• Pride and Prejudice pt 3 •

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while the trio was causing mischief upstairs, Schneider was spending time with the other parents.
He sat at the bar and talked about how he "identifies" as Cuban
"Oh, you Cuban?" a parents asked Schneider
"Not by birth, but spiritually i identify as Cuban." Schneider replies, causing the other parents to furrow their eyebrows.

"That's why i've been so overprotective. it's what we do." he continues with a chuckle, "i think we have some trust issues because of Castro and all of that." he sighs, "You know." he says pointing at Gordon's Father causing him to look away.

"But it's good to get an outsiders perspective. You guys r have calmed me down. Maybe i was being a little suffocating."

Right after Schneider completed his sentence, a police officer walked in with Amelia, Alex and Finn in front of him. "I need to talk to you about your kids." he said.

Schneider turned behind him and his stare went from Alex to Amelia then friend back to the other parents. "Ay dios mío."

~

After the officer explained to Schneider what they had done, Schneider thanked the officer and pulled  Alex and Amelia aside.
"Are you kidding me? Why would you guys leave the room! You know what? don't answer that, let's pack our stuff and get you two home."
"What?" Alex and Amelia said in unison.

"I cannot let your parents freak out, so i need to get them proof. Now upstairs, let's go."

Schneider walked off towards the elevator. Alex turns to Amelia and groans while Amelia rolls her eyes.
"Move it!" Schneider yelled for them to walk.
The kids follows after Schneider.

Once they met waiting at the elevator, Schneider pulled out his phone and debated on whether or not to call Penelope. He ended up turning his phone off and putting it back in his pocket.

The elevator doors finally opened and the three walked in. the whole time in the elevator was silent. Amelia and Alex shared looks while Schneider looked down at his feet with his arms crossed.

They all packed their bags and went downstairs. Alex said his goodbyes to his team mates then went into the car, sitting beside Amelia.

~

The car ride stayed quiet and awkward for the first hour.

Schneider would scoff and mumble words under his breathe about Penelope never trusting him ever again and muttering "a maids cart?" every few minutes.

Amelia would roll her eyes and continue to listen to music through her airpods.

While Schneider continued to talk to himself, a chime filled Amelias ears which caused her to snap out of her day dream and glance down at her phone.
She picked it up and saw a notification from Alex.

~Meanwhile, back at the Alvarez apartment, Penelope had returned from her night with Ramona

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Meanwhile, back at the Alvarez apartment, Penelope had returned from her night with Ramona.
She stood in the kitchen day dreaming about a guy she met while eating Chinese takeaway.

She snapped out of her day dream when the front door of the apartment opened up with Amelia, Alex and Schneider with their luggage.

"Hi Mom.." Alex greeted her as he picked up both his and Amelias bags off the ground and brought it over to the sofa, dropping it again.

"Hi- wait a minute. it's 11 o'clock at night. You're both supposed to be at San Diego. What happened" Penelope said, walking to the two kids and the Landlord.

"Okay, first of all, i wanna point out that Alex and Amelia are 100% okay. So there is absolutely no need to panic."

As if on cue, the curtains behind him fling open with Lydia in her blue robe.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" she shrieks in concern.

Schneider sighs and pinch's the bridge between his eyes.

"Nothing." Amelia says looking at Lydia then back at Alex.
"Nothing?", Schneider turns to face the two women,  "the boys and Amelia stole two maids carts and were racing them down the hallway!"

"And i won!" Alex says in excitement.
"Yeah but only cause i fell off the maid cart" Amelia laughs but stops as soon as she realises Penelope's facial expression.
"Fortunately, security found time before anything else happened"
Penelope furrows her eyebrows, "Found you? you weren't with them?"

Schneider sighs while Lydia turns to him and says "Get the water boards."

Penelope shrugs, "Okay wait i don't understand. If they're okay, why didn't you just call?"

Schneider scoffs and walks around the sofa, "Because, there was like a zero percent chance you would believe they were all right unless they were standing right in-front of you." he then turns back to the kids, "you guys, i'm so sorry. I mean a maids cart? More like death wagon. Tiny soaps you can choke on. Shower caps that can fly into your face and suffocate you. And is that a clean toilet brush? i think not!" He rants out loud then takes a seat on the sofa.

"Anyways. now you're gonna yell at me and tell me i'm never allowed near your family. Just make it quick."

They all share a look as Penelope walks over to the man with a smile. "Aw..." she says, walking over to him and hugging him. "I got in your head."

"What?"
"I made you as overprotective and crazy as i am. You proved i can trust you."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you're Cuban now!"
Azúcar!" Lydia chuckles, "but we only forgive once."
~

After their conversation, Amelia followed Alex to his room and helped him unpack.

Amelia sat on his bed and watched as he folded his clothes and put it away.

After a few minutes, Amelia got up and walked over to him after noticing his struggle to fold a shirt. "Give it to me you bobo" she laughs
"Shutup"

~

translations
bobo- clown
Ay Dios Mio- oh my god

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