Roads That Cross...

... With Interruptions (Part 2)

Simón started rolling up clothes and putting them in the backpack. He also grabbed his phone's charger to stop borrowing Ámbar's, his deodorant— Should he bring his cologne...? Yeah, why not, he'd smell good for her— his cologne...

He went to the bathroom at the end of the hall that he shared with the other guys to grab his toothbrush. He could continue using Ámbar's shampoo so he didn't need that. He looked at the razors and his aftershave. Should he bring those? ... No, that seemed like a bigger step. He didn't even need to shave that often anyway.

He was going to leave but then thought twice about it and decided to brush his teeth since he was already there. Might as well return to Ámbar's side with a fresh breath since he was sure they'd be using their mouths a lot.

Simón put his backpack on his shoulder and made his way back to Ámbar's room. Thankfully, he didn't cross anyone on the way there. When he reached her hallway though, he was surprised to find Ámbar standing under her doorframe, in the middle of what looked like a very serious argument with Rey.

He walked to them, worried. "What's going on?" 

"Nothing," Ámbar replied, still staring the man down. "Just Rey that won't stop bothering. Let's get inside." She grabbed his hand and tried to pull him towards her room.

"I was telling miss Ámbar that I don't think it wise for her to be spending the night with a boy," Rey declared.

Simón's stomach fell. Oh shit, Maggie told him.

"And I was telling Rey that it would be wise for him to stay out of my life," she said, stressing every word with anger.

"Um..."

"The Valente are not going to be happy if they find out what you're doing," Rey told her, seeming to stress his words as well. "I recommend that you listen to me and refrain from inviting boys into your room."

Ámbar closed her door behind her. "Okay, fine." She hugged Simón's arm and stared up at him with a smile. "Would you show me your room, my love? I wanna see it."

Simón's eyes widened at her gall and he looked awkwardly between her and Rey. "Ámbar, I don't think..."

"What are you all doing in the middle of the hallway?"

Simón's heartrate piked up seeing Miguel standing there looking at them with confusion. He tried not to let the panic show on his face but he didn't know what to answer. Ámbar and Rey were still staring intently at each other; a battle of wills if Simón had ever seen one. 

Finally, Rey turned towards Miguel.

"I was just asking them some security questions; if they had seen or heard anything suspicious lately," he explained. "With Sharon prowling around the house, we have to be more alert than ever."

Simón sighed internally. Thank god, he didn't tell on them. 

Miguel's lips turned down grimly. "Yeah, I'm very worried about that. I don't know how she manages to go around Security. She has probably bribed a guard, but without proof, it is impossible for us to know which one and we can't just change the whole staff one day to another."

"I assure you that we're doing everything in our hands to make sure something like what happened last night won't happen again," Rey stated in a professional tone.

Miguel nodded his head. "Thank you, Rey. If you get any new information, please let me know immediately."

Rey nodded too and left with one last look in Ámbar's direction. Miguel turned to them.