Back to You

The one?

Monse's POV

Its been two weeks since I let Cesar walk away. I've distracted myself with work and helping Jas plan the wedding but I still feel terrible. Hopefully spending the day with Jas will help me keep my mind off of things. I walk over to the Martinez's house a little earlier than planned in hopes of getting lunch from Abuelita.

"Monse, grab a plate," Abuelita shouts from the kitchen as I walk through the front door.

"Of course," I smile as I grab a plate for her to fill.

"Monse hurry up we gotta get these out today!" Jas yells from the living room. I guess ten minutes early is still on time in her book.

"Coming, coming," I scramble to finish my lunch and head to the table.

"Okay so how are we going to get all of these done by 3?" I cringe. Jas is a professional but I think this is pushing it.

"I called backup," she explains matter of factly. I hope back up doesn't mean the guys.

"Backup?" I brace myself for her response.

"Hey Jas, sorry I'm late. I thought we could use another pair of hands," Geny comes in with Fran Turner in tow.

"Great, let's get started," Jas claps.

"So Monse, will we be doing this for you soon?" Abuelita starts

"She's still young with a bright future ahead of her. Everything will happen with time," Geny comes to my rescue.

"Beside, we all know she has Cesar wrapped around her finger,"Fran smirks.

"Uh we aren't together," I shrug

"Yeah because you're being stubborn," Jasmine rolls her eyes.

"Tell me more," Abuelita requests.

"Mon?" Jas asks for the go ahead.

"Fine," I sigh knowing this can't make things any worse than it already is.

"Cesar has been begging her to commit but she refuses," Jas fills them in.

"Monse is something wrong?" Geny asks

"Nothing's wrong, it's just that every time I define a relationship shit hits the fan. We're having fun, we're young isn't that enough?" I try to get them to see my point of view.

"My husband died when our children were young, it was a surprise to us all when he got sick. Early in our relationship there were some days I thought we were moving too fast but when he died I realized we were just making the most of time we didn't know we wouldn't have much longer. I would do anything to have just another day with him. He was my first love and my best friend and I want you to get as much time with the love of your life as possible because you never know," Abuelita pleads as Jasmine nods along sobbing softly

"But how do I know he really is the one?" I ask slightly afraid of the answer I might get.

"Honey, you don't. You just have to take a leap of faith and if you don't land on your feet you have all of us to lift you up again," Fran encourages.