Atlas ~ Encanto Fanfiction

30 - Atlas's POV

I stood next to my mom's grave jsut staring at her gravestone people passed me without so much as a glance. I have slipped into my death from ,so no one can see me except the dead or dying.

I felt. A hand on my shoulder and I jumped befoer turning to see my mom. I sigh and she says, "what's wrong?"

"I just wanted out of the Madrigal Casita for a little bit..." I reply, "I've messed everything up... Antonio and Camilo are fighting. Camilo is fighting with his wife, who might take Grace and leave."

Then I turned to her and said,c"I'm pregnant mama... your going to be an Abuela."

Her eyes widened befoer she smiles and takes my hand, "That great Veronica!"

The she wipes my cheek and asks, "Why are you upset?"

"I- I don;t know what I'm going to do... I don't know if I can raise the baby... when Antonio and I talked about kids, he seemed so passionate, so excited... I- I don't know mama... I don't know if I can do it..." I say softly, "Bruno tried his hardes tot raise me right, even giving his circumstances, but I don;t think I could raise my own kid..."
Mom puts her hadn on my cheek before saying, "Veronica. It's ok to be scared or nervous. But that;s why you have a partner. When your father and I got sick we didn't know what we were going to do... but when Bruno came to visit and meet you, I felt comfort. I knew you;d be ok... Veronica, what did you do?"

I sigh and say, "I left the casita."

Mom drops her hands before saying, "And you didn't tell Antonio you were leaving?"

I shook my head and mom gives me a pity look, "you[ve probably scared that poor boy half to death..."

"I know... but Antonio loves his family so much... and recently it seems like he's been separating himself from them in order to protect me... and now Camilo is going to lose his wife and daughter... so I thought it would be better if I distanced myself..." I reply

My mom shook her head before saying, "clearly I'm not changing your mind. Where are you living?"

'"I don;t know yet..." I reply honestly

Mom shook her head before saying, "well your not going to be Homeless and Pregnant for long. The madrigals are particularly good at making sure they don;t have a homeless population."

I shift on my feet before sitting on a nearby bench, "I don;t know what to do mama... I just don't want to go back to teh casita... especially not if Antonio has already seen my note..."

Mom thought before shaking, "you do know Bruno lived inside the house for years without being caught..."

"No, I couldn't..." I reply

"Bruno still has his tower does he not?" Mom suggests

"Mama I can't. I will not live in that house." I reply

Mom sighs before thinking and saying, "the only thing I can think of is that you could come live in the land of the dead with your father and visit occasionally in order to maintain your connection to the living world. '

"That could kill the baby..." I reply

She sighs her crossing her arms and saying, "then I wish you luck being pregnant and homeless..."

I groan ebfeor syaing, "fine. Fine. I will talk to Bruno."

She nods beofer kissing my cheek and saying, "as soon as you find out the baby's gender, I expect the be the first to know, understood?"

I nodded and she disappeared.

After that I took a deep breath before walking back towards the place by which I came.

When I got there I found that everyone was outside eating breakfast but for the most part now one seemed alarmed. But Antonio and Bruno were not there.

I went inside and I didn't see Antonio but I did see Bruno. He was hovering in the kitchen leaning on the counter petting a rat. I sighed before walking past the marigold flowers that were still handing int the casita from Dia de los Muertos.

They started to glow and Bruno looked up curiously. Then his eyes widened and I made the flowers float towards Bruno's room. He eagerly followed them and I shook my head following him. Once we got to his room I slipped inside before h says softly, "Atlas?!"

I giddy the spell to make myself visible and Bruno's eyes widened before he hugs me. Then he backs up putting his hands on my shoulders and saying, "I don't understand. Why did you run? And why did you come back?"

I sigh before saying, "I'm sorry Bruno. I- I won't tell you why I left but I came to ask you to help me hide..."

He looks at me in shock and then anger, "Yoh came back to ask me to help you hide?! And what am I to tell Antonio?!"

"Nothing. You won't tell him anything..." I reply

"No. I refuse. I will not help you hide. Especially not while your pregnant." He says

My eyes got teary and I whine, "please Bruno... please. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore..."

Bruno's face softened and he says, "Atlas what are you talking about?!"

I sniffle before saying, "Camilo isn't happy, Katrina might take Grace form him, Antonio is constantly bickering with his familia in defense of my actions, I've driven Roza to madness. Isabella and Victor don't look at me the same, Dolores is mad at me for tearing her brothers apart, the village is scared of me,"

I watched realization fall over Bruno's face as I talked before he sighs after thinking for a moment and saying, "what do you need from me?"

"Can you help me hide inside the Casita like you did?" I ask

Bruno shakes his head, "They are checking the entire casita head to toe, they already think I'm part of helping you hide... However I can offer you somewhere to live..."

Then he dug through some drawers before hand me a key, "here, when your Mama and Papa died, I bought their house, I never thought that you'd get a gift, so I figured you'd want to go off on your own when you were old enough..."

I smiled and said, "so this is what she meant..."

Bruno gave me a curious look before I said, "Mama told me to talk to you."

Bruno nods before saying guiltily, "Antonio is so incredibly worried about you, are you sure I can't talk to him..."

"I'm sure Bruno, Gracias.." I say before kissing the side of his head and slipping back into the land of the dead.