PROMISE ME (OSCAR DIAZ x OC)

Chapter Twenty-Three (Alana)

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Alana

The Next Day

Ruby and Jamal put me into a group chat early this morning. The title of the group chat? Operation: Save Cesar and honestly I could kill the two of them for this.

RUBY MARTINEZ: It's my fault and I'm sorry.

JAMAL TURNER: Can we talk to Spooky?

RUBY MARTINEZ: I got Cesar into this mess and I need to find a way to get him out of it. Tell me Spooky is up so we can talk with him?

ME: He's some type of awake.

RUBY MARTINEZ: What the fuck does that mean?

JAMAL TURNER: They're having morning sex. Read between the lines, Ruben.

ME: Oh my god.

JAMAL TURNER: I bet Spooky is making you say that right now. (;

RUBY MARTINEZ: Can we meet with Spooky or not? We've got cash.

ME: He said bring donuts.

RUBY MARTINEZ: On it.

Placing my phone down and Oscar looks up at me with the shake of his head. "Your brother is going to be the death of me, mi amor."

"I'll be the death of you if you don't start thinking about when and where you're going to get your suit for prom. I've got my shift at Dwayne's later and then I'm going dress shopping. As in, I'm going to pick out fabric with Abuelita and I'm going to make my dress with her."

Oscar groans and sits up in the bed. "I should get up shouldn't I?"

I nod. "You know how Jamal and Ruby are... I'm just glad that Ruby is somewhat himself whenever he's with Jamal. He's not... A monster."

Silence fills the room and Oscar gets up from the bed. I slip myself out of the covers and grab my robe, wrapping that around my body and putting my slippers on as I follow him to the living room. He looks out the windows before headed to the bedroom and getting changed.

"Coffee?" I ask from across the house. Which isn't far. It's not a big house at all. I'm just happy that Oscar has been putting some work into the house so it isn't so old and decayed anymore.

"Yeah," He says poking his head out the bathroom with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth. "Cause if I don't have coffee I'll have vodka as a way to deal with this bullshit."

I pay attention to the clock. Oscar gets dressed quickly and plops down on the couch. I hand him a cup of coffee and he drinks the first sip with a hum and grins at me.

I make myself a cup and sit next to him. Looking at the clock again and waiting to either get a text in the Operation: Save Cesar group chat or to hear the knock on the door.

The latter is exactly what happens. The door pounds and then just opens. Ruby steps in wearing a hoodie and lowering it down as he steps inside. Jamal trailing behind him and holding a pink box.

Putting the box down on the coffee table in front of me and Oscar, Jamal sits across from us and Ruby stays standing up. I notice the duffel bag in his hands that he gently drops down. Oscar hasn't noticed it yet. I'm assuming that's the cash. Ruby then takes a seat and watches my every move.

"If you get me up this early, you better have sprinkles." Oscar says and his voice is intimidating. But I know he's clearly just fucking with them. Humoring the two of them as he opens the box, taking out a donut and nodding. "Speak."