Gabriel Antonio Castillo Hernandez
"A donde vas, chamaco?" Clarissa stood in the white marble kitchen with some tongs in one hand and a fork on the other. The door to the backyard was opened, and Gabriel could hear his father laughing and talking to one of his sisters from the kitchen. While their family didn't really celebrate the Fourth of July as many of their neighbors did, they usually took a day off work and just eat together and talk. Sometimes they invited a few friends over for a small get to together and listen to banda while they watched the fireworks. While Gabriel enjoyed spending time with his family, he was in need of a short break from them after graduation.
"I'm gonna go with Sebastian to the beach--"
"En EspaΓ±ol, niΓ±o!" Clarissa put the tongs and fork down on the counter and made her way to fix her son's unruly hair. "Peinate el pinch pelo, pareses como que estuvieste acostado to el dia." She reached up to run her fingers through his hair in attempt to comb down the mess Gabriel called his hair.
"Ama! Estoy bien. Voy a ir con Sebastian ala playa. Te dije ayer y mi Papa dijo que estaba bien." Gabriel pushed his mother's hands away from his hair with a groan. He was not going to do this again. Gabriel had asked her a wekk in advance when Sebastian first mentioned going to the beach together and had been reminding her every day since then and now she was going to say he had never told her?
"Si si." Clarissa rolled her eyes and waved her hands at him. "Pero llegas antes de las doce o te castigo, pinche chamaquito." She huffed and turned back to grab her tongs from the kitchen counter. "Y no te vayas a tomar!" She pointed her tongs at him as a warning. "Te cuidas, mijo." She shooed him off and turned back to the tortillas on the stove.
Gabriel grinned and walked over to her to give her a peck on the cheek. "Los veo al rato." He said to her before peeking his head out the back door to wave bye to his father and sisters.
Before leaving out the door, Gabriel made sure to straighten out his blue button-up shirt in front of the mirror. He did not want to look like he had just gotten out of bed, like his mother had said, so he fixed his shirt and made sure his black jeans weren't too wrinkled. After deeming himself ready, Gabriel hurried to his car.
The drive to the beach was quick since most people were home with their families or already at the beach or a park by the time Gabriel got to the beach he had to circle around the parking lot for five minutes before he found parking a good walk away from the shore. Well, Sebastian was going to be upset that he was late and he had yet to receive any texts from him. Gabriel didn't make much of it as he hurried across the parking lot to the beach, down some wooden stairs until he was at the sand. He didn't have to look for Sebastion since he knew where his friend would be. It only took Gabriel two minutes before he found a familiar back turned towards him in the sea of people waiting for the sun to set and the fireworks to start.
Instead of approaching and announcing himself to Sebastian, Gabriel's lips moved to a mischievous grin as he walked quietly to his friend until he was right behind him. He took one step back before launching himself into Sebastian's side, tackling him into the sand. Some people around them groaned about the flying sand around them, but Gabriel ignored the complaints as he rolled on top of Sebastian with a laugh.
"Hey! Thought I wasn't going to come?" Gabriel pushed himself off Sebastian with sand covered black jeans. He shook off the sand before offering his hand to Sebastian to help the younger man up from the sand. "Sorry I'm late, got cought up with y mom for a bit."