Hector and Imelda sat awkwardly next to each other on the family sofa in the Rivera home. Hector is sitting up straight tapping his fingers on his knee nervously. Imelda coughs but sit up straight and tries to keep a composed face with her hands folded on her lap. She allows her eyes to drift in Hector's direction. She doesn't know what to say. It' been so long since they had a normal conversation. Ever since the Dia de Muertos they've kept their dialogue to a minimum to a couple of exchange of words. Hector is more the happy to go at a slow pace for Imelda's comfort. He is trying not to do anything to offend her or say anything to annoy her. Unfortunately, that means he ends up saying nothing making it seem like he doesn't enjoy her company. The only reason they were sitting together was because they agreed to tell their family about their past. Imelda was both curious and uncomfortable. She was curious as to how Hector interpreted their relationship and feeling awkward by having to talk about their relationship together with their family. She's spent so much time trying to bury the past it felt odd to now let it all out in the open.

Victoria and Rosita were bringing in chairs to sit right in front of Hector and Imelda. Oscar, Felipe, and Julio were bringing in snacks. Once everyone took their seats they all just stared at Imelda and Hector waiting for one of them to start. Imelda started.

"Alright, whatever else you want to ask us you can. WE will BOTH decide whether or not to answer it." Imelda said placing her hand on his which was on his lap. The family looked at each other and all nodded in agreement.

Rosita was the first to speak. "When did you propose to Mama Imelda?" she asked eagerly. Hector was about to speak but then turned to Imelda quietly asking for permission to speak. Imelda smiled and nodded her head.

Hector was more than happy to share now. "Well, that's easy it was almost a year after we met. I was planning on proposing to her for months but never knew when was the right time. I also was saving money for a ring. I wanted to wait until I had enough for a ring, but I couldn't wait." Hector smiles widely and dreamily stares at Imelda. Imelda is surprised by his gaze that she looked the other way but smiled to herself while faking trying to fix her hair.

"I wanted to ask for her hand as soon as possible. I would have asked her the night after we met if I knew she would say yes." Hector admitted. Rosita awed while Victoria smirked. Oscar and Felipe laughed seeing Imelda's shocked reaction from Hector's confession. No normal man would admit something that embarrassing but Hector had no shame when it came to his undying love and devotion for Imelda.

"You didn't ask her father's permission to propose to her?" Julio asked.

"Are you kidding? Her papa hated me with a passion." Hector said annoyed. They all laughed at that.

"He was no different than my father so it didn't bother me so much. Her mama was a different story." Hector says looking like he's about to be telling a monster story. "That woman was strong for her age. The minute she saw me and my guitar approach her house, she chased me out with a broom!" Hector exclaimed. He rubbed his head just remembering the pain.

Imelda chuckled at the memory. "Mama Imelda, you mean you married Papa Hector without your parents' blessing?" Victoria asked looking shocked.

Imelda sighed. "They meant well but they were both so stubborn and set in their ways they wouldn't give Hector a chance no matter how much I tried to convince them otherwise" Imelda said sounding like tired from jut remembering the struggle with her parents.

"Stubborn huh, sounds familiar." Hector said sarcastically without thinking. Once he realized what he said, he jumped to the end of the couch furthest from Imelda and held his hands up in defense. Everyone looked at Imelda waiting for her response.

Imelda didn't seem to bend toward her boot to take it off. She looked at Hector and sighed. "I know, I can tend to be a little…hard headed sometimes" Imelda said ready to defend herself with an excuse.

When Hector saw she wasn't going to hit him, he eased up and moved back to his original spot.

"But that's what I always loved about you" Hector said smiling at Imelda. She looks up at him surprised. He sounded like he was making fun of her before but now he says he liked her bull headedness? And he was looking at her with such a loving gaze as if he was in disbelief she was really next to him.

"You're a woman who knows what she wants. You never shy away from saying what you like or don't like and bend to no one. How could I possibly not fall for a woman like that?" He admitted. He moved to place his hand on top of hers that was on her lap hesitantly. When she didn't pull her hand away, he kept it there.

"I didn't want to leave your side for a second because I was afraid once you got to know the other men in town, you'd realize you could do better." Hector confessed only looking at Imelda. He acted as if they didn't have an audience right now. Imelda took one look at his sad eyes and felt like she was a young woman all over again. Hector had a way of making Imelda swoon with just his eyes and smile. His eyes were honest and open about his feelings and Imelda didn't know what to do with a man who was had no shame when it came to his feelings. How could he ever think so little of himself to think she was looking at anyone but him.

"Hector" Imelda said breathlessly putting her other had that wasn't under Hector's over his and held it tight. Hector put his other hand on hers and they were holding each other's hands on Imelda's lap.

"Ahem" Victoria coughed. Hector and Imelda looked at their amused audience and then each other. When they both looked down at their hands, they pulled away and turned away from each other wearing embarrassed grins.

"So it seems like you were a rebel yourself Mama Imelda" Victoria commented.

"Oh you don't even know the half of it. She would sneak out almost every night to see him" Oscar said with a giggle.

"Yeah she got really good at climbing in and out of her window" Felipe commented impressed.

"Of course you two would know you kept spying on me" Imelda said angered.

"We were only looking out for you" Oscar said.

"Yeah we wanted to make sure this guy treated our sister with respect." Felipe tagged along.

"Oh there was no worry about that I was the perfect gentleman with her, never took anything too far." Hector said proudly with his arms crossed.

Imelda looks at him annoyed and then looks away. "That's for sure" she said sarcastically.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Hector asked confused.

"Being a gentleman is one thing Hector, but waiting months to even kiss me is just ridiculous." Imelda said with a grunt.

"Did you really not kiss her for that long?" Julio asked. Hector looked embarrassed now. "I thought I was being polite" he said.

"I've dealt with stupid men who got fresh just within a few days of meeting, but you decide to be the one man who keeps his distance." Imelda said. She knew she was letting out more info than needed but she was letting off steam now. All that time she was waiting for a kiss, he was holding back to be a gentleman. She's had to deal with slimy men pawing at her and the one man she wanted to be as physically close as possible with, was treating her like a lady, and it drove her mad.

"I'm sorry Imelda, I thought I was doing the right thing." Hector said not sure if it made any difference to apologize now.

"Anyway, back to the proposal, how did you do it?" Victoria asked.

"I'll tell you. After he took me to dinner we went for a walk and he spent the whole time looking up at the sky not saying a word. Then he slowly gets down on one shaking knee and manages to take his hand in mine and just babbled my name nonstop." Imelda fumed.

"You mean you never actually said the words!" Felipe said starting to laugh.

"No, I saved him the trouble and said yes. Honestly, you kept me waiting for months! I was wondering if you were ever going to ask me" Imelda said revealing even more.

"You mean, you were waiting for me to propose" Hector said astonished. It seemed too good to be true that Imelda was just as eager as he was to be married. It did do some good to his ego to see a woman as lovely as Imelda wanting to be his wife.

Imelda didn't respond. She looked too embarrassed by revealing so much.

"Well…didn't see that coming" Oscar commented shaken as well.