I look at him confused, "hmm? About what?" he laughs, "so what? You're just going to pretend like you didn't walk up to me, in the middle of a large group of people, and kiss me?" he says. I looked at him in shock. I had completely forgotten that I had done that, I didn't know what to say to him, because I honestly don't know why I did that. "I d-did that just to be petty, you know? Towards Luis?" I say blushing. He laughs, "I mean you can do it whenever you'd like love." I look at him, smirking, "oh really?" he smirks back at me, "mmhm" he says. Without thinking, I go up to him and kiss him deeply, and he kisses back stronger. I don't know what I'm doing, just weeks ago, I hated this man, but now I'm here, kissing him, I literally disowned my brother because of him. I know i shouldn't be doing this, considering what i plan on doing in the near future, but right now i just want to be here, kissing him. We hear someone coming so we stop, we see mateo, he looks at us, chuckles, and then greets us. "What were you up to hmm?" he says almost laughing at my blushing reaction.
"Ay tu Mateo, bien chismoso no?" ["really nosy huh Mateo?"] he says putting his hand to his mouth and looking away. I looked at him, seeing his cheeks turn a little pink. I giggle a little before turning back to Mateo, "Did you need something Mateo?" I ask. He nods, "I want to thank you for saving me." He says, I look at him, he got kidnapped because of me, just goes to show how far Luis will go to have me back. I shake my head, "there's no need to thank anybody. It was my fault you were taken in the first place. I want to apologize sincerely, I didn't think my brother would go as far as to take you just to have me be with him." I say looking down. He puts his hand on my head and laughs, "Rose, we are a family here. I don't know you very well, but if you're in this gang, I'd do anything for you without hesitation." i look at him, he smiles at me and pulls his hand away, "anyway, I'll leave you two to your thing." he says, smiling at Miguel. Miguel rolls his eyes, and we watch him walk back to the mansion. I turn to Miguel, "well i should really get back inside, i um… have some things i need to get done." I turn around not making eye contact as I speak and start walking back, but Miguel grabs my hand and pulls me to him, hugging me.
"You need to talk to angel. You'll regret it if you don't." I blush, and nod. I kiss him on the cheek and head back inside, I head upstairs and have a peek into the infirmary, I see angel and maria talking. I knock on the door and they both look at me, Maria smiles and stands, walking over, "i'll leave you two alone" she says giving me a hug then walking out. I smile, hug her back, and then walk over to angel, he looks at me with a look of hesitation, as if scared to say something. I shake my head, "sorry i walked out on you, but trust me… i'm not leaving." i say. He sighs and nods, "good, i was scared you would run off again if i said something again." i shake my head again then walk over to him, "how are you doing?" i ask. He sighs again, "i'm doing just fine, that's why i don't see a reason to keep me here." he says. i Laugh a little, "you say that now, but you'll be in pain later if you don't rest." he nods, "you're right." i smile approvingly. We sit in silence for a moment before he says, "don't blame yourself. You had no way of knowing he'd hesitate to shoot. Honestly, i'm glad it was me and not you. Who knows how you would've taken it if it was you who your brother shot."
he's right, i probably would've reacted bad if he actually shot me, but still. I can't forgive myself, because angel's wrong. I knew luis wouldn't shoot me, but i didn't expect miguel would try to save me. I shake my head, "that's the thing. I did know. I knew luis would never shoot me. The thing that i didn't know was that miguel would try to save me." I say. Angel looks at me, "either way. I'm glad you're safe." i nod, not knowing how to respond. We talk for a bit more before maria comes to check on him, i say goodbye and go back to the room. I go inside, and see santiago sleeping on the bed, and next to him there's a paper with a number and a note, it's from miguel, "here's the number. Don't do anything stupid ok?" it says. I chuckle, if only he knew. I lock the door and head into the bathroom, i dial the number and wait for him to answer, "hello?" luis says. "Luis?" i respond back. "Rose?" he asks, as if stunned. "Yeah it's me." i say. He's quiet for a moment before speaking again, "what the hell do you want?" he says, coldly. "Luis will you ever let this go? Will you ever stop chasing me?" i say. And then he responds exactly as i thought he would, "no, not until i have you and santiago back."