Nobody Knows// Ross Lynch

nineteen

Everyone's eyes sat on the Queen, who gracefully walked down the steps and into the common area. People were whispering and some felt like they were about to faint, as she carried on and waited for the room to address her. 

Julio stood up straight, fixing his tie before bowing down to Isabel. "Queen-" He said while clearing his throat. "Your majesty." 

Isabel nodded and waved a very princess like wave to the crowd, making everyone around her close their mouths and bow. 

"Isabel- I thought-- I thought you weren't feeling well today," Sofia stuttered, trying to raise her voice. 

"I was watching this nonsense on the television, and I just knew someone had to put a stop to this madness. What were you thinking, Sofia?" Isabel yelled at her, making everyone hold their breathes. "Where is she? Where is my granddaughter?" 

Everyone looked around, taking this as their queue to begin talking to each other again. 

"I said, where is my granddaughter?" The queen repeated herself, stomping her foot on the ground as she locked eyes with Benji and Ross. "You," She pointed to Ross, "Blondie, where is she?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Ross now, who was practically going limp as he tried to force himself to make any movement or sound in response. Benji noticed Ross' clammy forehead. He pushed his friend into taking a step forward, feeling his tenseness as he touched Ross' wrist.

"What are you doing?" Benji whispered, "Go, answer her." 

Ross shook his head nervously, looking around at the crew who was staring right back at him. 

"Well then? How about you Benji? Where is she?" Isabel snapped, startling Benji as well. "You seemed to have loss touched with her, but I hope you haven't truly lost forgotten about who we're speaking about here, Benji. Where did she go?" 

Before he could even answer, Julio stepped forward while placing his hand on his chest. "Queen Isabel, I'm so sorry I did not mean to make your granddaughter run away."

She raised a curious eyebrow, "Run away? You made her kiss him on national television! You humiliated her. All of you. Somebody go find Lorena right this minute, or else!" She snapped at the crowd, making people jump out of their stances and scatter all around the room. 

Mateo sat with his head down, panting as he thought about what had just happened between them. He brushed his fingers against his lips, feeling like he was about to cry at the thought of it. 

She kissed him. She forcefully kissed him on national television, and he didn't know how to feel. How would his boyfriend feel? Mateo was heartbroken. 

Sofia pushed through the crew, trying to get to her mother-in-law. Isabel's chest was rising up and down. She patted the top of her forehead with her gloved fingers and tried to steady her breathing from that uprising. 

"Isabel, what are you doing?" Sofia scowled her softly, pulling her to the side. 

Isabel snapped Sofia's hands away from her arm, making her take a few steps back. "No, what are you doing Sofia? You went behind my back and scheduled an interview in my home without my permission. 

"This is my home too, your majesty! Whether you like it or not, your son married me and I live here!" Sofia retorted back surprisingly. 

Isabel scoffed, keeping her hand on her head. "Stop your whining, Sofia. Your daughter is gone and you're not even worried about her. I knew I should've came back sooner. I've been absent for a while, Sofia, but I'm not going to let you blame me for everything you want Lorena to do anymore. You better hope she's okay after all of this, Sofia."