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It was just a normal day,you were sitting on the couch,eating chips, and absolutely dying of bordem. There was nothing to do in this house.

"____!! Some one is at the door and wants to see you!!"Your mom shouted at you from the front door.

'coming mom!!' You go to the front door to see some random guy with a clip board.

probably just a sales man

"Hello,you must be ____,I work for Disney and we noticed how many times you've watched Encanto,and wanted to know if you wanted to go there!" he said

'Go there?? Buddy I appreciate the offer but Encanto isn't real,how am I supposed to go there?'

"Like this" he says as he taps your shoulder with an electric looking wand.

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"Are they ok?"

"I think their dead"

"Hello? Are you ok kid?"

'huh....?' You say as you sit up.Did you pass out?
Wait a minute,who cares what happened, your in Encanto!
How? Encanto isn't real,there's no way your there. But you clearly are.

"Hello?"

'oh sorry,my bad.I'm okay don't worry!'

"ok...."

Well,that was weird,you think as you stand up and
start to walk around.This place is a lot bigger in real
life.After a while,your feet hurt.Where the freak is
Casita at???Finally, you find it and immediately
scurried into the house, praying that you would
be able to find Abuela, and fast

'Where is she man?'

"Where is who?"

You jolt up,not realizing there was someone
behind you.As you turn around you see a
really cute boy...Camilo.Your fictional crush.
Is right there.Could this day get any better?

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"Are you ok?"

'Yeah yeah I'm fine...' OF COURSE IM NOT FINE.
HOW IS THIS REAL?HOW ARE **YOU** REAL?HOW
IS ANY OF THIS REAL?CAN I KISS YOU?

"Haven't seen you around senora,are you new?" He says as he puts a hand on his hip

'Oh....right...yeah I'm new yeah...'

"I'm Camilo, Camilo Madrigal, you've probably heard
of me before, And you are?" He says as he raises his eyebrows,gesturing towards you.

' _____. Wow.....' His HAIR.it's even more luscious and thick in real life oh ma gosh.

"What?"

'your hair,its gorgeous!'

"Mine? Oh, thank you. Yours is pretty too."

'Thank you!'

"No problem _____. We should be friends.I don't have very many friends so..."

'You? Don't have very many friends?But your so sweet!'
How in the absolute frick does he not have friends?
He's so energetic, and nice, and amazing!I don't get it.
Not to mention how cute he is.

"Well,I'm glad you think so.See you around?"

'See you around.'

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'So,how's it like babysitting every day of your life instead of being a normal teenage boy and hanging out with your friends? That you apparently don't have.'

"First of all I do have friends."

I give him a glare signifying I clearly don't believe him.

"Fine,I have like two friends not including you so three I guess but second of all, Its honestly not that bad.I mean babies can't exactly make fun of me or beat me up like kids my age do, so,yeah! Pretty nice."

'You don't only babysit...babies though right?' I say as I change the baby's diaper.

"No,I babysit all types of kids." He says as he grabs the dirty diaper from me and throws it away.

"This one however is incredibly stinky." He says as he holds his nose and fans the air around him trying to get rid of the poopy smell the baby left us to deal with. We both laugh and dress the baby and play with her on the carpet with blocks.

a few hours past and I look at my phone and realize I really should be home right now instead of rocking a baby.Time really does fly by when your having fun huh? Well I mean, how could I ever not have fun when I'm with Camilo?He's the funniest kid! He's so cute, AND good with kids?Gosh,this guys a real dream.And now I'm with him.Face to face, helping him babysit. I never thought babysitting could be this enjoyable.After the baby finally falls asleep, we both slump down onto the couch like we had just run a marathon. I look at my phone again - 3:00? Dang,I should really head home now. -

'Uh, Camilo?'

"Yeah?"

'I'm sorry but its actually time for me to get home so I'm gonna head out.'

"Oh,yeah of course! Its fine,see you tomorrow!!"

'See you! Bye baby Nora!'

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Today was just like any other day, Camilo and I hung out first thing in the morning, we did some chores Abuela had asked us to, and went to go eat dinner with our families. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary! Except Camilo. He seemed...off.Distant even.I don't know why though, nothing happend. Not that I know of at least.Maybe something happened at dinner?Or while he was walking home?I don't know,but something was definitely off about him.

Camilos POV the night before

"Camilo! Your 15 minutes late!!!" Abuela said to Camilo as he started to walk into the house.

Camilo flinched when she yelled.He absolutely hated being yelled at.

"Sorry Abuela...." "Don't 'sorry Abuela' me.ve a tu habitación ."

"Si,lo siento." He said as he rushed passed her and made his way up to his room.He's getting so tired of his Abuela always getting onto him. She doesn't yell at Dolores or Tonito nearly as much.So why was he special? What did he ever to do her to make her specifically mad at him?She's his Abuela, he would never do anything to hurt her, at least not on purpose.Then why?Its not like this is a one time thing, she's done this to him for as long as he can remember! He still loves her though.How could he not?She's the one who gave him his gift! Wait a second... She's the one who gave him this gift! This horrible, terrible, absolutely garbage gift! The gift that has made him hate himself and be self conscious about himself!Of course when he first got this gift he never thought much of it! It was cool! Heck, he had the power to shape - shift into anyone he wanted! How cool is that? Not as cool as he had thought apparently.

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= in Camilos room =

"Camilo?" Dolores said from the door "Are you ok? I thought heard you
crying and I didn't wanna ease drop but..." He's crying harder,that's my cue to come in I guess.

"I'm sorry-!" He said,his voice breaking slightly as he covered his face with his hands.

"Hey,no no no no your ok." She said as she hugs him gently and rubs his back.
"Don't be sorry,you didn't do anything,what happened?"

"Why does Abuela hate me so much?" He says

"Hate you?No milo,she could never hate you why do you think that?" She said, looking at him

"but she does! She always yells at me,and- and hits me but I never did anything–!" He says as he hugs Dolores,gripping tight to the back of her dress.Maybe a little too tight.

Dolores' heart drops as he says that. 'hits?' since when did she hit him?
"Wait,hold on hit?She hits you?And you never told anyone?" She says as she pulls back
from the hug and looks at him with a serious yet concerned expression. "That's not okay
Camilo, she shouldn't do that.How does she hit you?"

"With her hand..."
"Does she punch you?"She says, her voice a lot more concerned then it was a
second ago.
Silence.
"Sometimes...." Camilo admits.His voice only a little louder than a whisper.

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It had been a couple days since Dolores had talked to Camilo about Abuela. She had decided to not bring anything up to Abuela just yet.She was gonna wait a little and start to listen closely for Abuela and Camilo to see if she hears her yelling at him or hitting him.She's still so confused about that though. Why does she hit him?She never hit her or Antonio or any of her cousins.Maybe she actually hit every single one of them and she just never knew.But how could she not know?She would hear it wouldn't she?

Everything about this made her so baffled.How long has she hit him for?Or maybe Camilo was just lying. But why in the world would he lie about something like that?Yes Camilo loves attention but she didn't think he would do something so extreme... He couldn't. He wouldn't! Camilos the sweetest kid she knew!He almost always had a smile on his face.Almost.No.That's not right.He's not lying. She was sure of it! There is no way in the world he would lie about something like that.He was crying too!Either way,she had to get to the bottom of this. Abuela was gonna pay for what she did to her baby brother.

but what if she didn't do anything at all?

and what if she did?

Gosh.this was gonna keep her up all night if she kept on thinking about it. She better get some sleep.Shell have to say something to her in the morning.

=Y/Ns POV=

Camilo has been a lot less weird.Thank the Lord.I missed the old Camilo. He actually was being normal! Well semi normal. Yeah he still was acting the same,but he didn't look the same.I mean he still had his beautiful thick and curly auburn hair, tan skin, hazel eyes, cute nose, and freckles but he looked so skinny and pale...Had he not been eating?It sure didn't look like it.

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I woke up this morning in an extremely good mood.Was it because Camilo looked suspiciously majestic yesterday or because of the amazing aroma of sweet smelling waffles?Probably both. Either way, I had to get ready quick because me and Camilo are supposed to babysit again.

'Camilo!' I called about to the curly haired boy directly in front of me.

"Hey, ____!" He said as he pulled me in for an unexpected, but none the less adorable hug. I was pretty surprised with how low his hand was on my waist. Its not like he did it on purpose.

'Are you ready to head out?' I ask

"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you, their daughters party was cancelled so shes gonna babysit the twins today.Anyways, I actually have something to show you if you don't mind, it shouldn't take very long.Ten minutes at the most."

Something to show me?No way!!!

'Yeah sure I'm down!'

"Cool." He said with enthusiasm in his voice as he he grabbed my hand and started leading me to wherever this surprise was.

After a little while of walking through the village, he told me to close my eyes as he led me through a whimsical forest with trees that were almost peering out of the clouds.it felt so magical.It was magical.After a few occasional bumps into trees and hundreds of sorrys later,

"You can open your eyes now." He said as he let go of my hand and watched my eyes widen in genuine amazment at the perfectly blue lake that looked like it was straight out of a fairy tale. "Pretty init' ?" He said as I slowly nodded, still completely amazed by the lake.

'Yeah....it really is.' I added as I walked towards the lake a little more to sit on the edge. 'How long have you known about this place?' I asked curiosly as Camilo joined me at the edge of the lake. He sat really close to me,his shoulder nearly touching mine.

"For a while actually," he said. "Dolores had her first kiss here and I thought I could maybe make it a tradition."

HOLD UP PAUSE THE GOSH DANG BOOK.CAMILO MADRIGAL WANT TO KISS ME? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA okay, resume.

'Really?' I added cooly. 'That sounds pretty great to me.'

"Me too."

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Suddenly,our lips met, and there was a hand behind my head,holding it in place. The world was still. He looks perfect. This forest is perfect. His lips are perfect. Everything was perfect.I had been dreaming about this day since I was little. My first kiss.Its just as perfect and romantic as I had hoped it'd be.The setting, the time of day,the boy - Everything was just as I'd hoped. Except one thing. Me. I hadn't done my makeup or even my hair that morning.I was too focused on leaving to go babysit that I didn't even have time to get ready!I just popped some clothes on and ran out the door! I wasn't expecting to have my first kiss today; if so, I'd be looking as perfect as Camilo does right now.I look a mess.

"You're so beautiful you know that?" He said as he pulled back from the kiss.

As if.

'Me? Beautiful? I didn't even get ready this morning...' I say as my cheeks flush bright red. 'You're just saying that to make me smile or something...'

"What? _____ I'm not kidding!" He says as he gently grabs my hands.Our fingers interlocking. And man,were his hands soft. "You. _____ _____ ,are the most gorgeous woman I've ever met in my entire 15 years of life. Your eyes, your smile, how you dress- its just- Gosh, to be honest I can't even put into words how beautiful you are.Your perfect. And I love you,so much." I didn't know what to say.What could I say? I just about felt my heart warm at his words.Not only was my heart warm, so were the corners of my eyes. I didn't even notice it till Camilo said-

"You cryin?"

'What??? Me?! Nooooo...' I said as we both chuckled in amusement at my peak sense of humor.

"Your a weird one you know that?" He said,struggling to speak between laughs.

'Yes.Unfortunately.'

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Camilo and I were hanging out all day today.It was really fun!
But as soon as he got home, Dolores was standing against the
wall crossing her arms and staring at him with a knowing smirk.
"What?"
"You like her don't you?" She said
"Wha- no..."
"Yeah you doooooo!!!Your blushing!"she said giggling
"No I'm not!"He said. His voice laced with agitation.
"What's that then?" Dolores said,poking at his cheek
"Girl-"
"Want me to tell mom a lie about you then?"She said, re-crossing her
arms.
"Wha- No!"
"Mom!!!"
"Yes?" Pepa said from her bedroom.
"Camilo likes a boy!!!"
"What?!"He said
"He likes what?"Pepa said. She said as she made her way downstairs
into the living room.

" Oop-" Dolores said as she walked away,leaving Pepa staring at Camilo,and Camilo
having to think of a way to explain himself
"You like a boy?"
"No no no,Dolores just uh-"
"Uh what?"
"She made that up!"
"Who just left then?"
"Her name was ____..."
"____what?Say her full name and maybe ill believe you."
"____ ____ _____."
"You like her?"
"Yeah,I MEAN-"
"Hah!You admitted it!!!" Dolores said
"Shut up!" He said
"Ok lets not fight now." Pepa said.
"Fine...but I'm gonna tell her you like her Camilo." Dolores said
"No your not."
"watch me." Dolores said as she ran out the front door.
"Dolores!You better not!" Camilo said as he chased after her
After a little while of running,Camilo could barely breathe and had to take a break.
"Crap..." He doesn't have his inhaler with him.What if he has an asthma attack?
What'll he do then?
'You good?' I said

-Oh my gosh,she's talking to me?!- Camilo thought to himself
"Uh,yeah I'm good."
'You sure?' I said with a cocky grin
"Mhm!But I got to go...see you around?"
'See you around ' I said as she walked away
"what just happend...?"Camilo said
" She flirted with you dumbie!"Dolores said
"AAAA– you can't just sneak up on people like that!"
"Hahaha!!"

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I felt really bad the second I got up. For the first time I've been here,I miss my parents. Sure I love it here, but I miss home.I never really noticed how worried my parents probably are right now. I guess ill finally be out of their hair for once though right? Their probably enjoying not having me around. Either way I still miss them a lot. Well, I guess I should probably get up and do something productive instead of laying down all day. I really don't want to get up though, its so comfortable in this bed. Wait a second, who's bed am I even in right now?! I KNOW my bed ain't this nice. Slowly but surely, I roll over to see who I'm currently laying with because to be honest, the only thing I can properly register is that someone is in the same bed as I am but who?Once I finally turn around, I see him. Camilo Madrigal. Did I seriously fall asleep in his bed last night?! Aw...he looks so cute when he's sleeping. Gently,I cup his sleeping face and look at him. Im really in love with this boy aren't I? I mean, who wouldn't be in love with him? He's so perfect. He has every single trait you could ever want in a boyfriend or husband. Every. Single. One. His personality is perfect, His face is perfect, His hair is perfect, His body is perfect everything about him is absolutely perfect. And I know he thinks that how he cries whenever getting yelled at is babyish or stupid but I think its cute. I think he'scute. I love him. And I know he loves me as well but I don't know if he could ever love me more than I love him. I love him more than anything. I would give my life for him. I just hope he feels the same way about me.

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Camilo was always a strange kid. Whenever everybody else at his school was playing on the playground at recess, he would be in the corner of the playground reading or playing with bugs and making houses for them out of sticks, rocks, and dirt. His hair was also always long for his age. And the fact that he was a boy didn't make the bullying any better. He didn't want to cut it though,he liked his hair long. He thought it made him look good and he wasn't going to let any bullying change that.Pepa had always told him that he should cut it because of all the bullying and hair pulling he got at school but he would never let her. It was frustrating. But she had to listen to him. I mean, its his hair not hers. As he got older, he cut his hair to his shoulders because it started getting inconvenient and annoying to have hair going all the way down to his hips. Plus, he looked a lot less like a girl that way. Hey, that's another thing, he always got compared to girls and was always mistaken for a girl as a kid. For a while he didn't really mind it and would just correct them but as time went on, it kept happening and he knew the only way it would stop wasif he cut his hair. But guess what? Even after he had cut his hair down to his shoulders,people still would call him a girl was it the fact that he was short? Maybe since he was so thin he looked more feminine? Or maybe his voice? He seriously had no idea what it was but he just really wanted it to stop. He wasn't a girl. And he really hate getting compared to them. Its not like he had anything against girls, that's not it at all! But as a boy, it was pretty humiliating to always get compared to girls all of the time. He was tired.

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Hello everyone! I am so so sorry I had to end this so soon but I'm pretty sure no one was seriously loving this book either. BUT. If you actually LOVED this book then I may consider adding a chapter dedicated to you but that's probably gonna never happen lol- please make sure to check out my other books and I seriously appreciate all of the kudos and readers a ton. I know y'all did not know this, but I'm actually twelve and writing with school, and dance, is pretty tricky so that's why the chapters are short and why I post once in a blue moon but this is not the end. Maybe.

LOVE YOU ALL!!

Huge shoutout to the writer of the fanfic Butterflies, OceanMurf1183, for giving me this idea!