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chapter three - just illusions and matching clothes

"vamos, vamos! we do not have all day and night, chicos!" camila spoke, snapping as she spoke. camila wore a butterfly dress that Julieta kindly made do her, a white lace over the actual fabric with pink butterflies designed on the fabric. the dress design was tight at the torso, a heart shaped cut off at her breasts, and the lace only showed on the bottom half of her. her hair was normal and out and wild. and her shoes were converse she borrowed from camilo a while ago.

though camila wasn't one to boss and force, she knew she could NOT miss little antonio's gift ceremony. she knew how important it was. camilo has taken the gift with him to the casita so she didn't have to worry about that part. abuela violeta and mamá were all ready, abuela in a long sleeve and puffy lavender dress that reaches the floor and made her look 28 again, while mamá wore a teal-blue silk dress with a cut from the knee and down to show off her red heel. xavier and lisa we're ready as well, in footsie onesies. manuel stood in front of the mirror, fixing his bow tie over and over again. "something's not right." he sighed. camila went to him and quickly scanned his outfit, before tapping his belt.

"don't have a brown belt with a black and white outfit. grab your white belt mamí bought you last christmas." camila answered, and though unsure, manuel ran off to try it out. "COME ON PEOPLE, IM LEAVING IN 5 MINUTES WITH OR WITHOUT YOU!" camila hollers theough the home, and she swore she felt it shake for a second. "I'm here." rosa panted, busting through the door in a red ruffled skirt that reaches mid-calf and a coral shirt that looked extremely attractive on her. "thank god." camila sighed, hugging her before rosa flopped on the couch. "hola abuela, hola veronica."

tony walked down the stairs, buttoning up his last button and leaving his tie untied and just around his neck. "not too bad." camila nodded in approval, lower lip poking out. rosa quickly and sneakily straightened her posture and wipes her hands on her clothes to unwrinkle them. when rosa caught tonys eye, all he could do was stare, until valentina pushes him out of the way in a light pink lace dress that puffed out with pablo behind her. all that was left was-

"YO, LUCIA! WERE JUST WAITING FOR YOU!" camilla said, checking her watch. 30 minutes until the ceremony. cool. "I think she's trying to dress well for luisa." valentina whispered in camilla's ear. "I figured."
camila ahrugged, pacing the floor. "what, cami, you anxious to see camilo? el amor de tu vida (the love of your life)?" pablo teased. "shut up, pab. and no, if anything he should be anxious to see me. I just.. I can't miss that ceremony. it'll break my heart if I'm not there." camila
admitted. finally lucia came down... in a blingy white suit. everyone collectively gasped. "...you like it?" she asked nervously. shoving her hands into her pockets. there was a moment of silence before everyone started throwing compliments at the girl, especially manuel and tony. "okok, I get it, now let's go before camilla has a breakdown." lucia says, now with rosy cheeks. "good idea. vamos!" mamí said.

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at the door, camila could see ahead of the crowd to see camilo shape shifting into each guest to greet them. once the gracia family finally got inside, camila shape shifted into camilo, and when he saw her, he laughed before turning back into himself, and she did the same. seeing his shirt, she just laughed. "nice shirt, bozo." she complimented. he had a shirt that matches camilla's dress. "gracias, mi amor." he chuckled, hugging her. they hugged for a moment before they let go and she asked, "the gift-" "is on the table where all the gifts are going. don't worry, girl, I know what I'm doing." camilo finished her sentence. "sorry, sorry. see you in a couple?" "you can count on it." he assured winking and clicking his tongue at me with finger guns. he said hola to the rest of my family before we left him and went around, the family letting camila lead the park as she and camilo knew every single villager in the town.