°•.˜"*°•𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓭 •°*"˜.•° (C. Madrigal X Reader)

Chapter fifty four: Questions in my room

I took a quick glance at everyone at the table. Everyone had a similar look on their face, they all looked worried but curious, many of them on the edge of their seats. Well, almost everyone. Dolores looked worried but she wasn't curious as to what I was talking about. She looked like she already knew.

"It's about June..." I began "Earlier today, I saw Mirabel and June talking in one of the dark hallways at school. I was worried that June might try to hurt her so I went up to them..."

"June...June is that girl who-" My father said before cutting himself off "Y/n, you shouldn't have gone up to her! What if she hurt you again? Why is she still at school even, she should be-"

"Pa, let me finish first?" I asked "Please?"

My father relaxed back into his seat and nodded at me. Mi mama was rubbing his back to soothe him.

"She threatened me" I said, earning some gasps from the other people at the table. "She told me that she would try to hurt my family and I at Marcos' gift ceremony. She said that she would do something that hurt us so badly that we would move out of the Encanto."

Everyone stayed quiet for a moment. They were all just trying to take in what I had just told them.

"Dolores..." Felix said "You must've heard this, didn't you? How come you didn't tell anyone?"

"Yeah, you always tell people things!" Antonio exclaimed "Why not this time?"

"I just felt like it wasn't my place, I thought that Y/n should find the time to tell us all on their own" Dolores said "In the same way it isn't my place to tell anyone about Y/n's conversation with Hugo at the door a while ago!"

Dolores made the high squeak that she always makes when she realized that she had brought it up even if she just said that it wasn't her place to bring it up.

"Y/n, I'm sorry" Dolores said "Sometimes, I just don't know what's okay to say and what isn't and sometimes, things just slip out and-"

"It's okay, Dolores," I said, smiling softly at her.

She gave me a small smile back. I felt bad for her in some way. It must be strange to be able to hear everything because in turn, it means that she essentially knows everything about everyone. It must be hard for her to always be anxious about what she's allowed to say and what she isn't.

"Y/n, did she give you any idea at all about what she was going to do?" Julieta asked "Or was it just a vague threat?"

"She didn't say anything about what she was actually going to do" I replied "But I know that June is dangerous and I didn't want something bad to happen so unexpectedly and ruin everything so...I thought I should warn everyone..."

"Is it even safe to still have the gift ceremony if someone like June threatened to hurt us?" Adriana asked.

"We can't just cancel everything!" my father exclaimed "Marcos' gift ceremony has to happen eventually!"

"Yeah, and Mirabel has worked so hard on it" Miguel said, agreeing with Pa.

"But June is making it seem like she has something terrible planned!" Camilo yelled "Why would we risk that?!"

"What if June is just bluffing?" Adelita chimed in "What if she was just trying to scare Y/n?"

Their voices got louder and the arguments overlapped and eventually, it was just one big mess of loud noises and yelling. Everyone looked so worried and scared and Antonio and Marcos were covering their ears.

I looked over to Dolores to see her breathing heavily. The noise must be unbearable to her. Dolores covered her ears and took in a big breath.

"Everyone quiet!" Dolores yelled.

Everyone stopped talking and awkwardly stared at each other as they sat back down.

"Please! Let's decide what the best course of action is calmly!" Dolores said "You are all screaming and arguing like children!"

Everyone nodded silently.

"Thank you..." Dolores said, massaging her head.

"Well...I personally think that the ceremony should still happen," Julieta said after a bit of silence. "Mirabel has worked so hard on it and if June were to try something, God forbid, I will have plenty of food on hand in case anyone gets hurt."

"Yeah, I think it should happen too" Antonio said "Marcos deserves a gift ceremony and we can make sure that June doesn't even get inside Casita!"

"Mr. Valladares said that he and the rest of his family wouldn't be attending the gift ceremony" Camilo said "June included."

There was silence for a moment. Everyone was thinking it over, me included. It seemed safe enough to go through with the ceremony but did we really want to take the risk? Eventually, Mirabel stood up and planted her hands on the table.

"Alright, I'm gonna put my foot down here as the person who planned the whole thing" Mirabel stated "I say that we go ahead with everything just like we planned but with extra safety precautions in case June tries anything."

There were no protests against that. It made sense. I admired how she took charge of the situation, she really deserved to be the head of the Madrigal family.

After a while, dinner went back to normal and everyone was chatting amongst each other. I glanced over at Camilo. He wasn't really talking much and only gave nervous chuckles as answers to any questions. I thought it was a bit odd but decided not to prod.

Eventually, dinner was over and Miguel and Mirabel were cleaning up the table as the rest of us headed back up to our rooms. I sat down on my bed and grabbed a book that I had been meaning to finish and began to read.

Then I heard a hesitant knock on the door. I got up from my bed as I wondered who needed something from me this late. I opened the door to find Camilo standing there, staring at his shoes.

"Cami?" I asked.

"Heyyy, Y/n!" Camilo said, nervously.

"What do you want, Cami?" I asked, raising a brow at him.

"Oh right. Um..." Camilo said "I was just wondering why you were um...Talking to Hugo?"

'Oh, right. I haven't told him about it or explained after Dolores accidentally brought it up' I thought.

"Come in! You can ask me questions in my room!" I said, smiling genuinely at him.