Hot & Wild (De La Cruz Saga) (19 page)

Her lips tremble and her eyes water.
He looks so
handsome and young. I don’t want anything to happen to him. Our wedding was
beautiful even if it was a Vegas wedding. He tried so hard to make it special,
reflects Monique.

“Geeze hermana, Christian looks so handsome in the tux.
He really did a good job making the wedding in Vegas look that good,” says
Gabriella, grinning with felicidad. She turns to look at Monique.

Gabriella immediately goes to Monique and hugs her. “Hermana
don’t worry. He will be okay. He has been a SEAL for a long time. He must be
skilled, tough, and able to be a SEAL,” says Gabriella, smiling. “Just think of
all the hard work he had to go through just to be a SEAL. He has probably
already been on lots of missions. Christian is still looking good,” she grins
wickedly, turns to look at him on the cd.

Monique hears and contemplates what she said.
Gabriella
is right. My Baby must be tough and have the skills to survive. He will be
okay. He will be out of the Navy soon
, thinks Monique, relaxing.  

“Oh Gabriella, I’m okay. Thanks,” says Monique. She
continues to look at the ceremony where Christian slides the ring on her finger
with a huge smile, flashing his dimples. The amor shines from his hermoso green
eyes.
Yep he’s my Baby, my esposo,
thinks Monique, with felicidad.

“Mi hija, Christian did a great job in making your
Vegas wedding so nice. I’m extremely feliz it wasn’t a cheap fast wedding. You
can tell that he had them do the wedding right and didn’t stop on the expense,”
says Mama Ana.
I’m so feliz that Christian loves mi hija so much.

Christian arrives at the base, showers, shaves and
changes into his uniform. Yeah, this shower has taken some of my weariness away.
Yeah, now I need to talk to my CO.

Gabriel walks up to him, wondering where he had been
all weekend. “Hermano, where were you all weekend? You didn’t even go to la familia
Sunday dinner. Everybody was asking me where you were,” says Gabriel, observing
Christian.

I can see that Chris is tired. I wonder what he’s been
up to
, thinks Gabriel, waiting for
his answer.

Christian looks at Gabriel.
Damn, this is what he
had meant last Monday when I asked him more or less the same question. No
wonder Gabriel was pissed off. I understand the feelings now. Okay
, thinks
Christian, nodding.

“Gabriel, I got married this weekend in Vegas,”
replies Christian, grinning, flashing his dimples. He enjoys the stunned look
on Gabriel’s face.

“You’re fucking kidding, right?” asks Gabriel with
disbelief, looking at Christian.
I don’t believe this, my best bud got
married
, ponders Gabriel, shaking his head.

“Who did you marry? I didn’t even know that you had
found the one. You were talking to me about going too fast, right?” says
Gabriel.

He shakes his head in wonder, studying Christian
. Is
there something wrong with Christian? Is he not feeling well? Damn, he’s acting
weird, different
.

Christian grins.
Yeah, I did get on his case for
rushing through everything with my hermana. I understand now. When you know she’s
the one, you only want to claim her. I get it now,
thinks Christian.

“My esposa is Monique Acosta and you don’t know her. I
met her on Friday. We had some mocha on Friday and talked for several hours. We
went on an all-day date on Saturday. On Sunday, we went on a date in the
morning and next thing I knew I was getting married in Vegas,” says Christian,
chuckling. “It’s officially eight hours since I married,” he smiles at Gabriel.

Gabriel stands there staring at him with amazement.
This
is fucking unbelievable. What got into my bud? The Christian that I know would
never run off and get married.
“You got married,” croaks Gabriel, in
disbelief.
This is unreal.

Gabriel sees his wedding band.
Wow look at those
diamonds that Christian has on that band. You can see them a mile away. He
really went all out. He must really love the chica. I just can’t wait to see
the chica that caught the wild Christian
, ponders Gabriel, in amazement.

“I plan on not re-enlisting and I will be working for
la familia as the manager for the construction sites,” says Christian, looking
at his amigo with amusement.

“You really did decide to settle down with this chica.
You’re not re-enlisting, that’s huge,” says Gabriel, shaking his head in wonder
.
Damn! This is awesome
. “Do your padres know that you got married?” asks
Gabriel, looking at his face. He observes how frustrated he is.  

“Gabriel, I’m so frustrated with not being able to be
there with my Cielo. I left her with her padres until we get out on Friday, if
we get out on Friday. She was upset as it was. I couldn’t tell her that Friday
was not a for sure thing,” says Christian, running his hands through his hair.

“I told mis padres that I had intentions of marrying
her in six months. I have not called them to tell them that I got married last
night. I called Ricky to get the information on the hotel that he used. They
really do a great job. The wedding came out real nice and my Cielo was feliz,”
says Christian, smiling.  

“I know what you mean about not being able to be with
your amor,” replies Gabriel, nodding, looking out the window, thinking about
his sweet angel.

At least Christian has officially made her his. I
still have to wait a few weeks
,
contemplates Gabriel, with frustration.

“I want to talk to the CO to see if I can take my
accrued 75 days leave as terminal leave.  All the out processing from service
would need to be accomplished prior to my terminal leave date. That will be
enough to leave the Navy earlier than six months. I’m asking for a three day
liberty for my honeymoon,” says Christian, finishing getting ready.  

“Yeah, well good luck. I don’t think that they will
allow that. We’re still owned by the Navy until our duty is over,” replies
Gabriel, shaking his head with frustration.

“I have to try. I have accrued 75 days and my duty
will be finished soon,” replies Christian. He strides quickly towards the class
rooms.

Christian enters the room that is still empty. He
walks over to the CO. “Sir, I would like to request an approval for terminal
leave to use at the end of my separation date,” requests Christian, standing in
front of his CO.

“I see no reason to deny your request, De La Cruz. We
need to get all of your out processing from service completed prior to your terminal
leave date,” replies the CO, looking at Christian straight on.

“Sir, I’m also requesting a three day liberty leave
starting on Friday,” asks Christian standing straight, looks at his CO.

The CO looks at Christian.
Hmm, it must be for a
special reason. De La Cruz never has requested a liberty pass, contemplates the
CO. I think I will allow De La Cruz three day liberty starting on Friday
. “De
La Cruz, I will grant you the three day liberty pass starting on Friday,” says
the CO, nodding.

“Thank you Sir,” replies Christian with relief and
takes his seat. The room has started to get full of SEALs.

Yes, this was easier than I thought. Thank you dios mio
, thinks Christian.

Later in the day after his training, he calls his
padres to tell them that he has gotten married.

“Mama?” says Christian, waiting to hear his mama.
I
know that my mama will be surprised, but I also know that she will be immensely
feliz
, thinks Christian.  

“Si my hijo,
que
pasa, what
happened on Sunday? Where did you go? I didn’t see you after you left on Sunday
morning,” asks Mama Maria, with concern.

“Mama, I went to Vegas with Monique. We got married,”
says Christian, with felicidad, waiting for her reaction.

“Why mi hijo didn’t you wait the six months? Que
pasa?” asks Mama Maria, the concern manifesting in her voice to Christian.

“Mama, I married Monique because
la
amo. Mama, Monique is having my bebe. If something happens to me, I want her,
and my bebe to be taken care of,” says Christian with conviction.  

“Mi hijo, I don’t like it when you say these things. Dios
will not allow anything to happen to you, mi vida,” replies Mama Maria with
lots of anxiety in her voice. “Monique is having your bebe?”

“Si mama, I left Monique with her padre’s this week. She
doesn’t know you and my papa. I will collect her on Thursday to bring my esposa
to our casa. Will that be okay with you until I get a casa for us?” asks
Christian.  He waits for his mama reply. He knows that his padres will always
welcome him and his esposa into their casa.

“Mi hijo, you know that you and your esposa will
always be welcomed in
tu
casa. I will tell your papa, okay?”
replies Mama Maria with felicidad, her alegria transmitting loud and clear to
Christian. “I’m going to have a nieto. Mi hijo, you have made me muy feliz.”

“Mama, I also need to plan the church ceremony. Can we
have the reception in tu casa?” asks Christian with felicidad.

“Si mi vida, do you want me to get some new bed sheets
and clean your room for your new esposa?” asks Mama Maria, bubbling with
felicidad. “You should go shopping for a new bedroom set on Saturday mi hijo.”

“Si mama, that’s why I asked for a pass to be off on
Friday thru Sunday. Mama, I’m going to let you go. I have to call my Cielo,
adios,” says Christian, smiling.

“Si mi vida, take care and dios te bendiga,” replies
Mama Maria, happily.

Christian’s mama sets the phone down and turns to tell
her esposo with the news.
I know he heard most of the conversation. He
walked into the kitchen when I was asking Christian all about his boda
,
thinks Mama Maria, walking to her esposo.

“Arturo, Christian is married. He went to Vegas last
night and married his novia Monique,” says his esposa, Maria.

I wonder what my esposo thinks about this, I know he
will not be upset. Christian is totally hombre and knows what he wants
, ponders Mama Maria.

“Si Maria, I heard. Mi hijo had already told us he was
marrying his novia. It’s a little quick, but I know that he does love her
deeply,” replies Papa Jose Arturo. Her esposo, Arturo, looks at his esposa with
amor.

“Si Arturo and he said that he knows that she’s having
his bebe. My hijo feels that she’s pregnant. I don’t know about that. Can he
really feel that she’s having his bebe?” asks Mama Maria. She gazes at her esposo,
thinking about the bebe. “You know that if she’s pregnant, that will make me
real feliz,” says Mama Maria, smiling, flashing her dimples.

“Maria, lots of hombres feel that they know when their
esposa conceives, they state that they feel it. I think that I will believe him,”
responds Papa Jose Arturo, smiling.

“Arturo, I’m so happy. I can’t wait to meet Monique,”
says Mama Maria, smiling. “I have lots of things to do,” She hurries to start
getting Christian’s bedroom ready.

Christian is extremely feliz.
Now I can call my Cielo
and see how she’s feeling
. He dials, she answers quickly, and breathlessly.

“Hi Baby, I miss you,” says Monique, trying not to
cry.

“I know, my Cielo, I do to. I did get a three day pass
starting on Friday. I will be home on Friday morning. How are you feeling?”
asks Christian, worried about her.

“Baby, I was here in our room waiting for your call,
looking at our photos. Te amo mucho,” says Monique, tracing his face on the
photo with her finger. “Did your day go well?”

“Yes, my Cielo, and I called my mama. I told her about
our marriage. My mama is immensely feliz and especially about the bebe,” says
Christian, smiling with pleasure.
Oh yeah, my Cielo is going to look awesome
when she’s big with my bebe.

“Baby, what if I’m not pregnant? Will you be
disappointed?” asks Monique, worried and chewing her lower lip in doubt.

“My Cielo, I will not be mad. I know that you’re
pregnant, my Cielo. I can feel my bebe,” replies Christian, grinning with
felicidad.  

“Okay, I will take a test on Saturday to see what
happens. It might be too early for a test,” says Monique, thinking about the
dates and trying to figure out how this works.

“My Cielo, on Friday I want to go to the store. I want
to purchase a new bedroom set. I also want to schedule the date for our church
ceremony. I asked my mama if it’s okay to hold the reception at her casa. What
do you think?” asks Christian, with a smile in his voice.

“That will make me muy feliz, Baby. It will be
wonderful to set our church ceremony and to get our own bed set. OMG, that will
be so special,” replies Monique, sighing, dreaming of Friday. “Baby, I can’t
wait to see you.”