Pfft… the image of Rosa beating one of them with the legs of the other flew to my head and I knew their fate would be worse should they ever challenge my scary older sister.
I stared at him. "You… what?"
Pedro cracked his knuckles. "We'll fight whoever did this."
Gonzalo smirked. "Yeah. We've had practice."
Rubén saluted. "We solemnly pledge to kick ass in your honor."
I blinked and scoffed in disbelief.
What alternate reality had I stepped into?
"You bullied me," I reminded them.
"Yes." Luis Miguel nodded. "And we deeply regret it."
"So now," Gonzalo said, "we fight for you instead of against you."
Pedro pointed at me. "You name the enemy, we destroy the enemy."
Rubén pointed at himself. "We are now your personal bodyguards."
I stared at them.
Long.
Hard.
And then, for the second time that day…
I laughed.
A full, real, uncontrollable laugh.
