Ellie rolled over in bed expecting the warmth of Cesar's body to warm her up but when she felt the cold air she quickly got out of bed and started looking around the room for any signs of him getting home last night.
The sound of the bedroom door pulled her out of her mini panic attack as she saw Cesar standing at the door with a towel rapped around his waist.
"Oh thank god your okay" Ellie whispered to herself jumping on him as she hugged him as tight as she could
"I told you i was gonna be okay" Cesar said chuckling as he wrapped his arms around her body and set her back down on the bed standing between her legs
"But don't you have to start getting ready for the Quince" Cesar said (before she could ask any questions) making Ellie roll her eyes
"Cut it out! You have to be nice" Cesar said walking towards his closet
"I will!...I have to go get ready" Ellie said grabbing her dress and walking towards the bathroom
Cesar started changing when Ellie ran back into the room and gave him a kiss before telling him she's happy he's okay and left the room. Cesar felt bad for not telling her what really happened but he knows if he does she will kill him and then try and kill Latrelle herself. So it was best not to tell her the truth.
Once Ellie finished getting ready she said a quick bye to everyone and started walking towards the venue because she promised Mrs. Martinez she would help decorate.
•••
Ellie walked into the church to find Monse and Ruby handing out schedules and looked to be having a pretty heated conversation.
"Jamal was suppose to double check them before they where printed" Ruby said groaning
"Add it to the list he's a loser" Monse said
"Hey! i know your mad but try to temper your toot today, and be cool when Jamal gets here" Ruby said getting serious
"He's not coming...and where better for it" Monse said
"Why wouldn't he come?" Ellie said making her presence be known
"It doesn't matter" Monse said
"It obviously does if he's suppose to be and now he's not what did you do" Ellie said grabbing some schedules from Ruby and handing them out
"Why do you think i did something" Monse said offended as Ruby and Ellie stared at her with a raised eyebrow
"and what about Olivia, Cesar's probably not gonna show either" Ruby said changing the subject
"You don't know that" Monse said
"And you don't know if Jamal's coming so let's drop it" Ellie said
"He just killed someone" Ruby said
"We don't know that for sure" Ellie said handing someone a schedule
"Ellie we know" Ruby said, before Ellie could reply Olivia walked out with a sick looking Jasmine
"Lover can i borrow your pocket square?" Jasmine asked coughing on Ruby's shoulder as Ellie pushed him towards Jasmine and ran towards Monse
"Use your hand" Ruby said hiding behind Ellie
"I think you need to go back inside" Monse said
"But away from me" Olivia quickly added
"Then where should i go" Jasmine yelled
"The day care center" Ruby said as everyone looked at him like he was crazy
"What! baby's are always sick" He said making Ellie roll her eyes and Jasmine walk away to go throw up somewhere
"Have you guys seen Cesar?" Olivia asked
"Not yet" Ellie said
"But you know Cesar, dude takes forever to prep, bet he's on his way" Monse said as Olivia walked away and Ruby hit her
"Bet he's on his way, why would you say that?" Ruby said
"Because he's coming" Ellie said at the same time Monse said
"So she wouldn't worry"
"He's not coming you should of showed her the typo" Ruby said
"What's that gonna do?" Monse asked
"Distraction, some people like taking there minds off of what's big but sweating the small stuff" Ruby said before everything got silent
"Jesus Christ" Ruby said making Ellie look up from her phone as someone walked by staring at him
"Amen" he quickly covered up
"There in the wrong font" He said
"I'm seriously gonna choke you" Ellie said, before he could say something nasty Monse cut him off
"We got to tell Olivia" Monse said
"Why would she care?" Ellie asked
"i don't think she'll even notice" Ruby said
"No! about Cesar, she needs to know he's not coming" Monse said looking around
"He's right ther-"Ellie started but was cut off
"But he's already here" Cesar said walking up to the group
"Let me get some of those" He said taking half of Monse's stack and help pass them out
Ellie and Ruby stared at Cesar in shock, Ellie because he had no hair since the last time she saw him and Ruby because he was shocked Cesar left the house.
"I'll be back" Ellie said handing Ruby her stack and walking out the building
Ellie pulled out her phone and dialed Jamal's number waiting for him to answer. After the 4th ring Jamal finally answered the phone.
"Hey" Jamal said in a sad voice
"Hi, how come your not at the quince" Ellie asked
"I don't really want to see Monse and Ruby especially after we got into a heated argument" Jamal said
"Okay well i just wanted to make sure your okay and see if your coming. I also wanted to call and tell you to not give up on trying to find Roller world" Ellie said
"There's no point it's stupid anyways" Jamal said
"It's not stupid! You where so close, look at how far you got for it not to be true. Just look at the signs again maybe you missed something...i have to go but keep me posted okay" Ellie said
"Okay" Jamal said with a little bit of confidences in his voice
Ellie walked in the church to see everyone walking in to take there seats. Ellie put her phone on silence and joined everyone in the church.
•••
Everyone was congratulating Olivia when Cesar left to talk to her. Ruby was rambling about his surprise for her but Ellie wasn't listening. She was to busy watching Cesar talk to Olivia.
"I'm kinda nervous, you know" Ruby said snapping Ellie out her thoughts
"uh hu..yeah i know what you mean" Ellie said
"Your weren't listening where you" Ruby asked
"No, but i got the gist of it" Ellie said still staring at Cesar and Olivia
Ruby followed her line of vision and saw her staring at the couple
"Ellie what really happened?" Ruby asked turning towards her
"What are you talking about?" Ellie asked
"What really happened in the summer" Ruby said
"Everything i told you about the summer was true and the only reason where not together is because of our family and the history it has. My own mother wants to kill me just because i still hang out around him" Ellie said
"Anyways i'm gonna go i'll meet you at the house" Ellie said leaving Ruby and walking towards his house
•••
"It was a nice ceremony" Ruby said walking up to Cesar with Monse
"Yeah....where's Ellie?" Cesar asked looking around
"She said she'll meet us at the house" Ruby said as Monse stared him down
"You didn't kill him" Monse blurred out as Ruby looked back and forth between the two in shock
"Monse!" Ruby said as she stared at Cesar
"He's not dead...but he's gone" Cesar said after a long pause
"What does that mean?" Monse asked confused
"Does Spooky know? actually does Ellie know" Ruby whisper yelled
"They both don't know so don't say shit" Cesar said looking at Ruby
"It means we have an agreement and there's nothing to worry about" Cesar said, Monse was gonna say something but Ruby's parents cut her off wanting a picture
"Come on Ruby help your dad pack the car" Mrs. Martinez said before leaving
"I do need help...with your mother not the car" Mr. Martinez said before walking away
"Gimme a minute" Ruby said
"Latrelle's not dead doesn't that leave you vulnerable and Ellie" Monse said
"It's handled and we never talk about it again" Cesar said getting serious at the mention of Ellie possibly getting hurt
"Now this is Olivia's day and if I were you I'd be more worried about those dance steps" Cesar said before Ruby's mom came in and yelled at him leaving Monse and Cesar
"I hope you know if she finds out, your gonna be dead to her and she's gonna try and figure it out herself" Monse said before leaving Cesar there
•••
Ellie was sitting on the couch in Ruby's house texting Jamal while she was suppose to be helping get everyone ready for their dance.
"We got a full house you ready to get this party started" Ruby said bumping into Jasmine
"I think i might have to go home" Jasmine said
"What's wrong with you?" Ruby asked with a discussed voice while Ellie sat on the couch laughing and watching them talk
"I don't know i just keep passing out" Jasmine said
"Well you have to rally, i can wear gloves" Ruby said
"I'm down with that, it's about to get dirty up in...here" Jasmine started but stopped
"JASMINE!" Ruby yelled making her pop up
"Taste my juicy nalga! Dos quesadillas pot favor" Jasmine said making Ellie start dying of laughter
"Shut up and go help some people get ready" Ruby said making Ellie grown and flip him off before leaving to help Cesar work on his dance moves
The pair where messing around and dancing to no music while everyone was talking. Olivia called Cesar over as they walked into Olivia's room while Ellie talked with the twins.
•••
"Where's the trouble?" Cesar asked
"Here" Olivia said pointing to each other (the smartest thing she said in the whole show)
"This is my bad i'm sorry i was MIA yesterday" Cesar
"You don't have to explain anything , if i don't hear from you there's a good reason. And i know you weren't intentionally keeping something from me but i feel like i'm keeping something from you" Olivia said confusing Cesar
"I'm not really feeling this. Us. My hearts not in it and if you're being honest i don't think yours is either. Truth is you've all become my family and this place has started to feel like home. i don't wanna mess that up" Olivia said m
"You're not gonna mess anything up" Cesar said
"I already have, you and Ellie can't be together because of me so i'm letting you go...go be with her" Olivia said hugging Cesar as they both walked out the room
Cesar walked up to Ellie who was still talking to the twins and grabbed her face before kissing her.
"What the hell?!" Ruby and Monse said
"So that was an easy way of saying i'm not dancing with Cesar...because we broke up" Olivia said as the pair pulled away
"What just happened" Ellie asked placing her hands on top of his
"What just happened is... i wanted to ask if you Ellie Vazquez will do me the honor and being my girlfriend?...again" Cesar said as a big grin spread on Ellie's face
"I do Cesar Diaz, i do" Ellie said kissing him one more time before
•••
Ellie stood in the crowd watching everyone dance. As the song ended Ellie was walking towards Cesar when Monse grabbed her arm and dragged her away.
"Okay this has to stop, i'm tired of not talking to you. Your my best friend and it's hard not being able to talk to you about everything. Olivia doesn't understand the way you do and the only reason i was hanging around her so much is because 1. i wanted to make her comfortable, 2. you where always gone either sneaking around with Cesar or with your family." Monse said
"I'm sorry you felt that way, how about this tomorrow you and me will have a catching up girls day. We'll go get our nails done and i'll fill you in on everything with Cesar starting from the beginning and you can tell me your drama" Ellie said as the two girls pulled each other into a hug
"I know this is very weird and it's kinda weird for me to ask but i was wondering if i could have your permission to keep dating Nathan and maybe even take it public" Monse asked
"Monse i love you with my whole heart and i just want the best for you. So when i say this PLEASE don't take it the wrong way but...I don't give you permission to be with my brother....You could do so much better then what he can offer you. I'm not saying this to be mean, because it would be weird for me (and it would) i'm saying this because you deserve someone better then a guy who's probably never gonna leave this place. You have so much going for you and i don't want to see you let it all go for my scum bag of a brother. You deserve the chance to be with someone who can match you not drag you down" Ellie said kissing her forehead and dragging her to the dance floor
Monse was dancing with one of Ruby's cousins as Ellie took that as her opportunity to go look for Cesar. She saw him dancing with a little girl and smiled at the thought of him with his own kids one day.
"Can i cut in?" Ellie asked the girl
"No" she said with an attitude
"To bad cause i'm doing it anyways" She said picking up the girl and handing her to someone before walking back to Cesar
"Your so crazy" Cesar said chuckling
"Uh you love that about me" Ellie said shrugging her shoulders
"You realize where slow dancing" Cesar said
"I do" Ellie said rolling her eyes
"In public" Cesar said smirking
"I know, i never shut you down on dancing with you that night. Things just got crazy" Ellie said pulling him closer and laying her head on his shoulder
Everyone was dancing as the song changed to a faster pace song. Soon everyone was gathered around Cesar and Ellie.
"Hey look at the pimp stick" Ruby said making everyone chuckle
"I miss Jamal" Monse said
"You guys have to apologize" Ellie said pointing at the two
"We will, But right now you gotta dance" Ruby said
"Then this ones for Jamal" Monse said as everyone shouted his name
Ellie spinning Cesar around jokingly as she looked over at Ruby to see him looking at someone with a look of shock on his face.
Ellie followed his line of vision and saw Latrelle walking towards them. She pushed Cesar and Monse out the way trying to clear up the dance floor
Ruby flipped Olivia around and yelled over at Cesar as Latrelle raised his gun trying to point it at Cesar but was aiming at Ruby.
"Ruby!" Ellie yelled pushing him out the way as the gun went off striking her in the middle of the chest
"Ellie" Mrs. Martinez yelled running over to the girl flipping her body over so she was facing everyone
"Call 911" Everyone yelled but everyone voice sounded like a bunch of muffled voices
Cesar ran to Ellie's side so tting right next to her. She looked over at him before placing her hand on his cheek.
"Its gonna be okay" She tried to tell him but was having a hard time getting the words out
Her hand went limb as she slowly started losing consciousness. Ruby tried to keep her awake by shaking her before moving over to Olivia.
Ellie's phone went off as a picture of Jamal popped up of her screen with an answer or end button. Her phone quickly went to voicemail and Jamal decided to leave her a message.
Jamal: I found the money! meet me at my house after the party, thanks for the pep talk it really did help
The sound of Ambulance sirens went off heading towards the house as Ellie lost consciousness and everything went black.
The End.
Or So You Thought.
(A/n: So this is the last chapter of this book sorry it's up late had some difficulties.)