Heartbroken: Part two

"Ching, qué le voy a decir?" said Victor, obviously upset that I wouldn't speak to his friend. 

I got cornered at the register at El Rancho. Victor leaned over the till and asked if he could talk to me for a second. 

"¿No te vas a enojar?" he said with caution and then flashed his big smile at me. From the way he prepped his request, I was hesitant to hear what he wanted, but I'm incapable of saying "no" to that smile. 

Chino wanted to talk to me but was too shy to approach me. So, Victor wanted to know if I would talk to Chino instead. 

My mood changed instantly. When it was just Alvaro trying to set me up with Chino, I could pretend something could still happen between Victor and me. But now, Victor was trying to set me up with Chino too and I knew nothing would ever happen between us. 

"Es que, es mi amigo," Victor said. 

The Chino thing had been building up all week. On Tuesday, Chino sent me a cup of flan in a take home box with the words "Para Beverly, De El Chino" written on the top. Then, on Friday, the staff behind the food counter chanted, "Chi-no! Chi-no! Chi-no!" to signal my entrance into the restaurant. And today, Chino asked Victor to get my phone number for him. 

I wish I could have hidden my disappointment better. Victor really thought I was mad at him when I was just a tad heartbroken. He asked twice if I was angry with him. 

I know this Chino thing will probably come up next time I go to El Rancho, so I've decided I'm going to tell Victor that I like him. I'm debating which tense to use. It'd be a lot less nerve-wracking to say, "me gustabas" in place of "me gustas." But, if I'm going to tell him, I should just woman up and tell him the whole truth, no? What do you think?