I quickly grabbed the water pump and started to set it up and led the hose out the window while Ramon and Jason scooped water up in bowls and cups.

"So how often does this happen exactly?" Jason questioned as he scooped up the water.

"Almost every other time we use the shower." I answered. Ramon watched as Jason took off his jacket and then continued to scoop the water.

"You have a lot of muscles." Ramon stated. Jason looked down at my brother and smirked.

"Thanks kid. That's what happens when you eat your green vegetables." Jason giving a health lesson to my brother, who would have thought?

"How do you know my sister?" Ramon inquired. My brother was a curious person and would ask a lot of questions.

"I'm a friend of hers. We play chess together." Jason informed. Ramon frowned slightly.

"Chess is so boring. All you do is move little pawns around." he pouted.

"You just don't like it because you don't understand how to play it." I smiled.

I tried teaching Ramon how to play before, but he wouldn't sit through the instructions. That's how I was when I first learned how to play but when in the gang we were either training, singing, dancing, or playing chess.

We would have rather played Dominos, but Chess was all about out thinking your opponent, and we needed to be smart when strategizing against other gangs. So playing chess helped with out mind skills.

A lot of people thought that we were a bunch of stupid kids, and we let them think that. We wanted people to think that we were idiots so they would never try to come up with elaborate plans to defeat us. And it worked.

"Jason, are you gonna stay for dinner?" Ramon inquired, snapping me out of my thoughts. Before Jason could open my mouth, I stated quickly,

"No."

"But why not?" Ramon inquired.

"Yeah, why?" pouted Jason. Before I could say anything, the phone rang. I ran over to it and answered.

"Hola?"

"Indira, su padre sigue en su viaje de negocios, y yo voy a estar en el trabajo por un tiempo, así que no vendrá a casa esta noche." Indira, your father is still on his business trip, and I am going to be at work for awhile so I won't be coming home tonight. My mother informed.

"Como? Mamá no me puede salir de aquí a solas con Ramón. él te echo de menos." What? Mom, you can't leave me here alone with Ramon. He'll miss you. I stated, but truthfully I just wanted her to get home to give Jason a reason to leave.

"Indira, Lo siento. Usted sabe que tenemos que trabajar." Indira, I'm sorry. You know how we need to work. my mother sighed.

"Sé que mamá. Sé. Lo siento. Yo cuidaré de Ramon." I know mom. I know. Sorry. I'll look after Ramon. I felt bad. My mom had to work so hard and I was complaining because she couldn't get home. She was doing this to help us, and I wasn't being grateful.

"Gracias. Voy a estar por la tarde a casa mañana. Te quiero." Thank you. I will be home tomorrow afternoon. I love you. she said through the phone.

"Yo también te quiero." I love you too. I smiled, then hung up. I walked back into the room and sighed. Ramon and Jason seemed to be enjoying each others company, but I wasn't sure if I liked Ramon hanging around Jason.

"Ramon, mom won't be home today and dad is still on his business trip." I informed. Ramon looked down at his feet and frowned.

"But she said she would be making taquitos tonight." he pouted with a hurt look. I hated it when mom and dad made promises that they ended up not being able to keep, but I don't think they ever did it on purpose. I walked over and kissed his forehead.

"I can make you some Arroz con leche, would you like that?" I questioned softly and he nodded his head. I knew that my Arroz con leche (rice pudding) was his favorite dessert. I added extra cinnamon and some orange peels to add some zest to it.

"So you're going to be home alone?" Jason inquired with a devious smirk, and I didn't want to answer him. He walked over to me a questioned,

"Can I stay for dinner?" Before I could deny his request, Ramon hugged my leg.

"Please? Can he? Please?" he pouted. I hated the fact how it was practically impossible for me to say no to my brother.

"Fine." I grumbled and both Jason and Ramon cheered. I walked into the kitchen and looked in the fridge. I frowned by the lack of food.

"So, I'm guessing mom was planning to go grocery shopping before she got home too." I mumbled.

"Ramon, can you go to the corner store and get some stuff for me?" I inquired. Ramon smiled ear to ear. He loved running errands.

"Sure thing Indi." he grinned. I wrote a list down and handed it to him then gave him some money.

"Call me on your cell phone if you have any trouble, alright?" I questioned and he nodded.

"Alright, alright. I'll be back soon. Bye Indi! Bye Jason!" and with that, he was out the door.

I sighed and pulled out a big bowl and then got out the milk and rice to get a start on the rice pudding. Jason walked up from behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He then placed his chin on my shoulder and I could feel his hot breath on my neck. I cringed a little, and that caused Jason to chuckle.

"Your brother's really sweet." he stated.

"Thank you, now please get off of me." I growled. Jason stayed where he was and brought his hand sliding up my body. He then ran his finger through my hair and grinned when I winced.

"Why are you so afraid of my touch?" he whispered as his one arm continued to hug my waist while his other hand started hold my neck.

"I don't like this Jason. Stop." I growled. Jason chuckled and continued to caress my neck and then he used the hand around my waste to start tracing lazy circles on my stomach.

"Jason, stop!" I exclaimed, but instead, he leaned in and kissed my neck making my face grow red. I needed to get him off me.

"STOP!" I exclaimed as I stomped on his foot and he quickly pulled away. I turned around to face him, and he still had that annoying smirk of his.

"You don't like it when I get to close, do you?"

"No. I really don't." I answered.