{"id":64,"date":"2018-05-24T18:23:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T18:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=64"},"modified":"2018-06-06T23:51:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T23:51:58","slug":"relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2018\/05\/24\/relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Mia Carreon<\/div>\n
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Mia Carreon is currently working on her BFA in Creative Writing while still dabbling in directing plays and teaching theater to children and teens in El Paso, TX. She also has a love for movies and television that has helped fuel her creativity since she was a kid.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n

A: Adrien is the bus boy at the local cafe. In high school we had three classes together. He\u2019d always sleep. On graduation day he skipped out and didn\u2019t walk. Turns out his grade average was a C-. People say that\u2019s why he\u2019s still a bus boy.<\/p>\n

B: Bethany is my next door neighbor. Her arthritis acts up when it gets cold and she pays me $5 every time I help her with groceries. She has old ribbon candy in her front room and I tried it out of curiosity. It was disgusting.<\/p>\n

C: Claudia sits next to me on a long bus ride to California. We discuss our families and friends. I tell her about visiting my cousin, Katia. She says she\u2019s visiting her brother and his kids. They live on only $80 a week.<\/p>\n

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D: Dave is my ex-best friend. He\u2019s in a relationship with Eva. We met in third grade when we sat next to each other. Dave started hanging out with the \u201cpopular kids\u201d and stopped being friends with me. I miss him.<\/p>\n

E: Eva is in my dance class. Dave and I hung out with her before they dated. Eva asks me if I like Dave. While we\u2019re taking a break for water she massages her feet as I take a drink. I tell her no. Dave doesn\u2019t want to hang around me anymore.<\/p>\n

F: Fred was my first crush. He has red hair and freckles. I Facebook stalk him sometimes. He\u2019s into rock climbing. That\u2019s a turnoff for me. He\u2019s still cute though.<\/p>\n

G: Gabby is my cousin Katia\u2019s oldest daughter. I don\u2019t know anything about her. She\u2019s 5 or 6 years old. She\u2019s named after our grandma. My future daughter was supposed to be named Gabby.<\/p>\n

H: Harriet is my mom\u2019s best friend. She has a lazy eye and bought me ice cream every year on my birthday until I was 13. When I was 14 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her doctor is my uncle Jake.<\/p>\n

I: Isabel is Tori\u2019s middle name. She used to date Ryan. I don\u2019t talk to her anymore.<\/p>\n

J: Jake is my uncle, my dad\u2019s brother. He helped Harriet beat breast cancer. He\u2019s also Katia\u2019s father. Uncle Jake doesn\u2019t talk to her because she dropped out of college. He\u2019s disappointed in her. I am too.<\/p>\n

K: Katia is my older cousin. She\u2019s got 3 kids at age 27. I don\u2019t know why she doesn\u2019t use birth control. She\u2019s smart enough to get a degree. I don\u2019t know her well other than that. I don\u2019t want to be like her when I get older.<\/p>\n

L: Laurie is the owner of the cafe. She hired Adrien as the bus boy. When he cleaned my table off the other day, Laurie yelled at him because he did a lackluster job. I feel bad for Adrien. Laurie is an awful boss.<\/p>\n

M: Moriah is my mother\u2019s name. She eats pizza on the weekends and salads during the week. Her favorite thing to do is spend time with Harriet. My mom doesn\u2019t have any sisters. I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have any either.<\/p>\n

N: Nick is my younger brother. He wants to be a busboy at the cafe with Adrien. I told him it\u2019s not a fun job. His response was to pour ice down my back at Eva\u2019s birthday party. Dave laughed at me. I cried.<\/p>\n

O: Ophelia is my cat. I named her after the girl in Hamlet because unlike other cats, she loves the water. I know what irony is. Ophelia has never drowned when I give her a bath though.<\/p>\n

P: Pete is my mom\u2019s boss. Whenever he visits for dinner he sneezes because he\u2019s allergic to Ophelia. My mom doesn\u2019t like having him over but it gets her small raises in pay. Pete is Adrien\u2019s dad. I think he wants me to date Adrien.<\/p>\n

Q: Queenie is my grandma\u2019s nickname. We would call her that instead of grandma. She died the same year Harriet got breast cancer. I haven\u2019t spoken about her death in years. I wanted to name my future daughter after her, with her given name, Gabriella. I miss her.<\/p>\n

R: Ryan is complicated. I was in love with him. He was my first everything. And yes, I mean everything. He sent me mixed signals after giving me what I wanted. He dated Tori for five years. I\u2019m happy they broke up. They deserve each other but she did nothing wrong. He laughed when I cried the first time.<\/p>\n

S: Stephan is my dad\u2019s name. He and mom divorced when I was 9. He\u2019s dating Laurie. He\u2019s gotten her to soften up a little. His favorite food is mushu pork and he always mixes the rice and other sides up with it. I think he\u2019s still in love with my mom though. Maybe.<\/p>\n

T: Tori dates Fred now. I\u2019m still jealous that she dated Ryan but she\u2019s doing better with Fred. They go rock climbing all the time. I\u2019m happy for her.<\/p>\n

U: Uvilla is my other neighbor. She\u2019s not as old as Bethany but she\u2019s old enough to be considered old. She only speaks Spanish and used to watch me when I was little. The only English she knows is \u201cFood is ready,\u201d \u201cTime to sleep,\u201d and \u201cHow are you?\u201d I learned Spanish to speak with her. She replaced Queenie after she died. I\u2019ll be sad when she dies too.<\/p>\n

V: Victor is our mailman. I think he has the hots for my mom. Eva is his daughter. I don\u2019t think it would be a good idea for them to date. He\u2019s a nice guy but he always asks for mom to give her the mail personally. It\u2019s a bit creepy.<\/p>\n

W: Will is the landlord of Harriet\u2019s apartment. Whenever I visit her he always says hi to me. He\u2019s a small old man with balding gray hair on the sides of his head. He walks with a small limp. In his hands he carries flowers for Harriet every Saturday. I hope one day someone does that for me.<\/p>\n

X: Xavier is my lab partner. He\u2019s Dave\u2019s new best friend. He\u2019s nice. I tell him to tell Dave that I miss hanging out with him. He says he tells Dave but I know he\u2019s lying. He doesn\u2019t like me. I do all our assignments. He\u2019s getting free As.<\/p>\n

Y: Yolanda is the cashier at the grocery store. She\u2019s Xavier\u2019s aunt. Whenever I use her line she always asks about him. He never calls her. She\u2019s a sad old woman. I fear she\u2019ll never get to know him. I should fluke our next project and tell him to shape up for his aunt.<\/p>\n

Z: Zen is my fictional boyfriend\u2019s nickname. I picked it because it\u2019s a calming word. Zen isn\u2019t like Ryan. He\u2019s a gentleman who cares about me and my relationships with other people. I wish he was real.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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