The Day of the Dead. Every year found Jaime ending his rounds in the same cemetery, at the same grave.

NadiaJust like every year, the first thing he did was look to see if anyone else had been by before to leave anything for her. And just like every year, there was nothing. So he knelt in front of the grave marker and lay the small bouquet of ( Read more... )

Momoko was due back sometime on Monday, but her lease was up today. Fortunately, Jaime had keys to her old place, and Mrs Wilson knew him at her new place, and Paco had let him borrow his pickup truck. Which, to be perfectly honest, was overkill considering how little stuff Momoko owned ( Read more... )

Jaime didn't go to Momoko's apartment to watch anything big, like World Cup games. Not because he didn't like Momoko's place, as tiny as it was, but because she didn't have a proper TV. Just a laptop. But for some things, the laptop was pretty much perfect. Like when Momoko had an Introduction to Film homework assignment to watch some movie ( Read more... )

Saturday morning cartoons started way too early. Milagro "wasn't into that kiddy stuff", but she was still up early enough to watch some shows from that time block. Which meant she was up before Jaime. Which meant that there was no way he could sneak out of the house without her noticing that something really weird had happened over night ( Read more... )

Jaime finished the last bite of fish and leaned back in his chair with a satisfied sigh. "That was pretty good," he told his dinner companion with a smile. "I didn't know you could fry fish so well." Not to mention the salad. Which hadn't been anything special, but had been very nice ( Read more... )

"Fair warning," Jaime said, glancing over at Momoko, and grinning in spite of himself. "I haven't been to one of these before, so if it's totally lame, you can't blame me." He wasn't entirely sure what had possessed him to invite Momoko to come to the shindig that the Student Association had put together. He wasn't even entirely sure how he'd ( Read more... )

So. Date night. Jaime took a deep breath, then reached out and knocked lightly on Momoko's door ( Read more... )

Jaime hadn't taken Momoko to a regular hospital. He'd called his mother and told her that he was going to the small STAR Labs facility just outside of town. They'd be better equipped to deal with injuries to someone with Blossom's abilities ( Read more... )

The doorbell rang for the second time, and Jaime looked up from his desk with a scowl. "Milagro!" he yelled, knowing his voice would carry down the hallway, "get the door!"

"Get it yourself!" she yelled back.

"I'm busy!"

"So am I!"

"Don't be a brat!"

"You're the brat!"

( Ugh. Sisters... )

Jaime yawned and sat back at his desk, rubbing his eyes tiredly ( Read more... )