the door swung open and there was a man with glasses standing there, he seems petrified for a moment. 'hey Agustin' said my mother. I heard a voice 'Agustin, who's standing there?' a woman comes and stands next to him. she looks happy. 'Y/M/N? (your mom's name).' she embraced my mother 'it's been so long. Pepa come quickly!' and another woman came out. 'hey Pepa..' I heard my mother say.
after cuddling for a while another man came and the woman called Pepa looks at me. she nudges Julieta 'it's been way too long.' she says 'look how big she is. last time she was 1' she walks up to me and hugs me. i don't know what to do and look at my mother looking happier than ever. 'otherwise stay for lunch.' an elderly woman came walking up. 'Like Julieta said it's been a long time, we can all catch up and the little one...' she looks at me and smiles 'I mean big Y/N can meet the rest.' my mother agreed.
I walked behind my mother while she was talking to her friends. I still don't understand what she meant by 'they are different here' they all seem very normal to me.
i sit on a bench staring at my feet a bit and thinking about the past and how things will go now, am i going to make friends are they okay with me here, i feel a little fear. the older woman sits down next to me 'are you okay?' I nodded yes, but apparently it wasn't very believable. "um...I don't know how to say it..." I tell her. she looks at me smiling 'see Pepa and Julieta. they are special, if Pepa is not feeling well the weather changes and Julieta makes someone better with food. they both have 3 kids Julieta 3 girls and Pepa 2 boys and 1 girl all those kids have a gift too except 1 then and my son Bruno has a gift too." she points to the man who just walks out and joins the conversation of the adults. 'really?' I ask her. I thought she'd gone mad until a big woman walks in with a big table like it's nothing. "that's luisa, she's super strong." she says. 'and Y/N call me gwn abuela' she walks away. I'm shocked when suddenly a girl with green glasses sits down next to me 'Hola, I'm Mirabel.' she smiles. 'I'm Y/N' 'I already knew.' I looked at her questioningly when she said that. she saw that I did not understand her 'oh yes uhm.. you see that girl over there, that's my cousin Dolores she has heard everything her gift is hearing things from far away.' I looked up to Dolores and she waved at me I waved back.
after a while everyone was there and we sat down at the table. 'Today we have a few guests at Y/M/N and Y/N.' I felt many eyes on me. i felt shy and gave a smooth smile. 'They have been living here in the encanto since today and it has been 15 years since we last saw them. I hope everyone at this table will give them a warm welcome so that they will feel at home here.' Abuela said to me with a cheerful smile. 'thank you abuela' said mom nudging me. a gentle "thank you." flew out of my mouth when I looked at a little boy with a jaguar. Abuela sat down and everyone started talking.
I am right between the adults and children. Mirabel nudged me 'I can give you a tour later if you want. I have nothing to do anyway.' this felt like a relief, luckily there is someone who wants to hang out with me. before I moved here I had no friends, well maybe 1 someone. but that went wrong. maybe now I'm going to make real friends. 'yes that sounds nice.' I said cheerfully. 'can I have the water?' asked a boy looking at me. 'Yes please.' I gave him the water. "I'm Camilo by the way."
after dinner Mirabel immediately took me for a little tour.
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'thanks for the tour Mirabel, see you tomorrow?' I ask. she nods and I walk with my mother back to our house. my mom looks so happy and that makes me happy. and I've made friends Isabela, Dolores, Mirabel and I get along pretty well and I've had a few conversations with Camilo too, well we joked together more than serious talk.
i'm sitting in my room looking out it's late and i can't sleep. the past lingers in my head, i know i can trust them, they are different from Claire who went from being my best friend to a bully. I decide to read and before I knew it I fell asleep
