Sep noticed that the eyes of his roommate kept wandering off to the door of Jip's room. She looked worried.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"She went to watch a movie with some guy," she said timidly. "But I have a really bad feeling about him. And Jip is, well..." She sighed. "I'm just worried."

Sep understood her sorrow. After all, it wasn't without reason that Alex had asked him to put in a good word for her little sister when there was a room vacant. He told her he didn't want to be a babysitter, but he was okay with checking if the two were still watching a movie instead of something else.

He headed to the door of Jip's room and listened to hear if the movie was still on. "Hey, you two do it safely, right?" he yelled. "There's no room for babies here!"

It was meant to be a joke — it was hard to imagine that Jip was doing more than snuggling. When he didn't get an answer in return, he swung open the door.

Jip started to scream immediately. "This is my room! This is an invasion of privacy!"

Sep barely moved. Instead, he stared at Emilio who was seated on her bed, completely naked. He knew the guy, they'd smoked some pot now and then when he was visiting Juan. And he also knew Grace's worries had been completely right.

"Fuck off," the boy snarled, quickly tossing his pants to cover Jip's body. "Fuck off, lurker!"

"No, this is an invasion of privacy," Sep answered, pointing from Emilio's naked body on Jip's bed to the girly room. "What the hell do you think you're doin', bro."

"Go away, go away!" Jip yelled, pulling at the blankets to hide her nakedness. Tears were filling her eyes. "This is my room."

Emilio jumped up, pushed Sep out of the room, and closed the door behind him. "What the fuck are you doing man?"

Sep used the palms of his hands to keep Emilio away. "What the hell are you doing? Why, of all the girls around here, are you bangin' this chick? She doesn't even know you."

Emilio snorted. "So? What's wrong with a bit of fun? I didn't do anything wrong. Go busy yourself with your own cock."

The situation was very sobering. One moment he had been chilling on the couch, and now he was standing here across from Emilio while confusion and anger were battling inside his head.

"She doesn't know what she wants, man. You are using her. You wouldn't bang her if she wasn't that hot." For she was hot, but Jip was... well, Jip, and he knew she was very different from the girls he had ever fucked. "You think Alex's gonna be okay with this? She's gonna kill you, man."

"She was fucking horny, of course she knows what she wants," Emilio bit back, ignoring his comment about Alex. "Don't act like she's an imbecile, she's a bit naive that's all. And I always bang hot chicks, don't tell me you're getting off on fatties."

"Oh come on! When she came to live here a few weeks ago, she was still sleeping with a teddy bear. You really believe she's ready for sex? Back off dude."

"Back off yourself. She's upset because of what you did to her, not because of me." He turned around and wanted to enter the room, but the girl had locked the door. "Jip?" He knocked at the door. "Gimme at least my clothes, okay?"

A moment later the door slipped open.

. . .

Moody, he stepped into the room. Jip pressed her phone against her ear.

"Alex...?" Her voice was shaking.

Fuck. Emilio froze at the sound of her name. Only now, he realized that she would not only give him a good beat up, but she might fire him as well. "Don't mention my name," he hissed while starting to dress himself.

"I was — naked," Jip said through the phone. "And then Sep came in... In my room! He can't do that! It's an invasion of privacy!"

Emilio could hear Alex's voice through the phone. "What was he doing in your room?"

"I was on a date," Jip whispered. "And it was just like the movies! It was really fun, but then Sep entered my room all of a sudden and — and then he saw me naked..."

"You were naked on a date?" Alex yelled. "Are you out of your mind? What motherfucker made you do that?!"

"It was really fun," Jip defended herself. "And he was really sweet! And I was excited so we took off our clothes."

"I'll be there in a minute," Alex grumbled.

"You have to go," Jip whispered to Emilio. "Alex is on her way."

"Fuck. Don't say anything about me, okay?" He pulled his shirt over his head and grabbed his shoes. Before he left, he pulled her in for a hug. "I'm sorry things ended this way. Next time we'll lock the door, okay?" He kissed her forehead.

Jip nodded, biting her lip. "Sorry."

Once Emilio closed the door behind him, he saw Sep. He realized that it didn't matter what Jip would say; Sep would tell Alex the truth anyway. He ignored the guy he'd always been okay with and went to Juan's apartment. Grabbing a beer from the fridge, he flopped down on the couch and sighed. Juan and his roommates were nowhere to be seen.

. . .

Barely 30 minutes later someone slammed at the door. He had known she would come. "Open that fucking door!" she roared.

He was tempted to go to Juan's bedroom and pretend he wasn't home, but he doubted she was going to leave. He didn't want to be childish either, and she was just a girl. She might have a big mouth, but that was all.

Squaring his shoulders, he headed to the door. He wasn't skinny, but damn, Alex had quite the muscles. He had taken her for a guy when they met for a good reason. He swung open the door. Before he could say or do something, she grabbed him by the throat and slammed her fist against his jaw.

"What the fuck were you thinking? That you could fuck my little sister?"

"I didn't kn..."

His head snapped aside when her fist met his jaw. Pain flashed through his skull. Damn — that girl knew how to throw a punch. He stumbled backward. He wanted to fight back, but his ears were ringing and dark spots blocked his vision.

"Don't lie to me, shithead. You knew damn well she was my sister and you also knew she'd been an easy one to get in bed."

She pushed him backward until he bumped against the table and fell on top of it. Alex bent over him. Her eyes were flaming; for the first time in years, he felt panic.

"You know what I did to the last one who hurt my family? I nailed his fingers to the table. All of them."

This was no big talk; her angry face told him she was really that fucked in the head.

"You're insane," he grunted. Her hand was still clutched around his throat and he tried to yank her wrist away. He however was still uncomfortably on his back while she was standing.

She lifted the corner of her mouth, her smirk looked manically. "Yeah, I'm fucking insane. Makes you wonder how stupid you must be to piss me off like this."

She had a point. But he had underestimated her enormously — or he had simply thought with his dick.

"And what now?" he asked. "You're gonna beat the shit outta me?" He glanced briefly at her muscular arms and couldn't help but feel a bit jealous.

"Sunday," she answered.

"Sunday?" he repeated, confused.

"Sunday you'll be at the boxing gym and then you can show me what you got. I ain't risking my freedom for a dumb ass like you. I'm still on parole."

She let go of him.

Still on parole? What — had she been in prison? He didn't even know why it surprised him.

And he certainly didn't know why it turned him on and he couldn't help but wonder what an animal she'd be in bed.

Although she was probably lesbian.

"And what if I don't show up?"

"Of course you will," she huffed. "You ain't a pussy, right?"

"No," he muttered.

He stared at her. Maybe it was because of the alcohol, although he hadn't drunk that much, but this whole situation was just crazy. A stupid grin spread across his face. He sat up straight. Her anger hadn't disappeared, he could feel it crackle in the air. "Hey, I didn't do anything she didn't want me to."

"She doesn't know what she wants."

He snorted. "She's not a kid. She knew very well..."

Alex grabbed his chin, squeezing so hard he was afraid his jaw would break. "I'm going to say this one time, Sanchez. Stay away from my sister, we both know this isn't going to give her a happy ending. I'll put down every guy that only wants her to have a fuck. You're lucky that you're my student and that I don't want to embarrass myself by losing my first student after one day, but I'm fucking serious. You go to Jip, apologize to her and you tell her there's no future for the two of you. Sunday, you're at the ring at 4 pm and I'm gonna make you crawl back home. And then, you can still call yourself lucky."

His breathing faltered when her stormy eyes drilled into his.

"Understood?"

"Yeah," he muttered.

"Yes who?"

"Yes ma'me? Yes boss?" He couldn't shake off a mocking tone. "What do you wanna hear? Yes mistress?"

She smirked. "Yeah, you'd like to call me mistress, huh?"

Her eyes darted to his crotch. He didn't have to look down to know what she was seeing and for some reason he felt his cheeks heat up. He had never met a girl who'd grabbed him by the balls like this. He didn't make a snarky comment about the fact that she was a tomboy since his body was already betraying him.

She stepped away from him. With one look she ordered him to follow. Emilio wasn't in the mood to make a fuss, his head was pounding and the right side of his face started to swell. Silently, he followed Alex. She knocked on the door of Jip's bedroom. The moment the girl opened the door, Alex stepped inside and gave him an impatient look.

Emilio scratched his neck. This was fucking awkward. "Can you give us a moment?"

"No."

He sighed and looked at Jip. She looked insecure. "I'm sorry," he said. "For trying to sleep with you."

Jip's eyes widened. "Alex, what did you do? His face!" She covered her mouth with her hand.

"Emilio can take a hit. Don't you, Bambi?"

He gave her a dirty look but muttered something in agreement.