Just Friends Right?

by K6r7a

They were just friends right? Thought Antonio as he thought about Celia. She was his friend. He'd met her at his candle cermony. Her beatiful Brown eyes that sparkle under the night sky like all the stars do. But he can't have a crsuh on his best friend. It's bad right? And she's just a friend right?

5. DATES AND A SHOCKER

I'VE HAD THIS DOC FOR A WHILE NOW.

CELIA MET ANTONIO AT THEIR FAVORTITE PARK. THE SAN JOSE PARK. IT WAS THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO HANG OUT AT. BUT CELIA THOUGHT ANTONIO WOULD HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT PLACE WHEN SHE WENT AWAY FOR 5 MONTHS TO VISIT HER OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY WITH HER OLDER BROTHER MANUEL IN ARGETINA. SHE SPOTTED ANTONIO AND SMILED AS SHE SAW THE DISPLAY. IT WAS A PICNIC. CANDLES ILLUMINATED THE PLACE. IT WAS UNDER CELIA AND ANTONIO'S FAVORITE TREE. CELIA FIXED HER HAIR AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH. SHEB WENT THERE AND SAT DOWN. IT WAS THE PERFECT TIME. THE MOON WAS FULL. THE PERFECT TIMING. CELIA PUT A STARND OF HAIR BEHIND HER EAR. ''HEY.'' SHE SAID. ''HEY.'' ANTONIO AWNSERED BACK. THEY ATE THEIR FAVORITE TYPES OF FOODS AND CHATTED THE NIGHT AWAY.

DURING THEIR LITTLE DATE ANTONIO REALIZED THAT HE LOVED CELIA THIS WHOLE TIME. HE WAS TOO BLIND TO SEE IT. AS THE MOONLIGHT ILLUMINATED THE SKY HE SAW HER FACE CLEARLY, ASIDE FROM THE CANDLES THAT WERE ALSO LUMINATING THEM. THEY ALSO ATE SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE SNACKS. TELLING EACH OTHER STORIES AND SOME STORIES FROM BACK FROM WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE KIDS AND GROWING UP. DURING ONE OF THEIR CONVERSATIONS ANTONIO SAW IT AGAIN. CELIA'S BEATIFUL EYES SPARKLING ALONG WITH THE STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY. HE CLEARED HIS THROAT ALONG WITH A RED FACE FULL OF BLUSH. HE SEEMED SO LOST IN HER EYES HE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT IT WAS GETTING EVEN MORE LATE. CELIA ALSO NOTCIED IT. '' HEY I SHOULD GO BACK HOME. YOU SHOULD TOO.'' SAID CELIA LOOKING DOWN AND KICKING A TINY PEPPLE ON THE GRASS. '' YEAH.'' SAID ANTONIO. HE OFFERED HIS HAND FOR CELIA TO TAKE IT. ONCE SHE TOOK IT WITH A SLIGHT BLUSH THEY GOT UP AND WENT HOME. HAND IN HAND.

THEY ARRIVED AT CELIA'S HOUSE. ANTONIO KISSED CELIA'S HAND AND THEY BOTH SAID BYE AS CELIA WENT INISIDE HER HOUSE AND ANTONIO BEGAN TO WALK TO HIS HOME. HE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS. IT WAS WRONG. SHE WAS HIS SISTER IN LAW. BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE. ALL THEY WANTED WAS EACH OTHER. TO HOLD EACH OTHER UNTIL THE VERY END.

THE NEXT DAY AT BREAKFEST ANTONIO WAS SURE DOLORES HEARD THEM HE WAS GOING TO TRY AND BEG HER NOT TO TELL ANYONE ANYTHING. AS SOON AS SHE WAS DONE SCOLDING ONE OF HER 5 CHILDREN OF COURSE. BY THE TIME HE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER IT WAS ALREADY BREAKFEST TIME. EVERYONE WENT TO THE TABLE. IT WAS NOW LARGER THAN BEFORE. WHEN EVERYONE FOUND THEIR LOVES AND HAD KIDS. CAISTA GREW. WICH MEANT MORE SEATS AND MORE DOOR. ANOTNIO ATE HIS BREAKFEST QUIETLY AND THEN GLANCED AT HIS SISTER. SHYE LOOKED NERVIOUS. LIKE SHE WOULD CRACK OR EXPLODE ANY MINUTE.

HE THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD. DOLORES FINALY GAVE IN AND TOLD EVERYONE THE SECRET. ''ANTONIO TOOK CELIA ON A DATE LAST NIGHT!'' AS SOON AS DLORES WAS DONE SHE PUT HER HANDS ON HER MOUTH. EVERYONE STOPPED WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO LOOK AT ANTONIO. SOME LOOKS WERE ANGER, SOME WERE HAPPY AND SOME WERE CONCERN. ALL THE LITTLE KIDS HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING. MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T REALLY PAYING ANY ATTENTION.

ABUELA ALMA RAISED AN EYEBROW. '' TONITO. IS THIS TRUE?'' ASKED ABULA. FACE NOW FULL OF SUSPION AND CURIOSITY. '' YES.'' ANTONIO SAID NERVIOUSLY WITH A NOD AND AN AWAKWRD SMILE. HE HOPED CELIA AND HIM WOULDN'T BE IN TROUBLE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ONE LITTLE DATE? PEPA NOW HAD A CLOUD ON HER HEAD. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HER YOUNGEST WOULD FIND LOVE ALREADY. THE MADRIGALS AND ALVEREZS WERE ALREADY UNITED. BUT WHAT WAS ONE MORE LITTLE UNION?

MIRABEL MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONE TRYING TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. IT PAINED HER THAT EVERYONE WAS SEEING THIS AS WEIRD. BUT HER LITTLE COUSIN WAS NOW ALL GROWN UP. HE WAS NOT 5 YEARS OLD ANYMORE. MIRABEL SLOWLY TAPPED HER FINGERS ON THE BREAKFEST TABLE TO TRY AND WAIT FOR THE REST OF WHAT HER FAMILY WAS GONNA SAY.

PEPA SET AWAY ALL THE LITTLE KIDS AWAY SO THAT THE ADULTS WOULD DEAL WITH THIS.

ANTONIO LOOKED AT EVERYONE'S GLANCES. SOME WERE CONFUSED AND SOME WERE CURIOUS. DOLORE'S ONE WAS VERY DIFFERENT. IT WAS A LOOK OF PITY AS IF TO SAY SHE WAS SORRY FOR SPILLING HIS SECRET.

PEPA ON THE OTHER HAND HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT. ON ONE HAND SHE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT HER BABY HAD FOUND SOME LOVE. AND CELIA WAS A KIND WARM PERSON. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND SHE WAS ALSO SCARED OF HER LAST KID LEAVING THE NEST. CALL IT EMPTY NEST SYNDROME BUT PEPA HAD BEEN THERE WHEN JULLIETA HAD ALSO HAD EMPTY NEST SYNDROME WHEN MIRABEL LEFT THE AND BECAME AN ADULT.

BUT NOW EVERYONE WAS EXCITED FOR ANTONIO. ANTONIO WAS THE ONE WHO FELT A LOT OF SUPPORT.