Ya know, I wonder if Juls has been aware of their mutual attraction longer than Val has. Val is def more a “runs on instinct” type and during their first kiss and the almost-kiss at the party she seems to be just going with her gut while Juls seems like she realises what’s happening. Like you can SEE her thinking in the pool while Val leans in, and from her reaction at the party she knows what Guille almost walked in on. I wonder if our reserved girl was just waiting for Val to make a move.

Hmm. You’re probably right there. I think in the time leading up to Guille’s party and the almost-kiss, she’d been more aware of her own feelings and thus able to look at their whole dynamic through that lens, probably getting all kinds of confirmation while wearing that dress, lol. While Val was distracted by, to name a few things, Lucia’s kidnapping, fighting with Eva, Lucho, alcohol, drugs. And then that flipped around when Juls was distracted by her mom’s kidnapping/shooting and Val was the one who was able to concentrate on them. After Guille’s party they both had flashbacks to the almost kiss and Juls’s reaction was openly giddy while Val’s was shaken. 

But you bring up an interesting point. Would Juls have never made the first move herself? Going back to her insecurities about her place in Val’s life, is this something she felt Val had to lead, to confirm her interest OR was this just her natural reluctance to put herself out there OR just the fact that they both needed to be in the same place? Perhaps all of that. A moot point, lol, since Val did indeed make a move. 😀