Atlas ~ Encanto Fanfiction

56 ~ Atlas's POV

I heard Antonio enter and I looked up syaing, "oh babe! Come here! Come here!"

He walked up to me and looked at me strangely. It was like a pitying look. I sent bakc a confused on and asked, "what?"

He shook his head sitting next me. I cuddled with him and asked, "what's bothering you?"

"Nothing... you seem more lively..." He says, desperate ot change ot the topic. I glanced ot make sure Eliana wasn't hiding somewhere before crawling in his lap, straddling him, allowing me to play with his hair and ask, "What's on your mind? I can tell something's bothering you..."

He puts on hand on my waist, and the other on my hip befoer he says softly, "if you were to ge t pregnant again? What would your reaction be?"

I blushed and shook my head and said, "are you I still on about the pregnancy thing? Babe. I disproved the idea when Julieta's pancake didn't work on me..."

He squeezed my waist and I felt my cheeks flush a bit before I say, "I don't know... I'd be scared... but not as scared as I was with Eliana... and this time I think I'd trust you more... and I'd stay of course... let you get to live through my pregnancy which you missed out on last time..."

He got a sort of comforting look befoer ask, "can I inquire on your point of curiosity?"

He sighs and says, "Bruno had a vision and it just got me thinking... I think Leiana would probably be over thrilled to be a big sister..."

I blushed and said, "Ah... Bruno, Bruno, Bruno. Do you think we could ever make your mother's song about him popular again?"

Antonio laughed and said, "my mother was deeply ashamed of getting us wrapped up in that song after Bruno came back... I'm pretty sure she wrote the lyrics on a piece of paper and burned it..."

I laughed and shook my head before Antonio says, "how do you think your life would be different if you'd never been adopted by teh casita and Bruno?"

I trace his chest with my hand as I say, "Ah... I knew I would get asked this question some day... Well, I'd say that I wouldn't have ever gotten my gift... so my life would be comepletely different. If I had to guess I would've worked in my mother's flower shop... i[d hav e been married off... and I probably wouldn't hav ever hallwn in love with you..."

I set my elbows on his shoulders extending out my arms holding my hands together as I said this before he pulls me in and kisses me smiling at my comment beofer he says, "your a wonder Atlas Madrigal."

I blush before sighing and putting my head against his saying softly, "I do slightly wish that I had a different last name... that way my name could change..."

Antonio looks at me and says, "well you could take on my paternal last name if you want to... just so you could get away from Bruno..."

I shake my head, "no, it's ok..."

He nods and asks, "when was the last time you spoke to your parents?"

"When I got back to encanto," I reply turning around and sitting in his lap so that he could hold my waist.

He nodded before kissed the side of my head before asking, "how are you feeling? I forgot to ask..."

"Groggy, but ok." I reply

He nodded and says, "Bruno thinks you may be slipping into that space you'd still stuck in sometimes... in between life and death... and that's why your getting sick..."

I shrug and say, "I don't know... I'm not very good at recognizing the signs and I'm the one living it..."

He rubs my shoulders  and bobs before I ask, "what was Bruno's vision about?"

He tensed slightly and I look at him curiously before he sighed and said, "You being pregnant again..."

I blushed and looked at him in surprise. I could tell he wanted to say more, as Antonio is not the best person when it comes to keeping secrets. I decided not to press for more. I sighed and kissed him before slipping out of the hammock.

I paced and he watches before saying softly, "Babe, what are you thinking?"

I stopped befoer blushing and saying, "don't you think it's a little ironic that our daughter got the ability to read minds seeing how I have such a hard time expressing my thoughts?"

He shook his head and walks over to me. He surveyed me wearing his poncho. I blushed, remembering that, so I pulled it down slightly I. Teh front and he smiled shaking his head as he says, "I just want to know how I can help you..."

I sigh and say weakly, "I don't know..."

We both hesitated before laughing softly. I hugged him and said, "you are the most compassionate person I know Antonio... please don't think my reluctance to parent has anything to do with you..."

He puts his hands on my face and says, "Why are you so hesitant? You have done so good with Eliana... I don't understand..."

I sighed and shook my head. I couldn't explain it. There was just this feeling was anxiety, and fear when it comes to parenting. An anxiety I haven't been able to put into words yet.

Antonio sighed and kissed the top of my head before I say softly, "I'm sorry Antonio..."

He just smiled and said, "why are you's Rory Atlas? Not everyone is good with handling their emotions an[d that's jsut a -fact of life... i don[t want you to be sorry before being you."

I smiled and felt my eyes get teary. He laughs and says, "why are you crying?"

"I don't really know..." I say, laughing and hugging him.

He smiled and help me before he says, "why don't you change and we take a walk down by the river? Eliana is being watched over by Mama,Tio Bruno. And Tia Julieta..."

I nod and say, "ok..."

Then Antonio laid in the hammock and "read" while I changed into a dress. I say "read" because I glanced at him at one point and noticed his eyes quickly go from glancing over the book to back to being very interested in the pages.

I shook my head and walked over, taking his hands and pulling him to his feet saying, "Come on!"

He laughs and says, "your acting like a child."

I smiled and blushed before we went outside. We went down to the river and walked. We talked about different possible locations for the wedding, meal options, guests, etc until we eventually just sat down next to the river. We cuddled before I asked, "if we had another girl, wha would you name her?"

He looks at me and teases, "now who's being pushy about pregnancy..."

I blushed and He says, "Aurelia. I've always liked the name Aurelia."

I nod before saying, "and a boy name?"

"Alejandro" he replies

I smiled, looking at him befoer asking, "we keeping the names starting with A's going?"

Antonio's laughs realizing what he'd done. Then he looks at me and asks, "what about you? Obvious Eliana was your idea, but wha ran out a boy name?"

"Julián..." I reply

Antonio nods and sighs kissing my cheek. This lead me to follow the kiss as he leaned back. I leane d bakc but lost my balance nad sort of fell ontop of him. We laughed and he says, "I love you Atlas."

"I love you to Antonio..." I reply

I went to kiss him i again however we heard what sounded like distant footsteps. I saw the irritation in Antonio's eyes. He was looking forward to when he could've taken tha tkiss. I stood in order to break the moment further. Eliana came through the bushes followed by Lucas and Mirabel.