Looking back, I could understand Kathy being mad; but what I couldn't get was her whole reaction. Sure she and I never understood each other, but that didn't mean she had to explode at me. After El and I had sat Kathy down, and I had told her everything; Kathy went silent for a moment. That moment however was the silence before the storm. Kathy started accusing us of having an affair, and trying to turn the kids on her. When that didn't work, she started yelling even more; but the shocker was when El tried to calm her down and she slapped him and told him she was done. While El went and packed a bag upstairs Kathy turned to me and told me in no uncertain terms that her kids will have nothing to do with my little brat. The whole time I sat there silently fuming, not wanting one of the kids to come in and find us fighting. The second Kathy stopped to take a breath I grabbed my purse and walked out the front door. I stood there next to my car in front of the house waiting for El to come out, I figured the least I could do was give him a ride some ware. As I stood there waiting, I looked around the suburban queens neighborhood. Row upon rows of cookie cutter houses filled with families, with the only differences being what color painted the house. "I want to meet her." El stated as he stood next to my car causing me to jump a little. "I'll call her in the morning and ask, in the meantime jump in I'll take you ware ever you want to go." I said walking to the drivers side. "Could we just go to your place, I still have questions about all of this?" El asked as he tossed his bag in the back and sat in the passengers seat. "Sure, but do you think that's best; I mean I know Kathy's pissed but you two always work thing out." I stated enviously as I backed out of the driveway. "That's because you always talk me into getting back with her." El grumbled beside me. After that the rest of the drive was in silence.
Once back at my apartment El and I settled down on the couch with some beer. "What did you mean earlier in the car?" I ask starring at the beer in my hand. "Look the first couple of times Kathy and I separated all we needed was some space and time to cool of, then yhea I only went back for the kids; but lately Kathy and I have just gotten worse. If were around the kids it's not to bad, but once the kids are in bed for the night more often that not I'm sleeping on the couch because Kathy and I can't stop arguing over everything...the job...but mostly you." El explains before taking a gulp of his beer. "Why me? We work together, watch each others backs, nothing else." I wonder while shaking my head and taking a sip of my beer. "I...uh...said your name." El states out of the blue before getting up and going to the kitchen. Confused and a little intrigued, I got up and followed him through my apartment. "What do you mean you said my name?" I ask frowning as I sit up on my breakfast bar. "Can you please just drop this, pretend I didn't say anything?" El asks as he hides in my fridge. "Nope, not a chance El." I say smiling only El continues to hide in the fridge. "Oh god, you didn't; not while the two of you were having sex!" I ask grossed out and a little embarrassed. "No! No, I said your name in my sleep." El said blushing as he stood and faced me. We starred at each other for a few moments, then I picked up my cell and ordered us Chinese as El went to the bathroom. In just fifteen minutes, the food had arrived and we were sat on my couch again talking about Aurora. "So what happened to the couple that adopted her?" El asked around a bite of noodles. "When she was five, they left her at an audition to go get some lunch, they were in a fatal car accident on there way back to the studio." I explain as I pick at my food. Seeing the mood I had slipped into, El placed his food on the coffee table and walked over to my t.v. "What are you doing El?" I ask annoyed. "Putting in a movie, but all you have is sappy chick-flicks." El announced as he looked through my tiny pile of movies. "Ah found one!" El announced happily as he started the movie and sat back down next to me. So for the next two hours we were mesmerized by the force in Star Wars: Episode 1-The Phantom Menace.
My alarm going crazy in my bedroom, woke both of us up. We were still on the couch, El on his back with me laying on top of him wrapped in his arms. "What time is it?" El mumbled as his arms tightened around me. "Five." I say through a yawn as we both sit up and stretch. "I'll make the coffee, you get a shower; then you can call Aurora." El states as he moves towards the kitchen. With a shrug of my shoulders I get up and walk to my room closing the door behind me, get out some clean jeans black button up and a black leather jacket. Ten minutes later I walk out of my bedroom ready for the day, only to walk into El as he heads to the bathroom and hands of my coffee. I'm on my seconded cup when El walks out of my room talking on his phone. Silently I hand him a granola bar as we get ready to leave for work. "What did Kathy want?" I ask watching the traffic in front of us after El had hung up his phone. "She asked ware to send the divorce papers so I could sign them." El answers taking a bite of granola. "Already?! Don't the two of you have to talk with lawyers and argue over custody of the kids?" I ask shocked while pulling into the precinct parking lot. "We already had the papers drawn up from the last separation, so all we need to do is sign them and get them filed." El explains as we get out and walk into the precinct. The rest of the day goes by slowly with our desks covered in paperwork, at lunch El went to sign his divorce papers while I called Aurora and asked if she wanted to talk with us.