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chapter five - just hernando and jorge

later that night, before the guzman engagement dinner, camila stopped by the gracia home to drop off her stuffed animal and say hello to her family. walking in, she felt water squirt onto her face. she pulled the stuffed animal behind her, and opening her eyes, she saw tony and pablo having a water gun duel, while the rest of the family (and rosa) sat in the living room. abuela violeta was knitting with a side glass of rum, mamí was talking with valentina, just gossiping, lucia xiomara were playing Rock Paper Scissors, manuel was talking with rosa, all while xavier and lisa were sleeping upstairs.

"hola familia!" camila greeted, wiping off the water and drying it off on her brothers clothing. everyone yelled a 'hola' in return, and xiomara jumped onto camila, hugging her older sis. "what's up with you, chica?" lucia smiled over to her younger sister. "oh, nothin' much. I gotta go to a engagement dinner, and I just wanted to drop this off." camila held up the beloved stuffed animal camilo gave her. "bought that from the market?" manuel asked. "nah, but everyday for the past couple weeks I've been pointing it out, and camilo decided he didn't wanna deal with my complaining ass anymore." mamí have her the side eye.

"sorry, didn't wanna deal with my complaining anymore. so I'm gonna go just put this upstairs and," she checked her watch, "get to dinner, I guess. wow, I thought I had a lot more time." "alright, mija, you have fun, and tell abuela alma I say hola." abuela violeta said, taking a sip of the rum she has on the table beside her. "will do, abuela." camila nodded, kissing her abuelas cheek.

running upstairs and up the hallway, she walked into the last door on the write to find her room with 2 beds in it. one for camila, the other for rosa. speaking of rosa, camila could hear her footsteps come in after her. "so, camilo gave you that little monkey?" she turned to see rosa leaning on the doorway. "are you saying he's ugly?" camila asked, playing offended as she pushed up the stuffed animal to her chest. "what? no! and 'he'?" rosa said. "yeah, we named him 'camaleónico', weirdo." camila said, placing the monkey on her bed. "oh, you are so whipped!" rosa scoffed.

turning around, camila furrowed her brows at her best friend. "what are you talking about?" "what I'm talking about IS... you're in love with camilo." rosa smirked. "what? in love? pft- no." camila chuckled, shaking her head. "uh, PFT yeah." rosa said, jumping onto the bed next to camila. "oh yeah? if you know why, tell me, niña de inteligente (smart girl)."

"well, let me ask you this. when anything goes wrong in life, who do you talk to about it first? who do you think of first to go and get comforted by?" rosa asked, squinting genuinely at camila. camila thought for a second, and though she wanted to say she would go to rosa or mamí, or even mirabel, she knew she would be lying. "look, I'm not here to out you, girl. I love you so much and couldn't thank you enough for what you and your family have done for me. I just want the best for you. and honestly, I think camilo is perfect for you, he treats you so well. he cares for you. he honestly loves you so much. i know it. your familia knows it. the madrigales know it. the whole freaking town knows it. but, just sayin'."

for the second time that day, camila threw her arms around her other best friend and held her tight. "I love you." camila mumbled into rosa's shoulder. "and I love you!" rosa grinned, pulling the girl away from the hug. "you're so depressing, you know that?" rosa teased, wiping some of her tears. "please. but... how's tony? not too bad, I hope." camila winced. "oh, he's actually great! he may have asked out a very special girl." rosa flipped her hair out of her face, getting a gasp from camila. "oh my- he did?" "HE DID!" the girls got up and squealed, jumping around. "oh, I'll show him who's boss."

running downstairs, camila smiled. "I love you all! and tony..." camila grabbed tony by the collar. "if you ever just hurt her feelings, I will beat you up so bad that mamí will never spank you again." tony's face contoured into stress. "you're my favorite sibling, but I am scared of you." camila smiled at the words her older brother said and kissed his cheek. "love you. adios guys!" before she opened the door, she heard manuel yell, "say hi to mirabel for me!"