Chapter 2

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It's the party. As usual I'm hanging out in the back planning to leave an work on my drawings when I felt someone tapping me lightly on the shoulder. 'Hi YN'. 'Hi Tonito is there any thing I can do for you'? 'Not really, but my friend'. He said pointing to a little boy with blond hair and brown eyes about Antonio's age. 'Was wondering about your gift and I was hoping you could show him'.  Deep breath in it will be fine. 'Well my gift is pretty simple basically I have the power to turn invisible and well that's it nothing really special. I demonstrated by turning see through and visible again a few times. 'Whoa your powers are the coolest'. 'Thanks' I said kind of surprised.


 Just at that moment Mirabel ran into the room 'the house is in danger'! 'The tiles were falling and there were cracks everywhere and the candle almost went out'. 'Show me' Abuela said. Mirabel led Abuela and the rest of us to the middle of Casita's entrance. 'What' she exclaimed 'No, that's the cracks were there they were everywhere the house was in trouble the candle was...'. 'Abuela I promise'. 'That's enough' she said. 'There is nothing wrong with La Casa Madrigal the magic is strong and so are the drinks'. The crowd laughed I didn't really expect myself to do anything usually I just stay quiet but there was something that made me say 'shouldn't you at least investigate'. The crowd looked at me like I was a psychopath. 'There's nothing to investigate Mirabel was just seeing things'. 'Well Bruno saw things'. Collective gasp then murmuring. 'All of the things he saw came true'. 'Bruno was a traitor he got people hurt'. Abuela said raising her voice. That's when I snapped.


I had always remembered Bruno as a kind uncle who was always the only one who treated me like I was part of the family. Who took me out for ice cream and had a nickname for me just like a normal parent. Who would give me piggy back rides and let me braid his hair. Who listened to me when I was sad and never told me I was overreacting just comforted me and told me it was going to be ok. Tio Bruno the man who had loved me like a father and then disappeared for 10 year was being called a traitor.


'Maybe the reason Bruno got people hurt was because his own mother didn't care if he got hurt'! 'Get'. 'Out'. 'Of'. 'My'. 'House'. 'Now!' Tears stung in my eyes. Instead of leaving I just ran up to my room. 'Don't cry don't cry only weak people cry so don't'. I actually managed to get through the few minutes without shedding too many tears. After I wiped those I climbed out of my window onto the roof to watch the fireworks.


I had barely been sitting for a minute when I heard someone climbing on the roof. I turn to see that it was Camilo and then looked back up at the sky. 'So...' 'that was intense'. I shrugged I wasn't really in a talking mood. 'Are you ok Dolores said she heard you crying' ' ummhm' I said. We sat in silence for a few minutes. 'Well if you ever need someone to talk to I'm here'. He gave me a quick side hug and then left. I felt a little better actually at least there was someone in this family who was willing to listen. I went back through the window got my sketch book and started to sketch Camilo. When I started it was hard to stop. I sketched until I had every imperfection, quirk and tiny detail done. 


I looked up to admire my work even I had to admit it looked pretty good. I even considered going to the party to show it to him. 'Sigh'. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut and let it go I mean nobody would notice if I didn't. It would be better for everyone but somehow part of me felt proud that I had stood up for my tio and wherever he was I hoped he would be proud too.


When I was just about ready to go to bed I overheard the adults having a conversation. I didn't pay much attention to it until I heard my name being said. 'Mama you've always treated YN unfairly you knew that when we were busy with our kids that Bruno was the only one who had time to take care of her'. Tia Julieta said. 'We'll see what good that did her now she's disrespecting the very people that could have left her on the streets'. 'Mama you were the only one who even considered that as an option'. Tia Pepa said as a sound of thunder came. I turned away. I could feel the tears streaming down my face. As I grabbed my sketch book I accidentally tripped on one of the tiles. It made a loud thunking noise and made the adults stop talking.


'YN mija is that you' tia Pepa asked. I raced back to my room and dived under the covers. I could hear voices outside my door and from what I could decipher  tio Agustín was convincing tia Julieta and tia Pepa that I needed a bit of space for a while. After I heard them walk away I started crying and didn't stop until I fell asleep. So much for being strong. 



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