Worlds Divided | j. baker

twenty nine

After the big win on Saturday, everyone spent the rest of the weekend resting and happy.  Kind of. Jordan figured out that the reason they almost lost the game was because Asher was the one that gave Malibu the plays, so he was a little mad over the weekend and spent it trying to calm down.

Alondra on the other hand spent her Sunday in the hospital with Shawn.  She gave Shawn's mom a break and watched Maya, which wasn't that hard.  Alondra thought she was kind of like a dog.  They spent most of the time in Shawn's room with coloring books and TV, but every few hours she would take her outside to a tiny playground that the hospital had.  It was one of those ones that suburban people would have in their backyard; a small slide with a swing set.

Come Monday, Jordan wasn't as mad, especially considering they won the playoff game, but their life was about to get a whole lot more stressful. While the cheerleaders were getting ready to go out to the field, the football players were in the locker room waiting to take their drug test. 

Jordan had already revealed to Billy that he was going to fail the test, so he was stressing.  He didn't know, but Billy switch the test so Jordan's wouldn't show any signs of drugs.  What Jordan was also unaware of was that Billy thought he got the drugs from Alondra.  With her being from Crenshaw, he thought she would have easier access than Jordan would.

When the team was all done with their tests, they started changing before going out to the field where the cheerleaders were finishing up the run their coach sent them on.  "I'm not built for this bullshit."  Alondra panted, hunching over with her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath.

"All that running as a kid and you can't run 2 laps as a warm-up?" A voice called out, sticking out since everyone outside was a teenage girl.

Alondra straightened up from being hunched over and turned around to see Marcelo, a friend of Marcos and Antonio. Despite the tattoos that covered almost his entire body, Alondra smiled while her cheer team took several steps away.  "The hell you doing in Beverly Hills?"  The two quickly hugged while the cheer team stood by, praying that the cheer coach would come out.

(made another gif teehee 😜)

"Tonio said to checkup on you every once and a while, and I heard about Shawn.  Thought it was a good time to come pay you a visit."  Marcelo shrugged. "How's the rich kid life?"

Alondra took a second to look around, then shrugged. "Everything over here is newer, but it's a lot more alive in Crenshaw. And I cannot tell you how many times I've seen people having photoshoots." She explained. "Are you staying for cheer practice or you just stopping by?"

"I just came in to make sure you were alive still.  Oh, and there's a baile this Saturday in the usual spot.  Jaime wanted me to tell you because he's too scared to text you."

Alondra went to say something, but was cut off by Coach Baker.  "Is there a problem here?"

Marcelo turned to look down at Billy, looking at him skeptically.  "I don't got a problem.  Alo, doesn't got a problem.  Do you got a problem?"

Ignoring him, Billy turn to Alondra in confusion.  "You know him?"

"He's a family friend."

Billy nodded, but didn't walk away, so Marcelo turned to Alondra with an annoyed look on his face.  "I got business to handle, but I'll see you Friday night."

Alondra nodded, and she and Billy watched Marcelo walk to the parking lot.  "Friday night? I thought you were dating Jordan."

"Your son hasn't asked me out, so I'm technically single.  Friday night is a dance, nothing more."

The cheerleaders were still lingering around, the football players were warming up on the field, so Billy took a few steps closer to Alondra so he could whisper without everyone hearing.  "Look, I don't know what you're involved in, but keep Jordan out of it.  I don't need him ruining his future because some girl decided to get him involved with stuff."

"Excuse me?  What exactly are you accusing me of doing to him?"

"The entire team just had to have drug tests taken.  You can't see my son anymore."

Looking from jordan on the field to Billy right in front of her, Alondra had a look of confusion and shock.  "First of all, I've never even touched a drug in my life.  Second of all, don't you think that's for him to decide?"

Billy chuckled a little and shook his head.  "He's too blind to see what you're doing to him to make his own decisions."

"Maybe before you start going around accusing people of things, you should pay more attention to your kids, because I didn't get Jordan involved with anything.  So he's obviously getting it from someone else."

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After practice was over, Alondra was still a little annoyed that Billy was pretty much accusing her of getting Jordan into drugs.  She wanted to blame El Chapo for giving Mexicans a bad rep, but she knew it was because her and Jordan hung out everyday for hours.  Although, it probably didn't help that when he walked out, the first thing he saw was her talking to Marcelo.

"You invited one of your cholo friends to the high school?"  Was the first thing that Alondra heard when she walks through the door of the house she was living in.

She resisted the urged to roll her eyes, lowkey traumatized by all those times her mom would hit her for doing it, and turned to the living room to star blankly at Armando.  "So are we just gonna forget that you used to hang out with them before you left us?  And I didn't invite him, he was checking on me."  Alondra explained, and she turned to go to the kitchen, but then pivoted around again to look at Armando.  "And he's not like that anymore.  He works at the factory Marcos used to work at before he got kicked out by the tangerine in the White House."

From the couch, Armando watched Alondra walk away, then stood up to follow and question her.  "But you got the quarterback into drugs?"

In the kitchen, Madison, Ruben and Lily were sitting at the table doing homework. "No, do you want me to piss in a cup for you to prove it?  Because apparently the only Mexican girl at school that's connected to her heritage is a drug dealer."

"First of all, stop cussin-"

"Ay, pobrecito. Me quieres hablar en español para que tus hijos no lo entiendan?" Alondra questioned sarcastically. "Hablaré despacio para ti. No hago drogas y yo no los vendo."

At the table, Ruben was staring at his textbook and confusion and looked back up to his older sister. "When you're done, can you help me with my Spanish homework? I have no idea what's happening."

"Not now, Ruben." Armando said in frustration.

"Yes now, Ruben. Because I have nothing more to say to him."

Remember when I said there wasn't much latino representation?? i added it 😈