Disney Wizards: Dark Anomalies [UPDATED 4/7/2020]

Chapter 2 - Almost There

"I'm going to Disney World!" I exclaimed.

I was up in my room, packing up my suitcase. Everyone else had there's packed but since I was busy with graduation, they now have the privilege of waiting for me. As I got ready, I was chatting with Santiago on my phone.

"Really? That's great!..." He replied with beginning to chuckle.

"What's so funny?" I asked him.

"I was just thinking that technically, I shouldn't be surprised that you're going over there." He answered. I could practically hear the grin on his face.

"Aw, has my Disney nerdiness grown on you?" I asked him acting all cute.

"Since we first started dating. Although we would have probably dated each other if you heard me confess my feelings to you back in the 5th grade." He teased.

"Again with that? How many times do I have to say that I'm sorry?" I asked him, sounding a bit agitated. I knew he was just joking around, but that was really starting to get old. "I was playing around, staring off into space---"

"Stuck in your own little world, Princess?" He added.

I laughed. "You could say that."

"So you're really leaving tonight?" Santiago asked me.

"Yep! After years of begging and pleading... and a tad of hard work, he's finally taking me. And my ENTIRE family!"

"How'd he swing that?" He asked me with shock.

"Supposedly, my Uncle Stevo got us this insane deal, since he used to work for The Mouse after all. Then the rest of my family pitched in with their share, and bam! We got in." I explained.

"That's awesome. Gosh, I'd give anything to go." He sighed.

"You've never been?" I asked him with surprise.

"Not since I was a baby, yeah. We were close to going... but, you know... my dad and all..." He paused momentarily.

"Oh yeah... I'm sorry." I apologized.

Last year Santiago's father passed away after a 2 year battle with cancer. It wasn't a pretty sight. When I heard the news at lunch, me and our friends at school held a moment of silence for him. He was a good man. He knew how to make a mean Egg Nog let me tell you that.

"Hey, don't apologize, it's fine. We've been holding up fine. Thanks for all what you and your family have done for us." He thanked.

"You're welcome. It's just... I didn't want you goes to go through what I did when my mom..." I slowly explained but stopped, when I swear I could feel a lump in my throat.

"I know Princess, I know..." He consoled me.

Many years ago, on the summer right after my elementary school graduation, my mother passed away from her own battle with cancer. It was tough.

The only difference between me and Santiago is that his mother didn't re-marry. My father did. He married one of his co-workers. Jeanette. She came along about half way through my first middle school year. At first when she heard the news about my mothers passing, she offered my dad to help with dinner or picking me up from school if he had to work late.

It wasn't too bad at first. She helped me with my school work, she got me to start eating my vegetables again. I suppose it was better than having either pizza, tomato soup, spaghetti, and chicken and fries.

Then the two of them started dating, and 2-3 years later, that was when my dad asked me about the possibility of the two of them getting married. I was pretty shocked to hear him ask me something like that. I was so happy and used to what we had now.