The year was 1995 and school had just started back up in the cool and breezy fall season which happened to be in late August in the city of Guadalajara. Every student from freshmen to seniors were sluggishly moving to their first class of the day like a pack of zombies all except for one certain senior - Luciana Oceteva.
The seventeen year old girl was currently running down the hallway with her boyfriend's fingers linked tightly through hers as she tried to hide from her brother. Luciana knew her brother would not be happy if he were to find out that she was dating their best friend and most importantly someone that her brother saw as his own brother. She and Miguel had agreed to keep it a secret from Nestor until she was graduated and they didn't have to worry about Nestor getting too angry at them.
Thankfully for the young couple, they didn't really have to sneak around like they had been doing since summer break by hiding from Nestor's protectiveness for his younger sister and the small touches that they had in the Oceteva house. The eighteen year old Miguel had the perfect plan to spend a little bit of time with his girlfriend when he and Nestor arrived at their former high school that morning. The Galindo teenager knew that he had to keep Nestor occupied for awhile so they didn't have to sneak around too much, so he had convinced his best friend while they were standing in line to return their books that he had to pick up his letter of accommodation from their former History teacher.
Miguel hated lying to his best friend and going behind his back with Nestor's little sister, but as the Galindo teenager was being pulled into an empty classroom by a giggly Luciana, all that guilt just disappeared as he remembered how much he cared for the younger Oceteva and how much he just wanted some alone time with his girlfriend without having to hide how he feels for her.
"I missed you so much," Luciana gushed to her boyfriend as soon as she had slammed the door behind her of the empty Physics classroom. The Oceteva teenager instantly threw herself into Miguel's body as she wrapped her arms around his neck before she pulled her boyfriend into a soft and sweet kiss. It had been hard for Luciana to even have five minutes alone with her boyfriend these last couple of weeks since Nestor had returned from his trip to America.
"I know, baby girl," Miguel murmured against the brunette girl's lips once he had pulled away from their kissing embrace. The Galindo teenager softly ran his hand along Luciana's cheek while he stared lovingly into her honey brown eyes before he murmured, "I missed you, too." Miguel let a small smile lift onto his lips before he uttered, "you have no idea how much I wanted to come see you but I couldn't."
A deep pout immediately pulled onto Luciana's face before she mumbled, "I know." The Oceteva girl rolled her eyes before she uttered stubbornly, "Nessie just had to steal all of your attention from me." Luciana had honestly lost how many times in the last three weeks that she had almost snapped at her older brother when Nestor would drag Miguel place to place. It had been annoying when Luciana just wanted to spend time with her boyfriend before school started and now she wouldn't even get the chance to see him as much as she did during summer break since she'll be busy with her studies.
Miguel let out a throaty chuckle at his beautiful girlfriend with an amused grin. The Galindo teenager ran his thumb across Luciana's plump bottom lip as he told her, "don't pout, baby girl." Miguel watched as the jealous girl in front of him rolled her honey brown eyes at him before he softly reminded his girlfriend with a hint of teasing in his voice, "you know you'll always be my favorite Oceteva."
"I better be," Luciana stubbornly and playfully mumbled as she crossed her arms over her dark blue blouse in the small space between her and Miguel's body. The Oceteva girl accepted the small kiss that her boyfriend placed on her lips before she mumbled what she had been thinking since summer break, "I wish we could just tell him already and get this over with."
Luciana loved all the sneaking around with Miguel as it was exciting but there were moments where she absolutely hated it. She hated having to hide how she feels for the Galindo teenager because of her brother. Luciana and Miguel had agreed when they first shared a passionate kiss after their confessions that they would keep their relationship a secret because of the oldest Oceteva but it was getting hard for Luciana after four months of hiding their relationship. Everyday, Luciana had these thoughts of just blurting it out to Nestor, so they could just get it out of the way and deal with consequences already. However, Miguel was always the one to remind her that the time would come soon.
"I know, baby girl," Miguel softly uttered to his frustrated girlfriend as he knew first hand how exhausting it was to keep their relationship a secret - especially from Nestor. The Galindo teenager ran his warm hand across Luciana's cheek before he settled his hand on the side of her smooth and exposed neck while he stared straight into the brunette's honey brown eyes. "It's just ten more months then we can tell him," Miguel reminded the Oceteva girl about their plan of finally telling his best friend and her brother about their relationship.
Luciana let out a loud scoff as he made it sound so easy when that was over three hundred days. "It's so far away," the Oceteva girl complained with a groan and a shake of her head - well, the best that she could with Miguel holding onto the side of her neck. Luciana looked up at her tall boyfriend, who stood at least three inches taller than her, with a deep pout before she mumbled as she played with Miguel's fingers that were resting on her hip, "I just want to show the world that you're mine."
Miguel placed a quick kiss onto the Oceteva girl's forehead with a grin playing on his lips as he felt himself fall for the girl even more by Luciana's words. "Trust me, I know the feeling," the Galindo teenager told his girlfriend once he had pulled away and looked down into her honey brown eyes. Miguel couldn't help the snarl that came through his lips, though, as he thought of this past summer before he added with an eye roll, "especially with Jorge's hungry eyes always on you."
The Oceteva girl couldn't help the small and amused giggle that slipped through her nude colored lips as stared up at her boyfriend. She knew exactly why her boyfriend was mentioning her classmate since he liked to flirt but Luciana decided that she would tease the Galindo teenager a little bit. Luciana lifted her hand to Miguel's face and teasingly poked his left cheek before she cooed with a playful smile playing on her face, "aw, are you jealous, Mikey?"
The Galindo teenager immediately and protectively wrapped his arms tightly around Luciana's waist and pulled her until they were chest to chest with absolutely no space between them before he mumbled, even though it was a lie, "of course not." Miguel couldn't help but to feel jealous when any guy showed an interest in Luciana with their relationship having to be hidden along with the deep feelings that he felt for the Oceteva girl. The former star baseball player rose one of his eyebrows once he pushed away his jealous thoughts before he asked with a hint of teasing while he stared down at his girlfriend, "do I have a reason to be?"
Luciana moved her honey brown eyes up to the old and broken down ceiling of the Physics classroom like she was thinking over the Galindo teenager's question long and hard before she moved her gaze back to her boyfriend with a slight shrug of her shoulders. "I mean," Luciana began with a serious tone to her voice before she stated with a small smirk on her lips, "Jorge does look good after a summer as a lifeguard." The teasing girl shook her head as she bit down on her bottom lip before she murmured, "he certainly looks fine as hell without a shirt on."
A loud growl immediately slipped through the Galindo teenager's shiny teeth and smooth lips from the jealousy that he felt - even though he knew Luciana was joking around - before he swiftly placed his hands on the back of Luciana's thighs and picked her up. Miguel felt his surprised and giggling girlfriend wrap her legs around his waist before he placed his lips against her neck and snarled with his teeth nipping at her warm skin, "you're my girlfriend, so he better keep his hands to himself or I will gladly rip them off of his body."
Luciana playfully rolled her brown eyes at her possessive-acting boyfriend before she sarcastically joked, "how did you know murder talk turns me on?" The Oceteva girl barely even had time to shoot her boyfriend a teasing grin before she suddenly released a high pitched squeal when Miguel began to tickle her sides and loud giggles swiftly fell out of her mouth.
The ticking punishment continued for a few more minutes until Luciana couldn't breathe and Miguel finally stopped his assault. Luciana wiped away her tears with a soft chuckle once Miguel's hands settled back onto the back of her thighs before she wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck. The Oceteva girl stared deeply into Miguel's soft and playful eyes before she placed a gentle kiss onto his lips and told him, "no one can compare to you, Mikey. I lo-"
However, Luciana quickly paused in her sentence when she realized what she was about to say. She did want to say those three simple words but Luciana couldn't help but to feel nervous to say them to Miguel since he would be the first boy that she had ever said those words to. The Oceteva girl didn't want to say it too early or if he didn't feel the same way, so Luciana settled on something else as she shot her boyfriend an easy smile before she teased as she tapped her right sneaker against his behind, "I love your butt. Jorge doesn't compare, honey bunny."
Miguel released a throaty groan as he pushed his mouth against Luciana's exposed neck before he muttered into her warm skin, "God, you're so hot, pumpkin." The Galindo teenager placed a kiss and nipped at her skin before Miguel pulled away and playfully glared down at his girlfriend as he stated, "even though you're teasing me right now."
Luciana let out a small chuckle at her breathless boyfriend before she murmured against the Galindo teenager's lips that were barely grazing hers, "you know you love it." The Oceteva girl teased Miguel for a few more moments with her soft lips moving up and down against his before she couldn't hold back any longer as she wanted him just as badly. So, instead of continuing her teasing, Luciana swiftly pushed her body forward and pulled her boyfriend into a passionate but needy kiss.
The young couple kissed while Miguel held Luciana up by her thighs for a couple of minutes before the Galindo teenager slowly walked towards the closest table and gently placed Luciana down when he felt like he couldn't get enough of her. Miguel didn't even separate his lips from his girlfriend's soft ones when he sat her on top of the table. He continued to kiss his girlfriend before his hands hungrily began to run up her body and under her top while he was settled between her thighs.
However, Miguel, sadly, had to pull away from his girlfriend's lips when he felt like he couldn't breathe before he leaned his forehead against hers while he tried to catch his breath. It only took a couple of seconds for the Galindo teenager to get his breathing back so he opened his brown eyes to look at Luciana but he couldn't help but laugh in amusement when he noticed that the Oceteva girl was looking at him with a deep pout.
"You're so clingy," Miguel joked as he stared down at his still pouting girlfriend while he pushed a portion of her long brown hair behind her ear. The Galindo teenager shook his head with a soft chuckle as he could feel himself falling for Luciana even more than he did a couple minutes ago. Miguel then placed his lips along his girlfriend's neck when he heard her starting to complain and he wanted to end her torture. The recently graduated teenager kissed every inch of Luciana's neck and exposed collarbone with a light touch so he didn't leave any marks - even though he so wanted to leave his love bites all over the brunette to show everyone that she was taken.
Luciana closed her brown eyes when she felt Miguel's warm tongue run down from the shell of her ear and down her neck with a soft moan. However, when she didn't feel the warm breath on her neck anymore after a minute or two, Luciana swiftly opened up her eyes in confusion before she rolled them when she saw the shit eating grin on her boyfriend's lips. "Shut up, Mikey," the Oceteva senior muttered as she knew Miguel was going to tease her before she hurriedly pulled his lips back to hers.
Miguel didn't try to tease his girlfriend anymore after that, though. Instead, the Galindo teenager wrapped one arm tightly around Luciana's back and the other trailing up her thigh when he felt her lips against his. The young couple continued to kiss and grip at one another's bodies like love-sick fools for the first time in weeks. Miguel and Luciana felt like they couldn't get enough of one another with their bodies pressed tightly together that they could feel each other's fast heartbeats. However, the young couple's morning make out session didn't last as long as they had hoped when suddenly there was the distinct and loud sound of the first bell of the day blaring throughout the whole school that shook the ancient building.
Luciana was the one to pull away from Miguel's embrace when she heard the familiar sound before she let out a heavy groan as she threw her head back towards the ceiling. "Ugh. Stupid bell," the Oceteva girl complained as she knew that she had to get to class in the next four minutes or she would become tardy and that was the last thing Luciana wanted on her first day of senior year.
The recently graduated teenager let out a deep chuckle and slowly removed Luciana's legs from around his lower waist. Miguel took a slight step back so they weren't pressed against one another or he wouldn't be able to hold back. The Galindo teenager watched as his girlfriend pouted at him before he placed a gentle kiss onto her lips. "Your last year," Miguel reminded the girl in front of him with a small smile before he stated, "you can handle it."
Luciana rolled her brown eyes at her smiling boyfriend before she mumbled, "I know I can." The Oceteva girl loved school, unlike most teenagers, so she didn't mind the fact that she had to go to class - that wasn't the cause for her annoyance right now. Luciana pouted out her bottom lip before she explained her complaints for the noisy bell, "I just don't want you to have to leave yet."
Miguel let out a small chuckle at his girlfriend's clingy mood before he uttered in agreement, "me either." The Galindo teenager felt the exact same way, despite his teasing chuckle, as he felt like they had barely gotten anytime together since Nestor had gotten back home. Miguel brought his hand up and rubbed it along the side of Luciana's neck for a moment with a soft smile on his face as he enjoyed the peacefulness between them before he asked, "meet me at the park tonight?"
The Oceteva girl immediately grinned when she heard the mention of their spot - where they would always go to so Nestor wouldn't catch them together. They hadn't had the chance to meet up at the park since last week for a few minutes, so Luciana couldn't help but to be excited as she swiftly pulled Miguel into a sweet kiss. Luciana, sadly, pulled back away after a minute or so before she told her boyfriend with a wide grin, "I'll see you there."
The Galindo teenager grinned right back with excitement in his brown irises as he remembered what he had planned. "I have a surprise tonight," Miguel told his girlfriend as he subconsciously played with Luciana's hand like he always found himself doing whenever they are alone before he continued with euphoria shining throughout his voice, "so get ready for the best night of your life." The Galindo teenager could barely contain the emotions that he was feeling for what he had planned with him finally going to tell Luciana that he's in love with her for the very first time. He had everything planned out and it all starts at their secret spot at their childhood park.
Luciana immediately released a heavy groan and threw her head back, once again, when she heard that she would have to wait until tonight for whatever surprise Miguel had. "I can't wait that long," the Oceteva girl complained. Luciana had always hated surprises and having to wait, so she couldn't help but to be annoyed that she had wait until tonight.
Miguel let out a chuckle at the impatient girl. He knew that she didn't like waiting from past experiences in the last thirteen years of them being best friends. The Galindo teenager, however, didn't want Luciana to be in a bad mood all day, so he helped her down from the Physics table and threw his arm over Luciana's shoulder before he began to lead her to the door as he murmured, "come on." Miguel rubbed his hand down Luciana's arm as he stated, "you need to get to class and I need to get going before Nestor comes looking for me."
The Oceteva girl rolled her brown eyes as she leaned her head against Miguel's chest and laid her hand on the Galindo teenager's back before she mumbled, "ah, yes. My brother just has to steal my boyfriend's attention - again." Luciana adored her brother to death but she hated that Nestor had the worse timing in the world with wanting to hang out with Miguel all the time.
The Galindo teenager squeezed his girlfriend's shoulder with a grin playing on his lips as he was used to Luciana's complaining about sharing his time with her brother. It amused Miguel - even though he did hate leaving Luciana whenever Nestor wanted to go somewhere or he wanted to hang out. "You don't have to be jealous of your brother, baby girl," Miguel teased as he cooed into Luciana's ear before he told her after he laid a kiss onto the top of her brunette hair, "you just need to finish your classes then we'll have all night for just the two of us, I promise."
Luciana let out a heavy sigh as she knew Miguel was right since there wasn't really anything that she could do with their Nestor problem right now along with the fact that she just needed to get through the day of classes. The Oceteva girl knew there was no point of arguing, so Luciana folded over as she squeezed her boyfriend's waist before she mumbled, "alright, fine." Luciana released the Galindo teenager's waist once they reached the door to the Physics classroom and gave Miguel one last smile before she uttered while she opened the door, "I'll see you soon."
However, though, before Luciana could exit out of the classroom and, sadly, head to her first class of the day, she was suddenly surprised when Miguel swiftly grabbed her hand and turned her around before he pushed her against the wall - out of view of the passing students in the hallway - and pulled her into a fierce and passionate kiss.
The kiss didn't last as long as the Oceteva girl would have liked, though, since Miguel pulled away after about thirty seconds. Miguel shot his girlfriend a wide grin once he pulled away and told her in a soft whisper against her lips, "I'll see you tonight, baby girl." The Galindo teenager then squeezed Luciana's waist for the last time before he had to force himself to walk out of the Physics classroom to go find the oldest Oceteva before Nestor came to find him.
Luciana couldn't help the love-sick smile shining across her nude lips as she stood at the edge of the Physics classroom and watched as her boyfriend quickly jogged through the busy hallway. The Oceteva girl let out a small chuckle when she saw Miguel run into someone before she turned around and headed to her first class of the day. Luciana's thoughts weren't filled with math equations, though, it was instead filled with thoughts of her boyfriend and their relationship.
The blossoming relationship between her and Miguel really did happen out of nowhere. They had always been the best of friends - along with her brother. They were like the three musketeers their whole lives. The oldest Oceteva and Miguel had became best friends during first grade and where there had been Nestor, there would always be Luciana a few steps behind. The three teenagers basically did everything together as they grew up. However, that all changed during the summer of the two older boys' graduation.
Things quickly changed between the Galindo teenager and the youngest Oceteva sibling last summer. It had been like any other day in Guadalajara where Luciana had found herself sitting on the Galindo family's couch with a bored expression on her face while she and Miguel waited for her brother to show up. Luciana ended up sitting beside Miguel for about thirty minutes before Nestor had finally called and said that he was going out with his girlfriend.
Luciana remembered being extremely annoyed that Nestor had ditched them for some girl that he had barely been seeing. However, that all changed after a few seconds when she had released a heavy sigh and the Galindo teenager next to Luciana told her, "we don't need Nestor." The Galindo teenager had ended up convincing Luciana to attend the local carnival with him.
The two best friends ended up hanging out for hours at the carnival as they had fun with each other without Nestor for the first time in a long time before something major ended up happening. Luciana recalled as she moved through the slowly walking students in the hallway how she had been gushing about winning a large lion stuffed animal that was way too big for her before Miguel suddenly blurted out, "you're making it so hard to not kiss you right now."
The Oceteva girl couldn't help but chuckle to herself as she waved at her friend, Sarah, as she remembered how she shocked she had been when Miguel said that to her that night. Luciana honestly had a small crush on Miguel while she was growing up but who wouldn't? Luciana had always thought Miguel was attractive but she was completely shocked when he said that before she stuttered out in confusion as she always thought Miguel saw her as a sister, "what?"
Luciana remembered how Miguel's tan skin turned beet red when he realized what he had said out loud instead of in his head before the Galindo teenager had confessed through his embarrassment, "I've been into you since I was in the eighth grade." The Oceteva girl had been still so in shock at Miguel's confession that she could only stare at him like a fish out of water - which made Miguel even more anxious than he already was. Luciana figured Miguel thought that she was rejecting him, so the Galindo teenager hurriedly rushed out, "please say something before I drown myself in embarrassment."
The Oceteva girl briefly recalled that she had to physically shake her head to get out of her puzzled and shocked trance before she let out a small chuckle as she couldn't believe that she never realized that Miguel felt something for her. Luciana ended up feeling brave in the moment - she figured it was from the bottle of tequila that she and Miguel shared before they left the Galindo house - so she took a step closer to Miguel and placed a soft and cautious kiss onto his lips before she confessed in a whisper, "I like you, too, Mikey."
That night at the carnival had only been the beginning in their relationship. Luciana and Miguel ended up getting even closer than they already were as best friends. However, they both had agreed to keep their new relationship a secret from Luciana's protective brother a few days later. Luciana remembered a lot of times that she and Miguel had thought about telling Nestor the truth but they ultimately settled on waiting until she graduated this year.
Luciana knew it was silly to not just tell her brother the truth about her and Miguel's relationship but Nestor had always been very protective over her since she was born. Nestor would fight anyone that tried to make a move on her or even touch her without his blessing, so Luciana knew that her brother would be even worse if he found out that his best friend was with his little sister. Luciana ended up shutting out the idea of telling her brother as the months passed by and she realized how she felt about Miguel.
The Oceteva girl felt herself fall in love with Miguel once they reached the second month of their relationship and it scared her at the fact that Nestor would be against them. Miguel had been the one to come up with the plan to tell her brother once she was graduated, so hopefully Nestor wouldn't freak out as much as he would while she's still in high school. Luciana just prayed that her protective brother would be happy for them once they finally do tell him. The Oceteva girl honestly knew that she was in love with Miguel and she didn't want that to be ruined just because Nestor didn't like it.
Luciana couldn't even remember when she started to feel so strongly for the Galindo teenager. It sometimes scared her since they were still so young, only seventeen and eighteen, but Luciana knew that she did love him. The Oceteva girl had recently been wanting to actually tell Miguel how she feels. However, Luciana always ended up chickening out - like she did this morning.
It wasn't like they haven't said those three important words to each other before. But it hadn't been the same as the way that she meant them now. Luciana and Miguel would tell each other that they loved one another like the time she was dumped by the star football player during her Freshmen year or when she broke her arm in fifth grade from falling out of a tree. They just haven't said it since they've been a couple. However, as Luciana was lost in her thoughts of how she and Miguel became a couple and all the love that they shared, she came up with a plan.
Luciana knew that Miguel would probably be starting college soon - his father mentioned that he was waiting on his Princeton acceptance letter - so she wanted to tell him. She wanted to tell Miguel that she loved him. Luciana wasn't sure what their future held with Miguel supposed to going to America soon and her still finishing her high school education in Guadalajara, but Luciana did know for certain how she felt for him.
The Oceteva girl couldn't help the excited grin that lifted onto her lips as she walked down the Math hallway with her plan in mind. It was the perfect opportunity, Luciana thought, since she and Miguel would have some alone time with no interruptions or chances of getting caught with whatever Miguel was planning for tonight. I'm finally going to tell Miguel that I love him, Luciana thought with a wide grin threatening to split her face in half by how excited that she was to see Miguel tonight at their spot.
However, Luciana's excitement quickly disappeared, though, when she found herself standing in front of her assigned advanced Calculus classroom. "Let's get this over with," the Oceteva girl mumbled to herself as she really didn't want to be at school right now. The senior teenager had to remind herself at what was in store for tonight - which immediately caused an airy and happy feeling to surround Luciana once again. The Oceteva girl just had to keep reminding herself that this would all be worth it by the end of the day when she could finally see Miguel again and have the best night of her life with the guy that she was in love with.