A/N: If you don't like the plot or characters or character pairings, then don't read my fic.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any variation of American Horror Story.
WORD COUNT: 3, 124
CHAPTER 3
Fairy Tales.
It had been a week and a half since Valentina's visit and Jimmy was slowly going stir-crazy. He had missed the girl, even though it seemed impossible after only two days of actually being aware of each other's existence. But he did. He had tried to remember what her eyes had to do with anything, but as far as he could tell, they were a beautiful jade green that shimmered in the lights around the grounds.
He had nothing to do today, and there was no show on, so he decided to pop into town at the diner to get some lunch, he needed the outing. He parked his bike in the necessary spot and walked in, taking a seat in one of the tables, careful not to take off his gloves as he waited.
Sure enough, a waitress came by and asked, "So, Guapo, made any decision to what you'd like for lunch?"
Jimmy's head snapped up at the familiar voice to see a smiling Valentina, with a pad and pencil in her hand while her dress was tight around her curvy body. How the material clung to her ample bosom and around her fleshy hips. She had a bright blue piece of material covering her head, and it was tied at the nape of her neck as her hair tumbled past her shoulders, her green eyes sparkling in the sunlight.
"Valentina!" Jimmy said, smiling brightly. "Where you been?"
"I'm sorry. I have been busy with my job for the past week. I have tried to set time away so I could come visit you, but Mamá came down with a fever then Maria and Alejandro were also sick. Papí has to work a lot so I had to shorten my shifts to look after them. Now that they're better, I'm making up for lost time. It's been hectic lately." Valentina sighed while looking back to Jimmy with a weary smile. "What would you like to have?"
"Well, I'm glad your Mum and siblings are better. Oh, and I'll just have a can of soda and two chicken and turkey sandwiches with extra mayo, please." Jimmy smiled up at his angel. "Hey, you call me 'Guapo', what does that mean?" Jimmy asked, as he saw the blush against Valentina's skin.
"It means, 'handsome' in Spanish." Valentina grinned before winking and taking her leave, to get Jimmy his food as he looked down, feeling as giddy as a schoolboy.
It didn't take long when she brought his can of soda and his two sandwiches and she set them down in front of him. "There you go, Guapo." Valentina put extra emphasis on the Spanish endearment. "Anything else you would like?"
"Yeah, the time of the end of your shift." Jimmy cockily replied, using his charm.
Valentina grinned before looking at his charming grin. "My shift ends in five minutes." She smiled softly before pointing to his food. "You better eat that quickly." She warned and walked away to clean up another table before heading into the kitchen to give the plates to the kitchen assistant who she smiled warmly and thanked
When she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Jimmy stuffing the last bite of his sandwich into his mouth and looked up at her, grinning. "I'm done."
Valentina giggled at his eagerness and took his plate and empty soda can. "Okay then, let me get my coat."
"I'll be waiting right here." Jimmy grinned happily as she walked back into the kitchen, to come out, pulling her jacket on and having trouble getting the arm in. Jimmy laughed softly, before helping her delicately. "There we go, Miss Garcia."
"I can see you laughing at me, but thank you, Mr Darling." Jimmy's entire face lit up in a smile as he held his arm out, which Valentina graciously took and they walked out of the diner, arm in arm.
(..)
"So, let me have a look at your eyes, I'm bursting here." Jimmy said. They were both in the park, his bike resting idly beside them as Valentina laughed gently.
"Okay." Valentina acquiesced before looking up into Jimmy's eyes as he studied them intently.
"They look so familiar, like I've seen them before. ." Jimmy mused, while Valentina watched him silently. "I don't want to come across as rude, but they look similar to a dog's. Like they look almost normal, unless you take a better look. Are you wearing contacts?" Jimmy's nose was bumping against hers from how close he was studying her.
"Maybe," Valentina smirked as Jimmy sighed in frustration.
"It's not that is it? Damn it!" Jimmy growled as Valentina giggled and laughed at his exasperation.
"Come on. It's getting late. Do you think you can take me home?" Valentina asked softly. "If you need to be back at the show, I understand. I'll catch the bus." Valentina offered to which Jimmy shook his head vehemently.
"No, I can drive you back! No problem." Jimmy reassured her before mounting his motorbike and starting it. "Hop on." Valentina did as she was told and wrapped her arms around his middle. "Now you're going to have to direct me to your house."
"Easy peasy!" Valentina said and told him every turn and street he had to go on until they made it to her home, which was rather plain but it looked warm and cozy, the two stories that accompanied the nice lawn and the picket fence. Valentina climbed off his bike and looked at him, wondering why he wasn't getting off. "Come on, come inside." She made a sweeping gesture that meant for him to follow her.
Jimmy stared at her, dumbfounded. "You serious?"
"Of course. Now come on!" Valentina ordered and Jimmy smiled, turned off his bike and hopped off. Valentina opened the door to the fence and let Jimmy through as she closed it and the latch closed down with the force that the door swung back itself when Valentina let go.
Miguel opened the door, having heard Valentina's voice and he smiles when he saw Jimmy and he hugged his daughter lovingly. "Evening, my little cub."
"Papí!" Valentina scolded her father, who just laughed and turned his attention to Jimmy and held out his hand. The young man slipped off his gloves to shake Miguel's hand firmly.
They all walked inside and Jimmy gazed at the warm house before him. It was cozy and sweet. The furniture was worn from extreme use, but the entire house was quite modern and spacious, with various photos with different frames hung on the walls and displayed random surfaces.
"Where's Mamá and the other two?" Valentina asked.
"All three of them are resting. Alejandro and Maria have just fallen asleep. Your mother has been asleep for a while. I wouldn't go waking them." Miguel warned, to which Valentina nodded. Miguel turned his attention to Jimmy who gulped softly. "You don't touch my daughter in any way, not in this house." Jimmy nodded frantically.
"Papí! You're scaring him!" Valentina scolded, crossing her arms as she pinned her father with a hard glare who just brushed it off.
"I'm laying down the law, cub." Her father spoke clearly. His eyes turned to Jimmy. "No funny stuff of any kind, Jimmy. I'm trusting you." Miguel pointed on long masculine finger at the younger man, who raised his hands in surrender.
"I wasn't even thinking that, Mr Garcia." Jimmy said truthfully. He wasn't going to use his flipper action on Valentina, not unless she wanted it. And it probably wouldn't happen with her father, sick mother and sick siblings in the house.
"Good man." Miguel said and looked up at his daughter. "Okay, I feel better now. You can show him." Miguel walked into the living room and Valentina called out.
"You embarrass me too much!"
"That's also what a father does, embarrasses his children." Miguel called from his seat, as Jimmy snickered.
Valentina mumbled something in Spanish as she took Jimmy's hand and lead him upstairs. "There's something I want to show you."
(..)
Valentina pulled out an old photo album and they sat in her own love seat, set against the window, where the sun hit down on them. Valentina flicked through a few pages where she pulled out a photo of a recent Halloween and showed it to Jimmy. "That was last year's Halloween, I went trick or treating with Alejandro and Maria."
Jimmy looked at the photo and smiled happily. "You guys went as wolves? That's actually really cute. And kind of funny that all three of you went as the same thing. Didn't you want to be something different?" Jimmy asked as he looked at Valentina, who smiled softly and stood, untying the ribbon that separated her bangs and her fringe from the rest of her hair and when she pulled it off, there were two silvery wolf ears that instantly perked up from either side of her head.
"They knew I was going to bare my oddity for the world to see for the first time and they wanted to support me. I was very nervous."
"Wait, you're half wolf?" Jimmy asked, looking at her protruding ears as they moved and quirked slightly. They weren't fake.
"Yes. One moment," Valentina said, walking into her wardrobe and she shut the door gently, before she walked out in a 'home' dress which was soft pastel blue and turned around, so Jimmy could see the small hole that her mother had cut out expertly so her long bushy tail could freely breath, with the same silvery fur with black woven into the silver colour. Valentina also took out her contacts to which her full wolf-like eyes were shown and her teeth were bared as she smiled and when he paid attention, her canine teeth were slightly longer and pointed than a normal person's. "This is why my Father calls me 'cub'. Because when a wolf has babies, they're called cubs and my Father started calling me that when I was a child and it stuck, I guess."
"Wow, Valentina. . .you're beautiful." Jimmy whispered, taking in her wolf-like appearance before standing to take her into his arms and she went willingly. "How in the hell do you hide ears and a tail?" He asked with a crooked grin.
"Trust me, it's a pain my ass and it hurts a lot. But I manage. My teeth and my eyes are probably the easiest. Nobody notices the teeth unless I point it out and as for my eyes, the contacts are a little bit filmy so they hide it." Valentina explained with a smile.
Jimmy nodded and his conjoined forefinger and middle finger brushed against her cheek gently. "You're the most beautiful freak I have ever met in my life."
Valentina smiled brightly. "I'm glad you accept me." Her eyes started to water and Jimmy smiled kindly, wiping away her forming tears.
"Come on, none of that now." Jimmy cradled her to his chest and rocked her side to side as she cried happily. "No tears."
Miguel knocked on the door and heard his daughter sniffle. Worried, he opened the door to see the heartwarming scene before him: His beautiful daughter, bared all of her oddities to a man she only knew for two days and he was holding her, soothing her as she cried in joy.
"I see you're in good hands, my cub." Miguel spoke before the pair jumped away, Jimmy floundering for an excuse to which Miguel held up a hand. "You're a good man, Jimmy. I know you won't take advantage of my girl. I could see that when I met you." Miguel smiled at Jimmy who offered a smile back, while Valentina slid out of Jimmy's embrace and vaulted into her father, who cradled her tightly, his shirt soaking her tears. "How would you like to be a part of the show, my darling? I know you don't want to hide anymore. Your mother and I have spoken about it, and you know what it's like, you lived in a circus. How about we take you to the show and you can show everyone just how lovely and extraordinary you are?"
Valentina looked up at her kind father with wide eyes, a big smile on her face. "Are you certain, Papí?"
"Of course I am! It's time you lived your life." Miguel said and put his finger on her lip before she went to speak. "And your Mamá and I will be fine to handle ourselves, as well as Alejandro and Maria, we have enough money put away to live handsomely well into our elder years and to start Alejandro and Maria in life. You shouldn't have to fret over us, mí amor. You're twenty-years-old, it's time you started to live."
Valentina's smile stretched into one of pure bliss as she hugged her father tightly. "Oh, Papí! Thank you!" Jimmy watched her and smiled happily, even though his heart raced wildly at the thought of seeing her every day.
(..)
During the evening, Catalina and the twins were feeling much better and soon they were off to Fraulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities.
Her family waited outside the tent while Jimmy introduced Valentina and soon, Jimmy took her hand and smiled reassuringly before leading her in the tent. Valentina took a deep breath and entered the the tent where Elsa Mars was waiting skeptically.
"My dear, Jimmy tells me that you have an oddity of sorts?" Elsa spoke with a thick German accent.
"Yes. I was born with certain wolf characteristics." Valentina spoke gently, her hands shaking with nervousness as she looked over at Jimmy who kept smiling at her reassuringly.
"Well, I'll believe it when I see it and it's not a lie. Show me your oddities." Elsa waved her hand, as if she was already bored.
"My teeth for one, my canine teeth are longer than any normal person's. And my eyes resemble that of a wolf or a dog's, however you perceive." Valentina explained, but Elsa just looked unfazed.
"Nobody is going to pay to see some extra long teeth and green eyes, my love. Anything else?" Elsa spoke rudely and it was starting to grate on Valentina's nerves when she exhaled sharply, a small wolf-like growl erupted from her chest and Elsa straightened slightly as did Jimmy. "Did you just growl at me?" Elsa asked.
Valentina looked away blushing before she looked at Jimmy who was trying not to laugh and to save herself from further embarrassment, she unzipped her dress and let it fall to the ground, making Jimmy's mouth drop as she undid the ribbon, hiding her ears and she took off the contraption which hid her tail and she slid it through the hole which her mother and herself made together in all of her 'home' clothes and undergarments to which Elsa's eyes widened as she looked upon the very real ears and tail with shock and wonder.
"Oh, my darling girl. You really are. . you do. ." Elsa was unable to speak. "Oh, Liebchen, you are beyond beautiful. Words cannot describe how beautiful you are."
"Gracías, Miss Elsa." Valentina said as she pulled her clothes back on, pulling her tail through the hole but left the ribbon off, sighing in relief.
"Here, you earn your keep by putting on shows. You're hired." Elsa said, smiling at the beauty before her as Valentina curtsied gracefully and Jimmy walked her out, once they were out of her tent, they embraced tightly.
"Cub, did she hire you?" Miguel asked as her mother signed the same thing, her two siblings looking up at her anxiously. Valentina could hardly speak, all she could do was nod. Her family came rushing toward her, enveloping both Jimmy and Valentina in big hugs.
Catalina signed to her daughter. "I am so very proud of you, mí corazón. You are finally opening yourself to the world. My beautiful darling girl." Catalina wiped at her tears and then at her daughters, sniffling gently.
Valentina signed to her mother. "I love you, Mamá."
Catalina's eyes filled with tears once again and she pulled her daughter in for a tight, tight hug.
Soon, mother and daughter pulled away and Valentina knelt down to hug Alejandro and Maria who cried into her shoulders, blubbering in Spanish how they would miss their big sister, to which Valentina smiled, with tears rolling down her cheeks, reassuring them in their foreign tongue that she would always be here and they only had to ask their father or mother if they wanted to see her.
Catalina turned to Jimmy as she signed to him, Miguel translated for her. "Catalina says, 'You better keep my daughter safe and sound and you better not hurt her. She is a wonderful woman who has a gorgeous and pure soul. If anything happens to her and I find out about it, I will come down here and give you a Latina beating.'" Miguel chuckled as he continued, "'You're a good man, Jimmy. I know you will take care of her.'"
Jimmy smiled and took Catalina's hands into his own and spoke so she could read his lips. "I will always take good care of your daughter. I will protect her from harm and I will always make sure she's safe." Catalina's answering smile was infectious.
It wasn't long before the family had to leave, because it was late and the twins needed to go to bed and Valentina waved to her family from their car as they drove away.
Jimmy put a warm hand on her shoulder and Valentina turned to look up at him with a big, loving smile on her face. "Ready to unpack into your new home?" He asked gently and Valentina nodded excitedly.
"I can't wait to meet everyone." Valentina gushed.
"And they all can't wait to meet you, Val." Jimmy agreed and they walked hand in hand toward the trailers and tents, where Valentina's life is just about to begin.
