Heyyyy!!! Like, wuttupies?? I am seriously unhappy today. TWO, not one, but TWO door handles broke off when I tried to open my doors today. Of course, both times are when im trying to bring my dog outside to go potty. So I have to go the long way BOTH TIMES. Well, a lot worse has happened, and I don't feel like typing it all. So on with the story.
Frida's eyes grew wide with surprise.
"You really mean that?" She asked. He nodded. Frida grew a large smile on her face and gave Manny a huge hug. Manny laughed and hugged her back. As Frida felt his arms wrapping their way around her waist for a hug, her body suddenly started to feel like jello as she melted into his embrace. Moments passed, and the area grew comfortably silent.
"Umm….you can uhh, let go now…" Manny spoke up. Frida was shocked out of her current mood and let go of Manny. Before she spoke up to respond, she cleared her throat in search for the voice she had lost while her body melted at Manny's touch.
"R-right, I knew that…" She responded, looking away to hide her blush from Manny. Manny nodded and heard his father's voice come into the house. Manny ran inside to go tell Rodolfo of Manny's new plan.
"Hey, dad! Guess what!" Manny shouted into the empty living room. When he finally spotted his father, Manny noticed that he wasn't lit up with excitement. Instead Rodolfo's head hung low, and he was holding back his tears and his sniffles.
"Mi'jo….i am sorry to inform you, but you…..you have an hour and a half to leave…town…forever." Rodolfo responded. Manny and Frida gasped.
"But…but dad, why?" Manny asked. Rodolfo looked up.
"Because….the mayor said so." He answered, looking back down. Rodolfo walked out of the room and left Manny to pack his things. Manny, Frida following, walked into his room and got out a suitcase. Frida's previous tears came back to her eyes.
"You're….you're just going to leave? You're not going to do anything about it? You're just ok with it?" Frida asked, on the verge of crying. Manny looked up from his suitcase and stared deep into Frida's eyes. He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Frida, I'm only agreeing to this for one reason. That's because there's only one person I can go to for help. You have to understand that I'm doing this so I can come back to Miracle City." He explained.
"You have to understand that as much as I don't want to leave you, I have to." He added. Frida's tears were now flowing down her face like rain.
"But, you….i…..you, you're just going to….leave me here?" She managed to say to him between tears. Manny continued staring deeply into her eyes.
"Frida, as much as I say I'm doing this for Miracle City, my real reason is because I'm doing this for you. So I can come back to you." He explained. Frida looked down, and Manny held her head back up with his pointer finger.
"Hey. As soon as I come back, I promise that you'll have the whole day to spend with me. I'll be all yours." He said to her. She knew he meant it. She nodded.
"Can you do one thing for me?" She asked him. He nodded.
"Name it. I'll do anything for you." He responded.
"Follow me." She said, grabbing Manny by the arm and pulling him out of the house.
When Frida had stopped, she was at the top of the Miracle City Volcano.
"Sit down with me." She said softly, sitting down on the ledge of the volcano. Manny followed suit and the two looked at the stars. Frida's eyes swelled with tears again, and she rested her head on Manny's shoulder. As Frida put her hand down by her side, Manny placed his own on top of it and smiled.
An hour later, it was time for Manny to go. He stood at the edge of town with Frida, his dad, and Grandpapi. He had already said his goodbyes to his family; now was the hard part. Saying goodbye to the girl that not too long ago, he had realized that he loved. Rodolfo and Grandpapi looked down, eyes filled with tears. The mayor stood beside them, grimacing with anger. He was waiting for Manny to just leave already.
"I can't believe you're really going. I'm really going to miss you, Manny." Frida said softly. Manny placed his hand on her cheek.
"I'll be back before you know it." He reassured, whispering to her so the mayor would not hear. He knew that he had to tell her either now or never.
"Manny, I don't want you to go." She spoke up louder this time. Her dad came walked up behind the mayor, Carmela and the twins following next to him. Manny placed a finger over her lips, causing her to stop speaking. He removed his finger, and after everyone had left, replaced it with his lips. She knew what he was going to say next, and he knew what she was going to say, so basically, it didn't need to be said. Frida didn't want to hear those words anyways. Those three simple words would break her heart; as if it wasn't broken enough.
"I'm coming with you." She protested. Manny thought for a moment. Did he want her to come, or did he want her to stay here? He thought about it. If she came with him, he could save the heartbreak for both of them, and they would never have to separate. If she stayed in Miracle City, both their hearts would break, and they'd be living separately for who knows how long. Letting her go with him seemed a lot better. Should he let her?
"Fine, you can come. But only because you said you promised you would, and I don't like breaking promises. Especially to you." He replied. She jumped with excitement and squealed.
"I'll be RIGHT back!" She squeaked excitedly, running off. Manny stayed put and watched her run off.
As Frida ran for her home to gather a few belongings, she remembered that she was going to have to tell her family. They would just have to understand that she can't just get separated from her best friend and not-so-secret-anymore-love. She ran through the front door of her house and rushed for her room, only to be stopped by her parents.
"Why are you so exited?" Carmela asked. Frida's face fell serious.
"Mom, dad, there's something I have to tell you." She said, sitting them down.
"I'm leaving with Manny." She said, flatly. Her sisters had joined the conversation, and everyone gasped. Emiliano was about to jump up and yell at her, but was stopped by Carmela.
"Emiliano! Don't tell her that she's not going." Carmela scolded. Frida's face filled with anger.
"Dad, you have to understand that Manny isn't a bad person. You have to understand that I'm doing this for me! You have to understand the fact that your little girl is growing up!" She explained, walking up the stairs to pack her bag. Emiliano sat in his chair, taken aback with shock. Only now did he truly understand. Carmela stood up and continued Frida's thought.
"Emilano, she's right. She's old enough to take care of herself. You have to learn to be a little more selfless and a little less judge-mental." Carmela said softly, walking away. Anita and Tikita (A/N: not sure I got those names right….) followed. Emiliano found himself feeling quite selfish and very low.
Frida packed her bag angrily and closed it. She packed one last thing into the suitcase; her diary, along with a pen to write in it with. She had written all her secrets in that diary ever since her 14th birthday. Mostly she had written about her deepest feelings towards Manny. As she finished packing, she walked back downstairs and said goodbye to her mother, Emiliano, and her sisters, then finally left.
She met Manny on the edge of town, exactly where she had left him. Manny smiled.
"Ready to go?" He asked. She nodded.
"Where exactly are we going, anyways?" Frida asked as they started to walk off into the distance.
"We are going to find the creator of my El Tigre Belt."
HAH! Seemed like the end for a while, didn't it? Well it WASN'T! I still have to write up the adventures they encounter during their travels, the meeting of the creator, the training, and their return to Miracle City. That's a lot of chapters. So don't worry, this adventure is just beginning! Haha, awesomeeee [X reviewww!