What If I Fall?~Sequel to Camilo x reader

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Y/n's POV

The city lights shone before me. I sighed and continued on towards the hospital. The familiar swish of the doors greeted me and the smell of medicine was still overpowering. Rose walked by me and then stopped in her tracks. She turned around and braced me in a hug. She pulled away and then looked me up and down.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" She asked concerned. I nodded.

"Everything fell apart" I sighed. Tears threatened to escape my eyes. Rose looked at me sympathetically and rubbed her hands up and down my arms

"We can talk later," She said "I'm guessing you want to see Jackson?" I nodded and she gestured to the elevators. I walked off and pressed the 4th floor. A floor I knew so well. A floor that I wished to escape daily, and now look at me. Soon the elevator dinged indicating that I was there. I sighed and stepped off, walking towards Jackson's room. When I opened his door his eyes shot up to meet mine. Concern washed over his face like Rose's.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" He asked. I reached up not knowing I was crying. I opened my mouth to explain but all that came out was a small whimper. Jackson stood up and gave me a hug. I began crying into his shoulder as he gently stroked my hair.

"What's wrong?" He asked again. I took a deep breath in an attempt to calm myself down.

"I went to Encanto. I saw Camilo. It was amazing. I missed everyone so much. But it wasn't the same. There wasn't a spark between us anymore. I was going to ignore it and try to regain the feelings. We were apart for a year, of course, it was going to be weird trying to re-kindle things but Camilo pointed it out. He pointed out that there wasn't anything between us anymore" I choked out the last part. Jackson tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Okay, hear me out. What if you forced yourself to have feelings for Camilo? Then what? If you gain the feelings that you once had back, great. But what if you don't? And then your just forcing yourself to like a guy that you would never like back. Y/n, you choose your own future, don't try to force yourself into something that you know wouldn't work." I stayed quiet after that. What he said made sense. I sighed and wiped away any more existing tears that had rolled down my face.

"But it still hurts" I whispered. Jackson sighed from beside me.

"You wanna know what you gotta do when life gets you down?" He asked.

"What"

"Just keep swimming"