Enchanted feelings

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Isabela's heart thumped against her chest as Elena gave a dull nod "I'm fine with it"

Isabela was not fine with it.

"Y-yeah" She gulped nervously "I need a minute" Isabela walked out of her room and fanned herself

"Hey" Mirabel had followed her out "Are you okay?"

"I...Can barely be in the same room as her and now she's going to be in my bed" Isabela whispered frantically and closed her eyes

"Your bed is big" Mirabel tried to help but she didn't know how to make her sister feel less nervous about the situation "Or you can push her off the bed when she's asleep"

Isabela opened one eye in disbelief and groaned

"What's going on?" Abuela poked her head out

"Nothing!" Isabela stood straight

"Help Elena with her bags, then come down for dinner"

"Okay" Her mouth was dry

"As I said, I'll help" Mirabel smiled giving her support

"On second thought, you can help me set the plates" Alma grinned and pulled her granddaughter's hand

Mirabel gave Isabela an apologetic look before letting her grandmother drag her away

And Isabela forced herself to go back to the room  "Should we get your bags?"

Elena gave her a grateful nod

And soon they both were carrying bags in total unpleasant silence, the air between them felt heavy.

But it didn't take them long to finish and Isabela felt thankful that the tension dissipated a little as they joined the others downstairs.

Her whole family was at the table, she didn't even know at what time Luisa or her cousins had made it home.

"Elena!" Luisa rushed over to give her a hug "Good to see you"

Isabela couldn't help but chuckle, they barely knew Elena and yet they seemed to be delighted by her presence. The thing with Elena was that she was great with people, there was something about her that made everyone like her.

"Luisa hey!" Elena returned the hug but after a few seconds her face started to turn a little red with the tightness of the embrace

"Okay that's enough" Isabela informed her sister and gently pulled Elena into her arms "Are you okay?" She looked into her eyes with worry

"Yes" Elena giggled facing Luisa "You...Give tight hugs, huh?"

"Forgive me, I forget my strength sometimes" Luisa scratched her neck embarrassed

"No need to apologize it was a great hug" Elena smiled wholeheartedly but Isabela's concern didn't go away as she still sounded a bit out of breath from the squeeze 

"Be more careful" Isabela muttered to Luisa with a scowl while Elena was ambushed by the rest of the family.

Many minutes later and Camilo was the last one to greet her "Elena hi, Camilo at your service" He bowed "Very regal" Elena laughed

Camilo then reached for her hand to kiss like in the books about royals but Isabela who was paying close attention jumped in and swatted Camilo's hand away from Elena's "He doesn't wash his hands" Isabela explained although that wasn't truly the reason

"Don't try that again" Isabela glared at Camilo once Elena had gone to take a seat

And of course her seat had to be next to hers, after a minute Isabela settled down and looked at the plate in front of her, abuela had made a tasty looking Mexican meal.

"Your mom gave me the recipe...I hope you like it" Abuela smiled hopeful to make Elena feel welcome

"Oh" Elena's eyes lit up as she took a bite "It's absolutely wonderful! Thank you"

Isabela suddenly wanted to learn every recipe of Mrs.Gomez

"Delicious" Tío Felix licked his fingers and Camilo copied his look to make fun of him

"John and I find it delicious too" Tío Bruno happily added

Elena glanced at everyone at the table a little confused

"John is a rat" Isabela mumbled coyly

"Oh"

Isabela worried about what Elena was going to think about it but to her amusement Elena grinned "Cool"

"Banano, Arepita, Lila........" Antonio started naming his animals one by one and it felt never ending, Isabela had lost count when he finally finished "They all are going to love this food"

"You could've said -all of my animals- for a quicker comment" Isabela rolled her eyes but laughed softly at her little cousin.

Dinner went fast
They shared many stories and laughs over dessert and Elena fit right in with her sweet smile...It was actually strange how well she fit in.

Outside the sky became dark and starry with ease, and yawns took over the table

"Isabela help Elena settle down in your room " Abuela noticed Elena's tired eyes

"Yes, of course" Isabela's panic unfortunately came back

After everyone quickly said goodnight Isabela and Elena headed upstairs

"Let me go grab a few more pillows" Isabela took Elena to the room and went to steal Mirabel's pillows...Her sister had a lot she wouldn't even mind.

"Um...You can put your clothes in my armoire" Isabela said as she came back, glancing at Elena who was unzipping her bags

"It's okay" Elena shrugged "I can keep them in here"

"There's plenty of room for your stuff"

"I wouldn't like to take up your space" Elena paused to consider her own words "I mean more than I already have"

"You're not" Isabela chewed on her bottom lip "Let me help?" She opened a door of the armoire

Elena kept her gaze down "Um-I can do it"

"Oh...Okay" Isabela moved out of her way "I'll prepare the bed then"

She walked over to the bed a bit unsteady "Uh Do...You have a side that you like to sleep on?"

Elena looked up at her with a small smile "Left, but it doesn't really matter"

"Oh I always sleep on the right side" Isabela raised her eyebrows a little surprised

"Good, because it actually matters and I'd be fighting you for that left side" Elena grinned "Or I'd just have to sleep on top of you" She came closer to her and flexed playfully "But I would definitely win that battle" Her laugh was so dreamy

Isabela's cheeks flushed

Elena seemed to remember their conversation at the cave and backed away with a sigh "I'm sorry" She put a hand over her eyes "I keep trying to treat you like a friend"

Isabela stared at her with so much longing

And when Elena met her gaze with culpable eyes Isabela broke "Elena the things that I said at the cave-"

"I know. I'm intruding again"

"I-" Isabela's words never came

"I won't do it anymore" Elena looked forlornly at the ground

That's not it. Isabela wanted to explain that she had meant none of those words back at the cave, that she felt the opposite. That she longed for her presence.

But she was afraid.

"I'm going to take a shower" Isabela felt dejected leaving Elena in the room without another word but things were complicated and she had a feeling that they would get even more complicated once she returned to bed.