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Chapter 33

Day 9:  Dallas Texas,United States,Outside La Saborista, 12:00 PM

"Dammit Arsen when are you ever gonna get a phone?"Arsen shrugged, as Joshua rolled his eyes.

"I've lived this long without one. why would I need one now?""I dont know man, so we don't have to go on a wild goose chase just to get in contact with you."

Gabriella chimed in.

"Josh is right you know. Maybe you should consider getting a cell, not even anything special, just a lil flip phone...something we can call you on. I doesn't even have to have a keypad."

"We could always write letters." Arsen said with a playful grin.

Gabriella grimaced.

"Uuuuh or we could not.""It was a thaught.""It was a horrible one.""yeah yeah."

Arsen pulled a set of keys out of his back pocket and unlocked the front door.

"Now come on, we're making Candy Skulls."

So there sat the three in dining area of  La Saborista  with piping bags filled with royal icing as they decorated their freshly made calaveras de azúcar.

Joshua held his up. The colored icing blended together to form an ugly shade of vomit green, and the sugar was falling apart making the skull resemble more of a misshapen blob.

"Mine looks like shit."

Arsen cocked an eyebrow, a smile forming on his mouth.

"I'm not even gonna lie it kind of does."Gabriella laughed.

"Nah I think shit would be insulted"

She held up hers, the skull was decorated with intricate designs and patterns and the sugar held together perfectly.

"This is how you do it." Her face contained a smug look. Arsen grinned.

"Whoa can I see?" "Yeah sure bu-"

Less than a second after handing over the skull Arsen had already devoured it whole. Joshua was on the floor double over in laughter, Gabriella's jaw hung open in shock.

"ARSEN!""What?"

Sugar was flying out of his mouth Arsen was laughing so hard, his face was covered in the white powder, he looked like a certified drug addict.

"You ate my skull! You owe me another!"

Gabriella stood with a pout.

"What? You gave it to me.""No I let you see it, you see with your eyes not your mouth!""But my mouth wanted to see too""Yeah yeah...idiota..."

Arsen grinned.

The jingle of the chimes up front signified someone was at the door.

"Arsen Rosalina Villanueva Agnelia Santiana! What are you doing shopping online?"

Both Arsen, Gabriella and Joshua froze in their tracks. They knew this voice all too well, Arsen was about to get it. Hard.

"Huh?"

Arsen's Mother stood in the doorway clad in her worn apron a plaid button up shirt and holy jeans. Her face held a solid scowl and her arms were placed in their rightful spot on her hips.

"Where did you get the money to buy this?! Who did you buy this from?! You doing anything illegal with this?! You looking at pornography?!""Mama, I have no idea what you're talking about, honest!"

With speeds faster than sound, Arsen's mother was behind him. Her eyes scanned for her target and with accurate skill and precision, she bopped him in the back of the head with the small cardboard package she had in her hand. She then kicked off her rubber croc from her right foot, caught it in her left hand and gave him a good whack in the behind.

"Gya! Mamá!"

Arsen shot up from his seat rubbing his tail bone. Ass whooping, it was an art form.

"Don't you lie to me I know where you sleep at night. Now where did you get this from!"

She slammed the package on the table. It was a brand new cellphone, not a flip-phone, but a high tech Android jampacked with fancy apps and widgets.

Arson stared at it his face deadpanned, his eyes dumbfounded. He blinked stupidly and pointed at the device.

"Uh.......That's not mine.""Damn straight it's not cuz I'm taking a sledge hammer, and I'm breaking it into so many pieces all that'll be left is dust! There ain't gonna be no illegal activity going on in my house! And you better tell your little friend, Snow, that whatever drug cartel you got going on is done!"

Arsen's eyes shot up.

"Snow?! Wait..Sister Snow?! Where's that package from?!""Some place called Aldenham ,United Kingdom. Why?""No way! It's the British chick!"

Gabriella but in.

"That girl is actually real?!"

Joshua shot up from his seat

"Dude who cares about that! The real thing is she wanted you to call her so bad she sent you a phone?! You are so in man!"

Arsen's mother butt in.

"Wait wait so this is a girl?"

All thoughts of Arsen's potential drug cartel and other illegal and dangerous activities flew out the window.

"Oh Nene, you never told me this was a girl.""I uh...didn't think it mattered"

Arsen smiled sheepishly taking the package that his mother gladly handed over.

"Of course it matters!" She gasped "My son...talking to girls! Oh how exciting!"

She pulled her son into a bear hug only an overprotective mother like her could give.

"Now you have fun with your little girly friends." Her eyes widened "But not too much fun!"

With that Arsen's mother turned and made her way briskly into the kitchen.

"Yeah Arsen," chided Joshua with a sly smirk "~Don't have too much fun," Gabriella's lips formed a slight frown.

"So what...am I not a girl now?"

No one responded.