Natalia walked down the stairs of her house with an extremely painful headache. She hadn't had a hangover like this in a while and so she forgot how it felt. "Did you have a nice night?"

Natalia heard a voice from the kitchen and saw Joaquin cooking pancakes. "It was alright."

Joaquin nodded and flipped a pancake over "I made breakfast. Want some?" Natalia walked over to the kitchen and sat down on a chair in front of the counter.

Natalia noticed that the house was rather quiet. She couldn't hear her mother wining or her sister shouting. "Is anyone home?"

Joaquin shook his head and reached for plates underneath the counter "Your sister is at your father's house and your mother had to go to work."

Natalia sighed "Nothing unusual then." Joaquin put two plates out and slid the pancakes onto them.

Natalia grabbed two knifes and two forked and placed them neatly beside the plates.

She then grabbed the syrup and poured it onto her pancakes. "This looks yummy. By the way, I know your only doing this to make me like you."

Joaquin scoffed "If I wanted to do that I wouldn't need to try this hard. I have a charm that people tend to fall for." Natalia rolled her eyes "Keep telling yourself that."

Joaquin sat down next to Natalia and smirked "You can speak for yourself. You're a charmer too." Natalia scoffed "What gave you that idea?"

Joaquin shrugged "Well, no one's denying that you're an attractive young lady...which means that you get a lot of male attention."

Natalia picked up her knife and fork "I guess you could say that." Joaquin continued to look at Natalia and smiled "You look nothing like your mother, you know that?"

Natalia looked up and laughed "Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment." Joaquin laughed and dug into his plate.

Natalia was the first to finish and she immediately stood up and wiped her mouth "Thanks for the breakfast. I'm gonna head upstairs and get ready."

Joaquin grabbed Natalia's arm, causing her to turn back around "What?"

Joaquin stood up and wiped a crumb off of Natalia's cheek. "You missed a spot." He then moved his finger over Natalia's lips and he smiled at her.

The two suddenly broke apart when they heard the doorbell ring. Natalia looked at Joaquin nervously "I'm gonna go and get that."

Joaquin nodded and Natalia walked towards the door even though she only had on a T-shirt dress. Natalia buzzed the door open and in walked Lu.

She walked past her and smiled "Hey, sweetie. Why haven't you dressed yet." Natalia shrugged "I got up late."

Lu rolled her eyes "Well, go and get ready and I'll meet you in the car." Natalia looked outside and saw Valerio checking himself out in his car mirror. Natalia sighed and quickly ran upstairs.

Natalia didn't take long to get ready as she put her hair in a messy bun for the day. She walked downstairs and waved Joaquin a goodbye.

She walked out of the house with Lu and Valerio smiled when the two girls strutted to the car.

Valerio rushed out of the car and opened the door to the back seat "M'lady." Natalia rolled her eyes playfully and she hopped into the back seat.

Valerio started driving and Lu kept her head in her phone. Natalia tried not to fall asleep as her eyes kept closing.

Valerio smirked when he noticed this and looked at Natalia through his mirror "You seem tired. Have a late night last night?"

Natalia stretched her arms out "I would tell you if I remembered." Valerio squinted his eyes "I don't ever remember you getting that drunk."

Natalia looked through her bag and pulled out a packet of cigarettes "Well, when you're best friend dies...it hits hard."

Lu looked up from her phone and shared a look a concern with Valerio. Natalia lit her cigarette with her lighter and started to smoke.

***

Azucena opened the classroom door and walked up to the teacher. Natalia didn't know why she looked so nervous but then had an idea when Carla looked back at Christian's empty chair.

Azucena had finished talking to the teacher and looked at the class "Your classmate Christian...had a motorbike accident last night."

Samuel sat up "What kind of accident?" Azucena looked at him "It seems that he had been drinking and he hit another vehicle. The car fled from the scene."

Ander frowned "Did they say how he's doing?" Azucena shrugged "Only that he's in critical condition. He's been in surgery all night."

Natalia shared a nervous look with Ander and she wondered if Carla had anything to do with it.