"Mine too! I gotta run, see you."
Leon grabbed his bag not even taking off his equipement and ran.
"Well, I got to go too, not all of us ran away from home and live alone now."
"We didn't ran away from home."
"Yes, my mum knows I'm living there, it's just that it's easier for all of us If I live there."
"Yeah, and my dad told me he would pay the rental if I lived in a different house."
"He did?"
"Yep."
"What kind of a parent does that?"
"The one that wants his son to be independent and has tones of girls sleeping there plus the trips and everything."
"Your dad does a lot of trips?" Calleigh asked with interest, after all, even though she lived right next to Speedle she had never heard his story.
"Yeah, he's a pilot."
"What about your mum?"
"She died."
"Oh, sorry Speed."
"Nah, I never even met her, she left me with my dad and disappeared.
"Wow."
"Yeah."
"What about you Calleigh?" Jason questioned.
"Oh, I did ran away."
"What!"
"Are you serious?" Jake asked surprised.
"Yep, my family has no idea I'm here, except from my adoptive grandmother, but she won't tell them no matter what."
"Why did you ran away?" Jason asked.
"I was bored."
"Hum. We'll leave now, bye."
"Bye."
"See you around."
"Sure."
The team left the field and Eric Calleigh and Speedle walked to the bus stop.
"Eric your mum!"
"What about her?"
"Didn't you told her that we were going to have dinner with her tonight?!"
"Shit!"
"What do we do now?!"
"Eric grabbed his phone Calling his mother."
"Where are you Eric? You were supposed to be here half an hour ago!"
"Sorry mami, we got distracted, we just have to bath and we'll be right there."
"Why do you have to bath? Eric's mother asked gasping immediately. Tell me you aren't…"
"No! gosh mum, we were practicing football!"
"Oh."
"Why did you even thought that?!"
"Well, in your age boys and girls…."
"o.k., forget I even asked. We're going, we'll be there in an hour top."
"All right, hurry or else you won't have anything to eat."
"o.k., bye mum, and sex! For god sakes!"
"What you could."
"Bye mum – he sighed turning off the phone."
"What was that about?"
"She thought we were having sex!"
"Why?"
Eric got in the bus followed by his friend and girlfriend the first one laughing.
"Because I said we distracted and we had to bath."
"Well, it does sound like we were having sex."
"Cal!"
"What? It does."
"o.k., stop it, we get home, bath, get dressed and we go o.k.?"
"o.k."
"good."
"Are you sure your mum wants me to go, because I don't want to impose or."
"She was the one who invited you Cal!"
"All right."
Eric rolled his eyes.
"Your mum's making a family dinner?" Speedle asked leaning forward.
"No, she wants to meet Cal."
"You told me she was making a family dinner!" Calleigh shierked blushing when a couple people looked at her.
"You wouldn't come if I didn't."
"Yes I would!"
"o.k., my mistake, sorry."
"You better be."
"You're not going to be mad at me because of this are you?"
"No."
"Good."
"Why would I?"
"I've seen girls get mad over such stupid things that I don't know anymore."
"If a girl got mad at you then she had a reason to be."
"No she didn't."
"Who was mad at you? Wait, do I want to know?"
"It was my sister."
"o.k., why?"
"Because I used her towel!"
"How old were you?
"5!"
"Man, you were 5, shouldn't you have gotten over it already?"
"No, because I got grounded!"
"Was it her favourite towel?" Calleigh asked chuckling.
"Maybe."
"Eric…"
"How should I know?! It's just a towel!"
"We're home, c'mon."
"o.k. hurry, mum's going to kill me."
…...
"Are you sure I look decent?"
"Yes. Eric said for the millionth time.
"I shoul've dried my hair a bit more, now it's all stupid because of the helmet and your mum will think I'm sloppy."
"She won't."
Eric knocked and a girl opened the door.
"Hei tío Eric!"
"Hei Rosalina."
"Hey strnge girl with wet air that's having sex with uncle Eric."
"Rosalina!"
"What?"
"Who tought you that?"
"No one."
"Say hello with manners please."
"Hello with manners."
At this Calleigh started laughing eliciting a smile from the girl.
"Cal, please don't encourage her."
"Oh, your name's Cal?"
"Calleigh."
"That's hard to say, you'll stay stranger."
"o.k."
"Rosa where's your abuela?"
"In the kitchen." she said already walking in that direction.
"I can't believe you used that bike again Eric, how many times do I have to ask you not to use it?" Eric's mum scolded him as he entered the kitchen helmet in hand.
"Hi mum."
"Hi. Hello Calleigh, is very nice to meet you."
"You too Mrs. Delko."
"Oh please, call me Carmen."
"Sure."
"I can't believe he let's you ride that thing, listen when I say that someday you'll have a crash, and you'll die and…"
"Mum, less drama please."
"Do you know how many people die in motorcycles? Can't you get a car, it's much more save."
"Actually it's not, people die 3 times more in car crashes that in motorcycles."
"Really?""
"Yes."
"Wow."
"Well, don't ride it anyway, it scares me."
"It's that or the bus, and the bus takes twice as longer to get here, and we would have to walk half a mile."
"o.k., put your helmets in that table, dinner's ready. I hope you like it Calleigh, I didn't know if you didn't ate soething, or if you're vegetarian or allergic to something, but I'll cook whatever you want, just ask sweetheart."
"Don't worry, I'm sure Ill like it, if the dinner is as good as your empanadas then I'll love it for sure."
"Oh, you liked those?"
"Yes, they're the best I evr tasted."
"Oh, thank you sweety, I'll make you some so you can take home."
"No, no need!"
"I insist."
"I don't wnt to impose really."
"It's not an imposition."
"If you insist, then I'm not rude to say no."
"That's a girl, learn with her Rosalina, you could use it."
"Mum, rosalina's not here anymore."
"Oh, were did that girl go? I try to teach her some manners but she won't learn."
"She's just a kid mum."
"She's 13 Eric."
"And she's great, she's healthy and happy and that's what matters."
"Sure, but even so."
"Carmen, will you let them sit? I'm sure thay're starving." Eric's dad interrupted with a smile.
"Oh, sure."
"Nice to meet you Calleigh."
"Nice to meet you sir."
"It's Hernando please."
"Sorry si-, I mean, sorry Hernando."
"C'mon, have a sit."
Eric sat pulling Calleigh's chair with a smile.
"Thank you."
"Anytime."
"So, tell me Calleigh, how old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"And you're in the same class as Eric right?"
"In some disciplines yes."
"Hum, and I heard you're good at math."
"She's the best."
"He's lying, I'm not bad."
"She's modest as you can see."
"I see, it's a good thing."
"Thank you."
"And are you a cheerleader too?"
"No, god no."
"You don't like it?" Rosalina interrupted interested.
"No."
"See, I told you that not all girls liked cheerleading"! She told her grandma smiling widely.
"In your age they do, and so should you."
"Why? I mean, they only do that so boys will look at them."
"And what's wrong with that?"
"Eric, don't you dare to induce my girl to get all worked out for boys!"
"I never did that."
"He didn't. anyway, what do you do then? Swimming?"
"Football."
"What!? Are you serious?!"
"Yes."
"Mum can I please have lessons with her?"
"No!"
"Please mom."
"No."
"Mami please." Rosalinda asked again with the puppy eyes that Calleigh was almost certain that she had learned from Eric.
"No and no."
"Why do you play football? Isn't that for boys?"
"It's fun, and I believe that there shouldn't be sports for girls and sports for boys."
"Well yes, but it's unusual."
"I guess."
"She's unique."
"Yes baby brother, tell me more."
"About what?"
"About how crazy you are about this girl."
"Marisol."
"Hey stranger, I have a game on Saturday, do you want to go?"
"A game?"
"Yes, I play soccer, I wanted football but mum said that there was no way I was goingto join the team."
"I would love to."
"Yes!"
"Enough Rosailna!"
"Calleigh, why did you came to Miami?"
"The school was better here, and there were more scholarship opportunities."
"Oh, I see what are you aiming to be in the future?"
"I don't know, something realted with physics or sciences."
"Oh, that's nice."
"Yes, it's something I like and most jobs of that area have big paychecks so…"
"It's a nice future."
"If accomplished."
"Exactly."
"Calleigh, have you finished eating?"
"Oh, yes."
"All right then, I'll go get desert."
"Please let me help you."
"Oh no, sit, Rosalina will help me."
"Hey, why me, she offered to do it!"
"You shouldn't say she in the presence of the person you're talking about and Calleigh is a guest."
"So am I!"
"Rosa help you grandma right now or you won't watch any football games for a month."
"Fiiine."
…
Calleigh and Eric kissed their goodbyes leaving the house, both with a bag of ampanadas.
"I still can't believe your mother made us empanadas on purpose."
"That's my mum for you."
"She's awesome, they all are."
"Rosa really liked you."
"That's unusual?"
"Yes, it's unusual for everyone to be that friendly when they meet a girl that I'm dating with."
"Why?"
"I dunno, but they loved you and that's great."
"Yes, I likede them too, they're allnice and always smiling and joking."
"Yeah, they're a great family."
"You're very lucky to have them."
"I know, I wouldn't trade them for the world."