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“Las Aparicio” recap: Episodes 31-38

Rafaela

Rafaela continues to spend her time playing chess with Leonardo while trying to figure out his true motives, conversing with the ghost of Maximo, and trying to subtly encourage her youngest daughter to become a raving lesbian. On top of that, she’s also a mother figure to Mariana and a constant voice of support and encouragement.

Alma

Things with Leonardo were going well, which means that something had to give eventually. Alma ended up sleeping with Alejandro, for work purposes, you understand, except that what they shared was so intense and orgasmic that Alejandro has fallen further in love with Alma and Alma has discovered that maybe she harbors some deep-rooted feelings for Alex. As a result of all of this, Alma is now all awkward around Alejandro and Alejandro continues to be emo while still openly pursuing Alma. Alma has taken to being awkward with Leonardo as well, which works out because now Leonardo is also seeing Maximo’s ghost everywhere and is slowly losing his mind.

Maximo’s “ghost” is more of a projection of their own feelings about Maximo and so he represents different things for them all, though it seems that the common denominator is guilt. In Leonardo’s case, he feels guilty that he made Maximo a promise to investigate his murder and has, instead, fallen in love with Maximo’s ex-wife. So he’s tentatively trying to investigate the murder while simultaneously trying to not find anything out at all. He doesn’t want to know if Alma had anything to do with Maximo’s murder because then he’ll be put in the position of having to do something about it.

Mercedes

Mercedes got involved with a politician that helped her out tremendously during the Rosario case (lady whose sons were murdered and then called drug dealers). And she ends up going out with him a couple of times but she starts to get suspicious about him and though she agrees to a weekend alone with him, she figures out — due to his behavior in public — that he’s married. He’s married to a good friend of Alma’s, actually, whom Alma “helped” through the escort service. But Mercedes doesn’t know that and it doesn’t seem important that she knows it, since she tells the guy that she can’t see him any more.

As a result, Mercedes and Claudio — who has been acting like a jealous idiot the whole time Mercedes had the thing with Ricardo — get closer. And it’s sort of inevitable that they’ll eventually get together, but they’re not quite there yet.

In terms of work, now that Mercedes has taken on one of the most powerful families in Mexico, and then taken on the Mexican government, her next stop is: HOMOPHOBIA. Indeed, Mercedes’ latest Crusade for Justice is against hate crimes. And why? Well, because of Mariana. But I’m getting ahead of myself…

Mariana/Julia (and … Gaby)

So where were we? Ah yes. When last we left them, Julia had spent five minutes or so in Spain before deciding that she couldn’t live without Mariana. So she returns to Mexico and goes straight to Mariana’s apartment, only to find that Mariana isn’t there. And it looks unlikely that she’ll be back any time soon.

What follows is many days (and episodes) without Mariana. Here, let me hold your hand through the anguish of it all.

In episode 31, Julia gets a speech from an angry Rafaela who tells her that she needs to grow up and figure out what she wants and stop hurting people unnecessarily. I don’t think she’s that upset that Julia hurt Armando by leaving Spain (although she doesn’t like it in principle), but she’s very upset that she’s hurt Mariana. “Don’t get me started on Mariana,” is what she actually tells Julia, while pacing around the living room, ranting about how Julia needs to get her s–t together.

Mercedes and Alma are present for this whole thing, but they’re more about protecting Julia than taking their mother’s side, even though I strongly suspect that they agree with what Rafaela is saying. As do we all.

Julia’s all defensive and talking about how she refuses to make choices based on what other people want her to do. But Rafaela’s point is simply that Julia needs to figure out what she actually wants and stop the nonsense of flipping back and forth between people.

Julia just looks like a grumpy puppy.

And later like a kicked puppy.

I know, you’re probably just looking at Mercedes. It’s okay. I’ll give you a moment to enjoy the view.

Ready? Okay.

So Julia doesn’t do much growing up. She is, however, on a mission to find Mariana, because she has no idea where Mariana went. She goes as far as calling Mariana’s mother in the U.S. only to have a frustrating conversation with Mariana’s stepfather that leads nowhere useful.

Rafaela then tells Julia that she needs to get a life and a job and do something with her life. You know, out there in the real world.

So new, improved, independent Julia goes … to Alma. Alma wisely points out that it seems counterproductive to venture out on your own only to come seek aid from your older sister, but Julia begs and Alma’s heart is too good and soft to turn her baby sis down. So she gives Julia a job working side by side with Ileana at the gallery’s café.

The virginal homophobe and the confused lesbisexual working together! It’s like the blind leading the blinder. With pastries.

The two of them have hilariously nonsensical conversations that they both take super seriously because they both take themselves and their situations super seriously. Let’s explore one of these conversations.

Ileana: If you miss him so much, why did you come back?

Julia: I don’t know. Maybe I caught the Jamaicón Villegas Syndrome.

Ileana: Who’s that?

Julia: Jamaicón Villegas. You don’t know who that is?

Ileana: No.

Julia: Jamaicón Villegas was a soccer player. They took him to play in Europe and after two weeks he was like, “Oh, I want my mommy, I want my country,” and he ran back home. That’s what happened to me. You understand. The same thing happened to you.

Ileana: Well yeah, but I lasted a long time over there. You barely got off the plane and then returned.

Julia: Yeah but who cares? Three days. Three years. Who cares? When you miss something you miss it.

Ileana: And wouldn’t it be that you came back because you missed Mariana?

Julia: That too.

Ileana: Are you a lesbian, yes or no?

Julia: (after a very long pause) No.

Ileana: So then you love Armando.

Julia: (after a very long pause) Yes. But I also feel something really strong for Mariana.

Ileana: Well of course you feel something very strong for Mariana. She’s your best friend. Or … what? Because she’s a lesbian she’s contaminating you?

Julia: (annoyed) No she’s not contaminating me. And she’s not confusing me or anything. And what does it matter about being a lesbian? It’s not that. What confuses me is what I feel when I’m with her. That’s what confuses me.

Ileana: Okay but do you feel something physical or emotional?

Ileana: Ugh. I can’t deal with this.

Julia: What’s wrong with you?

Ileana: I can’t even look at you.

Julia: Oh stop it. You’ve spent this entire time asking me things, you gossip queen. And you haven’t turned into a stone, as far as I can tell.

Ileana: (turning around) Did you sleep with her?

Julia: No!!! Stop it. Stop asking me these things. Someone is going to hear us. I’m very confused. And I don’t know anything. I don’t know if I’m a vegetarian or heterosexual or man or woman or chimera. I don’t know. You understand? I’m very confused because I feel like I’m in love with two people and that’s enough confusion to be upset so please don’t add to it.

Ileana: Just answer me something.

Julia: Now what?

Ileana: (very seriously) I’m not going to have to go with you to gay pride parades, am I?

I love how serious Ileana is about it.

Anyway, these are the sort of conversations the two of them have for the next three episodes or so because Mariana is still not anywhere to be found. I had hoped that a few episodes without Mariana would be enough to help Julia reach some kind of growth or clarity but she gets absolutely nowhere. She’s still confused. She still doesn’t know what she wants, etc., etc.

In episode 33, Ileana has the brilliant idea that she’s going to solve their problems (her own problem is that she’s trying to get over Mauro, the escort she was dating that she didn’t know was an escort and still don’t know is an escort) by finding them some men online.

Julia’s not into the idea and Ileana passes her the laptop, frustrated that Julia doesn’t like any of the guys she has found her. Julia gladly accepts the laptop because she wanted to check Mariana’s Facebook profile. There she finds that Mariana is actually having a great time at the beach and Ileana points out that Mariana’s relationship status has changed to “in a relationship.”

Julia, of course, gets super emo and upset about it. Because of course now that Mariana is seemingly unattainable, well her confusion is all cleared up.

But let’s move swiftly on to episode 34, where we kick things off with Julia staring longingly at Mariana’s Facebook page.

Aurelia: (opening narration) … a woman can get tangled in contradictions, fight to find clarity, but suddenly, in the intimateness of silence the truth surfaces and there, one must take it.

Later on, Nosy Ileana is asking Julia if she’s sent Mariana any messages. Julia says no. That Mariana doesn’t even know that Julia is back in Mexico. Ileana is surprised but Julia says that her mother told her something important and that’s that she had been selfish and that she should let Mariana have some happiness and peace for a while. Ileana thinks it’s a good thing that Mariana is in a relationship (even though Julia is all sarcastic about it) because it means Julia can return to Spain to be with Armando or continue her search for her One True Love on cyberspace. Julia just makes a joke about it and then they leave for work.

At the cafe, while Ileana reads off more potential True Love profiles, Julia starts to see lesbians everywhere.

And then, because she’s sooo not gay or anything, she imagines that the two girls are Mariana and herself.

I’d like to order more of that, please.

Also, yay! Mariana! You’ve been missed. Even hallucinated Mariana is better than no Mariana at all.

A little while later, Alma comes by the café and sees that Julia is all pissy/anxious/emo/full of complex feelings so she asks her back to her office for a chat.

Alma: What’s wrong? Tell me all about it.

Julia: Mariana went off to the beach and met someone.

Alma: Mmmm. And how does that make you feel?

Julia: Bad. You know what sucks the most? That ever since I found out, Mariana stopped being a source of confusion for me.

Alma: *sigh/eyeroll*

Alma’s reaction made me laugh. I tried to screencap it but it just makes her look kind of crazy so just imagine Alma sighing and rolling her eyes at the same time.

Poor Julia. Always wanting what she can’t have.

Speaking of things she can’t have. Guess who’s finally back? NON-HALLUCINATED MARIANA! YAY!

Ileana: Well, that’s enough, no?

Oh, Ileana, shut up. Mariana and Julia are probably thinking the same thing because they don’t stop hugging. Alas, the scene ends anyway. But I’m sure they continued to hug and caress each other for at least two or three more hours. Like all platonic, non-lesbian friends do.

They totally don’t want to tear each other’s clothes off. Nope.

After the hugasm, they go to Julia’s room to deal with their sexual frustration by shooting awkward questions at each other.

Mariana: Why didn’t you let me know that you were back?

Julia: Why didn’t you do anything to keep me?

Aurelia: (closing narration) Sometimes it happens that things are so difficult to see precisely because of how clear they are…

You’re both in love with each other. Problem solved. Please be making out already. Thanks.

But no.

On to episode 35, where we pick up more or less where we left off.

Aurelia: (opening narration) We all know the story of the girl that one day dared to discover what lay beyond the mirror. To enter that zone, which seems absurd to us, inspires respect and fear, because there is always the risk of losing oneself. Or worse, finding oneself; discovering ourselves in the one that inhabits the mirror’s home and realizing that the distorted image, absurd and backward … is actually ourselves. That can help us understand, but it can also scare us. It can make us love or reject.

Later, we meet up with Julia and Mariana again on the balcony and Mariana is telling Julia everything she doesn’t want to hear.

Mariana: Her name is Gaby. She’s a marine biologist. She’s very different from all the girls I dated before.

Julia: Biologist? (laugh) Are you in love?

Mariana: In love? I don’t know. It’s a tough word. It’s more like … she supported me during a time when I felt … well, very abandoned.

I love the body language. Mariana’s all, “I met a cute girl. Hee.” And Julia’s all, “Please, God, get me out of this conversation.”

Mariana: She’s so radically different. She’s all reserved and timid and a total closet-case. She lives with her parents…

How much does Julia not want to hear about Gaby? Let me show you:

Mariana: … but she’s pretty awesome. I feel something really strong for her.

Julia: Well, I’m really happy for you. Really.

And by that she means, “I don’t know this Gaby but I am stabbing her repeatedly in my head with a sharp object.”

Mariana: Thank you.

Sigh. I love that look. It says and asks like a billion things at once: “I’d dump Gaby in a second for you. Why did you come back from Spain? What aren’t you telling me?”

So she chooses one of her many questions.

Mariana: Why did you come back?

Julia: I don’t know. Being over there, in the apartment with Armando, I realized that I couldn’t start a new life without first closing the loops on my old life. That’s why I’m back.

Julia: But anyway, now that I’m here and you’re also here, I suppose we’re going to just see each other like always, no?

Mariana: Yes. Like always.

Julia: Good.

And on that note, Mariana takes her leave.

These two should win an award for always saying exactly the opposite of what they want to say to each other.

Later that evening, we get to meet the infamous Gaby. Mariana takes her back to her apartment and gives her the grand tour. And by the grand tour I mean she takes her directly to her bed, while Gaby goes on about how she’s never done this before. Mariana suggests that they go out to a gay bar. But Gaby is all, “No, what if I run into someone…” But Mariana is very persuasive.

The outing starts on a sweet note:

But ends unpleasantly, when Gaby and Mariana are spotted by a gang of homophobes.

After many homophobic insults, the leader ends up hitting Mariana and putting a USB key in her shirt.

In the process of all this, Mariana drops her wallet. When they go back to the apartment, they’re both pretty shaken up. And Gaby insists she can’t really deal with all of this and leaves. Mariana watches the video on the USB key, which is essentially a message of warning to the gay community.

The next day, Mariana goes to the only place she feels safe: to Rafaela’s house.

She tells them all what happened and they’re all horrified. Super Mercedes, of course, jumps on the case. She asks Mariana to give her the USB key.

Later on, she admits that she’s scared because she dropped her wallet and she thinks the gang might have it and might do something to her in her apartment. Rafaela is quick to tell her that she’s to stay with them until it’s safe to go back home.

Rafaela, Alma and Mercedes all sit at the computer and watch the video on the USB key and all agree that something must be done.

In the Room of Overwhelmingly Misplaced Sexual Tension, Mariana and Julia get ready for bed.

Julia manages to make Mariana’s head explode by being all sarcastic/jealous about Gaby while simultaneously taking off her shirt.

So. Much. Evil.

Julia asks if Mariana called Gaby to tell her she was spending the night. Mariana says she called her but didn’t tell her anything. Then she walks off and starts taking off her shirt with her back turned to Julia.

Julia: Hey. Are you going to do this?

Mariana: Do what?

Julia: This. This thing you do. Turning your back and then taking your bra off under your shirt so that I don’t see you. Like I haven’t seen you before, for years.

Mariana: Yeah but it’s no longer the same.

Julia: No? It’s not the same? Why isn’t it the same? Because now you have a new girlfriend?

Mariana: You know what? I’m going to go sleep on the couch.

Julia: Hey!

Mariana: I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable, Julia. I’m sorry.

Julia: What makes me uncomfortable is your attitude. That’s what makes me uncomfortable. Now all that’s left is for you to tell me you’d rather go sleep in Isadora and Ileana’s room.

Mariana: (makes a sarcastic comment while getting into bed)

Julia: I’m sorry. I crossed the line. I’m sorry. Do you forgive me?

Mariana: (nods)

Julia: Why don’t you tell me what you were going to tell me about Gaby?

Mariana: Nothing. She’s just really scared.

Julia: And you?

Mariana: You know me. Holding on.

The next day, we start off in good spirits. Ileana is coming out of her room to go find Julia so they can leave for work and instead hears suspicious noises coming from Julia’s room. Nosy person that she is, she decides to peek through the door and finds … Mariana kneeling in between Julia’s legs.

But before you get all excited, she’s really just helping Julia button up her jeans.

From Ileana’s perspective, though, I’m not sure what she thinks is happening. Nothing wholesome, for sure. So she runs off.

Ileana pretends like she didn’t see anything weird though she acts weird anyway because Mariana makes her uncomfortable. Knowing this, Mariana decides to tease her and starts trying to get really close to her, which horrifies Ileana.

Julia: I really don’t want to go to work today. And if I stay home and take care of you?

Mariana: No no. I’m not anyone’s excuse to stay home and like you’d even be qualified to be taking care of me. Now, go go. I have many things to do.

One of Mariana’s many things to do is to rehearse for a play or something. Rafaela serves are her audience. Rafaela tells her that her performance moved her. And that Mariana is a true artist. That all of the pain and the hardships that she’s gone through give her the source of her talent.

Rafaela is love.

Later on, Gaby drops by and she and Mariana talk about what happened with the baddies. Gaby says she feels really alone in all of this because she doesn’t have anyone to talk to about her feelings or about what happened the night they went out. Mariana is lovingly understanding, even when Gaby says she’s not sure she can continue the relationship, but she tells her that breaking things off would be like letting those jerks win. And gives her a nice pep talk which probably serves to make Gaby fall madly in love with her.

Meanwhile, Julia arrives home just in time to catch a tender moment between Mariana and Gaby.

Which of course she doesn’t like at all.

Later on, Julia and Mariana are in bed and talking about Gaby and the lawsuit that Mercedes wants Mariana to raise against the guys that harassed her. Mariana’s convinced that she needs to do it for both of them and she feels guilty that she got Gaby involved in an ugly mess.

Julia: Listen, forgive me for what I’m about to say. And I know it’s not the best moment. But I’m just going to say it. I didn’t think it was cool of you … or it didn’t make me feel good … that you brought her here.

Mariana: To your house?

Julia: Well yes. And I’m sorry. I’m telling you with the best intentions and I swear I don’t want you to take it wrong. But … no. It just seemed to me really out of place. And not because of you. Not because of you at all. It’s just that with everything that’s going on between us, I find it really complicated —

Mariana: Wait! Wait, Julia. What’s happening between us? No, because from where I’m standing, I told you that I loved you and you ran off to Spain and you didn’t give a crap.

Julia: Oh yeah? Well then I returned to find you. And I was met with the news that you’d disappeared mysteriously and that no one knew where you were and you didn’t bother to leave any clue of where you’d gone.

Mariana: Oh, please, Julia. You know why I disappeared? It was because —

Julia: No no no! It’s not important. What’s really important here is that you found true love at the beach, because that’s what you left for, no? To find true love? Well now you found it!

The phone rings and interrupts another legendary argument brought to you by Misplaced Sexual Tension. And guess who it is? Why, it’s Armando, of course!

Armando misses Julia. He’s miserable in Spain. Etc. Etc. Blah. After the phone call, Julia goes back to the bed, where Mariana is still sitting looking miserable.

Legendary Argument Brought To You By Misplaced Sexual Tension Take 2 … aaaaand action!

Julia tells Mariana that Armando is all sad and alone in Spain. Mariana makes a sarcastic comment, which pisses Juila off. And then Mariana gets off the bed and says she’s going to go home because she’s sick of them acting like nothing is happening and going on as if nothing.

Julia: You’re right. We’re acting like jerks in pretending that nothing is happening. But you can’t leave. You can’t leave because it’s dangerous and it’s a serious issue that has nothing to do with you or me or Armando or Gaby. It has to do with your safety. You can’t go home now. Don’t you realize what’s going on with you right now? You can’t leave because those assholes are out there and they could hurt you at any moment. You can’t leave so that you can be protected by … Nana … and my sisters … and so that I can take care of you too … and … and I miss you. A lot.

Mariana: Me too!

Julia: I’m sorry.

Aaaaand more hugging.

Later on, they’re enjoying the aftereffects of the hugasms, and Julia says that Mariana has no idea how happy she is to be back from Spain. She couldn’t imagine being all the way over there while Mariana was going through all this stuff. Mariana says she would’ve much preferred to be in Spain, enjoying a good paella while Julia was here suffering. Juila throws a pillow at her.

And it seems like things are back to normal … for now.

In episode 37, Mercedes tries to convince Mariana to get Gaby on board with the lawsuit. So, Mariana and Julia go together to Gaby’s house to try and convince her. But Gaby is freaked out at having them there and she is totally opposed to the idea of the lawsuit because she doesn’t see what good it will do beyond ruining her life.

Julia continues to dislike (read: be jealous of) Gaby which only serves to ignite more arguments with Mariana. And at one point they have another Legendary Argument.

It all starts out innocently enough. Mariana is talking about how she’s unloved in the world because her family wants nothing to do with her. And even though Julia insists that her own family loves her, Mariana says that las Aparicio are only a loan. Julia tells her she’s not alone because she has her and that she cares a lot about what happens to Mariana.

Mariana: Yeah, I suppose the good thing of all this is that I have Gaby.

Julia: What? Gaby?! Let’s see, who was the one that was with you when Gaby the closet-case, didn’t have the guts to tell her father… it was me, no?

Mariana: Who are you to call her a closet-case? You don’t know what a closet is, what it means to be in one and much less what it means to come out of one.

Julia: Well yeah, I’ll call her a closet-case because that’s what she is. Well, that’s what I saw at least when she told him, “Daddy, I’d like to introduce you to my friends from the biology school.” She lacks the balls to be with you.

Mariana: Balls? What do you even know about having balls? About the cost of coming out of the closet and the things you have to face for the rest of your life. What I’ve had to deal with. Sure, for you it’s super easy to talk about balls when you’ve got the entire Aparicio army behind you.

Julia: What Aparicio army? Why don’t you just admit that —

Mariana: ENOUGH! Enough! Stop talking about Gaby. How do you know her father won’t react even worse than the guy that beat me?

Julia: Oh, poor her. Why don’t you take pity on me, instead. I’m trying to come out of the closet and I’m here with you, Mariana.

Mariana: Oh, Julia, please. What closet? Your only issues is jealousy of any man, woman or dog that dares take a piss on your territory. It’s what you did with Armando and now you’re doing it with me. It’s not fair.

And that’s Julia’s cue to make a dramatic exit.

Later on, Julia has a sit-down with Rafaela, where she admits that she acted horribly with Mariana and that she feels terrible. So she goes to see Mariana to apologize, but instead of Mariana, she finds Gaby there. They just stare awkwardly at each other for a long while.

Mariana isn’t home because she went to Mercedes’ office to officially say that she was going through with the lawsuit. Mercedes and Claudio are both very pleased with the decision.

In episode 38, we start off with Julia and Gaby hanging out. Gaby makes Julia some coffee but says she couldn’t find the sugar, so Julia kind of smugly tells her where it is. Gaby goes to get it and Julia apologizes for having been unfair with her at her house and pressuring her into the lawsuit. Gaby says she understands and that she’s the one that feels terrible because she should be with Mariana, but that she’s really scared of her father. That he’s not a very open-minded man and she doesn’t know what his reaction will be.

Mariana arrives and she’s happy to see Julia and they apologize to each other and then we’re treated to more hugsex.

But for Julia the hugsex ends too early and she’s left feeling really left out and unsatisfied, because Mariana goes off to greet Gaby. And this whole threesome business is not working for Julia at all. Gaby gives Mariana her own coffee and Julia just kind of stands there looking grumpy and annoyed, probably thinking, “I would’ve given her my coffee, too. So there. And I knew were the sugar was. Hmph.”

Next day, the whole Aparicio army wants to go to the police station with Mercedes, Julia and Mariana to file the lawsuit. But Mercedes insists that they don’t need everyone going along too. It’s quite cute though all the women being protective of Mariana.

At the office, Mariana and Mercedes file the complaint while Gaby and Julia hang out outside the cubicle. Gaby laments the fact that she isn’t there with Mariana and Julia does her best to be supportive and tell her it’s not her fault.

Julia: Don’t put all this pressure on yourself. Mariana understands your situation and she supports you.

Gaby: That’s how Mariana is, no? Brave, understanding …

Julia just stares longingly through the cubicle window.

Gaby: So what happened between you two? Why didn’t it work out?

Julia: What? You think Mariana and I …

Gaby: Well yeah, I just thought … well it’s just in the way you treat each other and you know each other so, so well…

Julia: Yeah but no … no no … we’re just best friends. We’ve known each other since we were kids.

Gaby: So then, between the two of you, you’ve never…

Julia: No. No … in fact, I’m not even gay.

Gaby: Oh! I’m sorry!

Julia: No, it’s okay. I’m not offended. Besides, if I were gay I wouldn’t have any issues with admitting it.

Hahahaha!!! *coughcoughcough* Ha…. I think her nose just grew three inches.

But the lie serves to inspire Gaby into action and she walks right into the office and tells Mercedes that she’d also like to join in on the lawsuit.

And then afterwards, Mariana is gushing over how brave Gaby is and how amazing it was that she did that, while Julia stands there looking like she wants the ground to swallow her up.

You’re not gay at all, Julia. No.

In a related subplot, Mercedes’ daughter, Isadora, was called a dyke at school and she stood up to the kids and hit one for calling her that. And also called them a bunch of schizophrenics. She brings up the story during lunch after making a toast to the dykes at the table, which is quite cute and hilarious. She’s all very matter of fact about it. I’m happy that she stopped being the bratty kid she was at the beginning of the show, cause she’s turned out to be quite adorable.

Isadora: I’m brave like Mariana.

Mariana toasts Isadora for being so courageous and smart.

After lunch, Mariana is still gushing about Gaby and walks her to the front gate, while Julia watches on from the balcony in emo-scented bitterness.

Rafaela and Aurelia walk up and Julia tells them that Gaby thought she was gay. They kind of gasp as if it’s some big surprise. Julia walks off in a huff.

Aurelia: How strange. Do you think it’s the clothes?

Hee! <3

Later still, Mariana and Julia are hanging out on Julia’s bed. Julia’s all sorts of grumpy and Mariana says she’s gonna go stay at a hotel.

Julia: No. How are you going to go to a hotel? Mercedes said that this was the safest place for you to be and so here you’re going to stay.

Mariana: Well, yeah, but I feel really uncomfortable and I feel like you’re really uncomfortable and I don’t understand what’s going on with you. Is it because of Gaby?

Julia: (getting out of bed) What does Gaby have to do with anything? Why do you have to bring her up? And what makes you think there’s anything going on with me?

Mariana: Oh please. I’ve known you since the days when you swallowed crayons. You’ve got something.

Julia: Yep. It’s a crayon. Want me to tell you where?

Julia brings Mariana a fresh change of clothes and Mariana gets annoyed that Julia keeps changing the subject.

Mariana: Julia! Julia!

Julia: What??

Mariana: Look, you haven’t talked to Armando, you haven’t drank coffee and you’re acting like a maniac. Something’s wrong.

Julia: You know what? I have a great foam for the bath that smells delicious and the water’s hot so either you get in or I get in.

Mariana: Hey! In good faith, let’s talk honestly.

Julia: Okay, let’s talk honestly. Why don’t you tell me to my face what you really think of me. That you think I’m a lesbian bitch who didn’t have the same guts as Gaby. You think I am not capable of doing the same thing that she did?

Mariana: Look, what Gaby did implies a lot of things and it deserves respect. But .. I don’t know … I think you’re a very brave woman, but it’s very different. One thing has nothing to do with the other.

Julia does not like that answer at all. And we’re left with this look:

After which point, Julia walks off to the bathroom, leaving Mariana frustrated and confused.

Grr. Argh.

Ingrid Díaz is the author of Alix & Valerie, a professional blogger and non-recovering coffee addict. In her college days, she was a purple-haired LGBT rights activist. These days, she aims to change the world one lesbian love story at a time. You can read some of her work at www.midnightisland.com.

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