Now Or Never ~HSMTMTS

Waiting on a Miracle

POV Carlos

We're about to get on with the rehearsal. Miss Jenn is walking Mazzara to his office. He insisted that she walked with him.

Is this really how it's gonna be? Are they gonna be this annoying couple who makes everyone feel lonely? Probably.

What about their name? It is gonna be Jennifer Mazzara? Or Benjamin-, wait what's Miss Jenn's last name? I never bothered to ask but now it feels like an important detail.

Miss Mazzara doesn't sound right. But what if Miss Jenn's last name is something like Barkley. Ew. Benjamin Barkley doesn't sound great either.

Before I could delve into the possible name combinations of their future kids, Miss Jenn walks into the room.

"Okay, kiddos, come here," she starts. "We're gonna do Waiting on a Miracle, as you know. But since Gina is Mirabel, someone else can sing the solo right now," she says when she gathered everyone around her.

I think about the lyrics. It's really the song I need right now, I think I feel the way Mirabel did in Encanto. Or maybe even worse.

"Can I please sing it, I am really waiting on a miracle since-," I can't finish that sentence. Everyone knows what I'm talking about. Miss Jenn nods and I take the stage.

"Don't be upset or mad at all," I start and I immediately see Seb's parents in front of me. I am upset and mad. But there is nothing I can change.

"Don't feel regret or sad at all," I sing. I should've known I was gonna think about Seb as soon as I started singing the song, but still, it hurts.

"Hey, I'm still a part of the family Madrigal. And I'm fine, I am totally fine. I will stand on the side as you shine. I'm not fine. I'm not fine."

I really feel that I mean every word that I'm singing. Except for that I'm a part of the family Madrigal then.

A bit later, I almost can't stop my tears from streaming down my face. "All I need is a change, all I need is a chance."

"All I know is I can't stay on the side, open your eyes, open your eyes, open your eyes," I sing my heart out. The tears now stream down my face, but it doesn't weaken my voice. It makes it stronger. The song gives me the power to sing on.

"I am ready, come on, I'm ready. I've been patient and steadfast and steady. Bless me now as you blessed us all those years ago, when you gave us a miracle."

After the long note everyone starts clapping. But I have my eyes closed, so I don't see them.

"Am I too late for a miracle?"

When I open my eyes, I see everyone in tears but with big smiles on their faces. I walk toward them for one big group hug.

"Maybe you don't have to wait on a miracle anymore," a familiar voice says behind me.

I turn around and gasp.

It's him.

How is it possible-

It's Seb.

I pinch myself to see if maybe I'm dreaming, but it's real.

I run toward Seb and give him the longest hug. Right before we touched I was scared that he might be a hologram. That he would disappear when I would touch him. But he's real.

He's real and he's alive.

"How?" I ask and I look into his blue eyes. He looks better than the last time I saw him. He doesn't have any bruises or wounds.

"Well... prepare for a long story," Seb says and gives a weak smile. I sit down and Seb sits next to me. I hold his hand throughout the story. The others also take their seats, so we are in one big circle when Seb starts his story.

"Some of you might have noticed that my parents used to beat me up. It started with just a punch in my face but it got worse and worse."

I squeeze his hand to encourage him to talk.

"One day, my dad hit me pretty hard with a shovel. I was knock-out and when I woke up, there was blood everywhere around me.

I felt weak and I could barely walk but I knew I couldn't stay there. I started walking to my grandparents. It was a long walk, I think it took me three days. I got some bread and water from a stranger but that was all I had for those three days.

When I got to my grandparents, I had a sort of burnout and I couldn't do anything except sleep and eat soup for a month.

We couldn't go to the hospital, because we knew that my parents would come and get me again. And since I had no proof of what they did to me, I couldn't go to the police.

And so I hid there, until now. I'm tired of waiting and I finally have my proof. I filmed it, one time. And I got a new phone where I logged in into my old phone if that makes sense.

And I am just back from the police station and my parents are in prison now," Seb ends his story. I pull him into a hug.

"I can't believe you're back. I love you," I state.

"I love you, too. And I promise to never ever leave you again," Seb says.

AAAAAHHHHH YESSSSSSS

I was waiting for this chapter for sooooo long, I hope you enjoyed it.

There are still a few great things that are about to happen but this story is also almost coming to an end.

Love you all!!

Love, Anna <3