LOVERS ROCK//camilo madrigal

SIX!

AS EVERYONE LOOKED AROUND FOR MIRABEL, ana secretly smiled when she was turned away from the madrigals.

"oh, ana, be a dear and go check your home. and on your mama, too...she must be worried sick about you." pepa said, as ana nodded and started heading towards her home, a boy following her as she did.

"i thought you ought to stay back?" ana smiled.

"wherever you go, i'll follow." camilo smiled, as the two walked through the silent town. cracks were shown everywhere, from the houses to the street, and exotic plants were lying around as well.

"hey...what were you saying?" ana asked, as camilo turned towards her, letting out a confused hum, "you were saying something about change? and...how you feel like you need to change all the time."

camilo huffed through his nose, stuffing his hands in his pockets, "i dunno...i've gotten used to it." he shrugged, kicking a rock.

"what do you mean by that, though?" ana asked, approaching her house and climbing up the stairs, as camilo went over to the side of the house.

"just...something..." camilo trailed off, and began to climb the tree up into ana's room.

ana turned towards the door and opened it, as a frantic daniela came and scooped her into her arms.

"mi vida! thank your papa, you're alive!" daniela praised her daughter, kissing her face all over.

"mama!" ana mumbled, but she accepted the kisses from her mama.

"dios mio, ana, i was worried sick!" daniela said, holding a hand to her heart, "but enough about me! why don't you go upstairs and get some rest! i bet you're worn out..."

"sí...i am." ana frowned, making daniela frown as well as kiss her face a couple more times.

"take all the time you need." daniela said, as ana went past her and went up the stairs.

when ana opened her door, she saw camilo laying on her bed, facing the wall. closing the door and locking it, she took a deep breath.

"are you...okay?"

"no."

ana cleared her throat, "oh. well...you wanna take a nap?"

"yeah."

ana paused, "are you sure you're...oka-"

"gosh, ana, just stop it!" camilo groaned, turning towards ana, who put her hands up defensively.

"okay, okay...sorry. can i lay down next to...you?"

camilo didn't say anything, just moved closer to the wall so ana could have some room. she went over to her bed and laid down, facing camilo's back, as she reached up to rub his shoulder.

"i'm sorry you're feeling the way you're feeling. really. i would hate it if my house fell down too. but, about your crisis. i dunno what it's like to shapeshift, but it can't be easy. you must feel like a million people at once," ana whispered, continuing to rub circles into his shoulder.

camilo didn't respond, only holding a sorrow look on his face as he waited for her to continue.

"i hope you can realize that...i'll love you always. even when you're a woman. or a man. or something else. i'll always love you." ana said.

this made camilo pause, and made him turn towards her, staring at her face.

"i can be anyone you want," ana nodded, "i can be your dream man," ana nodded once again, "but you're gonna love...me?"

ana smiled and nodded.

"oh. i guess...no ones really wanted me as myself."

"well, i think you as yourself is your best sel-"

ana's sentence was cut off with a grunt, as camilo wrapped his arms around her and squeezed the living daylights out of her, sobbing into her chest out of joy and sadness. ana accepted this hug, wrapping her arms around his back and patted it, making sure he knew she was there.

"you're the most special person in my life, ana." camilo said, as ana's eyes filled up with tears, and smiled with a quivering lip, hugging him tightly.

the two pulled away from the hug, laughing at each other's crying faces.

"your mascara is running," camilo laughed, wiping his thumb under ana's eye, as she grabbed his wrist.

"i know!" she laughed, and camilo felt her lean into his touch.

he didn't mind, though. the way her hand felt around his wrist. her beautiful pale hand, with a green ring on it. he thought it was the cutest thing.

he trailed his eyes up to her face, noticing that she was looking at him too. she had many freckles, even over her shoulders and back. her lips were beautiful, and being this close to her, he noticed that her top lip was actually slightly bigger than her bottom on...

"can i kiss you?" he blurted out, making ana drop his hand, "sorry, i didn't mean it like that...can i kiss you, mi amor?"

"well...do you know? how to...kiss?" ana whispered the last part.

"no," camilo said honestly, "do you?"

"no."

"well why don't we just kiss and see what happens? hm?" camilo said, smiling at her nervously.

he would by lying if he said he didn't just want ana's arms wrapped around him again, but this time, even closer. he was a tad bit touch starved, no matter how much pepa and felix hugged him.

"...okay." ana agreed.

the ginger scooted closer to him, which made his face burn hot. as she grabbed his cheeks gently, he wondering what they were about to do. he was about to kiss ana valentina, it was insane. it was better than he coul-

"are you gonna kiss me? or-"

"no, i can kiss you." camilo interrupted.

"no, i can." ana said.

"no-"

ana leaned forward quickly and placed a peck on his lips, "there! we kissed! wow! i bet your family is...looking for us!" ana laughed, standing up off her bed and going towards her mirror, making sure she didn't have any smudges on her face.

camilo sat up with a smirk, determined to tease the girl, "am i...not a good kisser?"

"no! it's not..." ana frowned, "it's weird! i've known you my whole life and now we just kissed."

"well, i've called you...mi amor. your whole life," camilo pointed out, "and also, that wasn't a kiss. that was just a little lip-on-lip acti-"

ana scoffed and grabbed camilo's shoulders, pressing her lips onto his firmly, as she then brought her hands up to his hair, tangling her pale fingers through his curly brown hair. and just as it started, it ended.

"wow," ana started, "all those romance books really did become helpful. hm."

she let go of his hair and then went towards her door, "we gotta get heading back, okay? i'll meet you outside."

"oh! okay! yes!" camilo blushed, as she opened the door and closed it.

camilo let out a lovesick sigh, and had a dorkish smile on his face.

yup, ana was perfect.

she knew how to kiss, and she didn't care who camilo was.

A/N:

hello! i hope this chapter holds you guys off for a while, since i have finals coming up and i'm freaking out! i'll try to update best i can, and honestly, there's probably only a chapter or two more!

also, thank you so much for 2k reads!! that's literally insane!!!!