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You've done it you finally are reunited with your mom after years of being apart, you couldn't help but hug her tightly as you poured all the love that not even video calls were able to show to your mom who was crying with happiness.
She showered you with kisses, each kiss showing you how much she has missed you, and your warmth, you could not catch up with all her smooches so you just let your loving sweet and fragile mom show her love that she couldn't express for years of being apart from each other.
"A mama, you are going to leave me out of breath", you joked when your mom throw all her weight at you leaving you with no breath to take in, if you had a mirror you pretty sure see the reflection of your blushing face but right now you can feel even without a mirror to see as your body becomes all hot over your body, especially your cheeks.
"Ah, sorry my angel", she let's your go from her arms, one of her hand wiping the remaining tears on her eyes and flushed cheeks as she went on, "i-its just b-been so long, my god look at how much you have grown much like a young beauty, m-my baby is all grown".
"And you have aged beautiful my mama", you smile even more when your mom smiles with a half sob halfway from escaping her mouth.
"God, I just, my god I'm so glad you are here", she went for another hug and you all but happly returned, your arms wrapping around her smaller and shrunken frame as she again cried in your neck with happiness all over.
"I thank God for bringing you here safe and sound", she says in your neck her tears drenching your plain old shirt, not that you are complain you pretty sure would never wash it just so you can keep your Mama's smell in her forever.
Suddenly she let you go, "gosh where are my manners let's go inside baby, you will catch a cold in here outside", she went and grabbed your hand softly but firmly as if you would fade away if she let go.
It wasn't that cold to be honest you were sweating from the hot weather since you have arrived in Las almas, but with a look around the quite neighborhood which there weren't many unlike the main of Las almas, you notice a few of the neighbors watching over where you and your mom were. Ah so that's it, your mom probably felt embarrassed showing such a side of herself out side, your mother was always a woman who kept herself like a lady and was never one to show any of emotions of her sadness happiness much less to make herself the center of the attention, of making it everyone's problem when she had something going on on her life, she always has been a proud lady and you loved that from her, with a small smile gracing your lips you followed your mom as she leads to towards the house that you grow half of your years in there.
"Come, come my baby", she ushers you inside the open large familiar door, "please watch your steps dear the floor hasn't dried yet", mom warns you heartly as you stepped inside the house.
You bend over and took your shoes off ignoring your mom's protest that you shouldn't take them off and that you will get sick since the floor is cold and she doesn't have any extra inside slipper, you just reassured her that it's fine, that it would take more than a floor to make you sick as you place your shoes in the familiar corner of the wall as a shoe desk was in there, you placed them in whenever you always did then got up to walk inside right behind your mom.
"I'm sorry I'm a bit of a messy in here, I didn't really think that you would come today and I was cleaning around when I saw you from the window", she says and you could hear the exhausting on her voice.
"It's alright mama I don't mind", you said as you took in the living room the room that you used to play and annoy your mom when she was cleaning the memory made you smile fondly, nothing had changed since you left with your father everything was in their right place and you so loved it, your shoulders relaxed as you finally felt at home for the first time in a while. And true to her word it was a bit messy but not that messy it was just some items not right on their places and some unfolded blanket and clothes, nothing much you will help your mom clean it later when you have steeled in your room and fixed your clothes and other stuffs from your suitcase.
"Alright then come let me show you your room, let's load you off from those bags first and see your room", she says and this part sounds more extremely excited as if she wanted to show you the world, you followed her around the small house and in a really familiar alley as the two of you rounded the corner and passed the door of the bathroom stopping right in front of a really dark purple door.
There was a sign write in there and your recognize your messy handwriting, 'no enter only mama', you almost laughed at the angry emoji you have drawn in the letter and the heart on your mom's name, honestly your younger self was chaotic you are not going to lie in that part.
You noticed how your mom just stood in the side of the door with a knowing look on her face, you ofed at your self as it come to you that your mom was waiting for you to open the door first, with no second thought you stepped in dragging your suitcase right behind you, you grabbed a hold of the handle then twisted your hand opening the door as it let a satisfied crack of it's awaking.
You careful open the whole door displaying the sight of your old room that is still the same as it was expect the bed and the desk that was resting in front of the window right next to the bed, you took in the painting of your room it was just like you left, with baby blue color and the painting of the designs that you choose when you were young to have, with flowers and sea drawn on it displaying it's life throughout there.
You walked it leaving your suitcase in front of the door right next to your mom as you passed her walking straight in the room as you with a amazed face looked around your eyes shining with unshed tears, walked around the bed you let your hand trail around the soft mattress of your new bed Which was larg now and could fit more than three people, it's matters were soft and baby pink with white in there you almost gaped at how much it looked like those princess's bed that you always wanted when you were a kid.
Up from the bed there were curtains hanging over the bed so it could shield the room view when you sleep tied for the time being, they were so beautiful and unreal like, and there in the wall facing the end of the bed was a desk with a large mirror attached to it facing the bed from the end of it, there was a small sat right next to it so you could sit on it facing the mirror and they both looked with color similar to your bed and you loved it, the same goes even for your closet that was in your left and the desk in your right that looked like a desk to write and do your study in.
You almost sigh dreamily at your room not noticing your mom who has already stepped in and was putting your suitcase on the was so it could support it's weight and not fall over.
"I tried to not change much of the things in here, but what do you think do you like it", she asks coming next to you from her voice she sounds almost like uncertain about your reaction.
"Like it... Mama I love it", you said with a really happy smile, hugging her from the side as you both looked at the room.
"I'm so glad you love it baby, although I wasn't so sure about all of this, but Alejandro said that it would do good if I changed the furniture and it would be fine", she says sitting in the end of the bed then taking you with her to sit next to her, then she shrugged, "so I guess this is fine since you love and are okay with it".
A confusion look crossed over your face at the unfamiliar name then you turn to question your mom, "Alejandro?".
Your mom gaped then giggled, "oh silly me I forget to tell you about him", she giggles again then explains, " Alejandro Vargas, is a really handsome young man who works for the military he is a colonel, the young man moved with his family in this part of the town a year after you left", you smile sadly at the way her voice cracked at the last words but then she went on.
"He and his family have helped us so much in the time they come here, and Alejandro protect the neighborhood from the bad guys, he is a really kind young man", she says and you notice how her voice hold the respect and proud look on her face as she talks about this Alejandro man that you have no Idea who he is.
"He sounds like the deal mama", you joked making her laugh, "though you mentioned that he has a family, is he married?".
"Oh no no no, he isn't married I meant for his family like parents you silly girl", she quickly denied and you ofed again, "though he has been I relationship before but he and the girl broke up two years ago, still not he is single but not going to lie he holds the whole Las almas girls's hearts with his charming looks and personally like his".
"Careful mom you sounds like you are the one falling for him", you cracked dodging the playful slap that came for your shoulder.
"No you silly girl, bestie I'm to old for him", she says between laughs then wiggles her eyebrows at you," though I wouldn't mind you and him together".
Your laughing stops dead as a look of disgust took over you, seeing the look on your face your mom burst in fit of laughs.
"Sorry I'm joking baby, but god you should have seen your face", she says this time slapping your arm playful, "thought I don't think you and Alejandro wouldn't look good together, cute couple... Oh just imagines your babies", she coos at the thought.
You groan, "ugh mama it's only been 40 minutes that I have arrived in Las almas and you already are trying to get me a husband".
"Now now that isn't a bad thing, bestie Alejandro is the one who helped me design and put the furnitures in their place", she gesture around the room, "honestly need to give that man credit about his strength and abs, even for his work that he does everyday to protect me and your new neighbors".
"Yeah yeah, well you can send my thanks to him for what he did for my room", you shrug and then went to grab your suitcase laying down one the floor then start to unzip it.
Your mom from the bed looked down at your with a unknown look in her face then she waved out, " well no need for me to thank him".
You raise a brow at that then look up at her, "why say that?".
"Well since he and his mom are coming over for dinner you can thank him for yourself", she shrugs as if she is not bothered about anything.
Your mouth fell open at her the skin care in your hands falling in your suitcase as you muttered a quit, "what?!", not catching the small smirk that played around your mom's face at her reaction.
"Well I should let you unpack, I will go and clean the house, be a dear and help me tonight to make a dinner will you", she says as she walks over at the door with a nod from you confirming that you will help she walked out with her door following behind as she closed it.
You glanced over at the room then at your suitcase, having no idea what is going on, with a shrug you began to unpack and fold your clothes in the closet, the name of the man Alejandro, never leaving your mind, and you murmer it over and over in your head until it slipped out of your mouth.
Like a spell putted on your mouth and mind for you to say it with such a loving sigh.
"Alejandro"...