Chapter 13

Estefania's POV

4 days have passed since I've been here. 4 sleepless nights that I just stared at the ceiling, thinking about everything that is going on. How it's gonna affect my life back in NYC and how it was already affecting me the most. I felt like everything I tried so hard to leave behind and forget, were coming back so easily. "I wish they were that easy to forget" I mumble to myself. I watch my clock and see that it's 9:00 AM. The house is quiet. It was my mom turn to stay at the hospital and Cass said she needed to run some errand and would be back around 11. Things with my mom are still pretty awkward. She's definitely trying to make up for lost time, cooking for me and just pampering me. But she doesn't receive the same treatment from me. It's hard for me to remember what it's like to have a family. I can't just put everything behind me and pretend that I'm happy here… cause I'm not. I didn't even went back to the hospital. I knew Ken had returned to his room, there was nothing more to do than to wait for him to go out peacefully. Mom was devastated and Cassidy was lousy at hiding that it didn't affect her at all… that she was prepared for it. I knew this was killing her. I could actually feel her pain… after all, we do have that twin sense or whatever it is called. Sighing, I got up and headed for the bathroom, running a shower. I think I will make some lunch for Cassidy since she has done most of the cooking while I've been here. That girl could be a chef, I'll tell you that! The least I can do is return the favor. Besides, I'm a pretty good cook too.

William's POV

It's been more than 6 years since I've done this and it isn't as easy as it was back then. It took me more than 10 minutes to reach her window. Guess it would've taken me less than 2 minutes to knock on her door. "Late thought, genius" I muttered to myself. I knock at her window and wait. Haven't seen her in 2 days and I'm going insane. I don't know how I ever made it all these years. Guess I got to a point were I really thought I was never gonna see her… that I had lost her forever. "Psst… Nia" I whisper, entering her room since her window was open, but mostly cause I was desperately trying to avoid me falling on my head or ass in that concrete floor of the Flores' driveway. I knocked because my mama taught me better than to enter a room without knocking. Her room was empty. Her bed was a mess, covers and pillows thrown all around. Never knew why she liked to sleep with so many pillows and cushions. I bet its cause she's afraid of the dark and needs to feel surrounded by anything to feel safe. I smile, remembering how she clung to me when we slept together… as she was afraid of letting go or being taken away. "You always did that" I mutter, smiling at all the memories we had and shared while I picked a small blue pillow and tossed it over the bed. I wonder if she remembers those small moments that made me fall even more in love with her. I laugh when I look at her wall. Her parents hated that wall. I loved it. I enjoyed helping her painted too. I almost got kicked out when her dad found us all smeared in red paint, shirtless and making out on the floor. Ha… that was a fun day. Those were funny days. Suddenly, I hear a small shriek. I turn around to find Estefania wrapped only in a towel, small droplets of water dripping from her hair towards her shoulders and getting lost somewhere down below.

"Fuck! You scared me, William. What the hell?" She says, panting with a hand over her chest and I can't help the need and want to make her pant like that in some other way, that if I remembered correctly, we were really good at. What? I'm a guy! "Do you go breaking into houses and scaring the crap out of girls while they're taking a bath?" She asks but all I can think about is how short that towel is. "What are you doing here?" She asks, walking to her closet and exiting with a pair of jeans and a yellow wife beater. "So?" She says, grabbing her body lotion and applying it to her arms. "Bill?" And I'm brought back from a land where Estefania and I are in deep pleasure and bliss… I'm brought back to reality, a reality where Estefania is not mine… yet.

"I'm sorry. I saw you're window open and thought you were here" I said, blushing.

"You climbed through the window?" She said, motioning me to turn around.

"Yeah" I said, reluctantly doing what she asked me. I hear her open up a drawer and closing it shortly after. After that, all I heard where some rustles and she entering to the bathroom again, probably getting changed, but I didn't dare to turn back. I wanted to… God knows I wanted to turn around and walk into that bathroom… but I didn't. I didn't want to get lost in everything that is Nia.

"You can turn" She says. I slowly turn to watch her all dressed up and drying her hair. "I can't believe you still can climb that tree" She says laughing and I melted in her laugh.

"It wasn't as easy as it was back…"

"Back in the days when we were young?" She interrupts me with a playful smile. "Or when you didn't wear such tight jeans?" She says, pointing at my jeans. I laugh.

"Back when I was used to do it every day for 3 years. I'm a little rusty, that's all. I'll get the hangs of it again… just wait and see" I put up my best smile and she bites her lips. I watch her struggling with herself. She meets my gaze and we just stood there, looking at each other… getting lost in each other. I was so lost on those eyes that haunted me every night, every dream… those eyes that were there, by my side, in everything I did. So I did what I wanted to do every since we were in that park, hell, since I saw her at the club… I walked to her and kissed her. I kissed her like I've never kissed anyone. I kissed her so she could breathe through me… so she could feel and understand what I was feeling. So she could feel that I still love her… that I never stopped. And she kissed back just as fierce and passionate. And I couldn't help put mentally smile… smile cause she never stopped loving me too.

Cassidy's POV

"Hey, Nia… I'm back" I yelled. Well, you couldn't call it a yell since I had a non-decent amount of ice-cream in my mouth from the cone I'm eating. I walk to the kitchen to put some stuff I picked up from the store on my way back. "Nia?" I ask after hearing a sort of thump. "What the hell is she doing?" I asked myself walking towards her room. "Is she still asleep?" I thought, hesitating about opening the door. "Oh well… RISE AND SHINE LAZY AS…" My mouth stayed open. I think my jaw, literally, hit the floor. There she was, pressed against the vanity, playing tonsil hockey with William. She's been back less than a week and she's gotten more action than what I've had in a month! Ok… 3 months. Ok… 7 months, but who is counting?

"Cass" Estefania says, pushing William away from her. William lowers his head, his hair blocking his lusty eyes from my view and starts laughing, biting his swollen lips, laughing at how nervous and virginal Estefania is acting. "Shut up" She mutters to him, which makes me want to laugh. "This isn't what it looks like" She says, running a hand through her damp hair.

"Really?" I ask, crossing my arms and cocking my head. I plan on have my share of fun with this. "Then can you explain to me why was Bill's tongue down your throat? Were you choking?" I ask, pulling my worst poker face ever, letting her know I was gonna make her pay for the spider prank. She puts her annoyed face.

"No" She replies.

"From what I saw, it looked like you were choking… with Bill's tongue" I say and William starts laughing even harder. Estefania turns and smack his arms, muttering him that this wasn't funny. Its funny to see collected-in-control Estefania, nervous and awkward… not knowing what to do. It proved that she is human… and that she isn't perfect even though everyone seems to think that. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Oh… saved by the bell" I say. "I'll be back… but leave the door open. You know mom's rule about guys in the bedroom" I say before heading downstairs to get the door, laughing all the way to the door.

Estefania's POV

Well… I guess she was right. I did felt saved by the bell. "Hey, it's ok" William says wrapping his arms around my waist from behind. "I'm sure she's just kidding" He says, his breath ghosting my neck… making it harder for me to pull away. Even harder when he starts kissing my neck, my ear, my shoulder… oh God.

"No, it's not ok" I say, prying from his embrace. "This…" I say, motioning the space between us, letting him know I was talking about us, if there was an us, was not ok. "This isn't ok" I look at him. He walks to me and grabs my face, lifting it up for me to meet his eyes.

"Yes, it is" He says kissing my cheek. "It…" He continues leaving trails of kisses around my face. "Has always…" I close my eyes, very much enjoying those kisses behind my ear. "Been ok" He says kissing me along my jaw line. He stops and I open my eyes to stare into his… full of passion, mirroring mine. "And we're about to make it better" He says, kissing me fully on my already abused lips and dragging me to the bed. My mind kept telling me this wasn't ok, that I shouldn't be doing this, that I know I shouldn't kiss him like this… but there wasn't much space for thoughts when William is touching me like this.

Cassidy's POV

I'm sure William has her on her back right now. They are so meant to be. Ever since they met. I remembered introducing them cause I knew they were right for each other. And I wasn't wrong. The doorbell rang again, making me roll my eyes. "Yes?" I asked immediately after opening the door, making the man standing there turn around… and I think I died and went to heaven… cause he was perfect.

"Hi" He said in the most perfect voice, matching everything I was seeing. He was tall, not obnoxiously tall like William or Gabe, but tall enough to be noticed. How could you not notice this man and his porcelain skin that looked so creamy, like a vanilla cake that makes you want to run your tongue over and over it. He had dark hair, styled in that model-ish way… meaning, hot way. It made you want to run your fingers through it and you know that you can ruffle it, and it still would look as hot as it looks right now. Dark eyes and the most amazing set of lips I've ever seen… pink, pouty and just perfect. This guy had to be heaven sent cause he was way beyond hot. "Are you okay?" He asks and it's then that I realized that I swooned. I began to blush immediately. Although from the not-so-evident smirk he was suppressing, I'm pretty sure he was used to it.

"Y-Y-Yes" I stuttered. Way to go Cass. "Um…" And now I'm at lost of words. Great… just great.

"You must be Cassidy" He says, smirking and I think if I wasn't worried enough about fainting before, this would've been the time.

"Yes. Do I know you?" Of course I didn't know him… I would remember it! I'm a dork. And when he chuckles, I let out a soft whimper, making sure he didn't hear it.

"No. I figured it was you, since Nia has short hair and I don't think it had grown…" He points at my pony tail. Great… I had to have a ponytail today! Can this get any worse? "That much in 4 days" He need to stop smiling or I won't be responsible for my actions. "So… is she here?"

"Who?" I ask, having zoned out earlier in the conversation.

"Nia. I'm looking for Nia"

"Umm…" I didn't know who this guy was… he could be a psycho for all I knew. I guess he must notice my worried face cause he chuckled.

"Pardon my manners, I'm Ryan" He says putting out his hand and I met his with mine.

"I'm Cassidy… but you already knew that" I say, both of us letting out a small laugh. "How do you know me? I mean, about me?" I'm really curious.

"Nia talks a lot about you"

"She told you she had a twin sister?" I asked shocked. She never tells anyone about her twin sister. It's like she likes to hide the fact that her exact double is walking around the earth and just enjoy the reaction people get when they see us together. Oh… she's mean. I have you all figured out, sis.

"Well… yeah. Why?" He asks, furrowing his brows.

"Oh… nothing. She tends to forget that tiny detail, that's all" I mutter.

"Oh… well, I don't think you can keep something like that from the person you're gonna spend the rest of your life with" He says, letting out a laugh.

"Yeah" I reply smiling… the words sinking just about 5 seconds later. "What? The person you're gonna spend the rest of your life with?" I repeat again… dumbstruck.

"Yeah. I'm Nia's fiancé" And I think my jaw hit the floor for the second time that day.

Soundtrack:

Luis Fonsi – Aunque estes con el (Translation: Even though you're with him)

The Latency – Drops of Jupiter (Great cover. Check it out)

The Used – Smother me

Remember Maine – Act 3, scene 4; Broken

Avenged Sevenfold – Dear God

Panic! At the Disco – Folkin' around; I write sins, not tragedies

Fall Out Boy – Golden; XO

My Chemical Romance – Teenagers

Katy Perry – I kissed a girl

Every Avenue – This one's a cheap shot

Linkin Park – Numb

The All-American Rejects – Dirty little secret

Anberlin – Feel good drag

Lady GaGa – Paparazzi

P!nk – U + ur hand

Cobra Starship – One day, robots will cry

The Academy Is… - One more weekend