night wasn't some weird dream. What do you think?" Jay grumbled with sarcasm. Before they could even start guessing, or even say something about her rude comment, Jay sighed trying to keep herself calm, "I have a lot of questions that need to be answered. In case you couldn't tell from last night, it's pretty hard to just accept that you were cartoon characters,"

Jose answered, "Ah. Of course we'll answer your questions! But first, here," He handed her a plate with two pieces of toast, and he said with a kind smile when she gave him a questioning and suspicious look, "I took the liberty to make breakfast for all three of us. It's to make up for the scare we gave you last night. I hope you don't mind," Jose normally would've made something fancier for this kind of situation, but there wasn't anything in Jay's refrigerator that he could use to make a nice breakfast.

Jay didn't like the idea of a stranger having to make breakfast for her. But she didn't say anything of that sort, and she mumbled awkwardly as she took the plate "Thank you,"

There had been an awkward silence between the Jay, Panchito, and Jose at first, as the three of them sat at the small coffee table in the small living room area, and took small bites of their toast. The air around them just seemed to be thick with a sort of tension that none of them could place. Jay awkwardly broke the silence first asking "So…Panchito and Jose, right?" The two nodded, and she continued "You never really did answer my first question from last night: What are you two doing here?" She looked at Jose and said "And what did you mean by 'we accidentally landed here'?"

Jose answered simply and honestly "I meant what I said. We just happened to land here. We didn't mean to scare you,"

Jay muttered in response to his last comment "I wasn't scared. I just…freaked. There's a huge difference,"

Panchito and Jose chuckled to themselves, knowing that Jay was covering the fact that she was scared. When the both of them were done snickering at Jay, Panchito continued the discussion,

"As for your question as to what we're doing here, well, a star sent us here in order to grant both ours, and someone named Jay's, wishes!" Panchito told her cheerfully, once again becoming elated at the thought of being the Three Caballeros once again.

Panchito and Jose told Jay about their wish, how a portal appeared before them, and what the star told the both of them. After they were done, Jay was giving a blank and deadpan stare that just screamed the silent words

"ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME?!"

After a few seconds of Jay staring at the two Caballeros in this manner, she rested her elbows on the coffee table, avoiding the plate of toast, and she covered her face with her hands in a face-palm manner. She groaned to herself, "I wished on a star for real friends, and I've got cartoon characters as an answer…" To Jay, this situation was so ironic it was almost painful just thinking about it.

When Panchito heard her statement, he asked "Wait…does that mean you're Jay?"

Jay lowered her hands from her face and answered, "Unfortunately, yes…" She ignored Panchito and Jose when they looked at each other happily.

She then asked Jose and Panchito, "So you two just jumped into the portal…right away? Without even checking to see if it was safe or it wouldn't lead you two to some Eldritch Abomination?"

Both answered confidently at the same time "Nope!" Even though Panchito and Jose both had no idea what an Eldritch Abomination was.

Jay resisted the urge to groan and face-palm once again at their answer. She then realized something important, and she asked them "This star…it didn't by any chance, book a hotel room for you both did it?"

Jose and Panchito looked at each other and they shook their heads in response and said "No,"

Jay then asked, "So you both have nowhere to stay at all?"

Both shook their heads again, and Jay scrunched her eyes closed in frustration. Now the irony was completely painful. Apparently since the two had nowhere to stay, they would have to live with her. But she just lost her job yesterday!

Jose suddenly asked Jay, snapping her out of her brooding thoughts, "So, Jay. We have a question. How did you know who Panchito and I were? Why did you call us cartoon characters?"

Jay blinked and she asked the two of them "You mean you two don't know?" The two were silent as she stood up and went over to her desk where she would work on her homework, and she grabbed her laptop, as she walked over to the two, she opened up the internet, went to YouTube, and found the whole movie on the site. She sat the laptop in front of the two men and she said to them "Panchito Pisotles and Jose Carioca are characters made by Disney, most famous for the movie 'The Three Caballeros',"

As the introduction music played, Jay distanced herself from the duo as they became engrossed with the movie. She kept her distance as she watched the men's reactions to the movie, trying to find any behavioral evidence that may help her see if they were faking everything or not. While she observed the duo, she worked on her homework that she got from her classes yesterday. The both of them seemed to be surprised at first, but then they had smiles on their face and looked like they were seeing their own memories being replayed right before their eyes, literally. She noticed that their tail feathers were even moving in reaction to how they seemed to be feeling! They either perked up when the two men laughed, or ruffled when they were wincing in sympathy when something painful happened, or Jose's case, became irked or annoyed at the Aracuan Bird.

When she grew tired of observing the two men and working on homework, she took some spare clean clothes and headed into the bathroom, closing the door and locking it behind her.

Panchito and Jose were now watching the part where Donald was trying to hit the piñata. They both laughed and Panchito commented

"Aye Caramba! That never gets old!"

Jose chuckled "He was a very funny fellow!"

They both sighed after they laughed, and the memories of how dismissive Donald seemed when they last saw him started to creep back into Jose's and Panchito's minds.

Panchito abruptly stood up and asked, "Say…where did Jay go?" He looked around until he noticed the closed door and he went up to the door. He listened carefully and he could hear water pouring down along with Jay's voice. It was faint and hard to tell, but he could hear that she was a good singer…and she was in pain. From what he could tell, it seemed that the song she was singing was coming to an end,

"….

Never was and never will be,

You're not real and you can't save me,

Somehow now, you're everybody's fool,"

Panchito found the brief singing to be somewhat hauntingly beautiful. He wondered how she would sound if she sang a happier tune, or if she sang their song with them.

Jose looked at Panchito and he asked somewhat suspiciously "Meu amigo, you're not planning on going in there are you?"

Panchito answered indignantly as he walked back over to Jose, "Of course not! What do you take me for? I'm not a wolf like Donal' was,"

Jose chuckled and commented rolling his eyes, "Suuurrre you aren't,"

Soon the sound of water stopped, and door soon opened, and Jay walked out wearing a different pair of jeans, black in color, and a navy blue shirt. Her hair was now damp and once again tied in a ponytail. She asked the two of them "What are you two up to?"

Panchito looked at Jay when she asked as did Jose, and he just smiled answering her "Oh, just finishing the movie you showed us. It's great to see what happened on Donald's birthday from a different point of view,"

Jay raised an eyebrow at Panchito's answer. She could tell that he wasn't exactly being honest. She shrugged and said, "Well if you're both done, we should get going,"

Jose asked "Going? Go where?"

Jay sighed and she asked, "You two have nowhere else to go right?" After they nodded, she continued questioning this time with some chagrin, "And I assume you want to be able to sleep here at most while you're…in this world, is that right?" Another nod. Jay then concluded, "Then we need to get you new clothes, and maybe a small futon. You're both lucky that I don't have to go to any college classes today,"

Panchito asked somewhat offended "Why?! What's wrong with the clothes we're wearing now?"

Jose asked confusedly "Is our style the problem?"

Jay gave them a blank look and she answered them "Nothing's wrong with the style, despite that you two look either too ridiculous or too fancy," Panchito and Jose glared lightly at the comment, but Jay ignored it as she asked, "But when was the last time you both had a change in attire?"

Panchito asked confusedly, "Why does that matter?"

Jay sighed and said "Jose, take a whiff of Panchito for me, would you?"

Jose blinked at the seemingly strange request and he said "Huh? Um, sim, ok," He went up to Panchito and sniffed once, before his eyes widened and he backed away covering his nose, gagging "Uuuggghhh! Meu Deus! What was that?!"

Jay crossed her arms and answered with a very tiny mischievous smirk "The problem, and it can be named with only two letters: B. O.," Jay wasn't too surprised. If anyone wore the same attire for seventy or seventy two years, of course they were going to stink!

Panchito and Jose looked at each other in slight confusion, but looked back to Jay when she said, "Before we leave though, we need to do something about your tail feathers,"

Panchito asked "What's wrong with our tail feathers?"

Jay answered, "The problem is that you two are the only humans in this world who has fully functioning tail feathers!" She then asked, "What's the deal with them anyways? I saw them disappear last night,"

Jose shrugged and answered, "We don't know! They just came back when we calmed down from our own little shock last night, with you fainting and all,"

Jay mumbled "Hmmm…" ignoring the answer, and was trying to think of a solution. She then realized something and she mumbled "Ah! Got it,"

Panchito asked "Huh? You got what, Senorita?"

"An idea on how to hide your tail feathers," Jay answered.

Jose and Panchito looked at her expectantly and she started "Just take off your jackets first…"

*~*~*A few minutes later, The Mall, Clothes Store*~*~*

Panchito whined as he hopped out of the car with Jose and Jay and walked with them across the parking lot, "Jaaaaayyyy! It feels weird wearing my jacket like this! Can't I put it back on as how I normally wear it?"

Jay answered with slight irritation "For the eighth time, no! Besides, it's too late to change methods now! And Jose! Put out that cigar, they won't allow smoking inside the mall," Jose reluctantly complied with Jay's command to put out the cigar.

Jose and Panchito were both wearing their bolero/suit jackets around their hips, the arms of their jackets tied simply at the front, while the backs covered the tail feathers, leaving the two men to show the short sleeved shirts they wore underneath the jackets. Apparently the material of the coats were heavy enough so that the tail feathers wouldn't be able to lift the jackets if they moved to Jose's and Panchito's emotions. It wasn't a perfect solution, because their tail feathers were long enough to be seen despite the coats, but it was good enough for now, because people will now be more likely to assume the feathers are just mere accessories.

Jay led the group inside silently berating herself for being too nice for her own good. As they walked through the mall though, when the three of them passed women, Jose sent winks, and Panchito just looked at them with a smile as they walked past, sending the girls into giggling whispers, making Jay roll her eyes in response. Sometimes the two men even tipped their hats to any girl they passed.

Jay was about to tell Panchito and Jose to look around the mens' section for what they would like, but when she looked back, she saw that the two men were busy talking to some girls who approached them, all of the girls looked much prettier than the mousy Jay, in Jay's opinion. They all bombarded Panchito and Jose with questions, and in turn, Jose and Panchito answered and flirted with the girls, who were talking to them,

"Hi, I'm Tina, what's your name, handsome?"

"Jose! You look so handsome! Where'd you get your suit and accessories?"

"Oh, Panchito! What is that cologne you and Jose are wearing? It smells quite nice!"

Jose answered the last question for the both of them "Oh, we're wearing a cologne called Brisa De Verão. It's only found in Brasil,"

Jay rolled her eyes and shook her head, and she muttered to herself as the two continued to flirt and ask the girls for advice on what kind of clothes they should get, "They're no birds… They're hams…" She was getting a little irked and nauseated at how they just flirt so casually, and was starting to think that she should've left the two at the apartment. She left Panchito and Jose to their flirting, no matter how much it irked her, because she knew that she would only be ignored. She had considered telling the girls that Jose's and Panchito's 'cologne' was really B.O. as a bit of a prank, but decided against it, knowing that it wasn't worth it in the end. While the two spoke with the girls, Jay walked off to check and see if there were any job openings for her.

Panchito and Jose had finished their shopping a lot earlier then they had expected with the help of the girls that they were flirting with.

Jose kissed Tina's hand and he said to her, "Muito brigado, senhorita. You were a big help to Panchito and I,"

Tina smiled sweetly and said, "It's no trouble at all! Here's my number. Call me!" Jose tipped his hat to her in reply as she walked off giggling happily to herself.

After the girls left, Jose and Panchito headed off to find a cashier. Panchito asked Jose "Are you sure Jay's at a cashier counter?"

Jose shrugged and said, "I'm not sure. But it's a good place to wait for her if we have to,"

They soon reached their destination, and found that Jay was there, but they hung back and listened to the conversation between Jay and the Assistant Manager of the store.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Windsor. As much as I would love to have you hired, I'm afraid there are no job openings here,"

"I see…"

"I really am sorry. It was quite admirable that you stood up to that creep though! I would've done the same in your situation,"

"…."

"Though, there is a job opening at the Mexican restaurant not too far from here! The restaurant's called 'El Comensal',"

Jay perked up with hope and she asked "Really?!"

The Assistant Manager continued "Yeah! They're looking for some singers, maybe you will be able to-"

Jay interrupted her, her hope immediately disappearing, "Nope, I can't sing,"

"Oh, that's too bad," The Assistant Manager stated almost pitying Jay. She then wished Jay "Well, good luck,"

Jay nodded and said "Thanks,"

Jose and Panchito looked at each other, concerned for Jay. She was looking for a job, and they were inconveniencing her with their troubles! They couldn't help but feel a bit guilty. But Jose noticed that Panchito started to smile. At that moment, Jose realized that Panchito had an idea. He just hoped that it was a good one and one that won't land the both of them in trouble.

The both of them stepped forwards and Panchito said Jay "There you are Jay!"

Jay and the Assistant Manager looked to Panchito and Jose as they walked up to the counter, and Jay said in slight surprise, "You're done already? That was fast,"
Jose chuckled "Well, we did have a little help along the way,"

Jay muttered remembering the girls that they had flirted with, "Oh, right. Of course,"

The Assistant Manager said to them, pointing to a cashier "She'll help you with the purchase," Jay nodded thanks to her and headed to the cashier.

Before the Assistant Manager could leave, Panchito said to her "Excuse me, Senorita. But, we couldn't help but overhear the discussion you had with Jay, and we were wondering, where could we find that restaurant?" The Assistant Manager raised an eyebrow at the two of them and she gave them the directions before leaving.

Jose looked to Panchito and he whispered "Panchito, what are you planning?"

Panchito smiled back and whispered "Mi Amigo. I heard Jay sing earlier today, while she was in the bathroom. She's got a wonderful singing voice! I can tell! It's there, just waiting to be heard! Besides, I would feel guilty if we didn't help our new friend and Caballera in return, wouldn't you?"

Jose nodded in agreement, understanding what Panchito was planning now. But he didn't say anything because Jay came back to them and handed them plastic bags filled with the clothes they bought.

She commented miserably, "Here. Let's get out of here," After she handed Jose and Panchito the clothes, she started grumbling under her breath about how expensive things seemed to be.

Panchito smiled a bit and he asked Jay when he and Jose caught up to her and walked with her, "Jay! Can we go eat at 'El Comensal' tonight?"

Jay shot a slight glare at him and she slightly snapped at him, "I'm not made of money, Panchito. Paying for a probably expensive dinner's going to put me in trouble in the future. I know I already paid a lot for your clothes!"

Jose took over and he told her, "We don't have to eat dinner there. But we would like to try out for that singing position we heard about from the lovely ladies we met earlier," Before Jay could say anything else, Jose added holding his boater hat hesitantly "Besides, I sort of ended up finishing off the bread you had in order to make the toast,"

Jay groaned at his addition. Without the bread, Jay now had nothing on hand except canned tomato soup, and she was so sick of canned tomato soup. She then sighed "Fine…"

Panchito and Jose cheered loudly ignoring Jay's annoyed look.

*~*~*A couple of hours later, El Comensal*~*~*

Jay pulled the car up to the small Mexican restaurant, and stepped out, as did Jose and Panchito. The two men had changed into new clothes, but the new clothes looked a lot like the old ones they were wearing in the mall. The only exception was Panchito's maroon shirt, which now had black designs on it that somewhat looked reminiscent to cacti. Jay had made sure that, for appearances, the tail feathers appeared to be hanging down from the belts they wore. Jose and Panchito had whined and complained like little children about the jacket solution and were adamant about not wearing their jackets around their waists anymore.

They had gone in, Jay paid for their dinner, and when they were done, they got to talk to the owner of the small restaurant. The owner was a kind old man named Leo Hernandez, whose appearance betrayed his age, but had a constantly kind smile on his face. One of the waitresses named Shana, led the three to him as he sat in his small office away from the dining areas, and she said to him, "Padre, these guys are here for the job,"

Mr. Hernandez smiled at Shana and responded in a strong but gentle voice, "Thank you, Shana," He then turned his attention to the three and asked, "So, you three wish to sing here?"

Before Jay could answer with a no and say that it was just Jose and Panchito who wanted to sing, Jose and Panchito answered immediately,

"Si!"

"Sim!"

Mr. Hernandez chuckled at their enthusiasm, and he asked, "Can I ask what your merry little band's name is?"

Panchito laughed happily "Of course! We are…"

Then both him and Jose called out cheerfully, while standing next to Jay, making her the middle, wrapping their arms around her shoulders, and holding out their free hands to show three fingers, "The Three Caballeros!"

Jay was blushing out of embarrassment, and was tense, from the two men's actions.
Mr. Hernandez on the other hand chuckled jovially and commented "Oh, just like the old cartoon, huh? My grandchildren love that movie,"

Jay could agree reluctantly "Yeah…just like the old cartoon…"

Mr. Hernandez asked, "You three look like you could be the ones. Tell me, would you be willing to sing for us now?"

Jay asked in surprise that the man in front of them was so open to them performing, "No-NOW?"

Mr. Hernandez nodded and reaffirmed, "Now. I'll let you know if you three get the jobs after singing one song. So, what do you say?"

Panchito once again answered for all three of them "We'd be happy to perform now! And we have just the song!"

Mr. Hernandez smiled warmly, ignoring the fact that Jay was paling and he told them "Excellent," He stood up and said to the three of them "I'll go and have Robert and Shana go and set up the stage for you three. Please wait here for a bit,"

Once Mr. Hernandez had left, Jay asked the two in an irritated way, "Are you two loco?! I can't sing! And I highly doubt that you two are prepared for this!"

Panchito smiled at her and raised his hands in a mock surrender pose to calm her down, "Now, now, Jay. Don't be bashful! Anyone can sing! We know you can do this,"

Jay shook her head and said, "No, I can't. This whole endeavor will only turn out to be one huge embarrassment. You have me sing with you, and the whole restaurant will be laughing at you!"

Jose then cunningly stated "Well. How about this? If we get even a single heckle from the crowd from this one performance, then Panchito and I won't stay at your apartment and we won't bother you anymore. If we get the jobs instead, then we stay with you. How does that sound, Jay?"

Panchito knew Jose was clever, but to make a deal like this? Now even Panchito was a bit nervous.

Jay raised her eyebrows, interested and she asked, "You sure you want to make that kind of agreement Jose? 'Cause I will make sure you uphold your end if you lose,"

Jose confidently answered, "Sim, I'm sure,"

Jay answered in a sort of foreboding tone, "Alright then. Then I accept those terms,"

Panchito whispered to Jose "Amigo, are you sure about this?"

Jose whispered back in response "Are you sure that she can sing?" Both nodded yes in response.

After the agreement was made, Panchito, Jose, and Jay discussed the plans of what they were going to sing and how they were going to sing it. Jay didn't like the plan for the last part of the song, but she couldn't protest against it, because Mr. Hernandez came back into the office, and said, "The stage is ready for you, Caballeros!"

Panchito smiled at his friends and said to Jose and Jay with newfound excitement as he placed sombreros on their heads, "It's show time!"

Mr. Hernandez led them out to part of the dining area where a small stage stood, and he went up to the stage and spoke to the customers, and after a brief introduction he called "And now, for our guest singers and hopeful contenders tonight. Please welcome the Three Caballeros!"

The crowd clapped as Mr. Hernandez left the stage. After he was off, Panchito romped onto the stage shouting "YAAAAAA-O!" and he then spoke into the microphone, "Ahola amigos! I am Panchito!"

Then Jose danced his way onto the stage and up to microphone in a samba and he spoke into it suavely winking at a nearby girl and making her swoon, "I am Jose!"

Then Jay stepped onto the stage and she spoke into the microphone "And I am Jay,"

The three of them said in unison with cheer, even if Jay was faking her cheer, "And we are the Three Caballeros!"

They then began singing together, dancing a bit as well

"We're three caballeros,

Three gay caballeros,

They say we are birds of a feather,

We're happy amigos,

No matter where he goes,

The one, two, and three goes,

We're always together,

We're three happy chappies,

With snappy serapes,

You'll find us beneath our sombreros,

We're brave and we'll stay so,

We're bright as a peso,"

As Panchito sang the last two lines, Jose did a small parlor magic trick and pulled a quarter from behind Jay's ear, making her glare a bit at the two in slight annoyance, and she sang the next line alone before the other two continued with her,

"Who says so? We say so!

The three caballeros,

Ahhhh!

We have the stars to guide us,

Guitars here beside us,

To play as we go,

We sing and we samba,

We shout 'aye caramba!"

Jose asked Panchito once again, before Panchito answered him alone,

"What means aya caramba?

Oh yes, I don't know,"

The trio continued singing together,

"Ahhhh!

Through fair or stormy weather,

We stand close together,

Like books on the shelf,"

Here, Panchito took turns with Jose, singing every other line, letting Jay prepare herself mentally for what was to come,

"And pals though we may be,

When some latin baby,

Says yes, no, or maybe,

Each man is for himself!"

Jose and Panchito pretended to be pulling each other back from chasing after a girl, until Jay stepped up from behind the two of them and blocked them with her arms, making a comical picture of the responsible member watching over the two Caballeros. Then, came her turn to sing solo. She recalled the lyrics that Panchito sang this morning, and she sang,

"Ahhhh!

Jalisco no te rajes

Me sale del alma

Gritar con color

Abrir todo el pecho

Pa echar este grito

Que linddo es jalisco

Palabra de honor,"

Jay didn't hold the note out as long as Panchito would've but it was long enough, and after she finished the note, she winced her eyes closed as she bowed with a flourish like the other two Caballeros did, expecting to hear heckling and cruel laughter.

But it never came. Instead the crowd suddenly started applauding raucously. Jay looked up, shocked that there even was applause at all. She strained her ears, trying to hear even a whisper of heckling. But there was no such cruelty that could be detected. Her mouth was open in a slight gape.

Panchito and Jose smiled happily at each other. It was just as they had expected: everyone loved their performance! They walked off stage thanking the audience, and Panchito laughing, Jose smiling proudly, and Jay dumbfounded.

Mr. Hernandez said to the three warmly once they were off stage, "That was a spectacular performance! I thoroughly enjoyed it!"

Jose said to him in response "We were happy to perform! We should be thanking you for allowing us to do so!"

Mr. Hernandez then asked, "How would you three like to work here as permanent members of this small little family?"

Jay's jaw dropped a little further down at the job offer. She asked "R-Really? You're not pulling our legs are you?"

Panchito answered for the group once again, "Of course we'll take the jobs!"

Jay was about to protest but Mr. Hernandez already spoke, "Wonderful! Your first day of performing starts tomorrow! I hope you have a lot of songs ready for tomorrow! Oh, and Welcome to the family! Now go home and get some rest, you youngsters,"

Panchito smiled and said cheerfully, "Oh, we will! Hasta Manana, Senor Hernandez!" He then proceeded to pull Jose and Jay out of the restaurant leaving Mr. Hernandez to chuckle to himself, as he stood alone,

"Some things never change, do they?"

As the trio walked to the old run down car, she muttered in disbelief as she walked beside Jose and Panchito, "I can't believe it…that just happened…"

Jose chortled, "You're still in shock?"

Jay nodded and said, slowly snapping out of her shocked stupor "Yeah…I was expecting heckling after all,"

Jose shook his head and said "But it didn't happen, now did it? In fact, you had fun, right? Tell me the truth,"

Jay was silent, reluctant to admit that Jose was right. She did feel a little happy that she actually sang and people liked it. But she was never going to admit it to those three.

Panchito then said cheerfully "AHHHHAHAHA! And more importantly, we're friends now! We're the Three Caballeros!"

Jay stopped, and the two stopped as well in concern. She sighed and she looked to the both of them coldly and she said to them "Let's get one thing straight. We're. Not. Friends,"

Jose and Panchito were both caught by surprise by her statement but didn't say anything as she continued,

"Don't get me wrong. I am grateful to you for helping me land a job, even though I suck eggs at singing. But what happened back there alone does not make us best friends forever. It takes more time and other factors than that,"

Panchito and Jose looked a little saddened and disappointed, and Panchito pointed out "But you already know about us!"

Jay rolled her eyes and said "Because of the movie? OK, be honest with me! Did you two feel like you were violated or had an invasion of privacy when you saw that movie?"

Panchito raised an index finger and opened his mouth to talk, but no answer came out. His eyes widened as he realized the answer.

Jose answered for the both of them, "No. No, we didn't,"

Jay said to them "That's because the movie didn't give you two much of a background! It just focused on Donald Freaking Duck. And that means, that I know nothing about you, just as you two know nothing about me. Sorry, but that's how things work. Welcome to Reality!" Her last sentences came out as a bitter and cynical hiss

Panchito looked down at the pavement in disappointment. But he looked up when Jay spoke again,

"But I will uphold my end of our agreement and let you two continue to stay at the apartment. However, you two are either sleeping on the couch or on the floor. Understand?"

Jose answered smiling "Perfectly," just as Panchito gave a ghost of a smile.

Jay nodded and said "Alright. Let's go back then. I'm tired,"

As she walked off, leading the two to the run down car, Jose and Panchito stayed behind and they spoke to each other for a little while,

"How could anyone think like that Joe?"

Jose shrugged, "I don't know. But the star did tell us to be patient with her, remember? I guess all good friendships don't come easy, do they?"

Panchito shook his head and said, with his smile broadening a bit, "Guess not. Come on, amigo. Let's go before Jay decides to drive off without us,"

They both ran to the car and hopped in, letting Jay drive them back to the apartment.