Chapter 9
Miguel was stunned. "What? What are you talking about? I thought-"
"She hates me! She won't stop crying! I tried everything you told me to do, but she won't stop crying! She loves you two, not me! I was wrong to take her away from her home."
"But she could learn to live without us. Your her mother, we're not."
"But you two would miss her as well."
Tulio scoffed. "Us? No... We're men! We don't have any emotions-"
"I heard you two crying as I left."
Tulio's face fell. "We- well, it's just-....... You see there was something in my eye at the time-"
"Yeah, mine too." Miguel smiled nervously
"Yeah, cause our place is so dirty. So there was stuff in our eyes, and- Oh! See? There's something in my eye now! Ow!" Tulio started to rub his eyes with his fist, and Miguel copied. Rosaline gave them a disbelieving look, so they stopped and stared at the floor, blushing.
"Listen, Maria may belong to me by blood, but she belongs to you two by heart. And that's what every child needs. Here." She handed Maria to Tulio, who immediately stopped crying.
"Oh come on!" Tulio said, rolling his eyes. "That doesn't prove a thing! See?" He handed Maria back to Rosaline, and she started screaming even louder. "Oh. Uh- Here let me see her." He took Maria back and she stopped crying again. "Hmm...... Okay. How about I hand her back to you, then you hand it to Miguel-"
"Senor Saldovar, face it! She hates me!" She fell to her knees, buried her face into her hands, and started to cry again.
"She sure is weepy, eh?" Tulio snickered.
"Shut up Tulio!" Miguel growled, and Tulio stopped. Then he bent down and hugged Rosaline. "There there. It's alright. She doesn't hate you. She just doesn't know you. I mean, when we first got her, we went through a living hell! You know, the endless days without sleep, the worrying, the money problems, the hysterical screaming in the night from Tulio-"
"Hey! I did not-... Yeah, okay, I did."
"But then, she got to know us, we got to know her, and soon we were all living in peace and harmony." Miguel smiled.
Rosaline still cried. "That may be true, but I still can't keep her. I'm a prostitute, so I have to be out all night. And that's when she needs me the most! But I can't stop working, no matter how much I want to, because I have to feed her. I live alone, I have no friends or anyone I can count on. And what's worse, when I got home my landlord gave me an eviction notice. I can't keep her and I can't live without her..... I feel so confused." She sobbed into Miguel's arms and he hugged her tighter.
"Live with us!" Tulio yelled.
Both Rosaline and Miguel looked up and, in unison, said, "What!?"
"Uh- I-I said....... Live with us?" Tulio smiled. Both of them looked at Tulio in disbelief. Tulio lowered his head. "Sorry."
"That's a great idea!" Miguel smiled. He helped Rosaline off the floor. "You can live with us!"
Rosaline shook her head. "What? Are you two absolutely, totally, 100% out of your minds?"
"A little bit." Tulio said, and he and Miguel gave her huge, insane, flashing smiles. Rosaline laughed a little, finally revealing a very pretty smile. "How could I stay here? There's no room!"
"So what!?" Miguel cried, and he started to speak with enthusiasm and wide hand movements. "We'll buy you a new cot, we'll take care of Maria while your out, we'll take care of food, clothes, diapers, and any other stuff that she'll need, we'll pay for your rent, we'll help with the laundry, and we'll do anything, JUST PLEASE SAY YES!!!!!!!"
Rosaline gave them an uncertain look. "Well........"
"Give her the face!!!" Tulio yelled, and Miguel did. "PUH- LEEEEEEEEASE?!"
Rosaline started to laugh hysterically. "Oh, you guys are impossible! But I have only one condition!"
"Anything!" Miguel said.
"I'll pay my own rent and groceries." Rosaline smiled.
"So your staying?" Tulio said.
"Sure... I guess it's for the best." Rosaline said.
"YEEEEEES!!!!!!" Tulio and Miguel cried, high fiveing. "Little fives!" Tulio said, slapping Maria hand gently.
And so, Rosaline and Maria moved in with our boys, and they lived happily until the El Dorado adventure began. But don't worry. They met again years later for even more adventures. But that's... another story.
The End.
Miguel was stunned. "What? What are you talking about? I thought-"
"She hates me! She won't stop crying! I tried everything you told me to do, but she won't stop crying! She loves you two, not me! I was wrong to take her away from her home."
"But she could learn to live without us. Your her mother, we're not."
"But you two would miss her as well."
Tulio scoffed. "Us? No... We're men! We don't have any emotions-"
"I heard you two crying as I left."
Tulio's face fell. "We- well, it's just-....... You see there was something in my eye at the time-"
"Yeah, mine too." Miguel smiled nervously
"Yeah, cause our place is so dirty. So there was stuff in our eyes, and- Oh! See? There's something in my eye now! Ow!" Tulio started to rub his eyes with his fist, and Miguel copied. Rosaline gave them a disbelieving look, so they stopped and stared at the floor, blushing.
"Listen, Maria may belong to me by blood, but she belongs to you two by heart. And that's what every child needs. Here." She handed Maria to Tulio, who immediately stopped crying.
"Oh come on!" Tulio said, rolling his eyes. "That doesn't prove a thing! See?" He handed Maria back to Rosaline, and she started screaming even louder. "Oh. Uh- Here let me see her." He took Maria back and she stopped crying again. "Hmm...... Okay. How about I hand her back to you, then you hand it to Miguel-"
"Senor Saldovar, face it! She hates me!" She fell to her knees, buried her face into her hands, and started to cry again.
"She sure is weepy, eh?" Tulio snickered.
"Shut up Tulio!" Miguel growled, and Tulio stopped. Then he bent down and hugged Rosaline. "There there. It's alright. She doesn't hate you. She just doesn't know you. I mean, when we first got her, we went through a living hell! You know, the endless days without sleep, the worrying, the money problems, the hysterical screaming in the night from Tulio-"
"Hey! I did not-... Yeah, okay, I did."
"But then, she got to know us, we got to know her, and soon we were all living in peace and harmony." Miguel smiled.
Rosaline still cried. "That may be true, but I still can't keep her. I'm a prostitute, so I have to be out all night. And that's when she needs me the most! But I can't stop working, no matter how much I want to, because I have to feed her. I live alone, I have no friends or anyone I can count on. And what's worse, when I got home my landlord gave me an eviction notice. I can't keep her and I can't live without her..... I feel so confused." She sobbed into Miguel's arms and he hugged her tighter.
"Live with us!" Tulio yelled.
Both Rosaline and Miguel looked up and, in unison, said, "What!?"
"Uh- I-I said....... Live with us?" Tulio smiled. Both of them looked at Tulio in disbelief. Tulio lowered his head. "Sorry."
"That's a great idea!" Miguel smiled. He helped Rosaline off the floor. "You can live with us!"
Rosaline shook her head. "What? Are you two absolutely, totally, 100% out of your minds?"
"A little bit." Tulio said, and he and Miguel gave her huge, insane, flashing smiles. Rosaline laughed a little, finally revealing a very pretty smile. "How could I stay here? There's no room!"
"So what!?" Miguel cried, and he started to speak with enthusiasm and wide hand movements. "We'll buy you a new cot, we'll take care of Maria while your out, we'll take care of food, clothes, diapers, and any other stuff that she'll need, we'll pay for your rent, we'll help with the laundry, and we'll do anything, JUST PLEASE SAY YES!!!!!!!"
Rosaline gave them an uncertain look. "Well........"
"Give her the face!!!" Tulio yelled, and Miguel did. "PUH- LEEEEEEEEASE?!"
Rosaline started to laugh hysterically. "Oh, you guys are impossible! But I have only one condition!"
"Anything!" Miguel said.
"I'll pay my own rent and groceries." Rosaline smiled.
"So your staying?" Tulio said.
"Sure... I guess it's for the best." Rosaline said.
"YEEEEEES!!!!!!" Tulio and Miguel cried, high fiveing. "Little fives!" Tulio said, slapping Maria hand gently.
And so, Rosaline and Maria moved in with our boys, and they lived happily until the El Dorado adventure began. But don't worry. They met again years later for even more adventures. But that's... another story.
The End.