Blinded. (Sequel to invisible) A Fifth Harmony fanfiction.

Chapter 29

Charlotte was not one for family reunions. As much as she adored the Jauregui family, they were overwhelming at the best of times and she was in desperate need of a break and to find her girlfriend.

She slipped away from a small group of relatives, who had thankfully gotten distracted by someones toddler, and made her way inside of the house that was completely empty. She sighed in relief and cautiously made her way to her and Ivy's room, hoping to not be caught and have a few moments of solace to herself before going back outside.

Walking through the living room, she couldn't help but admire the photos that hung everywhere. She smiled lightly at the sight of Lauren being a baby dressed in a cow patterned onesie. She stepped closer to the wall and scanned them all closely before her eyes fell on the photo of her, Lauren and Lauren's Grandma Angelica a few years ago at Christmas. She smiled sadly, remembering the tragedy that followed a few months later and at how unhappy she was back then, and that Angelica never got to see her completely content as she was now.

She sighed gently as she remembered the last conversation she ever had with Angelica at the hospital.

**Flashback**

"Done." Charlotte announced quietly as  she handed the sheet to Angelica. She watched carefully as Angelica's eyes light up in awe and curiosity.

"Why did you draw this?" She asked, her tone was soft and laced with admiration at her great Granddaughter's talent. She looked up at Charlotte to see she was rolling the pencil between her fingers.

"It's a Allium flower. It represents unity, humility and patience." Charlotte spoke insecurely, unsure of how to translate what was flying through her head, but when her eyes met Angelica's soft ones, it felt like it was only them in the room, that she wasn't near prying eyes.

"It reminded me of you," she began softly, "when I started drawing everyone was talking about family memories, which is unity. The doctors coming in and out and prodding and poking you, you remain calm and tolerable of them and even us when we fuss over you, you remain patient. And you're humble. You're amazing but like most humans you don't see that, or at least to the extent that everyone else does, including myself...Humility." Charlotte explained. Her insecurities rose again once she remembered she wasn't alone with Angelica.

"Come here?" Angelica asked softly. Charlotte carefully made her way closer to Angelica. The old woman sat up in her bed and slowly shifted over slightly so the small 13 year old could sit cross legged beside her.
"You are a very special girl you know that?" Angelica stated matter-of-factly. Charlotte was unsure of what to say, but once again she felt as if no one was around, that Angelica was just as unaware of everyone as she felt, and slowly, a light blush formed on her cheeks from being told so seriously that she was special. And for the first time, she felt special.

"You are incredibly talented and since you are my great Granddaughter, you have to listen to me when I say that you are not allowed to waste this talent, okay? You're a very special young lady that can change many things in the world. You're smart, probably to smart for your own good, but that's a Jauregui trait." She winked, making Charlotte giggle lightly, "Don't let anyone take what you have okay Mija? Because what you have in here," Angelica pointed to her heart, "is something very few people have, and it can be destroyed very quickly. I don't know what it is, but I know that you're insecurities stop it from shining through. And you have to let it shine, because then no one can steal it. Am I making sense?" She was, in a very odd way. She was being pumped with painkillers and all types of marvellous drugs to ease pain, but she was making sense, not only to Charlotte but to everyone else in the room, who also knew Charlotte was special. Maybe, it came from her tragic past, maybe she was just born with it, but whatever it was, it was precious and rare, some thing that not many people possessed. And the Jauregui's new that, even if Charlotte didn't.