Casita Presents: Encanto

Intermission #2

Dolores took the opportunity Gabriela granted her as soon as she said it, "You should go to the bathroom."

She didn't have to be told twice and ran off. To inside Casita to collect herself.

God, why did the play have to reveal that about her?! Ugh, she was going to take that to the grave.

It took a while for the 21 year old to compose herself but eventually she had and she started walking back to her family prepared to stick it out in silence like she always did.

But she paused as eventually she saw the wall of pictures she was familiar with. The ceremony wall. There it was her grandmother with her Tia, Mom, and Tio. Followed by the photos of her cousins and her, then her brothers. All exactly the same. Then her eyes went wide.

It was a photo of 15 year old Mirabel and Abuela smiling and hugging in front of a door that seemed to have an image of Mirabel on it.

"What the...." Dolores muttered as she looked at more of the photos, there were four more photos of Abuela with 4 boys then there were no more Abuela photos and it started to be photos of Mirabel with the kids.

Dolores wasn't an idiot she knew that Abuela couldn't be around forever, Its was a surprise though that Mirabel had taken over for her. Why would she instead of Julieta or Isabela?

Something seemed to click in her musing as her eyes drifted over to a door that didn't exist in their time. A door that resembled their Abuela's that read Abuela Mirabel.

Dolores squeaked as realized what that meant.

"Dolores?"

The young woman jumped surprised as she saw an older man in his 80's hobbling to her looking shocked.

The young woman studied the man for a second, he was in gold and red. The outfit reminded her of her fathers clothes and she paused, she knew that face, that smiled, were did she know that from...

"Forgive me, you just look so much like my late wife, Dolores," The man apologized as he shook his head and pointed to a picture on the wall to make his point.

Dolores followed the finger and looked at the photo of Dolores in her late 30's with 4 little boys and a baby girl in her arms. Five kids and standing next to her was the man of her dreams, "Mariano?"

The man chuckled as he headed to the stairs, "Please, enjoy the show Senorita. I must be off. My granddaughter Jacinta told me to hurry back."

She watched him go down the stairs before looking back at the smiling photo then back at her future husband apparently. All she could do was squeak.

....

Antonio really liked little Javier, he was just the sweetest baby. He looked so small in Luisa's arms. But he was sitting in her arms as Camilo was making funny faces at him.

All the kids had ended moving down a bit as Gabriela had moved down to answering the adults aggressive questions.

Camilo looked at Isabela, "So, do you think Gabriela will actually answer any of their questions since Dolores and Mirabel dipped out?"

Isabela looked over as she saw Gabriela waving her hands around and overhead a bit of the conversation, "well it all began when I met your great great granddaughter when I was 13. It was slightly cold out. I wasn't dressed for the cold...why do you look like that Alma you said you wanted to know everything?"

"No, seems like Gabriela will not be answering any of the real questions we have," Isabela muttered as she looked at Luisa, "Are you really that overworked?"