War of Hearts

Author's Note

Hello and welcome one and all, thanks for checking out my Mayans MC story (Literally been obsessed since it came on BBC Iplayer), Also I apologise in advance for my butchering of the Spanish language. I speak a few languages (German, Basque (which is apart of Spain sort of yet the language is the complete opposite) and Russian) but Spanish is not one of them.

P.S please be gentle I haven't written in a very long time.

Chapter One - Princesa

"Hey, Letty can you hang back I need to talk to you for a minute." Elena sat behind her desk as all the other kids filtered out, she was as Letty Cruz made her way to the front the look on her face was priceless probably thinking that she was in trouble...again.
"Letty take a seat, I'm not gonna keep you long." Smiling Elena motioned to a seat near her desk, Letty was one of her brightest students, the type of student who was adamant that they were useless but in fact the complete opposite.

"If it's about the Shakespeare paper from last week I can explain." Leticia's word vomit began to flow thick and fast.
"Explain what Letty? This paper is brilliant it's the highest grade I've ever given someone in my teaching career."
"Really?" The Cruz girl was seemingly taken by complete surprise at her teacher's admission.
"Really Letty the way you've put your point across and then explained and you've even pushed through giving examples. You're clearly an intelligent girl and because of this and I've spoken to the principal and we think we can move you up to the advanced class, what do you think?" Elena Flores was passionate about teaching despite most people her age were out drinking and partying she spent her weekends grading papers.

"I don't know." Letty seemed visibly conflicted.
"Tell ya what, don't make a decision now let it stew over the weekend let me know on Monday okay?" Elena gave a reassuring smile to the teenager who nodded enthusiastically.
"I'll see you Monday, have a good weekend."
"You too Miss Flores." Letty grabbed her bag and all put bounced out of the classroom. Lena could see a little of herself in Letty someone who lacked confidence and self-esteem and needed to be built up and given the chance to become someone better.

"Hey Miss Flores, I gotta lock up now, want me to walk you to your car?" Manuel, the schools trusty caretaker popped his head around her classroom door.
"I'm sorry Manuel have you been waiting for little old me?" Looking up Elena smiled softly.
"No worries Miss." Manuel was a sweet man and had always looked after Elena, crouching down she picked up her bag and the stacks of papers piled on her desk before heading out the door thanking Miguel as she went by.

"Got much planned for your weekend, Miss Flores?" Manuel sometimes worrier about the younger woman although he knew it wasn't her place to do so.
"Just grading papers, plus I need someone to take a look at my car it's making some god awful noise right now." Elena hoped the old car wouldn't give out on her just yet, she hated spending money unnecessarily.
"My brothers got a shop, he runs the scrap yard, here take the card tell him Manuel sent you might give you a discount or something." Miguel handed over a battered business card out of his wallet which Elena readily accepted.

"Thank you, Manuel, yet again you save me in my hour of need." Elena placed a soft kiss on the caretaker's cheek before she slipped into her car.
"You gonna be a good boy and start for Mami tonight?" Elena asked under her breath as she turned the key in the ignition, the car turned over first time as Elena did a little victory dance before she pulled off into the sunset.

The ride home was short and largely uneventful apart from seeing a strange woman walking along the side of the road. Swinging the car in the driveway, Elena our the car into park before leaning into the back seat and picking up the piles of paper before getting out the car and making sure the doors are all locked. Elena wrestles with the papers in her arms walking slowly so as not to drop any, putting her keys in the lock and turning them.

Opening the door she surveyed the area, everything seemed quite and nothing out of place just the way she liked it. Heading straight for her desk Elena placed the papers down into preexisting designated piles. A rumble from her stomach indicated that it was time for some dinner, the kitchen was Elena's next port of call.

With the pizza on its way, Elena walked the short distance to her small desk tucked away in the corner of the room and began rifling through the papers. Elena soon lost herself in grading when a knock on the door pulled her from her thoughts.
"I'll be right there," Elena called out as she grabbed a twenty dollar bill from her purse, opening the door.
"Veggie extreme pi...oh hi Miss Flores."
"Oh hello, Danny, good night?" It wasn't uncommon for Elena to run into her students around town after all Santo padre wasn't the biggest of places.
"Yeh, pretty busy buts it's a Friday so it's normal." Danny had always liked Elena she was a good teacher and didn't rag on the kids too much.

"Well that's something, here take this." Elena stuffed the twenty into his now empty hands.
"Thanks, Miss Flores I'll see you on Monday."
"Bye Danny be safe." Elena closed the door one-handed making sure to lock it again before heading to the kitchen to plate up her pizza as she decided what movie she wanted to watch. Elena finally settled on gone with the wind as she collapsed into the soft and inviting couch. Once again Elena failed to make it to bed, more often than not she would fall asleep on the couch or at her desk.

The sun shone brightly through the open curtains, Elena rubbed at her eyes as she sat up stretching her arms high above her head, picking up her phone it was already nearly 9 am and she had got no idea how long she'd been out for but it was most definitely morning.
"Need to call the car place but first...I need coffee." Her mother was convinced that instead of blood it was coffee that ran through her veins.

"Romero brothers, Chucky speaking." A voice at the other end of the line answered.
"Hi I wonder if you can help me I got your number from Manuel Losa, he told me you might able to help fix my car."
"Manuel? I can get you in, in like an hour Is that good?" The voice on the other end called out.
"An hour is fine, thank you."
"Can I take a name miss?"
"Flores...Elena Flores
"Well Miss Flores, we'll see you in an hour."
"Thanks, bye." Glancing in the mirror above the fireplace.
"Oh boy, I'm gonna need a miracle." Elena pulled her hair out of its now sleep squished ponytail heading straight for the bathroom.

Elena was ready to go in a little under 30 minutes which she was proud of, it usually took an hour at least for Her to get ready and head out for work. Picking up one of her numerous bottles of perfume she spritzes herself before grabbing her keys and her bag, taking a quick glance around making sure everything was shut off. Elena pulled the door closed, locking it then gave the handle a good rattle to make sure it was definitely locked.
"Good morning Elena." Felipe Reyes called over to the young woman.
"Oh, morning Mr Reyes." Elena had always had a pleasant relationship with her neighbour, she often looked in on him in the few years that she had lived next door.
"Finally getting that car fixed?" Felipe worried slightly about Elena living in Santa Padre alone.
"Yes sir...I'm gonna swing by the shop later, My mom's coming to town, gonna have a BBQ tomorrow if you wanna come by with the boys." Felipe gave a small smile.
"I'll think about it, see ya later kid," With a wave of her hand Elena got into her car and took the Fifteen-minute drive to the scrapyard stopping to pick up yet another cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin.

Swinging the car in the scrapyards entrance pulling up outside the office Elena cut the engine slipping herself out the car she could hear the wolf whistles aimed at her echoed around the yard. With a shake of her head, sighing under her breathe Elena as she stepped foot in the stuffy office.
"Miss Flores? I'm Chucky we talked on the phone." A man sat behind a desk spoke as she walked in,
"Call me Elena please." Elena was always insistent that people she met outside of work called her 'Elena'.
"Alright Elena, If I can take the kets I'll get one of the guys to take a look, help yourself to coffee." Chucky took the keys that Elena held out too him.
"Thank you." Elena sank into a nearby chair glancing around the office that was piled high with invoices and car manuals, here breathing increased rapidly, her heart felt as if it was in her chest. Panic attacks weren't something Elena was used too put claustrophobic spaces did that to her, standing up she calmly walked out of the office and found a seat outside to sit in as she deeply inhaled the warm air.

"Elena?" A voice called out to her across the courtyard, looking up Elena noticed EZ Reyes.
"Hey, Ezekiel." Elena was pulled into a hug by the youngest Reyes brother,
"What're you doing here?" He asked intrigued, Ez thought that this was would be the last place he would see her fathers next door neighbour.
"I came to get my piece of shit car fixed." Elena laughed as she kicked at a rock on the ground.
"Well, you've come to the right place." EZ always found his conversations with Elena light and easy.
"Hey, I already told your dad, but my mom's coming to town and we're having a BBQ tomorrow if you wanna come."
"Don't I get an invite?" Angel Reyes appeared from around the corner of the small building his usual cheeky self.
"Not asking like that." Elena's face looked up, unamused.
"Come on princesa, I'll even bring beer and everything." Angel didn't like how hard to get Elena played, she wasn't the type of woman just to roll over at his roguish charm and good looks.
"Oh, how could I not accept that charming proposition from my favourite Reyes brother?" Elena's tone saccharine sweet as she looked up through her long eyelashes at the oldest Reyes sibling

"See that settles it, I knew I was your favourite" Angel spoke cockily as he pulled Elena into his chest.
"Suena con Angel." Elena playfully punched Angel's chest.
"I think I'm gonna be sick, is that your truck?" A voice spoke from behind the pair, Elena peered around Angel to look at the voice's owner.
"Yeah...how bad is

it?" The look on the man's face told her that it wasn't good news for her or her little truck.
"Ain't no way around it, but it's fucked, to fix it'll cost more than it's worth even if we scavenge the parts," Coco spoke the truth.
"Fuck." Elena exaggerated the last syllable.
"Hey, now Princesa that's a dirty mouth you've got there." Angel joked getting a laugh from his brothers, instead earning himself another punch in the chest from the English teacher.
"Yeah there's no way I can let you drive it out of here, it's a death trap" Coco couldn't care less about this woman's truck he had other things on his mind.

"Miss Flores?" Leticia Cruz peeked her head out of the office door.
"Oh Hey, Letty." Elena quickly pushed herself away from Angel, suddenly jumping into teacher mode.
"What're you doing here?" Letty seemed genuinely intrigued as to why her English teacher was in the scrapyard.
"Came to get my truck fixed, which seems to have been a complete waste of time," Elena admitted in defeat with a heavy sigh as Angel placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head, an act that didn't go unnoticed.
"I'm gonna take that as it's bad." The teenagers face held a look of mild amusement, Elena nodded in reply.

"How do you know my sister?" Coco piped up suddenly interested how the woman knew his sister.
"She's my English teacher, this is my brother Coco." Letty offered the information easily.
"Elena." She smiled as she closed the gap holding out her hand, which Coco took and shook gently, he noticed how soft Elena's hand was
"I feel weird knowing that my teacher has like...a name." The group minus Letty laughed who just looked at them with confusion. It's like when kids discovered their parents had actual names and were only known as Mom and Dad to them.

"You want a ride Princesa?" Angel spoke up filling the silence.
"That would be great but motorcycles and dresses don't exactly go well together. I'm not trying to get arrested for public indecency." Elena motioned to her mid-thigh black dress with delicate appliqué flowers, completely unaware all three men were now looking at her imagining what she had on under that dress,
"Take my car." Coco threw his car keys over to Angel who caught them with ease.
"Thanks, brother."
"Thanks, Coco, it was nice meeting you. Oh, I'm having a BBQ tomorrow, you should come to bring Letty too, Angel will tell you the address, Bye EZ." Elena spoke quickly as Angel tugged her away towards Coco's car.
"You're too trusting Elena." Angel chided her, Elena slid into the passenger seat as Angel held open the car door for her. They had been driving for a good five minutes before Elena spoke again breaking the awkward silence.
"Hey, Angel?" Elena's voice quiet barely louder than the radio.
"Princesa?" Angel looked over at her.
"Think we can stop by your pop's shop?"
"Sure." The pair soon fell back into silence albeit a more comfortable silence this time around.

"Hey, pop." Angel pushed open the door to the butcher's shop holding the door open for Elena.
"Son, Hello again Elena." Felipe stood behind the counter rearranging the display.
"Hi Mr Reyes, I'm here for BBQ provisions, do you think you can help a girl out?" Elena asked as polite as ever.
"Princessa here keeps inviting everyone she meets today." Angel poked at Elena again, he enjoyed the banter they often shared.
"I can uninvite you ya know." Felipe couldn't deny that his son and the English teacher shared chemistry but as to how far that went he didn't know.
"You wound me." Holding his heart, Angel staggered collapsing onto a nearby chair.
"You're very dramatic Angel...and I teach teenagers," Elena exclaimed equally as dramatically."
"She's right you know" The elder Reyes cracked a smile at the scene before him, Elena squeezed Angel's hand gently an act not unseen by Felipe.

"So there's seven of us including me I guess" Elena's face crumbled in concentration as she tried to remember exactly who it was that she had invited.
"I've got some BBQ packs in the refrigerator out the back, Angel?" Felipe tilted his head and Angel all but jumped to attention and headed out back to fetch the BBQ packs.
Elena's cell phone rang, she headed outside to take the call not wanting to be rude and answer in the company of other people.
"Hey Mama, are you here?" Until a few seconds ago Elena had all but forgotten that her mother was coming into town.
"I'll be home soon, you have a spare key right?"
"Okay Mama, I love you." Elena hung up the call and headed back inside.
"Sorry, I always feel rude answering a phone call when I'm in the company of others, how much do I owe you, Mr Reyes?" Pulling out her purse ready to pay for the mountain of meat.
"All taken care of, as a thank you for tomorrow" Felipe was feeling particularly generous.
"If you're sure?" A pet peeve of Elena's was feeling like she later owed someone for something.

"Hey, Pop's is in a good mood I would take the meat and run," Angel smiled, thanking his father as he picked up the meat boxes in one arm gently nudging Elena with the other.
"Thank you Felipe, I'll see you tomorrow." Elena gave the man a small wave as she left the shop. Angel dropped her back home promising to pick up some beer before coming by tomorrow, He even helped her carry the meat inside.
"Mama, I'm home." Elena pushed open the front door with an elbow as she called through to her mother.
"Princesa, I was worried." Maria Flores came into view shortly after Elena called out. It was clear to Angel where Elena had gotten her looks from, which in his mind sounded incredibly cliche.
"Hey, Mama...This is Angel." Elena was nervous to introduce Angel to her mother, despite the fact there was nothing going on between them.
"Hello Angel, I'm Maria." Maria, was usually very critical towards any male her daughter introduced her too,
"Nice to meet you, Ms Flores." Angel thought it safe not to call Maria by her given name, not until at least the second time they met. He wanted to get it right, he wanted the woman to like him, he wasn't even sure why.

"I better go, see you tomorrow Princesa, nice to meet you, Ms Flores."
"Such a polite gentleman." Maria gushed.
"Yeah, he is." A smile graced Elena's lips as she began to pack the meat into the refrigerator. The two spent the rest of the night catching up and getting a little tipsy on the wine that Maria had brought down with her.

End of Chapter One
I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter, I have no mind of an upload schedule as of yet as I work a full-time job with very unsociable hours,

Also contrary to popular belief I have no one in mind as too who Elena is going to end up with, drop a suggestion if you feel strongly towards a certain character.