The Love In Cruise Ship

First night in Ensenada

"Primo!" exclaim Erika shy. Of course he's ashamed. Mauricio must have seen his hot kiss with Joe.

Erika panicked, Mauricio standing glued a few feet away from her. Carrying a short wooden block. As if preparing to hit it.

"Eh. Aaa.. Ja. Pardon. I'll go," Mauricio turns groggy too. At first he panicked to see Erika with a man. He was traumatized something happened to his sister. But a look of relief flashed on his face.

"Sister!" Erika invited Mauricio to sit on a long bench along the heritage. Erika knows Mauricio is not doing well.

"I thought you were kidnapped again. I was looking for a used bottle. Then I saw you with this man from a distance. I'm panicking. I took the wooden block and followed you. I'm so scared if you get kidnapped again. Dios mio. It turns out you were with your cihuahu. Relieved," Mauricio breathed truly relieved to know his sister was fine.

Hearing the word cihuahua, Joe's brows frowned. She was sure Erika and her brother were talking about her.

"What's he doing?" ask Joe kepo.

"Take it yourself" replied Erika. Erika breezed away. He bought a cold drink in a vending machine that was not far from them sitting.

"I can speak a little English" Mauricio said.

"I was..." Mauricio did not continue his sentence but looked at Joe's face. He wanted to make sure Joe understood exactly what he was saying. Although the Latin accent is very thick and difficult to remove.

"I was worried. I thought Erika was kidnapped again. That's why I'm following you, "Mauricio explained. Occasionally his gaze was fixed on Erika who was buying drinks at the vending machine.

"About? Has she been kidnapped before?" Joe curious. Who kidnapped Erika.

"Yes. Maybe when he was high school. I forget. She was kidnapped to be sold to a brothel there."

"Why?"

"Our father sold it. But Erika managed to escape and we reported her to the police on suspicion of human trafficking. But because the brothel owner bribed the police, so the case ended peacefully. Until now if I saw him go alone I was worried that he would be kidnapped and sold again. Maybe with him working on a yacht it'd be safer there than if he were here."

Hearing that story alone Joe's blood boiled. One day he had to teach the brothel owner a lesson.

"So what are you doing here.. I mean, don't you guys work?"

"Mom hasn't told you? I have a holiday and I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. I'll sleep at home tonight sister," Erika replied. He was finished with 3 pieces of cold drinks from the vending machine. Give it to Joe and Mauricio.

"Well, that's great, you can talk a lot with mom. And you can sleep in my room. Uh what's your name? Jorge?"

"Joe."

"Ah yes Joe. You can sleep in my room. I'm not going to sleep at home this time."

"Why brother?"

"I have extra work. Oh yeah it's gonna be the night. Go home."

Erika did not dispute Mauricio's advice. He took Joe home to the apartment on foot.

"Did anything happen to your sister?" joe asked curiously. He was also careful in asking Erika not to be offended.

"Yes, he was in an accident. As a result he became like that. Sometimes he forgets sometimes he remembers being able to speak English and is good at math. He never forgot just me and my mom. But lately it seems like he's been fine" Erika explained. He did not explain what the accident was and Joe was satisfied with Erika's explanation. He didn't ask anymore

His hand was raised to insert Erika's messy haircut in the wind. Then his hand held Erika's hand. Enjoy Ensenada at night.

"No. I'm just out walking if it's crowded. If I never had."

"Goodoo. Don't go out on your own without me."

"Sad. You'll be here during the vacation. No kan! You're coming home to the US. And I'm home here."

"If you want me here. I'll stay here."

Erika did not answer. He opened the apartment door. It felt like just an instant they walked had arrived at the apartment. Dolores is cooking meat for dinner. Mauricio is also home.

"Sister, did he say he didn't sleep at home?" ask Erika.

"I'm leaving at midnight. Now I want to go to the apartment first. Talk to you and your girlfriend."

"Sister!" Erika was embarrassed. He patted Mauricio hard on the shoulder making the one with the shoulder grimace in pain.

They had dinner together. This family feels warm with fresh water fragrant lavender that has just been replaced. Joe is very happy. Seeing Erika and Mauricio teasing each other. Sometimes Dolores mediates. Never has the Joe family eaten such a family. He has no siblings. His mother was his second wife and he never got along with his half-brother. Even his father seemed to believe more in his half-brother than he did. If there is a family meal, there is no adult male. Martin's mother and mother were brothers-in-law. They've been best friends since Martin's father went somewhere. They believe Martin's father is dead. They often have dinner together. They lived in the same apartment for a while.

Erika and Dolores chatted in the kitchen after finishing cleaning up the rest of the dinner. Joe and Mauricio were sitting on a cramped living room couch.

"How long have you been dating? What after I met you guys first?" ask Mauricio curious.

"Not really. Yes maybe a couple of weeks," Joe sipped his warm bitter coffee.

"Is he stubborn?"

"Very."

"But she's beautiful. You're crazy crazy about him, aren't you? Erika's crazy about you, too."

"Sure she's pretty. I don't know. It's hard to see if he's crazy about me or not."

"His kiss on you is so hot. I can see my sister is crazy about you. I didn't expect my sister to be like that if I didn't see it with my own eyes." Mauricio laughed considering what Erika and Joe had done earlier.

"That's it."

"I thought he didn't want to have a relationship with a man. My bad mind thinks he doesn't like men. But beware if you make her cry. I'm gonna find you and hit you like this." Mauricio practiced the movement of hitting with his hands. Joe laughed at me

"For the boss," exclaimed Joe purporting to be in pain.

"By the way what extra work are you going to do senor?"

"Oh that. Cleaning the bat and washing the glasses at the bar. Your ship is sandar. Bat striptease there must be rame. The owner told me to help wash dishes and glasses," Mauricio laughed flirtatiously.

"When you see a striptease dancer?" Joe laughed a lot too.

"If you want, I'll take you there. Haha.''

"Are you crazy. I'm your sister's boyfriend and you're taking me to see a stripper. You bad brother. Ahaha!"

Joe spends time joking with Mauricio. He was happy to hear Mauricio's joke. The conversation stops when Mauricio leaves for work.