Episode 25: Difficult Choices and Broken Hearts

Frida swallowed hard as she walked up to her parents.

"Mom, Dad, I need to tell you something." She said.

"What is it Miha?" Emiliano said.

"Manny and I are dating."

"What!" He shouted.

"Now Emiliano don't lose your temper." Carmela said.

"You can't date him! He's too dangerous!"

"Dad! Please just give him a chance."

"A chance to do what? Kill you!"

"He would never hurt me and you know it!"

She ran out of the house and went for a walk. Manny soon joined her.

"So how did it go?" He asked.

"Terrible! He's really angry."

"Don't worry Frida, I'm sure that he loves you more than he hates me." Manny sighed. "And I kind of don't blame him."

"What?"

"I don't think I really deserve a girl like you."

Frida smiled and kissed him.

"I'll see you later." She said.

But right after she left Emiliano walked right up to him.

"You're right! You don't deserve her!"

"Mr. Suarez! Hi, um...look I understand how you must feel and-."

"Save it! You can date her."

"Really?"

"Yes but just remember if anything happens to her it's your fault!"

He walked away, Manny thought about what Emiliano had said. If Frida ever got hurt in the middle of one of his fights it would be his fault but after a few minutes he brushed it off. In another part of town Zoe went to visit Django.

"Hey." She said.

"Um hi." He said nervously. "Listen I can't talk right now."

"Why?"

"It's just a bad time! Goodbye!"

For the next few days things didn't get any better. Emiliano kept intimidating Manny when Frida wasn't around and Django kept avoiding Zoe. Which made her very suspicious and worried. So much that she started talking to the nerd who was always stuck in the lockers.

"I haven't seen him in weeks and every time I'm around him he acts as if he's hiding something. What do you think?" Zoe asked.

"I don't know! Will you please stop talking!" He said.

"He wouldn't cheat on me! Would he?"

"If I answer will you let me out and never talk to me again?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Then Judging by what you've told me...um yeah."

"No! Oh that two timing bag of bones!" She burst into tears and ran away.

"Wait! Come back! You said you'd let me out of here!"

Later that day Manny and Frida were going on a walk when El Oso robbed the bank. Manny spun his belt and went to fight him. It went on for hours, Frida was starting to worry and went check on him.

"El Oso will you just drop the safe?"

"No way man! I need new pants!"

El Oso grabbed a large ton and flung it toward Manny. He ducked and it missed him but hit Frida right in the head.

"No! Frida!"

She was rushed to the hospital as soon as possible. After an hour or two the doctor came out to explain everything to Frida's family, Manny carefully listened.

"Is she alright?" Carmela asked.

"She'll be fine. She's got one heck of a bump but she's okay." He said. "You know she's pretty lucky that ton could've killed her."

Manny froze and turned white. "Killed her" That rung through his head and ears. He suck to the floor and hung his head down. Emiliano came over later on and spoke with him.

"Now you know why I don't want her with you. She got lucky this time but what about other times?" He said.

"What do I do?"

"I think it would be best if you two didn't date anymore, I'm not going to force you but think about what keeps her safe."

Manny thought about it for days finally he decieded he was going to make the hardest choice in his life. A week after Frida checked out of the hospital he went to see her.

"Frida I need to tell you something." Manny sighed.

"What is it?"

"I...I don't love you." He felt like a knife had stabbed him when he said that.

"What?" Frida said surprised. "But you said-"

"I thought I did but after dating you for awhile I realized I only see you as a friend." Manny by fought the urge to cry.

"That's not true!" Frida cried. "Tell me it's not true!"

His thoughts said "Of course it's not true I love you more than any man has ever loved a woman. But his mouth said "It's true."

"Get out." Frida said.

"Frida I'm sorry."

"I said get out!" Frida said with tears in her eyes. "I hate you! Go! Leave!"

Manny left the house. Frida slammed the door and fell on her knees crying as hard as she could. Manny heard her sobbing and he too started to cry. He walked all the way home in tears. When he got to his room he threw himself on the bed and whispered.

"I will never love again."

Meanwhile Zoe practically broke down the door to Django's house.

"Django! You better tell me what's going on right now or we're done!"

"Okay. The truth is I'm leaving." He said.

"What do you mean you're leaving?"

"My grandmother and I must return to the land of the dead."

"Why?"

"I don't know. But we don't have a choice if we don't go soon we'll turn to dust."

"Will I ever see you again?" She asked trying not to cry.

"I'm not sure."

"Django! We must go now!" Sartana said.

"I have to go! I love you Zoe!" He said as he vanished along with Sartana.

"I love you too." She left their house weeping. On her way home she felt someone following her. She changed into Black Cuervo and scanned the area. The. Out of no where El Demonio appeared.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"I heard about your boyfriend. Tuff break."

"Shut up!"

"I'm here because I plan to turn Manny completely evil so that I can have his body."

"Good luck with that." She said rolling her eyes.

"Oh and here's the best part you're going to help me."

"And why would I do that?"

"Because I have this." In his hand was a small black mirror. "This will revert you back to your old self." He crushed it and blew the broken glass in her face. A shard of it fell into her eye and cracked her vision. She once again hated Frida and had a crush on Manny.

"Now let's get to work." He said.