i miss you like a little kid (dead julieta au)

8: she what?

-Heyy ya'll!! Even though this fic is Mirabel-centric, this chapter is going to be Pepa-centric in honor of some Pepa appreciation. Enjoy!

Pepa was in the temporary bedroom that she shared with Félix catching up on a book she started reading. She looked for a distraction so she could do something else other than cry over her sister who was now gone.

As Pepa was reading, she heard crying and she right away recognized who it was.

"Antonio?" she looked up and she saw that Antonio discreetly opened the door.

"Mamí?"

Pepa ran over to him and hugged him.

"Oh hombrecito, tell me what's wrong?" she asked.

Antonio was hesitant on telling his mother about Alma yelling at him knowing how protective Pepa is over her loved ones.

"It's Abuela! She got into a fight with Mirabel and when I asked her a question and she yelled at me," he explained, in between sobs.

Hearing this had obviously pissed her off. Alma took her anger out on a little child. Pepa was livid. She was going to demand to speak with her mother about this.

Just as pissed off she was, she was aware that Antonio was right in front of her crying so she couldn't express her anger just yet, otherwise she would've scared Antonio.

"Excuse me," was all she as she got up and left her room.

Once she left, she was now expressing her anger and stormed off to look for her until she found her in the hallways.

"Pepa, what did I say about controlling your emotions?" Alma asked with annoyance even though she didn't have a cloud and no hurricane was bound to happen.

"Wow mamá! I love how that's the first thing you say to me when you should know why I'm pissed! You made my baby cry! You yelled at him and he came to me crying! My poor baby is scared of you!" Pepa yelled.

This left Alma I'm complete shock. She didn't realize how badly she messed up. She was in an argument with Mirabel and took her anger out in poor Antonio.

"Mija I-," she got cut off.

"Don't apologize to me! Apologize to Antonio! While you're at it, apologize to Mirabel too! That kid is going through enough and you arguing with her is already making her feel so much worse about herself! She's so depressed, she won't get out of her room! You heard me! Depressed!" Pepa yelled once again and she stormed off as Alma still had a shocked look on her face.

That was the moment she knew, she fucked up.
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Mirabel was in her room once again, sobbing. Pepa came in a few minutes ago to comfort her.

"Don't listen to her, Mirabel! You're not lazy," Pepa told her.

"She said I was the cause of my mom's death!" Mirabel replied, as another sob came out.

"Again, it's not your fault! This was just an unfortunate event that just happened with no explanation why," Pepa explained.

A few minutes later, Mirabel calmed down.

"I was ready to go out today but I think Abuela ruined it for me," Mirabel added.

"We can still go out! You and me! We'll have some quality tía and sobrina time," Pepa suggested.

Mirage's definitely liked the sound of that. Pepa was considered to be a second mom to Mirabel and she figured that now that Julieta wasn't coming back except if she was only a ghost, she could spend some time with her tía.