Monse and Cesar

> "*I think about you all the time, Do you ever think about me?*"
> ― Cesar to Monse
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**Monse Finnie** and **Cesar Diaz**, commonly referred to as **"Monsar"** by fans began as a friendship. It was revealed in Chapter One that they had hooked up before Monse left for writing camp, which was the start of their romantic relationship. They secretly dated until "Chapter Six" as Monse believed it was best they weren't together as it could damage their friendship with "the crew".

They later rekindled their relationship in "Chapter Ten" after Monse reveals she no longer wants to hide their relationship.

## Other Names

* **Monsar** (**Mons**/e and Ce/**sar**)
* **Moncesar** (**Mon**/se and **Cesar**)
* **Conse** (**C**/esar and M/**onse**)
* **Mesar** (**M**/onse and C/**esar**)

## Early Life

Monse and Cesar have been best friends since elementary school along with Ruby and Jamal. It has been said that Monse had a crush on Cesar before they hooked up, and this confirmed why they got together.

## Throughout the Series

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 4

They got together at the beginning of the summer before their freshman year of high school and before Monse left for summer camp.

In Chapter One Monse returns to find out that the crew have split apart because Cesar said that he had "smashed" Monse before she left for camp. Jamal and Ruby are disgusted that Cesar would say such a thing because they didn't believe it to be true, and also knew what that kind of rumor could do to her reputation. Cesar then surprises Monse at her house to apologize, but she threatens him with a baseball bat and confronts him before he has the chance. She asks him why he told people after they'd agreed to keep it a secret, revealing that they had "smashed" after all. Cesar tells her that he only did it to claim her for protection, as his older brother and other Santos members wanted to get at her.

Monse tells him that he needs to protect himself instead of her by leaving the Santos, but he becomes emotional as he believes there is no way out for him because his family crest has always been a gang sign. In the heat of the moment, she kisses him and he kisses her back while trying to keep his shirt on while Monse tries to take it off. Finally, Monse lifts his shirt up enough to see that he was hiding bruises all over his stomach, and she realizes that he'd already been jumped into the Santos.

Monse and Cesar are shown as a solid and supportive couple at the beginning of Season 2. Monse is the first person Cesar turns to when he gets jumped out of the Santos and Spooky kicks him out of the house. However, they later break up in "Chapter Fourteen" after Cesar gives her an ultimatum after she tells him she is leaving to go to Brentwood to stay with her mother for a few days.

When she returns from Brentwood in "Chapter Seventeen", they both apologize to each other and rekindled their relationship.

Their relationship doesn't last long as Monse breaks up with Cesar in "Chapter Twenty" after she finds out he slept with another girl named Paula whilst she was away in Brentwood.
Although the couple briefly hook-up in Chapter Twenty-One, the couple rekindled thier relationship again while going on a date in Chapter Twenty-Four. They maintain their relationship during the rest of Season 3.

It is revealed at the beginning of Season 4 that they are not together anymore. In Chapter Thirty-One, Monse returns to Freeridge and reveals to Jasmine that their break-up was because she realized how much Cesar was changing after seeing him assaulting someone.

Monse and Cesar do not really interact with each other even though she is back. However, in Chapter Thirty-Five, Cesar, saddened by his brother's death, appears in Monse's window. The two of them go on a walk and have their first conversation since their break-up. Cesar uses this moment to tell Monse how much he regrets losing her which Monse responds by saying he never lost her because they're "burn into each other's DNA". This leads to them having sex even though Cesar has a girlfriend.

Monse's old feelings for Cesar resurface and she starts hoping for a rekindling of their relationship. Cesar who just got got dump by his girlfriend Vero does not want that. At the end of Chapter Thirty-Six, they both agree to stay friends for the moment.

They resume their friendship, and Monse even helps Cesar bring up his grades in order for him to graduate in time. However, Monse secretly wants to go to prom with him as her date. Encouraged by her father, she decides to ask him to the prom, but she is left heartbroken when Cesar announces to her that he already agreed to go with Vero.

They do not get together, however before the series ends, it is hinted that they might later get back together when Cesar asks Monse "how does [their] story end?".
## Timeline

**First Relationship**:

* Start up: hooked up before the start of the series.
* On hold: before Chapter One on hold due to Monse being away at writing camp.
* Back on: Chapter Two Monse shows up at Cesar's house and they make out
* On Hold: Chapter Three
	+ Reason: Cesar is offended when Monse tells Olivia he's not safe.
* Back On: Chapter Seven
	+ Reason: Monse and Cesar are walking together home and he tells her he misses her and can't stop thinking about her although he's with Olivia and they almost kiss.
* Back on: Chapter Ten Olivia and Cesar break up. Monse tells Cesar she no longer wants to hide their relationship.
* On Hold: Chapter Fourteen
	+ Reason: Monse broke up with Cesar after he gave her an ultimatum.
* Back on: In Chapter Seventeen Monse tell Cesar she still loves him.
* On Hold: Chapter Twenty
	+ Monse finds out Cesar slept with a girl named Paula whilst she was away in Brentwood.
	+ Back on: Chapter Twenty-four Cesar and Monse go on their first date which comfirms the relationship.
* On Hold: Somewhere betweeen when Monse left for Mayfield and their Senior Year.
	+ Reason: Monse broke up with Cesar when she realizes how much being a Santo changed him.
	+ In season 3, Monse goes over to cesar's house and when she asks him to hold her, he does. When she kisses him, he asks i thought they were over, and monse replies that they are. This leads to Monse and Cesar having sex.
	+ Jasmine is revealed to have recorded Monse and Cesar having sex the other night and Monse can be heard moaning.
	+ In season 4, After Cesar talks about Oscar's death, he thinks he had lost Monse. But she tells him that they burn each other DNA. This leads to Monse and Cesar having sex in Cesar's room

## Trivia

* Cesar gave Monse a notebook in Chapter One so she can write in it in her summer camp.
* They took each other's virginity and were each other's first love.
* Although it is not officially said, the broken heart tattoo on Cesar's chest is more likely related to Monse.