Authors Note: Hey everyone, thanks for the reviews. You asked for CarlaxMateo well... You got it! I tried to make this as romantic as possible so I hope you like it, Enjoy!

Carla knew the only way to get to the maruvian spellbreaker potion was Mateo, to do that she had to romanticize him since he was attracted to her disguised look as Rita.

Carla never was attracted to Mateo, but that was about to change when Mateo asked her out.

...

"Hey Rita, I have a day off tomorrow, so I was wondering if you not too busy or anything that we could hang out sometime?" Mateo asked.

"Like a date?" Rita asked.

Yeah, a date. Mateo said.

She didn't really want to go out with him but she had to stay on his good side to make her trustworthy.

"Sure Marco, I'll go out with you." Rita said hesitantly.

"Mateo." he said.

"Right" said Rita.

"Okay Great, so there's this cool place in Avalor that I know you're going to love, see you tomorrow at 11?"

"Sure, can't wait." Rita said with an awkward smile.

Carla felt uncomfortable going out with him, she wasn't used to romance.

...

Carla went back to the shack to give a full report to Victor and Shuriki.

"Carla, have you stolen the maruvian spellbreaker?" Victor asked

"Not yet, Papa." said Carla.

What's taking you so long to get it? Victor asked.

"I kinda got myself into a little complication." said Carla.

"And what is that?" Victor asked.

Carla cringed as she answered him "I have a date with the royal wizard." Carla moaned.

Victor was shocked "What!?"

"I know, I know, but I have to do it so I could gain his trust, I can't make one wrong move that can make him or anybody in the castle suspicious" She said

Victor was infuriated. "Great, my daughter goes on a secret mission and the next thing you know, she's on a date with a boy."

"Hey, I don't even like that pathetic nerdy wizard!" She retorted.

"You know Shuriki won't be happy about this."

Then Shuriki popped in.

"Actually, this is a smart move." Shuriki said.

Victor was shocked. "Wait, what?"

Carla was just as surprised as Victor.

"This is an opportunity to get some information about Elena, the boy wizard is the one person Elena is close to." Shuriki said. "As you go on your date, ask him everything about Elena, all of her strengths and weaknesses."

"Okay, if you say so." Carla said.

"And if possible…. Don't let him hold your hand or kiss you!" Victor strictly said

Carla squirmed at that remark "Eww, no! that's not gonna happen!"

Victor was very uncomfortable with some boy taking her daughter out on a date especially if it's one of their enemies.

"You two have fun." Shuriki said with an evil smile.

"But not too much fun!" Victor sternly said.

Carla felt disgusted at the fact that she was going out with the royal wizard. " Ugh, I won't be able fun at all on this date." Carla cringed.

...

The next morning, Mateo was about to leave the house to go on his date with Rita, when his mother Rafa came to hug him squealing with joy, "I can't believe my young man has a girlfriend!"

"Mama, were not even there yet, this date is only a start to get to know each other." said Mateo.

"I know, I'm just happy to see my boy to go out on a date with a girl who is very lucky." Rafa gushed.

"Okay Mom, I have to go but I'll be back tonight by 10:00." said Mateo.

"Have fun, Mijo, oh and if she breaks your heart I will hunt her down and murder her!" Rafa said savagely.

"Okay, we don't need to go there." Mateo chuckled nervously "Bye, Mama."

"Adios, Mijo." said Rafa.

...

Meanwhile, As Carla prepared for her date, she felt very uncomfortable with this, she thought the date was going to be sappy, but she had to go through it to gain the trust of the royal wizard.

Carla disguised as Rita met Mateo as the castle door.

"Hey Rita," Mateo said.

"Hey Marco" Rita nervously said.

Mateo didn't mind her getting his name wrong as he didn't want to ruin the date.

You ready? Mateo asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Rita uncomfortably said with a smile.

As they were walking, Mateo took Rita to a mysterious cave

"What's in there?" Rita asked

"You'll see." said Mateo.

All around the cave there were magical jewels all around the cave. these jewels make magical light forms into illusions, each area of the cave shows different illusions.

Through the first area of the cave Carla and Mateo saw the sky,and were walking on clouds it felt like they were on air, Carla was actually amazed

"Woah!" She said. "It's like I'm actually walking on air, this is so cool!

they saw clouds coming towards them Carla and Mateo each grabbed one they made certain figures of each cloud.

Carla made a diamond shape.

Mateo made a beard and mustache on his face pretending to be Esteban.

"Hello my name is Esteban, and I love my mustache." Mateo imitated

Carla giggled a little.

She didn't recognize he had a little humor in him.

The second area of that cave created forms of water and waves that transports them under the sea there were sea creatures all around Carla felt like she could touch the sea surrounding her.

"Beautiful." she said.

"I know." said Mateo looking at Carla who is still disguised as Rita.

The third area of that cave created the galaxy, Mateo and Carla saw the planets and stars and milky ways everywhere, they landed on one of the planets and both of them laughing and giggling as they were floating into space. Carla felt like she was out of this world that nobody would stop her.

The final area of that cave formed jaquins everywhere as they were flying with them flying from jungles to mountains. Carla felt free like a bird spreading her wings through the sky.

As soon they reached the exit of the cave Carla was really amazed, that was the best time she ever had.

"That was amazing!" she shouted.

"I knew you'd like it. It's one of the most magical places to visit in Avalor." Mateo said.

...

Mateo and Carla went out to get something to eat after a long day at the mystical cave.

They stopped by to get some tacos, while they were eating Carla was actually trying to get to know Mateo.

"So Marco, you're really good at this magic stuff." Rita said.

"I'm not that good at it, sometimes I make mistakes, but I strive to be better." said Mateo. "Im just following the footsteps of my abuelo, Alacazar."

Your grandfather was a wizard? Rita asked.

"Yes, everyday I strive to be like him, he's the one who inspired me to pursue magic. Elena has total confidence in me she believes that I have what it takes to be a great wizard, even after I helped save her and her family, and overthrew Shuriki together That's why she made me the royal wizard. I still have some insecurities on what spells or potions to use, but I always get support from my friends and my Mom."

What about your Dad? Rita asked.

"Never knew him, mom told me he just ran away from my life and never came back." said Mateo.

"I'm sorry" said Rita.

"It's okay, he wasn't probably a good father anyway." said Mateo.

Carla was very touched by his story, she can relate to him as her mom promised Carla that she would come back to her and Victor once she got back from her training to become a malvago she and father waited for seven years, and when Victor assumed she was dead, Carla just cried on her father's shoulder as she mourned the loss of her mother, ever since then she wanted to be a malvago just like her mother.

Now that she heard Mateo's story, she has never been more attracted to him than anything, although Mateo was into her disguise look as Rita.

"You know for what it's worth I think you are a great wizard even before you can do magic." Rita said.

"Thanks Rita." said Mateo.

...

They left the Taco restaurant and took a walk down the streets of Avalor to a bridge across the river. They leaned against the rail together as Mateo got an opportunity to get to know "Rita."

"So where are you from?" Mateo asked.

"It doesn't matter, where I come from I feel lonely, which is why I came here to visit Armando." Rita replied. "I mean familia is the most important part in your life right?"

"Why wouldn't you want to go back?" Mateo asked.

"Let's just say that there are some things in my life I'm not really proud of." Rita said.

"Well whatever it is, I'm pretty sure you're bigger than that." said Mateo.

"Maybe, but what if I had no choice? What if I had to risk everything to gain what I have to achieve?" Rita asked.

"Well life is all about risks, but you can't go through them alone without family and friends by your side, you have your cousin Armando, and you have me, Elena, Naomi and everybody else who likes you and are willing to help you out." said Mateo. "because here in Avalor, everyone is familia."

"Good to know." Rita smiled.

Carla was glad that she went out with Mateo at first she saw him as nerdy and foolish, but she found out there's something more to him than just a wizard.

She had pretended to like Mateo, but after today, she started to change her feelings towards him. She became more attracted to him.

Their hands slid into each other as they looked at the reflection of the moon in the river.

After their date was over they went back to the palace and they both said goodnight to each other as they departed their separate ways.

"Good night, Rita." said Mateo.

"Good night, Marco." said Rita.

Mateo still didn't even mind her getting his name wrong throughout the whole day since he didn't want to ruin the moment.

When Carla got back to her room, she was so happy, nobody cared for so much just as her father did. She never had this much fun throughout her childhood, not even as a teenager. Now she was totally in love with Mateo, for the first time in her life, Carla felt romance. But as she looked in the mirror and saw herself in her actual appearance, she felt sad because she knew that this romance was not going to last forever.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading. And as always, drop a review. Thank you and stay tuned for the next Chapter.