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chapter eight - just confessions and a bouquet of daisies

camila laid in her bed, reading a book that she was bored with. "really, flavio?" camila sighed at the character between the pages, before slapping it close and throwing it on rosa's empty bed. "you were lying when you i would love the book, rosie." she told the air on her best friends bed, before she heard light tapping on her big window sill. giving a curious hum, she slowly walked over to the window, her knee on the sill, she looked over through her window. it was camilo.

camilo stood there, throwing pebbles at camila's second story window with a flower bouquet in his hand. camila opened her window, letting the cool air hit her face. "hey, weirdo! whatcha doin' down there?" camila yelled down to the boy.

"we need to talk."

<3

camilo walked into camila's room, spotting camila sitting on her bed, she jumped up and smiled at him. "hi," she awkwardly said. "hey... these are for you." camilo held out a bouquet of daisies to the girl. "aw, gracias." camilo as face melted into a grin, taking the daisies into her hands. behind camila, camilo could spot camaleónico (the monkey stuffed animal) sitting on the bed, waiting for physical affection.

"so, uh, what's up? what do we need to talk about? should I sit down? should you sit down? do we both sit down?" camila asked. "um, it's more of a me standing up and you sitting down kinda thing." camilo responded, holding her by the sides, gently guiding her to sit down. "i-is this bad stuff we're talking about?" camila asked, concern shining on her face. "I honestly have no idea." camilo sighed, pulling a hand down his face.

"you know you can tell me stuff, even the shitty things, right?" camila reassured camilo. "yeah, yeah I know. but.. i don't know about this." camilo sighed once again. "well, let's get started at the beginning." camila smiled softly, getting comfortable on her bed as camilo started to pace just like he did a hour ago.

he took a deep breath, before spilling out, "I really like you. and I think more than a friend. I think I knew before this point, but not like know know, right? but I don't wanna ruin our friendship and I kinda panicked, and went to papa." at this, camilo feared camila's reaction, but she just stood up, walked over to the panicked boy, and hugged him. camila's stomach blew up with fluttering butterflies. camilo embraced his best friend, letting out a huge breath. "you'll always be my best friend. thank you for sharing with me." "what? you're not mad or anything?" camilo asked. "why would I be mad? if anything, I'm flattered." camila grinned up to him. camilo just grinned big at her and pulled her into his chest. "you're the best."

"I try." she shrugs. "you don't even have to try." camilo mumbled on topic her head. "and hey, get on this." she pulled her head away from the hug, making eye contact with her older best friend. "mm," he hummed, making contact with the girl. she waved her hand over, making camilo lean into her. camila cupped one hand to his ear and whispered, "I like you too." camilo instantly took his head back, wide eyed. "no shit?" "no shit." she smiled. at this, camilo picked camila up in a hug and spun her around. she squealed, pulling her arms around his neck. "you're the coolest girl alive, mamacita." camilo stated. "so... you like me?" camila asked.

"like you?" camilo scoffed. "you are perfect. per. fect. your smile lights up a room even if it's already bright. your eyes make me want to faint from how beautiful they are. your laugh is so contagious, that even if something isn't funny, people laugh along with you. I laugh along with you. every single girl in the village, they don't know whether they want to be with you or be you. and you are so perfect the word perfect is jealous. it's unreal how much I admire you and love you. you are the coolest and most adorable person on planet earth."

camila teared up at this. "I love you." "and I love you." camilo grinned, tears pouring down his cheeks. they laughed at each other, camila wiping his tears and camilo wiping camila's tears and kissing her forehead. then, without another word, camilo put a finger up to his mouth, grabbing a piece of paper and a pen, clicking it open, and quickly writing something down. she guessed he didn't want his sister to hear. handing a her the paper, it wrote:

'WILL YOU GO TO THE FESTIVAL WITH ME AS MY DATE?'
YES        OR      NO

camila rolled her eyes with a smile, opening her hand so he could throw her the pen, and he threw her the pen. she circled a option, giving it back to camilo. he looked at it, before frowning slightly at it. "I'm kidding," she laughed, running up and hugging him. "oh, thank god. after that whole speech, I would of slapped you over the head and said, 'y ya!'" camila laughed at her best friend, putting her chin on his chest, looking up at camilo. "you have pretty eyes." she commented. "gracias, mi amor."

"no problema, papi."

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a / n
hi everyone!
here's a short bit sweet chapter before some stuff goes down!! I was also thinking of doing a face reveal if you guys wanted, since I based camila off of me (because me and camilo look pretty similar), but tell me what you think.

BUT
drink your water
EAT.
ily <3.

-mela :)